1/34Commercial Eel Fisher Brad Finlayson of Tasmanian Eel Exporters harvests eels at Moriarty
Four decades of Tas Country
For four decades Tasmanian Country has been the rural voice of the state, showcasing the hard work our primary producers do. This fond farewell shows some of the best moments captured on the land >>
2/34Fair Dinkum Food campaign farmers protest rally at Devonport campaign co-ordinator Richard Bovill with the tractor convoy at Devonport on its way to Canberra
3/34Fair Dinkum Food Campaign Rally in Melbourne, rally coordinator Richard Bovill leads the tractor convoy into Melbourne
4/34Dairy farmer Gary Watson on his property at Lileah. PICTURE CHRIS KIDD
5/34Dairy farmer Ellie Howe amongst the herd at Caveside
6/34Fair Dinkum Food Campaign Rally, tractors line the streets of Ballarat
7/34Young dairy farmer of the year Mark Griffin of Moltema
8/34Fair Dinkum Food Campaign Rally in Canberra, tractors at Parliament House
9/34Flowerdale dairy farmer Travis Dick
10/34Fair Dinkum Food Campaign Rally in Canberra, National MP Bob Katter (please check spelling) at the rally
11/34Cattle handler Bridie Duff 10 of the Sheffield District School with Petra, Glen View Murray Grey of Paradise at the Sheffield School Show. PICTURE CHRIS KIDD
12/34Published page 3, 25/03/17, TasWeekend. Mount Roland Free Range owners Phillip and Angela Glover amongst their free range chickens at Roland. Picture Chris Kidd
13/34Brian Fish with his bullock team on the return from Robbins Island. PICTURE CHRIS KIDD
14/34Mount Roland from Kindred
15/34Tom Green of The Glen farm amongst flowering poppies at Cressy. PICTURE CHRIS KIDD
16/34Tassie Town Kindred, farmland and Mount Roland
17/34At home, Bob Cherry with his Delphiniums . PICTURE CHRIS KIDD
18/34(L-R) Belinda Jones and Claire Harman 12 both of Yolla hang onto the Junior Ram Interbreed champion at the Burnie Show. Picture Chris Kidd
19/34Apiarist Lindsay while collecting bees to export to Canada from the Tasmanian West Coast
20/342011 Burnie Agricultural Show, the horse and antique carriage display went horribly wrong after the horse was spooked by a noise, the driver pulls on the reins and the girl passenger holds on tight
21/34Bee pollinating flower
22/34Mixed farmer Mike Badcock irrigates carrots at Forth
23/34Protest Rally at Devonport by dairy farmers against multi-national milk processor National Foods, rally organiser Richard Bovill pours mud out of a Pura milk carton to demonstrate a point while speaking at the rally
24/34Fair Dinkum Food Campaigner Richard Bovill works on his farm at Don planting lettuces
25/34Warren Purton ploughs a paddock with clydesdales (working horses) at Mount Hicks. PICTURE CHRIS KIDD
26/34Fair Dinkum Food Campaign Rally in Canberra, Tassie tractors head to the tractor muster point prior to the start of the rally
27/34Fair Dinkum Food Campaign Rally, the rally in Ballarat
28/34Fair Dinkum Food Campaign Rally, campaign tractors on the way from the Ballarat Showgrounds into the city
29/34Fair Dinkum Food Campaign Rally in Melbourne, Victorian Vegetable Growers chief Luis Gazzola greets Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon at the the rally at Parliament House Victoria
30/34Fair Dinkum Food campaign farmers protest rally at Devonport convoy heads to the Spirit of Tasmania terminal
31/34Geese at Sheffield in the foothills of Mount Roland. PICTURE CHRIS KIDD
32/34Art Sculpture Poppy Memorial by artist Peter Hjort at Devonport Portrait Poppy industry pioneer Stephen King admiring the memorial which consists of seven copper poppies and is attributed to his nineteen years of work to establish the poppy industry in Tasmania
33/34Prime Minister Scott Morrison during his speech at the Burnie Show. PICTURE CHRIS KIDD
34/34Fair Dinkum Food campaign farmers protest rally at Devonport part of the tractor cavalcade cruise past a McDonald's food outlet
Milk record broken as industry shines
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It’s the people who make the paper
After four decades, the last edition of Tasmanian Country will be arriving in mailboxes across the state today.
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