Stumbled upon an interesting Whirlpool forum discussion regarding ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’. It beautifully illustrates the increasingly wide chasm between born and bred politically-correct inner suburbanites and Australians who have some connection with the bush. As well as those who have an understanding of operating a business and those who don’t. ‘They both have incredibly […]
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Keeping up with the Joneses TV show, Channel Ten
January 5th, 2011Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah Station
December 1st, 2010The TV series ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ consists of 1 x 60 minute introductory episode followed by 15 x 30 minute episodes. The first episode featuring the lives of Milton Jones, his family and employees screened on Channel 10 on 14th October and it was followed by 6 episodes, up until November 25th. I.E. 7 […]
The Joneses of Coolibah Station
November 11th, 2010‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ is poking along nicely each week although I’d love to see a lot more on the work and details of what work on a cattle station really entails, rather than just more of what the Jones family do in their time off. Which unfortunately could give anyone who doesn’t know […]
Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah Station, and farm safety
October 18th, 2010Interesting 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 […]
Keeping 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’ […]