Hi all, Just wanted to update you with news from the Outback. A few moments ago I sent you all links to my Yahoo Photo Album so you can see what I've been up to out there. I was working on a cattle and sheep station out in central Queensland near a town called Barcaldine (600km inland from Rockhampton). John and Joss Chandler kindly had me to stay on their farm, Kyneton. Barcaldine is like something out of a 60's movie with all the old original buildings still standing with the old cinema still being used every Friday night! The size of this farm is about 40km x 17km and holds about 5,000 head of cattle (mostly Santa Gurtrudis and Drought Master) and about 12,000 head of Merino sheep. I was kept busy mustering (rounding-up), branding,
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