Mutt saves roo!

"Saviour's jaws of life"
Annalise Walliker
March 29, 2008 12:00am

EASTER is the season of new life or, in this little joey's case, a second chance at life.

The 4 1/2-month-old baby kangaroo was rescued by Leonie Allan's pointer Rex on Easter Sunday. The joey's mother was killed by a car near Ms Allan's property at Bells Beach, near Torquay.

"I'd taken Rex for a walk and we'd gone past the dead kangaroo that morning, and later I was working out the front and he started pointing," Ms Allan said.

"I was worried he'd found a snake and called him back, but when he returned he dropped the joey at my feet."

Amazingly, the 10-year-old dog - a cross between German shorthaired and wirehaired pointers - had been so gentle with the joey, the baby was both calm and unmarked.

"The joey was snuggling up to him, jumping up to him and Rex was sniffing and licking him - it was quite cute," Ms Allan said.

The joey, to be named Rex Jr after his saviour, is now being cared for at Jirrahlinga Wildlife Sanctuary.

Bulldogs Fight Song!

Here's a little video to introduce you to Western Bulldogs Football. The song may sound a few decades old, but boy do the fans get into in when they sing it together after a victory!!!

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=eXOZlxiNaRQ

Happy Easter

It wouldn't be a holiday without the Shutt Family Cranberry Coffee Cake. Ok, so it's cran-raspberry coffee cake this year... but we did the best we could with Aussie ingredients!

Yum.

Bulldogs 126, Adelaide Crows 123

Fairytale finish for Johnson (from www.theage.com.au)
March 23, 2008 - 4:13PM
Western Bulldogs captain Brad Johnson produced a fairytale finish to earn his side a three-point win over Adelaide at Telstra Dome.

Down for the first half of his 300th game, the Bulldogs skipper booted five goals after half-time, including the eventual winner, as the Doggies won 19.12 (126) to 18.15 (123).

In a remarkable finish, Adelaide's Nathan Bock had a set shot in the dying seconds which would have won the game, but his shot from 40 metres missed narrowly just before the final siren rang.

Footy season begins!!!

This weekend has officially marked the beginning of the footy season (AFL/ "Aussie Rules Football"). We have been told that picking your footy team is more important than picking the name of your first born. We have made a decision and declared our support for the Western Bulldogs! They are a team from Footscray, which is a western suburb near Altona. They are known as a team that NEVER wins... much like the Chicago Cubs! They are also known as the team with "working class fans", and the team that is acceptable to support (unlike Collingwood or St. Kilda apparently... both of which would be like supporting the Yankees). So tomorrow we head off to the Telstra Dome like a million other crazed fans with our season tickets in hand (yup, season tickets) and attempt to learn yet another crazy sport. Our love for cricket hasn't died, it's just seen the completion of it's season. Now it's time to throw on a Bulldogs jersey, learn their fight song, and cheer on the losers!!!

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

Last year at this time we were freezing our #$%es off while watching the annual dyeing of the Chicago River. This year... we're dying of the heat! It's another 40 degree (100+) day. I know, all of you suffering through winter want me to shut up. But... give us a little credit for surviving an hour commute on an overcrowded train with no AC (Jen) and a car with no AC (Megan). :)

Wow

We were resistant to the idea of boogie boarding at Torquay because it's such a popular beach. However... we thought we'd give it a go Friday night. WOW! Let's just say we made a return trip yesterday! It's an amazing little corner of the world.

Never thought I'd see the day...

...that we'd sit around at night saying, "Wow, we caught some really awesome waves today."

Yup.

Hot, hot, hot

Happy Friday... and happy hotter-than-hell day! I thought we'd start to see the weather changing about this time of year (it's been hot since we stepped off the plane 4 months ago), but instead it's going to be 40 degrees today (100+). Well... what better to do than catch the train out to the ocean after work...

"Surf Report: It's going to be a hot one today, 3-4ft surf this morning with clean offshore conditions conditions. Fun waves before the change with big tides. Strong winds will be out of the north west, before a SW change sometime this arvo. Reefs will be pumping today and there are a few pros starting to hover around. Check out the surf forecast." -Geelong Advertiser

American Football vs. Aussie Rules Football

Another great story about "gridiron" fans vs. footy fans:

SAN DIEGO, California (AP) -- Two Australian navy sailors have pleaded guilty in San Diego to assault charges for beating a man in a sidewalk brawl after an argument over the merits of Australian vs. American football.

Sailors Philip Graeme Ferres and Kolis Barba were in San Diego last November on shore leave from the HMS Sydney.

A man they met in a bar told police they got into a heated debate that also involved the Iraq war. Jeffrey Wilkinson says he suffered a broken nose and rib and needed 30 stitches for wounds on his face.

Prosecutors agreed to drop battery charges against the sailors and a cocaine-possession charge against Ferres in return for the guilty pleas they entered Monday.

Defense lawyer Matthew O'Connor says that when the sailors are sentenced next month, they could face up to 90 days in custody. He said the Australian navy has not made a decision on any additional punishment. E-mail to a friend

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Tassie Tassie Tassie!

We are back from our whirlwind Labour Day holiday in Tasmania. We were there for 4 days and loved every minute of it. We saw PENGUINS! We saw WALLABIES! We heard TASMANIAN DEVILS (they were growling in the woods)! We saw GLOW WORMS! What a trip! I'll share more soon. Now it's bedtime... we have to rest up for our 4 day work week!

No... they're not selling insurance

You gotta love Queensland... these little geckos were EVERYWHERE!