With the contractors down a couple of blokes I’ve been back in the paddock and in the yards helping with the mustering. But other jobs still have to be done with plenty of fences in need of repair and bores and pumps in need of checking. We’ve also gotten another potty calf bringing the total up to six, at least they won’t get lonely.
Category Archives for Cattle Work
Cattle and Trucks
Things are starting starting to heat up on the station with the temperature starting to rise and second round in full swing. Yesterday was spent branding and drafting cattle so they could to be trucked today to market today, unfortunately when returning some cattle to VRD we blew a tire and had to limp the truck the 50km back to the station.
A Busy Day
Another week has started on Humbert River Station and its bound to be a busy one with second round kicking off, a road train loaded with cattle lick arriving and another bush fire tearing across the station and that’s just all in one day.