Dede - the travelling dog - Poodle X Maltese

Deliah, her Mum and I joined many other dogs at Gasworks Park last weekend. Melbourne is a dog friendly city and Gasworks Park is an ideal place to see just how dog-friendly it is.

At 11am Sunday morning large dogs race around while their owners stand and talk.
There are smaller dogs at that time, too, but the big dogs bound over most of the open space while the smaller dogs potter around the edges.

It never ceases to surprise me how so many dogs can enjoy each other’s company without any agro. If there is any agro it usually between dogs that are still on their lease. Do those dogs need to prove something? A sort of “I know I’m tethered but I can still beat you!” I can only guess but it does appear to change their attitude to their doggy mates.

Waiting to be served.


The indoor/outdoor cafe

Gas works Park is a park of sculptures for other statues check HERE

There are many off-leash parks and reserves and Melbourne. To find one near you and let your dog enjoy the freedom of these wonderful spaces - check with your local council or on the Internet.

Dede the beautiful Maltese/Poodle on the move

Gasworks Park is a 'doggie park' in Port Melbourne so it was the right place to meet up with Dede again. Her full name is Delilah and she looks just like a glamerous Delilah especfially with her hair white and fuffly and her ears combed. We meet her a month or so ago. VIEW HERE.

This time I was able to catch her on the move with her ‘Mum’ before she stopped for peppermint tea.



It was a clear cold winter morning and Dede was well rugged up for the bike ride.





More on Gas Works Park and Dede relaxing with the other 'cafe' dogs in my next posting.


My thanks to Dede's Mum for allowing the photos.

Dog sculptures, Gasworks Park -Melbourne

Not with out Chomley

This group, cast in bronze by Ann Ross in 1991, is at the Richardson Street entrance to Gasworks Park in Port Melbourne.

There are two sculptures here - a sort of set piece. The man has a dog standing on his back and another dog with his tail stuck jauntily in air, facing the other way.

My take on this is that it is the same dog both times. However the man and dog are heading in a different direction from the single dog.

The dogs are great, the sort of dogs with those perky tails that wag at any moment.

Man Dog, Boat by Henry Smith 1995

The sculpture is made out of fiberglass, wood stainless steel and aluminum and all painted a yellow-ochre. It sits on top of a pole that looks like a weathered wooden lamppost. It's positioned on the traffic island at the corner of Graham and Pickles Street, outside Gasworks Park, Port Melbourne.

The man appears to be rowing away from the sea in an east-west direction. It is a strange statue because it is above your sight-line if you are driving past.

It’s the dog I love – poised in the bow peering ahead and ready to jump when they get to wherever they are going.