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Last night our national broadcaster the ABC reported the LA train crash as west of Los Angeles. Do trains run unerwater in the US? (Apart from maybe Texas at the minute) It annoys me when news readers don't read their copy. Colin

How are the Texans going in the preparation for Ike? Been having a look at the hurricane tracker. Ike has come a long way since it first started.Northern Australia had a cyclone like that a few years back that cruised around our north for a few weeks. No where near the intensity of cyclone...

Will update all about the sales held in Australia after tomorrow. Colin

World Youth Day has just finished in Sydney Australia. There were 500,000 at mass at Randwick racecourse in Sydney yesterday. The Pope has caused a great deal of excitement here for Catholics and some other religions. A few protestors threw condoms at the "Pilgrims" walking along the street a...

A friend just returned from the world Brahman congress in the US. His comments were it was very political the show part. He said that the hospitality of the US cattle people was superb. He said that he seen some very nice Brahman cattle but could pick which animal was going to win just by the...

Just of late I have noticed in the Brahman Journal that advertisers have been using the word "Grey" for their Brahmans where as in the past they have consistly used "Gray". I'm puzzled as to why the change? Here in our country we spell it "Grey". Can someone enlighten me? Colin :?

Results from National Beef 2008. Held at Bendigo Victoria recently. Interbreed Results. Group of Three. Red Angus,runner up Angus. Junior Female. Red Angus Reserve,Angus. Junior Bull. Welsh Black Reserve,Shorthorn. Senior female. Limousin Reserve,Angus. Senior Bull. Poll Hereford...

Herefords have improved so much here in Australia in the past five years. They were good then they went through a stage where they had too much import blood in them. Now the resilient and clever Australian cattle breeders have found the right mix of bloodlines. they have returned the doing...

Off to Toowoomba on Saturday to the premier Brahman female sale. 118 lots of good cattle + some semen. Bought three heifers last year and they are doing very well. Hopefully will get a grey and a red. The two heifers that I purchased a month ago have settled in well. Will post pictures when I...

Yes we have poultry as well as cattle. We breed Gold Laced Wyandottes,Silver Laced Wyandottes,Barnevelders,Australorps and we have bantams as well, Pekins and White Wyandottes and about get some Gold Laced ones as well. We also have a few Plymouth Rocks,Isa browns and the odd Sussex or two.My...

have to plant my tulips and daffodils by mid may. Theyre in the bottom of the fridge now to make them think its real cold then they go into the ground. have about 400 tulips and about 100 daffodils to plant. There are daffodild already in the ground from previous years,they do much better than...

Great news for South Devon breeders and Limousin as well. The supreme lead steer at the Toowoomba Royal Show (Toowoomba's about an hour west of Brisbane about 800 metres above sea level) The steer was sired by a SD sire out of a Limousin cow. he also won the middleweight class. This steer had...

Finally have our renovated cattle yards finished. have a brand spanking new steel crush with head bail and a forcing pen with round steel posts with slabs bolted on to them. Sure looks great. Be nice to have something nice and strong to handle our cattle in. Will send some photos one day when I...

What are board members up to tonight and tomorrow? Well I'm off to work shortly for night duty at our local hospital. I'm an RN on with an Enrolled Nurse. Could be busy could be quiet who knows what could happen. What might come in the door at any time.Last week when I worked night shift it was...

Top price at auction last week in Australia. $42,000 for a bull from Ardrossan Angus stud.

Thought I'd start up another segment for the Australians with input from all on the board. The weather at our place is cooling down a little. The deciduous trees are all starting to change. The oaks,maples,willows are all browning up. Its still green though we need another drop of about 50mls (2...

Any prices from anyone on the board with regard to how the International sale went in Houston? :wave:

Hopefully will get to the Fassifern Brahman female sale on Saturday. Some top quality genetics on offer. Some females in calf to Winchester Magnum and Stingray.Stacks of JDH blood cattle.Last years inaugural sale made to a top of $17,000 for a red heifer.Some well known herds have cattle on...

Palgrove stud held their annual female sale last week top price was a magnificent show cow in calf for $70,000. A heifer made $33,000. All up the average was for 203 head.....$6,643. bearing in mind now our dollar is worth 93 cents. nearly dollar for dollar. This herd just goes from strength to...

Well I'm back to annoy people about how good Australia is and to extol the virtues of South Devons and Brahmans etc. Been having computer trouble so went out and bought a new one. Works very well. Colin