Get out the green-and-gold scarf and set the alarm clock - the Olympic Games are on.
With COVID-19 causing one of the most unusual Olympics in living memory, not everyone has been able to get to Tokyo.
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With this in mind, bush scribe and professional waffle-herder, the Ringer, has looked at what events could be held on the farm in order to foster that Olympic feel at home.
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As a result, he's produced a series of short, largely uninformative and pointless videos demonstrating how modern Olympic sports could be held on the farm.
Each night during the games he has been posting a farm version of an Olympic sport on the Good Fruit & Vegetables' Facebook page.
Sports include the hammer throw, diving, fencing, judo and gymnastics.
With dust in his veins and holes in his hat, the Ringer is the quintessential yarn spinner and bush writer.
"I just thought people might like some inspiration to get out into the paddock or backyard and have a crack themselves," the Ringer said.
"Also, it'll give them something else to look at other than that jolly swimming pool in Tokyo, or Bruce McAvaney walking around that weird TV wall thing."
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Ashley Walmsley
For more than a decade, Ashley Walmsley has written about Australian agriculture. Having grown up on his parents smallcrops, cane and cattle property in Queensland, but clearly unable to grow anything himself, it was a natural progression for him to pursue a career writing about rural industries. He is currently the editor of Fairfax Media’s only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. When not writing about vegetables, fruits and nuts, Ashley enjoys playing and discussing video games from a simpler time, and doing impersonations of ABC radio presenters.
For more than a decade, Ashley Walmsley has written about Australian agriculture. Having grown up on his parents smallcrops, cane and cattle property in Queensland, but clearly unable to grow anything himself, it was a natural progression for him to pursue a career writing about rural industries. He is currently the editor of Fairfax Media’s only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. When not writing about vegetables, fruits and nuts, Ashley enjoys playing and discussing video games from a simpler time, and doing impersonations of ABC radio presenters.
