An Experience of a Lifetime

After the snow, we headed up to a cattle station. Dad had previously arranged this, and he was working as a home tutor for a term. The three older kids, also got the extremely exciting opportunity to work on the station with the station owner!! We were all thrilled to get such an opportunity, as it would most likely be once in a lifetime opportunity.




What we did at Cloncurry:
-Mustering the cattle- on horses, quads and motorbikes
-Working them in the yards- branding, sorting cattle, castrating, vaccinating, preg-testing.
-Moving cattle between different paddocks
-Maintenance work- fences, troughs
-Rounding up wild cattle from paddocks
- Working horses- saddling and bridling
 -Loading cattle on trucks
 -Feeding animals- pigs, chickens and a poddy calf


While at Cubbaroo, we went to the Curry Merry Muster. On Friday night, we went for the taster, and we all saw our first Rodeo!! The boys were excited, and the little girls were talking about bucking bulls for the next month.It was great!!

All our favourite bits of the station:
Josh- I greatly enjoyed the mustering and yardwork
Joel: Mustering on both horses and motorbikes
Bethany: Mustering the cattle, as well as practicing my horseriding and motorbike skills
Chloe and Tahlia: Riding on Shammy and playing with the kids, as well as the pool. Tahlia had a hate/love relationship with the pool as she learned to swim without a bubble here.




I turned 13 at Cubarroo. After recieving my presents, the boys and I headed out to the yards near the horse to watch the yardwork. All of a sudden, the question was popped at us kids about whether or not we wanted to preg test some cows aoming through. The boys both declined, but I took the chance. If you don't know what preg testing a cow involves, I'll give you a brief description. After donning a shoulder length glove, you stick your hand up the cows bottom, and if it is pregnant, you will feel a hard rock shape thing. That is the calf's head. I can now officially brag that I stuck my hand up a cows bottom for my 13th birthday!!

What about you? Whats your experience of a lifetime?