Our standard check-in time is noon on the day of your arrival, and noon on the day of your departure. Where it is practical we will invite early check-in to allow you to set yourself up before your guests arrive.

We are using the banner of our website home page to announce dates available. However if you are looking to book beyond those dates shown - just drop us an email at curraweena.house@gmail.com pr phone/text us on 0466 318 867. Please let us know if you are looking for a retreat of 11 or 18 persons.

To help us book retreats as smoothly as possible, dates are held once deposits is received This also allows us to keep the retreat availability calendar up to date.

18 people in total if you book Curraweena House and Bell View House, or 11 peiople in total if you book Curraweena House for your retreat. This is inclusive of retreat leaders.

No, Curraweena House is a retreat venue that where you curate your retreat, including choosing the caterer that is best for you.

Have a look at our recommended retreat chefs here.

The yoga barn is a feature of any retreat groups stay with us and is included for use for all retreat groups.

We don’t tend to hire our barn to other groups on weekends as we want it to be fully available for our retreat leaders and their community to gather in our yoga shala.

At Curraweena House, our minimum night stay for a retreat group is 2 nights. Most of our retreat guests like to start their retreats on a Friday. We are flexible - you are welcome to start your retreat any day of the week - it just seems that for most groups Friday works best for most.

Yes, we provide 18 mats, 18 bolsters, 34 blocks , 18 belts and 18 blankets. These are stored in the yoga barn for your use.

The Hawkesbury District is surrounded by national parks - The Blue Mountains , Wollemi National Park and the Grose Valley. There are so many walks and we recommend that you review these websites to choose the best walk for your group. The Hawkebury Bushwalks is a great resource, and so is the local tourism website Discovery the Hawkesbury.

We're unable to offer refunds if you decide to cancel or change your retreat booking because planning retreats takes time and we are unable to resell the dates we had blocked out for you.

Yes, we know that meals are one of the highlights of retreats. Gathering together as one. Curraweena House kitchen has enough space to bring your group of upto 18 together for a meal. Our large dining table seats 12, we have an outdoor table on the adjoining deck that can be bought into the kitchen easily when it is too cold to leave the French doors open. When the weather is warm, you can leave the French doors open and create one long table extending to the deck.

18 people in total if you book Curraweena House and Bell View House, or 11 peiople in total if you book Curraweena House for your retreat. This is inclusive of retreat leaders.

We get it, COVID or any other government imposed retstrictions are difficult to manage for both of us. Let us reassure you that if there is another COVID type scenario we will support you and work with you, at no cost to you to reschedule your retreat at another date. The new booking date must be within 6 months of your original booking if this is reasonable. We value kindness and nurturing, so we will always be fair in our requests with regards to rebooking.

Sure, we welcome inspections and want you to be comfortable with what you are booking. Please email us with a couple of times and dates for a Tuesday or Wednesday inspection. Other days of the week might work but generally we are unable to accommodate inspections from Thursday noon - Monday evening as we prepare for our retreat groups arrival and departure.

No. If you are holding a retreat with us, you book Curraweena House which accommodates 11 and has the yoga barn and the treatment room. If you have more than 11 guests and upto 18 guests, then you would also book Bell View House. You can book Curraweena House first, no problem at all. If you need Bell View House, you can book that later. We can not guarantee the availability of Bell View House if you book them at separate times.

Yes we can share photographs of Curraweena House that you can use in your promotional material. Once your booking is confirmed with us, through payment we will share a Google Folder link with images that you can use in your marketing and promotional content to help sell your retreat.

For the purpose of budgeting for your retreat, we recommend that you make an allowance of $105 per person per night for catering. This includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea, coffee and snacks. Please check with your caterer.

Yes we have a firepit in the garden for your use. We'll supply the firewood too.

Yes, we provide a large portable speaker in the barn for your use.

We recommend Vale of Avoca lookout as the perfect spot for your group to watch the sunset.

Yes, our treatment cabin has a massage table for your use during the retreat. We just ask that the masseuse brings their own towels.

Curraweena House and Bell View House are neighbouring, approximately 200m apart. There is a gate located just behind the yoga barn allowing the guests from Bell View House to walk through the paddock to the yoga barn at Curraweena House. We mow the lawn through the paddock to create a walkway connecting the two homes and provide lamps/torches for the night.

We understand that Yoga Teacher should be insured for the modality that they teach.

On our end though, we have appropriate insurance for the small business that we operate here at Curraweena House.

Some of your retreat guests will want their own room.

We suggest that you price the room by doubling what you would charge for a twin-share room and then deduct about $250 (a little more than the cost for catering for 1 person for the weekend).

So, if a twin-share room was $900 per person for the weekend, for a single person in a room, you might consider 2x$900 - $250 =$1,550.

Telstra coverage is imperfect in Kurrajong. I find the best place to take /make phone calls is on the deck at Curraweena House.

We have wi-fi for guest use.