The Crew

All hands on deck. Welcome aboard the Hougoumont. As a distinguished guest, your every need is our concern. Manned by a small and dedicated team, our chatty crew members have been handpicked to enrich your journey, ranked by skillset and brought together by a love of small talk and sharing stories. We may speak different languages but we’re all fluent in adventure.

Meet the crew.

NAME: Patrick Prendiville
POSITION: Hougoumont Captain
NATIONALITY: Australian
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English + basic Spanish and French
FAVOURITE ACTIVITIES: Tennis, swimming and listening to classic guitar
BEST FREO SPOT: Freo Markets and all of Fremantle's hidden treasures on the West End

NAME: Marco Batacchi
POSITION:  General Manager
NATIONALITY: Australian Italian
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English Italian French Spanish, few words in German and Japanese
FAVOURITE ACTIVITIES: Looking after Family, any sport, travelling, reading, good music driving motorbikes, painting
BEST FREO SPOT: Hougoumont Hotel, Sailing For Oranges, Emily Taylor, La Sostaand Riverside Road

NAME: Elizabeth Prendiville (Lizzie)
POSITION: Group Bookings and Conferences 
NATIONALITY: Australian
LANGUAGES: English
Fav Activities: painting, tennis, swimming
Best Freo spot: apart from Hougoumont Hotel of course then Bread in Common

NAME: Fleur Noble
POSITION: Accountant
NATIONALITY: Australian
SPOKEN LANGUAGES:  English
FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Taking our children travelling, camping, cooking, reading, spending time on the family farm in Bridgetown
BEST FREO SPOT: The Mantle or Manuka Woodfired kitchen

NAME: Maricar Loyola
POSITION: Duty Manager
NATIONALITY: Filipino
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English/Filipino/limited Mandarine
FAVOURITE ACTIVITIES: Travelling, reading, running
BEST FREO SPOT: Hougoumont Hotel, Emily Taylor, Lyons and Tigers

NAME: Catherine Dark
POSITION: Duty Manager
NATIONALITY: Australian
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English
FAVOURITE ACTIVITIES: Travelling, scuba diving, hiking, reading.
BEST FREO SPOT: Jungle Bird, Flight Club, Bennys

NAME: Eva Cunai
POSITION: Housekeeping Executive
NATIONALITY: Australia/Czech
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English/Czech/Slovakian/Polish/Some German
FAVOURITE ACTIVITIES: Tennis, swimming. cycling, rollerskating, Family Time
BEST FREO SPOT: Hougoumont Hotel, Emily Taylor, Freo Markets, Gino’s Cafe

NAME: MD Tarik UR Rahman
POSITION: Night Manager and All Rounder
NATIONALITY: Bangladeshi
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Bengali and English
FAVOURITE ACTIVITIES: Photography, Playing Cricket and Cooking
BEST FREO SPOT: Hougoumont Hotel, Sailing For Oranges and Emily Taylor