The Cats' Retreat for discerning cats with caring owners
The Cats’ Retreat About Us Photo Gallery Requirements & Rates Contact Us Map		Christine with a BA and Dip Ed, and a passion for animals, and Nick, an architect and qualified carpenter, moved to the beautiful Mornington Peninsula with their children from suburbia to instigate a “sea change”. They farmed alpacas and then Christine came up with the idea of boarding cats after having visited a cattery in Queensland where her sister’s cat resided on many an occasion. This idea worked in beautifully, succumbing to Christine’s passion for animals and allowing her an occupation which enabled her to be around at alpaca birthing times, and Nick’s ability to design and build.
Home	We chose to make the establishment spacious with a “warm-fuzzy” feeling so that the resident cats would feel “at home”. Our aim is to give our visiting cats comfort, security, attention and care in a warm and friendly environment
		The preferred name was “The Purrr-fect Guest House”, but someone else had already registered that . Hurriedly “The Cats’ Retreat” was chosen and accepted. If more time had been available, it would have been called it “Purr-a-lot House”, but that name didn’t come up until a day or so later .. obviously there was a reason!!