youbastards Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 (edited) https://www.4bc.com.au/end-of-the-season-local-icon-farmer-graham-shuts-up-shop-after-34-years/ Local Brisbane icon Graham Ellis, who owns the beloved miniature horse and pony farm Mini Mates, will be retiring as he nears his 80th birthday. Mr Ellis known as ‘Farmer Graham’, started up Mini Mates in Burbank 34 years ago with his wife. The pony park had their final day of business on the weekend. “There’s a lot of people who’ve got a tear in their eye,” he told Scott Emerson. “It’s something we started 34 years ago, it’s come to the end of the season, I guess. “My wife and I … started Mini Mates 34 years ago, it was purely accidental, by chance.” He said the time has come to stand aside. “Looking after all these horses is a 24/7 operation.” [Thank you, Google, for sending me this news article for the alert that I setup for "Minimates".] Edited April 27, 2021 by youbastards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Don’t do me like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Trekker 42 said: Don’t do me like that Right? My heart jumped into my throat reading that title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Well, we had a good run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 No point in flogging a dead horse. - idiom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 So there have been Mini Mates HORSES all this time and I'm just finding out about it NOW? Where are the Mini Mates TIGERS?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkguerilla Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Is April Fools Day the new Groundhog Day? Not nice. Also, is there a Burbank in Australia? Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cylonchaney Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 You bastard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattallica Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 right. like we would ever get any kind of news story or pre notice of the line ending, someday the line will end and we probably wont even realize it for awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cylonchaney Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 14 hours ago, Mattallica said: right. like we would ever get any kind of news story or pre notice of the line ending, someday the line will end and we probably wont even realize it for awhile. Somehow in my head, I saw this a posted by DSTZach. I thought to myself, how uncharacteristically candid of him. Had to do a double take. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattallica Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 thats funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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