Rooster. The red dog of Lihir townsite.

This is rooster, the most well fed dog on the island. He 's like the red dog of the island, fed by everyone and owned by no one. Well he has a couple of feeding families at the moment, following the departure of his master at the end of last year, but really he answers to no one. One of his current feeders is working on making his coat shiny, feeding him raw eggs. She's having a bit of trouble getting him to stay off her outside lounge, which is now permanently covered in sand and dog fur.

If anyone is ever having a bbq, lunch, morning tea, whatever, then Rooster is sure to turn up on your deck for a tasting. He doesn't really announce his arrival, he just quietly invites himself up and saunters towards the barbie or the table, with an entitled air about him as if he should really be afforded a plate full of meat treats. At the school athletics carnival a couple of months back (which he turned up to around about the time the sausage sizzle started), he gained himself some red fur paint. He wasn't too phased though, just happy to be fed by half the primary school. He's the nonchalant type.