Thread: One thing I have noticed about Queensland

Originally Posted by debruiser

Did you just get that off gumtree? it's green swb... I'm sad I missed it

G'day 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

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.

Droving cattle



Horses at the stock camp



Driving horses



7 Mile bore Stockyard



Horses at Wadungula



Holding the horse



Macarthur River Station



Boys of Ntaria



Drover's Memorial



Along Tablelands Highway



A "Bull catcher"



Mustering cattle



At Warby Outstation



Young Stockman