From personnal correspondence  -  Dec. 2006

 

Spectrum management can lead to other things ...

 

I am still very active with horses, breeding, raising and training as well as looking after other peoples.  But this season is especially tough as we are experiencing the worst drought in a thousand years.  The impact of that is that there is basically no grass growing in any of the paddocks, and no one has any hay for sale, except those few people with an irrigators licence.

 

Australia is quite different from Canada, as few rivers have water running year round, most are dry stream beds for the better part of the year.  Heat, low humidity, and little rain is the general order of the day, but this year is worse.  Fires are also a common occurrence, and quite fierce when they do start.

 

Living on a property of 88 ha (220 acres), I currently manage about 35 horses.  In better seasons, the number can be as high as 75.  The property is about 40 km north of Canberra (the national capital).

 

 You could check out some of the photo’s of the place on www.celticstud.com