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8000 Qld homes sweat as cooling cut off

John Rolfe The Courier Mail December 30, 2024 More than 8000 Queensland households had the cooling function on their airconditioner turned off remotely by Energex on a sweltering Sunday earlier this month – the fifth Big Brother-style intervention of the year. In total, aircons have been automatically throttled back about 210,000 times in the SunshineContinue reading “8000 Qld homes sweat as cooling cut off”

For The Love of Horses

Aaron ‘Tommy’ Woodcock (1905–1985), horse strapper and trainer, was the son of a Cobb & Co driver and was close to horses from childhood. Apprenticed as a jockey at fourteen, he moved from the north coast of NSW to Randwick, where he won three of his first four starts. Although he weighed just 32 kilosContinue reading “For The Love of Horses”