Horses

We still have a Bills trough in our town, out side the Raywood pub, drinks for all

Her you go fxs80, freshly pinched from Google Earth.
Thanks.

170308W Melbourne 'Herald Sun' -horse troughs.

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Metro Twitter - Batman Avenue tram terminus at Princes Bridge in 1935. Horse dray and cars; no motor trucks. (PTV/PROV).

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170427Th Melbourne Age - Grand Coffee Palace / Grand Hotel / Windsor Hotel.
More interesting here: horse buses/taxis.
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City of Melbourne to stop issuing new permits for CBD horse carriages.
Herald Sun Thurs.25.5.17
LORD Mayor Robert Doyle has announced that Melbourne will stop issuing horse-drawn carriage permits.
“As of June 30, the City of Melbourne will no longer offer permits to horse-drawn vehicles,” he said.
“Look, we’ve tried that, I don’t think that it has worked, it’s hasn’t been effective so we’re going to exit the business of permitting those horse-drawn vehicles.”
The horse-drawn carriages are a familiar sight on Swanston St. Picture: Eugene Hyland Mr Doyle said increased traffic and metropolitan works has meant the carriages will be left to walk through parks and quiet areas of the CBD.
“I don’t think the central city is the place for them,” he said.
Existing permits will be allowed to continue and will not be classed as illegal.
Protesters rally against Melbourne CBD’s horse carriages last year. Picture: Jake Nowakowski.
“I can’t stop them from going on the streets, they are a vehicle and are defined in the road act and that’s a matter for VicRoads,” he said.
“(I think) this business of trying to permit them and then police that … has failed.”
The Lord Mayor said examples of horses bolting, dangerous routes and illegal trading have caused the cut to permits.
“I think they’re dangerous,” he said. “When a law cannot be enforced, then it is a useless law.”
•Bills paid so horses could drink.
•Horse carriage protest steps up.
•The great Melbourne transport race.
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170526F Melbourne Herald Sun

More on Melbourne tourist horses.
170527Sa Melbourne Herald Sun - editorial.
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I proposed to my 1st wife after one of those rides about 25 years ago. I couldn't do it on the ride as others got on as well. Boy does that have a lot to answer for! (By the way my 1st wife is still my current wife :blink: )

170503W Melbourne Herald Sun - Auburn (Vic.), Bills horse trough.

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170507Su Melbourne Herald Sun - Morocco camel safari.
An overrated experience. Forget the scenery, think of the groin. I have ridden camels in Australia, Pakistan and Egypt: far less comfortable than a horse (and they aren't good either). Real Bedouins wrapped their genitals in long broad ribbons to protect them.
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