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Guardian of the dressage gate always ready with a kind word
ABOVE: Les Limpus is a familiar face at the Adelaide Equestrian Festival. Picture: TY MANNING EACH year at the Adelaide Equestrian...

Ty Manning
May 8, 2024


The Clydie cross a policewoman just couldn't leave behind
ABOVE: Tiffany Williams and Toby, captured by Sydney Morning Herald photographer Steven Siewert. THE Clydesdale cross is one of the most...

Fran Cleland
Mar 6, 2024


What goes on inside the curious world of a cat's mind?
TOM came to us for unknown reasons. A stranger in our midst, yes, but feral? He was clearly somebody’s pet but having learned from other...

Simon Eassom
Jun 4, 2023


Story of the stock saddle a ride worth strapping in for
I HAVEN’T enjoyed a book more for ages. I am deep into Wild Ride, The story of the Australian Stock Saddle by Fiona Carruthers and have...

Fran Cleland
Apr 5, 2023


Four lambs! Tale of Queenie the supermum launches new author
SHEEP farmer Suzanne Lewis has just published her first children’s book and had no further to look for something to write about than her...
Dale Webster
Nov 28, 2022


Dogs, gardening and welcoming a new puppy into the family
COLUMN: PEOPLE who love dogs often love gardens, and often, keeping mental peace while loving the two can be fraught. Many people have...
Fran Cleland
Nov 28, 2022


The Master: inside the world of an Olympic showjumper
BOOK REVIEW: OLYMPIC showjumper John Fahey’s memoir, The Master, pulls no punches. It is a great read for any horse lover, even if...
Fran Cleland
Nov 23, 2022


Horses put on the map with our national monument and art trail
TRAVEL: AUSTRALIA is a horse-loving country and we are all familiar with the names that have moved into folklore. Our greatest racehorse...
Fran Cleland
May 31, 2022


'Big Four' banks casting a dangerous shadow
Are cashed-up and bankless towns just watching the money go round and round? CASTERTON, Grenfell, Home Hill, Nathalia and Toukley. Five...
Dale Webster
May 11, 2021


Why I spent a year counting every bank in regional Australia
BACKGROUND I have spent more than a year counting banks. It’s not an introduction to a story I could have foreseen myself writing 12...
Dale Webster
May 11, 2021
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