Doesn’t seem to have a huge participation rate, but there were a dozen hardy souls who wanted a chance to yell at their dogs. Some dogs were pretty good, but a few had no clue at all no matter how loud the whistle or exasperated the yell.
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Preparation for the Landsborough Flock Ewe Society
Drove in to Muttaburra to join most of the locals to prepare the showgounds for the upcoming Landsborough Flock Ewe Society Show – basically the local annual sheep show. Not sure I had the right hat on to indicate that I was a sheep person (the right hat for your trade is extremely important, and is certainly different to a cattleman’s hat) but I held the gates and passed the bolts as the yards were assembled, whilst Mandy entertained the kids as the ladies held their formal business meeting. One of the advantages of being in a small community is that you can call on anybody.…
Picnic tea on the hill watching the sunset
Took a picnic tea up to the top of one of the hills on the property, to watch the sunset with the family and the new governess, Megan.
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Exploring the property
Took the paddock basher around some of the tracks in the property today to see the sights. No windscreen – easier to shoot things out of we were told – but they had mercy on us and removed the two shotguns before we left, through they left all of the empty cartridges on the floor. Desert, river, grass and stony ground all on the one property – an ever changing tapestry.
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Visit From Vet Students at James Cook Uni
Three buses suddenly swept through the house yards, and roared off without pausing. Nobody blinked an eyelid, except me, but it turns out the buses were full of veterinary students from James Cook Uni in Townsville, visiting as part of their week long stay at the pastoral college in Longreach. We eventually chased the buses down to the woolshed, where there was an extremely long line of girls waiting to use the shearer’s drop toilet. When they finally got that off their mind, Boyd gave them a bit of a talk about the property and how it runs, followed by a number of questions.…
Turtles in Longreach
It’s dry, dusty and drought declared, but we came across a live turtle in the middle of a dirt track on the property.
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Morning tea on the verandah
Known in Queensland as ‘smoko’
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Mens Camp
At Brendallan just out of Aramac, including an afternoon trip to Lake Dunn.
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Mens Camp
A day at Lake Dunn
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Longreach School of Distance Education
It was ‘muster’ day so the girls went in to Longreach to spend time with their teacher, and other kids in their class who live near enough to town to drive in. We went in to visit, did the tour, and spent the rest of the day exploring the town.
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