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Social media users looking for the perfect shot put on notice by nervous farmers as canola crops bloom.
Western Australia produces about 40 per cent of Australia’s canola crop, almost 3 million tonnes per year. The Department’s grains biosecurity officer Jeff Russell says the stunning crops always attract tourists keen to snap a photo.
But Mr Russell warned while it might seem harmless to quickly walk into a paddock for a photo, not only was it trespassing, it created a biosecurity risk to spread pests and disease.
He urged tourists to take photos from the fence line.
The Queen once told Mail cartoonist Mac she loved seeing her corgis in his sketches.
She liked this one about precautions after an anthrax scare so much, she acquired the 1996 original.
Who will get the Queen’s corgis?
Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, will take care of two of the dogs at Windsor Estate, west of London, according to the BBC.
The pair, who live together despite being divorced, will take on Muick and Sandy, two young corgis they gave to the Queen as a gift last year.
The Queen is also survived by a dorgi (dachshund-corgi mix) named Candy and a cocker spaniel named Lissy. It’s not clear who will look after these two.
Queen Elizabeth II sent a tier of her wedding cake to Australia in 1947. Who ate it?
The four-tier wedding cake of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten stood 2.7 metres high, weighed 220 kilograms and was decorated with ornate scenes from the future Queen’s life.
When the November 20, 1947 wedding took place, severe food rationing was still in place in Britain.
The ingredients for the towering masterpiece were sent from across the British Empire — earning it the “10,000-mile cake” nickname. It had butter from New Zealand, flour from Canada, rum from Jamaica, sugar from Barbados, a little brandy from South Africa.
The Australian Girl Guides, who counted Elizabeth as an active member, also chipped in.
They provided the dried fruit for the cake — including close to 30kg of sultanas, 6kg of currants and 5kg of crystallised cherries. All up, they shipped seven crates of produce on August 13, 1947. The stockpile was delivered to the cake’s bakers, McVitie and Price, in England.
After the wedding, in which two former Guides served as bridesmaids, the happy couple sent a tier back to Australia as a way of saying thanks. It was divvied up between Girl Guides branches in each state.
So Happy
Haven’t seen any bees in my garden for a few years now but this morning was overjoyed to see large numbers of both native and honey bees buzzing my pink azalea.
The RMS Queen Elizabeth pulling into New York with service men returning home after the end of World War 2 in 1945.
A truly amazing photo.
WHO IS THE GARTER KING OF ARMS?
The Garter King of Arms is the senior King of Arms, the highest rank of an officer of arms. Since 1415, the Garter has been the principal adviser to the sovereign of the United Kingdom with respect to flag-flying, ceremony and heraldry – which encompasses the design and display of coats of arms, badges and mottoes. His seal and signature appear on all grants and arms made by the College of Arms.
On the death of the British monarch it is the Garter’s duty to announce the new monarch. The current Garter King of Arms is David White.
All the best to King Charles III ruling in turbulent times on many fronts including his own family ructions, economic pressures in the UK and global tensions. Hope his mother’s legacy of calm, wisdom and dedication serves him well.
