In addition to the excellent ‘Water and the Land’ ‘Forecast Rain’ map, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology now has a similar ‘Forecast Frost Potential’ map. They are seeking feedback on the usefulness of the ‘Frost forecast potential’ service, so anyone who wants to put their two bob’s worth in, should, without delay. There are many businesses that I […]
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May 16th, 2011Native frogs not cane toads – identifying Australian native frogs
May 13th, 2011I admit it, I have been a frog and toad lover since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. When I was young, finding a frog, especially an unusual one, was as exciting as finding a gold nugget. Today I discovered an extremely useful and long overdue website, Frogs Not Canetoads. For years clubbing toads has been […]
60 minutes story on NT cattle station price rises
February 25th, 2011I stumbled upon a very interesting June 2008 60 minutes story on NT property prices, titled ‘Bonanza’. Liz Hayes does a good job of interviewing Ben and Traci Tapp of Mountain Valley Station, Tony Davis of Limbunya, and Marlee and Franz Ranacher of Bulloo River Station. The story focuses on the rise in cattle station prices and […]
Ban bullbars (or roobars)
February 7th, 2011Just like the daylight saving banning brigade, the bullbar banning brigade seems to crawl out from under the rocks every so often. They just won’t take no for an answer. As pointed out on many forums, perhaps it would be smarter to look at more ways of preventing vehicles from hitting pedestrians, rather than banning […]
Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah station, 2011
January 22nd, 2011A photo of young Milton Jones holding his pet crocodile features in current Channel 10 promos for up and coming 2011 television shows, and apparently ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ will be back on TV in October 2011. In the meantime, anyone who has enjoyed watching ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ will also enjoy the best-selling coffee […]
Queensland Floods – charities helping rural residents
January 12th, 2011The worst thing about the flooding in Brisbane is that it takes the spotlight off flooding in rural communities – just as occurred in 1974 when Queensland’s Gulf Country went under water. The fact is, average income and asset ownership is much lower in the bush than in cities and suburban areas. Cities have much […]
Uniting Church McKay Patrol (Cloncurry) and the RFDS
January 5th, 2011The McKay Patrol is a remote-area aerial padre service run by the Uniting Church of Australia, based in Cloncurry (northwest Queensland). It is named after the Reverend Fred McKay. In 1927 Fred was appointed by Reverend John Flynn to oversee the formation and operation of the aerial medical service that later become the Royal Flying Doctor […]
Keeping up with the Joneses TV show, Channel Ten
January 5th, 2011Stumbled 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 […]
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 […]
Outback Television and Radio
October 24th, 2010Most Australians don’t know that remote areas have only had access to television services since satellite television came into being in the late 1980s. Until then it was impossible to receive a television signal in remote areas, regardless of how high the aerial. Even today, most of regional Australia can receive a signal from one ABC radio […]