Whoops… Dad got distracted with writing an annual report. But we are on it. Stage 15 #FRATL 1.07am please Anna @Sophoife
We visited Ballerrt Moorop college in Glenroy today, watched the Djirri-Djirri dancers. An important Wurundjeri indigenous cultural place.
#DogsOfMastodon
#Couchpeloton
#LifeInFawkner
#Chihuahuas
#Tourdog x 2

Onto stage 12 #FRATL of 1.32am Anna @Sophoife
Here we are cruisin’ along to Mountain Sound by Of Monsters and Men today

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJ8uL0lT5cg/?igsh=MWUxbzZnOWxvbGd4aQ==

#DogsofMastodon
#Chihuahuas
#chihuahuasonbikes
#lifeinFawkner
#couchpeloton

Hey we have our own day! it’s International Chihuahua appreciation Day, May 14

And dad gave us a couple of cardboard cylinders to chew on and play with. How lucky are we?

https://www.holidaycalendar.io/holiday/international-chihuahua-appreciation-day
#DogsofMastodon
#Chihuahua
#LifeinFawkner

Climate stall duty at Merri Food Hub in Fawkner today.

We met 13 yo Charlie who ignored us and we ignored him. But we also met some cute hooman puppies who gave us pats while Dad had a few climate conversations about the climate crisis, waste to energy, industrial agriculture reliance on fossil fuel based fertiliser, what Council is doing.

Also on Labor approving 28 new coal and gas projects in the last 3 years, how that over half the gas exported from Australia there is no royalties paid, in fact we give $billions to foreign owned companies to export this gas which they make many billions in profit. What a scam which succeeding Labor and Coalition Governmdnts have failed to address.

“We had a good time while Dad bought some fruit and veggies. Mmm … we wouldn’t mind a carrot 🥕stick to chew on.” - Juliet and Indiana Jones 🐶🐶

#JulietandJones
#ChihuahuasforClimateAction
#climateaction
#LifeinFawkner
#chihuahuas
#MerriFoodHub
#Willsvotes
#DogsofMastodon

Gorgeous sunset tonight over the Growling Grass Frog wetlands featuring a frog symphony in Fawkner.

#LifeinFawkner
#ChihuahuasonBikes
#DogsofMastodon
#Chihuahuas
#Sunset
#wetlands

We checked out around the new Balam Balam Place Arts precinct in Brunswick built by Merri-bek Council.

It features a huge mural - ‘Always’ - by Gamilaroi artist Riko Rennie.

There is a public open day on April 5.

#Merribek
#ChihuahuasonBikes
#DogsofMastodon
#Chihuahuas
#LifeinFawkner

Even us climate activists need to have our occasional pedicure
#DogsofMastodon
#Chihuahuas
#ChihuahuasForClimateAction
#JulietandJones
#LifeinFawkner

Woof woof Australian election called for May 3. We were out on the hustings at 9am. Time you hooomans considered the #climatecrisis and #biodiversitycrisis. We had lots of interactions today with your hooman puppies. They understand and have empathy.
#voteclimate like it matters. Because it does. 🐶🐶
#Ausvotes2025 #Willsvotes #LifeinFawkner #DogsofMastodon

“We are on duty at our Friday market stall in Fawkner. Someone needs to urge you hoomans to stop with the new coal and gas, and protect nature and our fellow species.

“It looks like the Albanese Government will try to ram through changes to National Environment laws, the EPBC Act, to reduce due process next Tuesday. This will be nominally to safeguard the foreign owned salmon aquaculture industry in Tasmania that is killing the Macquarie harbour ecosystem including the endangered Maugean Skate that only lives there, but the changes will also advantage fossil fuel companies.

“We were only just puppies when Labor were elected in May 2022 promising major reform of national environment laws. Instead they look like taking us backwards from protecting nature with these new changes. “ - Indiana Jones and Juliet 🐶🐶

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/19/albanese-to-rush-through-new-laws-to-protect-tasmanias-salmon-industry-from-legal-threat

#JulietandJones
#LifeInFawkner
#ChihuahuasForClimateAction
#dogsofmastodon
#epbcact
#Australia
#ProtectNature
#ClimateCrisis

Hurry up, dad. The storm is coming and we don’t want to get wet. - 🐶🐶

#JulietandJones
#LifeinFawkner
#chihuahuasforclimateaction
#chihuahuas
#DogsofMastodon

Is that giant kangaroo🦘 hopping into our future? Or our past? 🐶🐶

#JulietandJones
#Brunswick
#LifeinFawkner
#ChihuahuasforClimateAction
#murals
#cargobikes
#DogsofMastodon
#Chihuahuas

Another Friday, another climate stall… our work to educate humans on the #ClimateCrisis never ends

#chihuahuasforclimateaction
#Chihuahuas
#DogsofMastodon
#lifeinFawkner

“Hot day in the dog park. It was over 35C. We made a beeline for the water as soon as we entered. Then went around the trees sending our peemails.

“This was after visiting Victoria St mall for Dad to have vegetarian momos for lunch. We did bump into a friend taking time out from working from home. The temperature was 35C in the Coburg mall as well.

“We did a return trip to Tinning street in Brunswick, then called in at the Eastern bloc cafe near Coburg station for Dad to have an Iced coffee. First day back from holidays for the Eastern Bloc. Good to see them back. It is one of our favourite haunts.

“Then the 6km cycle back to Fawkner. The temperature was 27C inside our home so air-conditioning went on, while we had another drink, then we three settled down to watch the tennis 🎾🎾 at Melbourne Park. The players must be really feeling the heat today, although Melbourne Open was one of the first to develop an extreme heat policy for athletes.

“Dad prepared a seafood salad and a cucumber and tomato Asian salad for dinner along with a glass of Fiano, an Italian varietal. We got cold chicken and tinned meat loaf which met our tastes.”

“What did you get up to today?” - Juliet and Indiana Jones 🔥🐶🐶

#JulietandJones
#temperaturecheck
#Heatwave
#RichardsReserve
#LifeInFawkner
#AustralianOpen
#ao2025
#Chihuahuas
#DogsOfMastodon

Police air wing are circling Moomba Park dog park. You better bloody pick up our dog poop Dad!

Okay, it’s dark. We can go home now. Look at that bright orange western sky. What a sunset
#LifeinFawkner
#DogsOfMastodon
#Chihuahuas
#Sunset
#MerriCreekTrail
#JulietandJones

We hope #merribekcouncil is reusing this plastic Christmas tree each year.

We have read that a plastic Christmas tree can produce around 40 kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions, which is more than double that of a real tree if it ends up in a landfill.

Plastic Christmas trees can pollute the surrounding environment as they wear and degrade with microplastic particles adding to the PM2.5 and PM10 particle air pollution from vehicles that makes us all a little bit sick.

A plastic Christmas tree can take over 500 years to decompose in a landfill. But it is equally problematic for toxic air pollution if incinerated.

For that home Christmas tree It’s more sustainable to reuse a plastic Christmas tree for at least 12 years.

But there are better sustainable options including:
🌲Decorating a living outside tree
🎄Buying a live potted tree. Perhaps a potted Wollemi Pine (an endangered species in the wild)
🎄If you buy a cut plantation Christmas tree to use, thoughtful disposal can allow it to decompose back to organic components. Much better than a plastic Christmas tree

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/real-vs-fake-sustainable-christmas-tree-debate

Better to Just avoid using glitter altogether, is our view. - Juliet and Indiana Jones 🐶🐶

#JulietandJones
#ChihuahuasForClimateAction
#christmastree
#microplastics
#CoburgMall
#Coburg
#LifeinFawkner
#Christmas
#DogsofMastodon

Nothing like zooming down the #UpfieldBikePath under Skyrail feeling the breeze in our fur.
#LifeinFawkner
#ChihuahuasOnBikes
#JulietandJones
#DogsOfMastodon

We have climate signs for you to put up on your house. Free to a good home. Three large designs, two small designs. For pickup at Merri Food Hub at #fawkner Senior citizens Centre today till 4pm. And Next week. And each Friday.

You can even give us a pat and we promise not to bite - unless you are a big dog in which case Juliet might snap. -Indiana Jones and Juliet🐶🐶

#ChihuahuasForClimateAction
#JulietandJones
#MerriFoodHub
#LifeInFawkner
#climatestall
#Chihuahuas
#CAMerribek
#Willsvotes
#Voteclimate
#NoNewCoal
#nonewgas

“I ain’t no dumb blonde
I ain’t no stupid barbie dog
I got my game on
Watch me, watch me
Watch me prove you wrong
Well, there you go again tellin’ me where I belong
You put me on the bench, don’t think that I can play strong
So quick to condescend, well, you think I’m empty, I’m not
You won’t be so confident when I’m crushin’ you from the top (Oh)”

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=NgNANMYH9cc&si=T2shFZHUuAuwEb0r

“obviously, this Song by Avril Lavigne and Nicki Minaj was written for us Blonde Chihuahuas” - Juliet and Indiana Jones 🐶🐶

#JulietandJones
#ChihuahuasforClimateAction
#DogsOfMastodon
#Chihuahuas
#AvrilLavigne
#nickiminaj
#lifeinfawkner

What we do for an iced coffee… venture out in #heatwave temperatures to bites on bonwick in #Fawkner. Temperature check: 39.1C, 12% humidity In the shade at 1.40pm.

Global warming is driving earlier, more frequent and hotter #heatwaves. Stay hydrated💦 and stay cool. 😎

The sparrows on Bonwick are jumping around and panting to keep cool.

The concrete and asphalt paths are just too hot for walkies. 🐾🐾

Leave some water out in your gardens for wildlife. 🦜

#JulietandJones
#LifeinFawkner #ClimateCrisis
#ChihuahuasForClimateAction

#FawknerFesta Climate stall.
Due to weather warning all the stalls were moved inside so it was a little cramped.
Our activities:
✍️write a letter on climate action to Peter Khalil MP
📝Petition on Northern Waste Incinerator at Wollert
📝Petition to Local Federal MPs on gas fracking and expansion in the NT
✍️ Survey on sustainable Transport
Also distributed No New Coal and Gas corflutes.

We also handed out flyers for Coburg Town Hall: Voices from the Frontline of the Climate Crisis – an urgent call from the NT – 23 November
https://climateactionmerribek.org/2024/11/04/coburg-town-hall-voices-from-the-frontline-of-the-climate-crisis-an-urgent-call-from-the-nt-23-november/
#ClimateDiary #LifeInFawkner #Merribek