Nala the dog, Pitt Street Mall

I gave a few gold coins to the young woman sitting on the pavement in Pitt Street Mall as the lunchtime crowds flowed thickly around us. The woman had a dog lying next to her on a red rug and I asked if I could take the dog's picture. She said it was ok. The dog's name is Nala and I asked her why. "My friend called her Nala. Originally it was Princess but she's adjusted to Nala."

The woman agreed that it was easy to find food on the street in Sydney, pointing toward Hyde Park where a truck comes in the evening. She also said that there was a drop-in centre at Wynyard Station at 7.30am.