In touch with Australian wildlife

Live a little, come to Hornsby, you will love Hornsby and Hornsby will love you and so will I when you stay at my place better than the overcrowded tourist hostels and you know not who is around you. Stay in a real home with great flora and fauna in an area with Australian bird and wildlife. If you live in the city and don't know what fresh air smells like, here is your chance. This Bed and Breakfast is a stand-alone house situated in an area with Australian bird and wildlife near to the Hornsby & Ku-ring-gai Hospital with free WiFi in the Westfield Shopping Centre with a huge food court and more restaurants, sushi bars, Cafes, etc. in the Hornsby Mall in a lovely garden and bushland setting with two rentable double bedrooms with built-in shelve storage and a sofa bed for one person; kitchen; shared bathroom toilet. Temperature controlled dual cycle air-condition for the hot and cold months. From Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport, take the City Circle train to Wynward station, go to Platform 4 for train to Hornsby. In Hornsby station take the 575 bus to the house (about 8 mins). From the railway station, it is 5 mins by car, 8 minutes by bus (575) and 12 mins walk to the property. Silver Service Taxi is 24/7 from the station. There are nature parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, green bowls, ten pin bowling alley and swimming pool within walking distance. If you are interested in swimming, tennis, soccer, skateboard / scooter track, cricket, green bowls, ten pin bowling, martial arts (Aikido, Brazilian Jujitsu, Kendo, Taekwondo, Kendo, Wing Chun, etc.), etc. this is where it is all happening at venues within half an hour from the property. Hornsby has the largest shopping centre in the northern region and is the transportation connecting hub to the North coast and beyond. The property is also less than an hour to the Hawkesbury RIver where fishing and oyster farming is prevalent. Bus 575 run to and from the city to Hornsby station twice an hour till 10:20pm to 11pm weekdays depending on the direction of travel. First bus to the railway station is 6:24am. Bus from house bus stop to Macquarie University is 45 mins. The Northern Line train from Hornsby station to Macquarie University is 15 mins and the Northern Line Express to University of Technology Science at Sydney Central via Epping and Strathfield is 45 mins. For those interested in bird life, they fly around daily. Wild turkey does occasional visits. Kookaburras and Cockatoos are common as are lorikeets but Sea eagles are infrequent. Blue toungue lizards visit the rocks to sunbathe during the summer months. For wildlife enthusiasts (bring torch): Bird watch during daylight, for owls night time. Possum watch starts around 8pm onwards throughout the night. Rabbit Watch starts 10pm - midnight. Wallaby watch starts 2am - 4am in the morning. WALKS Walking Trials – tall forest, sandstone outcrops, ponds, gullies, waterfalls Ku-Ring-Gai, Wildflower Garden –Bushwalking, kids adventure, food, feat, bush craft Free first Sunday Sound Wildflower Garden, 12 noon – 3pm live entertainment – jazz, rock, acoustics, etc. Wildflower Garden Park run – 5km route Ku-Ring-Gai Blue Gum Walk, Hornsby (12km) Sphinx, Warrimoo, Bobbin Head (9.6km) Bobbinhead Broadwalk (600m) Mt. Kuring-gai – Berowa (9.7km) MacQuarie Park – Thornleiigh (11.5k) Berowa - Mt Kuring-gai (9.4km) Benowie Walking Track Great North Walk Crosslands Trial, Hornsby Heights Carrs Bush, Galston Callicoma Walk, Cherrybrook DIRECTIONS FROM AIRPORT (Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport to Hornsby 40 mins by Train) From the airport take the Circle Line to Wynyard, use the lifts or escalators to move upstairs to the top platform (Platform 4). Catch the North Shore Line to Hornsby train station then by taxi or bus 575 to the property behind the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital. Min. Booking is 4 nights. All VISITORS to the premises will need to sign the VISITORS GUEST BOOK No smoking, parties or pets is permitted on the property. Pay before you stay…