Comments by "Goatcha" (@Goatcha_M) on "American Reacts to Single Australian Farm That’s Bigger Than 49 Countries" video.

  1. My dad was a stockman at Alexandria Station back when it was 11,000 square miles and the biggest farm in the world. Before most of it had to get sold off because of a law restricting the amount of foreign ownership of Australian land was introduced. And back then they still used horses almost exclusively, it was long before helicopter herding.
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  2. The Australia Pastoral Lease system has been in place almost since the beginning. Squatters could Lease as much land as they wanted for $1 pound for a 99 year lease as long as they 'improved the land', was a big deal in the 70s-90s when a lot of the leases were up for renewal, but mostly they got continued, apart from the land that got returned due to Mabo. Its technically government owned, but in real terms the squatters own it. Its more secure than for example Chinese housing where the leases end after 25 years. God, every statement has to have a thousand caveats, history is complicated, but in real terms, they own the land. 44% of Australia's land is held under Pastoral Leases. Even Avalon Airport is under a similar arrangement, technically owned by the Department of Defence, but really owned by Lindsey Fox.
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  3. Lake Eyre is pronounced Lake Air.
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  4. I'm still waiting got the Ultimate Grand Tour special, where they take 3 old rockers from Cooktown to Broome. 24 years and they have been to Australia once, and didn't do anything outside of a quarry race that could have been held anywhere. .
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