For any of the Aussies living the dream in a rural community, spare a thought for Victorian farmers who need to cross the border to feed animals.

A lot of farmers diversified to having farms in different area's to compensate seasonal conditions.

Spreading the risk certainly has a whole new meaning now and a lot of red tape to go with it.

Would be easier to roll the bails into the Murray river and have a mate on the other side pull em out put a bit further down stream.  

There is no end to human stupidity. 

2 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

Would be easier to roll the bails into the Murray river and have a mate on the other side pull em out put a bit further down stream.  

Any water in the Murray these days?

Good idea all the same.

Look at what needed to happen. 43 tonne of hay had to be trucked a few hundred Kilometres at worst. A few hours of a guy/guys driving truck/trucks, wouldn't need to stop for a <deleted> and be completely isolated in his cab. Delivery made to a property remote from everywhere. NO RISK. If DictatorDan etc had some sexually motived need to feel in control than track the truck with GPS via the drivers phone and zap him if the truck stopped. 

Where this went wrong was some plebe in government who is paid 6 figures but knows "F'all" about farming or the cost of taking a slash dreamed up the "required" method of feeding 1500 sheep. The reason these f'wits are employed is a mystery to me.