Canyonleigh Retreat
Highlights
- Savour luxurious suites featuring fireplaces and balconies that overlook stunning gardens and a 500-acre native forest.
- Explore 6.5km of scenic forest trails perfect for hiking and immersing yourself in nature's tranquillity.
- Indulge in freshly cooked meals at Audrey's Cafe, offering a seasonal menu and delightful woodfire pizza nights.
- Experience the Southern Highlands Astronomy Club's monthly gatherings, perfect for stargazing enthusiasts and curious minds.
Canyonleigh Retreat is nestled in the sleepy village of Canyonleigh in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales.
The Retreat offers a combination of spacious and luxurious accommodations ( individual suites) with a fireplace and balcony as well as one bedroom apartments with one accessible apartment. All of the rooms overlook beautiful gardens and a 500-acre native forest for wildlife and nature exploration. and sustainability in mind.
Guests can enjoy freshly picked and cooked meals and spectacular campfires under the stars. Guest Seasonal Menu is available at Audrey’s Cafe onsite including room service. Guests can explore the 6.5km forest trails for hiking and forest bath, trail riding, canoeing, group horse patting, book a farm tour or a picnic basket in the forest.
The Southern Highlands Astronomy Club meets everymonth at Canyonleigh Retreat. Guests and the public are welcome.
The onsite cafe-Audrey’s Cafe, is open 7 days for everyone and open for dinner for guests. In particular the Woodfire Pizza Nights every friday for guests and the public.
The intimate conference room facility allows for up to 40 guests at a time with full catering using organic meals in consultation with local Chef @Flavours by Dee.
It is 10 minutes from Hume Highway, approximately 25 minutes from Mossvale and one hour from Sydney and Canberra.
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One Bedroom Apartment with a Courtyard
Self Contained Apartment Suite
1 Super King Bed I 1 Day Bed I Sleeps 3 I Self Contained I 37m²
This spacious ground-floor one-bedroom suite features a kitchenette and a private courtyard with amazing garden views
Garden View Rooms
Canyonleigh Retreat has spacious and luxurious rooms with a private balcony and the option of a fireplace or a bathtub.
All rooms have garden views with edible plants and wildlife and nature surrounding them.
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- 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.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
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.
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 floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- Wheelchair accessible picnic tables (picnic tables require 720mm knee clearance and 800mm maximum height).
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- A choice of wheelchair accessible accommodation rooms (Guest may wish to know if you have a choice of wheelchair accessible rooms, such as single room / studio apartment / apartment / cottage / quality / views, etc. Wheelchairs require a 1600mm x 2200mm width area to turn around and require step free access.).
- Step free access to room (Entrance to the room wheelchair accessible with step free greater than 5mm or has a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm length).
- A kitchen area and desk which is accessible for a person at seated height or is height adjustable.
- A wheelchair accessible bathroom (Entrance to bathroom must have step free greater than 5mm or a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm. Bathrooms dimensions must be no less than 2000mm X 2500mm. Have a hobless (step free) shower recess. Shower recess must have at least 1100 x 1100mm clear area for wheelchair access (no door). Have a slip resistant fold down seat or fixed seat in shower .Seat must be at least 900mm long.).
- A lever handle on bathroom door.
- A shower curtain (no door).
- Grabrails in shower recess (can be removable and height adjustable).
- A handheld shower hose (should be at least 1500mm long).
- Allows space around toilet for a wheelchair (A space of at least 900mm width beside the toilet pan and 1200mm clearance in front of the toilet pan is required).
- Grabrails provided adjacent to the toilet.
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