Damien's Farm Hats

'Farm Hat' Number 23

2008-05-14T08:41:00.001-07:00

Well...we've all been a bit busy lately and haven't come up with a good farm hat for a while...so in the meantime here's a newspaper 'farm hat' to drink late night tea in...or is that fake Asian soup in a mug...with chopsticks...?!!!

Farm Hat Number 22

2008-03-30T00:58:00.003-07:00

Could this be Damien doing a "Village People" impersonation....? Hard Hat Baby, Baby...Oooohhh Yeah! Grrrrrrrrrr....

Farm Hat Number 21

2008-03-30T00:46:00.003-07:00

Nothing like wearing your boss' Melbourne law firm logo to an Easter Sunday barbeque at your own home...yellow looks so jolly, suits you, mate...

Farm Hat Number 20

2008-03-12T00:47:00.000-07:00

The Valvoline Oil hat.....
Damien take a break from shovelling sheep poo for this photo...$3.50 a bag, anyone interested?!!

Farm Hat Number 19

2008-03-02T14:07:00.000-08:00

Damien is wearing a 'Commander' cap..Commander supplies business communication products and services...see link on right hand side link list.

Farm Hat Number 18

2008-02-19T17:17:00.000-08:00

Daimen's girlfriend works as Assistant Retail Manager at Deloraine Woolworth's supermarket and brought this hat home for him. SInce last year Woolworths nationwide has donated a whole day's takings to Drought Relief, to help Australian farmers through the severe drought conditions in recent years.

For more information check out the link on the right.

Farm Hat Number 17

2008-02-19T17:04:00.000-08:00

A 'Tasmania Farm Equipment' hat, their business is at Quoiba, near Devonport, Northern Tasmania.
Damein was pressing down some crutchings when I found him for this shot!

Farm Hat Number 16

2008-02-15T14:10:00.001-08:00

A 'Global Ballooning' hat from a trip to Victoria (Australia), where Damien and Alison took a balloon ride.....in the second photo Damien is being a twit...! Notice how (and this is a fantastic anthropological and sociological research opportunity), Damien's t-shirt advertises his loyalty to the Northern Tasmanian brand of beer AND the 'best pub to get it from': the Ringarooma Pub, on the North-East coast of Tasmania. The beer is Boags (I prefer Cascade beer from Southern Tasmania...it has a much finer taste...Boags tends to turn one into an ocker-bloke when consumed in quantities...according to personal research!)

Farm Hat Number 15

2008-02-15T14:04:00.000-08:00

This hat is from Wills of the Quadrant, a shop specialising in electronic goods (t.v's and home entertainment stuff), in Launceston, Tasmania.

Farm Hat Number 14

2008-02-10T14:02:00.001-08:00

Kelso Kelso Kelso....the best sheep in the world???
Wesleydale is a Kelso specialising farm, with the only franchise for this breed of sheep in the State...hence the hat!

Farm Hat Number 13

2008-01-27T02:36:00.001-08:00

This cap actually belongs to 14 year old Maxwell Cameron...but we're cheating, so we can keep the hats rolling along.....
Greenham Tasmania is an abbatoire and meat procession plant at Smithton, North West Tasmania.

Farm Hat Number 12

2008-01-27T02:34:00.001-08:00

A very fetching Heaslip Camper cap here...

Farm Hat Number 11

2008-01-19T18:14:00.000-08:00

...And for casual day wear in the country, we have an Impact Fertilizer bucket hat...a modern take on those flannel bucket-style hats my (farming) father used to wear, until he became a furniture designer and now wears less 'farmy' headwear!

Farm Hat Number 10

2008-01-19T18:08:00.000-08:00

Woops...after Christmas and New Year being so frantic...finally I've recommenced Damien's hat postings...
This delightful number is advertising 'RIA Property Group', excuse blurry close-up of cap...

Farm Hat Number 9

2007-12-30T02:57:00.001-08:00

This fabulous Virgin Blue Airlines hat is reversible! Change your hat colour, change your mood...he must be a frequent flyer!

Farm Hat Number 8

2007-12-28T19:29:00.000-08:00

This one advertises:

CYDECTIN (moxidectin) Pour-On, labeled for use in beef and dairy cattle of all ages, is effective against a broad spectrum of important internal and external parasites. This includes protection against the Ostertagia ostertagi (brown stomach worm), the most economically devastating internal cattle parasite in the United States, for 28 days. CYDECTIN is also effective against grubs, lice, and horn flies, and is the only pour-on labeled for control of the common scab mite. Its formulation remains fully effective under wet conditions and is non-flammable. A zero-day slaughter withdrawal and zero-day milk discard increases marketing flexibility. And CYDECTIN Pour-On has no impact on dung beetles, which help increase forage availability, improve pasture health, control parasites, and reduce the spread of animal disease.

And yet...I still prefer organic and cost free methods of managing farm animals rather than pumping them full chemicals because farming practices have become so production-line and estranged from the natural world.
Marcus Aurelius wrote: That which is not good for the beehive cannot be good for the bees...voila! 9he didnt speak frnech though!)

I love the dung beetle image on the cap, very chic!

'Farm' hat Number 7

2007-12-28T19:24:00.000-08:00

Damien's classy paper Christmas hat!!! Seasons greetings to anyone reading this blog, and anyone who isn't!

Farm Hat Number 6

2007-12-25T16:54:00.000-08:00

A bit of McCormick TRactor advertising here...

Farm Hat Number 5

2007-12-25T16:50:00.000-08:00

this is a legendary Australian icon of a hat...a Longhorn Akubra by R.M Williams, perfect for Australian weather conditions, sun, flies, dust, rodeo traditions (this would be a 'dressing up' item), wooing the local farm chicks, endless applications! This sounds like total bullshit, but I'm having fun!

Farm Hat Number 4

2007-12-25T16:48:00.000-08:00

This hat represents Damien's 'wish list'...for a camper of the same brand! Hats are so versatile, no wonder they are great marketing opportunities for businesses...

Hat Number 3

2007-12-21T00:00:00.000-08:00

This cap is from Loone's Rural Service at Chudleigh, Northern Tasmania, before they closed for good...so its a 'special' farm hat with an 'interesting' anechdote attached...it will become a collectors item one day....

Hat Number 2

2007-12-19T13:48:00.000-08:00

Farm hat number 2...is a Pioneer Seeds cap, from the U.S.A, given to Damien by his partner Alison's mother after a trip there....is this right Damien? Leave a comment if I've gotten it wrong again?!

Hat Number 1

2007-12-19T05:18:00.000-08:00

Damien has boasted that he has enough hats given to him by Agricultural supplies companies to be able to wear a different one every day for about 80 days.....so I'm going to document this!
This one is a Tas Irrigation blue number...with Spot and Tim, the dogs in the background...