Who said anything about a different political country, there's a 200klm geographical reality that sets Tas apart for Aus called Bass Strait, it happens to separate two islands and there's historical geological facts which separate the two islands, going back millions of years. Tasmania is part of the Australian commonwealth, an ideological and political illusion, not part of the Australian continent. If you live on Bruny, King or Flinders island, to locals the mainland is Tas, not Aus and to many Tasmanians the big island above us is a separate entity, which is a historical and geographical fact.T1 Terry wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 10:10 am So, who cut the ties that made Tassie a different country, even when I lived there over 40 yrs back, it was referred to as the "Mainland" or the north island, the locals got offended when anyone referred to it as Australia when visiting, my Nanna got a gentle dressing down for it once ..... had difficulty holding the laugh in, she loved Australia but was still very British, so one of the "colonists" having the audacity to correct her was well worth the mumbling afterwards
T1 Terry
Many Tasmanians state they are going to Aus for a holiday, shopping or watch the footy or to a certain state, it's a common expression especially coming from those who have long ancestral ties here. Until a couple of hundred years ago and for many thousands of years, there was no contact between the two islands and Tas is treated very differently to other states by the commonwealth, even to the point where we are left off maps and left out of many other things and classed as irrelevant.
If you were to ask many Tasmanians if they would like to be independent from Aus they would answer yes, but we all know the reality of that situation simply because we have the bizarre situation of the deranged ancient political system and those running it, who couldn't run a deserted dunny in the middle of the desert but are kept in power by corporate world donations. Plus the undeniable fact who the hell would you get to run Aus or Tas, when just about all those just happen to be overeducated drop kicks who don't have a clue about life, just spent their life in school rooms or offices and have no idea about real life or what makes it work. Along with their Insane ideological beliefs far removed from the reality of the world.
There's a big difference between how real Tasmanians talk to each other and how they talk to people from Aus, or recent blow ins who think they know better and see us as dumb second class citizens. But this island is pretty self sufficient in many ways and if we had decent politicians, that would be easily seen and we could could contribute much more to the commonwealth than presently. You can buy fresh produce around Tas all year round, not old stuff trucked hundreds if not thousands of Klms from heavily polluted farms. Most growers here don't use chemicals and we have a reputation for having great fresh wholesome food. But those stuck with just coles, woolworths and multinational rip off merchants, don't get that opportunity of having a big variety of really good food available all year round.
We spend over a billion dollars a year importing diesel fuels, when we could be providing seed oil fuels which would drive our farming system and keep a hell of a lot of money here, whilst we transitioning away from fossil fuels. As well as provide lubricants, plastics and many other commodities without the associated pollution and waste off fossil fuels. We are also self sufficient in electrical energy, it's just that the fools send a lot of it to Aus thinking they are making a profit, when the economic facts reveal the opposite.
Yesterday turned out to be nice and calm with just a couple of showers, so went for a bike ride after the local Market. Today about to leave for a surf at the neck and then have to do come slashing if the paddocks have dried out enough, but the bottom paddocks will take at least week to dry out. Then do some work on one of the shed roofs which holds the 1000lt cubbies of filtered oil and suffered during the last bout of windy weather. So a full day ahead, which is much better than sitting round watching the rain and wind increase the work load.
Have a lovely day everyone and hope the ailing are feeling better about the road ahead.
the ground under it gets a bit saturated in heavy rain. My daughter's little van is in the motorhomes spot under the shade shed.