The Carmichael Mine Story -- July 18, 2019

So - here's a little info on the ranch sold for coal mining (see this post).

https://awttiqpi.com/uncategorized/moray-downs/

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/02/16/3432708.htm

Sounds like the Actons still run cattle.  I'd invite them to an Angus bull sale in ND, but I imagine they need cattle "with a little ear".  That's slang for part Brahma.   Those long-earred cattle are resistant to ticks and other hot weather maladies.  (As it turns out from later info, they are crossbreeding into Angus!(;>)

So, now I need to figure out what "campdrafting" is

Changing of the guard at Millungera Station

Changing of the guard at Millungera Station Australian Cattle and Beef Holdings (ACBH) is looking for a new manager for Millungera Station at Julia Creek af...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campdrafting

Oh - for crying out loud.  This is a 10 minute video - absolutely fascinating.  This family produces 100 Tons of beef a week!

Acton Super Beef

Acton Super Beef This video provides an overview of how the Acton Super Beef has establsihed a world wide reputation for quality ...

Graeme died in 2012.  What a story.  Started out in a tent!  Sold a gun to buy an engagement ring!

Graeme Acton

Graeme Acton Acton was born in Rockhampton, Queensland on 15 November 1950 to parents Thomas and Valma Acton. He grew up on ...

I'll spare you the eulogy, but in it, one of Graeme's sons said his dad had been lucky enough to draw a "Brigalow Block" - so here's a detour... homesteading in 1960!

NEW PIONEERS & A NEW WILD FRONTIER – THE BRIGALOW SCHEME

NEW PIONEERS & A NEW WILD FRONTIER – THE BRIGALOW SCHEME In 1976 I moved to Central Queensland to work with local Stock & Station Agent. Not many years before in the 1...

So  interesting to learn of the mine.  I knew there were some huge ranches in Australia, but this just boggles the mind.

Ode To A Burnaby Wetsuit -- July 17, 2019

Link here. 

 

Ode to a Burnaby Wetsuit

A Canadian with a wetsuit and a Country music vibe

Protests oil, climbs some trees and even takes a dive

He doesn't want a pipeline - not near his old home town

But pretty please, if he could, just use the right pronoun

He's anti oil, and anti pipe... God knows what anti cause

He'll protest this and protest that and break a bunch of laws

I'm pro oil and I'm pro pipe and love my modern stuff

I just can't stand bad grammar - enough's enough, enough!

And now it seems his wetsuit, the one he's shown in here

Is made of oil that he protests, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear

It doesn't have to make much sense, except just in his mind

But the grammar cops will whack him, thanks to this little rhyme

Caesar's wife, it's often said, must be above reproach

So, protest all you want, you fool, 

But get a grammar coach!