B&Bs in Queenstown

Amazing owner - Ralph is very friendly and welcoming, gives you all the good recommendations and knows a lot about the history. The hotel is very quirky, beautifully restored and super clean. The rooms are very cozy. Bathrooms are newly built and very clean. beds very comfy. The downstairs lounge is great for relaxing. Continental breakfast was very fresh. You can easily walk to all the main sites within Queenstown.

Wonderful couple, Karen and Steve were fantastic hosts. Stunning heritage home. Steve had a great sense of humour and prepared a delicious breakfast, highly recommend the homemade cereal and home cooked bread.

We drove to Ormiston House, Strahan from Cradle Mountain having spent the morning viewing the sights. We were met by Rose, the owner, who sat us down and briefed us on our room and got the details from each of us on what we would like for our specially tailored continental breakfast and what time we would like it. It was as if we were being introduced to an exclusive club, and this continued when Rose showed us our room, the Amelia Room with its bathroom with its claw foot bath overlooking the gardens. After checking in to the room we then were met by Rose's husband Terry, who greeted us with a glass of wine and talked us through the history of the Ormiston Family and the house and their connections with Strahan and nearby Queenstown, he then walked us through the house explaining its features and took us up into the tower to see the view and also view artefacts relating to the Ormiston family that he had collected and arranged in the tower room. We marvelled that each guest received a similar greeting and briefing. It set the standard for our three night stay. We were told about the Gordon River cruise which we had already booked, and also about the play which was staged each evening on the amphitheatre on the waterfront. It told the story of 10 convicts who working as boatbuilders highjacked the boat and sailed it to Chile. It has been running for some 30 years and each night's production is a world-record for an Australian play, only of course to be broken the following night. We were punchdrunk after all of this, but Ormiston and its grounds at No. 1 The Esplanade is the perfect place and perfect setting to explore Strahan, its harbour, the Gordon River, the wilderness, a trip on the Wilderness Railway to Queenstown.

Very nice apt. Quite and Beautiful location

very quiet location with riverside views. facilities were as described, very comfortable bed, great bathroom, well stocked kitchen and small lounge/diner. communication with the host was easy. overall very enjoyable stay