Armidale Pet Shop & Aquarium

Armidale Pet Shop & Aquarium – Meet the Owners

For the past twelve months, Brad and Sunnie King have been the owners of Armidale Pet Shop & Aquarium! Brad has always had an interest in breeding fish and birds. He is especially passionate about African Cichlid fish and parrots. Brad is also not entirely new to pet shop ownership as several decades ago he owned and operated a shop called Captain Fish at Girraween Shopping Centre.

When not working, Brad’s main interests include fishing, playing golf at the Armidale Golf Club and playing cricket. In particular, Brad likes deep sea fishing and can often be found heading to Coffs Harbour for some much deserved rest and relaxation. Brad is also the captain of the Hillgrove Cricket Club who he has been playing with since he was just 14 years old!

Sunnie on the other hand, worked at Guyra Pre School before purchasing the Armidale Pet Shop & Aquarium. Sunnie was a naturally gifted pre-school teacher, especially after raising 5 children of her own! Brad told us that Sunnie is an amazing business owner as she is brilliant with people! This made serving customers an easy transition for her to make after her pre-school teaching career.

When Sunnie is not working she likes to spend time with her family! As her kids all play sport, she spends a lot of her weekend on the sidelines of sporting matches. Apparently Sunnie is also an amazing cook, which is of course a great skill to have with a large family! However, when Sunnie feels like a night off from cooking, the loving family can often be found at the Armidale Bowling Club or the Royal Hotel, which are conveniently located right near Armidale Pet Shop & Aquarium!

Brad and Sunny decided to buy Armidale Pet Shop & Aquarium so that they could spend more time together! Before owning the shop, both Brad and Sunnie were working long hours at different locations. Now the loving couple can spend much more time with each other working towards a common goal.

Brad and Sunnie’s love of animals is also obvious at their home where they have added a large number of animals to their family! They have two staffie dogs named Diesel and Cleo, Max the budgie, hermit crabs, Siamese fighting fish and 4 fish tanks with a mixture of tropical fish and Cichlids in them. Brad and Sunnie also see the animals that they sell in their shop as their temporary pets! Every time new animals come into the shop they fall in love with them until they are sold!

In our next posting we will talk a bit about the pet shop industry in Australia!

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