Historic photos of Western Downs dusted off and digitised
Invaluable historic photographs are now available to view online. Click to check the original article.
Swapping the city for skies over the outback
Find out why nurse Kathryn Hines swapped city life for the skies over the outback with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Click to check the original article.
All show volunteers are invited to the annual celebration of ag shows | The Land
The 192 country and suburban shows in NSW welcome more than one million patrons annually, some attracting a couple of hundred visitors through to the likes of Camden, Bathurst, Taree, Newcastle, Lismore, Hawkesbury and Blacktown Shows welcoming over 40,000 ticket holders each. Click to check the original article.
Foodbank and Kellogg’s held a free breakfast event for a community in need
Identified as a community in crisis with the rising cost of living, Foodbank Bunbury WA has seen a 50% increase in the local households that need support in the last two years. Click to check the original article.
Preparations to salvage the Pride of the Murray getting closer | Queensland Country Life
Sally Gall Senior journalist – Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region – its history, tourism, education and communications. Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and […]
Clermont Show 2023 stud cattle judging results: Charolais bull Moongool Trademark wins supreme stud cattle exhibit | Queensland Country Life
Supreme champion stud cattle exhibit, Moongool Trademark, with exhibitor, judge Brett Kinnon, Bungoona Brahmans, Clermont, steward Jacob McDougall,Sky View Brahmans, Sophie Grogan, 2023 Capella & District Show Society Showgril, and Burdekin MP Dale Last. Picture by Ben Harden Click to check the original article.
The slipper chair: How one of America’s great designers produced a classic of armless fun
The slipper chair might have its roots in the 18th century, but it owes its compact, convivial appeal to Billy Baldwin, a giant of 20th-century American interior design. ‘We can recognise and give credit where credit is due, to the debt of taste we owe Europe, but we have taste, too,’ said Billy Baldwin, the […]
Robbie Katter calls on compensation for powerless North West | North Queensland Register
Another widespread power outage at Diamantina Power Station, affecting the entire North West power system from Mount Isa to Cloncurry, has highlighted the issue with APA’s unregulated monopoly, says Katter’s Australian Party leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter. Click to check the original article.
Beef industry figure Tom Mann wins inaugural Rangeland management award
Tom Mann seated with his award with his grandson Gordon Mann and children Liz Pearce (Mernoo), Bill Mann (Hillgrove), Jack Mann (Lochwall). Photo: ARS LONG time northern cattle producer Tom Mann has taken out the inaugural Excellence in Rangeland Management award, presented by the Australian Rangeland Society, for his contribution to research and development and […]
Oats and sorghum breaking new ground in Western Qld
Scott and Penny Holcombe in front of their Corfield Downs sorghum crop. Photo: Scott Holcombe WHILE Western Queensland is known for its wide-open downs country covered in native Mitchell and Flinders grass, some producers have been looking to boost productivity with the addition of fodder crops like sorghum and, in some cases, oats. The semi-arid […]
Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 31 May 2023
A weak cold front over south-west Western Australia. and onshore flow for northeast Queensland and western Tasmania brought moderate rainfall to these areas. A strong cold front passed over southern Australia in the middle of the week then weakened and moved offshore into the Tasman Sea Friday afternoon. It brought severe thunderstorms with intense localised […]
Charters Towers sale 30 May 2023: Quality more variable in larger yarding
Yarding 2572 Change + 544 File pic of Dalrymple Saleyards. Image: Charters Towers Regional Council Quality was more variable than last sale, comprising of increased numbers of plainer conditioned cows, a large consignment of plain conditioned bulls and a large line of lightweight northern mixed sex weaners. Two major processors were notably absent from the […]