We arrived on Christmas Eve. Stayed in Linden Cottage. It was clean, tastefully decorated. King size bed and comfortable. The woodfire was a real treat. The hosts were the most delightful, helpful people. Gil and Diana were the perfect hosts and have interesting tales to tell. Each morning at breakfast , Gil our host gave each new arrival and guests daily recommendations on places to visit. Our recommendations were always well received and accurate. Advice on restaurants was also excellent.The food was excellent with home grown fruits served. Local cheeses. (Highly recommended The Black Cow in Launceston).
It is located within easy distance to Cradle Mountain, (we had snow!)Launceston, Longford, Tamar Valley, Marakoopa Caves,Burnie,Deloraine, 41 degrees South Salmon Farm and Three Willows Vineyard and much more. Car is recommended to enjoy day trips and the beautiful scenery along the way. Our friends are already interested in bookings.
Margie and Lindsay, Brisbane, Australia

We stayed in Elm Wood Classic B&B for three nights in December 2010. We loved the house and its hosts Gil and Diane who were most hospitable. The rooms were nice and comfortable. Bed was very good and King Size. Breakfast was very cozy and an opportunity to meet and chat with other guests. Also Gil and Diane will give you advice on how to get most of your day and see some local attractions. Allthough we had breakfast at 8:30, it is also possible to have earlier (or later) breakfast. We can recommend this bed and breakfast to everyone who is looking for a piece of home away from home.

We thoroughly enjoyed this character laden b/b with interesting hosts, a sunny garden, well situated in quiet surrounds. We particularly savoured the bountiful breakfast spread [with all those interesting breads] shared with fellow guests and our hosts. Well done Diana and Gil. Westbury is well situated for touring northern Tasmania.

I've no idea how good the accommodation is. The place looked very pleasant and well maintained. An unfortunate irony for the owners was that while they were away on the Saturday receiving an award for their B & B, we booked that morning requiring last minute accommodation due to a bereavement. Their site registered availability so we went ahead.

Upon our arrival, we were greeted with the news that they had accepted later bookings ahead of ours, having not checked the website. Actually, when we arrived no-one answered the door and we entered in time to overhear the owners having a heated phone exchange about who was going to ring us with the bad news. Clearly neither wanted the unfortunate job.

Cold and wet standing on the porch of the residence, we were obviously inconvenient but were treated to a couple of cursory phone calls upon our request for same. No availability in Westbury, but "Deloraine will have lots of vacancies". Reluctantly head to Deloraine upon which we discovered no vacancies after 3 or 4 attempts and resolved to go to Devonport, arriving hungry and exhausted around 8:30 pm.

Our advice: ring first and confirm. Two questions from me:

1. Why have a website if you are not conversant with its operation and the pitfalls?
2. Why not have an alternate plan for when these things go awry as may happen? An average run-of-the-mill motel may make a cursory attempt to assist in this situation, but surely an "award winning B & B" would bend over backwards to help.

We were clearly an inconvenience!