Rooks Edge B&B

29/06/2025

Lunch break on the farm.

23/01/2025

Have a great Australia Day everyone.

This photo was taken last night when I got home from work. I was able to walk right up to the kangaroo and we hung out together for about five minutes before he hopped away.

It's a great view, but this is just the drive-way.

You should see where we put the house!

16/01/2023

Hi! To all wonderful guests, would you vote for my old dog Bai? https://puppytales.com.au/australian-dog-of-year-finalists-peoples-choice/
This is her story: Bai will soon be 13 yrs, a lab x husky. In early years we took up dryland mushing (dog sledding) and had fun camping. We soon learned her lab nose would cause her to emergency stop for a sniff.
We worked with a dog trainer to help people and reactive dogs. Bai is an extraordinarily social dog whose clear body language and lack of reactivity to other dogs was pivotal to working around and supporting high anxiety dogs and their owners.
In later years she passed the exams and we volunteered for several years as a Delta therapy dog team visiting age care and high care facilities. Her awareness of people and her surroundings again shone through. Bai would often take the lead to move towards certain people. She was extremely polite and on high beds would pop her front paws on the bed so people could see her and give her a pat. She would never jump on a bed and all her behaviours were not taught; her actions were her own choices.
One interaction still stands out to me. One visit she headed to a room we had not been to before. The door was closed but she sat and looked at the door. I knocked, heard an ‘enter’. Opening the door I saw a family quietly crying around a gentleman on a bed. I apologised exiting. The family asked to stay, saying he loved dogs and had been unreactive for 2 weeks. We entered the room, two strangers in this most intimate of moments. Bai trotted up, jumped onto the bed and lay on top of the man with her front paws and head on the man’s chest. In the sudden silence something amazing happened. The man, eyes closed, lifted his hand and started patting Bai on the head and talking to her. The room erupted with simultaneous crying and laughter from the family. I had tears in my eyes, how did she know? After some minutes Bai jumped off the bed and we departed. The family thanked us profusely. The room was empty on our next visit.
We now live in rural Victoria and run a B&B, she enjoys her retirement and still happily greets people.

24/09/2022

65 seconds at Rooks Edge.

06/07/2022

First lamb of the season. A sweet (loud) girl.

17/06/2022

Come and warm yourself by the fire this winter. A fireplace in every room. Lovely.

08/06/2022

05/04/2022

With the fire season over we get to spend some time in front of an outdoor fire with the pooches.

28/03/2022

The planned forest burnoffs have given the skys an eerie evening tint. Our old matriarch at 13 years shows a silver lining. She is a special girl.

14/03/2022

The sunsets are stunning this time of year! Photo courtesy of B&B Guest Laura C.

26/02/2022

What an amazing night with an amazing local community. Thank you so much to all for coming and it was wonderful to meet our new neighbours! With the local band Whisky Rogues we couldn't go wrong! Don't be a stranger; the door is always open and the kettle on!
Thanks Ronelle and James