Horses

good old Dusty the dog

Neighbor had Dusty the dog , thing spent more time at our place annoying the cows at milking time than it ever did at home
Almost potted it on a fox drive one day (not sure I would have been upset)


Paul

170803Su Melbourne Herald Sun - (Australian?) camel safari.
How tempting it looks. See the earlier posts in the thread for the reality.
There is a line in the stage musical 'Hair', in which there is mention of sex with a camel. The audience duly sniggers. The actor looks out to the audience: 'Don't knock it if you haven't tried it'.

Roderick.

171013F Melbourne Herald Sun - Bonnie Doon Hotel and rail trail; Mansfield Show. (Vic.)

Roderick

This is Victoria's cult classic, matching Queensland's Birdsville Races.
A centenary is special.
For truckies, it is on the east-west Mallee Hwy. For railway enthusiasts, it is the cut-back terminus of the former Robinvale line, and I will be there on a special train in November: the last broad-gauge special until closure in March for conversion to standard gauge.

171013F Melbourne Herald Sun - Manangatang Cup centenary.
Roderick

171013F Melbourne 'Age' - camel, in an article headed 'overrated tourist attractions', and noting how uncomfortable they are. 'How did
arabs ever procreate?'.

Roderick

Here is a great scene.

Note two well known brands, Best Western butter and Mayne Nickless. Looks early 20's to me.




And this is a horse drawn milk cart which finished in Essendon, Melbourne in 1987 - yes, that late!

Jeez, apparently WA is the backward state.

Lang wrote: Here is a great scene.

Note two well known brands, Best Western butter and Mayne Nickless. Looks early 20's to me.

And this is a horse drawn milk cart which finished in Essendon, Melbourne in 1987 - yes, that late!

Certainly is a late model, check out the pneumatic tyre/wheel combination.

Roderick.

Operator defends horse-drawn carriages after vehicle overturns 20 February 2018.
The operator of a horse-drawn carriage that tipped over has said his animals are treated ''like gold'' after the incident near Crown Casino left one of them with cuts to its legs.
An image of the animal lying stricken on the road was posted on social media by activist group Melbourne Against Horse-Drawn Carriages, which is campaigning to ban the operation of the wagons in the CBD.
A horse that had fallen near Crown Casino while pulling a carriage. Photo: Melbourne Against Horse-Drawn Carriages
Operator Peter Hunter, of Elite Carriages, said the incident happened at about 2pm on Monday when the horse slipped on tiles that line the pavement of Queensbridge Street near the entrance to Crown.
As the horse fell it caused a second horse to come down on top of it, he said. Police helped divert traffic as the harnesses were removed from the horses.
"It's a very stressful thing because once they're down they can't get up; you have to get their harnesses off them as quickly as possible," he said.
"They were thrashing around while they were down. Once I calmed them down, they realised that they couldn't do anything and then they got back up when the harnesses were off."
The fall left one of horses with minor grazes on its hind legs, he said.
"I've been over there this morning to give them a bath. She's walking around perfectly," he said.
Kristin Leigh, campaign manager at Melbourne Against Horse-Drawn Carriages, said the group had been sent videos of blood marks along nearby tram tracks.
She said that even if Mr Hunter's account was correct, it still represented the risks of using horses to pull carriages in an urban environment.
"It's certainly not the first time it's happened, and if the authorities don't act it won't be the last," she said.
She said the group was seeking to have VicRoads change the definition of a vehicle to no longer include horse-drawn carriages.
"They continuously break road safety laws; we get messages on a daily basis," she said.
Last year, the City of Melbourne said it would stop granting permits to horse-drawn vehicles to park or offer rides on Swanston Street because of safety risks.
Mr Hunter said the horse falling over was a "freak accident" that had happened only once before in his time in the industry.
He said activists trying to get the industry banned had "nothing better to do".
"These horses are our bread and butter, so of course we look after them," he said.
"It's absolutely ludicrous. All the other operators, the horses are treated like gold. You can't take a horse into the city if they're not looking right."
< www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/oper...20180220-p4z0yq.html >

180201Th Melbourne Herald Sun - camel beauty quest.
memories of Humphrey and Camellia: .
Roderick.