The Morgan family are keen to see this great house enjoyed by our family and our close friends, just as Belinda would have hoped.   This site is being developed to support that.  

First up it provides a Booking Calendar so we can all see when the Criterion Hotel … the big house with 7 bedrooms … is available and request a booking.  This simply shows if its available or not – family members will also be able to see detail of who has it booked.

For how much we ask guest to contribute and what to do when staying have a look at the Staying in the Hotel post.

In time we add further details about the house, using it, history and so on…. work in progress.

If you want to stay at the Criterion Cottage or the Cornerstone Cottage then business as usual where you book those via Ottoson Real Estate at robeholidayrentals.com.au.

Criterion Cottage – 1 Bagot Street

Cornerstone Cottage – 28B Smillie Street

Bedrooms

Upstairs: there are 3 double rooms and 2 singles beds in the Ballroom.

Downstairs: there is a Queen bed in the Cooks Room, 2 Singles in the Girls’ Room and a Double  in the Bar Parlour.

7 bedrooms with 14 sleeping spots all up.

Contribution to Costs

We ask that family and friends contribute to costs along the following guidelines (still cheaper than the caravan park 🙂 )

• $90 / night for 2 people*
• $150 / night for 3 to 6 people (i.e. a family)*
• $190 / night for over  6 people

* Feb 2026 update – Not applicable for January and Easter when a $190/night minimum will apply.  

 We will provide the Bank Account details in the booking confirmation email.  Please pay before you stay – tell us when you have paid to criterion28@optusnet.com.au.

Staying

Bring your own sheets and towels.

Drinking Water

Robe tap water isn’t the most pleasant water to drink and if you are not used to it can make you feel a bit sick.  For drinking and cooking use the rain water from the small thin tap to the left of the sink.  Tell us if the water flow is getting really slow so we can change the filter.  You can also fill bottles directly from the tank outside next to the kitchen chimney.

Porto Cot and Highchair

The Porta Cot and Highchair are found in the side passage through the door opposite the bottom of the stairs.  Please call or text John (details below) if you don’t know where the key to this door is.

Thanks Rebecca Wells for donating these to the house.

Leaving the House

At the end of your stay  leave it ready for the next visitors:

• make sure no food is left in the fridge or freezer (disaster when there is a power failure)
• no food left on the benches, shelves or cupboards (mice and rats love that)
• turn OFF ELECTRIC BLANKETS
• turn OFF all the HEATERS. (the switch for the heat bank in the kitchen passage is in the fuse box in the central hall)
• give the floors a sweep
• bathroom mop & wipe down
• mop kitchen
• vacuum the bedrooms, front room and bar (vacuum is in the cupboard under the stairs)
• tidy up beds with doonas and pillows on bed covered up by the dust covers
• top up the wood basket
• close windows and door and draw down the front blinds.
• lock the front door from the inside – leave the key in the lock
• lock the back door and put key back from where you got it from when you arrived.

If you don’t want to clean the house then ask us to engage Ottoson’s to arrange a clean (or ask for us to arrange it) and you can pay for that.

And give as call by phone or email us and tell us how your stay went.  Is everything all right at the house?…no leaks, no broken things, falling down walls etc?  Did you have a good time 🙂

If anything urgent happens contact John Morgan on 0412 815 077 or anyone else in the family that you have the phone number of.

Enjoy your stay!

If you want to stay at the Criterion Cottage or the Cornerstone Cottage then business as usual where you book those via Ottoson Real Estate at robeholidayrentals.com.au.

Criterion Cottage – 1 Bagot Street

Cornerstone Cottage – 28B Smillie Street