Calie & Robert

We are retired Canadian professionals finally implementing our retirement plan: to spend our Canadian winters in Australia! We have always loved to travel, exploring Europe, Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica, Singapore, Bali and Australia! We also love all animals, especially cats and dogs, and think combining pets and travel through house-sitting is an excellent idea!
Until recently when our senior kitty passed, I have always had at least one cat and often two, including two that lived to be very elderly. We have had cats with special needs, including allergies, thyroid and kidney issues and are therefore comfortable with administering medications, fluids and special diets. I grew up with a border collie who also lived to be quite senior, but not having a lifestyle conducive to having a dog, we happily enjoy everybody else's! We have more than twenty-five years experience owning homes and cottages, including gardening, fish pond and swimming pool experience. We have also helped out family and neighbours with their yards, homes and pets.
We have Australian experience as well: we were lucky to live and work in Sydney a number of years ago (Bob as a QA engineer and Calie as a NSW program and policy officer), travelling this unique and varied country ever chance we had.
We have absolutely loved our adventures in pet-sitting through both Aussie Housesitters and Trusted Housesitters! We spent December 2022 - April 2023 pet-sitting in New South Wales and Queensland, and January - April 2024 in Queensland and Western Australia. We loved every one of the dogs, cats and a cheeky conure parrot that we’ve been lucky enough to have as companions. We will be back Dec 2024 - March 2025!