Tuesday, June 30, 2009

July News, Winter Packages and Gifts

Winter wine and cheese packages

It's July and thoughts turn to warm times by the fire at Milton Country Cottages.

For subscribers to our newsletter we have a terrific winter wine and cheese package:

Book directly with us and treat yourself to cosy nights in front of the fire with our weekend autumn/winter package. This includes a gourmet breakfast hamper, firewood, complimentary port, bathrobes, candles, bath products, slippers and a bottle of wine and a cheese platter. $400 per couple for 2 nights or $490 for 3 nights in a one bedroom cottage with double spa bath. An additional $20 per night for the two bedroom cottage with garden spa bath.This package is also Available as a mid-week package at lower rates – please contact us for details.

Exclusive Extra for Our Newsletter Subscribers

Our winter packages are proving very popular, especially the cheese platters with Carol’s home-made fig paste. So we are now offering an extra to our winter package exclusively for our Newsletter subscribers - a delicious cheese platter with all direct bookings of 2 nights or more until the end of August. A bottle of wine (red, white, or sparkling) will be included for 3 nights or more. And the best news is these offers include school holidays!

Eat-in Menu

In our last newsletter we offered this service for the first time. Since then many of our guests have ordered this delicious gourmet food from The Kitchen in Milton. There is the convenience of having the food there when you arrive, but more than that - the food is great! The response from guests has been fantastic; one couple even went into The Kitchen twice to tell them how much they enjoyed the food.

Movies

In the cooler weather with the longer nights our movie library is always popular, and, of course comes at no extra charge. The one bedroom cottages now have new flat screen hi definition TVs. New titles include Frost/Nixon and Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona.

Milton Theatre

Did you know that Milton has its own 200 seat historic theatre? It was used for movies until about 10 years ago and has been recently refurbished. It is now used for live theatre, community performances and as a recording studio. Coming events include Lucie Thorne (11th July), Diesel (22nd August) and Chris Gudu (5th September). More information and ticket sales available at www.ulladulla.info.

Gallery News and a Special Gift

Kees is now experimenting with using vegetable oil to fire his gas kiln. This is a difficult process because only a few degrees temperature variation can make a big difference to the results. We are changing our gallery to be able to display a wider variety of different pieces from unique hand basins to platters, vases and bowls in a range of sizes. Special Gift: Stay 2 nights of more and receive a gift of beautiful crystal glazed piece from our gallery as a memento of your stay.