From Melbourne Take the M1 and Mornington Peninsula Fwy/M11 which takes 1 hr 24 min on a good day! (102.4 km)

Entry to the property is off Cape Schanck Rd via a little service lane. You can go via the blue old-school letterbox 86 on Cape Schanck Rd or if you overshoot, the next set of letterboxes, further along, connects the service lane up to our place.

The cabin is painted black and has a black galvanised iron shed to L and a boxed in timber patio, with number 86.

On your way stop at Hawkes farm gate at 661 Boneo Road, Boneo (you’ll see a huge sign) on your left as you head towards Cape Schanck) for supplies like locally grown fruit and vegetables, sourdough bread, milk, eggs, honey, jam, fresh pasta, cheese and coffee... Don’t miss it!

They serve legendary hot chips on weekends, 10 - 3 pm and serve espresso coffee 7 days!

There’s also produce picking trail rides for families on weekends and all sorts of fun stuff.

https://hawkesfarm.com.au/ @hawkes_farm on Instagram

• No parties

• No smoking

• No noise on deck after 9pm, noise down by 10pm

• Out of respect for our lovely neighbours who are residents, please keep noise down

• No pets

• Arrival after 2pm unless arranged

• Departure before 11am unless arranged.

• Before departing:

• Empty fridge and take any food or bin it.

• Please bag up rubbish and place it in bins out near shed. Sometimes bins are out on Cape Schanck Rd (all have 86 on lids)

• Please empty the recycling bucket into the bin at the back of the house.

• Turn off heater/fans and lamps/lights/coffee machines.

• Pull down all blinds, you can leave kitchen one open.

• Lock all windows and doors. Leave window keys on shelf by door.

• Don’t forget your stuff!

• On Sunday, please wheel garbage bins up to street for collection if you dont mind!

You have a set of keys with a small square key for floor lock, turn and pull up pin.

Sliding door handle lock is a large square-topped key. The black sliding screen door has a large clover topped key.

Remember to lock all locks with keys upon leaving the house.

There are some small window lock keys which open the lounge room and kitchen windows,

Please remember to lock these, and pull down sliding door/window blinds when leaving the house. Window keys on shelf by door.

PLEASE DON'T OPEN WINDOWS WHICH DON'T HAVE FLY SCREENS, AS SPIDERS AND INSECTS WILL COME IN.

Laundry/bedroom doors please lock with keys upon leaving the house.

• Beach towels

• Your own towels/robe for hot springs or they charge a fee

• Milk, butter and any food you want to eat! (We supply coffee beans, herbal tea + some black tea + milk)

Ceiling fan in living room + main bedroom. White heater/cooling units in wardrobes of bedrooms.

Wall heaters in most rooms, are auto set to 22 degrees, best not to change them, and also not to turn all on at once or you’ll trip the safety switch! Please turn them all off when leaving house, to not waste energy! Thanks!

White robot looking fans in wardrobes heat/cool and air purify.

Wood fire living room-we supply hardwood, firefighters and kindling at the front door and in the basket. Please sweep out the cold fireplace and place COLD ash into the bin upon leaving if you remember, no worries if you don’t!

Monkeybones=Peanut! (No spaces)

A copy of the manual is on the bottom shelf of the corner bookshelf by lounge.

We like to buy lots of local produce and cook in the kitchen, so we’ve tried to make it a functional cooking kitchen! Please let us know if there's something you think we missed!

Olive oil, vegetable oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, spices, honey and sugar in the cupboards to L of stove. If it's there, use it!

Pantry is for our family use only, so we keep it locked.

There are tea and coffee making things in the cupboard under the bench where coffee machine and grinder is.

There’s herbal tea in there in jars for use in glass teapots.

If you prefer your own coffee beans there's some local roasted beans available at Hawkes. If there's coffee in the cupboard, use it!

Stove/Oven

Stovetop is induction, to use:

Press the circle with a line in it on L of hot plates for power. Then turn on the hot plate you want to use by touching the + then touch the heat number you want 1-9. To turn off, just touch the same power button, to turn heat down, touch a lower number.

Or follow instructions in the folder...

Oven

Push dial to pop out at L of the oven front. Then turn the dial to select the fan forced oven setting, grill etc. Press dial to pop out on R for the temp, or refer to instructions in folder

Exhaust fan above stove

Please use it when cooking.

Protecting surfaces

Cork trivets and tile trivets next to stove top—please use to save counters and tables from burns!

Cooking implements

Pot holders in drawers under cutlery drawers.

White bread bin has a chopping board on the underside next to the toaster.

Tea towels, napkins, paper towel in drawers under cutlery drawers

Utensils, including cutting knives in wide drawers by stove to R

Crockery in wide drawers under utensils drawers

Pots and pans, baking trays, cake tins rice etc all in cupboards under the bench to L of stovetop.

Slow cooker, rice cooker, sandwich press + waffle maker in corner cupboard to L of stovetop.

If you aren’t sure how to use, instructions are in the folder

Cutlery in top drawers facing kitchen table

Gladwrap, foil, baking paper, paper towel in drawers under cutlery drawers

There is a step ladder tucked beside the fridge for grabbing things off high shelves if you need it! I do, I'm short!

Coffee machines/tea

Delonghi espresso machine, scan the QR code on side for instructions.

Moccamaster drip filter machine, use a coarse grind for beans, and there are paper filters in the cupboard. Replace paper filters after each use. Fill the water tank to the cups you want, and use half the cup qty scoops of ground coffee to water. Switch both switched to activate the drip and turn both off when done. Be careful with the jug its fragile, please don’t wash it out, just pour out coffee you don’t use.

Coffee grinder make sure you set it to fine grind for espresso machine, change to coarse for Moccamaster machine.

French Press-instructions in folder, use a coarse grind coffee

Glass teapot on shelf

Tea strainer in utensils drawer

Washing up/dishwasher

Dishwasher—just hit power and start when ready, tablets go on the top drawer front.

Dishwashing tablets under sink in a jar + Rinseaid

Brush scrubbers for washing up, dish liquid in glass bottle at sink

Our septic tank doesn’t like food scraps or coffee grinds so pop food waste in a small food scrap bin lined with green bag.

Rubbish/Waste

Recycling goes in the black bucket under kitchen sink

Waste bin in skinny cupboard to R of sink, small food scrap bin in same cupboard.

Our council likes us to place food scraps in this bin lined with small biodegradable bin bags

and emptied into the GREEN WASTE bin.

Bin liners in drawers

Empty kitchen bins into wheelie bins at the end of stay—these are by the shed or on Cape Schanck Rd.

Tea towels, cloth napkins in drawers facing kitchen table

Bath towels under sink in bathroom

Extra sheets in the linen closet in the hallway.

Extra blankets in wardrobes.

PLEASE DON'T take towels to hot springs or beaches. If the towels are missing/damaged we will have to charge you for them.

Eneby speaker

Pair to use YouTube music or whatever, needs to be plugged into a power board on the floor below tv.

TV

Just message us if you need any help with it. You can cast your favourite streaming services by selecting “Living Room TV” from your device.

Washing machine

Washing machine is pretty easy, just fill up and pop liquid in drawer, close door and press cycle button.

Clothes horses in the laundry behind the door, pegs in the tall laundry cupboard.

There is an outdoor clothes line at the side fence in the backyard.

Iron and ironing board in laundry closet.

Dryer

Please open the laundry door to allow for steam to escape when using.

Each bed has nice linen sheets and doona covers, and extra quilts in wardrobes or fans if hot.

Shower gel and hand soap are vegan soap with essential oils and are chemical free.

We have a sensitive septic system so please don’t flush tissues, pads, tampons, nappies, cotton balls or anything down loo which isn’t what’s supposed to go in it.

Our garden was an empty rectangle when we arrived. Cape Schanck blocks were once paddocks and farm fields, cleared of all vegetation when white settlers took land from traditional owners. Sadly most indigenous plants are lost, and we are working hard to introduce them back into our yard. It's not finished yet, but we are working on planting Indigenous plants which work in the tough conditions of strong coastal winds and sandy soil.

As we plant, we will update this manual with the species you see in the garden. We started with this tiny remnant of natives:

• She oaks

• Correa hedge

• Coast Beard Heath

• Bottle brush

• Wooly bush

• Native grass

• Billy Buttons

• Saltbush

• Banksia

• Pigs face

• Tea Tree

• Peppermint gum

Our garden was designed by Millie at Wild Native Gardens, and uses no irrigation, relying on rainwater only. If you think it looks thirsty, give it a water from the hose. There are quite a lot of little wrens and a family of parrots who live there, as well as multiple blue tongue lizards and a tiger snake was once seen in the front garden in summer... Cape Schanck is basically a national park so theres a lot of wildlife! Keep your shoes on, stay alert round the driveway and the screen door closed! There is a snake bite kit in the bathroom cupboard, but its unlikely you'll ever see a snake!

Plant stock from Glenvue and Ausplant nurseries, which are both worth a look!

Daybed-our daybed/couch is designed and made by Paul Vizzari chair maker from beautiful Victorian Ash. He sells these www.paulvizzarichairmaker.com

Bed linen by Ilovelinen.com, Carlotta + Gee, Citta.

Artwork - Photo on dining wall is of Greek island by photographer Gen Kay, the prints in small frames are by Lauri Hopkins, I painted the shrubs in the small room, the Japanese characters print says ‘sunlight through trees’ in Japanese but I can’t recall artist... I bought in lockdown, i’ll come back to this to clarify.

House and kitchen/bathroom/wardrobe doors paint is Porters Paints eggshell finish

Hand soap/body wash/shampoo/conditioner is SALUS all handmade with essential oils and are vegan/chemical/synthetic free

Dish liquid and clothes liquid is vegan/chemical/synthetic free

We clean with natural low odour cleansers which don’t hurt our septic tank or environment and are good for those with allergies. Nothing is scented with anything other than essential oils.

Closest fuel spot before getting back onto freeway PENINSULA GAS + FUEL https://peninsulagasandfuel.com.au/ they’re not far away and have after hours pay with card service Colchester Rd Rosebud, off Browns Rd. (8 mins away)

Closest bottle shop The Corner Bottleshop 2 Boneo Rd Rosebud-(10mins away)

http://cornerbottleshop.com/

Lighthouse is at the end of our road driving away from Boneo Rd. It's so nice and worth a trek down the wooden pathway top bottom, as well as a look at the top!

The Pines park and look outs and walks is on R before the lighthouse. Look for National Park signs. There’s short and long walks to beaches or lookouts, and a cleared, mowed picnic spot behind the pines.

Bushrangers Bay is a long but good walk-don't wear open shoes as there can be snakes and bull ants! It can take over an hour to do a return walk. Take care if you plan to swim there, as the waves and conditions can be dangerous and people have lost their lives here. Check tides, only swim in the rockpool water near the shore, as edges of rocks can be hammered by unexpected waves.

Kangaroo viewing area-go here after 6pm to see the kangaroos.

Drive up to the gate, park and walk into the mowed track down the hill and up to see kangaroos either side of the path in groups!

Blowhole on the way to Flinders is a sign for the blowhole on R. Look it up, it's really cool when the tide is in and the foam is blown around everywhere!

Flinders-check the socials for hours but we love Flinders Sourdough, but get there before 11 for the pies as they sell out! And it's not open some days, maybe Wed/Thurs.

Flinders General Store is the best spot for everything else while you're in town. It's weirdly the fanciest general store ive ever been to in the middle of nowhere.

You can get a pretty good sandwich and pie and coffee there I recommend.

Flinders Pho is open Friday Sat and Sunday lunch and dinner but only till 6pm!! and is totally cute and has vegetarian pho. It's on the lawn down the road from the general store.

Flinders pier is lovely, the kids jump off the end, and at certain times there’s mussels in broth at a little caravan... or you can buy fresh mussels/oysters in the morning from a boat at the pier. The mussels are available when the sign says so on the way down to the pier.

Mushroom reef is a lovely walk and there’s shells and nice rock pools, and you can snorkel over the reef.

Shoreham Beach is our favourite swimming beach, it's got lots of clear gentle waves and pine trees go right to the shore.

Red Hill is very close, if you prefer a woodsy nice change from the beach, and there's lots of lovely farms and cheese places etc, and sometimes pumpkins and other veg or apples for sale along the way.

Berry farms along there are more Xmas time, cherries are done, and I think strawberries might be too, but worth a look!

The Epicurean in Red Hill has nice coffee and cakes and pies and pizza if you’re feeling fancy.

Another nice cafe is the Nordie in Red Hill, it's pretty laid back and has a bottle shop right close by if you want to grab a bottle of something locally made.

Peninsula Hot Springs is 20 mins away—pre book online for 1 hour spots. Night time is the best time cos no one is looking at anyone and the fairy lights are nice.

We go shopping at Dromana IGA because it’s really good and huge and not $$

Dromana is also the place we get our coffee beans or a coffee-at Little Rebel Coffee Roasters. It's in an industrial area, where there's a cheese place, Boathouse Cheese, indoor plants place, seafood wholesaler, and close by the best bakery, Millers Bakery which is great for breakfast and lunch. Little Rebel has a map of all the cute spots around and can explain where they all are.

Dromana drive in is opposite the coffee spot.

Arthurs Seat - the chairlift is fun and lovely on a good day, and the lookouts and drive up the mountain is lovely and free! There’s a lovely park up there called SeaWinds, which is a nice spot for a picnic and walk.

Diggers Garden and nursery is up there which is nice too.

Golf courses are everywhere here-Cape Schanck RACV course is on Boneo Rd close by, our back fence line is the edge of it!