Rob Reacts to... Making an Australian Akubra Hat
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30 yrs ago I was lucky enough to buy myself a akubra hat and it is one of my prized possession. That was fascinating to watch and learn. Great video Rob.
I got mine 30 years ago as well… it’s too good to ware every day. Still looks brand new, because I ware a cheap K-Mart hat.
For the Australian citizenship test you have to be wearing a full length Drizabone, an Akubra hat, and either Ugg boots or RM Williams Boots, while doing the test, to get an extra 40% bonus marks for the test. ;)
That's the best look! More Aussies should wear these items with pride instead of following foreign fashion trends...
I'm an pom living in a rural part of Qld and I look mighty fine in my Akubra, Driza/RM Williams jackets and pair of Redbacks haha
Hey Rob, even when I was young, we ALL wanted an Akubra. In my mind, if you're a true Aussie, then you only buy Akubra. They are not cheap. Legend has it, that an Akubra only starts to fit well once it's been run over by a car or two. I can attest to this fact with my own hat. They need to be wet once or twice in their lives, they need to be squashed a few times before they really start to feel comfortable - a bit like our R.M. Williams boots...
AUSSIE icon Akubra has been forced to import rabbit felt from Belgium and France as local supply dries up due to Australians’ lack of appetite for rabbit meat. Akubra chief financial officer Roy Wilkinson said the policy to “always take as many Australian skins as we could” but became unfeasible. Peace out.
I think the mesh thingy is called a filter 😃
Why the heck don’t they farm the rabbits for the fur here?
Hope one day, the lack of rabbit fur will be caused by mixomitosis killing them all.
@@amygone2pot Over the past 20 years, despite a steady demand, there has been a significant decrease in the number of rabbit farms in Australia from 561 in 2002, to an estimated less than 10 today. The decline is largely due to disease and welfare issues. Some 30 million rabbits are consumed in Germany every year, roughly a quarter of which are slaughtered and eaten around the Easter holiday, while others are sold and given as presents. Plenty of fur available from overseas we don't have to breed more just for the fur. Peace out.
@@musicalaviator Myxomatosis never worked. It's the Calici virus now and it is effective.
I sold AKUBRA hats for50 yrs and when I retired we were selling them for around $150 but I bought one when I first travelled overseas to America , I had paid with my staff discount $75 and the first time I wore it was to Disneyland , an American recognised it for what it was and asked what I'd sell it for , I jokingly said $200 he pulled out the cash without blinking so I sold it to him . Mama didn't raise no fool . On subsequent trips overseas I did the same thing and always sold them for a profit I did the same with DRIZABONE stockman raincoats and to a lesser degree RM WILLIAMS Kangaroo skin boots . The sad thing is I've never had any of these items long enough to enjoy them ,but it was fun practising my salesmanship and making a profit . Of course with the internet and online shops ayone anywhere has access to our icon brands .
A great Aussie tradition and icon. The ones you saw at the Show were probably Cockies from the country who frequent the big city shows with their cattle and farm products. I was thinking the same regarding the factory literally being a sweat shop. It is located at Kempsey on the NSW mid north coast which is about a mean temperature / humidity for Australia.
Akubra hats are top notch, you are not asking for more, once you put one on your head that fits right. Best quality, worth every penny, and then some! It will grow on you!! It's an Aussie! Akubra knows how to make hats!
Thank you for reacting to this. It is sad to think that many would not know about products that are still hand crafted, particularly in the textile industry. We have been swamped with mass produced cheap disposable products. RM Williams is another company still making their iconic products.
Indeed and even since RM has left us his legacy was recognised by the company being bought by Twiggy Forrest's family company.....and a small share by Huge Jackman
Many years ago now, I remember mum buying my Boy Scout Akubra hat with a domed top. We had to bash the scout hat into "the shape" using hot water and clothes pegs to fix in the distinctive shape. My dad new what to do as he was a Digger who bashed Australian Slouch Hats himself.
I've had my Akubra for about 35 years, took it on an overseas trip. The French laughed at me, but I didn't need to carry an umbrella. I just watched your video on the difference between UK and Aussie chocolate, mostly the difference is that our cows are grass fed, and other cows are fed a grain/grass mixture. Same with butter, our butter is quite yellow, whereas imported butter is whiter. It's the chlorophyll.
I have a collection of hats, including three from Australia. One is a Jacaru made from kangaroo, one an Akubra Cattleman felt hat, and the third my favourite is from The Australian Bush Hat Co. and is made from genuine buffalo hide, with crocodile skin band embedded with crocodile teeth.
Ian Allso. Great hats, just be careful with any made from leather how you store them if you live in a hot climate. I had one which was left in a car parked in the sun on a hot day, and the bloody thing shrunk about 4 sizes in the heat. Cheers!
@@phillipevans9414 the Jacaru was left in a car in Australia and it warped, so it now has character, I'm very careful with the Bush Hat.
When I emigrated to NZ I listed the Bush Hat in the inventory because of what it was made from. The Biosecurity officer that came out to inspect my belongings was very interested in this and was amazed that I had retained all the documentation relating to the materials, this ensured that it passed through inspection comfortably, the smell of Jeys fluid where other stuff had been cleaned down helped get everything else through.
Now I know why they cost so much. All that work.
Wow Rob, well found finding this video on the making of Australian Akubra hats! I had no idea of the number of steps (the many number of steps) it takes to assemble a classic Akubra hat - it's just Wow!
It's crazy right!
Remember that Cowboy is American, Bushman or Jackaroo is Australian. There are also quite a few different names depending on the actual description of the individual.
Dont forget Stockman..
And ringer lol
& Jillaroo 👩🌾👧👒
@@Warrenm70 actually Drover is probably closer
Actually a Bushman is a man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback!!! A Stockmen is what they use to call a farmer raising cattle but can be use as the same thing as what a Jackaroo is now days… The meaning of Jackaroo is one who works with stock and lives on cattle or sheep station doing mustering etc which is what Americans call a cowboy!! 😊🇦🇺 I personally think Stockmen is prefer now days than a Jackaroo as that’s what a lot people use well from my experience anyway my hubby is one. 🇦🇺😊
A traditional Stetson has a symmetrical crease going from the front to the back of the hat . A traditional Akubra has a domed pinch crown (dome in the middle with a pinch in at the front). You can get a Stetson with a pinch crown (The Bozeman) and and an Akubra with a symmetrical crease (the Bronco), but those are their most popular traditional styles.
I was watching the Indiana Jones documentary once and the costumer said that his hat was an
Akubra. They just sat on it and battered it up to give it a well worn and different shape
There is a lot of hard yakka that goes into these hats. I love them. I will appreciate mine a lot more now !
Akubra hats are awesome. My dad always wore one. The also, when you punch the top in, make a great makeshift water bowl for your dog when out pig hunting. It then cools your head!
I loved my AKUBRA Snowy River style, had it for many years. Would love another one.
I think Akubras look awesome. Just for your info Neil Degrasse Tyson owns an Akubra, so does Drew Barrymore. The people who make Akubras are clearly very highly skilled.
I've had one since i was 16, and it has lasted decades and provides great sun protection for this celtic fair-skinned gal. As for the rabbits, maybe we don't have the right pelt on our rabbit population? These people would once have been called Artisans because of the time and skill intensive work they do. Difference between a Stetson and an Akubra is Stetsons don't sell a version with one side brim turned up ( just like our Army Slouch Hats) and the akubra usually has a wider brim. leather stitching etc - otherwise the only difference is the market they sell to.
I've owned and wear Bailey, Resistol and Stetson. I will tell you, for the money I don't think you can beat an Akubra. Currently the Coober Pedy is my go-to. Thanks, Akubra!
Akubra came onto my radar only about a year ago. I saw the brand featured in some travelogue program about Australia on tv here in Finland. It was like a revelation, it suddenly dawned to me I'd always fancied the Aussie style brim of hats, instead of the prevalent western hats, with the sides styled up. Fast forward a year and I have three Akubras already, all ordered from Australia. I'm like women with their shoes, never can have too many! Reckon I'll buy one or two hats a year, until I have a sufficient collection of styles and colors. Import fees are the only reason that's keeping me back. Kinda sad that hats went out of fashion, decades ago. People wearing hats, other than baseball caps or beanies, are too often viewed as complete tools, to put it bluntly. Very sad. It's all about self-confidence though, and perhaps that's why I, a middle-aged guy, feel quite fine wearing my Akubra out and about, wherever. Especially out on hikes and in the wilderness, and in summertime. Otherwise, it is just my fashion statement. I love fedoras as well.
My Akubra is about 35 years old & still going strong! The first 10 years it came along with me when mustering sheep & cattle, horse riding & all manner of activities 😅 then I moved & put it away. It comes out occasionally when circumstances require it & looks exactly the same. Best hat I ever bought (a bit like my R.M’s)
I have an Akubra that I brought with me when I moved from Australia to Texas. I never knew how many steps were involved. Makes it even more special now. Thanks for sharing this video
I own several hats. Akubra is BY FAR the best quality, best looking and best fitting hat of them all. I hope Akubra management never changes the manufacturing processes that create these works of art.
Growing up in the bush all the jackaroos had Akubras….. I got my first at about 6 years of age….. best hat on the planet
Great video 📹 Rob, thanks for the "background " on the iconic Akubra
I love watching how things are made, like you Rob. It is just so amazing. I think you had a great time in Australia.
The factory is located in the town of Kempsey New South Wales. I used to live in Kempsey and visited the factory several times.
The rabbit fur comes from France and Belgium. It is much longer and consistent than the fur of the wild Australian rabbit.
From what I recall being told, Akubra wanted to import and then breed the European rabbits for their fur. However, because rabbits are listed as environmental pests in Australia, the government refused to allow the breeding program to happen here.
By the way... Rabbits and foxes were introduced into for sporting/hunting purposes by the British in the early settlement days. The end result was a plague of foxes and rabbits Thank you England, that's one we owe you.... How are off for spiders and snakes? LOL
We also have the British to thank for sending our grandies here to a convict paradise
I was scrolling through the comments, looking for an answer to that. I did have a feeling, and was going to suggest that it did indeed have something to do with the quality of the fur.
Hi Mate, My wife and I did a tour of the Akubra factory about 25 years ago and I bought a Akubra Stockman hat I still have that hat too this day and it is still one of my favourites to wear, Oh and not only "Cowboys" wear them LOL. They make a fantastic hat and a true Australian product.
Keep Safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘🦘
The point about huge numbers of Rabbits in Australia..
THE RABBITS ARE WIDELY DISPERSED, MOST IN AREAS WITH FEW PEOPLE TO CATCH THEM.
While they exist often in large groups in patches of countryside, catching large numbers, even by trapping is a major task. Access is made harder by few roads and tracks to cover immense land areas, needing cross country rough ground travel, for large numbers of people to get sufficient number caught. Wild fur is often patchy, matted seed and Bindi covered. Also 'wild' fur often not so long as cage reared rabbits. Catching wild rabbit is harder as country is often very open sparse and rabbits vanish into burrows before hunters see them or you get one or two the other dozens are long gone.
Breeding/farming rabbits is hard because plague conditions are managed by introduced diseases that kill rabbits not immunised and isolated from natural exposure, costly needs if full scale production planned. Basically farming is also not officially encouraged, the meat is hardly saleable here, except into pet food or fertiliser. The volume of good quality fur is also hard to satisfy from wild running rabbits. So apparently fur from European farmed stock is best option.
Great explanation.. I agree with you. It would be a nightmare and impossible to catch them in the wild. Could you imagine trying to get out the bindies and catheads ! I think too myxomatosis may deter manufacturers🤔🤷♀️
I've been wearing Akubras for about 35 years, and had a lot of different styles over that time, but my latest is a black rough rider
I've got an Akubra "Banjo Patterson". Great hat, and very reasonably priced. A Stetson of comparable fur/quality will cost quite a bit more.
Akubra hats look great and are very durable. And the company does a lot from event sponsorships to funding local community projects in the Macleay valley and providing on going work for the town of Kempsey on NSW mid north coast.
My collection (so far)
2 Banjo Patersons
2 Cattleman
2 Woomeras
2 Sombreros
1 Adventurer.
I feel unbelievably guilty loving these hats and also having a pet rabbit.
Perhaps you could find a video on the making of a Stetson. If so, we could all see if as much effort goes into making a Stetson as in making an Akubra.
Great idea!
My father used to send rabbit pelts to Akubra in Kempsey many years ago. They stopped accepting them as it was cheaper to source from overseas.
Thank you for reacting to such an interesting video! I didn't realise so many processes went into the making of an Akubra hat. Now I wish I have one!
I went to a school where we had to where an akubra hat as a part of our uniform a slouch hat which we had to put a bone crease in it. using to bricks and a bath
I think you answered your own question Rob. Stetson is a north American brand name for a cowboy hat & Akubra is a brand name for the Australian made rural hat.( Cowboys in the states Cowcockies in Australia).
G'day Rob, l have 3 Akubra,s, 1 I received when joining the Australia Army, and the other's, one is used on the farm everyday and the other for occasions, they are a fantastic hat with a great history, thanks for putting their story up, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.
Mate. Rod. All you need is Akubra and Driza bone ( oil skin ). I would swear blind, your would like more Aussie than ever. 🤠 Cheers!!
Rabbit fur …I had no idea
After watching this I actually really want one …amazing
Mine is a Snowy River
Yeah the iconic Akubra was certainly worn in "The man 👨 from Snowy River " 😉, great movie 🎬
@@suemontague3151 yes it is I got mine for my 21st a very long time ago
@@anthonypirera7598 Actually by memory the Akubra was featured in just about every scene, I'll have to watch ⌚️ that movie 🎬 again, I think many Aussies 🇦🇺 had one or has one 🙂😉
Yes most of my friends at the time had one I need to check out the movie
@@anthonypirera7598 yeah do check out " The man from Snowy River " it was a great movie 🎬
The fur is imported due to the release of calicivirus in the 90's which wiped out millions of rabbits.
There used to be a big industry harvesting wild rabbits in central Australia. Virtually got shut down within a year.
Canadian here, I have 6 Akubra hats that have been ordered from a store in Australia. Love these hats and certainly worth the money to have brought in. Stetson is a USA made cowboy hat company making hats out of predominately beaver blends in their hats. Akubra is strictly rabbit fur.
My naval broad brimmed hat was made by Mountcastle. It's the same colour as a army slouch hat, but comes with a blue pugaree.
Love my Akubra you live on the land you don’t go anywhere without it is a part of you along with your RM Williams boots and Drizabone vest and coat 😊🇦🇺
Acubra aren’t the only ones making those hats in australia, “luton” also makes them here. They make various other types of hats as well as the acubra style.
Makes you appreciate the hat more after all the man hours that are put into making one, well worth the price :)
Back in the 70s when I was in the army slouch hats were made by Akubra. They're probably made in China or some such place now knowing our govt.
Akubra still make them :)
@@shana6197 Good stuff thank you for the heads up
A little off topic - but have you watched 'Hercules Returns'. And bargearse and the olden days? Margaret blands dancing school. Tum and Phul (tony Martin doing the best nz accent ever). And of course the castle haha. Have a good day
Not seen that
Excellent vid reaction, thank you.
You made a terrible, terrible mistake and corrected it. Thanks again.
I do my best to get things right 👍
Those poor bunnies, yet another reason why I doubt I'd ever want one. Mainly because I really don't consider myself a Cowgirl 🤠. I may currently live in the country, The Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland to be exact. But I lived in Brissie (Brisbane)from birth until I was 13. Mum's Family have lived here for roughly a century. Grandma's Family immigrated from Finland during WWI and Grandpa's moved up from The Blue Mountains, NSW. I told you guys about his family on The Blue Mountains video. I've only ever lived in a City and a couple of Towns, I've only ever visited people's farms. I have friends who are every inch a Cowboy or Cowgirl, but I'm not really one of them. I consider myself somewhere between a City and a Country Girl. Although many locals consider Me one of their own, Mum having been from the area helps.
Interesting, now I know how they are made!
I love Akubra Hats and have a few which I wear from time to time for dress occasions and even travel with.
How long does the whole Akubra craftsmanship process which you described in your video, take, from end to end?
Rabbit farms aren't really a big thing in Australia anymore, we just don't eat them. So the supply dried up leading to importing.
Our Oriental population like to eat rabbit a fair bit, but the meat, regardless of how we cook it, is too dry and stringy for the majority of non-Oriental Aussies.
I used to love watching How It's Made
As a farmer
Showing & sales would have a 5 star straw Stetson (American )
On the farm day to day work Akubra but now Thomas Cook another Aus company
Boots to a show RM , work Thomas Cook or Blundstone . At the last Melb show I worked it was with beef cattle 14 days straight and wore the soles out on my RM’s that hurt
I used to own an akubra back in the 80's. I was an army slouch hat that was issued to me. I believe the slouch hats are still made by akubra.
Dont know if there is a definition of the difference between Stetsons and Akubras EXCEPT ones an American brand and ones an Australian brand and have been around for nearly as long as each other. Akubras are a true blue Aussie product still made in the same family factory where it started. Stetsons are the stereotypical cowboy hats seen in the movies and had a very recogniseable shape. But Akubras original shape was different. Stetson has a factory here now and the shapes typical of each brand have now been used by the other. And both produce felt and straw hats. As with a lot of things its similar to American but different. Developed here for Australian needs and conditions. Nothing to do with America.
Also be surprised if you could recognise a Stetson just from a quick look. That syereotypical white cowboy hat could be either brand. The shapes of both brands are so similar nowadays you'd need to see the labe l to be sure
I bought myself an Akubra Cattleman hat a year or two ago. A bit of a goal reached. In the depression my Dad and brother/s skinned rabbit for an Uncle that was selling the pelts.
It’d be interesting if you could find a video on making RM Williams boots.
Cheaper to import the fur than skin a squillion rabbits here Rob. With this amount of hands on work required, it's not surprising the hats sell for around the $300 mark. One of the quintessential Australian trademarks for over a century.
The issue isn't the number of rabbits, it's that we don't 'farm' them. Hunting wild rabbits was fine 100 years ago, but it's not efficient enough for modern requirements. I still have the Akubra my parents gave me when I was about 16, and also my slouch hat from my time in the army is an Akubra. They've both seen a lot of use, and although a bit bashed around, they are still good after 30+ years. I think that the main difference between Akubra's and Stetson's is that we tend to use a flatish brim with the forward edge curving down. You won't see many Aussie 'cowboys' with the sides of their hats curled up.
Akubra hats are made of rabbit fur. Apparently, it takes around 10 and 16 rabbits to make one hat.
Good question 🤔 (not using our rabbits)
Less rabbit around these days in ( Australia )
Also rabbit traps have been banned.
Don't forget we are talking FERAL rabbits as opposed to farmed Euro rabbits.
Hunting has almost completely died out sadly and the gov prefer to use baits over hunters
ive been to the Akubra factory some years ago, to buy a hat.
they did use rabbit fur from australia in the past until they were pretty much eradicated by biological controls. myxomatosis and rabbit calicivirus were released to control rabbit populations. there still are some feral rabbits but as soon as populations grow the diseases spread and reduce the population again.
Great vid Rob. FYI when a sporting team or individual in Australia gets well and truly beaten, its often colloquially referred to as a 'shellacking'. Perhaps its also a term used in GB?
The only time I've heard of shellack is when Charlie has her nails done
@@RobReacts1 That makes sense. I guess the way its used here, apart from Akubra production and the like, is just Aussie slang.
I don't think The Undertaker's hat was an Akubra. I never watched much wrestling but I probably would've noticed an Akubra on The Undertaker.
The brim of his hat was too wide to be an Akubra, it's more similar to the hats Clint Eastwood wore in his movies.
Great for people who love saunas and who drink a lot of water, not asthmatics! Manmade and traditional is always preferred in Australia! Blundstone boots are preferred too! RM Williams! Handmade saddles! The Undertaker was so cool, (my dad loved watching wrestling) I hope he had an Akubra! Thanks Rob, interesting! 👍
Tell me if things have changed but last I heard rabbits are illegal to eat (poison humans?) since they tried to kill off the rabbits in the 50s or so by spreading them with myxomatosis.
There's a rabbit fence for a reason too. Rabbits are not natural to Oz and they were eating the cattle and sheep faster than... Hence, the slowing down of Bugs Bunnies.
I've not looked but can you buy rabbit now in a butcher or Woolies and Coles? Curious, that's all.
Even though Rabbits are considered an invasive species in Australia, the open fur trade was abolished by our industrious Government many, many years ago 😢
Hence, the taxation on imported products from a commercial/farmed enterprises.
From memory? It takes the equivalent of fur fibre from 17+ rabbits to produce 1 hat...
That has nothing to do with it, we have wild hares, not rabbits, rabbits are the giant fat house pets that are another species basically, hares dont make as good quality leather as rabbits do, also they dont have half as much per hare compared to rabbit, and the meat industry in Europe uses the house pet breed of rabbit for sale to the public, and they breed billions per year for meat and fur.. this is why we use imported rabbit leather not homegrown hare's
@@4kays160 Not sure where you live but, you have not a clue you wanna!
I have worked with invasive species for 35+yr in Aus and can assure you that we have feral rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) as well as hares (Lepus europaeus occidentalise).
And, possibly you should make google your friend?
Yep sadly hunting has been so demonized here that it's a dying out trade. Only native U can shoot and make cash from easily are dingoes (something I don't agree with) and roos if U are licensed. Sadly the green people from the city have ruined alot of feral animal management resulting in poison dropped from the air
How many rabbit, or hare furs have you sold? Exactly none, how many hares have you bought to eat? Yeah none, where is this huge industry that supplies rabbits for food? Not here its in europe.. where is all the hare leather going from all your years as pest controll mr expert? Thats right you had no market for it, and if you did you couldnt supply that market because you couldnt get enough hare's, and even if you could hunt enough you couldnt earn more than your fuel and ammo netherlone pay hunters a wage to work for you.. thats why, like i said before theres no market here for it and its not possible unless aussies start eating rabbit daily there will never be an industry in australia that can supply rabbit leather as cheap as europe can... all you've proved is that you dont understand economics or industry or the indistry you worked in for 30 years, no wonder our hare population is out of control..
You should check out RM Williams boot manufacturers also.
I once saw a video by Australia's ABC, but I can't find it again.. I'll post it here if I can come across it again.
Just fascinating to watch...thoughourly enjoyed it...didn't realise how much work there was in making them...thanks Rob...I think you deserve one now...🤗
Fascinating, but I also want to know why we don't use our own plague proportion rabbits? 🤔
Great video Rob!
A grazier going out kit is Akubra on top and RM Williams below.
Very very interesting...
I loved this…my favourite video so far. It’s really nice to know somethings never change. You should look at Bendigo Pottery…I own a lot of pieces. Anyway thanks for a great video…look forward to the next one🥳
The simple answer is, Stetson's are made in the USA, Akubra"s are made in Australia. They are just Brand names.
A huge job
I bought my first Akubra when I was 18 yo living up in the Kimberley’s - a black ‘Silver Spur’. Served me well but never liked the ‘hat hair look’ when I took it off at the end of a long hot day 😂
That's why I really wear hats because your hair gets completely ruined 🤣
Stetsons ae made of Wool..AKUBRA..rabbit fur...they used to use Aussie rabbit fur...BUT we have been very successful in wiping out rabbits..PESTS.....to all Aussie farmers..hence they now import rabbit fur from Europe..
No, you do not see the process from start to finish ! >The start, is an actual living rabbit. And rabbit "farms" are actually the worst breeding conditions you can imagine in Europe. And if you consider that a dozen animals are killed to make one freaking hat is disgusting. Well, Kakadu and Barmah are other australian brands, which manufacture great faux suede and canvas bush hats. Great stuff.
The Akubras look beautiful thought...
Quality hats ARE GOOD, both Akubra and leather hats are very popular. Akubra especially remains comfortable in hot weather under hot sun and works well in rain too. Given basic care last a long time.
But sadly many cheap hats made of paper machete or card board or even plastic or other synthetics, moulded into shape, from various cheaper countries are often bought. But such are far inferior in use.
I have both a leather hat kind and unfortunately only a Akubra style hat, at least made with some kind of fur fibre, just not a Akubra manufacture. No idea actual cost of genuine type, the one I have was in $30 range, and I believe the Akubra sets the owner back somewhat higher amount.
The amazing thing I thought was the lack of hi-viz clothing worn by the workers, not a canary in sight.
Wow, a lot of work in one hat.
I think I’ve just found my 60th birthday present, to my self
Haha do it!
We brought in myxomatosis to kill rabbits years ago.
Akubra is the Aussie Stetson
Our rabbits have rabies , lol
Rabies in Europe,yes! 🇦🇺 Australia doesn't have Rabies.
@@robertmurray8763 no but we have mixo
@@j-1159 Mixomatosis was introduced into the Australian rabbit population in the 50s to cull them.
@@viscash3606 I know I live in the bush , I see the effects of it regularly
@@j-1159 Doubt it - Mixo virus lost its effectiveness many years ago and was replaced by Calcivirus in 95. For someone who thought we have Rabies in Australia, you're full of it.
Cowboy (American word) not quite correct term in Australia Ringer is the word as the cowboy was the cow milker gardener and maintenance man at the station ,ringers worked at cattle droving Unfortunately the cowboy term is becoming more popular
much to learn about Australia Sorry that you didn't reach Queensland or Northern Territory Sadly Sydney/Melbourne cl;aim to be all Aussie but other states have different aspects
Achalasia virus is there a reason why we don’t use rabbit in Australia but eventually We’ll build up immunity and will come back in plague Proportions.
You need one Rob 👒
Australian rabbits are sunburnt, Rob - it ruins the look of the hat. I bought my dad an Akubra over 20 years ago and it's still going strong.
Stetson is an American company. Akubra is all Aussie 😃🌏🪐🍀🌕🙏🦋🌸🇦🇺⭐👣🦉🏡🌹🌹🌹
There is a lack of local rabbit fur as Aussies have gone off eating rabbits & rabbit farming has become unviable due to the high cost to protect farmed rabbits from the many virus strains introduced to try & control the feral rabbits.
The undertaker real name is mark Callaway
I know 🙂