I just heard about the Barking Mad website at http://barking-mad.com.au/index.php.
It’s run by Eedra Zey from the Central Coast, and is an organisation designed to promote responsible dog ownership (please pick up your poo!), and be a voice to gain rights for companion animals on transport, beaches and more.
There’s a cool newsletter (the first was January 2007), and some intriguing interaction with Warringah Council, when she took her dog for a picnic at Long Reef beach. Apparently there are no surf beaches in Sydney where a dog is permitted, most unusual in Australia. So we’re quite lucky in Mosman having access to the non-surf beaches at Spit Reserve and Sirius Cove (according to the Mosman Council website at http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/mosman/recreation/dogs
