Have a gallop in Cobb & Co Coach at Longreach, Queensland

June 1st, 2010

Cobb & Co. was the Australian equivalent of Wells Fargo, the horsedrawn stagecoach company made famous worldwide many decades later, via a myriad of American western films. Australia’s most famous coach business was created in Victoria in 1853 by Freeman Cobb and three other Americans who had migrated to Australia. Cobb & Co commenced services […]

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Another remote cattle station advertised for sale online

June 1st, 2010

Harkness Station is another remote cattle station for sale, being advertised online, by way of a Google Ad appearing up the top of searches for cattle stations for sale. Harkness cattle station is a very well-watered property located on the Coleman River headwaters on Cape York Peninsula – halfway between Mareeba/Cairns and Weipa (approx 500km […]

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