Photo Galleries

Weather Bureau Calendar for 2009

A year to reflect on nature's beauty


Our precious waterways.

With our water becoming more and more precious, here is a gallery of some of our waterways.


Ash Wednesday

Images of Ash Wednesday

Victorians will be hoping they do not have to relive the tragedy of 1983's Ash Wednesday bushfires when temperatures skyrocket this weekend.


Wild Riverina dust storm

Riverina dust storm

A wild dust storm, with 100kph winds, hit the Riverina, turning day to night. See from this Carrathool homestead. Albury was also a victim of widespread dust.


Weather - cold

Sheep under snow, misty valleys and frosty barbed wire.


Weather - clouds

Spectacular cloud formations.


Weather - rainbows

Rainbows are one of the more spectacular and colourful aspects of our weather.


Weather - lightning

Electrical storms around Australia.


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Master Builders Regional Awards - North West

Master Builders Regional Awards - North West


Master Builders Regional Awards - South West

Master Builders Regional Awards - South West


Master Builders Regional Awards - North East

Master Builders Regional Awards - North East


Horses under the hammer

Pictures from the Inglis weanling sales at Oaklands.


Mt. Nicholas station, NZ.

Mt. Nicholas sheep station in Queenstown, NZ boasts over 40,000ha, 25,000 merino sheep, 2,500 hereford cattle and some of the best scenic views one could hope for.


SouthernMerino Breeders Field Days

Not many tyre- kickers, but some serious sheep people turned out for the Southern Merino Breeders' Field Days.


Wine with winning ways.

Growing in surroundings like these you would think that a grape would be happy to produce an award winning wine, as was the case for Mayford Wines, Porepunkah.


Wodonga annual weaner sale

See the action at the Wodonga annual blue ribbon weaner sale on January 2, which heralds the official start of the summer calf sales.


Western District calf sale

Local buyers had the greatest influence on the opening Western District calf sale at Hamilton, Victoria.


Youth Day at Int'l Dairy Week

Take a look at the goings- on in Tatura, Victoria, as International Dairy Week fires up for 2009.


Te Mania's final bow.

Te Mania has had it's final sale at Colac and now moves to a new location at Mortlake.


Grampians Lavender Patch

Grampians Lavender at Pomonal ismore than just a purple patch.


Sheepish scenes

Beautiful images of sheep dotting the landscape in Australia and New Zealand.


Merino sheep

Images of perhaps the most iconic Australian sheep, the Merino.


White Suffolk

Images of White Suffolk stud sheep.


Australian Grand Dairy Awards

Australian Grand Dairy Awards


Stud bulls

Images of stud bulls.


Big day out for South Boorook

South Boorook Hereford bulls were in demand at the stud's 54th annual sale in Mortlake, Victoria.


A Good Bet

A well- known Maldon thoroughbred breeding propery - Trevenson Park - hits the market.


High country weaner sale

High hopes for high country weaners at Omeo and Benambra.


Brazil's bean bonanza

Workers harvest soybeans at a farm in Tangara da Serra, Mato Grosso state in western Brazil. Brazil's 2008/9 soybean production is estimated to be 57.2 million tonnes.


Melbourne Show beef cattle

It's the time of year when beef cattle of all persuasions get together to face their judges.


Young Agriculture Professionals have a ball

More than 100 young people from across Victoria had a big night out at the VFF Young Agribusiness Professionals Country Corporate Ball at the Melbourne Showgrounds last Friday night.


Share Dairy Farmer Of The Year 2008

Pictures of the winners and finalists of the Share Dairy Farmer Of The Year 2008.


Showy sheep on parade.

Showy sheep on parade at this year's Melbourne Show.


Dairy cattle

Dairy cattle


Royal Melbourne Show - dairy judging.

Dairy breeds looking their best faced the judges at this year's Melbourne Show.


Easy as Patties Pies

Patties Pies uses a staggering 154 tonnes of meat to make its famous pies every week. See how they're made!


Australian Wool Innovation

Australian Wool Innovation's new Merino Touch "Intimates" range