Holidays

Those of you who know me well will know i am not very keen on dogs... or any animal for that matter. But now is not the time to get into that, i just wanted to preface today's blog with that piece of information so  you will sympathize with me when i tell you about what happened yesterday.
 
Tuks and  I planned for the beach, and seeing Tuks has lived here before i trusted him when he said he knew of a good spot.

He suggested the " Spit" which was quite a drive from where we are staying, but not many tourists know about it so it would be less crowded. 
We pulled into the car park and i saw a lady walking her dog down the beach path.  I said to Tuks " Yuck, i hate it when people bring their dogs to the beach". 
As we got out of the car and began our walk onto the sand i noticed there were a ton more people who had also brought their dogs to the beach.

Then i saw THIS: 

Me:" Tuks!!!! Is this a dog beach????? "" 
Tuks: " I don't know i've never been here with so many dogs before" 
( notice how he didn't actually answer the question) 

Can i just mention that there were very few dogs there that were actually on a lead. Most of them were running wild trying to sniff my feet and crotch. Dogs have a very special gift of being able to "Sniff" out the people who are most afraid of them.  So, i'm sure i don't need to tell you that i wasn't very happy. In fact i was close to tears. I am ok with one dog that has a owner i trust, but not a beach full of them!  
 We walked and walked and walked and walked until we couldn't see dogs anymore. And after a 2km walk down the beach, a few tears and many encouraging words from my hubby the "Spit" was the perfect spot and we had a fantastic day in the beautiful Gold Coast sun.
 
Happy holidays to you too!