Haystacks and Sea Lions 81008.37 rocks at Pt Labatt

Haystacks and Sea Lions

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August 10th 2019
A Scottish agriculturalist once advocated the use of harrowing to produce copious good quality fodder and when he saw in the distance some large haystacks he deduced that this particular farmer - a Mr Murphy – had indeed been harrowing as the stacks were so large. Closer inspection of the haystacks revealed they were in fact granite stones. Henceforth they were known, tongue in cheek, as Murphyâ ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more