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I forgot to point out, that Camel meat is available, but only at a selected supplier, mainly in the east, and the program showed what can be achieved with the meat, a traditional middle eastern dish, looked dam tasty , but what happens to the hides ? HS

Not sure where this topic belongs, but here goes. There was a TV program in Oz recently called ' Eat The Invaders" . One of the 'invaders' was all about Camels as they are a feral pest across Central Australia, theres so many of them, they simply get shot and left to die where they are shot, quite a waste , and the program was all about eating the meat, the same as we eat beef. However, although the program was about eating the meat, nothing was said about using the hides to make leather. Cattle are already rounded up on cattle stations, but I can't understand why Camels can't be rounded up the same as cattle as I believe Camels are a wasted resource. Financial reasons? or Camels are simply not seen as a resource? I had a customer come to my stall late last year asking me where can she find Camel leather. We were thinking the same thing, I have tried searching for Australian Camel leather suppliers, but without success. She then showed me a bag made from Camel leather that she got from over seas, it was incredibly soft. We can't just about get every other types of leather here in Oz , except Camel leather. Strange HS

I haven't been here for quite a while, the 'new look site' took a bit of getting used to as we've all been so used to the " old look" site but I like it HS

Not sure how Mother Nature is treating you over there, but here we've been having heat wave after heatwave, and I've been unable to get into my workshop for weeks . There was a brief moment we had a bit of relief from the heat just long enough last week so I could at least tidy up my workshop and get it ready for work. but the day after , back up 40+ degs. I had so many things I wanted to do over Summer, but it was simply too dam hot. The Summers are definitely getting hotter. Hope all is well for you and yours, Dad is doing OK, touchwood. Stay safe, HS