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G'day Debruiser,Quote:
Originally Posted by debruiser
Nope - I have had Hunter for two years now and he came from a farm at St Kilda via Gin Gin in Queensland. Engine/gearbox from Mackay semi-fitted into the vehicle and then I trailered it to Bundaberg.
Sorry Robert for the hijack.
Kind Regards
Lionel
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Originally Posted by V8Ian
Nuh, never bored.
I had just come in from an hours golf practice.
Will admit tho thats its way past time I went back to cow country for some long overdue RNR.
I get to day dreaming when I need that fix.
Nothing like the smell and dust being in a busy stock yard with the dogs barking and the nuts sizzling in the branding iron fire.
Bugger being here on the coast, golf courses are ok tho.
You would probably appreciate this, Bob PS click on 'mustering'
Stockmen of the Northern Territory
When white settlers took up land for grazing, the Aboriginal people who lived there eventually were employed on the station and the men proved to be excellent as stockmen and drovers. Originally hunters, their tracking abilities were legendary and this proved to be very useful of course for finding strays. Nowadays there are also Aboriginal owned stations and the images on this page give an idea of what life is like there.
The seasonal mustering of cattle on horseback is still very important in the bush and the men will be out for days, camping in the bush. A newer method is racing around with a "bull catcher", usually a battered Toyota four-wheel drive without roof but with reinforced bumpers around, to nudge stray bulls in the right direction. Motorbikes are nowadays also used, while on some larger stations even helicopters are employed. But the essence of stock work is still the stockman on his horse, driving a large herd of cattle in the bush.
To see a photo full size, just click on it;
you may then send it as a postcard if you wish.
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Droving cattle
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/11/673.jpg
Horses at the stock camp
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Driving horses
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7 Mile bore Stockyard
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/11/676.jpg
Horses at Wadungula
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/11/677.jpg
Holding the horse
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/11/678.jpg
Macarthur River Station
http://ozoutback.com.au/Australia/st...1990111001.jpg
Boys of Ntaria
http://ozoutback.com.au/Australia/st...1991070707.jpg
Drover's Memorial
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/11/679.jpg
Along Tablelands Highway
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/11/680.jpg
A "Bull catcher"
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/11/681.jpg
Mustering cattle
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/11/682.jpg
At Warby Outstation
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/11/683.jpg
Young Stockman
http://ozoutback.com.au/Australia/st...2005032702.jpg