RMWAH’s purchase of Henbury Cattle Station, NT – on ABC Landline

March 23rd, 2012

R.M. Williams Agricultural Holdings (RMWAH) ‘carbon farming’ plans for Henbury cattle Station will feature on ABC television’s Landline programme at noon this Sunday (25th March).  Landline is repeated at 11.00 each Monday morning. Henbury is a cattle station located in the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory, and was purchased last year by RMWAH with the help […]

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‘A Farmer’s Life for Me’ BBC television series

February 21st, 2012

‘A Farmer’s Life for Me’ was filmed by the BBC in 2011, and has just started screening on ABC television from 6pm-7pm on Tuesday nights. Filmed during midsummer in the beautiful rolling hills of Suffolk, ‘A Farmers Life for Me’  features 9 varied couples (siblings and married/partnered couples, gay/straight; of all ages & from all walks […]

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Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah final episode

December 15th, 2011

After last week’s episode of Keeping up with the Joneses, full of end of year bullcatching, cane toad racing, croc egg collecting and Christmas preparations, it was great to see baby Jack Jones, the newest arrival in the Jones family.  The story of Cristina Joneses pregnancy has reminded me of how different it is to have […]

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Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah Station

December 3rd, 2011

Recent episodes of ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ have touched on a number of issues associated with remote area living.  These lifestyle/business management differences range from unique education arrangements (eg remote area students are enrolled in school of the air/distance education and meet their ‘classmates’ only rarely), medical issues (eg. the need to travel long distances […]

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Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah Station, on NZ TV, and rural television

November 19th, 2011

“Keeping up with the Joneses’ of Coolibah Station (NT) is now screening on television in other countries. ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ debuted on TV One in New Zealand today, in prime time – 7pm on a Saturday night (filling the gap made by Country Calendars break for the summer).  And if website traffic is […]

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Agricultural historical accuracy in film & television dramas

November 10th, 2011

Today I discovered that I’m not the only one who notices agricultural errors in film and television dramas. William Hayes of the Meat Trade News Daily is well placed to comment on livestock breeds in the south of England where he grew up.  ‘You see these magnificent period dramas, with beautiful costumes and every detail just right […]

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Keeping up with the Joneses, Episode 9 on Channel Ten

October 31st, 2011

Keeping up with the Joneses, Episode 9 – back to work at last.  We discover that the chopper crash which we’ve seen glimpses of since the first series screened last year, was in fact not an NAH chopper.  Milton described it as a ‘neighbours’ chopper.  VH-HYE was manufactured in 1990 and had been registered to Venlock Pty […]

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Brunette Downs Races on ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’, Series 2

October 21st, 2011

Series 2 of ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ returned on Channel Ten last night with yet another episode featuring a social occasion – this time, a trip to the Brunette (ABC) Races.  Held on Brunette Downs (Barkly Tableland, NT) twice a year but with the largest gathering held in June, this Keeping up with the Joneses […]

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Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah Station – returns Channel 10, Oct 20, 2011

October 17th, 2011

‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ of Coolibah Station returns to Channel Ten on Thursday October 20 2011, 8-8.30pm. Great news for everyone who has enjoyed this insight into Territory cattle station life, Jones-style, via Milton and Cristina Jones and family and employees. For more comments on the ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ TV series, including background […]

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Channel 10’s ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ of Coolibah Station, back on TV in October 2011

September 22nd, 2011

Just heard the news today – great news for everyone who has enjoyed watching life on Coolibah Station on television.  Milton and Cristina Jones, ‘little Milton’ and the crew will be back on television in Series Two of ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’,  in October 2011.  On Channel 10. Only a few weeks away unti the […]

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