Category Archives: Business

Dec2013_OLD MILL ANIMAL HOSPITAL PET OF THE MONTH

No time to wait if pets eat bait!
Around the Dayboro region, wild dogs are known to take livestock and terrorise wildlife, so a wild dog baiting program is in place.  Unfortunately, from time to time, domestic pets gain access to these baits and it is a race against time to try to save them.  
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Dec2013_Eat, Drink and be Merry this Christmas with Gifts from Ocean View Estates

Very best wishes for a wonderful Christmas and blessed New Year from Kate and Thomas Honnef at Ocean View Estates.  The Estate has your last minute Christmas shopping covered with a range of gifts available now to brighten your festive season.
 
The Estate’s renowned Walk a While with the Winemaker tour is now available in a voucher for a unique gift not available anywhere else in Australia. 
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Dec2013_NEWS FROM OLD MILL ANIMAL HOSPITAL

On behalf of all of us at Old Mill Animal Hospital, we thank you for your support, compassion, trust and patronage this year.  For those families who will celebrate their first Christmas without a special family pet this year, we are thinking of you.  Each pet that walks through our doors touches our lives in some way or another, and we hope that we have helped yours.  
 
Wishing you a relaxing festive season, from Dr Slade, Dr Annika, Dr John, Dr Warren, Dr Trent, Renae, Amy, Tiahna, Ashli and Joe.    
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Dec2013_TRAVEL TOPIC

South America – (part 4) by Betty Fielding 
Passing very, very close to a snow capped mountain range made our flight into Ushuaia very exciting and took us closer to our Antarctic dream – so glad the pilot knew what he was doing because I have never flown that close to mountains just outside my window! 
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Dec2013_UQ Vet News

December has arrived!  Not that we can be mistaken, with the supermarkets filled with ‘Christmas cheer’ and the children getting excited about completing another year of school.
We extend our congratulations to our final year UQ Veterinary students, who have just completed their last exam (with flying colours!) and are getting ready to don their graduation attire, spread their wings and become vets in practice.
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Dec2013_Christmas Wishes from Mainstreme

Mainstreme Automotive would like to wish all our customers a very Merry Christmas and safe New Year.
Get $10 off every service at Mainstreme Automotive.
If your vehicle is seen with a Mainstreme Automotive sticker we are offering a discount of $10 every service.
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Dec2013_Local Family Buys the Dayboro Post office

Chloe Chapman and her husband Daniel are the proud new owners of the Dayboro Post office.  Chloe and Daniel have been living in Dayboro for the past 4 years with their 2 young boys Jack, 2 ½ and Henry who has just celebrated his 1st birthday.  Chloe is excited to be re-entering the workforce after taking 3 ½ years out to start their family. 
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Nov2013_What’s Happening at Swish

We have hit the six month mark at Swish and certainly feel well received within the community.  With only eight weeks till Christmas, now is the time to start getting organised.  We have started filling the shelves with new products, for everyone you can think of, not to mention some great seasonal Christmas items too.
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Nov2013_TRAVEL TOPIC

South America – (part 3) by Betty Fielding 
A catamaran took us across Lake Titicaca to Isla del Sol where we did a lot of step climbing up to see the Shaman for a blessing.  Climbing at high altitudes certainly “takes your breath away”.  Mind you, the climb was worth it as the vista across the lake to the snow capped Andes was magnificent. 
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Nov2013_News from UQ Vets Dayboro

Welcome to part two of our coverage on bovine vaccinations and diseases.
This time we will write about a viral disease of cattle, known as Bovine Ephemeral Fever (BEF), also known as ‘Three Day Sickness’.
What is BEF or Three Day?
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