On 4th Oct 2 pilots were flying Robinson R22s to Larrawa Station (half way between Halls Creek & Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberley WA) after mustering on Louisa Downs, when tragedy struck. One of the choppers crashed after apparently touching the side of a gorge in the Margaret River. 40-year-old pilot Angus Mundell was found by police […]
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October 12th, 2012Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah final episode
December 15th, 2011After 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 […]
Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah Station
December 3rd, 2011Recent 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 […]
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 […]
Keeping up with the Joneses, Episode 9 on Channel Ten
October 31st, 2011Keeping 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 […]
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 […]
Channel 10’s ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ of Coolibah Station, back on TV in October 2011
September 22nd, 2011Just 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 […]
Keeping up with the Joneses – CASA action re Milton Joneses flying style
April 30th, 2011Apparently in early March this year the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) raided the Melbourne offices of WFTN, the producers of ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’, the television series featuring Milton Jones and his family on NT’s Coolibah Station. CASA staff came to WTFN to take the master copies of the ‘Keeping up with the […]
Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah station, 2011
January 22nd, 2011A photo of young Milton Jones holding his pet crocodile features in current Channel 10 promos for up and coming 2011 television shows, and apparently ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ will be back on TV in October 2011. In the meantime, anyone who has enjoyed watching ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ will also enjoy the best-selling coffee […]