Animated Knots by Grog

I am so impressed by this site, Animated Knots by Grog, I've put a permanent link to it on the sidebar.

Be sure to read 'The Grog Story' here.

Update: Found another great site for fishing, rigging and equestrian knots in 'Andy's World of Knots' at Marinews ... down the page a bit.

Horse Quotes

• To err is human, to blame the horse is even more human.

• A Horseman should know neither fear, nor anger.

• The most wonderful thing about riding, is getting off and knowing you've both enjoyed it.

• A stubborn horse walks behind you, an impatient horse walks in front of you, but a noble companion walks beside you.

• Care, and not fine stables, makes a good horse.

• Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly!

• The horse stopped with a jerk, and the jerk fell off.

• When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.

• I have seen things so beautiful, they have brought tears to my eyes. Yet, none of them can match the gracefulness and beauty of a horse running free.

• The horse you get off is not the same as the horse you got on; it is your job as a rider to ensure that as often as possible the change is for the better.

• All horses deserve - at least once in their lives - to be loved by a little girl.

• If you take the time it takes, it will take less time.

• Horse's need a strong leader, not a rough and tough leader

• A poor craftsman blames his tools; A poor horseman blames his horse.

• In tug-of-war, the dumber animal always wins.

• Ask not what your horse can do for you - Ask what you can do for your horse.

• A young trooper should have an old horse.

• No one can teach riding so well as a horse.

More from Think Like A Horse .

Country Calender

When the TV crew rang Dick to ask if they could come on the cattle muster and film it for Country Calender, they asked if they needed to pay for accommodation and food. Dick answered, "No. You bring the beer and we'll bring the tucker!"

And that's what they did!

It was a great muster, enlivened by heaps of raucous hilarity in the huts at night.

It's a real shame they had to edit 8 1/2 hours of video down to 22 minutes for the program.

On the next episode, screening June 20 at 7pm on TV ONE:

While most eight-year-olds pester their parents for a new toy, a trip to the movies or a digital device, Mount White Station's Mark Smith had a different birthday present in mind.

Mark was desperate to take his pony on the Canterbury high country station's annual cattle muster - and when he got his wish, a Country Calendar crew went with him.

According to his dad, station manager Richard Smith, the youngster had been pleading for over a year to join him and the other stockmen on the four-day muster.

Read more and check out the links at the bottom of the page.

See it here.

Spot the WebWrat.

Cains Camp

Cains Camp, situated on the east side of the Esk River. The only hut on the Station that you can't drive to .... a lovely spot.

About a year ago, Richard, the manager of the Station and I walked up to Cains Camp and spent a day cutting and clearing scrub for an airstrip. Cutting the scrub was only part of the job as the ground was very rough with humps and holes and it needed to be leveled before we could land the Station Auster on it without ripping it's little wheels off. After a year, we hadn't got around to it, though Richard had had an old wheel barrow and shovel dropped off there by a visiting helicopter in preparation for the big job.

Early this year my mate, Muz, from the Coast rang and suggested we go to the Station for a hunt this 'roar'. I said, "That's a bloody good idea, we could go to Cains Camp and you can go hunting and I'll fix the strip."

For five days we had a great time. Muz went for hunts in the mornings and evenings and helped me during the day.

On the morning we were to leave, we woke up to six inches of snow on the ground.

Poulter River

A post inspired by Oswald Bastable's photo of Lake Minchin.

A couple of months ago, Henry and I got sent up the Poulter to spend a night in the Turnbull Biv and then muster cows out the next day.

Looking up the Poulter. Lake Minchin is in the distant valley at left. Turnbull Biv is on top of the terrace on the right.

Interesting Shot

An interesting shot from the fall muster '08. I thought we were going to get a wet arse, but it didn't come to anything.

Shearing Muster 2007