Bowie, a 3-year-old toy poodle, was on a holiday in a new city with his fur parents, Coogee couple Mick Lavers and Elaine Robe, when he got lost and then went on a ferry adventure in Brisbane.
According to Mr Lavers, Bowie got loose on Ferry Road West End in Brisbane at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, 24 July but then he roamed and searched for his fur parents and even went inside coffee shops and supermarkets.
The dog then hopped on a ferry because that’s what he often does with Ms Robe in Sydney. The Coogee couple said Bowie might have caught the scent of her fur mama on the ferry dock.
Meanwhile, back on land, the couple were distraught and frantic because Bowie never escaped before. They feared they won’t be able to find him in a new city.
So, they searched the unfamiliar streets of West End, along with the friends they were visiting. They stopped and talked to people, and gave their numbers in case they would spot the lost dog.
“I saw the escape down ferry Road and boy, oh, boy can he run fast!”
“I saw you all running after him just after you lost him – I’m sure someone will find him safe and sound.”
Some of the locals, who were complete strangers to the fur parents, tried to help look for Bowie.
“I know my whole Sunday was a mess and I have never met the dog,” said one local who helped with the search.
“I just went for a drive to look, there are a lot of people out and about, I’m sure he’ll be found.”
One woman, a stranger, also offered to drive the Coogee couple around the inner city for an hour.
Later on, the worried parents got the call they needed to hear and were told that Bowie was with a ferry worker the whole time he was missing. Apparently, he took a trip along Brisbane River, from the dock in West End to the depot in Hawthorne, in the eastern suburbs.
Bowie was then turned over to the Willawong Animal Rehoming Centre further in the southern suburbs and reunited with his fur parents the next day.
“Bowie is back with us after a Sunday arvo adventure in Brisbane, a ride of the ferry and a sleepover at the pound. Thanks so much to everyone who shared and helped spread the news,” Mr Lavers said on social media.
The fur family then drove back to Coogee and Bowie slept all the way through following his long and exciting adventure in a new city.
