Tyson is our 7-year-old Jack Russell x Miniature Pinscher dog and he joined us for the first 5 weeks of our trip. We were hoping to have him with us for the entire trip but it didn’t take us long to figure out that it was going to make things difficult when we wanted to spend time in National Parks. So with much sadness on my behalf, and much happiness on my mother’s behalf, we decided to send him back to my mum in Melbourne.

Those of you who have met Tyson may know of his cheekiness (aka naughtiness), but we were incredibly surprised at how well behaved he was on this trip. He met so many new animals including horses, cows, kangaroos, wallabies and possums. He got within a metre of a common wombat and barely had any reaction (which is interesting considered he barked at a statue of a wombat!). He learned very quickly that Colin the cat was the boss and avoided eye contact with him at all costs.

We will miss him on the rest our trip, but I know he is currently being spoilt by my mother and no doubt will put on several kilograms of weight due to overfeeding.

Here are my favourite photos of Tyson on his adventure up the east coast and a special selection that I like to call “The many sleeping positions of Tyson”.