The Labrador Station

02/08/2025

23/07/2025

Queen Amy has returned home to the station after a lovely holiday away at the palace. Thank you for giving in to her whims

29/06/2025

After being dognapped from his Payneham home, Alfredo the Maremma has tucked into a well-deserved bowl of pasta.

The three-year-old sheepdog was found at a Trinity Gardens home - a 53-year-old woman has now been charged.

Story: https://tinyurl.com/4mkvxvrd

26/06/2025

PUPDATE: Alfredo has been located safe and well
Just before 8am today, police were called to a Trinity Gardens property after reports Alfredo the three-year-old Maremma sheepdog was located.
A 53-year-old woman from the property was arrested and has been charged with possession of a stolen dog.
It is expected she will appear in court at a later date.
Police would like to thank the community for their assistance in the matter.

05/06/2025

It’s certainly Winter and the wildlife are struggling to keep warm. There’s been several reports of possums found in car engines in the mornings. If you keep your car outside please consider putting a cover on your car overnight, and checking the engine bays before starting it in the morning. A trouble light under the bonnet, and napthalene flakes or contained in a jar or container with holes drilled into the lid, or moth balls or spraying a rag with oil of cloves or white king, will discourage them. Remove these before driving off in the morning. Installing possum boxes in your trees on the Eastern side, 3m up and not in a fork to prevent cat harassment, will give the possums somewhere to shelter.
(There’s also an interview on ABC radio this afternoon about how to help our wildlife through this tough cold period. )

20/05/2025

Post swim selfie

26/04/2025

13/04/2025

These lids from jams and baby foods are just the right size for starting young possum joeys to lap formulas and purées. If you could collect clean lids for them I would be grateful. They can be left in the aviary or post locker at anytime. Thankyou Bev. 👌👏🙏

01/04/2025

12/03/2025

Nectar feeding birds are really struggling to find enough food with the dry spell and the heat. This rainbow lorikeet arrived covered in fig seeds trying to cope. The ants consequently were attracted to him as well. Please leave bowls of water out at different levels in your gardens. A nail hammered into a branch with half an orange or apple pushed onto it will help them to cope until the rains start.
(I don’t generally recommend feeding wild birds due to disease transmission, but this is extenuating circumstances)

28/02/2025

Check out this handsome, fun-loving kelpie, "Blaze!" Blaze and his "PAWrents" had a lot of fun at their studio "PAWtrait" session! This photograph really summed up this gorgeous fellow and his playful personality!
If you would like a $30 Dog Photography Session that helps to support the Animal Welfare League SA, find out more and register in the link: https://www.photographyroom.com.au/awl