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.
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
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
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.
"Our Prime purpose in life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." ` Dalai Lama
Chuck, the police dog involved in the arrest of Malcolm Naden. NSW Police. New South Wales's most wanted man, Malcolm Naden, has finally been captured after seven years on the run. Police found Naden at a holiday house 30 kilometres west of Gloucester in the Upper Hunter region just after midnight (AEDT). Officers from the tactical operations unit and the dog squad swooped on the property, surrounding and arresting the 38-year-old former abattoir worker. Audio: Listen to the AM story (AM) Now bald and with a bushy beard, Naden was dressed in a muddy shirt as he was led away by detectives. A rifle was seized from the property, after police revealed last week that Naden was armed with a semi-automatic rifle. They had said thefts in the areas had given them fresh information about his whereabouts. Brave Chuck the police dog assisted in the arrest.
Naden charged with 2005 murder
After reading how the feral camels have made a dreadful nuisance of themselves in many Aboriginal communities I am in favour of culling the excess camels in the ouback in guidance by the local people who live in those areas. These decisions must always be made in consultation with the people it effects. When I hear greens ay 'but it is cruel to the camels,' I just want to ask them if they would like 600 camels hanging around their house and stopping them from leaving, trampling their fences and endangering their children?
A national program to limit Australia's wild camel population is aiming to triple its cull count in the Northern Territory this year.
The Feral Camel Management Project is aiming to reduce camel numbers in critical hotspots to reduce the impact on crucial waterholes and native animals.
Project operators say more than 13,000 wild camels were killed in the Northern Territory last year.
Spokeswoman Jan Ferguson told the Country Hour far more camels should be culled in 2012.
"We are certainly hopeful it would accelerate," she said.
"We would hope to remove about 50,000 camels in the next 12 months, subject to weather and good intelligence.
"We don't just work at any cost.
"It is important these things are cost effective.
"This is public money."
Thousands of camels were introduced to Australia between 1840 and 1970 to help open up the nation's arid areas.
Most came from India but there were also breeds from China, Mongolia and Arabia.
Australia's estimated feral camel population of more than a million is a mix of these breeds.
They range throughout the dry centre of the continent, including areas of the Territory, South Australia and New South Wales, but more than half are believed to be in Western Australia.
In 2009, a federal program to cull more than 650,000 beats over four years was begun.
The economic cost of damage and grazing land loss caused by feral camels is estimated at about $10 million a year.
Well following the snake in our house fiasco, we ran away from home with the dog fro a few days and visited our daughter.
Happy St Patrick's day. :-),
My youngest daughter Carla, bathed, groomed and clipped our poodle Indigo, beautifully then put green ribbons in her hair for St Patrick's day :-)
Indigo has just recently turned seven. Happy Birthday Indigo.
Mouse in my house, brown snake on my front step and job interview that has gone on for over a week. I am going to have a red wine and half a sweet bun. Is it too late to trade my poodle in for a ferocious terrier just for tonight? Plus maybe one at each door. I will need a good book to take to bed to get my mind off snakes and mice tonight.
Books » Fiction & Literature » Mystery & Detective » General
The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog Amelia Peabody Murder Mystery S.
By Elizabeth Peters
In Amelia's seventh adventure, she and Emerson take passage on a boat travelling up the Nile, enjoying a second honeymoon while they search for Nefertiti's tomb. On the other hand, they might be heading towards murder. An exotic slave woman, a Siamese cat and a den of conspirators unite to snatch away Amelia's happiness unless she reveals a certain secret...and at the remote dig in Amarna what she uncovers is a shocking present-day peril: the loss of treasures far more precious than any antiquity - her husband's love or both their lives!
About the Author
Elizabeth Peters is a prolific and successful novelist with over fifty novels to her credit. She is internationally renowned for her mystery stories, especially those featuring indomitable heroine Amelia Peabody. She lives in a historic farmhouse in Frederick, Maryland, with six cats and two dogs.
Very sad yet so funny at the same time.
This 91 year old man has been mistaking the doggie poo bin for the letter box for two years.
Reg and I are applying for work in the outback. Work where we might miss out on the opportunity because we have a dog. I hope that will not be so as Indigo is a member of our family.
I know she will enjoy the lifestyle, she loves travel, there is a good vet in Alice Springs and I know she can be cared for every bit as well in outback Australia as here in northern Victoria.
Dogs are very much a part of the Australian Aboriginal Communities though they are not usually the house pet that Indigo is and some would be lean and hungry dogs we would need to keep Indigo away from.
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Outback Mongrel By David Darcy
A collection of stunning photographs of Aussie dogs in the rugged deserts of Australia's big red heart. David recounts warm stories describing all that can go wrong when travelling in the outback with a ute full of mongrels, hundreds of miles from the nearest town.
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