Best Friend

Junkyard Balls

Benoa Harbour

Enam Anjing – 6 Dogs

Greyhound Adoptions WA

The More I Love My Dog

Nusa Heart

I-15

Granite Creek Canoe

Tanah Lot

Best Friend

A young girl takes her dog to be sterilised as part of a population control program by the Balinese Animal Welfare Association.

As a tourist it’s easy to think that the Balinese don’t care about their dogs.  Truthfully they have more important things to care about like putting food on the table and making enough money to put their kids through school. But sometimes you get the opportunity to see a real relationship between a Balinese and [...]

Junkyard Balls

In Singapadu BAWA sets up a field operating theatre in the village hall.

One of the highlights of this trip to Bali was to spend time with BAWA’s spay/neuter team in Singapadu in the Gianyar Regency.  Singapadu seems like a middle class area relatively untouched by tourism and provided me with one of the most authentic Balinese experiences I’ve ever had. My driver drops me in the middle [...]

Benoa Harbour

Stranded at low tide.

My Dad used to work the trawlers in the north-west of WA and also in Queensland so I spent a large part of my childhood on boats and jetties. Harbours are always full of boats bumping against tyres, the smell of diesel and fish, oil slicks on the water, barnacles on pylons and a jumble [...]

Enam Anjing – 6 Dogs

Ringworm Puppy

  A visit to Bali Animal Welfare Association provides some insight into Bali life through the world of their street dogs. These dogs were all rescued and treated at the BAWA clinic in Ubud, with the aim to get them healthy and into forever homes.   Rat Poison Dog A happy little dog greets me [...]

Greyhound Adoptions WA

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I’ve been meeting some really amazing people and some really cool dogs while researching greyhound adoptions. Some of those amazing people run Greyhound Adoptions WA who have regular stalls in the Rockingham area, raising awareness of the ex racing greyhounds that need to be adopted or put down.  They are supported by a network of [...]

The More I Love My Dog

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Carrie Underwood sings a song I really like because of one particular line: “The more boys I meet the more I love my dog”. The most memorable thing about all the following dogs was how much each of them were loved by their owners.  And all profits from these photoshoots were donated to the Bali [...]

Nusa Heart

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This sandcastle heart was found on a Nusa Dua beach, Bali, at sunset.  Nusa Dua has some great hotels, is reknowned for it’s crazy water sports and is not far from Benoa Harbour where tourists can catch a ferry to nearby Lembongan Island.

I-15

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Somewhere along Insterstate 15 which I followed during my roadtrip in 2010 from Las Vegas to Yellowstone National Park.  The I-15 is the fourth longest north/south highway in the United States and runs from San Diego to the Canadian border.

Granite Creek Canoe

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Granite Creek Station is a small family run ranch just outside of Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA.  The cabin was located at the base of a  mountain complete with it’s own pond and canoe.

Tanah Lot

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Tanah Lot is a temple on a rock formation accessible only at low tide near the village of Beraban not far north of the Kuta shopping district. It’s a stunning place to visit, especially at sunset and hawkers around the island will tell you it’s one of Bali’s must see destinations.  The spirituality of the place can be [...]