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Shabby
Response rate: 40% • Response time: a few days
The Barracks a nudists feral mansion in a dilapidated ex army barracks
Very Good4.0(1)Booked 4 times
Private room
6 guests
3 Bedrooms
1 Bathroom
3 beds
Clothing optional acceptedWi-FiBreakfast includedHot tubParkingPets allowed
The Reveal
Relaxing
The Barracks is a very large 2 story ex-army barracks on 20+ acres of bushy land inside Seymour township, 100km from Melbourne along the Hume Freeway. Although only 1.6 km walk into the center of town and Seymour train station & shops, it’s very private and effectively secluded from neighbors enabling clothing optional in some areas; the host is a habitual nudist when situation appropriate and other residents live here communally. It’s off-grid with solar power and pet friendly. (Cats & dogs inside) Anyone allergic to cats or dust should definitely not visit as this place is too big to keep clean for anyone with sensitivities! All meals are included with high quality whole-food &/or organic ingredients. (Gluten free & dietary allergies catered for) Guest rooms have king-size beds with quality linen & electric blankets. Free WiFi & multiple TV streaming services.
The Barracks is extremely informal, casual & best suited to nudists seeking an alternative lifestyle that’s very very chilled & laid back. The host is a retired long haired hippy bear nudist that’s more inclined to attend a bush doof music festival than any opera/art gallery. Since retiring from hospitality hosting events here in the past the host cannot now maintain the place suitable for clean-freeks or anyone expecting good suburban hygiene, this is more akin a farm-stay with junk and clutter amongst lots of very interesting stuff, including a large collection of American cars. Beware lots of dust, cobwebs and pet fur! There is a dedicated sling-room if couples so desire. Most of the property is returned to wild bush land with a creek as a green wedge and a small garden courtyard that’s very overgrown. This place is not available to anyone not prepared to share clear face-pics and ample information about themselves. In an attempts to select compatible “like mindedness” please share as much information as you would want to invite a stranger into your own home and your own dinner table?
How the beds work
Bedroom #11 King Size Bed
Bedroom #21 King Size Bed
Bedroom #31 King Size Bed
Little Luxuries
Clothing optional accepted
Wi-Fi
Breakfast included
Hot tub
Parking
Pets allowed
Air conditioning
Kitchen
Heating
The Classics
Wi-Fi
Kitchen
Breakfast included
Air conditioning
TV
Garden
Washer
Essentials
Hair dryer
Dryer
Heating
Hot tub
Outdoor dining area
Parking
Sound system
Netflix
Disney+
Unusual & Unique (Boat, tent, etc.)
LGBTQ+ Favorites
Adult Only
Welcome
Smoking allowed
Pets allowed
Pet owner
Clothing optional accepted
My location
Countryside
Fire protection
Smoke alarm
Carbon monoxide alarm
Fire extinguisher
LGBTQ+ Kinky Amenities
Meet Your Proud Host
Shabby4.0(1 review)
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Member sinceFeb. 2016
Response rate40%
Response timea few days
Hi I’m your host Darren, I’m a hairy bear who’s also a long haired tree loving nudist hippy. I’ve lived an outrageously fun party life but am now retired and sharing my alternative lifestyle being off-grid in a fabulously decadent re-purposed ex-army barracks. "The Pink Palace” or “The Barracks" as it is known is a large queer communal living space in a veritable mansion on acreage in rural Victoria an hour north of Melbourne cbd.
The bedrooms are large (6.6mx4.5m=30m2) and fully furnished with king size beds but no en-suites. We share a large communal kitchen, communal showers, cubicle toilets and multiple social spaces.
There is a dedicated slingroom if anybody’s keen. This is a cats inside and dogs outside home with a few horses as well to keep the grass down. This is an eco-friendly off-the-grid home and although we have 24/7 solar electricity care is appropriate at what to use/when/duration...
Mostly organic meals & drinks are provided from our communal kitchen, ala-carte dining from a menu is not possible but there is usually several choices of what’s available for any meal. Guest can cook for themselves if they choose or enjoy being cooked for with all dietary wish’s catered for including gluten free. As host I’m a habitual nudist so feel more comfortable with others who also share this freedom and we have acres of bush land to laze about sunbathing.
Rental here includes all meals and drinks (except byo booze) all bills, bathroom products, wifi, phone (Australia only) multiple pay tv streaming services, local transport in 7 seat suv or Cadillac convertible or stretch limousine. I have a passion for collecting American cars and all things gawdy! So day trips/cruises in Cadillac convertibles and limousines are possible if guests cover fuel expenses. This place is huge and eclectic bordering on eccentric but too large to keep spick & span, so if you object to dust, cobwebs and clutter it’s not for you! Each guest room is clean and tidy, but the greater house is more akin to the Munster mansion! Lol Smoking is permitted inside as several residents here are smokers though not myself.
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Goulburn River is biggest local attraction and many wineries. Woolies Coles Aldi & IGA. Trains from Melbourne’s Southern Cross station to Seymour station depart hourly, trip takes 70-80 mins and are Myki equiped. Express services run every few hours on full size trains that stop here then pass Seymour toward Shepparton & Albury (70 minutes) Regular sprinter services in between stop at all stations (80 minutes) The XPT from Sydney stops in Seymour too.
House Rules & Conditions
Check-infrom 12pm
Checkoutto 3pm
Host recommendations
Smokers welcome as some residents who live here smoke (host Darren doesn’t smoke) It’s pet friendly with lots of cats inside and 2 big friendly dogs inside, 2 horses outside that can’t be ridden and a large mob of Kangaroos who frequent the land. We have our own nightclub built-in so there is facilities for music away from disturbing the bedrooms. Showers & toilets are partitioned communal spaces; there are no private en-suites. Being off-grid, air-conditioning and laundry facilities are only usable during daytime on direct solar power, not at night-time while we’re on stored battery power. LPG Gas heating is provided in bedrooms as well as reverse cycle air conditioning for cooling, but air-conditioning for cooling can only be used during daytime with direct solar power, with gas at night time for heating to preserve off-grid solar energy in batteries..
Extra per guest$47 per night after 1 guest(s)
$47 per night after 1 guest(s)
Minimum stay (nights)1 night
1 night
Deposit$221 USD
$221 USD
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NeilStayed in January 2020
Reviewed on Jan. 27, 2020
A different type of accommodation slightly eccentric some might say, accepting to all, friendly and great conversationalist, will not appeal to all, but those who do are guaranteed a good time. A very large space so you can easily lose yourself if you don't want to mix & mingle with the other characters there. The grounds are great for a wander around to.