James Herriot Ethos All things bright and beautiful,All creatures great and small,All things wise and wonderful:The Lord God made them all. James Alfred Wight, better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author. Born in Sunderland, Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to England to becomeContinue reading “All Creatures Great and Small”
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The Scribblybarkpoet
odroSnepts5r4638mtf1l1iAame8p3503ag 6 6 g:Se13eimi7115Mth00b · THEY ARE PART OF OUR HISTORY … Maureen Clifford © The #ScribblyBarkPoet They were part of the history that shaped this old land, a part of a vanishing breed, strong, young Aussie blokes, handsome and brave, and their brumby bred tough mountain steeds;. they answered the call when the call to arms came,Continue reading “The Scribblybarkpoet”
The Gum Tree it Came First
Dick Roberts · Written by Dick Roberts Since the dawing of the dream time, Across this arid land, There’s been views and opinions, But still the old gum stands. It stands in resilience, And reminds us of what we’ve got, It stands together as one, With its creek, if there’s water or not. ItContinue reading “The Gum Tree it Came First”
Tony Abbott: with thanks to the fallen warrior
Terry Barnes Flat White Terry Barnes 22 May 2019 5:26 PM Last night former prime minister Tony Abbott succumbed to a perfect political storm: a climate zealot candidate dressed up as a faux Liberal, the sole target of a concerted, lavishly financed campaign of the chattering Left and GetUp!, and nasty, vindictive and vicious personalContinue reading “Tony Abbott: with thanks to the fallen warrior”
Tony Abbott’s record of achievement
Ten years since we elected the Anglosphere’s best recent Tory PM Mark Higgie Flat White Getty Images Mark Higgie 7 September 2023 4:00 AM A glance at Britain after thirteen years of Tory rule highlights the contrasting great achievements of Tony Abbott, our 28th Prime Minister after his landslide win against Labor ten years agoContinue reading “Tony Abbott’s record of achievement”
OLD FAITHFUL
Brumby Action Group Inc. Marilyn Nuske · · Maree Sura is feeling sad. · This is how I see Barmah National Park Some men came home, but many didn’t. OLD FAITHFUL The young man rode his horse bareback into the Barmah Forest. He stopped, got off and said: This is our special placeContinue reading “OLD FAITHFUL”
A tribute to the lost art of letter writing
Robin Ashenden World Credit: iStock Robin Ashenden 4 September 2023 12:00 AM There are many good reasons, we’re constantly told, for millennials and Generation Z to resent their elders. What they can barely imagine, we took for granted: affordable housing, state-paid education, free dentistry and slow, misspent youths on unemployment benefit. But there is anotherContinue reading “A tribute to the lost art of letter writing”
How we made All Creatures Great and Small
Lovely series always a favourite and one I revisit from time to time-written by Alf Wight or as he is better known James Herriot -he wrote all the books and stories from these books are the basis of the characters in All Creatures Great and Small and as well based on people he knew -changingContinue reading “How we made All Creatures Great and Small”
1907 Photo. It was all clear a long time ago!l
The Scribblybarkpoet
· THE SPIRIT OF PALEFACE – KOSCIUSZKO’S KING .. Maureen Clifford © The #Scribblybarkpoet No sighting at all not a skerrick of hair it’s as if they have disappeared into thin air. No worn tracks festooned with hoofprints or dung and the hills do not echo with songs they have sung They have vanishedContinue reading “The Scribblybarkpoet”
TOM DILLON, THE O’ROURKES & SUGGAN BUGGAN.
Colin Judkins · Hi all, A few weeks ago I returned to Suggan Buggan in the remote far east of Victoria. I was on a mission to photograph a lone gravesite (if I could find it) of Tom Dillon. Very few know of its existence, after reading this hopefully many more will have learntContinue reading “TOM DILLON, THE O’ROURKES & SUGGAN BUGGAN.”
“Banjo” Paterson, Craigs Hut / Mt Stirling.
Colin Judkins Hi all, Andrew Barton “Banjo” Paterson, (1864-1941) was a bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, As a boy he spent school holidays on his father’s rural property near Yass, there he developed a love for the outdoors.Continue reading ““Banjo” Paterson, Craigs Hut / Mt Stirling.”
Jack Riley, (The Man From Snowy River)
Aussie History Colin Judkins Hi all, At the age of 16, Jack arrived in Sydney in 1854, he then made his way to near Omeo in the Victorian high country to live with his sister at the busy gold mining area of Cassilis. He worked for a time as a tailor in a clothing shopContinue reading “Jack Riley, (The Man From Snowy River)”
Vikings in Ireland: Traces of Warriors Not Just Buried Beneath the Ground, They Are in the DNA
Print As science progresses and archaeologists are forging new positive relationships with developers around Irish heritage, more secrets from Ireland’s Viking past are coming to light, and they are not just found in burial grounds, unearthed dwellings, and old settlements; they can be found in the DNA of the modern-day Irish people. The Vikings mayContinue reading “Vikings in Ireland: Traces of Warriors Not Just Buried Beneath the Ground, They Are in the DNA”
A Day in the Life of Nelle
Every so often I have to take time out to reconnect with yesterday’s Australia -just to escape the nefarious people who are continually in my face- wickedness has always been with us but I have only come face to face with it for a short time- the majority of my life these people were notContinue reading “A Day in the Life of Nelle”
The True Story Behind ’13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’
“If it was time for me to die, it was time for me to die.” The new Michael Bay film, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, tells the true story of six CIA security contractors who bucked orders to save American lives when Libyan militants attacked the U.S. embassy in Benghazi on September 11, 2012.Continue reading “The True Story Behind ’13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’”
WEEP, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE FOREVER LOST
©Maree Suira Most horses have gone, from the Plains of Kosciuszko. After years of trapping, not many brumbies remain. I was leaving for the Plains, I would go by car then trek the brumby trails I remember by heart loaded up, for no horses are allowed in Kosciuszko National Park. What am I doing here?Continue reading “WEEP, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE FOREVER LOST”
Artists of Deception
Glen Hughes · Like eagles circling overhead, in search of prey to feed, claws outstretched to clasp and claim, to satisfy their need. Artists of deception, deceitful in their game, shrouded by controversy while we endure the pain. Speeches so convincing, backs against the wall, no accountability, favours to recall. Changes for the better,Continue reading “Artists of Deception”
The Brumbies Fate
Wild Brumby Horses in Victoria, Australia ordered to be shot while grazing or sleeping at night in remote alpine areas! Imagine the barbaric cruelty as the first horse is wounded and tries to flee! Australian Labour Party MP Lily D’Ambrosio has ordered the innocent horses be shot AT NIGHT with silencers by Contractors so noContinue reading “The Brumbies Fate”
There Is No Escape From Telling
Edward Curtin OffGuardian May 14, 2023 By the lake’s lapping shore above the town and the railroad tracks, my wife and I stopped and marveled, struck stone silent by two dazzling Baltimore Orioles, clawed together as they tumbled, wrestling in the green morning breeze above our heads. They perched upon a branch and sang aContinue reading “There Is No Escape From Telling”
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