Interesting to observe discussion about Milton Jones driving the ute with ‘young Milton’ (4 years old) starting to learn to drive, sitting on his lap, on the first episode of ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’. Travelling along a straight, private road on Coolibah Station, with his son just steering (not as if he was working the brake […]
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Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah Station, and farm safety
October 18th, 2010Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah Station, Channel 10
October 15th, 2010The television series ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ has just started screening on Thursday nights at 8pm to 8.30pm on Channel 10. The first episode ran for 60 minutes and the other 15 episodes are 30 minutes long. This ‘reality’ documentary features Milton Jones and his second wife Cristina, their four year old son ‘young Milton’ […]
No Daylight Saving in northern Australia
October 12th, 2010Daylight saving is not wanted by people who live in northern Australia because during our lengthy summer people are pleased to see the sun go down so the temperature drops (at least slightly). Most northerners take the view that if people want to get up earlier, then they should simply get up earlier – why […]
Goods & Services Tax (GST) – we don’t want an increase, Julia
October 12th, 2010A New Zealand customer told me the other day that the NZ GST has just been raised from 12% to 15%; up from the original figure of 10%. Here’s hoping Julia Gillard can keep her hand out of our till and resist doing likewise. Our 10% goods & services tax was a great improvement on the […]
Helicopter Mustering Accident
October 5th, 2010Brodie Hitchenor, 5-year employee on Mountain Valley cattle station, died when his mustering chopper crashed yesterday. Mountain Valley station is in the Northern Territory, about 150km east of Katherine. Station owner Ben Tapp was flying in another mustering chopper at the time of the crash, around midday.
Travel accommodation & meals – outback & in town
October 5th, 2010I don’t mind paying a fair price for a good feed but there’s nothing worse than coughing up the hard earned readies for plastic sandwiches or those hideous frozen hamburger patties, when on the frog & toad. Nor is it good to be kept awake all night by passing semis or the partying of neighbouring […]
Malcolm Douglas 14 March 1941 to 23 September 2010
September 30th, 2010Malcolm Douglas’s 1976 film ‘Across the Top’ inspired countless people to head to northern Australia and his premature death is a tragic loss.
Horsepower with Martin Clunes
September 23rd, 2010Great to see Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly, Doc Martin) doing a lap around the world featuring different types of horses, horse history, horse training etc. Horselover heaven with the ideal host – funny, humble & sensitive. The only pity was that such great material was squeezed into just two episodes – it could have easily been expanded into […]
Outback 8 Television Programme – ABC 3
September 2nd, 2010The ‘Outback 8’ television series has inspired many kids to dream about living and working in the bush
Remote Area Zone Tax Rebate – Now’s our chance to fix it
August 31st, 2010The Remote Area Tax Rebate, or ‘Zone Tax Offset’ as it has been called most recently, needs raising so that it accurately reflects the true cost of living and working in remote areas of Australia