The Big Training Night

Mum's been pretty busy at Work lately - turns out she's moved to an all new work, a bit closer to our home, so shorter car rides for Mum. But it turns out Mum's old work is still going strong since she took me for a visit there tonight - and in fact everybody from her new work, old work and other works were there too, along with some nice people who'd come to give me pats and attention.

The night was for what Mum says is a 'training night' which I think is a fancy way of saying 'lots of talking'. I didn't mind though because pretty much everybody wanted to pat me, and so I helped out with a lot of presentations.

Cuddles from Greencross vets!

Well that sign can't be right. That should clearly be a dog.

Helping with an Ezydog presentation!

Helping Jo from Mars petcare!

Thirsty work, all this helping.

Summer Beach Times

Well though we've had a little rain (mud!) it's still pretty hot here in the tropics. Mum has been a bit sick but she was well enough today for a beach walk! It's the best place to spend time at when it's sunny. 

We only took a short walk today since Mum is still recovering, but we had time to have a spa and do some rockclimbing. 

Spa!

Lookout rock!

 
Also there was a new sand-dune. Mum says they appear sometimes after lots of wind and strong tides. Caught me a bit by surprise though.

Woah, who put this here?

 

Camping Adventure Part 1: The Journey

This year is shaping up to be AMAZING! On Friday, Mum started packing bags and initially I was suspicious that she was going on holidays. But then I saw her packing my bag, and biscuits, lead and treats too - it turns out that dogs can come on some holidays! 

First came a reeeeeeally long car trip. I don't mind car trips that much because the shaking of the car makes it easy to sleep, plus there's always somewhere great for an Adventure when you get out of the car. The first place we stopped was a town called Ingham.

Turns out they take their trees pretty seriously at Ingham.

It was great to stretch my legs and have a cold drink after so long in the car, but it was pretty hot - since Mum wouldn't let me swim in this most excellent dog bath, I was pretty happy to get back in the car and have Cold Air on instead. 

The next place we stopped was called Cardwell. Mum knows it pretty well because she often visited it when she was younger and she lived on a boat. (She says it's a bit different now though).

I approved of Cardwell because of this:

 It's a dugong play tunnel! Mum says it's actually for kids, not dogs. Doesn't make much sense!

Townsville doesn't have a Dugong.

 So we stopped in Cardwell long enough for lunch. (I had a beef ear with liver on it. Yuuum...) Then it was back on the road for the next leg of our Adventure, but I'll tell you all about it next time!