25/03/2026
There’s a particular kind of chaos that arrives with a ten-week-old puppy, and if you’ve ever tried to photograph one, you’ll know exactly what I mean. They have approximately four settings: asleep, eating, out of control, and that brief magical window in between where they’re calm enough to look at you and curious enough to stay still for half a second.
Nala is a ten-week-old Australian Bulldog living in Prahran with her owner Brad, and from the moment we arrived at Gasworks Park it was abundantly clear that this dog had already decided she owned the place.
Australian Bulldogs at this age are something else. They’ve got that classic bully build already coming through — the broad chest, the wrinkled forehead, the expression of permanent mild suspicion — but it’s all packaged in a body that still has the soft, slightly uncoordinated quality of a puppy who hasn’t quite grown into herself yet. Photographically, that combination is lovely to work with. Every expression looks simultaneously cute and ridiculous. I mean that as a compliment!
