The Catbird room was separate from the main house, so it is VERY private. But it was only metres away from the use of bathroom and kitchen in the main house.
The room was in a rain forest garden with its own water feature and private outdoor setting to sit in: very relaxing, very Byron.
Everything was exceptionally clean and neat, more like the standard of a first class hotel than some of the other private homes.
Jenny was very welcoming and I had to ask her why it was called the Catbird room. Then she got me to listen to the cry of the catbirds that are in her garden which I think are special to the tropics. Turns out Jenny is a birdwatcher and she told me how to walk from her house down through a paperbark forest to where the Tallow estuary flows into the ocean. There was a sea eagle resting in a tree just above me and two pelicans fishing in the calm water.
So because of Jenny's enthusiasm for the area, this stay turned out to be much, much more than the standard 'sit on the beach' holiday.
If you visit Byron and you love nature like your host Jenny, you are going to get much more from your stay than you ever expected if you book the Catbird room. Nice cafe just down the road too.