Hollingday in the White Stuffs - SNOW - Pawt 3

Hiya all,

IT'S ON WITH THE SNOW ..... WHOOPSY ..... SHOW!!!

You see the most unusual things out the window of your Snow Chalet!!

I was so engrossed ..... that mum had to "re-FUR-bish" my viewing chair so I could watch in COMFORT.

What was I lookin' at????

Somethin' I had NEVER seen befores:

There were some young men outside who were diggin' and stuffs, they even kinda buried a big white pipe thingy in the snows .... then they jumped on these long bits of wood and slid down the snow hill, and along the pipe thingy, and sometimes FELL OVER!! It was a blast my furiends!

Oh the stuffs you see!!

Oh and TALKING of FALLING OVER ... my silly pawrents BOTH slipped and fell outside our Chalet. Mum was OK because she slipped on our driveway hill and landed on her ... errmmm ... well padded butt. She was not happy. Not long after that ... dad dad skidded and FELL OVER and he hit his HEAD on the Chalet BEAM, as well as his shoulder too!

Well ... mum rang the peeps that we hired the Chalet from - and demanded something be done about the icy slippery condition of our DRIVEWAY. She called it a BOOBY-TRAP. She wished that the Chalet came with a shovel so she could have taken her rage out on that driveway hill!!

Instead the peeps sent this:

A nice man came in a machine that clears snow and ice from the roads .... and he took away the slippery ice hill that we had to clamber over. Thank goodness!! That's my dad dad watchin'.

Anyway - we were happy that it got fixed before we had to go to the medical centre with my clumsy pawrents!!

The day before we left ... the Chalet across the road from us got NEW TENANTS!! Can you see my new neighbours. I got to bark at them from the side balcony. I was just sayin' "hello"!!

It was one of the HUSKY TEAMS here to compete in the "Dinner Plain Sled Dog Races" to be held here in a few days. They were with very nice peeps and mum asked where the doggies sleep?? They go back to their little low caravans at night - it's nice in there with beds and stuffs. I wanted to know why THEY didn't have to WEAR coats and boots like I do!!??

Mum said they are "arctic doggies" and much better used to the cold/wet/snows than me. **Humph**

This is another dog team a couple Chalets back from us. They barked at me - and the nice man who they own talked to my pawrents. Dad dad offered me to "lead the pack" in the races - and the man said I could **IF** I was FAST ENOUGH!! 

I'm like lightening my furiends ... of course I'd be FAST ENOUGH!!

Mum was skeered I'd pull a muscle or have some other injury. She is such a worry wort!!

So we went to check out the Dog-Sled course.

It was nice to walk on.

The edges smelt good.

Then mum wanted a PHOTO SHOOT. So some-pup had to get a COLD BUTT!! Come on ma .... speed it up!!

This snow moss smelt good too!

Look how far my paws sink down!!!

And a little photo with my mum!!

Yep - I reckon this race track will be good funs for the doggies! Unfortunately I will not be able to lead that Husky team because we have to book out and get back to Bright before the weekend!! THEIR LOSS!!! (BOL!)

Now a real treat for you my furiends.!! My uncie made a little VIDEO of ME in the SNOWS for you ... coz mum is not clever enough to do that. Watch it - it is funny - especially me runnin' and kickin' off those boots!! BOL!!!

Wasn't that a BLAST!!! I'm faster than lightening aren't I???!! Those stoopids boots slowed me down too!


Stay Tuned for PAWT 4!!!!

Hollingday in the White Stuffs - SNOW - Pawt 2

Hiya all - I'm so excited to show you the next Pawt of my Hollingday! I'm also very grateful to you who are enjoying the pictures and are leaving me lovely comments. You really are good furiends!!

OK - on with the SHOW! After leaving Mount Hotham we drove another 10kms and turned into "our" village of Dinner Plain. Mum had to check into our Chalet from the village office and get me registered into the "Alpine Shire" so I was allowed out the car! BOL! Big rules around here my furiends. My registration included me wearing a little long green tag on my collar at all times. You'll see it later.

All the buildings and chalets here in Dinner Plain are built in strict accordance with council requirements, including the materials used, colour, style etc. We think they did a great job.

Here is our Chalet. See the little number 4 at the door upstairs? That's our door. The staircase that runs down to the left of the number 4 is ours .... and that was a non-negotiable for me. I refused to go up or down those skeery stairs. They were peep/snow/ice friendly - but not little paw friendly - my paws would have slipped through the grate holes - so I got carried like a princess in and out.

 You step into a little tiled "drying room" first(under floor heating)  - where you can take off your boots/jackets/scarves/hats .... then you step into our lounge/dining/kitchen. 

Here I am scoping out the lounge.

Straight line kitchen and a staircase to the second bedroom upstairs.  We didn't need to use that bedroom. Plus the steps were very steep and skeery - so I was relieved I didn't have to use them!!

Leading off the entry/drying room was the Baffroom...

And the third door off the drying room was our Bedroom.

This is the view from the lounge window.

This is the view from our side balcony.

And this we see from the kitchen window. See the little mini chalet in the middle of the photo?? I was worried that the dawgs get put in there!! Especially the naughty ones!!  But - PHEW - they are actually the chalet BINS ... another good idea by the Alpine Council - they look HEAPS nicer than those big ol' plastic wheelie bins ... don't ya reckon??

Don't I look unhappy????!! I was TORN between having to look at those SKEERY stairs, wearing BOOTS and COAT and FINALLY being ALLOWED to go out into the WHITE stuffs!!! HERE WE GO!!!!

This is my first CLOSE UP sniffs of the Snows. Interesting!

After a little walk around the place we found the edge of the village and found the walking track. There were other peeps with their dawgs here!

Here I am meeting fellow snow dawgs and getting used to the feeling/sights/smells of this place.

Here's my first real run-about - getting my snow paws worked out!!

Woooo - Hooooo - when you don't get your paws sinking too deep - you can still runs on this stuff!

Here I am JUMPING for joy. This is  G-R-E-A-T  FUNS !!!!

Mum taking a scenery shot for you .... but my snow prints are dotted all over the white stuffs in the foreground!

Mum also found a ROBIN to photograph.

And took a photo of a SNOWMAN ..... (look away Frankie) but notice that half the head had melted.... he he 

And me goin' off for more explorations. See that balcony??? There was a nice family up there drinking coffee. They were SO IMPRESSED at me in my boots they almost fell off their CHAIRS.

OOooooo this is the YELLOW SNOW than my good furiend in OHIO said that I SHOULD NOT EAT!! Thanks for the tip Frankie, but it did smell more that the white stuffs!

See that yellow PATCH behind me???? I MADE that ...... he he !!

If you look closely you will see the name of this Chalet above the door. "BUCKLEYS" ... mum thought that was cool. She said "OR NONE" should be the Chalet next door ... but she was wrong.

I gotta say my furiends, I am rocking my boots and I loves sniffing this white stuffs!

A few of you have mentioned the "snow chains" issue. All cars in the alpine region during certain months MUST carry them in all cars. If the mountain road is icy - the road signs will direct where you turn off and fit chains to continue. They must be diamond pattern like these. These were on our neighbours car because they came up a couple days before us when the conditions were much worse than we had. Dad dad was very much happy that we had clear roads when we came up.

Mum LOVES this photo. See my Alpine Registration Tag??? The little green long one. Along with my special number - It's even got a little snowflake design on it!

This is me going over our driveway hill (you will hear more about this hill later) to get back home to our Chalet after my first run-about. 

Hot drinks all round - and a drink and snack for me. Counting the hours before dinner and waiting to see what happens next.

Isn't it WILD seeing a little AUSSIE DAWG like ME in the SNOWS???!! 

I am so happy!

Join me in PAWT 3 !

See ya!

Holling Days - The report...Part 2 "Running Free"

Given it is winter here now - we woke to another lovely day in the Clare Valley (lucky for us).

Now for the mystery to be solved....who is coming today???

Hey!!!!! How did Scarlet, Zoe and Uncie find us here in the country!!! (Look at Zoe in flight - we love this pic because it kinda sums us pups up in one photo!)

And it looks like they are stayin' with us here overnight! Woooo.... a sleepover!

Here we go.... runnin' fast, runnin' free...... hey if we run down this track it leads us out the gates!!

Scarlet the first to return.

Me runnin with little Zoe bringin' up the rear..... check out her "panda" runnin' style!

Zoe and me checkin' out the dry creek bed - lotsa good smells in there!

Me.

Scarlet - open mouth tongue hanging and flappin'!

Scarlet and Zoe - bein' free

Scarlet and me.

Scarlet and Zoe off adventuring!

Another action shot of Scarlet.

Somehow.... I found the farm dam..... and got kinda wet, gritty and mucky. Sorry Ma!!!! These things are bound to happen when pups are f-r-e-e!!!!

Zoe looking all coy over a fallen log.

Scarlet - nice pic mum!

Us on a BIG fallen tree.... lookin' dapper!

Zoe - wondering what she is doin' on a big fallen tree! Oh... the flashy box!!

Nice and convenient shopping grounds for sticks out here - hundreds of them!

In case you haven't seen enough of us runnin' - here's mum's last coupla shots for ya! Scarlet and me.

Zoe and me muckin' about - situation normal for us.

Didn't we have the best time ever! Sorry about all the pics - but mum says it is not everyday that us pups have that much fun and freedom! 

Stay tuned for the third and final Part 3!