Bellevue Farmstay
Highlights
- Experience majestic views from every room while relaxing in comfort at Bellevue Farmstay in Scotts Creek.
- Engage with friendly farm animals during personal hand-feeding sessions, creating memorable moments for the whole family.
- Explore scenic walking trails and encounter native wildlife like koalas and kangaroos in their natural habitat.
- Delight in breathtaking sunrises and stargazing at the highest point of Scotts Creek, far from city lights.
Guests from Singapore to Santa Fe, Manila to Melbourne, all rave about Bellevue Farmstay, situated on a working farm at Scotts Creek.
With majestic views from all rooms, Bellevue Farmstay can comfortably sleep up to 10 guests across three bedrooms, two bathrooms and large living and family rooms .
At the heart of Bellevue are their pets, and you’ll meet them all personally with one-on-one hand-feeding sessions: Alana (the orphaned camel), alpacas, sheep, goats, large goats, cows and horses. Native birds include iridescent parrots, rosellas, cockatoos, galahs, willy wagtails, kookaburras and magpies. Plus, you may also say g’day to native wildlife such as koalas, echidnas, kookaburras and kangaroos on the walking trails. Enjoy spectacular sunrises, sunsets and nighttime stargazing far from urban light pollution at the highest point of Scotts Creek.
So join gregarious hosts the Couch Family (the fifth generation owners of Bellevue) in exploring Bellevue, enjoying the views, taking a bush walk with some wildlife, mapping out some day trips around their magnificent region or just simply relaxing.
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Bellevue Farmstay
The Farmstay is an original country farmhouse, built in the 1960s with mid-century modern flourishes, and comfortably sleeps up to 10 guests. Featuring three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a full laundry, two large living and family rooms and a wood-burning fire, the Farmhouse also has a modern kitchen extensively equipped for families and large groups
Enjoy a taste of real farm life on a real Australian working farm (beef cattle, young dairy cows and sheep) run by the 5th-generation Couch family.
Join Bellevue Farmstay at the pet paddock at 9:30am daily for feed time where you will get the experience of a lifetime, hand-feeding all the pets for about three hours. All Bellevue Farmstay’s animals love visits from guests and you can walk and talk to them. They are all very inquisitive with individual personalities and come up close to investigate. Kiss a camel. Kid around with miniature goats. Take a ride in the tractor to feed out hay to the cattle. Drive a mule/ATV. Or simply relax on the patio and soak up the tranquillity of the sweeping views.
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Information in large print is available.
- An appropriate area for toileting an assistance dog is available.
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- TVs with captioning option is available.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
Physical – High support needs
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
- Twin beds available on request.
- A place to store medical equipment (eg oxygen).
Access & Inclusion
An access and inclusion statement is available on the business website.
- https://www.bellevuefarmstay.com/accessibility
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