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Toogong


Toogong turned out to be a small town.  There is lots of ploughing going on at this time of year.

I've added Toogong to 100 Towns.

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  1. MartinaMay 30, 2012 at 7:23 AM

    The blue truck (? not sure what it is) hidden behind the tree is nice. Kind of an eye catcher to me. The plough in the front looks like a big caterpillar, ;-)

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  2. UnknownMay 30, 2012 at 11:48 PM

    Joan, I love the names I read on your blog! :-)

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    1. Joan ElizabethJune 2, 2012 at 5:54 PM

      I like them too, that's part of the fun of visiting these out of way places. Many of the names derive from the aboriginal place names. Other than that they typically were names harking back to the 'old country' wherever that was for the early settlers ... England, Ireland, Germany.

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  3. JulieJune 2, 2012 at 7:37 AM

    I don't suppose this is a 'scarifier', is it? I think a scarifier has prongs rather than blades. That is a lot of blade-power, but the plough itself hardly looks modern.

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    1. Joan ElizabethJune 2, 2012 at 5:58 PM

      Scarifiers have prongs. This is a plough. I agree it doesn't look all the modern but not sure they need to be ... has ploughing changed all that much other than what pulls it along? Though I believe no-till farming is catching on these days as a way of managing land better.

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  4. JulieJune 2, 2012 at 9:42 PM

    Yes, I have seen stuff on the tele about no-till farming. By that crazy bloke beloved by Australian Story.

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