I saw a really cool tiny green ute today. No pic, I thought the owner was coming & panicked. 🙄 REALLY tiny. Made my little Subaru #Brumby #Brat look like a RAM.[1]
Could probably fit two eskies in the tray, & two not too big adults up front. Woodford station, for #BlueMountains carspotters.
[1] poetic licence, probably made it look like a Ford Ranger, they're a tad smaller than a RAM, aren't they? Look, it just looked huge in comparison. Trust me. Or not. Help, how do I turn this thing off, it
Good episode of Outside/In dealing with the problem of how to manage wild horses in the Western US - plenty of overlap with the Australian feral horse problem (mostly colonial mythologising, think Man from Snowy River versus colonial expansion into the Western US).
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3RKYHygUKhPF5ezbqpzdIe?si=89fe547a85194d13
#Kosciuszko #nationalpark is subject to a Wild #Horse Management Plan led by the state government in a bid to reduce wild horse numbers.
There are currently over 18,800 wild horses across the national park, the goal is to reduce #brumby numbers to 3,000 by 2027.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-08/brumby-culling-in-nsw-has-long-fraught-history/102697290
Focus is again on feral horses in the highlands of the eastern states. An estimated 4,000-6,000 wild horses a year would need to be removed in order to protect species at risk of extinction
@melissajmills and for those interested: Aboriginal people named these free-roving Australian horses ‘Brumby’, after steeds owned by farrier Sgt James Brumby were left to roam free after he departed NSW for Tasmania in 1804. #Brumby
Repost from Sunday - Attached is a Four Corners episode that looks at the feral Brumby in Kosciusko National Park. I can’t help but see the parallels between climate change deniers and those who acknowledge climate change. It appears to be the right-wing deniers ignorant to environmental damage and science advocates who can see the destruction.
I for one am with the science advocates
#Brumby #WildHorseWednesday #Kosciuszko #FeralHorses #Australia
Brumby battle: The culture war over Australia’s wild horses, Kosciuszko National Park
Attached is a Four Corners episode that looks at the feral Brumby in Kosciusko National Park. I can’t help but see the parallels between climate change deniers and climate change defenders. It appears to be the right-wing deniers ignorant to environmental damage and the defenders who can see the destruction.
I for one am with the defenders
#Brumby #BrumbySunday #Kosciuszko #FeralHorses
Brumby battle: The culture war over Australia’s wild horses, Kosciuszko National Park
The Perth Mint released an Australian Brumby 1oz Gold Proof Coin in 2022, which with a mintage of 250 is no longer available
#Brumby #BrumbySunday #PerthMint #GoldCoin #Australia
https://www.perthmint.com/shop/collector-coins/coins/australian-brumby-2022-1oz-gold-proof-coin/
Aussie as the Akubra Hat, a Driza-Bone or Blundstone boots the Brumby is iconic to Australia. Considered an introduced pest in many areas, you can’t help but wonder at their majesty
The video Brumby Horse Run Wild gives a great overview of the wild horse in Australia © Sky Visuals 1990
