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Les Kossatz shows Hard Slide

Wed, 7 Jan 2009 02:00:00 EST

OH NO, not another case for some bleating from animal rights activists about the maltreatment of sheep.

Forget juice, beer is healthy

Wed, 7 Jan 2009 02:00:00 EST

BACK Paddock always knew barbecues and beer were good for you.

Stray bulls looking for home or BBQ

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:46:00 EST

The Mackay animal pound in north Queensland is looking for someone planning a very big barbecue.

Bulls may stray on to a big barbie

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:17:00 EST

THE Mackay animal pound in north Queensland is looking for someone planning a very big barbecue.

10,000kg bread baked for Mexican fiesta

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:46:00 EST

A HUGE, 10,000 kilogram bread has been readied for the traditional Magi party that sees thousands of Mexican families coming together to celebrate with food and gifts for children.

Hog's Breath raises the steaks

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 09:06:00 EST

IT'S the mammoth meat competition to test the hungriest of carnivores.

Ugandan gives birth over Canadian air space

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:29:00 EST

A UGANDAN woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl on a plane from Amsterdam to Boston while flying over Canadian airspace, making the child eligible for Canadian citizenship, US media reports.

Customs probe flushes cheap imports

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 09:50:00 EST

IMPORTED toilet paper will cost Australians more following a 12-month Australian Customs Service investigation.

Miller is all hut up

Thu, 1 Jan 2009 02:00:00 EST

GEORGE Miller takes this year's Dummy Spit of the Year Award in the 2008 Back Paddock Black Stump Awards.

1978 Cabinet considered beef for Alfas deal

Thu, 1 Jan 2009 02:00:00 EST

OF ALL the weird trade deals in Australia's long mercantile history, probably none came close to the 1978 scheme to swap 7,000 tonnes of Aussie beef and offal for 2,000 Alfa Romeo cars.

Campers restrain wild alligator

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:08:00 EST

CAMPERS have restrained an alligator after finding it wandering near their tents, far from its natural habitat.

Britain hunting lovelorn beaver

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:00:00 EST

There's a gnawing problem in the British countryside - a giant beaver on the loose, wreaking havoc in southwest England.

Tall-poppy or puppy syndrome?

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:00:00 EST

THE Casterton Kelpie Muster committee takes this year's Killjoy Award in the 2008 Back Paddock Black Stump Awards.

Black Stump wackers, wallys and weirdos

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:00:00 EST

WELCOME to the 2008 Back Paddock Black Stump awards, our glittering celebration of the best, the worst and the weirdest in rural Australia.

World's oldest sheep beats the chop

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:10:00 EST

HE'S toothless and shaky in the shank, but Lucky is now the world's oldest sheep after outliving a woolly rival.