Life is tough for a Toller

I have such a busy life, BBQ on Sunday, Gundog Club Monday, SA Dog Club Tuesday, shopping trips, banking, the list goes on and on. I am lucky I get a few minutes on my day bed these days.
I turn 6 months old on the 7th, Keith said thats the end of my puppy hood and its about time I grew up and started earning my keep. We have already graduated into Grade one at the dog club, and Kathy is teaching me to work for a Show, but I still prefer to jump on people and give them a good licking.
We have started playing new games. They used to throw a toy and I would run and fetch it, but now they hide it sometimes and I have to find it. Sometimes Kathy hides round the corner of the house while Keith holds me, Kathy throws the toy duck onto the lawn, then I run out and get it. Great fun and it gets the humans out of the house for a while.

Lake Bonny, Barmera

There is water back in Lake Bonny. There are colonies of turtles and cormorants that were suffering due to the lack of water, so the gates were opened to let water in to get the lake almost back to normal. Whatever the reason, it was good to bark at the waves and chase them away, even if they did keep coming back.

We left Barmera, stopped at Karoonda to see the big concrete Ram and have a leg stretch and were home just as the storms came in. KnK had to unpack in the rain, but I supervised from inside the house.

Barmera

Back on the road and at Barmera for the dog trials. I had to stay in the back of the Navara while KnK got on with judging. I climbed up on top of the soft crate and stayed there. I could see out easily and it was soft to sleep on!
Lots of dogs and people to play with, not much time left so I will make the best of it.

Home Early

Curdimurka looked like it was invented so that map makers would not have a blank spot on their maps, because there is nothing there apart from the remains of a railway station. It used to be an important stop on the old Ghan, but now there is empty space surrounded by nothing.

We had to come home early, so Keith could get medicine. I suggested he eats grass, but we could not find any.

We will be off to the Riverland soon, so my travels will continue then.

Lake Eyre

Here I am at Lake Eyre. I am probably the first Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever to see Lake Eyre.

It has been a busy time with the traveling, and I get to play in lots of new areas and meet lots of people.

I have my own play area at the caravan, and we go for lots of walks. Keith says we have to or I would destroy the caravan. Don't know what he means by that.

Rock Art

We went down the dirt tracks today, over hills and valleys, across creeks and through all sorts of places. I was not allowed out of the car at some places, but the pic shows me at the information site near Arkaroola. Not much information, just these Aboriginals carved out of rock pointing towards the Flinders ranges. We were late starting out because Keith had to buy another tyre for the Navara, that’s two in two days, and he keeps muttering about 'bloody Portuguese tyres', so I just kept out of the way.

Leigh Creek

Here I am at the Leigh Creek Caravan park. There is a big open space across the road where I go for a run with lots of kangaroos out there but they all run away when I turn up. We are going to see some more of the sights today, when Kathy finishes her work.

Had a play with Zoey the Corgi this morning, she was in the van near to us but she is moving on today.

Got to go, we are getting ready to move.