tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post5901525118493546746..comments2024-02-06T10:27:00.470+11:00Comments on [Farm-ily]: Sheep Stations & National ParksCountryMumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14761724941259576940noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-18651274389061861312020-07-20T08:34:11.028+10:002020-07-20T08:34:11.028+10:00I stayed in the Oolambeyan Station homestead years...I stayed in the Oolambeyan Station homestead years ago and was made very welcome. I had no idea it was now a National Park. May be time for another visit.<br />KayeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-68588633039225145562018-10-04T21:26:34.656+10:002018-10-04T21:26:34.656+10:00Well worth the drive. A wonderful post of these hi...Well worth the drive. A wonderful post of these historic stations and homesteads. Glorious blue skies, but I'm sure you would have preferred dark clouds. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04051160693725705930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-12537351292064446502018-10-04T01:48:18.827+10:002018-10-04T01:48:18.827+10:00I was trying to get the size of the station into p...I was trying to get the size of the station into perspective in my mind. It is the size of each of the English counties Kent, Essex and Cumberland. That is quite astonishing. I found the post entertaining and educational in equal amounts. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-83048458341537678012018-10-02T20:18:19.774+10:002018-10-02T20:18:19.774+10:00I wasn't aware of either place. It was a good ...I wasn't aware of either place. It was a good idea to cover the wooden shingles to preserve them. I think at this time of the year the Murrumbidgee should have a lot more water and be visibly flowing fast. Watering kangaroos with windmills and troughs is surely wrong and upsetting their own mechanisms for population control during droughts. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-22754216819456056352018-10-02T16:53:56.320+10:002018-10-02T16:53:56.320+10:00Wonderful photographs of interesting places. That...Wonderful photographs of interesting places. That shearing shed it huge!Joan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-46288038405150617062018-10-02T13:42:33.943+10:002018-10-02T13:42:33.943+10:00This is very interesting. I'd have enjoyed see...This is very interesting. I'd have enjoyed seeing it working. I can't imagine having to look after 80,000 sheep. Unbelievable.Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-66651645575287283442018-10-02T09:20:58.558+10:002018-10-02T09:20:58.558+10:00Great photos and thanks for the info to go with th...Great photos and thanks for the info to go with them. Those old homesteads and shearing sheds could tell a story or 2.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06971916677072597814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-50187118649639950682018-10-02T05:32:52.913+10:002018-10-02T05:32:52.913+10:00Fascinating pictures.Fascinating pictures.Ruth Hieberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11260132564992492524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-73577555028962046612018-10-02T05:02:30.322+10:002018-10-02T05:02:30.322+10:00Hooray for any initiative which protects our ecosy...Hooray for any initiative which protects our ecosystem.<br />I would love to visit either of these National Parks and am ashamed to say I didn't know about them.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-6876644422247365902018-10-02T03:07:31.084+10:002018-10-02T03:07:31.084+10:00Somehow I expected to see Robert Mitchum in the sh...Somehow I expected to see Robert Mitchum in the shed, shearing a sheep... Well, I did like "The Sundowners". Thanks for this post, it was very enjoyable. Bill https://www.blogger.com/profile/04779863708462822356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-83398331840414431782018-10-02T02:41:46.498+10:002018-10-02T02:41:46.498+10:00Very good post and interesting to see and read
ver...Very good post and interesting to see and read<br />very beautiful landscape you haveMikael Bergmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14780578122173774024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-730340205880770872018-10-01T21:46:51.641+10:002018-10-01T21:46:51.641+10:00Fabulous post and interesting, Thanks so much for ...Fabulous post and interesting, Thanks so much for sharing. Enjoy the coming week, DianeRhodesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159888599601532530noreply@blogger.com