Indian Company Adani Enterprises has bought Linc Energy’s coal tenement which runs acrossActon-owned Moray Downs, north west of Clermont (Central Queensland). Unsurprisingly, Adani Enterprises are interested in purchasing Moray Downs cattle station as well. Owning the land where mining tenements are located simplifies the development and operation of mines for the owners. Buying the pastoral lease as well as […]
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Acton’s Moray Downs sought by Indian Company, Adani Enterprises
September 22nd, 2010Newly renovated website online at last
September 6th, 2010After many weeks of work the newly renovated website went online today. With the brand new ‘Kimberley Christmas’ greeting cards (which should arrive from the printer next week.) Still got lots of little bits of the website to update, but with luck it will all be completed by the end of October. Just in time to start […]
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
The ‘Farmers Arms’ poem and ‘God Speed the Plough’
August 31st, 2010While poking around an antique shop near Romsey (Vic) I spotted a large pottery cup and saucer produced by Adams (England) that I just had to buy. It has a very old poem on it that I think says it all, for farmers, albeit in olde worlde language & punctuation and no mention of the […]
Stanbroke Pastoral Company suing Ernest Henry Mining Pty Ltd
August 15th, 2010Stanbroke Pastoral Company are taking Xstrata’s Ernest Henry Mining Pty Ltd to court to recover costs relating to environmental damage
The U.S. cattle industry and Texas A & M University
August 7th, 2010Interesting article on Beef producer’s views of the state of the U.S. cattle industry in Agrilife News. Agrilife News is produced by Texas A & M University– a university specialising in agricultural studies and research. There are two campuses – one in Galveston (Texas) and the other in Qatar. Given that Texas is the U.S. state most […]
Macquarie Pastoral Fund’s Paraway Pastoral Company buys more blue chip agricultural holdings
July 22nd, 2010Paraway Pastoral Company bought farms from John Kahlbetzer’s Twynham Agricultural Group
Argadargada Station sold to Peter Hughes
July 20th, 2010Peter Hughes has paid $5m to buy Argadargada Station, located in the central Australia/lower Barkly Tableland region of the Northern Territory, SW of Mt Isa. Argadargada had been put to auction by the Broad family and passed in for $4.7m. Peter Hughes also owns Lake Nash Station which runs along the eastern boundary. Lake Nash was owned in […]
Australian Plague Locusts
July 17th, 2010I’ve seen grasshoppers of all kinds and lots of locusts (and have learnt that picking up big spur throated locusts is not wise), but can’t remember ever seeing locusts swarming. That is until we drove home the other day, and went through locust swarms east and west of Julia Creek. Most of them flew a […]