After 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 [...]
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Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah final episode
December 15th, 2011Keeping 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 [...]
Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah Station, on NZ TV, and rural television
November 19th, 2011“Keeping up with the Joneses’ of Coolibah Station (NT) is now screening on television in other countries. ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ debuted on TV One in New Zealand today, in prime time – 7pm on a Saturday night (filling the gap made by Country Calendars break for the summer). And if website traffic is [...]
Agricultural historical accuracy in film & television dramas
November 10th, 2011Today I discovered that I’m not the only one who notices agricultural errors in film and television dramas. William Hayes of the Meat Trade News Daily is well placed to comment on livestock breeds in the south of England where he grew up. ‘You see these magnificent period dramas, with beautiful costumes and every detail just right [...]
Keeping up with the Joneses, Episode 9 on Channel Ten
October 31st, 2011Keeping up with the Joneses, Episode 9 – back to work at last. We discover that the chopper crash which we’ve seen glimpses of since the first series screened last year, was in fact not an NAH chopper. Milton described it as a ‘neighbours’ chopper. VH-HYE was manufactured in 1990 and had been registered to Venlock Pty [...]
Australian Women’s Weekly and Meat & Livestock Australia photo competition
October 24th, 2011The Australian Women’s Weekly Magazine (AWW) and Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) are running a brand new photography competition titled ‘Champions of the Land’. Details are included on page 214 in the November 2011 issue of The Australian’s Women’s Weekly Summary of entry details: Entry in the ‘Champions of the Land’ photo competition is open from 26 [...]
Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah Station – returns Channel 10, Oct 20, 2011
October 17th, 2011‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ of Coolibah Station returns to Channel Ten on Thursday October 20 2011, 8-8.30pm. Great news for everyone who has enjoyed this insight into Territory cattle station life, Jones-style, via Milton and Cristina Jones and family and employees. For more comments on the ’Keeping up with the Joneses’ TV series, including background [...]
