My alternative transport of choice is Snowy, a harness pony (and a cart) I have just purchased from Victoria. Now, I'm in the middle of the Northern Territory and couldn't really have bought an animal from any further south unless it was Tasmania!

Photo shows him, the grey obviously, in a carriage driving competition. There'll be no competitions up here, just pleasure drives and with cart modifications, out to collect firewood and/or cow manure for the garden.