Gascoyne River Flooding

Hi The Rambler,

We actually lived at the junction for a couple of years in the 70s,

had some great times there including plenty of (private) after hours parties.

regards dave.

About the last thing I'd worry about in the current scenario are the bloody goats.

Cheers.

The goats are the lifeblood of many drought affected stations nowadays

Thank you Fisho 64 as that was exactly what was supporting the bad times on the station where I was--Ionly shot the goats that were too hard to muster.Maybe John Baas should spend a bit more time in the bush!

thanks Rambler-the downside is that rec shooters like myself cant get a look in any more!

But still, many stations would be shagged now if not for the good prices received, incidentally goat is the worlds most eaten red meat.

'struth. If I spent anymore time in the bush someone near and dear to me would sue for divorce!

I'm more than happy to monster a portion of capretto. However, I just don't happen to think that the price should be so high as to impact disastrously on rangeland biodiversity as is what's happening in the Murchison/Gascoyne.

Many of those leases should never have been allocated in the first place. If goats are all that's keeping them going, we taxpayers should buy out the leases and rehabilitate them and then convert them to conservation reserves. :-)

Cheers.

Im with John

ive seen stations with their rangelands decimated by goats as thick as mice plagues

the owners dont allow shooting and they rarely muster preferring to make their money from secondary industries servicing mines and exploration on thier leases

Onya Davoe!

Cheers.

fair enough comments, but one of you is talking about station owners harvesting goats and the other about station owners not harvesting goats.....?

Also, Im not sure that there is much mining activity going on in the region we are talking about is there (Gascoyne Junction)?

Yair Fisho. It's a bit of a vexed question to be honest.

Because even if the leases were purchased for conservation, I really can't see DEC having the resources to cull them effectively. So we're back to harvesting strategies of some sort to minimise the numbers.

Cheers.

Nice place for a stop over. Spent a couple of nights camped on the front lawn a few years ago. The mum was doing the cooking and produced some wonderful meals.

The place was full with transport drivers, pipeline workers and telecom blokes all producing some great tales over a few drinks.