On 22 December 2008 the AACo announced that Primary Holdings International were buying 5 AACo stations, and it is speculated to be a cluster of properties located between Queensland’s Cloncurry and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Primary Holdings International is a bit of a mystery at present, with the PHI website still under construction, and stuff-all [...]
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AACo sale of properties to Primary Holdings International
December 31st, 2008Consolidated Pastoral Company sale
December 31st, 2008Apparently Consolidated Pastoral Company, the pastoral company (90% owned by Consolidated Press) built up by Kerry Packer since the initial purchase of Newcastle Waters station in 1983, is on the market for $425 million. James Packer and family wouldn’t sell the jewel in the crown, Ellerston, in a fit, however its not yet known which [...]
Ringers from the Top End – Facebook group
December 31st, 2008Worked with someone on a cattle station you would like to catch up with again, but you have no idea where they live now? I’m often contacted by people seeking cattle station friends they don’t have contact details for. And there are quite a few people I’d like to catch up with myself – including [...]
Helicopter & Fixed Wing Mustering
December 20th, 2008The use of helicopters to muster cattle began to increase after the Vietnam War. Helicopters had developed to the extent that they were suitable for mustering (Bells, usually), there were a number of ex-Vietnam pilots looking for flying jobs and the 1970s beef crash meant that stations were looking for new cost-saving strategies to remain [...]
Australian Utes
December 6th, 2008The ‘utility vehicle’ or ‘ute’, as it has been shortened to, was invented in Australia in 1933. Utes are called ‘pickup trucks’ in the U.S. 6 & 8 cylinder Holden and Ford 2wd utes have since poured fourth in the thousands, and are still common on farms in southern Australia, along with some relative newcomers [...]
‘Australia’ the film – responding to the critics
December 1st, 2008The internet is now overflowing with articles written by film critics and journalists, full of innacurate information in regard to the film ‘Australia’. These are people who have supposedly viewed the film, yet they have made basic errors with the plot, geography, historical facts, etc. Unfortunately most people won’t pick up on the errors, unless [...]
