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Simpson Cottage Bundeena Accommodation

Award-winning accommodation in Bundeena. Catering to busy people who need an escape Simpson Cottage; a sensitively restored three bedroom sandstone cottage.

Where time slows down. Self contained accommodation for 8 people in Bundeena, with the charm of 1800's where you can unwind relax and escape the everyday life with family and friends.

18/07/2026

There’s something sitting in some inboxes right now and it’s your turn to escape.

Want to see what we’ve got for you?
If you’re not already getting the Simpson Cottage emails, that’s an easy thing to fix. Link in bio, or just drop your email below and I’ll sort you out.

No spammy nonsense. Just the odd note when there’s something I think you’d like me to share.

— Tara
📷 Brigid Arnott

24/06/2026

The temperature is dropping. Time to light the fire, pour the hot chocolate and garb your favourite book.
As always link in bio to lock in your very own cosy escape.
📷 Mel The style collective studio

22/06/2026

Hidden luxury: heated floors.

Discover the joy of walking barefoot through the cottage on a cold winter morning and finding the floor already warm. You don’t notice it for the first few seconds. Then you realise — you couldn’t go back.

We have a few weekends still open in July and August. Link in bio to book direct.

The fireplace does the loud, obvious work. The heated floors do the quiet work. Together they make winter at Simpson Cottage feel like the season was invented for staying inside, in your socks, with nowhere to be.

It’s the kind of place where you light the fire on Friday, stay in all weekend if you want to, and only put proper shoes on when you absolutely have to.

Book your own cosy weekend 👆 link in bio

19/06/2026

Tell me something. When was the last time you truly slowed down and felt your shoulders drop?

I’d love to know. Because the most common thing guests tell me when they’ve stayed at Simpson Cottage is that they didn’t realise how much they needed to. To stop. To slow down.

They notice their shoulders drop. Somewhere along the route, they’ve softened without noticing.

The unpacking and stocking of the fridge isn’t rushed. Once they’ve settled in and sat down with that first drink, they sigh and let out the breath they didn’t know they were holding. The things they were caught up on are quietly abandoned — because something else has caught their attention. A bird. The way the light is hitting the sandstone. The smell of the bush.

I always struggled to put that feeling into words. But guests have solved that.

They tell me they can’t recall when they last felt so relaxed and at ease. It’s the part everyone remembers the most.

One hour from Sydney. A world away from everything.

📷 T i m B e a n

17/06/2026

Did you know???

There are two ways to get to Bundeena.

You can drive — it only takes an hour. You’ll leave the traffic and concrete behind as you head south of Sydney, and into the Royal National Park, where the road narrows and the canopy thickens until you realise you’ve stopped checking your phone.

Or you can take the ferry. The historic Curranulla has been making the Cronulla to Bundeena crossing for generations. It was originally started by the Simpson family — the same family who built the cottage — to bring visitors across to their hotel on this side of the water.

Cash only. Tickets from a worn leather pouch. Dolphins sometimes follow the bow wave. From May, the whales move north and lucky passengers spot them rising beyond the heads.

I’ve written a piece on the website about both — when to drive, when to take the ferry, and what happens when you arrive. The link is in my bio.

Some places ask you to slow down before you even arrive. Bundeena is one of them.

14/06/2026

When did you last have a weekend with nothing in it?

A weekend without errands and catch-ups and or todo lists. A real one. Where the only decision is whether to light the fire and sip wine or tea beside it.

Next weekend has just opened up at Simpson Cottage. One hour from Sydney and you could be free from it all in this 160-year-old sandstone cottage tucked into the Royal National Park, where the days stretch and the pace softens and the to-do list gets left at the gate.

If you’ve been feeling like you need to come home to yourself for a few days — this might be the one.

📷 Jake Weisz & Flore Vallery-Radot

Book your weekend here www.simpsoncottage.com.au

10/06/2026

People sometimes ask why I haven’t replaced this. Or repaired that. Or why things aren’t straight.

The doorframes aren’t straight because the cottage has sat here for 160 years and witnessed countless storms and fires. The timber and sandstone carry the marks of all of it.

If I tried to repair and straighten everything, I’d be here for a lifetime.

It’s taken multiple generations for this cottage to become what it is. I don’t style for design and perfection. I style for feel — and you can’t manufacture that.

My aim is to preserve all her imperfections and charm.

They’re not flaws. They’re the story.

08/06/2026

I’m Tara. I look after Simpson Cottage.
I didn’t build it. I didn’t design it. I’m just the latest set of hands to care for a 160-year-old sandstone cottage in Bundeena, tucked inside the Royal National Park, one hour south of Sydney.

All I’ve done is fill it with things that have stories. My grandfather’s tools. Steve’s fishing reels. A pair of riding boots from my childhood. Shelves I’ve made from old recycled timber. A house tea blend. Wonky doorframes I refuse to straighten.

I style it for feel, not for design.

Guests tell me they didn’t know they were holding their breath until they got here. That something happens on the path between the gate and the front door. Shoulders drop. Birdsong becomes noticeable. Light catches the sandstone in a particular way. And the simple things — tea, fire, the sound and scent of bush — become the whole point.
That’s all I’m really offering. A place where the returning can happen.

One hour from Sydney. A world away from everything else.

📷

19/05/2026

It’s been a while. Life has been busy.
With emotions at polar opposites.
We cried happy tears at our daughter’s wedding and sad tears while my dear old dad recovered from heart attacks and moved onto aged care with dementia.
So I escaped to Simpson Cottage, sipped tea, admired the views and took time to notice some of my favourite corners and treasure. Which one is your favourite?

26/04/2026

We’re still riding the joy of our daughter wedding so I’ve been somewhat absent.
Steve had an obligation to attend an event at Bondi that took him away from his family while we were getting wedding ready.
He told he was off to walk his baby girl down the aisle shortly. She suggested they do a quick video and this is the result.
Just a very proud dad spreading the joy on his daughter’s wedding day.
&mrs

Address

8 Simpson Road
Bundeena, NSW
2230

Telephone

+61413275453

Website

http://simpsoncottage.com.au/

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