It is great to know that I have another fan extolling the virtues of the Monaro high plains country. When Barbara and I are down there we tune into what we feel is the essence of Australia which Banjo Paterson summed up in the ballad of "The Man from Snowy River".
The Monaro is an area which has been the lynchpin in the fortunes of many great pastoral dynasties. When I was a youth I was one of GRAZCOS rouseabouts. towards the end of the year the shearing team would head down south to one of scottish Australian Pastoral Company's properties at Rock Flat where they would bring down their big western wethers from Angledool and let them grow out. I am not joking when I say that each one was as large as a Shetland pony. Absolutely back breaking work for the shearers, but very good for the rousies after coming from shearing Corriedales down at Coolac where the learner was shearing 220, and I was one piecepicker for 5 shearers. From Rock Flat we would go to Delegate . Delegate was a depot shed which everybody enjoyed because it was so close to town.
The reason that I bring this up is that in my lifetime I have seen the degeneration of large areas of the Snowy country, from many and varied reasons. I think that if I can do something to help solve some of the problems that have developed then it is worthwhile.
Glad to hear that you are getting some rain at Narrandera.
James
Lloyd Charles wrote:
Dear James I am glad we think alike on this - I started to write to Liz but its turning into an essay - I'll finish it laterJames wrote>Dear Liz, I differ to you with the effect of the Monaro high plains. It enlivens and revitalises me.Although I admit the Monaro is one of the toughest places to try and make a dollar agriculturally, it has that same effect on me, every time I come south through the hills around Bredbo or down out of the park towards Adaminaby I feel like I have come home. The soils are for the most part ordinary and where there is a bit of fertility its full of rocks, the climate is uncompromisingly bad, rainfall pattern is haphazard at best, but the area keeps producing top quality livestock with a vitality and productive ability that is unsurpassed anywhere. It must affect the humans too because very rarely do they leave. I dont know what it is, I'll leave the definition up to James. Cheers Lloyd Charles _______________________________________________ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
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