Kurrimine Beach Holiday Park's DoggieBlog's Five Paws Top Award

04/29/2012

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Well I never... A pet friendly holiday park with its own amenities for the dog.  A washing machine and hydro-bath, so I can clean up after a romp on the beach.  And I don't have to have my bedding washed in the same machines people put their clothes in. Isn't that a good idea?

This is my seventh year of touring Australia and it is deferentially going to be 'lucky seven,' because mum and dad tell me I am staying at Kurrimine Beach Holiday Park for four months.  I LOVE it here.
Indigo the poodle has just spent a week at the Award Winning Kurrimine Beach Holiday Park and gives it her 100% five paw endorsement as the best pet friendly park park she has come across.

When she had worn her mum out romping on the beach, mum got her iPad out and discovered to her excitement that she even had internet connection here in this beautifully lay-back peaceful fishing village beach. So I asked her to share some of my holiday pictures with my blog readers.
Being a Poodle, I just had to show you Kurrimine Beach, first.
I romp here at least twice a day.  Kurrimine Beach is a short stroll from the the pet friendly Kurrimine Beach Holiday Park  It is a beautiful palm fringed beach with views north to Dunk Island and south to the Barnard Islands.

Kurrimine Beach Holiday Park is at the southern end of Kurrimine Beach. It is set in lush tropical gardens and if I ever tire of romping on this beach everyday, I'll take my folks out to explore the beautiful Cassowary Coast.

Right now there is just so much to see and do here. Look at these markings on the sand. I think a little crab I tried to chase, made these. Drat that dog lead... it got away.   The tide will be all the way out next weekend and they say you can walk right out to Kings Reef. Gosh wouldn't I have fun trying to catch a painted crayfish.
Kurrimine Beach Holiday Park is situated 9 kilometres off the Bruce Highway, 1.5 hours drive south of Cairns, 2.5 hours north of Townsville and close to Mission Beach, Innisfail and Tully.

Kurrimine Beach Holiday Park is truly a "doggie get away from it all" paradise offering the perfect pet friendly holiday hideaway.
Just  showing off that Dad's been kept busy too. I routinely supervise his fishing from the beach. Mum's 'hard at it' as well. She loves to swim, best pool she has ever found in a holiday park.
Kurrimine Beach Holiday Park :
provides several accommodation options catering for all guests.
Their fantastic facilities.
Things to do at Kurrimine Beach
Things to do close-by

We are staying here on one of the Powered Sites. It features:
  • Shade
  • Concrete Slabs with water and sullage
  • Spotlessly clean amenities - check out the doggie one, top of page.
  • Access to all park amenities
Having Resident owners, Marcus and Kay, here to welcome guests is great. They even backed the caravan in for mum.  This place might be one of North Queensland's best kept secrets but I plan to tell all my doggie friends about it and highly recommend Kurrimine Beach Holiday Park
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Bonnie's Story. Lymphoma in a 12 y.o. German Shepperd x Kelpie.

04/26/2012

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This is Bonnie’s story.
Bonnie is a much loved, member of a family for 12 years. She was chosen at the RSPCA when she was 6 weeks old. She is a German Shepherd X Kelpie.

Bonnie’s story was written by her owner. Indigo and I wish them well. This is a beautiful story of a much loved pet that has given joy to a family for twelve years and is now being rewarded with lots of tender loving care in her senior and not so well doggie years.

My daughter Erin how is 26 soon picked her out. We bought her home.  
Two days later she got sick took her to our Vet she had kennel cough. She recovered from that. Erin and her slept together, I came home from work 11pm sometimes. It was so cute seeing them cuddled up together. Erin left home joined the police force and when we knew Erin was coming home for a few days, we said to Bonnie, “Erin be home soon.” Bonnie sat at the front door waiting for Erin, so happy when she came back home.

 Bonnie is the best dog we have ever had. She gets so excited when Erin and my son Jason and daughter Fiona and her son Brodie comes home.

Took Bonnie for her yearly vaccinations in Feb and a physical.  The Vet found a lump in her neck and wanted to do a biopsy.
The biopsy was done.  I’m a nurse I knew it would not be good, she has lymphoma.

Lymphoma is one of the most common cancers seen in dogs.

 Vet told me all the treatments for Lymphoma ........ ( chemo $4000 was not an option )  Bonnie  is taking Prednisone tabs to slow the cancer  and she is doing well at the moment. She has increased thirst and appetite; these are side effects of the tablets.
Her course of steroids finish in a few weeks.
I’m thankful the Vet found her cancer, so we can spoil her more.

When the time comes ( I know when that will be ) to put Bonnie to sleep. My Vet will come to our house to do that, so Bonnie won’t be stressed being taken to the Vet

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Dog on it A Chet and Bernie Mystery By Spencer Quinn

04/03/2012

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Books » Fiction & Literature » Mystery & Detective » General
Dog on it

A Chet and Bernie Mystery

By Spencer Quinn

A funny new detective novel featuring Bernie, a slightly down-at-heel PI; and his offsider, Chet, a dog, who is the captivating narrator of the story. Chet may have flunked out of police school, but he's just as much a detective as Bernie - superior, sometimes, in his insight into human foibles. In Dog on It, their first adventure, Chet and Bernie investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl who may or may not have been kidnapped, but who's definitely gotten herself mixed up with some very unsavoury characters.

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Set in the Valley of an unnamed Western state, Quinn's winning debut introduces one smart canine detective and his partner, PI Bernie Little of the Little Detective Agency, who's pretty quick on the uptake himself. Chet, a "lively mongrel" with one white ear and one black ear, serves as the book's narrator, communicating with Bert via doggy methods that verge on the telepathic ("I wagged my tail, that quick one-two wag meaning yes, not the over-the-top one that wags itself and can mean lots of things"). Wealthy divorcee Cynthia Chambliss hires Bernie, a former cop, to find her missing 15-year-old daughter, Madison, whose father is a real estate developer who smells suspiciously of cat. (Chet's keen sense of smell comes in handy.) When Madison reappears and disappears again, her dad says she's just a runaway, though Bernie thinks otherwise. Chet must use all his superdog tricks to extricate Bernie from a mighty tight fix in a climax that fans of classic mysteries are sure to appreciate. (Feb.) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.

At last, a dog lover's mystery that portrays dogs as they really are. Chet, the canine narrator, forgets he isn't supposed to bark. He doesn't remember the choker chain is around his neck. He wonders what the noise is when he finds himself growling and questions where the breeze is coming from when his tail is wagging. Although ideas may not remain in his head for long, his loyalty to and love for his owner, Bernie, a divorced, financially strapped PI, are forever in his heart. A teenage girl, Madison, goes missing and might have been kidnapped, and Bernie takes the case. Bernie, Chet, and Suzie, a newspaper investigative reporter, follow the clues to an abandoned ghost town and mine. Quinn's characters are endearing, and his narrative is intriguing, fast-moving, and well written. Even cat lovers will find it entertaining. This first in a projected series by newcomer Quinn is highly recommended.-Susan Hayes, Chattahoochee Valley Libs., Columbus, GA Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
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