Travelling to the locations where ‘Australia’ was filmed ‘Strickland House’ – heritage listed property in Vaucluse, Eastern Sydney, NSW: Built in the 1850s, Strickland House was owned by William Charles Wentworth and originally called ‘Carrara’. The extensive grounds include a two-storey coachhouse and stables. It is registered by the National Trust and publicly owned. Strickland […]
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‘Australia’ Film Travel
February 6th, 2009Evicting 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 […]
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 […]