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Splinter and his Shark
Splinter and his Shark
Splinter, the Bengal Kitten, just loved the shark he was given at Christmas. I bought it from the Op Shop for a $1.00 and he still likes to wrestle it around the place.
It must be tough, because it is still in fighting form. And so is Splinter.
Funnily enough, he is not a cat who likes playing with boxes or paper bags – but he can get quite carried away with his shark.
Splinter features on Facebook, and in stories
IÂ uploaded this video to Facebook in October 2010, but I can’t remember how old he was when I took the video. He came into our lives in March, 2006, so now (Feb 2017) he has already turned eleven.
It’s on our Facebook page at Stories My Nana Tells on Facebook He is one of the key characters in the new series of stories The Cats of Beatty Avenue.
He is also plays a role in two of our books – Ulla Bird and the Pit Ponies, as well as Scarlet Robin. Â You can expect to see quite a bit of Splinter, as time goes by.
He has his own story – from Day 1.
in late March 2006, I was going away overseas and I could not leave my Dad (Nono) home, alone without a cat. So, on a sunny Saturday afternoon, I put a cardboard box onto his lap and said âThis is for you!â
What an adventure followed!
Splinter’s First Day with my Dad
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Media Updates – Logging, Black Cockatoos and Numbats
Logging is a crime against nature
BETH SCHULTZ Â (The West Australian – Opinion – Feb 06, 2012)
The madness of logging our forests. It is anyone’s guess why the State Government wants logging in native forests to continue. Against all the evidence, it claims that logging is sustainable.So let’s turn the question round and ask: why should we stop…’
Logging is a crime against nature
Police and protestors clash over Warrup
GERRY GEORGATOS
02 Feb, 2012 10:53 AM
A call out for a blockade went out on Sunday evening and was answered by about a dozen people from Bridgetown group Warrup Forest Friends (WFF) and Busselton Friends of the Forest (BFF), as well as popular children’s writer and social commentator Lesley Dewar, who said she was outraged by the bulldozers in Warrup. Â (Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail)
Police and Protestors Clash Over Warrup
Protesters move to protect Warrup
KAREN HUNT, Manjimup-Bridgetown Times  February 1, 2012, 6:00 am
A confrontation is looming between forestry contractors and activists in the Warrup forest between Bridgetown and Manjimup.
Activists have chained themselves across an access road in Warrup and warn they will ââlock onââ to machinery to continue to prevent logging in what they describe as one of the South Westâs last remaining unreserved high-conservation value forests.
Protesters Move to Protect Warrup
Blogging Grandmother Joins Bulldozer Blockade For Black Cockatoos and Numbats
LESLEY DEWAR, Media Release  January 30, 2012.
Outraged by the commencement of logging in the environmentally sensitive Warrup Forest area near Bridgetown, in Western Australia, well known childrenâs writer, Social Media commentator and blogger, Lesley Dewar has joined the bulldozer blockade.
Blogging Grandmother Joins Bulldozer Blockade For Black Cockatoos and Numbats
The whirr of machinery is music to Manjimup
Rebecca DolleryUpdated January 30, 2012 (ABC South West WA)
It’s a new year and a new beginning as the whirr of machinery breaks the silence at Manjimup’s Deanmill. Â For Manjimup shire president Wade De Campo, it is music to his ears.
The whirr of machinery is music to Manjimup
Activists to stand in the way of Warrup being logged
GERRY GEORGATOS
24 Jan, 2012 10:04 AM
ONGOING controversy over the fate of the Warrup forest block near Bridgetown may come to a head this summer after confirmation the area will be logged.Activists have confirmed they will do everything they can to stop the logging.Bridgetown-Greenbushes Friends of the Forest (BGFF) president Richard Wittenoom said the logging in Warrup was imminent.However, he said Arcadia would be logged first. Â (Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail)Activists To Stand In The Way Of Warrup Being Logged
Blogging Grandmother Joins Bulldozer Blockade For Black Cockatoos and Numbats
Media Release January 30, 2012
For Immediate Publication
 Blogging Grandmother Joins Bulldozer Blockade For Black Cockatoos and Numbats
Outraged by the commencement of logging in the environmentally sensitive Warrup Forest area near Bridgetown, in Western Australia, well known childrenâs writer, Social Media commentator and blogger, Lesley Dewar has joined the bulldozer blockade.Â
âI cannot get to see Bill Marmion in his office, because he has decided to be out of town during this most critical time when logging is commencing after the worst bushfires in years. Emails are piling up in his inbox, because every other politician is flicking all enquires across to his office,â she said. âSo, I will be in the forest when the bulldozers come â doing what he should be doing as the Minister for the Environment: protecting our unique native animals and birdsâ [Read more…] about Blogging Grandmother Joins Bulldozer Blockade For Black Cockatoos and Numbats
Radio 6PR and an Email from the Premier’s Office – Jan 23, 2012
The Premier’s Office responds:
On 23/01/2012, at 3:58 PM, WA-Government <WA-Government@dpc.wa.gov.au> wrote:
Dear Ms Dewar
Thank you for your email with regard to logging at Warrup Forrest.
In the absence of the Premier your email has been forwarded to the Hon Bill Marmion, Minister for Environment for his consideration of the issues you have raised.
Regards
Western Australian Government
My reply:
Dear Premier’s Office
Thank you for your reply.
I understand the Minister for the Environment will be absent from his office until February 16. Â The urgency of this matter requires it not be pigeon-holed for three weeks because the damage the logging will cause will be irreparable in our lifetime.
To see such a serious matter being sidelined as being of little importance or urgency does not recommend your Government to me and I will continue to raise this in the media and with other public figures.
With respect
Lesley Dewar
Tonight (Mon 23 Jan,2012,) I had a good opportunity to speak on Graham Maburyâs Nightline Programme tonight on 6PR about the logging down at Nannup. I hope it broadcast well. I referred to the fact that my 90yo mother lived down there as a child; her family lived in abandoned timber workerâs huts, because the Mauri Timber Company had already decided it was not viable to log further at that time and we now have a once in a lifetime opportunity to save these trees. They are 80 years older than they were when my mother was there and we may never have the chance again to preserve trees which were left behind nearly 100 years ago. It is a unique chance to preserve trees which provide food, shelter and habitat. I did not have an opportunity to speak to the issue at the Shire of Cockburn and the proposed clearing of an important feeding area. Graham Maybury did a good job of linking my call to Social Media, Jessâs interview on their website and calling for listeners to leave their comments. I told Graham Mabury that I am absolutely disgusted with The Premier’s office – for the way they flicked my email across to the Minister for the Environment, knowing full well he is out of town until February 16, 2012.
