Holiday Guide: Cats can come too!

Aussies who can't face up to leaving their feline friends behind when they go on holiday need only to look up Holidaying with Cats, a national directory for Australians.

The directory covers 117 cat-friendly beach houses, luxury bed-and-breakfasts, caravan parks, farms and even a mobile holiday caravan drawn by horses.

Many feature cat eco-centres or cat enclosures which are designed to keep the vacationing cat safe while challenging it with climbing areas, scratching poles, tunnels, toys, shrubbery and sun-basking spots.