Loved our stay. My husband and teen/adult children all loved this place and would definitely go back again. The kids fished twice a day (although didn’t catch anything 😉) and we enjoyed having so much space! We visited the brewery, the broom factory and enjoyed some thrift shopping in town. We had a big cook up for breakfast one morning and sat and ate in the garden whilst watching the cows and listening to all the birds. Great family get away. Thanks Brett.

Just had two lovely nights in the Platypus Cottage. Something different to stay on a working farm and we particularly enjoyed an open fire right on the bank of the Tumut river.

Platypus Cottage offers an ideal location for exploring the area. Cottage is just as advertised, clean and tidy and just 50 metres from the river and 5 minutes from town. highly recommend

Never have I experienced such appalling behaviour from a "host". We booked here because it allowed dogs (ours is old, blind & immobile). We arrived & began unpacking. Brett followed & immediately began to scold us for bringing our dog (who was still in the truck at the time). While he acknowledged that he used to allow dogs, Stayz mustn't have updated his info (which he recently changed to "no pets"). We have a 3 year old daughter & weren't about to turn around. He didn't apologise or try to maintain any sort of professionalism, rather he made it clear that we should be so lucky to put our 12 year pup on his patio... and then charge us full price for it! Out of options, we reluctantly agreed. He then proceeded to subtly dig anywhere he could "this is why I hate 3rd party sites.." as if we should feel bad about booking through one. It didn't stop there. The condescending tone droned on into how to manage our daughter, his upset that we wanted 2 local friends over for dinner, quips about city people & endless passive-aggressive digs. We agreed to all his terms, hoping he'd leave so we could settle in. It gets worse. In an attempt to "bust us" he came by to "check water" while we were out. Using an open door as an excuse (we did not leave a door open), he snooped around our stuff and accused us of bringing our dog inside because the blanket was at the back door (we'd moved it slightly inside so it didn't blow away while we were out). Then he text us to say that a snake had come inside and we should be careful. When we asked what kind of snake it was because, you know, we have a 3 year old, he admitted that there was no snake but we should learn to keep the door closed. Again, we did not leave the screen open - Brett wanted an excuse to snoop. Talk about embarrassing behaviour for a grown man. It gets worse still. Brett has 1990's blinds. When we closed them one evening, one of the vertical slats fell down. No big deal, we thought. We went to clip it back in only to notice that there was a wad of super glue hanging from it. Someone had clearly tried to repair it before. In his typical belittling fashion, he blamed us. When we vehemently denied any involvement (we were starting to get fed up), he said he was going to call the past guests about it! It's called "wear & tear". That could have been a decade old! Summary? I spent three days looking out the window waiting to see Brett to tell him my thoughts. Here you go, Brett. Adios.

Perfect communications, property is set on the banks of the river. Clean comfortable and peaceful ! We will be back.

The three bedroom Platypus cottage is beautifully located close to the Tumut river and is away from everyone. Highly recommend!

We had a wonderful time at the Platypus cottage amidst the cattle and horses. The property is conveniently located close to the town centre (approx 10 mins drive) and about 1.5 hours from Selwyn snowfields. The property has all things needed. Toileteries need to be brought but basic kitchen items are available. Airconditioniong is only available in the living area but the beds have electric heated blankets. There is no wifi in the property but good network coverage. We got to feed the horses and the view from the cottage is good. Thank you Brett for making our stay memorable.

Perfect location along the river. Clean accommodation with excellent hosts. Cannot recommend highly enough!!