Hollybrook - Accomodation

Hollybrook - Accomodation (and 'the family')

While we are not set up to do this right now, we are working on plans to allow horse riding guests to book accomodation at Hollybrook all year round. Our convenient location is within 30 minutes drive from Melbourne Airport and 50 minutes from the central city, and yet we adjoin 25,000 acres of natural bushland which will allow our guests to enjoy the best of both worlds. Dressage training 'holidays' are our specialty.

At Hollybrook our animals are our family, and a very important and valued member of our family, is LUCY the sulphur crested cockatoo.

Lucy is pictured here in Autumn in her 'outside' cage with the beautiful backdrop of ornamental grape vine. Lucy comes inside every night to enjoy her cuppa with the rest of the family. She loves chicken bones and is always part of the conversation.

We think Lucy is about 15 years old ( in 1999), and as the Guiness Book of Records states that these birds can live up to 140 years, we will have her till the end.

Left:
Here is Lucy talking to Berni who is wearing the
T shirt that Lucy modelled for the designer.

Right:
Here is Lucy on the coffee table, in the lounge room.
I think she is waiting for a cup of tea!! (her favourite)

This is Puck the poodle. He is not the usual farm dog, in fact he is a 'child substitute (for Berni) He is much loved and joins in everything He shares 'doggy' chores with his friends Rosco (Flat Coated Retriever) Trio a three legged bitsa (German Shepherd cross??) The two 'big' dogs were rescued from the 25,000 acre reserve that adjoins Hollybrook. We love having them with us, as they really seem to appreciate their 'good luck'.

We also have four cats at Hollybrook. The most aristocratic of them is Bicky, a brown Burmese born in 1982, which makes her now (in 1999) 17 years young.
Bicky is Bill's pride and joy and she spends every minute, of every day on his knee (helping sort out some computer problem) or in bed with him. Bicky thinks she is 'above' all in the Saunders family, and we often refer to her as Princess Bicky.

We have three other cats, Dirk (named after Dirk Dijkstra at the Australian Equestrian Academy ) and the two stable cats Sergio and Jim, who do a truly excellent job keeping mice away - well done guys!!