During my recent holiday at Bright, I picked up a brochure advertising sled dog tours in the high country. I hadn't realised this activity is available in Australia. How wonderful it must be to live in such a scenic place, have the fun of winter snow, and also get to keep a pack of huskies. The company is named Australian Sleddog Tours.
I read elsewhere that there is probably a sled dog event somewhere around the country every weekend in winter (not necessarily on snow), for people who want to participate with their own dogs. Now, I'm fairly sure this is a sport that is just made for the dog that Penny believes she is, as she's never happier than tugging us along behind her. But we'll have to live without it, as her long, low body isn't in synch with her 'inner sleddog'.
Australian Sleddog Tours have a range of stock photographs on their site, and the pictures of dogs are just gorgeous.
And another link I just can't resist adding is this one, about sled dog tours in Lapland. The translation into English will have you smiling, but the content is also irresistibly tempting. I think one day I have to get on a plane, sit squashed beside someone for thirty hours, arrive on the other side of the world exhausted, unable to speak the language...
Hmmm - maybe I'll just head upt to Bright and do a tour in my own state.
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Friday, 26 November 2010
Sunday, 5 April 2009
dog mushing in Russia
Hackpacker is in Russia. His home is here in Melbourne, Australia, but he's on the move right now and blogging about his travels, which two days ago included a trip by dog sled.
Hackpacker included a link to a dog-sledding site and I checked out the photos, but the text is presumably in Russian. (I once spent six months studying Russian but I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't even learn enough to be sure this text is Russian.)
Hackpacker also includes a link to
But it's in French. (Okay, time to admit I did SIX years of French at high school and can't remember much - but that's over forty years ago, so I reckon I have an excuse this time.) However, I did find a text in English that seems to be on the same topic. Here's a site by the energy company that supported Vanier's dog expedition.
And here's a site that is highly critical of Vanier's treatment of his dogs. Which got me thinking about other dog sled events and I came across the Yukon Quest page describing the level of veterinary care dogs receive in this event.
It does seem that one man travelling eight thousand kilometres would have trouble providing this level of care.
Hackpacker included a link to a dog-sledding site and I checked out the photos, but the text is presumably in Russian. (I once spent six months studying Russian but I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't even learn enough to be sure this text is Russian.)
Hackpacker also includes a link to
the story of Nicholas Vanier, a modern day adventurer who took a team of dogs from Baikal all the way to Moscow and almost froze to death several times in Siberia.
But it's in French. (Okay, time to admit I did SIX years of French at high school and can't remember much - but that's over forty years ago, so I reckon I have an excuse this time.) However, I did find a text in English that seems to be on the same topic. Here's a site by the energy company that supported Vanier's dog expedition.
And here's a site that is highly critical of Vanier's treatment of his dogs. Which got me thinking about other dog sled events and I came across the Yukon Quest page describing the level of veterinary care dogs receive in this event.
It does seem that one man travelling eight thousand kilometres would have trouble providing this level of care.
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