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Thanks! Certainly miss Dad and my Uncles now.. that's for sure.. just glad we could capture the story in time! Thanks.

Thanks for the comment.. great to hear the stories of other creative solutions! I'm pretty sure the brothers had a twin City at one point too.. but just in conventional mode. Thanks for sharing the story.. Pulling three combines would have been an impressive sight!

Thanks Jeff.. there's certainly a bunch of things in the video they'd get' hauled over the coals' for now! (as Dad would say;)

@@kelvinnwosa6885 In the farming world it's all got very big and almost corporate, they simply couldn't justify the time to be making all these custom modifications etc. now. It's why I think that was quite a golden era, when farms were a lot smaller, the individual farmers had to be quite creative and inventive. Thanks for the comment!

@@MatthewPolack in Africa and most of the global south, there has been a war to subjugate enterprise and talent by causing finance shortages, opportunity scarcity and every young person thinks about getting a job nothing more. Now the young people want to make money to purchase leisure things created by the west without working for it as it should. Africa will be industrialized against every effort to make it impossible. Africa will create its own technology, finance, system estranged from the west. They will lose control over the industrialization drive in Africa. It's happening. You will see mega clean coal plants built all over Africa. You will see steel produced in large quantities in Africa. You will see production of tractors, machines outside of the west's grip. Africa will create its own finance to clear the path for its greatness. It will not be denied by their petty debt traps. They will see a new Africa. Mark my words

Yeah I think that was the Doe. A lot of people commented on that in the original double header videos..the brothers didn't know too much about those though...it was more hearing about other farmers engineering solutions locally that got their attention. (You'll see an interview with Vern in the other video where he talks about the idea from seeing something in a Power farming magazine.) Thanks for the comment!

Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment.. much appreciated!

Hi there, greetings from Australia! We were over your way a few years ago.. loved singing 'Country Roads' like probably most other tourists whilst checking out the beautiful sights! So 'bush' is a term we use in Australia for a more wooded, forested, wilderness type area.. eg. 'We're going out bush'.. so Dad and his brothers called it that because compared to our area in the Wimmera there was just a lot more bush.. hence the clearing of it. Thanks!

Thanks 'Paul the rock hound'...love yoiur name!! :)

Thanks mate.. I certainly remember as a kid the flies, and the heat, no air con on the header.. Long days Etc.. As Dad would just keep going.. They certainly were as tough as nails! Thanks.

Thanks for the kind words and thoughtful comment...am certainly glad we had the commentary from Dad back in 2001...then the interview with Clarrie too...certainly helps bring the footage alive. Thank you for the encouragement!

Thank you...appreciate that. Glad it brought back a few memories from up in Qld. Treasure the time with your Dad too...if you get a chance maybe try to interview him a bit...I'm sure he'd have some great stories to share! Thanks!

Thank you too for the support!

Thanks! They weren't as worried about safety as today that's for sure!

Thanks for comment.. Dad was amazed to see the regrowth when he went back.. it certainly did freshen up! Glad it brought back a few memories! Thanks.

Thanks! I'm so glad I got back to Kingston in 2022 with Mum and Dad.. we lost Mum this week too now.. will always treasure that trip we did back to Kingston.. special memories. Thanks! (PS Our family loves the stopover at the bakery there in Bordertown!)

Thanks for the comment mate...just said goodbye to my Mum as she stepped into eternity this week too...you can here her voice briefly at one point...it is indeed quite sad saying goodbye to so many from that generation that taught us all how to work hard, and make the most of what they had..and of course just miss my Mum. Thanks for your interest and support!

Thanks Simon, that is very kind....am certainly very thankful for my Dad and uncles and what we learned from them and the generation. Thank you.

Thanks for the very kind words...much appreciated...I'm glad the story had an impact. Thank you!

Thank you! Appreciate that! Greetings to you too:)

I wonder have you had any experience with wire tied bales.. or have you ever seen one

Thanks for the comment.. it certainly looks like a massive amount of work! I'm amazed they also had the presence of mind to capture all that footage while simultaneously working. That farm and their times there had a special place in the heart. Glad you've still got the block.. I went into education, but still get a bit nostalgic for those years out there with Dad.Thanks!

Thanks mate..there's a lot of that stuff they wouldn't be allowed to do anymore! Driving down the road with an oversize tractor hanging over the edge, held down by a cement post being one!! Not to mention probably clearing all that scrub!

@@MatthewPolack cheers for the video, it is heart moving to see how much has changed through the years. You are absolutely correct, we can’t even fart side ways now with out some sort of permit.

Thanks for that.. we loved our trip to Canada a few years back with family! Beautiful place!

Thanks mate.. I wasn't even sure whether people would be interested to watch this or not when I was working away on it. but did want to make sure this was preserved and not left sitting on tapes/hard drives... has been nice to see people still care and take an interest! Thank you!

Thanks for that.. sounds like you remember that era well!?

@@MatthewPolack seeing your dad just reminded me of my dad...and growing up on the farm...it was just a 40 acre hobby farm...but it was great..I'm 58 now..

@@allandoyle3555 Thanks for sharing! It was a great generation with an example of how to work hard but still value some of the important things. Glad you can remember your Dad and those times.

He certainly did a great job with the commentary.. we had no idea at the time there would even be a way we could share it with people around the world. Yes I played the piano there.. it's called 'Kadles song'.. A version of what I played for Kate as a song she could walk down the aisle with. Thanks Riki!

Thanks for that.. glad you enjoyed it. There's still a bit of music, but it's very subtle.. that was one of my big learning curves from the double header video.. was very conscious of not drowning this story.. while still keeping a bit in there for mood.. But hardly anything when people talking.. My learning reflection is if music is doing it's job it enhances the story and is barely noticed.. so am glad that seems to have worked! Thanks for comment!

Glad you enjoyed it.. thanks for the comment!

Certainly a different time now.. even when I grew up in the 70s there were farmers on just about every corner.. lots of community.. football teams.. etc. I think in many ways those years in the 50s to 80s were a great era.. where they had the tractors and gear.. but it didn't get bigger than Ben Hur!

Hi there mate. Thanks for the message. I love hearing from people on the other side of the world that resonate with similar stories! We did a trip to the States with the family a few years back and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves...would like to see more of the country. I remember Dad also talking about an Allis Chalmers..I'm not sure if they had one too at one stage. I've got a heap more interview footage of him telling the entire story from the horse era through to the tractors...so will keep my ear out as I go through it all again. All those tractors are quite the classics now! Glad you've still got it running and it isn't just rusting like a few end up doing! Thanks for the message!

Yes.. that's correct.. Aunty Bertha! She was the sister of Alma.. Who you briefly see walking with Ivan in the video. That's another whole story on that side of the family! Did you know her?

@@MatthewPolack yes Bertha lived next door in cromie Street, Bertha was a very good cook. I remember Ivan well, he was a good person and often visited Bertha. I was only very young at the time.

Thanks mate.. I think I can guess who this mystery poster is!! Thanks.. appreciate the kind wordst! Think you might have just earned one of the 'encourager of the day' RUclips badges! Likewise looking forward to seeing where 'talkingthewalk' will end up on his journeys into open spaces;) Thanks mate!

Thanks for sharing in the journey. Appreciate the time taken to look at it and then comment too. Thank you!

Thanks for that.. they certainly knew how to work.. and take on new challenges!

Thank you! Appreciate the kind words and encouragement! Thanks.. greetings to you there!

That's great.. I didn't know that had that name.. it's been interesting with some of these videos to hear about the similar gear people have. Thanks!

Thanks for that! Yeah Dad was great at chatting with anyone..he seemed to know everyone or at least some family connection in the Wimmera...so possibly would have known your Dad. He was a shire councillor, so got around in the community a lot. Thanks for the kind words...sorry for your loss...I still miss Dad and just having him pick up the phone and chat away with a word of encouragement etc..."We're praying for you Matt" he'd say...thanks!

Thanks! Really appreciate the support.. it genuinely encourages me to make more... So thank you too!

Thanks for the kind words.. glad you enjoyed the film. It means a lot after all the hours and hours trying to bring all the story together into a cohesive story. Dad would talk a bit about the soldier settler era.. which was the world he grew up in, as farmers all over carved out a life. Your grandfather certainly would have had some historic tales to tell too! Thanks for the comment!

@@MatthewPolack pop never talked about the war. He was in the airforce setting all of the communications up, putting up the towers and stuff like that. I’m unsure if he was ever on the front line fighting. His service gun used to be sitting on the shed wall when I was young and I would always play with it and after the Martin Bryant massacre it disappeared. My uncle had gone to Adelaide and owned a small truck and worked as a taxi truck driver. Pop gave him an ultimatum to come back to KI and work on the farm or he would sell the farm. Well pop sold the farm. I was living in Kingston SE about 16 years ago when we moved to Lucindale. I recently sold my house in Kingston and moved to Naracoorte. How long ago did your father sell the Kingston farm?

@@paraplegicbradleyschubert1328 They sold the Kingston farm in around 1974 or so..I think Dad mentions the exact date somewhere in the video. Really their major focus was on the farm up near Dimboola....which Dad only sold in around 2000..he probably would have liked me to stay on the farm...I got into teaching and computers and video cameras etc! The Kingston farm was really a side project and a bit of adventure...it certainly brought a lot of memories and some great footage! They did such a great job essentially capturing the heart of the story all those years ago..with a very simple camera by today's standards..mind you there is something about the organic nature of the footage that digital cameras don't quite capture! Thanks for sharing a bit of the story of your pop..I think that is one thing that comes out through the various comments in the videos...there are so many stories out there! Lives lived...and we don't always even know what things have remained a little hidden with the passage of time. Thanks for the comment! Nice to have someone that knows the Kingston area! I'm so glad we got down there in what turned out to be Dad's last year!

Thanks again for all the comments mate... Yeah the Husky probably needs the carby cleaned or maybe the fuel is indeed dirty. Since buying the Ego I just don't bother with ithe petrol chainsaw anymore.. Let me know how you get on with the Ego. I wasn't sponsored by them or anything.. ended up making that video a bit spontaneously at the time when I first got the saw. I have genuinely continued to have a very good run with it.. main thing is making sure I have chains sharpened. Hope it goes well for you! I really must sell the petrol saw.. just don't need it anymore!

Thanks for that... They have an annual Easter rally which is a great time to go! Thanks for watching the videos!

Thanks for the thoughts. I'm sorry you lost your Dad at 64...if Dad would have died then I wouldn't have been able to capture most of his story. I'm sorry you didn't get to spend those extra years with him..but there is a life to come...