Hungry goats have been chomping their way to the top of the payroll to eliminate a fire hazard.
Queensland Rail certainly weren't kidding when they offered the fleet of 15 goats a three-month contract to act as living lawnmowers on two hectares of overgrown bushland near Tully railway station, in the state's far north.
The inaccessible area had become a bushfire risk leading into summer after dry grass reached two metres in height.
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