Campania Non Spa Suite

We had two nights (Thursday and Friday) in Campania Casa in mid-March. Based on our first day, I would have given a poor or average rating but our second day showed us that a much better rating could be achieved. It all depends on who else is staying at the site. The property is in a lovely peaceful and quiet setting overlooking farms with horses and a dam with ducks. The buildings are very modern and attractive and it is obvious that no expense has been spared on the decor. Campania Casa (where we stayed) is a 2-bedroom house which is attached (unfortunately) to three 1-bedroom attached rooms with small decks. These are "separated" from each other only by sculpted metal barriers which provide no privacy whatsoever. The decks overlook the pool and across to farmland but also look into each other. The deck of the Casa is large with seating for 4. The casa itself is well set up with 2 bathrooms, heaps of closet space and a king-size bed in each bedroom. The kitchen/living room is quite large and includes an 8-seater dining table and couch seating for 6 plus an Eames chair. This leads on to a TV room/library which has so many chairs and tables that it's a little cluttered. All rooms have TVs and are air conditioned. A sliding glass door opens from the TV room to a loggia which has a dining table with 8 chairs and other seating as well as an enormous built-in BBQ and a pizza oven. Outside, at the rear of the loggia, is an attractive vine-covered metal structure with an 8-seater dining table. As described in the guest compendium, the loggia is a "communal area". The whole complex is ideally suited to a group of 8-10 family members or friends where privacy is not an issue. We concluded that it would be perfect for a small wedding but the compendium points out that weddings are not permitted on the property. When we arrived at the property on the Thursday, we had a great swim in the heated pool and it seemed like we had the whole property to ourselves. However, a little later, two women arrived at Room 1 (closest to the Casa) and one of them spent the next couple of hours making loud business calls on her mobile while both of them smoked heavily out on their deck. The only way to escape this was to retreat inside and close all doors and windows. Needless to say, the other 4 guests did the same. At this stage, we had the impression that the loggia was for the sole use of the Casa guests. This was because the loggia is accessed via the deck of the Casa (and the stairs leading up to it) and by walking past the Casa's front door. Also, whilst every room in the Casa is furnished by heavy block-out curtains, the TV room's sliding glass door has no curtains so that anyone using the loggia looks straight into that room and down the corridor to the rest of the house (thereby rendering the TV room virtually unusable for Casa guests when others are in the loggia). Admittedly, the loggia can also be accessed by other guests via the rear garden but that is rather

My wife and I booked Campania of Meeniyan as our base for riding “The Great Southern Rail Trail” over a couple of days. We booked unit 4 for 3 nights from May 6th to 9th. Allison, our host owner communicated with us over the couple of months prior to our visit to address our questions about access to the bike trail, Wi-Fi access and an early arrival so we could off load our gear and ride out from the property day one. The weather on our arrival was dismal with freezing temps and very wet and windy conditions. Thus we decided to postpone our start on the GSRT and opted to stay in and spend the day reading and accessing our internet tablets. The weather was so bad it completely disrupted the Wi-Fi in unit 4 and after communicating with Allison to try to improve it she very generously offered us the Casa , two bed room house, which was not booked and had really reliable Wi-Fi. While unit 4 was super clean and very well appointed the “Casa” was outstanding. My wife, an avid Magpie supporter, loved the black and white decor. The house has every luxury amenity you could ask for and the pillow top king beds made for blissful sleep. The views out from our bedroom of the sweeping farms with cows and horses was lovely to wake up to and while it was way to cold to use the pool or the outdoor bbq area we had the added bonus of the library theatre room where we accessed the internet TV to chrome cast Kayo for the Footy. Meeniyan is a great Rural township with every possible food and amenity outlet you would need for a lovely stay. We managed to ride the GSRT to both Fish Creek for a fabulous Seniors Fish and Chip dinner, ( most delicious beer battered fish we have eaten) at the pub. Then the next day rode to Koonwarra where we discovered, to our great delight, Milly and Romeo’s cakes and coffee to boost our energy for the ride back. Our only concern would be that you will need to take your bikes into Meeniyan on the car as the gravel road up to Campania is steep, winding and busy with fast moving traffic.