by Billie Dean | Oct 18, 2019 | Sanctuary Life
Andrew playing with the wildling cat, Esmerelda, about half an hour before he was able to catch her. She was a wilding, living in the main street of Braidwood, our town in rural Australia. She took refuge under the footpath drain,. and that was where I spotted her as...
by Andrew Einspruch | Sep 22, 2018 | Sanctuary Life
Goats are incredibly physical animals. Sure, sheep and cows will clunk each others with their heads, and horses are known to communicate with their feet. But goats are a whole different ballgame. Enjoy this pic Billie took recently of two of our guys discussing the...
by Billie Dean | Apr 3, 2018 | Sanctuary Life
I said yes to Marley’s subtle, desperate call for help without even seeing him. He was scooped up into our loving care with a large collection of cat people from a Sydney Pound on D Day with absolutely no time to spare. A little, white, smelly staffy with food...
by Billie Dean | Dec 18, 2017 | Sanctuary Life
2017 was huge. Just huge. Early in the year, we won a grant from Lush to help us with fencing. As the cows, sheep, goats and horses had done a great job of trashing our fencing, this was so very welcome. Our fencer came, observed, got to work, and soon we not only...
by Billie Dean | Jul 1, 2017 | Sanctuary Life
Join Andrew, Billie and Tamsin for a moo-ving and fun evening of short films, celebrating A Place of Peace’s 20 years as an animal sanctuary, and support our fundraiser for much-needed winter hay!! The evening will include talks, short films, raffles, and party...
by Billie Dean | Dec 1, 2016 | Sanctuary Life
It must be an awful feeling to be in trouble medically, and have all doctors close the door on you because you are the wrong species. Or you might be the wrong colour, or race or religion. But this is our world today. This is the true story of Marybelle — who is not...
