On Sunday I noticed one of these (a Grey Butcher Bird) killing one of these (an Indian Spotted Dove) as I emerged from my shift at the Yinnar General Store. The former are fearsome predators of small birds and other critters, often impaling their carcasses on branches, etc in order to devour them later, but […]
Facsimile CoverWhen I was a lad I thrilled to the works of Ion Idriess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Idriess (and Nevil Shute: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevil_Shute ‘A Town Like Alice’, ‘On the Beach’, etc) I still wonder at his retelling of the Kidman story (‘The Cattle King’) I confess I have not read the wonderful book reviewed so capably here: https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/2011/09/ion-idriess-and-the-desert-column/ regarding
Electrified Ringlock! I fenced a previous farm like this (and it worked a treat). Now I intend to re-fence our home property similarly. I will pin 30cm rabbit-proof netting to the bottom earth wires and to the ground inside. The grass will grow through it and anchor it. After that nothing will come through (or
You can install a digital lock on your security door which means that when you close the door it automatically locks – a great safety feature.Now read on… 23/03/2015: I installed the first of these on our front door when the kids were in primary school so that they could let themselves into the house
(Danish: Hvalsø Kirke) was a church in the abandoned Greenlandic Norse settlement of Hvalsey (now modern-day Qaqortoq). The best preserved Norse ruins in Greenland, the Church was also the location of the last written record of the Greenlandic Norse, a wedding in September 1408. You will notice that the building had a simple gable roof
Two lovely fat bronzewings enjoying autumn under the Fuji yesterday…Was also visited by a pipit on the verandah outside my (computer) window – the first I have seen here, though I have been hearing him/them and wondering, ‘What Bird Is That?’ – you remember? There were many on the Hazelwood Flats farm. ‘I cannot tell
An issue nearer to my heart is Mr Abbott’s intention to criminalise gun ownership so forcefully that the ‘trafficking’ of an ‘illegal’ gun would bring a mandatory five year sentence of imprisonment. The Nazis too sought to demonise and outlaw gun ownership – in their case on penalty of death. Yet very few guns were
It would be nice to see a lot more of these (and the same goes for eg riverbanks). I am sick to death of people being allowed to blot out the landscape with their monstrous tasteless, flashy holiday homes, condos, restaurants etc. I am all for banning of all permanent buildings, towns, cities, villages along
Bunnings have these wonderful brackets which attach to standard ‘star’ posts/pickets which enable wooden fence rails to be joined to them (there are also corner ones): http://www.bunnings.com.au/post-accessory-post-bracket-flat-12215_p3040743 Also see: http://whitesgroup.com.au/Products/WhitesSpecialistRuralcatalogue/tabid/126/ProdID/174/categoryId/39/Post-Caps.aspx?sid=[PARENTID] & http://www.waratahfencing.com.au/Product/Tools-and-Accessories/Fencing-Accessories/GalStar-Post-Caps.aspx There also exists a plate to prevent star posts from sinking: http://www.waratahfencing.com.au/Product/Tools-and-Accessories/Fencing-Accessories/Anti-sink-Plates.aspx available elsewhere.
I must say that when our kids were tiny they ate lashings of PB (Peanut Buttter)with no thought (from us) that it might be bad for them. Indeed I was astonished to learn there WAS such a thing as PB allergy (Is there?) AND that Statists insisted that PB be banned from kids’ lunches etc.
