Inn the Tuarts Guest Lodge Busselton Accommodation

Property Description

A Mini Resort...

Here youll find a luxury escape from it all, peacefully located next to the Tuart Forest National Park, close to Wonnerup Inlet, and only minutes from Busselton, WA¿s premier tourist region. Youll be sharing the serenity of the majestic Tuart trees with kangaroos, possums, a wide variety of native birdlife and only five other guestrooms.

Share the lifestyle...

The property, previously a grand private residence, is situated on almost nine acres of conservation-zoned Tuart and Peppermint woodland, adjacent to the south-western end of the Tuart Forest National Park. The 1200m2 home has been renovated, upgraded and converted to provide superb accommodation for you and your partner, and best of all, as we said, youll only be sharing it with up to 10 other lucky guests.

The Guest Lodge features...

Covered Porte Coche lobby entrance, chandeliered Lobby, The Morning Room (guest breakfast), spacious guest lounge with wood fire, indoor pool with infra-red sauna, large guest BBQ, microwave and fridge and wide lawns shaded by huge Tuart trees.

Enjoy the escape, naturally...

You can just laze around the pool, or on your north-aspect verandah, or take a stroll under the huge old Tuart Trees down to the edge of the Wonnerup Inlet or in the National Park next door. You'll enjoy the company of the locals like Western Grey Kangaroos, Western Brushtail and Ringtail Possums, Ospreys and whistling Kites, parrots, ducks, blue wrens and more.

What's to eat?

A-la-carte breakfast is served in the grand "Morning Room" and is prepared by Suzanne, previously of Gold Plate nominated "Maxwell's Cafe" and "Alixandra Farm Cafe".

As it can get very busy here during peak times we will happily book you into one of our favorite local restaurants such as the Equinox or Capel Vale (recently voted the SW's best restaurant).

Intimate business meetings for up to 12 in-house and a further 6 - 8 day visitors can be held in the spacious guest lounge or the indoor pool area.

There is ample paved parking at the front entrance. Under-cover and secure private garage are available by arrangement at an extra cost.

IMPORTANT: Check-in is available between 2pm to 6pm. Reception Hours are from 2.00pm - 6.00pm. If you are arriving outside these hours, you will need to confirm your arrival time on the day of your arrival to ensure that arrangements can be made for your check-in.

Check out is 10am or earlier.

Inn the Tuarts is an Adult retreat and is not recommended for children under 12

Inn the Tuarts Guest Lodge is located on the south western boundary of the Tuart Forest National Park and around 500m from Wonnerup Inlet, so there are plenty of nature-based activities at our doorstep. A little further away (about 2km) is Wonnerup House one of the National Trust WA's premier historic rural properties, and following Layman Rd just another kilometre takes you to the sparkling shores of Geographe Bay for swimming, fishing, boating and more.

You can continue on past Port Geographe Marina to Busselton Jetty (currently under restoration until 2010), and town with its many cafe's, restaurants, pubs, shops, and galleries.

The world-renowned Margaret River Wine region starts in the Busselton Shire and is a short drive away, as are the famed beaches of Dunsborough, Yallingup and Margaret River.

Finding us is very easy...

From PERTH/BUNBURY - approx. 2 hours:

Travel south on the brand new freeway to Bunbury, and follow the signs through the big roundabout to Busselton and Augusta. The dual carriageway continues south for around 25km, then only around 3km after passing the turnoff to Capel, turn right into the clearly marked Tuart Forest Tourist Drive. After 12km travel past the Layman Rd roundabout with Wonnerup House turn off. Continue straight ahead on the Tuart Drive for a further 1km, then turn right into Rushleigh Rd. Inn The Tuarts Guest Lodge is 190m on the left. It is not visible from the road so travel slowly down the paved driveway, keeping left, and enter under the covered Porte Coche.

From: BUSSELTON/(MARGARET RIVER) - approx. 5 min:

Travel north west on the dual carriageway Bussell Highway towards Bunbury and Perth for approx. 4km from the big roundabout. Turn left into the clearly marked Tuart Forest Tourist Drive. Travel north west for a further 1-1½km passing Tall Timber Drive into the Inlet Park subdivision before turning left in to Rushleigh Rd.

From: NANNUP/MANJIMUP/PEMBERTON and south via Sue's Rd

When heading roughly north on either the Vasse Highway or Sue's Rd do not turn left towards Busselton at the intersection but continue on Sue's Rd towards Capel and Bunbury. Sue's Rd ends as a T-junction at Bussell Highway, turn left towards Busselton for around 1km, merging across to the right lane. Turn right into the Tuart Forest Tourist Drive, and continue north west for approx 1½km to Rushleigh Rd.

IMPORTANT - DANGER! watch for kangaroos on Tuart Drive and Rushleigh Rd, especially around dusk and early evening!