Updates to the ‘Australia’ film page include: When was ‘Australia’ filmed?, Where was ‘Australia’ filmed? Who are the actors in the film ‘Australia’ and what characters do they play? What is the story of the ‘Australia’ film? A full summary of the release dates for the film ‘Australia’ has been added too. Detailed, first-hand (i.e. […]
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Updates to the ‘Australia’ film page
November 17th, 2008World premieres of the movie ‘Australia’
November 16th, 2008The ‘Australia’ movie publicity machine is in overdrive, with news of some sort appearing in the media every day now – from huge ‘Australia’ movie billboards appearing in L.A. (true), to pretend panic that Baz Luhrmann wouldn’t have the film finished in time, or that he was forced to change the ending (false). The movie […]
‘Australia’ film premiere to alter Sydney CBD traffic
November 14th, 2008Sydney CBD is a crazy bottleneck at the best of times, so road lane closures are a big deal. Most George Street lanes will be closed around the time the premiere of ‘Australia’ screens on Tuesday 18th Nov – from midnight the night before until 5am the day after (19th Nov). For further information on […]
IFAJ ‘Star Prize for Photography’
September 22nd, 2008The International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) runs an annual competition called the ‘Star Prize for Photography’, for published rural photographs. This is the world’s best international competition specifically for agricultural news photographs – there is no other competition like it. 3 Judges from different countries determine this annual award. This year, the judges included […]
Evicting cattle from the High Country
August 26th, 2008Eradicating introduced species of animals and plants entirely from National Parks – and all other publicly owned land, including Travelling Stock Routes – is a great theory. These areas belong to all future Australians, so everything possible should be done to ensure that they are kept in as good a condition as possible, for future […]
Investment in Agriculture
August 17th, 2008An excellent discussion on investment in agriculture, on ABC Television’s Landline programme: http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2006/s2240230.htm Directors on the Board of Management of Pastoral Companies used to consist almost entirely of board members who had a genuine hands-on (as in ‘hands dirty’) rural background. Unfortunately this has slowly been changing over recent decades, with the board members of […]
Proverbs
August 15th, 2008‘If you buy cheap meat, when it boils you can smell what you have saved.’ Arab Proverb ‘Don’t look for speed in a cheap horse, be content if it neighs.’ Nigerian proverb ‘The wolf can always be hired very cheap as a shepherd.’ Russian Proverb The best and oldest pearls of wisdom are rural in […]
Find a Farmer a Wife
August 6th, 2008We just had to watch ‘Find a Farmer a Wife’ on tv. Curiosity got the better of me, it just sounded so appalling. I hope all the blokes who end up with a live-in arrangement as a result of this show, get a pre-nuptial/pre-defacto agreement. Because the odds are that more than one will end […]
People for the Eating of Tasty Animals
August 5th, 2008I don’t know how I missed it for this long, but I only recently stumbled upon P.E.T.A. – People for the Eating of Tasty Animals. There are t-shirts, mugs, keyrings and stickers, etc. Well done Mike Doughney, for standing up for free speech in the face of abusive bullying. Check out his excellent website http://www.mtd.com/tasty/ […]
Australian Brumbies
July 11th, 2008Many stations in remote areas have a brumby mob or two. So long as numbers don’t get out of control, they’re usually left alone, although sometimes they’ll be yarded and some of the best types broken in to work. Station brumbies are descendants of working horses or pensioners that escaped into larger paddocks — most […]