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 […]
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 some people who regularly write in to the Townsville Bulletin, bagging the live export trade. Such criticisers clearly need a lesson in basic economics (if […]
Agricultural Journalism
February 6th, 2010The quality of agricultural journalism in Australia is fairly ordinary, and this can largely be attributed to our relatively small population. Unfortunately there simply isn’t a large enough number of people directly involved in agriculture, to make it a lucrative enough field for the big media players to be fighting over readership (unlike the U.S., […]
Australian Bronco Branding (Broncoing)
February 6th, 2010Due to increasing labour costs, the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme (BTEC), and introduction of weaning on properties that formerly didn’t wean, many more sets of drafting yards were built during the 1970s and early 1980s. Eventually cattle almost everywhere were branded in calf cradles rather than being broncoed (bronco branded) – pulled up to […]