Arrival to the resort – After 3pm.
– No early arrival or late departure in peak times or for one night bookings or for specials sorry but at other times early arrival and late departure up to one hour is sometimes possible and guests are welcome to call us on 97554016 the evening before arrival or departure to check.
– Unless otherwise arranged under special circumstances, arriving guests cannot be “visitors” to effectively arrive early to the property.

Departure from the resort – By 10.00am.
– Please note the “On Departure” check list in your kitchen (including cleaning requirements).
– Please drop the key and any car parking cards to Reception when departing from the resort however if departing earlier than 8.30am please leave the unit key and card/s on the table of the unit you are occupying, lock and close the door on the way out and then call on 97554016 after 8.30am to advise you have departed or email siesta@siestapark.com
– Unless otherwise arranged under special circumstances, departing guests cannot be “visitors” to effectively depart late from the property.

Cars – Safe Speed and Minimal Movements etc
The 8kph speed restriction (fast walking pace) is a State regulation that applies to all licensed family holiday parks. Please minimise vehicle movements to help keep the park safe and peaceful so if visiting someone staying in another area of the resort or going to the beach for example, please WALK and leave your car parked at your unit. When vehicles are moved be very careful to check behind for little people before reversing and general roads rules apply including licensed drivers/riders only (no driving lessons with children for example) and no movement of any vehicle when under the influence of alcohol etc.

e-Scooters, Bikes, Motorbikes etc
– No riding of bikes, e-scooters etc after dark for obvious safety reasons.
– Riding to and from the playground, shop or other destination at safe speed is encouraged but no repetitive riding around the park, especially when fast.
– Wearing of bike helmets within the resort area is for parents to decide.
– Longer and faster riding can be done on the public cycle/walkway to Busselton and Dunsborough that you will find at the service station at the entrance of the resort.
– No use of any other unlicensed motorbikes or any other unlicensed vehicles.
– Recharging e-scooters, e-bikes can be problematic including potential for fire. If you have one and would like to charge it please discuss this with us at reception.

Adventure Play Equipment, Jetty etc
Siesta has some great adventure play equipment, private jetty, tennis court, basketball hoop and more. Guests need to have accepted and signed our our Liability Waiver to use these facilities which includes the requirement that the responsible adult guest/s need to go to the playground areas and the jetty to assess the suitability of these and other items for your children and supervise and instruct accordingly.
See the Park Plan for the location of the playgrounds, jetty and other facilities.

Noise
At all times please consider other guests to avoid any impact and annoyance. You need to be mindful of the volume of your conversations, laughter, music (only very low level if at all) to ensure you are not heard outside of your personal space when socialising.

No Party Policy
To minimise the chance of annoyance to other guests we have a No Party Policy. A low key celebration amongst guests who are staying here and does not involve people staying elsewhere or living locally is generally ok as long as this can be done with no impact on other guests. Parties should be arranged to take place at a suitable public location or venue.

Visitors
– Guests are welcome to arrange with reception to have an occasional visitor for a short period, like for a cuppa or a meal, while keeping in mind the importance of protecting and maintaining the Resort’s private, peaceful and casual atmosphere. This policy recognises that long or repetitive visits by others staying elsewhere or living locally can significantly compromise what is special for paying guests.
– Visitors need to register, whether they arrive by car, foot, bike, boat etc and any cars need to be parked in the visitors car park at the resorts entry and not drive into the resort to park at the units or elsewhere. To register please call us on 97554016 before or on on arrival as we require the visitors name and contact details plus we will provide directions to the visitors car park. The visitor will also need to collect a card to display on their car dash.
– All facilities are provided and insured for use by our booked in/paying guests who have signed our Liability Waiver thus visitors may not help themselves although a novelty/insignificant use by a visitor is generally ok as long as the visitor make themselves aware of and accepts the Liability Waiver. Please note that our boat ramp is unavailable for use by visitors at all times, as is the jetty for fishing or crabbing due to the very limited room for paying guests.
– Visitors, like guests, cannot bring dogs or other pets thus plan to meet elsewhere at a suitable public location/venue if necessary.
– If visitors show disregard towards our policies, staff or other guests this may jeopardise the associated guests opportunity to rebook.
– Please note that unless otherwise arranged under special circumstances, arriving and departing guests cannot be “visitors” to effectively arrive early or depart late from the property.
– SPECIAL NOTE TO GROUPS – Groups need to generally catch up with their visitors at a suitable public location/venue, in keeping with our No Parties and Groups policies. Groups, please make any visitor queries and requests at reception or call 97554016.

Groups
If you are part of a group booking please note –
– Groups can easily create excessive noise including loud conversations, laughter, singing and music plus other issues. The larger the group the greater the potential of impact and annoyance to other guests. If gathering to socialise, choose a place in the middle of your own space plus a conscious and ongoing effort is required to ensure that your groups noise does not elevate to a level that can be heard outside your area and impact on others at any time.
– If a group cannot operate harmoniously and without impact and annoyance to others, the opportunity for the group to rebook will be lost.
– Visitors of Groups only increase the already higher potential impact of groups on others guests (compared to Standalone Bookings) and thus groups need to generally catch up with their visitors at a suitable public location/venue, in keeping with our Visitor and No Party Policies. Groups please make any visitor queries and requests at reception or call 97554016.
– Before departing please check your inventories and return any items to their respective units such as cutlery, crockery, blankets, chairs etc.

Car Parking
Up to TWO cars at 2 and 1 bedroom units and up to THREE cars at 3 bedroom units. Any additional cars, trailers etc to parked in an overflow/trailer parking area – see Park Plan for location.
Parking at the units is for guests only and not visitors who will be directed to our visitors car park when they register.
Parking cards are issued to guests and visitors which need to be displayed on the cars dash board plus car registration numbers are helpful and may be recorded.

Trailer Parking
Box trailers can be parked neatly at your unit however if they are not used for storage during your stay it is tidier preferred and they be parked in one of the overflow/trailer parking areas.
Unloaded boat trailers need to be parked in an overflow/trailer parking areas for overnight storage– see Park Plan but can be parked at your unit during the day if the boat is reloaded again by that evening, as long as this can be done without interfering with other units parking areas etc.
Any trailer parked at your unit takes up one of your limited number of parking spaces.

EV charging at EV Charge Station & No power cords in unit car parks
For charging Electric Vehicles we provide 4 x EV Chargers at our tennis courts/laundry area for guest use only. See FAQs on this topic including what App to use. To run car fridges remove from car and placed carefully on a floor in your unit or on the verandah, where a suitable power point is available. No power cords into carparks for any reason. If you have a flat start battery please let us know and we can hopefully assist with a jump start.

No BYO Electric heaters, Portable Air Conditioners or other high energy consuming appliances.
For the cooler months we supply adequate heating and for the hotter months we supply desk fans for each bedroom, as described in our unit descriptions. Guests cannot BYO additional heaters or portable air conditioners or any other high energy consuming appliances. To illustrate why, consider that one standard 2400W electric heaters can use more than $23 of electricity per day (@40c / kWh) if left on all the time. Our property has always been operated in an eco-friendly way and minimising energy consumption is one of our goals and priorities. Only if absolutely necessary, as a one off type arrangement we can supply an extra mid-sized heater for $20/day (limited availability).

No Smoking or Vaping in Units
NO SMOKING OR VAPING INSIDE UNITS – please consider the next guests to occupy your unit. Smoking anywhere on the property is discouraged but if you must please do so well away from other people and use an ash tray and then dispose of butts responsibly in a bin.

No Illicit Drugs
No possession or taking of any illicit drugs, including cannabis, on our property or within any units.

No Pets sorry

Extra Persons, Cots & High Chairs
Some of our chalets and villas can accommodate an extra person/persons at a reasonable cost. We provide a mattress and linen thus NO BYO mattresses, swags etc.
A limited supply of cots and high chairs are also available at no extra cost.
Please see us/call us at Reception to make any arrangements.

Tents and Shade Enclosures
TENTS cannot be erected regardless of whether it is intended for sleeping in or for shade.
SHADE ENCLOSURES that have no sides or flymesh sides and no floor can be erected and placed on the lawn areas but they need to be moved to a different location regularly to minimise wear, overshading and to allow sufficient sprinkler water to irrigate lawn. Shade enclosures with floors can only be placed off the lawn area as the floor will burn the lawn when left in sun and the lawns are also deprived of water and light.

Lawns
Our lawns are for recreation and an important feature at Siesta thus please help us look after them by:
– Not parking cars on lawns and no tipping hot water on them after cooking crabs for example (which kills patches of lawn).
– No spread out tarps or anything on the lawn that draws heat and burns the grass underneath. Similar to the discussion about Shade Enclosures above.
– Please keep your equipment neat and tidy so all guests can freely use the shared lawn areas while also ensuring it does not obstruct the sprinklers overnight, with storage off lawns preferred thankyou.
– Please do not take our blankets or cushions outside and spread on the lawn as they collect twigs, leaves and dirt.

BBQ Fire Rules
Our wood fired bbq’s are becoming something of a novelty but we are hoping to retain them for many years to come and a reasonable and common sense approach as to how they are used is required. Please be aware of the following very important points towards this –

• In Summer and part Autumn (Dec to end of April) fires ONLY AFTER 5pm and if SUITABLE CONDITIONS- including offshore or no wind.
• Fires to be of MODEST SIZE suitable for cooking and enjoyment. No stack up bonfires or unnecessary burning and wastage of wood.
• Fires to be lit ONLY IN OUR FIXED BBQ FIREPLACES and definitely NO BYO Braziers, Ground, Beach or other fireplaces.
• DO NOT LEAVE FIRE UNATTENDED
• FIRE BANS are sometimes announced by authorities so check on https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/#totalfirebans and react accordingly. Also please respect those who may bring this to your attention. We adopt a cautious and common sense approach on this.
• In the event of any out of control fire report to reception immediately on 97554016 and if threatened by fire evacuate the area and go to the beach.

If any questions please see us/ call us at Reception.

BYO Gas BBQ’s
Guests are welcome to bring their own gas bbq’s but please be mindful of where you set it up. If there is no lid while cooking and/or the fat drain/ collector is poor, they should not be placed on verandas for obvious reasons. If setting up off veranda, locate so no obstruction to other guests as they walk and ride by and preferably store off lawns at night so sprinklers are not obstructed.

Firewood & shot-hole borer metropolitan quarantine
– Since the closure of the native forest timber industry in 2022 and unavailability of “mill ends” guests have had to supply their own firewood.
– The metropolitan shot-hole borer outbreaks and associated quarantine rules also need to be considered, meaning that unless you are bring firewood from a regional area where there is definitely no presence of shothole borer, you need to burn only locally sourced firewood.
– We prefer guests bring or buy pre-cut firewood but if any larger blocks are brought they need to be chopped at our chopping block area and not at the units or bbq areas to avoid the associated noise, mess and potential safety issues.
– Please do not damage the trees and shrubs by pulling their branches off to burn.

Internet
A limited free Wifi for internet connection is available from the area near Reception 1 at the entry to the resort. The access point will come up named “siesta” and you can get the password from us at reception or phone us on 97554016. We have purposely not  reticulated wifi throughout the whole property as we believe this to be a powerful and unnecessary distraction for children in particular who need every encouragement to enjoy the healthy and novel experiences that this resort and the region offer. When in the playground full concentration is also required on the activity with minimal distraction to help ensure all participants remain safe.

Tennis Court
Free for use by guests –   no court bookings required. Simply wait your turn if necessary and when on the court please consider others who may be waiting. If you require tennis rackets they are available for hire at the service station at the entrance to the resort.

Drones
The federal Civil Aviation Safety Authority have drone rules for Australia (see link below) with one being: You must not fly your drone in a populous area including beaches plus there are state based privacy laws also need to be observed. We support these rules and recognise that when other guests are using the public beachfront area in front of the resort, drones can easily cause them to feel uncomfortable and annoyed which is a serious privacy issue. With regards to flying drones over our private property (starting at shrub/tree line and then across the lawns, bbq’s, units etc) we do not give our permission unless otherwise arranged. ie: our property is a drone free zone. Thus if you are annoyed by a drone at the beach or above our property we suggest you politely approach the drone operator, assuming they can be found, and bring any relevant rules and our policy to their attention to hopefully resolve the matter. If they ignore you and the person is a fellow guest of our resort please pass this onto us as this may affect their ability to make a future booking with us. https://www.casa.gov.au/knowyourdrone/drone-rules#:~:text=Rules%20for%20recreational%20drone%20operators,visual%20line%2Dof%2Dsight

Laundry
Washing machines and clothes dryers are in the laundry next to the tennis courts. Coin change and laundry sachets available from the Reception.

Rubbish / Recycling
A number of bin stations are located around the resort where you can dispose of your household rubbish and recyclables. Bin station locations are on our Park Plan otherwise please ask/call us at Reception.

Tap/Drinking Water
The tap water at Siesta is very good drinking water coming from a bore located on our property 2km south of Caves Road. This pristine water is drawn from the upper Leederville aquifer and then passed through a simple gravity sand filter to extract iron before it reaches your tap. Enjoy:)

Work related bookings and truck/vehicle parking
Siesta is a family holiday park providing a very safe, peaceful and relaxed environment for all including children, thus if we agree to accommodate workers the parking and movement of their trucks and other vehicles must be arranged to ensure this sanctuary is not compromised. Trucks will generally need to be parked at the entry to the holiday resort or at our rural property on the opposite side of Caves Road. Other smaller service vans and vehicles may also need to also be parked at the entry of the holiday park if there is a chance that starting and departing early may wake and annoy our holidaying guests. Where large trucks need to be parked on our rural property a reasonable fee may be charged depending on the size and number of trucks involved. Other potential issues include: no hot bedding where the occupants effectively change during the one booking and where multiple units are required to create a workers camp environment this will generally create too much potential for annoyance to our primary holiday making guests. Thus for work related bookings this topic needs to be discussed and arrangements made at the time of making the booking enquiry.

FAQ’s
Please note our FAQs page which answers some remaining questions that may relate to your circumstances.