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• “It’s starting to blow a bit”

  If I was living in Queensland I’d be starting to wonder who I’d annoyed. After much of the southern part of the state was declared a disaster zone earlier last month thanks to some of the worst flooding ever seen, northern Queensland is now... Posted Feb 02 2011, 08:39 AM by NufSaid Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Travel, Food, Australia, weather, Marty, bananas, barramundi, Queensland, Flooding, Innisfail, Cyclone Yasi, Anna Bligh [Edit Tags]

• The end is nigh

  So this is it. After three countries, 101 days, 41 different towns and cities, seven changes in time zone and more than 100 blog posts, I’m on my way home. I’ve met some amazing people along the way, visited incredible farms and businesses... Posted Jan 20 2011, 11:43 AM by NufSaid Filed under: farming, Nuffield, Travel, farm, Australia, fishing, Grand Prix, flood, Flooding, Tim Tams [Edit Tags]

• Water, water everywhere

  Some more flood photos, this time from a friend of a friend’s farm near Rockhampton, another of the areas to have taken a battering this week: Note the pig on the shed roof on this one: Most of the flood waters have receded now and the clean-up... Posted Jan 15 2011, 11:06 PM by NufSaid Filed under: farming, Food, Australia, Queensland, floods, Flooding, queensland floods, rockhampton [Edit Tags]

• I’ve had a go at describing what the floods are like over in Queensland, but this email I received today from past Nuffield scholar Ronald Thompson gives a better impression of what farmers are going through over in the worst-hit areas. Ronald farms... Posted Jan 14 2011, 11:38 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Food, Australia, Queensland, floods, Flooding, queensland floods [Edit Tags]

• Floody hell

  I’ve mentioned the rain and floods several times over the past few weeks and months, but things have started to get scary over here in Australia. This is Toowoomba, where I drove through in December: Over the past couple of days, Toowoomba has received... Posted Jan 12 2011, 01:02 PM by NufSaid Filed under: farming, Travel, Food, Australia, rain, Queensland, Brisbane, toowoomba, floods, Flooding [Edit Tags]