Read the latest on government intentions to dump nuclear waste in the bush at the ‘Beyond Nuclear Initiative’ (BNI) blog. Depressing stuff, and indicative of how our Federal Government views remote Australia. Logically, nuclear waste should be stored as close to where it is created as possible, to minimise transport distances and associated spillage and [...]
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Dumping Nuclear Waste in the Bush & BNI
February 28th, 2010Beef importation from countries with BSE (‘Mad Cow’ disease)
February 26th, 2010Who voted for a Government so utterly stupid, that they have decided to relax Food Safety rules and allow the importation of beef from countries that have had BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy – otherwise known as ‘mad cow disease’)? No Australians have been inflicted with the BSE-related variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) and no Australian [...]
‘Iconic landscapes’ – another exercise in wasting taxpayer’s money
February 26th, 2010Today I stumbled upon ‘Iconic Landscapes’.Quoting the home page: “A group of researchers representing the Sciences and Arts at the University of Sydney have been funded by the University’s Institute for Sustainability to conduct a study looking at how communities value the environment and understand local environmental challenges and their options to overcome them.They are [...]
Quality merino wool jumpers, coats, skirts, blankets
February 25th, 2010Surprising numbers of people end up on my website after searching for Australian Merino wool-related subjects. Many are looking for clothing or information. So here’s a useful shortlist of the better-known wool clothing retailers and manufacturers, so that you can do the right thing and wear environmentally sustainable fibres this winter: Specialist wool garment retailers: [...]
Bronco Branding Competitions in the outback
February 24th, 2010If you are travelling through the outback this year and would like to see Australia’s unique sport – bronco branding – then visit the Bronco Branding Australia website for some dates of upcoming bronco branding competitions. At present there is a Queensland and South Australian Bronco Branding Association. Most bronco branding competitions are held in [...]
Computer use in the bush
February 22nd, 2010There are still misguided souls who believe the percentage of computer literate rural residents is lower than the percentage of urban residents. In actual fact it’s quite the reverse. Most rural residents are so practical and efficient they will pick the eyes out of anything new and ignore what is time-wasting or unhelpful. There is [...]
Escalating rural property prices & Qld’s Channel Country
February 17th, 2010I stumbled upon an excellent piece on AgMates on the history of many channel country families and management of sheep and cattle stations in the far south-western corner of Queensland – the country south and west of Quilpie. Well worth a read. In the AgMates article, David Edwards, Quilpie Mayor, is quoted frequently. One of [...]
The ‘Big Lorry Blog’ – road transport
February 11th, 2010Anyone interested in trucks, transport or machinery generally must visit the Big Lorry Blog. There are photographs and information on road transportation of all shapes and sizes, old and new. Lots of quirky machines and oddities. It is a UK website edited by Brian Weatherley, however there are photos and information from all over the [...]
Townsville meatworks & the live export trade
February 9th, 2010There are rock-throwers who periodically accuse the live export trade of being a threat to the only remaining meatworks in northern Australia – the JBS-owned meatworks at Townsville. For example, Jenny Brown, who regularly writes in to the Townsville Bulletin, bagging the live export trade (as ‘cruel’ and a threat to meatworker’s jobs). Such criticisers [...]
Fernleigh Farms & The Diggers Club – real environmentalists
February 3rd, 2010‘Pretend’ environmentalists are now as thick as fleas on a dog’s back – people who have just jumped on the bandwagon in the last 5 minutes because it’s fashionable. They now feel really good because they use those green synthetic shopping bags and buy their garbage bags, instead of using the free supermarket plastic shopping [...]
