Another classic quote regarding representation of rural Australia in urban media: ‘But this being Queensland, the owner, a stubborn 80-year-old grazier who’d live on the block all his life, refused to sell to the government at any price.’ The article concerns the preservation of the red-finned blue-eye fish whose natural territory is confined to a […]
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Food Freedom Blog
June 6th, 2011American woman Rady Ananda runs an interesting website dedicated to discussion of food production issues, called ‘Food Freedom’. The site focuses on discussion relating to food safety, ‘food freedom’ (the right to choose one’s own food and farmer) and trade agreement issues. Rady draws attention to under-reported issues and controversial, thought-provoking topics. A classic example of an […]
Depopulation of the bush
June 6th, 2011Australian cities and coastal towns have been growing at a rate of knots. Some towns in mining areas are growing, but most are still diminishing despite the plethora of well-paid local employment, due to fly-in fly-out mining workforce arrangements. It has been sad to see the reduction in population in the vast majority of rural […]
Keeping chooks in the backyard
June 1st, 2011The rift between urban residents and rural residents has been steadily growing. Primarily because in Australia’s largest cities, increasing numbers of people have never had anything to do with food-producing animals (and perhaps not even any kind of domestic pet), and little or no garden (that may not be the owner’s hands-on job to maintain, […]
Australian Outback Calendars
May 29th, 2011Many people over the years have asked if I produce Australian outback calendars. I haven’t – until this year. The books ‘A Million Acre Masterpiece’ and ‘Life as an Australian Horseman’ contain nearly 500 photos dating back to 1984, taken on Australia’s largest cattle stations. However there are still thousands of outback photos in my archives that no-one […]
Tanumbirini station for sale
May 18th, 2011Tanumbirini Station is to be auctioned by Ray White Rural in Brisbane on Friday 20th May. The 5,000 square kilometre station is estimated to carry around 25,000 breeders – perhaps over-optimistic given the soil and rainfall in this region (between Daly Waters and Cape Crawford, NT). Tanumbirini was bought by Henry and Maria Townshend in […]
Amazing Race Australia – Matt Nunn and Tom Warriner
May 17th, 2011Who could resist watching Amazing Race Australia, to see how the two blokes from the bush get on, Matt Nunn and Tom Warriner? Anyone who denies the media predilection for stereotyping people in rural areas as straw-chewing Hicksvilleans need only to pay close attention to the specific music used for different people. The young surfers […]
More bush blokes on television – Amazing Race Australia
May 16th, 2011Two bushies are about to feature prominently on Channel Ten’s ‘Amazing Race Australia’ television series which begins at 8.30pm tonight. One is Matt Nunn, from ‘Sunnyside’ near Stonehenge (south of Longreach). Matt comes from an extended tribe of very keen bronco branding competitors, residing throughout western Queensland’s channel country down into northern South Australia, who have collectively won more […]
Weather Bureau forecasts – rainfall, frost and cyclones
May 16th, 2011In addition to the excellent ‘Water and the Land’ ‘Forecast Rain’ map, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology now has a similar ‘Forecast Frost Potential’ map. They are seeking feedback on the usefulness of the ‘Frost forecast potential’ service, so anyone who wants to put their two bob’s worth in, should, without delay. There are many businesses that I […]
Native frogs not cane toads – identifying Australian native frogs
May 13th, 2011I admit it, I have been a frog and toad lover since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. When I was young, finding a frog, especially an unusual one, was as exciting as finding a gold nugget. Today I discovered an extremely useful and long overdue website, Frogs Not Canetoads. For years clubbing toads has been […]