Calla Wahlquist
@callawahlquist.bsky.social
Rural and regional editor, Guardian Australia. Frequent horse nonsense. Live and work on Dja Dja Wurrung country.
Doesn’t he look so handsome?
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Doesn’t he look so handsome?
Birders - what have I got here? We’re near Kyneton in the Macedon ranges. No beak visible. Initially thought it was a wattlebird but much rounder than that?
September 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Birders - what have I got here? We’re near Kyneton in the Macedon ranges. No beak visible. Initially thought it was a wattlebird but much rounder than that?
Our reversing camera is out of action so I’m quite pleased with this attempt, which would have been one and done had I had the traditional assistance of a bored teenager or random old bloke making stop/go hands.
May 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Our reversing camera is out of action so I’m quite pleased with this attempt, which would have been one and done had I had the traditional assistance of a bored teenager or random old bloke making stop/go hands.
In devastating news I might have to go to a Very Rural Event tomorrow not only in the town car (because we don’t drive the ute unless we have to, for reasons of both cost and planet) but in town boots, because these guys have given up.
May 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
In devastating news I might have to go to a Very Rural Event tomorrow not only in the town car (because we don’t drive the ute unless we have to, for reasons of both cost and planet) but in town boots, because these guys have given up.
0.6C in Malmsbury this morning, that’s *almost* a frost.
May 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
0.6C in Malmsbury this morning, that’s *almost* a frost.
I’ve been following my elderly cat around for 24 hours to see if she’ll poo (she just did, everyone stand down) so how’s your long weekend going?
April 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I’ve been following my elderly cat around for 24 hours to see if she’ll poo (she just did, everyone stand down) so how’s your long weekend going?
Morning walks with the ambassador for retired racehorses.
This is one half of his daily exercise routine; the other half is a 10 minute graze on the lawn which is currently the only green grass on the property.
This is one half of his daily exercise routine; the other half is a 10 minute graze on the lawn which is currently the only green grass on the property.
April 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Morning walks with the ambassador for retired racehorses.
This is one half of his daily exercise routine; the other half is a 10 minute graze on the lawn which is currently the only green grass on the property.
This is one half of his daily exercise routine; the other half is a 10 minute graze on the lawn which is currently the only green grass on the property.
Good morning from Mopple, who headbutted me in the knee this morning to demand snacks.
April 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Good morning from Mopple, who headbutted me in the knee this morning to demand snacks.
My partner is out and I have a very long list of things that need to get done so you know what that means
March 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
My partner is out and I have a very long list of things that need to get done so you know what that means
My parents came up for their birthday lunch (their birthdays are a month apart) and brought a casual 44-year-old bottle of Grange. It was apparently purchased at the Coonawarra pub back before it had become the collectors item it is now. It was a bit past it but still broadly feasible.
March 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
My parents came up for their birthday lunch (their birthdays are a month apart) and brought a casual 44-year-old bottle of Grange. It was apparently purchased at the Coonawarra pub back before it had become the collectors item it is now. It was a bit past it but still broadly feasible.
Frog people of Bluesky: what kind of little guy is this little guy? He was about 5cm long and I’m in the Macedon ranges/central highlands.
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Frog people of Bluesky: what kind of little guy is this little guy? He was about 5cm long and I’m in the Macedon ranges/central highlands.
The rains are, as they say, here.
March 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The rains are, as they say, here.
I purchased a very expensive, extraordinarily low sugar ryegrass round (5.2% WSC+starch) and the ponies are mainly just peeling it.
March 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I purchased a very expensive, extraordinarily low sugar ryegrass round (5.2% WSC+starch) and the ponies are mainly just peeling it.
I like to walk Mickey while listening to the news so we can coordinate our existential dread.
March 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I like to walk Mickey while listening to the news so we can coordinate our existential dread.
Very serious escort for the hay delivery (in a ute, just to be topical)
March 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Very serious escort for the hay delivery (in a ute, just to be topical)
Nick Rodway proposes a new political acronym to describe an often unrepresented group of voters: conservative, uncommitted rural voters with environmental sympathies. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
March 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Nick Rodway proposes a new political acronym to describe an often unrepresented group of voters: conservative, uncommitted rural voters with environmental sympathies. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I have one photogenic horse and then there is Sport.
March 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I have one photogenic horse and then there is Sport.
Mickey is practising his instagram poses.
March 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Mickey is practising his instagram poses.
Extremely grateful that we’re not reliant on dam water.
March 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Extremely grateful that we’re not reliant on dam water.
Flight tracker has been checked by my research assistant (my partner, who has a subscription) and yep, that certainly looks like we were level with the strathbogies.
March 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Flight tracker has been checked by my research assistant (my partner, who has a subscription) and yep, that certainly looks like we were level with the strathbogies.
App says it is!
March 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
App says it is!