If 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 […]
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February 24th, 2010Townsville 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 […]
Fernleigh Farms & The Diggers Club – real environmentalists
February 3rd, 2010‘Pretend’ environmentalists are now as thick as fleas on a dog’s back – people who have just jumped on the bandwagon in the last 5 minutes because it’s fashionable. They now feel really good because they use those green synthetic shopping bags and buy their garbage bags, instead of using the free supermarket plastic shopping […]
Pro-vegetarian propaganda
December 3rd, 2009Anyone who underestimates the amount of misinformation being spread by pro-vegetarian extremists, should check out ‘Save Our Planet Be Vegan’ on YouTube. It’s so inaccurate and alarmist it would be funny if it were not for the unfortunate reality that there are urban residents with absolutely no first hand knowledge of farming or farmers, who […]
Tackling the fairyland claims of extremist environmentalists
November 24th, 2009Ian Mott takes Jennifer Marohasy to task regarding her sweeping claims of cattle damaging the environment on her blog. Have a read and a think about what they both have to say. Jennifer is a classic example of someone who is absolutely determined to push a very specific barrow, despite whatever evidence may exist to […]
Global Warming – Kevin look out for a volcanic eruption
November 19th, 2009Kevin is entertaining, isn’t he? ‘Record high temperatures in southern Australia are evidence of global warming’. Right-o Kevin. Up here we’ve had what must be record cool temperatures for the last couple of months. Today I have been able to wear a t-shirt with short sleeves, and I can’t ever remember being able to do […]
Plants that poison horses
November 11th, 2009There are a number of native plants that can poison horses in remote areas. Horses born and bred in the area are less likely to have problems with poisonous plants than animals that are new, presumably because old hands are more likely to know what to steer clear of (those that scoffed into it didn’t […]
Barnaby Joyce’s Emissions Trading Scheme Petition
November 9th, 2009Barnaby Joyce has an online petition for people to sign, re. the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). It literally only takes a few seconds to sign it. Please let everyone know who you think may be interested, because otherwise we’ll have yet another massively expensive turkey foisted on the poor old wage slaves & small business […]
‘Cool Australia’ Enviroweek – It’s easier being green than checking your facts
September 23rd, 2009Today’s Rivers Catalogue had a great ad for leather shoes, pointing out: ‘Leather is a premium lining material that gives the shoes added strength and durability. It also allows the feet to breathe better, which means they are less likely to sweat or smell.’ Rivers produce one of the best catalogues around – full of […]
Australian Biosecurity & Quarantine
September 6th, 2009Australia is one of the few countries in the fortunate position of having no other countries connected to it by land. So keeping foreign pests and diseases out should be a piece of cake, compared to the majority of other countries which have the infinitely more difficult job of monitoring massive quantities of road traffic, […]