TILL the cows come home … an idiom that means ‘for a very long time’.
Perhaps the two cows roaming Tarana Avenue in Walloon figured they’d test the theory and roam as far and for as long as they could.
Jenna O’Brien was looking for her two rabble rousers, two cows gone walkabout but luckily found them after a long while on the prowl.
Cattle on the roads in urban areas are part and parcel of living in a rural or regional setting.
Sometimes though, it can upset the neighbours.
Walloon resident Victor Gibbons says good fences make good neighbours.
“Cattle out in Tarana Avenue again, twice in four days,” he fumed.
“A huge bull in my yard prevented my wife going out.”
When driving through rural and regional areas it’s probably best to be mindful of the possibility cattle could be on the road.
In Queensland if a motorist kills or injures the animal, its owner can take you to court for compensation.
We know to give way to the right on roundabouts and intersections, but did you know livestock have right of way too?
Queensland law still gives right of way to livestock on our roads.
Any damage caused to the motorist’s vehicle or injury to driver or passengers from contact with cattle cannot pass liability on to the cattle owner.
This means no recovery for damages can be made against the owner of the stock.
Perhaps Victor is right and good fences really do make good neighbours and that’s the idiom to turn to when the cows finally return home.
