January 3, 2018December 30, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat

Australia day – Port Macquarie

If you are yet to organise your plans for the Australia day Long weekend, check out the “What’s happening Guide” […]

January 1, 2018December 30, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Projects

New Year Dreams and Reflection

In 2015, I happened to come across Leonie Dawson’s Life Workbooks – it contained a section that read “My goals […]

November 14, 2017November 11, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Orchard, Projects, Vegetable Garden

Bunnies – What are they good for?

Our guests are loving the bunnies, and I have to say the kids and I are enjoying them too! However, after selling […]

November 12, 2017November 11, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Machinery, Projects, Vegetable Garden

Portable Fire Pod – One for the boys!

So we decided a while ago to build a fire fighting unit after an incident we had at Booyong! Not long […]

October 11, 2017October 8, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Places of Interest

Coastal Walk at Port Macquarie

For my birthday recently we partially completed The Port Macquarie Coastal, what a fabulous day! The walk follows the stunning […]

October 9, 2017October 8, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Gardening, Orchard, Recycling and Going Green, Vegetable Garden

An exceptionally dry Winter at Booyong

Being a rural property that is dependent upon rain water, Booyong has certainly felt the impact of our dry winter. […]

October 5, 2017October 5, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Machinery, Projects, Recycling and Going Green

Booyong Entrance

A mammoth project at Booyong recently has been the new driveway. We didn’t feel the previous access was safe for guests […]

October 2, 2017October 2, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Places of Interest

More Baby Bunnies ….

They just keep coming. We currently have eight baby bunnies for sale at Booyong for $30.00 and are expecting 8 more […]

October 2, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard, Projects, Recycling and Going Green, Vegetable Garden

Herb Garden

We love to recycle what we can and used an old water tank to create a herb garden for our […]

August 30, 2017August 29, 2017Accomodation, Birds, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation

Grey Fantail

The little Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa) has been fanning its tail and flittering on the edge of the rainforest eluding […]