Study Break!!

Study Break!!, originally uploaded by Wonder Westie.

Well, as you can see, I've been busy, yet again. Here I am, taking a wee break from studying up on a few things. It's been a busy month or so - one of the Two Legged Ones had a holiday back home so I was busy, taking care of the other Two Legged One. It's quite tiring (as you can tell). I've been out in the kayak again which is going well. Recently, we managed a mid-river transfer from one kayak to the other (as the Two Legged One I was with was going sooooo slowly, I almost fell asleep so I had to go with the other Two Legged One which was far more exciting as he goes a lot faster). It has been roasting hot over here - no let up in sight either. It's not quite as hot as Dubai but it feels it ..... on the plus side, this means I have more trips to the beach and river and my swimming skills are quite amazing these days. Anyway, I better go. Gotta catch up on some reading and prepare for another adventure to the beach this afternoon. Hope you are all well. Woof for now.

Fun Times

Fun Times
Originally uploaded by Wonder Westie

So, as promised, here I am, living it up in my kayak. It's grand. I sit here, watching birds ( seriously, one day I WILL catch one), catching the breeze, being made a huge fuss of (other paddlers wave to me and comment on how cool I am)and generally enjoying myself. It really is mint fun. The Two Legged Ones take me back to shore after a while but I just go straight back into the water until they come get me again. I'm a bit of an adventure hound these days!! Anyway, it's time for my walk so woof for now!

The GOR

Sleepy Koala at the Cape Otway Centre

Two Legged Ones' addiction - amazing coffee in Melbourne

View from hotel room - Melbourne at night

The Apostles in the Morning

me - enough said

Airey's Inlet Lighthouse

I was tasked with telling you all about the Two Legged Ones adventure to the Great Ocean Road - well, that was four months ago so I'm a bit behind.  What can I say, I'm a busy four legged one!  Anyway, they had a blast.  I didn't go - I could have, of course, but I figured it better to stay behind and hang out with the Older Two Legged Ones.  It turns out the Great Ocean Road was quite amazing - the Two Legged Ones always like it when a place looks just like it should - and apparently the Twelve Apostles (actually, there aren't twelve at all but that's another story) looked just like the postcards and photos they had both seen for years.  so, they loved it.  They stayed at this very cool eco lodge http://www.greatoceanecolodge.com/ which was the highlight of the three days on the GOR - they saw koalas, woke up to a huge mob of roos only 100m from their bedroom door, had amazing food and the silence was total.  They loved it.  The Great Ocean Eco Lodge is associated with the Cape Otway Centre, an organisation that they found truly  inspirational http://www.capeotwaycentre.org/   The Two Legged Ones said they would go back there tomorrow and live there if they could!  Apparently I would love it!  They went to see the Twelve Apostles early in the morning and told me it was stunning beyond words.  They went over the Apostles in a helicopter and also went right down to the ocean to see them closer up (using the Gibson Steps - carved into the cliff by one very industrious man - with perhaps a tad too much time on his hands) - but of course, one of the Two Legged Ones wasn't paying attention and got swamped by a huge wave and almost got stranded ...... sometimes, the other Two Legged One and I think it's a full time job looking after her!  They spent a few days in Melbourne on the way back and well, of course, I heard all about that, at length, when they got back - they love Melbourne, would take me to live there tomorrow, they love it so much - the food, the laneways, the art, the museums.  They visited the MCG sports museum and the Australian Two Legged One was delighted as she got to see Phar Lap's training saddle.  So, I've included some photos for you below.  I'm doing my usual, enjoying life to the full, hanging out with my buddies, charming all I meet, renewing my vendatta with the magpies (I nearly caught one the other day but the Two Legged One stopped me from continuing the chase - complete kill joy that one) and trying to avoid the horrible, sweltering heat that is Summer here.  Anyway, more later - I've taken up the kayaking as promised in my last blog so I'll be updating you all on that soon.  I've become a bit of an adrenalin junkie you see.  More soon.  Woof for now.  xxx The G Man

Update

Well, here we are again.  I'm not the best at keeping the blog up to date, I admit, but it's busy Down Under.  Spring has arrived and while it's not quite as dramatic as Spring in Ireland, it's still quite an amazing time of the year.  Crisp mornings, incredible golden wattle in bloom, lovely smells as all those quite boring Australian native trees just burst into amazing colour.  Quite the poet aren't I?  I'm still as busy as ever - out and about every morning, then for my midday walk with Helen and the gang and, with the longer evenings settling in, the Two Legged Ones are back to taking me to the river and beach in the evenings.  We have taken to spending quite a bit of time out in the evenings, just wandering the streets - not quite like hobos, but almost!  Weekends are our usual great fun - beach, river, breafkast out at some groovy cafe, visits to new parks, meeting up with friends - it's a hectic life we have!

 The Two Legged Ones have bought kayaks which has generated quite a lot of excitement (and hilarity, apparently, as one of the Two Legged Ones is unable to get out of the kayak without falling over - two guesses which Two Legged One that is!) - they go out each Saturday morning while I stay with the Older Two Legged Ones.  Kayaking is, according to the Two Legged Ones, brilliant fun - they come back full of stories about pelicans, shags and, yesterday, a dolphin, only a few metres away from them.  I'm going to give it a go soon - come the Summer, I'm going to be in one of those kayaks with them, my CFD (canine floatation device, to those of you who don't know) on, head into the wind - it's going to be mint.  Gotta go now - just had a bath and I'm off for a walk to dry off.  some photos below of me chilling out and some snaps of our walking the streets adventures.  woof for now.