About_Us

About KALINYA CATTERY

Our cattery ("KALINYA", aboriginal word meaning "good") has been registered since 1966 when I was aged 13. I was raised in a "siamese" household where my mother was the initiator of my feline involvement. Mum, Val Hurry, is now an All Breeds Judge, very astute & extremely well respected in the Cat Fancy around Australia & New Zealand.
Although I went out of cat breeding for an extended period to concentrate on my human breeding program, I returned to this wonderful hobby in 1991. In early 1995 I met Bev who also has a love of cats and who has become an integral and equal partner in not only Kalinya Cattery but also in my life. After many years of rearing kittens, cleaning litter trays, feeding the feline family, attending Cat Shows and making many new friends, we married in a quiet ceremony at Park Orchard, Victoria on 14th February 2002.

Our feline household currently consists of :

BRZ DBL GD CH & US GD CH. JMAGZ OUTBACK OF MYRLYN, born 26.1.2001, chocolate point male (arrived from USA in 2002)
KALINYA PHARAYA, born 9.11.2001, blue point spay
KALINYA JOCHAN, born 20.5.2002, seal point neuter
GD CH. LAO SABISHA, born 24.2.2004, blue point spay
GD CH. LEALJO DELLY, born 4.4.2004, chocolate point female
KALINYA SHABOU'S MAGIC, born 4.1.2005, seal point neuter
CH KALINYA JAI, born 26.10.2004, seal point neuter
DBL GD CH KALINYA THOMASINA, born 5.9.2006. chocolate point female
BLAKEWOOD ORIEMME, born 12.1.2011, seal point female

Now the "ring-ins":
CCCA CH. & GLD DBL GD CH. SIBLU ZA RUDAKOV, born 2.11.1999, russian blue neuter
BRZ DBL GD CH. BARCOO BUBBLE 'N SQUEAK, born 15.2.2001, british shorthair blue neuter
JACOB, born September 2002 ?? brown tabby and white neuter (adopted us when we moved to Wagga Wagga).

We are a registered cattery and hold membership with the New South Wales Cat Fanciers' Association Inc.
adhering to their Breeder Code of Ethics.
I am an accredited NSWCFA show steward as well as being a past member of the NSWCFA Management Committee & past President of Illawarra Pedigree Cat Fancy. Bev has been Catering Supervisor for I.P.C.F.'s shows and for Riverina Cat Club in 2007, 2008, and has assisted other clubs as a Ring Recorder, Trophy Steward or Door Steward. As members of Riverina Cat Club, Tony was it's Club Secretary and Bev the Catering Supervisor.
I have now attained my Group 1 and Group 2 Judges Licences and I am looking forward to handling and assessing many exhibits in these Groups for very many years to come.

Bev & I have only recently (22nd June 2008) relocated back from Wagga Wagga to Unanderra, Wollongong following a short 7 years "tree change" down in the Riverina.

We love all cats but the heart & head rules - first love is Siamese. We are not a large cattery & are not driven to achieve show bench success at every show. Our ambition is to breed a "pure" Siamese of such quality that it can not only successfully compete against Colourpoint Shorthair (Siamese lookalike) but that it can achieve Supreme in Show status.
We love the opportunity of promoting to the general public responsible cat ownership & of course, the ownership of a Siamese.