Back Paddock
Hay, great idea
PEOPLE travelling along the Hamilton highway recently did a double take when they saw a hay bale floating in a dam. Nothing too weird about that surely?
Shear acting brilliance
BOY, we all know everyone needs to be multi-skilled these days but should a shearer be an entertainer as well?
A canon of the hottest
ON the subject of Mary MacKillop, there are many adjectives to describe her but "hot" does not spring to mind.
Our Mary's got it covered
OK. ENOUGH is enough. We've celebrated St Patrick's Day since the Irish first set foot on Australian soil and declared it a good place to escape the rain.
Laughing gear
FLYNN staggered home very late after celebrating St Patrick's Day with his buddy, Paddy.
A little rail humour
FOLLOWING up unusual names, Lindsay Collins said model-railway buffs like to play with the names on the model shops and factories that line their tracks.
Dear Agnes
I'M A farmer but have quite a few city friends who shop at those big discount superstores where the trolleys are the size of Hummers.
A crop at the top
BLIMEY, we all know they're not making any more land - especially in Japan where farmers no longer have to travel into town because they are already there.
MLA turns to Twitter
IT'S incredible what you have to do to get the attention of your Gen-Y consumer these days.




