There’s a great source of useful rural management stories and interesting information on the ‘Bestprac’ website. Bestprac is supported by AWI (Australian Wool Innovation) and specialises in the promotion of best practice management of arid rangelands, helping cattle producers as well as sheepmeat/wool producers located in more sparsely settled areas (i.e. lower rainfall farming regions) hear first hand stories from [...]
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Best Rangeland Practice and Innovation (Bestprac)
January 24th, 2012Business operating hours – Future Dates Away-office closures
January 4th, 2012This is a one-person operation so you receive personal service. However this means that when I am away, the office is closed – but this is not often. On the rare occasions when I am away, orders for books, cards and photographs are packed and mailed as soon as I return. Then email, mail and phone messages are replied [...]
Vegetarianism chosen for moral reasons
December 21st, 2011An objective, analytical discussion on the choice of vegetarianism for moral reasons, was written by Michael Martin of Boston University in 1976. It is publicly available today on the internet as it is on the American ‘Reason Papers’ website. Michael Martin’s article is titled ‘A Critique of Moral Vegetarianism’ and it runs to 43 pages including footnotes/references. I haven’t [...]
Australia’s pastoral companies – land ownership & changes; corporate & family
December 20th, 2011Original post written 1 Aug 2009, additions made since (but property sales & purchases not kept up-to-date). Most of Australia’s largest pastoral companies, whether publicly or privately owned, list on their websites the cattle stations, sheep properties, farms and feedlots owned. This was not always the case, and it is probably only done these days [...]
The Conversation – excellent, thought provoking discussion of issues relating to the environment & agriculture
December 19th, 2011The internet is full of forums and soapboxes and there’s a lot of chaff hiding the grains of wheat. Just discovered an excellent website called ‘The Conversation’. In what way are ‘The Conversation’ articles and ensuing discussions, different to the multitude of other online material? What makes The Conversation special? The content on The Conversation is [...]
Last minute Christmas gifts
December 16th, 2011At this time of year I get many enquiries from people like me, who haven’t been able to finish their Christmas shopping yet, and who are desperately looking around for last minute Christmas gifts with reliable pre-Christmas delivery. I sympathise! Last minute Christmas gifts sent to Australian addresses: Last minute Christmas gifts can be sent [...]
Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah final episode
December 15th, 2011After last week’s episode of Keeping up with the Joneses, full of end of year bullcatching, cane toad racing, croc egg collecting and Christmas preparations, it was great to see baby Jack Jones, the newest arrival in the Jones family. The story of Cristina Joneses pregnancy has reminded me of how different it is to have [...]
Peter Sherwin – Sherwin Pastoral Company
December 14th, 2011Discovered a very interesting newspaper article on Peter Sherwin, titled ‘Peter Sherwin: the battles of a real strange critter’. Written by Colleen Ryan and Sue Lecky, this lengthy article on Peter Sherwin was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on January 7th 1989. It can be read now on the Toowoomba Hotel website. As they say, [...]
Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah Station
December 3rd, 2011Recent episodes of ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ have touched on a number of issues associated with remote area living. These lifestyle/business management differences range from unique education arrangements (eg remote area students are enrolled in school of the air/distance education and meet their ‘classmates’ only rarely), medical issues (eg. the need to travel long distances [...]
Farm blogs – personal stories from the bush
November 23rd, 2011There are now quite a few Australian farming blogs. Many are entertaining accounts of daily domestic issues, which highlight the lifestyle and economic differences between living in towns and living in the bush. These blogs are interesting and very useful in regard to helping non-rural residents understand what it’s like to live in the bush. There are also [...]
