Welcome!

We are Michael Auld (Mike) and Lynda Du Vallier, owners and operators of Capalaba Cat Cottage. Mike has been a veterinarian for over 40 years. He was born and raised in Brisbane, Queensland and Lynda grew up in Manly, Sydney and moved to Queensland in April 2007 with 3 Russian cats and a Ragdoll.
After having a not-so wonderful experience at a boarding cattery, Lynda’s 4 cats needed veterinary attention urgently and were sent to Mike’s practice at Belmont Rd Vet Surgery. The rest is history!
We married in November 2019 at Mt Tamborine on the most beautiful day of our lives. Mike has his family in Brisbane with one son, Jordan. He also has “Ellie-May” a 14.5 year old Australian cattle dog, who loves cats! We all enjoy family time together whenever possible.
We have enjoyed a bit of travel over the years and fun experiences around Australia and overseas. Mike enjoys the garden and doing things around the home. Lynda’s hobby is cat photography which has now become a business – CATOGRAPHY. Lynda is a multi-award winning entrepreneur and is always coming up with new ideas and ventures.
We are winners of the Redlands Coast 2020 Business and Retail Awards. We won Micro Business of the Year AND Business of the Year! Thank you to all our supporters and cat friends.
We have been breeding cats for over 10 years: Russian Blue, Black and White as well as the Scottish Shorthairs and Longhairs. We love breeding and showing cats! A huge part of our year is showing pedigreed and companion (pet) cats at local and National cat shows. We have 2 cats, Cleopatra and Mr Pugsley, who have won the title of Supreme Companion at National shows plus multitudes of other awards which you can see on this website.
Our cats have also had multiple roles in movies, (The Dog Days Of Christmas, Netflix series -Lunatics with Chris Lilley, TV commercials, advertisements and many more. Mercy, our number one kitty, who you will see throughout this website, starred in a Channel 10 documentary ‘’Top Cat’’ when she won Supreme Companion of the EKKA in 2011. Clever girl, Mercy! We love showing at the Queensland EKKA and have many beautiful rosettes and trophy awards.
Our lives are full of fun and excitement and we love every day at Capalaba Cat Cottage.
Why Choose Us?
- Multi-Award winning cattery
- Mike & Lynda have over 50 years combined animal experience
- We live on site and Mike is a veterinarian
- Air-conditioned suites
- We offer over 20 services
- Safe and clean indoor and outdoor suits
- Quality food
- A cat only cattery-no barking dogs
- Beautiful royal cat furniture
- A ‘Place fit for little Kings and Queens’

Services We Offer

Why not treat your little Prince or Princess to a beauty treatment whilst on holidays!
We capture some wonderful experiences and beautiful moments throughout the day.
Every morning on Capalaba Cat Cottage Facebook page, we post a ‘’Cat Chats’’.
We love to celebrate Christmas at Capalaba Cat Cottage. Every year we offer a fabulous photo offer!
Have some fun and create yearly memories and bring your cat to see Santa!
Create fun and lovely memories each Easter and give your kitty a special Capalaba Cat Cottage Easter photo!
Does your cat need a manicure? Long nails digging into you and kitty is scratching your furniture?
Some cats just do ‘’knot’’ like to be brushed and develop matting or just have a thick heavy coat. Make your kitty happy and comfortable on those hot steamy days!
Here at Capalaba cat Cottage we offer this affordable service to ensure that your pet is registered.
With a combined 50 years experience of treating and breeding cats and kittens we know how to make giving a cat a tablet easy!
At Capalaba Cat Cottage, we understand that sometimes life and what we have planned doesn’t work out the way we desire.
Each year we produce a few different calendars so you can see beautiful cats in gorgeous scenes throughout the year.
We love having fun with cats at Capalaba Cat Cottage! In April 2020 we had our inaugural Online Companion Cat Chow and it was a huge success!
Are you in our local area and would like your kitty to stay at home while you travel?
Lynda Du Vallier will become a qualified Marriage Celebrant, qualified to conduct re-commitment and renewal of vows ceremonies, Baby naming & Funeral service conductors.
Professional Speakers by Michael and Lynda. Over 50 years combined experience in the animal industry.
Is your cat staying at Capalaba Cat Cottage because you have a special life event such a s a wedding or baby arriving?
Do you have another pet, a feathered or scaly one? We can also mind your feline’s other friend!
You may have noticed that we like to have fun at Capalaba Cat Cottage?
Award Winning and Affordable Professional Photography

Lynda is an awarded cat photographer and has been photographing beautiful memories of cats for over 10 years. With a huge amount of experience working with cats, you can be assured that she will get some fun and memorable moments for you. Lynda has designed her photographic studio so kitty feels safe and content whilst she photographs your furry friends.
The studio is also air-conditioned for kitty’s comfort. Cats have an individual personalities and Lynda has a gift for being able to capture each one beautifully. Lynda can set kitty up in so many different scenes and backdrops and you can even suggest a theme or have kitty in a colour theme to match your decor. Lynda’s favourite camera is Canon 5D, and the photos are crystal clear and high resolution so you can reproduce these onto any product or canvas. Lynda takes bookings all year round.

Client Tails

Capalaba cat cottage is first class. I have had other cats other than Rosie in the past, all who have gone to various Catterys. I would not hesitate to take Rosie to this cattery. She has been there a number of times over her 14 years and Always is calm and happy. I would also recommend this cattery to anybody who is looking a great cattery to take their cat to thank you Lynda and Mike for all your hard work looking after these little treasures.Ruth Neville Reid
Can not recommend enough. Mike and Lynda are incredibly caring and thorough, our gorgeous boy is beautifully looked after and the place is spotless. Facebook updates are awesome so you know how your fur baby is going. Wouldn’t take our cats anywhere else.Floraidh Cofee
If I was a cat I would stay here for my holidays away from my human pets. It is absolutely pur fect for all my cat friends. The owners are the most loving and caring I have ever known and the rooms are beautifully decked out. Highly recommended.Susan Chapman
Lynda and Mike, thanks so much for the great care given to our boys Toby and Boo Boo. After 24 days away they came home very happy, healthy and settled. Boo Boo was diagnosed with a condition just prior to his holiday and required twice daily medication, with the great care Lynda gave him his blood results show he has made a great improvement. We can’t thank you both enough!! Look forward to boarding again later in the year.Kim and Josh Bowden
Our cat Mumma has never been away before. She is 12 years old. Michael and Lynda are so wonderful, caring and loving towards the cats that board there. Mumma was so well looked after. Lynda posted photos and videos of Mumma so that we could see her while we were away, which was for 2 weeks. We could not be happier. Thank you so much. We were so lucky to have found Capalaba Cat Cottage. Thank you so much.Denise Truscott
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