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Wearing his travel packs with some water and his collapsible water bowl. Some treats, a good time was had.
Perfect! I should consider that pannier business for my lad.....he can help out carrying all his walk paraphernalia! X
Yeah he didn't mind carrying his own gear at all. It's fairly light work anyway, some water, a bag of cheese and his water bowl. He's not very spacially aware tho. Bangs it into everything. But he had no complaints. Such a little trouper hustling through the bush with his little packs. It was adorable.
He's gorgeous. When I lived in Sydney 10 years ago I wondered what it must be like to have a dog cos all the national parks said No Dogs Allowed. There was even a No Dogs sign on a tiny green traffic island in Elizabeth Bay! Have things changed?
Dogs (and all other non-native animals) are not allowed in National Parks in Australia. Their purpose is to provide a sanctuary that's for native animals and plants only. But I'm sure that Arnie was not walking in a National Park
We did a naughty National Park walk with Ella a couple of weeks ago. We were looking for a good walk in the state forest so went to the local tourist information centre. The guy walking there showed us two walks in the National Park and, after I reminded him that we had a dog, he told me it was fine as long as she was on lead. We decided to act on his advice (ignoring the flyer explaining that dogs can't go in National Parks on the way out of the centre) and enjoy our walk! I'm sure a one-off wouldn't hurt
Awe how cute!! I need to get a pack for Finn once he's a touch bigger. How old is Arnie?? I so wish I could just put Finn on a plane and bring him with me to visit Australia. Went there last year for surfing and definitely want to go back.
I had it drummed into me from a young age that dogs were not allowed, ever, in National Parks. Pretty sure we did once drive through one with the cat in the back seat though
Same. I tried to tell the guy in the tourist information centre and he actually tapped his name badge and said "I'm the one with the name badge, it's my job to know!". I felt like that was our permission to break the rules We went to a National Park the other week that even had a sign saying no dog or cats were even allowed in cars when travelling through the park.
Yeah, we broke the rules even just smuggling the cat in without stopping the car! Would be lovely to have more access to these places with our doggies. I just don't really bushwalk any more as a result, which is kinda sad. But I understand and endorse the reasoning behind it (cat smuggling aside....).
I do understand and support it in most cases but sometimes it seems ridiculous. When we were in the Point Nepean national park we walked about 4km down a sealed road. Instead of walking you could chose catch an old smokey shuttle bus. Thousands of tourists (us included) tramp up and down the road or catch the bus, with their prams, screaming kids, picnics etc. The place is a national park because of old WW1 tunnels/guns/lookouts etc. Personally, I don't see why dogs are banned from this type of national park. Make a rule that says they can't leave the sealed road/enter the WW1 stuff etc. but I don't see why they need to be banned from a sealed road.
Oh well I'll just have to get that tourist information guy to give me written advice that I can take her I'm national parks as long as she's on lead Then the world is our oyster
I did love all the civic-mindedness of Sydneysiders when it came to abiding by laws for the good of all. But I knew I would suffer if I had a dog and was not allowed to take it bushwalking. Back in Cape Town we have similar laws, which are abided by ito not taking dogs into no-dog parks (don't get me started on the lawlessness elsewhere!). But there are so many parks you can still walk in off leash, so it's not such a hardship.
