Cherrabah Homestead Resort, Warwick

A bunch of us flew in about 3 years ago and enjoyed the morning tea/cappuccino. A year later we flew in again and the rustic theme had given way to a lot of expensive but inappropriate Chinese furniture. The cappuccinos had given way to regular coffee from an urn and the staff were not very accommodating. Ok, we were 'blow-ins' and not staying overnight, but I am not in any hurry to go back..... Hidden Vale does it much better.

Cherrabah Resort? After paying a $50 deposit over the phone we arrived from Brisbane after a 170k’lm, 2.5 hour drive. We were expecting rustic, cattle station type of accommodation, what we got was confusing and odd. For starters on arrival you are greeted by gates with more “stop” signs that would be required at a 4 way intersection. After entering the property expect to see a ridiculous amount of solar Victorian Era street lighting, an “international Airport” which actually resembles a wooden shack? And very confusing direction signage. The new owners have managed to destroy the cattle station theme. Upon entry to the homestead you will find novelty sized water buffalo horns, sitting directly to the right a 6 foot Chinese vase and mix of Chinese and cattle station ornaments scattered throughout the restaurant. A wall next to the check in counter has home printed and laminated A4 photos of various men with Kevin Rudd? Basically the whole theme doesn’t fit. We opened our room (34) and both came to the decision within a minute that room and especially the bed wasn’t clean enough to stay the night as planned. The doona cover had soil marks of various colours from top to bottom. The cabinet the fridge was sitting was water damaged, swollen and splintered with water stains present of the carpet below. The pot plant on the patio looked more like a communal ash tray and the clincher was the large black and dead spiders hanging from the smoke detector. BE WARNED. This place should be given a miss. The only good points would be the great view from the front of the homestead and the exit button on the front gates.

Cherrabah advertised in the New Idea Magazine a horse riding and accommodation package. We phoned from Brisbane each day for 4 days before they actually admitted that their marketing manager had placed the add and not told any of the staff. We had to read the add out to the operations manager over the phone before they would accept and make a booking. It sounded like a great deal (45% off mid-week), but the reluctance of the staff to fulfill the offer should have rung some alarm bells, not to mention the fact that each time they insisted they would call back and never did. As we were looking at a 3 hour drive, and the weather was rainy, we called to confirm the horse ride would still go ahead prior to setting off. They confirmed that they would indeed go out in the rain and that it was even more fun that way. After an average meal and poor sleep due to a noisy fridge and VERY thin walls the horse ride (the only reason we traveled to Warwick) was CANCELLED! Due to two hours of rain they had had during the night. Paid for the package, got a room, No refund. Worst $200 we�ve spent. Be warned.