ramblingboy42
17th August 2014, 07:50 PM
The Annual Bronco Branding and Campdraft competitions held at William Creek in South Australia.
National Bronco Branding Championships keeping outback tradition alive in Queensland - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-17/bronco-branding-championships-in-stonereach/5676410)
The Nationals were held in William Ck last year.
I go to the William Ck event each year and catch up with some old bastards I know. This is my 15th trip.
This year we, about a dozen of us in 4-5 vehicles , will meet just outside of Woomera and camp thurs night in some favourite sandhills.
Just to drive a different route I will be travelling down the tar to Glen Innes then striking west through Moree , Walgett , Bourke then finally dirt to Tibooburra, on through the corner to Merty Merty and turn left onto the Strezleckie Track and onto Woomera via Maree.
Fri we drive onto William Ck and an obligatory soak in the "spa" at Coward Springs.
Fri night at William Ck hotel until we get kicked out, then spend saturday watching the camp draft and bronco branding.....our mob are putting up a team this year.
Saturday night is presentation dinner and dance. Some dress up well for this.
Sunday we are off and will spend the next two weeks moving up through north Lake Eyre on station tracks and sampling the hospitality of a number of cattle farmers.
will be stopping in places like Mt John, Nilpiina, Mt Barry, Coober Pedy, OOdnadatta, Macumba , Hamilton , Dalhousie , Mt sarah , Painted Desert.
Onto Mable Ck station where we'll visit what's left of the nuclear test sites.
Then we do a bit of backtracking and circle work as we head towards Tarcoola and Kingoonya , down through Lake Torrens and a bit of a bumble around in the Gammon Ranges.
The crow eaters then head towards Adelaide and I head towards the Gold Coast
depart Gold coast early wednesday 20 aug and return fri 05 september.
Gonna have a bloody ball!!!!
National Bronco Branding Championships keeping outback tradition alive in Queensland - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-17/bronco-branding-championships-in-stonereach/5676410)
The Nationals were held in William Ck last year.
I go to the William Ck event each year and catch up with some old bastards I know. This is my 15th trip.
This year we, about a dozen of us in 4-5 vehicles , will meet just outside of Woomera and camp thurs night in some favourite sandhills.
Just to drive a different route I will be travelling down the tar to Glen Innes then striking west through Moree , Walgett , Bourke then finally dirt to Tibooburra, on through the corner to Merty Merty and turn left onto the Strezleckie Track and onto Woomera via Maree.
Fri we drive onto William Ck and an obligatory soak in the "spa" at Coward Springs.
Fri night at William Ck hotel until we get kicked out, then spend saturday watching the camp draft and bronco branding.....our mob are putting up a team this year.
Saturday night is presentation dinner and dance. Some dress up well for this.
Sunday we are off and will spend the next two weeks moving up through north Lake Eyre on station tracks and sampling the hospitality of a number of cattle farmers.
will be stopping in places like Mt John, Nilpiina, Mt Barry, Coober Pedy, OOdnadatta, Macumba , Hamilton , Dalhousie , Mt sarah , Painted Desert.
Onto Mable Ck station where we'll visit what's left of the nuclear test sites.
Then we do a bit of backtracking and circle work as we head towards Tarcoola and Kingoonya , down through Lake Torrens and a bit of a bumble around in the Gammon Ranges.
The crow eaters then head towards Adelaide and I head towards the Gold Coast
depart Gold coast early wednesday 20 aug and return fri 05 september.
Gonna have a bloody ball!!!!