Day 2

We have met some nice Aussies, the first nice agility one was PJ who works at the airport making sure planes come in safely. He drove Fiona and Karen down to Air Australia Express and back to the terminal as we began the 2 hour process of getting the dogs off the pallet and into our possession!

Today Wednesday (Anzac Day) started with going to Glenelg beach, which we had been warned NOT to do by the locals, Sharks, and puffer fish were the main risks. What the hell, our dogs love the water! On arrival we were surprised to see every man and his dog on the beach and in the water. (the dogs that is)




There was no language barrier between the NZ and Aussie dogs.
They got on really well.



This was the only shark we saw that day.



Further along, Jenna and Josie found a large cow looking beast that smelt and tasted really nice.



At the end of the jetty we were introduced to Elvis (the Cav) by Jesus.





The best thing was being able to walk into the shopping centre WITH our dogs where the locals came over and said hello to us. This group was walking their two malamutes and two Belgian shepherds (Tervs).


After the long walk the temperature was still about 26C so some of us stripped off and had a swim in the motel pool, very refreshing, nice and cool! (Definitely NO photos of this you will be relieved to know!!!) After tea we went down the local dog Club – South Australia Obedience Dog Club Inc. They have a lovely spot in a big park. The gear looked somewhat different to NZ gear, with the main differences being stick in the ground weave poles about 1.5m high, the jumps comprised stick in the ground uprights with poles about twice as long as ours (no weave base and no bars across the bottom of the jumps). We met more nice Aussies but did not get to run ours dogs on the gear due to Insurance issues, but they got a very nice walk afterwards.

Stop Press: The promised rain has arrived – you can rely on Wellington residents to break the drought – they should be paying us!