Kioloa Coastal Campus

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Conditions

The Kioloa Coastal Campus is one of the ANU's remote campuses.  The campus was gifted to the ANU by deed of gift from the Edith and Joy London Foundation.  All usages and bookings must follow the intent of the deed of gift.

Kioloa Coastal Campus is a shared facility, and no individual user or group has the exclusive use of the field station. ANU reserves the right to alter accommodation/facilities and to maximise usage. Bookings are made on a 'first come-first served' basis with ANU groups being able to make bookings more than 12 months in advance.

Site to be used for University purposes.

  • Site usage
    1. Internal and external users can now use the site
  • Different groups will not share a cottage or dorm room
  • Bookings will be made to maximise bed availability
  • Bed rates (All accomodation except Walsh's)
    1. Internal bed rate - $70 ex GST per night
    2. External bed rate - $140 ex GST per night
  • Walsh's cottage
    1. Internal room rate - $140 ex GST
    2. External room rate - $220 ex GST
  • Requests for sole room occupancy or full cottage hire
    1. Available at bed rate x number of beds in accommodation or room
    2. No extra charge if guest is sole occupant of room or cottage when guest has not made a "sole-room-request" or "full-cottage-hire-request"
  • All cancellations within 48 hours will incur a 1 night minimum charge
  • No shows will incur a 2 night minimum charge
  • All bookings to be paid before arrival
  • Walsh's accessible room 1 to be last cottage booked
  • No onsite self catering
  • Without Site Managers approval, no bookings within 1 week of arrival will be accepted.
  • The Bangalay and Nundera rooms are used for dinning. No one group can exclusively reserve the Bangalay room or The Nundera room during Breakfast, Lunch, or dinner. Requests for private dinning will be accommodated if possible.
  • Kioloa Coastal Campus is located in a bushfire prone area.  As a condition of booking, all groups and guests must follow the Bushfire Management Plan.
  • The Bushfire Management Plan outlines evacuation requirements based on Fire Danger Ratings and bushfires near Kioloa Coastal Campus.
  • Guests evacuated due to the Fire Danger Rating or Bushfire near Kioloa Coastal Campus will be eligible for a refund to be negotiated at the time of the incident.

Management must be promptly notified of all changes to reservations.

Bushfire Season - 1st October to 31st March

Kioloa Coastal Campus is in a Bushfire prone area.  It is a condition of bookings that all groups and guests follow the Bushfire Management Plan.

The Bushfire Management Plan outlines evacuation requirements based on Fire Danger Ratings and bushfires near Kioloa Coastal Campus.

During bushfire season, group leaders must:

Fees

The cost for use of the field station is kept at a minimum with the understanding that users contribute to the cleaning and care of the facilities.  Where this is not the case an extra charge will be incurred.  Please be considerate of the environment and of the other people when using the field station.

  • An internal rate of $70 ex GST per night, per bed.
  • An external rate of $140 ex GST per night, per bed.
  • Additional fees for day-time use only and conference functions may apply.
  • One invoice issued per group booking

Guest rules

Along with the Site guidelines, guests should follow the below.  Any breach to these rules could result in cancellation of booking.

  1. Noise and disturbance
    1. Parties are not permitted
    2. No disruptive behaviour (including excessive noise between 10pm and 6am)
  2. Guests are to treat all people onsite with respect
  3. No fires without site manager approval
    1. No fires when Fire Danger Rating is High or above
  4. All meals catered - No BBQ's onsite
  5. In an emergency guests should follow the site warden's direction
  6. A Risk assessment must be completed and signed before guests leave the avenue to enter the ANU's paddocks, or Bushland
  7. All guests are encourage to complete a Risk assessment before working or visiting the beach or ocean
  8. Cleaning and damage
    1. Smoking in room - including vaping.   $165.00 cleaning fee in addition to any other cleaning fee that may apply.
    2. Replacement keys - $150.00 per replacement
    3. Room soiling/damage - $165.00 cleaning fee, and in addition as applicable at cost, mattress replacement, professional floor clean, furniture/fixture/fitting clean or replacement, and tariff at the daily rate applicable to your booking until the room is restored to lettable condition.
    4. Breakages - reasonable replacement cost of damaged or broken items (itemised)
  9. All guests must complete the guest and visitor induction before arrival
  10. Check in before 3.30pm
  11. When checking out, hand key to ANU staff or in predetermined location
  12. No check in over weekends
  13. No smoking, vaping or drinking is allowed
  14. Pets are not permitted.

Inclusions

  1. Meals
    1. A set menu is provided
      1. Continental breakfast - 8am to 9am
      2. Morning tea - 10am
      3. Lunch - 12.30pm dining
      4. Dinner - 5.30pm dining
    2. Included meals for bed rate
      1. Arrival day = dinner
      2. Full day = Breakfast, morning tea, lunch and dinner
      3. Depature day - Breakfast and lunch
    3. Dietary requirement modifications possible
      1. Group leader to collate dietary requirements and email site caterer directly stating Booking ID
    4. Basic tea and coffee located at London Shed servery
    5. Once booking confirmed, please send dietary requirements with booking number through to Dinner Pal (catering@dinnerpal.com.au) at least 10 days before arrival.  Dietary requirements not received within 10 days of arrival may not be met.  Meal enquires can be sent to admin.kioloa@anu.edu.au.
  2. Linen
    1. Beds made up consisting of triple sheeting with doona.  Blankets at base of beds
    2. Single towel and bathmat
  3. Cleaning
    1. Cleaning of rooms
    2. Surcharge if accommodation left in poor state
    3. Extra clean available at $50 per room
    4. Full clean and linen change after 7 days
    5. Bathrooms cleaned daily on weekdays.  No weekend cleaning

Arrival

The group leader or co‐ordinator must collect the keys for the whole group from the KCC office. The office is located in the London Shed.

Staying at KCC

  • bring a beach towel
  • bring your toiletries – Bawley Point Village Shops are 4km away
  • bring mosquito and insect repellent.  Repellent also helps against ticks, leeches, and bushflies.
  • make sure you bring sensible clothing, and sensible footwear, for all types of weather.  It can turn cold in summer, too, and it is often windy and rainy here. You may even find that slippers are useful inside, as the floors can be cold in the winter months
  • bring sunscreen and a sunhat, and a raincoat.

Housekeeping

  • drinking water - Kioloa treates rain water to meet the Australian drinking water guidelines.  Please be mindful when showering.
  • power usage - Power failures are more common as we are in a remote area. As such save work regularly and be conscious of turning off power points when not in use.

Safety guidelines

Please ensure that the following housekeeping and safety information is provided to and completed prior to arrival by all visitors attending the Kioloa Coastal Campus.

All visitors are required to complete the Kioloa Visitor and Guest Induction BEFORE arriving at the station. It is the group leaders’ responsibility to ensure that all group members have completed and understood the information provided in the induction module.

Please also note guidelines in Water safety at Kioloa - rips are common at local beaches.

Water/swimming safety notices are displayed in the buildings and on the beaches.  You must read the water safety instructions before going swimming.

Field work

Guest and visitors must complete a Risk assessment before entering the KCC Bushland or Paddock's.  Any work or study near the ocean will also require a Risk assessment to be completed.

Field work requires special consideration in regards to Health and Safety.  The Australian National University has a comprehensive list of forms and requirments for field trips.  All individuals and all group leasders/field leaders coming to stay at the field station must familarise themselves with the ANU Fieldwork Health and Safety Guidelines. Within the field station compliance with Health and Safety Policy, conditions of use and relevant regulations are mandatory.

It is the responsibility of individual users of the campus to obtain all necessary permits and permissions such as collection permits, animal ethics approvals, permissions to access private land or for the installation of equipment in the field.

Any and all works to the campus must be made good on the completion of studies or research.  This must be budgeted before any approvals to change or installation of the equipment to the campus will be granted.

Departures

  • Hand keys to ANU  site staff or in predetermined location
  • Lock all doors on exit

WiFi/Ethernet and mobile coverage

  • ANU secure is available onsite
  • Projectors available in London Shed and Lab.  Connection to projectors through HDMI cable.
  • other universities – find out about your own institution's Eduroam set‐up.
  • Telstra service is available with other networks patchy at best

 

 

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