About Us

In early 2008 a little cottage with an interesting history became available in Hyden. Much to Craig’s horror, I looked into purchasing this little-neglected beauty! Craig firmly stated from day one, you bought it, you fix it… And so it began!

The cottage itself was originally located in Koolyanobbing and was brought over to Hyden in the early 90s by former local man, Byron Collard. The cottage also had a prettier twin sister who also made the move and was established as a Bed and Breakfast, which is sadly no longer operating!

With Hyden being famously known for Wave Rock, my original thoughts when I purchased the cottage was to open up a bed and breakfast, a service which wasn’t available in Hyden at the time. While I came up with a business plan I decided to rent the cottage out.

After renting the cottage out privately for two years I decided to take the plunge and commence renovating the cottage. The first step was to paint all the ceilings and walls! What a difference this already made! The carpet, which was in every room apart from the bathroom and kitchen had definitely seen better days and judging by the beautifully worn floorboards in the kitchen we were going to be pleasantly surprised with what was underneath. After days of scrapping the underlay and glue off the floors, with Craig’s Mum’s help, we were so happy to see that the original Jarrah floorboards were in fantastic condition! We had a professional come in and sand and polish the floorboards and replace the carpets in each bedroom, the cottage was coming along nicely!

Now, it was time to beg for Craig’s help! After removing the original kitchen and laundry, with the help of Craig’s Dad and Granddad, the new kitchen was ready to be installed. This final step in the interior renovation was finally completed late March 2011 and the cottage was ready to receive guests!

We made the decision to start welcoming guests in April 2011 while we completed the exterior makeover! The inside of the cottage was beautiful and the beds were comfortable, what else could a tired traveler need?

In 2017, and pregnant with our 3rd child,  it was my turn to be horrified! A conversation about opening a second cottage turned into buying the old Hyden Abattoir and 16ha of surrounding bush land! By January 2019 we had opened, The Silos! The Silos rapidly grew from the original 8 en-suite rooms to a further 4 rooms in 2020, just in time for our harvest workers to stay in November! We now have a further 4 rooms bringing the total to 16 rooms and are registered for tourism!

Fast forward ten years, a new home for Craig and I, three children and FINALLY married and we have completed most of the outdoor makeover at The Cottage and have had the inside professionally painted! We spent 2020 reassessing our business and opened up another self contained accommodation, The Bungalow in February followed by an 15 site unpowered campground in November!

Thank you to all our wonderful guests we have welcomed over the last ten years! Those who we have met personally have always been so kind and supportive of our business while we have been in the developing stages and we hope to be able to greet many more guests for many more years to come!

Chloe x