September | 2020 | The Teachings of Sisco Miyagi

Vollie, Vollie, Vollie! Oi! Oi! Oi!

Posted on 25/09/2020
/Under Animal Management, Sheltering, Staff and volunteers

I had planned on waiting until Volunteer Week to sit down and put my thoughts ‘on paper’ in this space. That was until I realised that Vollie Week is in May and it’s September, so it would be a while before I put ‘pen to paper’. Given that my main...Read more

Open Adoptions – compromise or the start of a beautiful friendship?

Posted on 18/09/2020
/Under Culture, Sheltering

Today’s post is a bit of a confession. I took a really, really, long time to fully appreciate the concept of Open Adoptions and how or why we need to embrace this idea in Australia. By the time the ‘Adopters Welcome’ program had filtered to us in Aus, I was...Read more

Ground crew to Mission Control: Where the bloody hell are we?

Posted on 11/09/2020
/Under Uncategorized

Those who know me will not be shocked to learn that I watched ‘We Bought A Zoo’ for the first time in 2020, despite its release almost a decade ago (I’m obviously not a movie buff!). While watching and thoroughly enjoying the movie, I couldn’t help but notice some striking...Read more