July 17, 2017July 15, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening - Natives

Grevillea Lollypops and the Monarch Butterfly

We were amazed last week when we discovered our Grevillea Lollypops covered in beautiful Monarch Butterflies. We planted a variety […]

July 16, 2017July 15, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden

There’s no place I’d rather be ……

Laying in the sun with a good book at Booyong over the weekend! There’s no place I’d rather be!

June 30, 2017June 25, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Places of Interest

Farm Gate Tour 2017

This year Booyong Conservation Retreat once again took part in the Hastings Landcare’s 2017 Farm Gate Tour. The Farm gate […]

May 8, 2017May 7, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Projects

Rebuilding the bridge at Booyong!

The boys have been busy with Winter projects at Booyong these past few weeks. One of our priorities has been […]

April 24, 2017April 22, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard, Projects

Log seating ….

When we arrived at Booyong some 18 months ago we discovered a pile of large logs by the dam. Since […]

April 21, 2017July 15, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Places of Interest

Baby Bunnies at Booyong

During Easter 2017 we featured our new dwarf lop rabbit Thumper (thumpy). He’s a caramel dwarf lops rabbit and will […]

January 20, 2017January 8, 2017Accomodation, Australian Mammals, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Fauna

I think this Joey needs a name – any ideas?

Back in April last year we did a blog post on this Eastern Grey Kangaroo who is still visiting the cabin […]

January 16, 2017January 8, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Recipe

Bread on a Stick

The school holidays have inspired us to share some of our favourite things to do at Booyong and this always […]

January 9, 2017January 8, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat

What every Mother of an 11yr old wants to hear on holidays!

I was delighted to hear this comment from my son at Booyong recently. We are quite strict about technology time […]

December 22, 2016December 22, 2016Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Places of Interest

Port Macquarie Foreshore Markets

 The Port Macquarie Foreshore Markets are one of our favourite markets in the region and are held on the second […]