Ambleside Bed and Breakfast, Manilla

04/05/2025

Milkyway - view from Ambleside :)
Photo by our backpacker, Kilian Kammer

30/03/2025

Another great sunset at the Ambleside sundowner point🤗

08/02/2025

We installed an outdoor we**am in the aviary, because we had a brown snake around and wanted to find out more about it. It comes with some features, so you can listen and talk. Nibbles likes it and contributed: he poos on everything he loves..You can see Nibbes little eye poking out at the bottom left of the camera, if you haven't spotted him yet🤭💬🦜

16/01/2025

Dear customers,
we are pleased to get more and more customers from Sydney and Newie coming over for a little 'country-retreat' with the highlight being a lady travelling from Sydney on the train and by bike bringing her own osteopath - a 2h individual session at Ambleside included!
I was quite impressed and love this new, sustainable business🙂
Still trying to find out, where it's coming from!
As I don't watch TV:
Have I missed out on a new mega trend that takes people into the middle of nowhere😄
Anyway, we are very pleased and say a big thank you to all of you for your recommendations❣️
Yours Katie & Allan

28/12/2024

a true little Chrissie story:
a little sheep called 'Seppl' found his way to Ambleside on boxing day.
It was very tired&weak when we found it roaming around our aviary. It wouldnt eat or drink and had an infection of his mouth and nose.
After feeding it water and milk with a syringe and uncle Wayne spraying his snout with Antiseptic, we found it grazing happily and feeding on grass and our tree leaves the next morning behind our shed.
We still like to find its owner, at the same time, we want to make sure its not going into Lamb chops...
Anybody interested in a pet sheep?
Seppl will get some vetenary attention, before we give him in the loving hands of a vegetarian owner🐑❤️‍🩹🤗

05/11/2024

Whaaat, already 2y since we did the crazy thing!?
Haha, still happy together in puppy love!
Love you, my favorite human (formerly known as hus-band) Allan Barnes ❤️

10/06/2023

This bird makes noises ranging from cat noises, tin being dragged, walking through leaves, and wheezing!

And it's taken a while to identify it!

03/05/2022

Last swim of the season...bravely led by Hannah, Baby Chinta and Harmoni! What a joy to have you around here:)

13/04/2022

Ambleside has a new spa for the upcoming cold season!
It offers place for up to 4 people at a time, water temperature up to 38°C and air jets for your back massage.
Come around and enjoy it:)
Yours Allan&Katie

17/03/2022

03/01/2022

Stunning picture with gorgeous reflections down by the Namoi River.
Thanks to the photographer:
Our tennant Tess Jenner

15/10/2021

We are happy to announce to our dear guests, that Ambleside has a fully refurbished pool:)
New gelcoat, fresh paint and new tiles, but especially: this is a Magnesium Mineral pool!

The pool offers quite a few health benefits
and a superior swimming experience. The water is naturally clear, has a silky smooth feel and it is so much gentler on the skin and eyes — particularly beneficial for people with skin ailments, like psoriasis or eczema!

What we like most about it:
No smell of Chlorine at all!!!

And thank you to the rain!
Due to the amount of rainfall, we managed to fill more than 2/3 of the entire pool capacity with beautifully soft rain water:)
We can't wait to go for our first dive...come and join us!!!

Yours Katie&Allan