The lush rainforest and intense humidity of tropical Queensland may be the last place you'd expect to find a contender for the world's most famous dog sled race.
During the mountainous part of the course he will move through small passes at high altitudes that are prone to avalanches.
But the frozen rivers and oceans aren't much safer, with warm currents and snowdrifts causing the occasional ice melt. "That's going to be really hard because normally I'll be there physically six months before the race; this time I'm going over a month or a bit less than that before the race from the Mackay summer to the dead of winter.""The first times I did it, I had puppies that were two years old. This year, I've got a professional [dog] team from a champion [racer] that's won it three times before. He's unable to run so I'm going to take his dogs," he said.
The Iditarod is not supported by everyone and has been accused of cruelty by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals .
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Braided Aussie garlic a surprising, unique Christmas gift supporting Aussie farmersWhen paramedic Richard Cawley and his teacher aide wife Sharon were looking for a crop to grow on their ex-dairy, bean, and banana farm at Como near Kin Kin, they settled on Aussie Purple garlic.
Read more »
‘Hilarious’ Queensland energy plan was a ‘joke’The Australian Contributing Economics Editor Judith Sloan says the Queensland energy plan that was released earlier in the year was “hilarious” because it was a “joke”. “We’re not Norway, we’re not Canada, so hydro and pumped hydro are probably going to be marginal parts of the energy system,” Ms Sloan said.
Read more »
Bradfield Scheme dead in the water, but Queensland government promises water securityA decades-long vision to drought-proof arid western Queensland has been abandoned by the state government after an expert review declared it completely unviable.
Read more »
More Queensland children are dying of unexplained causesMore Queensland children died in 2021-22 than in any of the previous five years, a report has found, with the number of unexplained deaths also rising.
Read more »
Southeast Queensland battered by heavy stormsSoutheast Queensland has been battered by heavy storms with the Bureau of Meteorology reporting areas around Gympie were hit with hail stones seven to eight centimetres in size. More than 4500 homes across the southeast are suffering from power outages. The thunderstorms were loosely associated with the passage of a cool change crossing southeast Queensland on Thursday night.
Read more »
How this Queensland town with a dark history became the centre of a murder mystery seriesThe cold case murder mystery, which uses Proserpine as the backdrop to a fictional town, will be available for streaming on New Year's Day and feature homegrown talent as well as Vikings star Travis Fimmel.
Read more »