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JUMBUCK NEWS
Volume 12, Issue 3
October 2013
Europe, seeing Chinese processors eager to
lock away supply for both Chinese domestic
and European demand which seems to be
growing.
A personnel appointment in the recent past
which
deserves
particular
attention.
Danielle Goodwin was promoted to
overseer at Mulgathing. Well done Danielle.
Reiterate the invitation for Jumbuck staff to
poke your noses into Jumbuck House, if and
when in Adelaide. Just a brief hello is always
well-received and staff in the office enjoy
catching up with station staff.
Jock conducting a Rawlinna Station
inspection.
MD’s Comment
Hard to believe that this will be the last
newsletter for calendar year 2013. How
quickly the year has passed.
What a difference a change in government
has made to the feeling of our economic
prospects and we hope that Tony Abbott
can work some magic through dialogue
with Yudhoyono in Indonesia.
Much needed rain has fallen over most of
the Jumbuck Pastoral interests in the past
three months and we are now reasonably
well-placed on most stations but will need
more rain to comfortably get us through
the summer.
We have spent a brief period of time together
in New Zealand and in north western
Queensland recently. Very different parts of
the world. Queensland in grip of a severe
drought having received only 30% of their
annual average over last years’ wet season,
resulting in significant herd reductions and
precious little feed on the ground over a big
part of the State.
The Kiwis are renowned for and do intensive
farming very well – necessity being the
mother of invention there! Hats off to them
though, they are the masters of innovation.
We also witnessed a lesson on the Rugby
field, as the All Blacks unceremoniously
dismantled the Wallabies in their second
Bledisloe clash in Wellington.
Callum & Jock
The rebound in sheep prices and
particularly wool prices in recent weeks
augurs well for the current financial year
with renewed demand for wool tops from
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STATION NEWS
Blina
The later part of the Dry Season is now
upon us. Most feed has hayed off
significantly and temperatures are in the
low 40’s daily. We have been feeding a
significant portion of the breeders urea
based loose lick, to help them carry
through until the first storms break.
Cattle sales for the year just finished
have been back in both price and also in
numbers. Turnoff weights in contrast
have been exceptional.
Heifers have
been fairly difficult to move and steer
prices ordinary.
However there have
been encouraging signs moving forward.
On the back of suggestions that
Indonesia may accept some heavier
cattle next year, we have adjusted our
sale program slightly. We have held onto
steers up to 290kg and heifers up to
270kg.
It is far too early to speculate how the
market of 2014 will come up, however
with a change of Government here and
an election due next year across the
Timor
Sea,
things
will
hopefully
strengthen.
We have had the best part of six weeks
away from cattle work. We have been
able to attend to many maintenance
issues in this time. Concrete pads under
mills, erecting new fences, rolling up old
fences, plastering troughs and breaking
in horses. It has been good to also have
a few weekends off. It is great to see all
the improvement work steadily coming
along. We have also spent a fair amount
of time fighting bushfires and anticipate a
few more before the end of the season.
We have also had a packed social
schedule,
with
Rodeo’s
and
Race
meetings every other weekend.
The
crew are looking forward to hooking in for
the second round and saving some
money again! Well at least I hope they
are.
Lauren Vaughan won the ladies
buckjump at Halls Creek and Casey
Schmidt won the Stockman’s Race at the
Picnic Races aboard ‘Safar’. Us lads also
achieved a few minor places in the Saddle
Bronc and Station buckjump events. Ex
Blina plant horse ‘Benji Vienamen’, whom
we donated to the bucking string after a
string of offences, is now a star Saddle
Bronc horse. By far the highlight of the
Rodeo Season was the Broome Rodeo,
which has not been held since 2006. Under
lights and in front of a crowd of over 3,000
it was a huge event.
We welcome to the team Cassandra Gray,
who has taken over in the cook house from
Jenny Hosking.
Stu Jones is now
working the CAT 938G loader which has
come
across
from
Meda, rebuilding
wingbanks on dams and fixing erosion
around the run. It will be great to get to
some of these earthworks jobs. Andy
Hallen will hopefully get some scrub
cleared on the D4E in the coming months,
opening up fence lines north of Ellendale.
We have just started the second round of
the breeders and it will be all go for the
next eight weeks. I think that we may be
on track for a record weaning in 2013,
which will set us up for volume sales in
2014. With a bit of luck, we can snare a
few early storms in November.
Matt Wood
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Bulgunnia
The North West Pastoral country has been
at its blooming best over the past 3 months
with every conceivable type of wild flower
and weed imaginable.
After some good rains that were reported in
the last newsletter, we had even better falls
in July of 45.4mm, which was very slow
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falling and wide spread. Since then we
have only had 1.2mm in August and
1.6mm in September.
The country is still holding on but is now
showing signs of wilting and going to seed
which will leave a massive seed bank for
the next big rains to come.
With this enormous ground cover we now
sit and hope for a wet summer without the
dry thunder storms and lightning, as it will
not take too much to set the place alight.
The other down side is of course the
blowfly, which we are just starting to see a
bit of.
Lamb marking crew 2013, Kerry Fullwood,
Jacob Shrodter, Jemma Hugo, Tegan
Gleeson, Richard Beaumont and Josh
Davis.
Wild flowers as far as the eye can see.
Since last newsletter we have been busy
with lamb marking recording a credible
percentage given the dry conditions at
mating and the poor condition of the
stock.
The rains came in time as the ewes had
picked up in condition which made
mustering a little easier.
By the time we finished marking, the last
lambs were enormous and everyone was
glad to see the back of them.
A welcome surprise was the 52% from the
maidens. When they started lambing it
looked like a very ordinary percentage, but
towards the end they picked up.
Lucky to have all my children home for
lamb marking who enjoyed helping outfrom left Katherine, Brendan, Daniel
(partially obscured), Dad, Kristy and
Christopher
2nd photo Christopher and Katherine.
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Work has continued on the new fencing at
Pennyfather/Vokes and the never ending
grating replacement at Ooraminna shed.
We also had to replace a few bearers and
footings in the Bulgunnia shed and
unfortunately a majority of the old grating
could not be reused so we have had to
replace this with new grating as well.
A new bore has also been drilled next to
the homestead which was needed due to
the existing one failing after the big flood
in 2011.
New Fence - Pennyfather – Vokes.
Soil samples taken every metre from new
Homestead bore.
We have also been able to utilise the
services of Richard Armour to clean out
Bradman’s well and install fluming and
back fill.
Those of us who can remember back to the
eighties, when Richard was manager at
Bulgunnia, the Homestead kitchen was
renovated and made larger and an
underground cellar was dug out and built.
The Jackaroos at the time which included
myself and Dominic Jennings were made
to dig the cellar by hand to a depth of
some 20 feet.
My point to this story is it took 30 years,
but finally I was able to make Richard
Armour go down a hole and DIG DIG DIG,
very satisfying and a good result too as we
managed to clean out 12 feet of mud, rock
and old wooden posts originally used to
line the walls of the well.
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Crutching trailer in full swing.
On the staffing front Jemma Hugo is
gaining more and more experience daily and
is genuinely interested in the work.
She is still having the occasional lie down
when out on her bike, but is staying upright
more often these days.
Down you go Richard and start digging -Dirty work but someone has to do it.
We are currently well into crutching and
after a very rocky start we have been able
to get a few done, to date we have
completed
just
on
9,000
with
approximately 14,000 to go, not quite
halfway.
Jemma Hugo enjoying the hard work, yes
that is a long tail lamb.
Josh Davis has stepped up again and has
taken the lead in the paddock whilst
mustering on several occasions.
Josh has been with Jumbuck for nearly 12
months without a holiday and is looking
forward to November when he can have a
couple of weeks R&R (provided we have
finished crutching by then).
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Josh Davis.
My daughter Katherine has returned
again to help out over crutching.
For some reason she forgets what it was
like last time, and how sore the backside
becomes after days on the bike.
Our replacement cook arrived in July with
very big shoes to fill.
Annie Robinson came to us from the foot
of the Snowy Mountains, whilst she has
enjoyed a mild winter I don’t know if she
will be looking forward to our hot summer.
Annie is very experienced and has got the
staff wrapped around her finger; she even
lets them decide in turn what desert they
would like that night.
Someone tested her and asked for
chocolate éclairs and true to form she
produced them, well done Annie.
Foolishly posted on face book:
“First time riding a motorbike in months
and managed not to fall off! Yay!!”
No guessing as to how long that lasted,
exactly one day.
And then she followed it up with this little
gem on Facebook:
“Have had to remind myself of 4 things
since moving out here:
1. There comes a point where no matter
how long or hard you scrub, the dirt will
not come off!
2. Unless you apply COPIOUS amounts of
sunscreen THREE times a day, you WILL
get burnt...
3. No matter how flimsy or insignificant a
single twig or leaf may look, when riding a
motorbike at 60km/h, it will sting when it
whips you.
And finally,
4. Sheep are like children...
- they change their minds every two
seconds
- they stop walking when they get tired
and refuse to move on
- AND they insist on playing hide and seek
in every patch of scrub!!”
Annie Robinson hard at work in the kitchen.
Kerry Fullwood continues to perform at
the highest level in the Overseers position
and her profile which is included in this
newsletter makes for very entertaining
reading.
Once again a big thank you to all my staff
for a good effort over lamb marking, and
with not much of a breather straight into
crutching, well done.
Peter Marshall
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Commonwealth Hill
Significant winter rain fell in mid-July,
bringing up probably the best quality
herbage we have seen since before the
drought. Lambs were marked in July/August
and barely fitted in the cradle from mid-July
onwards. We finished up with a total of just
over 70% which is a shade less than last
year, but have no doubt that these lambs
will survive right through the summer with
minimal losses compared to last year.
Well
done
to
the
crew
here
at
Commonwealth
Hill,
especially
Chris
Bowler who picked up 80% of them.
Wet weather brings bogs Mr Fix It to the rescue.
Which Manager in the North West Pastoral
area has been awarded super hero status
after numerous rescues to staff being
bogged or broken down?
Just like superman, to be a truly great
super hero you have to wear the undies on
the outside.
Due to recent early rains we have develop
quite a serious fire problem especially in the
north west of the station. We will be
extremely lucky to get through summer
without fighting fires.
Butterfly tank on the Aurora line has finally
got water in it and after numerous attempts
of trying to get water up the old fibrolite
line and two km of poly later we have had a
win. A 30,000 gallon poly lined tank was
also constructed at Problem by Richard
Armour. This should help the Columba line
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through the summer as Wildingi will be dry
within the month.
Crutching is underway at the moment and
should be finished within a week. Jared
Cox and Co have been good to work with,
with exceptional wool picking by Paisley.
It would be good to have them back next
year.
On the employment front, we said goodbye
to Nathan James at the end of lamb
marking who left to pursue his career in
the music industry as a DJ. We wish him
all the best. Kiwi pilot Jamie Havill will be
leaving us at the end of crutching. Apart
from being a good pilot, he can take his
hand to almost anything on the run and he
has a sense of humour as dry as cement
powder! Good luck with your flying career
and keep in touch.
Simon Robinson
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The same sheep 5 months later!
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Gunbar
Since the last newsletter we have received
some good falls of rain which has given us
good feed through the winter. The feed is
turning now and we could really do with
some good spring rain to make an
exceptional season. The winter rains ran
some water into the dams but the majority
of the dams are not full.
Shearing has been completed with 15,718
shorn at Tiarra for 467 bales and 30,520
shorn at Gunbar for 798 bales. All sheep cut
very well with 11 drop wethers cutting
7.5kg, ewes cutting up to 6.7kg and ewe
hoggets cutting 6.9kg. There were some
very good cuts for the special studs. All
sheep came off the board in very good
condition and should join very well in
November.
Some wether lambs ex Commonwealth
Hill agisted at Geranium in April 2013.
Likewise the sale sheep look very good and
will sell well in the Hay sale on the 20th.
September. We will have 7,000 sheep in the
sale. The older wethers and ewes will go
over the hooks to Fletchers in Dubbo. Both
ewes and wethers will have some good
carcass weights.
The station rams are looking very good this
year and will arrive in very good condition.
The wheat crop on the irrigation is going
along nicely and will be given another water
to finish it off.
We have had a couple of staff changes since
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the
last
newsletter
with
Tamara
Wetheral leaving us and Samantha
Lees joining us for a couple of weeks
work experience.
Dominic Jennings.
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Repairing burst diesel tank. This was filled
with water before welding to avoid
explosions!
Branding Station Rams.
Station Rams heading back to the paddock.
Drafting Hoggets for classing.
Wheat crop irrigation.
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uncomfortable with added difficulty when
they were moving the vehicles around the
sloping ground.
A very good effort from Alison Finch and
her hard working team to finish in time for
the workers to move straight into shearing
Mike Cochrane
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McCoys Well
Shearing with the blades – as it was done
150 years ago!
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Glen Devon
The year has moved around so fast as
shearing time is upon the Glen Devon
staff again with the experienced Libby
Langley and Travis LeRay who help with
all aspect at the yards. I am predicting
another good shearing with little to no
problems. It must feel sometimes like a
production line at the back of the shed
but, of course, it is a crucial job just the
same.
After a disappointing amount of losses
during lambing, there has been little to no
losses from the time of lambing to now.
This has been a relief to us regarding our
off shear sale lambs, who will be up for
offer this year.
It is good to report that the number of
good quality lambs this year is a big
improvement on last year.
The weed spraying I have done after
winter has been less than I wanted to do.
This has been mainly due to the weather,
with the high winds or the rain which
preceded it.
Rainfall for the months of August was 96
mm and 70 mm for September.
The olive grove has just had its annual
pruning. Many of the days during pruning
were also hampered by rain and wind.
This
made
the
job
that
little
As I write we are experiencing some
inclement weather with very strong winds
and some rain. Up to 20mm is forecast, but
I think the NNW winds might make that
unlikely. The strong winds have been a
regular occurrence since the end of this
winter.
Since our last report both Lamb Tailing &
Shearing have been completed. The main
lambing was unusually late this year and our
lambing percentages averaged 56%.
We finished shearing on September 12th this
year, after a busy 2½ weeks. The Lyco wool
press electric motor gave up on day 2. A
hired TPW press was quickly sourced on the
same day, which allowed the shearing to
continue.
Emma Howie and Clinton Hahsey joined
the team for the shearing period which
helped the wheels to turn a little more
smoothly. We ended up pressing 244 bales
of wool.
A portion of this year’s sale sheep are
loading
tomorrow
morning
(weather
permitting) with 06 drop ewes sold on hooks
to the Lobethal meatworks and 12 drop ewe
and wether hoggets being trucked to the
Jamestown markets.
The rainfall year to date sits at 208.6mm.
We’ve had an unusually wet and not so cold
winter this year, which has seen the winter
annuals grow very well. This has left us with
an abundance of clover which I have never
seen here before.
bit
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Graeme Barry
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essential to get bulk of stock work done
in the cool of the morning and late
afternoon.
Madura Plains
All the sheep off shears have been placed
out and settled into their paddocks well
and truly. Major effort from all staff
involved.
The ewes are in great order for their
lambing time. We have and are dropping
very good numbers around in the ewes.
We have a lot of herbage and some areas
spear grass so the lambs, which are on the
ground, are in great order. We have had
great general falls in September which is
really helping the ewes along with their
lambs. Very much looking forward to
lambing. Considering 2012 we did not
even get a lambing really.
Since
placement
we
have
been
maintaining waters and bores. We have
managed to finally equip Firestick back up
bore hole with a HDF pump Jack and a RK120 Kubota engine. This hole has not been
equipped since established in September
2005.
Also we have been getting all equipment
ready for 2013 lamb marking i.e. Camping
kitchen, panels, panel trailer and bikes up
to sound condition for mustering and
marking.
I would also like to thank all my staff for
looking after things very well whilst I was
on annual leave.
Matthew Haines
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Meda and Kimberley Downs.
After a reasonable first round of
mustering, we find ourselves preparing
for a second round muster.
With
daytime temperatures starting to push
up into the forties, early starts and
working into the evening will be
Have managed to get sale cattle out
the gate, after at times, a logistical
nightmare. Sale prices were well down.
On the positive side, sale weights as a
result of good seasonal conditions were
up.
Normally by this time of year feed has
hayed off and protein content very low.
However, this season after good falls of
rain in May and June quality of pasture
has remained high. As a result cattle
have held their condition. If we are
lucky enough to get some early storms
in November /December, stock will go
into 2013/2014 wet season in good
order.
This should result in a big
calving in 2014 and indeed, above
average turn off weights.
With stock only just starting to really
come on to manmade waters, we have
had not had to as yet, pump water with
diesel.
With the media constantly reporting
positive news with regard to live
export, one would think things are
improving. However, on the ground it
is still hard work for producers and
exporters with export permits hard to
come by and no real certainty and
direction in the market.
The year of the broken bone is perhaps
the best description, with Don Harris
breaking several bones in his foot
whilst working on a windmill.
Then
somehow managing to get himself
down! This left both Don and myself
on crutches at one stage.
However,
thanks to Stacie Stamatas and Matt
Smith who stepped up, to keep waters
checked, machinery rolling and general
maintenance done.
Staff
have
certainly
been
busy
competing in various events on the
West
Kimberley
calendar.
Most
attended and competed in rodeo and
campdraft events at Fitzroy Crossing,
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Derby and Broome. Some success in
the campdrafting with Troy Haslet
picking up a second and Bryce
Hughes a third in the beginners draft
in Derby, both on young horses.
Meda also picked up a second in the
station challenge at Derby, which is a
very competitive event and a lot of
fun
for
competitors
and
indeed
spectators. Troy Haslet also picked
up a second in the bull ride at the
Derby Bullarama.
The Derby picnic races were a very
successful
day
for
Meda.
With
Augustus winning the head honchos
race and then Maverick winning the
Margaret River cup both with Troy
Haslet aboard. The cup is at last on
the mantelpiece at Meda after being
at Napier Downs for the last seven
years. With Candis Fraser picking up
a second in the clumpers race and
Alex Laurisson, a second in the
ladies and stockman’s race a great
day.
Thanks also to Meg Ross who has
done a great job and has kept a
constant supply of food coming from
the kitchen. And indeed kept us all
entertained with her antics and in no
doubt as to what the rules are in the
kitchen and dining room.
Jamie Laurisson
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Maverick celebrating his Cup win with
jockey, Troy Haslet.
The Meda Crew – L-R
Jo Zanker, Ashley Morrow, Alex Laurisson,
Angus Laurisson, Troy Haslet, Georgina
Laurisson, William Laurisson, Candis Fraser
and Bryce Hughes.
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Mobella
Mobella has received another helpful 68mm
of rain, this has put us on average rainfall
for the year and whatever we get heading
into the last half of the year is a bonus.
Thankfully most of this recent rainfall fell in
the space of about two days and filled up
Pelican dam for only the second time since
it was first dug out in 2002!
The speargrass is out in force and the
wildflowers have really kicked off this year
in particular with the discovery of a white
Sturt Desert Pea... in Callum paddock...
with Callum sitting beside me in the
passenger seat of my Toyota! It is the first
time I have seen one of these although I
hear they are quite common in good
seasons.
I would like to congratulate Dechlan
O’Neill on a fantastic job of cleaning out
the drains on Pelican Dam with our Case
tractor with grader blade attached, it took
him all week but the results speak for
themselves. Well done.
Dechlan also had a chance to try his hand
at a bit of flying and proved to be quite
handy, for the first time in a long time our
missed ewes over lambmarking were well
down to average 6%... a credit to both our
pilots Dechlan O’Neill and Jamie Havill
from Commonwealth Hill.
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I would like to thank Peter Marshall for
lending us the Bulgunnia plane to help us
finish our mustering in good time.
Lamb marking saw us with a total of
78.9% across the board, not a bad figure
considering the conditions the ewes joined
in, although I attribute these figures to the
amount of feed the lambs were dropped in.
We were doing quite well percentage-wise
until our maidens naturally dragged us
down, our best mob were our ’07 drop Blue
tag ewes in the Dipthong and Quarrion
area. These old girls gave us 520 lambs off
488 ewes for a figure of 106% which I was
really not expecting; our Blues went on to
give us 105% collectively. In our other age
groups we averaged 80% in our Oranges,
91% in our Whites and 53% in our Greens.
As I am writing this we are well into the
swing of crutching with Lou Cox and his
men chipping away at hopefully about
14,000 all up. With any luck we should be
finished well before the Glendambo races,
as I’m sure Tash Masters will be entering
her TTR 250 this year.
Since the last newsletter we have lost our
long term station hand/cook Cody Gair as
she has moved on from Mobella to a
station hand position at Mt Lyndhurst in
the north east of SA. On behalf of the rest
of the crew and myself I would like to wish
Cody all the best for her new endeavours.
We were not short of a cook long before
Alex Neal joined us from Tasmania; she
has hit the ground running with the arrival
of the crutchers and has handled the
pressure quite well. I would like to extend
a warm welcome to Alex and new comer
Rachelle Cuzens who has joined us from
Dalby in Queensland.
And as always I would like to thank my
ever trustworthy crew of Tash Masters,
Dechlan O’Neill and Carissa Perrett for
helping
me
though
yet
another
lambmarking
with
ease,
let’s
hope
crutching goes just as well. Not to forget
David Flint our resident pom who will be
heading off after crutching. Good luck with
your travels mate!
Ben Hammond
Richard Armour was here mid lamb
marking to arrange the construction of the
new 25’ Southern Cross syphon mill at
Tartan Dam. The mill crossed the Tanami
from Brooking Springs in the west
Kimberley via Bruce Radford. In the
space of about a week Richard and his
two trusty offsiders (backpackers Malte
Pontow and David Flint) had the new
mill fully erected on the North West wall of
the dam and ready to be plumbed to pump
water to Carldour tank in the near future.
We have had a few more Mobella Movie
Nights since the last newsletter and they
seem to be a real hit with the locals. A
great chance to catch up with mates and
watch one of the latest flicks and it seems
the culture might spread even further to
other stations outside of Jumbuck. At this
rate we might have a full blown outdoor
cinema experience at the woolshed one
day!
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Water running into Pelican Dam.
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Carissa Perrett pushing up on the crutching
trailer.
Red and White Sturt Peas.
Mobella is looking a picture!
“Here is a photo of the dingo I got in a trap
today... the bastard got about 100 of my
lambs! Just killing them for fun. I've been
on his case for about a week now and it's
just such a relief to have gotten him.”
Ben’s words – which show how serious
the Dingo problem is for most of our
Stations.
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Pelican dam after the rain.
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Mount Victor
As the dust settles, the sheep are gone
and the woolsheds are looking forlorn,
after weeks of frantic activity; a slight
feeling of anti-climax prevails. The Mount
Victor crew enjoyed their first full weekend
off in nearly two months.
With the trials and triumphs of shearing
behind us – 26,500 shorn, the wool cut
down but that was expected and 560 bales
of wool – but the sheep coming off the
board in tremendous condition, full of fight
and flight.
Sale sheep at Jamestown; purple tag
wethers making $61, old blue ewes $51.
The sheep stood up well, equal to any in
the yarding after improvements in our
preparation; the buoyant market is in
contrast to last year’s flat.
Michael and Anne Whillas, with their
plane, were again brought in this year,
primarily to assist in the extraction of the
sheep from the Plumbago Hills. The crew
thought this a tremendous innovation in
such extreme terrain, saving hours of body
and bike breaking labour. Twelve paddocks
were cleared in four and a half days.
The drench gun and the Powerdoser were a
daily curse, with Avenge’s solvent perishing
“o” rings and hoses at a staggering rate.
The oral drenching of all lambs with Biostart increased the workload in the yards
and at times the straggler lambs almost
made us buckle, both mentally and
physically. The staff held firm and did the
job with no complaint. The meticulous
application of Avenge and Extinosad was a
credit to all. Most of my staff moved into
the 1500 club – putting 1500 sheep
through gates or into the yards solo; a
great achievement.
Courtney Wait, taking on some of our
rougher little hills that make even the best
of us draw rein, came to ground jarring her
neck
and
spine
severely.
To
her
disappointment she missed most of
shearing and has still not returned. We
hope she will soon.
Having a player down so early into shearing
does put the pressure on. Eliza, my eldest
daughter jumped into the breach for seven
days, the homestead becoming a crèche for
granddaughter Jaye. Kerry and Bronwyn
didn’t seem that fazed by the extra
responsibility.
After Eliza, we had Alistair McLatchie
doing a week’s work experience for
Peterborough TAFE. He did mention that
the experience was far more intense than
he had expected.
Leah, my second daughter, also returned
to Mount Victor for a long weekend, putting
in to lighten the load. Youngest daughter
Alexis was also in the yards whenever she
could escape the school room – her last
shearing before boarding school next year.
At Plumbago Patrick was his usual
competent self, doing all that was asked of
him, with little fuss and a lot of mischief.
We were ably assisted by Josh Mahoney,
Patrick’s son, doing work experience from
school. He seemed to think it was a lot
better in the yards than in the classroom.
“Canada” alias Kelsey Merritt, our go to
girl in the yards, did all with no fuss. She
proved her flexibility as she took on the
bike, while Eliza managed the yards for her
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short stint. Sarah Simmons had a love
hate relationship with the bike, taking
what opportunities presented to rest her
weary rear in the yards. Her quiet
competence mustering giving me total
confidence in her ability. Richard Steel’s
drafting ability was again to fore over
shearing.
Sean completed his twelve months at
Mount Victor during shearing. Twelve
months where he has shown a dedication
to this lifestyle and willingness for hard
work. He remarked that it made a lot
more sense the second time around, not
just a blurred chaos as he remembered it.
Sean will turn 21 this week and a spit
roast is planned at Plumbago shearer’s
quarters to celebrate.
Colin Andrews was here during shearing,
giving the homestead and quarters some
much needed maintenance and freshening
up the paintwork. Bronwyn returned from
her prolonged convalescence to the
kitchen a week before shearing, to keep
everybody well fed. Kerry returned to the
schoolroom with a sigh of relief.
Sean Harrison celebrating his 21st birthday
at Mount Victor, with a lamb roast and a
glass of red. Kelsey Merritt is to his right.
He had a party at the Plumbago shearer’s
quarters on the Saturday night.
The unflagging good humour of the staff
over such a gruelling period was an
inspiration. I wish to thank all of the crew
for
their
tremendous
effort
and
determination in getting the job done. The
staff and family enjoyed a pizza and pool
night that celebrated the end of shearing.
It was difficult to recognise the girls in
their dresses as the same grubby station
hands from the yards.
Our thoughts now in the short term are
directed toward getting what few sheep
that aren’t placed to their permanent
abodes. Then to the never-ending list of
maintenance and improvements, that are
all geared towards getting the greatest
number of sheep into the shearing yards
again next year.
Richard Williams
Ω
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Sarah Simmons backlining.
Mulgathing
It is crutching time again at Mulgathing.
We have only been into it for the last week,
due to wet weather holding up the
Springfield
Shearing
down
south.
Fortunately for us, this meant our Rams
and a couple of hundred stragglers got
shorn in record time, with the team
travelling all the way up here to keep busy
waiting for sheep to dry out.
Mt Victor Friday dress up night.
L-R Nana Williams, Sean Harrison, Kelsey
Merritt, Alexis Williams, Richard Williams,
Jaye Parker, Eliza Parker, Leah Williams,
Sarah Simmons, Richard Steel, Bronwyn
Foster.
Lamb-tailing was a little slower than we
had hoped for this year, but all for good
reason! After the first week we received
nearly three inches of rain which put a big
dampener on all activities for the next
week. We eventually got to the end having
marked just under 75% and expect we will
mark a few more over the course of
crutching during the next three weeks.
It is amazing what a good winter rain will
do. We have now received 180 millimetres
for the year, and the country is looking
fantastic.
The winter feed that has
germinated as a result of the most recent
rains has been a big benefit to our lamb
drop. It surprised me over the course of
tailing the incredible gains in lamb weights
from week to week!
Kelsey Merritt, Alexis Williams and Sarah
Simmons – Cut Out night.
Putting sheep through the gate at Dog
Grid. Ω
The issue now moving into Summer is that
this incredible season we have been having
now represents a massive fire-risk over
more than half the property. It won't be
long before the grader will be moving up
the roads to alleviate some of this risk.
New faces over crutching include Jessica
Bateman,
Samuel
Hugo,
Nicholas
Cowdrill and Malte Pontow. Malte, from
Germany is looking for the 'real Aussie
experience' and is now a seasoned
campaigner after spending a month with
Richard Armour, doing work on all the
North-West Jumbuck stations. It is good to
see a crew that gels so brilliantly, and all
share the diligence and determination to do
well. Unfortunately, Sam Hugo after being
here for 11 days was involved in a bad
accident.
We all wish him a speedy
recovery.
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Our stalwart Dogger, Alan Single, presses
on with the fence. Having persevered with
it now for three months, he is getting to
know it, having put plenty of posts in and
getting a fair bit of foot netting replaced
before it gets too hot over Summer.
not overly tall or dense, so sheep can walk
through it without being debilitated. As well
as that, Copper Burr, Wards Weed and
Bindii are all full of moisture and protein.
This season suits the sheep perfectly,
resulting in very low losses and fat, happy
lambs.
James Barry Ω
A slightly under average lambing is a result
of last year’s poor season. We averaged
74.8%, giving 13,624 lambs marked to
date. We decided to leave the maidens
unmustered, as they had clearly not
finished lambing.
Crutching is in full swing and the crew is
camped out again, this time until early
December. We are currently mustering and
marking the maiden ewes, which saved
mustering 13 paddocks at the time, but we
are paying for it now with resources
stretched to the limit.
Fat Ewes and Lambs – check out the feed!
I expect that we will mark 2,500 lambs
over the entire crutching process. As well
as that, we are jetting all sheep in an effort
to protect against lice and the dreaded fly.
With the AFL footy season now over, the
station footy tipping competition has also
come to an end. The 12 participants
religiously stuck to the rules of stirring,
belittling and mocking each other. In the
end, Robyn Nash won the competition by
a margin of 7. Coincidently, Robyn also
ran the competition and is a firm Essendon
supporter (CHEATS!). Is it possible that
Robyn took some mind altering drug that
enabled her to perform so well?! Kat Vine
took second place and Dennis Nash came
third.
Got them all!
Ω
Rawlinna
The season this winter has gone from
good to great.
We have now recorded 180.2 mm at
Rawlinna Homestead (the northern end),
236.3mm at Depot Outstation (the
middle), and 215.3mm at Nightshade Hut
(the southern end near the Eyre Highway).
As a result, we have spear grass that is
Recently, I mentioned Supplement Bore,
which had lost its supply.
After applying ADPA and ALBA, and
plunging the bore, the acid was then left
for 5 weeks. The result was excellent. The
standing water level could not be lowered
by bailing, so columns and rods were
replaced and the fan let out into the wind.
The water being pumped into the tank held
sediment and appeared coloured for over a
week. This would suggest that by leaving
the chemical for the 5 week period, it was
able to work its magic well out from the
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bore into the porous layer. If the acid had
remained close to the bore it would have
cleared up more quickly. A piece of coral
was extracted from the Supplement bore
during its reconditioning, confirming the
Nullarbor spent a lot of time under the
sea during the Earth’s evolution.
I would be very interested to hear if any
other bores are being reclaimed in a
similar manner, as success on one bore
does not prove anything.
Rawlinna Station is seriously big. At times
the flow of sheep is never ending, and the
muster seems to go on forever. At
present, the Rawlinna crew is digging
really deep for which I am very grateful.
Stock camp went out on the 16th July and
most have had less than two weeks under
a roof since then. Whilst camping out
reduces the amount of driving each day,
the days are still long and fatigue is still
an issue. My thanks to the entire
Rawlinna crew for their efforts and good
cheer.
Michael Simons.
Ω
Left to Right....Greta Evans, Tarna Rogers,
Kat Vine, Phil Wilkinson, Lindsay Simpson,
Monica Wright, Charlotte Brown and Dave
Simpson. The photo also includes the stock
camp in the background.
Lone Musterer in Nightshade Paddock. Just
to give an idea of the size of paddocks on
Rawlinna – about 20% of paddock is visible
and next musterer is 5km away.
Mustering Camp in Telegram holding
paddock.
Michael Simons with a camel or two cut into
Dingo baits.
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weather for growing stock out pre summer.
It has been a warmer than average spring,
with our rainfall on par for average also. It
seems at this time of the year we could
carry double our normal stock numbers.
Our lamb marking went well with our old
ewes giving us 99.4%. Sadly this was
overshadowed by our maidens, with a
disappointing 45% lambing.
The warm conditions have also given the
weeds a head start. This year our main
spraying concern has been capeweed. It
seems the more thistles we eradicate, the
less competition all the other weeds have.
Our spray Contractor has undertaken a
very effective program, with pleasing
results on both the capeweed and
variegated thistle.
Sheep on drove - Rawlinna
Our main shearing has been completed
with only the lambs left to shear. The
process was a little more drawn out than
usual, with rain and overcast days making
it difficult to have dry sheep for the
shearers. Our wool was a little better this
year, with a lot less coloured and dermo
wool coming across the board.
The New Zealand team again doing a
fantastic job, complemented by Rose and
Travis’s excellent effort in the yards. It’s
said that an army marches on its stomach
and this was manifest in the excellent food
cooked by Andrea.
Off to muster.
Will Collins.
Ω
The Overseers in the North West
Pastoral District.
A thoughtful lamb on Rawlinna – the future
of the Station.
Ω
Springfield
Our spring has opened with the ideal
The Overseer is a vital part of the team
running any Station and needs to be able
to do all Station jobs proficiently. They
need leadership skills second only to the
Manager and need to be able to step in and
take over the Manager’s job at any time.
This article is the forerunner of several
more on Overseers.
Jumbuck’s North West Pastoral Stations all
have exceptionally good Overseers at the
moment and it is easy to see where
Managers will be sourced from in the
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future.
Here is a brief Profile of the four North
West Overseers.
caught the bus to the Bulgunnia turn off
which arrives at 3.30 am. Here are her first
impressions:
“Getting off a bus on the side of the
highway at 3:30am - the usual response I
have witnessed many times since: “Holy
sh_t, what have I done?!?” After the first
day I knew this was what I wanted to do.”
Bulgunnia
Kerry Fullwood.
Born in Perth on the 9th of September
1986, Kerry has one younger brother and
is very close to all her family.
Kerry spent all of her childhood in Western
Australia completing high school at
Greenwood Senior High and studied
Dance, Drama, Music, Human Biology,
English and Maths.
She then went onto study at Murdoch
University where she started, but is yet to
complete, a double degree in Molecular
Biology & Biological Sciences before
making the big move to come out West in
May 2008.
She also has completed a certificate 3 in
Agriculture, sheep and wool production.
Previous employment included a stint at
Coles where she vehemently points out she
was not a check out chick. She also spent
some time on Minderoo Station in WA.
When I asked her what made her decide to
come out here her reply was:
“Working on a station is something I had
always dreamed of doing, but never had
the opportunity. One day I decided that
was that, and applied to various agriculture
companies, only Jumbuck replied. Looking
back, with no prior experience I am not
surprised that nobody else picked me up. I
have always been very independent, and
although my family did not want me to
come at first, after I was here about 12
months they figured out that I wasn't
coming home anytime soon.”
Kerry started as a Jillaroo on Mulgathing
Station in May 2008 before being promoted
to Overseer on Bulgunnia Station in April
2011.
Kerry, like many before her and after her,
What about
gardening:
your
hobbies
other
than
“Ballroom & Latin dancing, not that I get
much opportunity.”
Favourite part of the job you enjoy doing:
“Riding my bike (she owns a KLX Kawasaki
250S)/stock work & windmill work.”
If you could be anybody in the world who
would it be:
“It's taken me 27 years to become happy
with who I am and I wouldn't want to be
anybody else.”
Advice for anybody thinking of coming to
Jumbuck:
“Use your Common Sense, not that it is
very common anymore, and practice
patience. Have your own moral compass to
do what you know is right, simply because
it IS right. This is a lifestyle, not just a
job.”
Future plans, dreams or aspirations that
you won't mind being printed in the
newsletter:
“Well, my plan was to be married with 4
kids by the time I was 24. Clearly that
hasn't happened so I'm just winging it and
taking life as it comes.”
Where do you see yourself in 20 years’
time:
“Another tough one... I'd like to think out
here
teaching
the
next
generation
(hopefully improved upon the current
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generation after the world has had at least
one apocalypse) how to do this job like
they did 50 years ago, because it will have
reverted back to that way by then - and
living at Goode Outstation! Horses and
manpower!”
By her own admission Kerry is a recovering
chocoholic with a penchant for jellybeans.
She is also an extremely hard worker,
honest and reliable, if I could clone her I
would.
Peter Marshall Ω
Kerry enjoying a holiday back in Perth.
Early days – Mulgathing Station.
New Year’s Eve dress up 2011.
Kerry’s first bike – Yamaha XT 250.
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man, coming from working as a fitter and
turner for 9 years in Stawell, Victoria.
When he first arrived, it was shearing at
Commonwealth Hill and there wasn’t
much time available to instruct him on the
requirements of the dog fence. He was
made useful around the Homestead
repairing motors, trailers and vehicles for
a couple of weeks. He was fairly skilled in
this department. After a few months on
the dog fence it was apparent that his
talent was wasted and he was probably
too young for the reclusive nature of a
boundary rider.
Amy Heenan was from Horsham, which
is only a stone’s throw from where Stawell
is and they knew nothing of each other
before they worked here. Amy had been a
Jillaroo at Bulgunnia and then at
Commonwealth Hill for a year and she was
in the process of moving on from
Commonwealth Hill when Ash showed up.
After some subtle match making by the
manager and overseer, funnily enough
Amy decided to stay. So Ashley, along
with Amy, took on a couple’s position at
Mobella. Amy being the cook and Ash
being a station hand under Ben
Hammond. Whilst at Mobella, Ash and
Amy got engaged and planned to marry
on the 12th of November, 2011. Whether it
be coincidence, or something else that
brought these two together in remote SA,
we will never know.
Kerry in the drafting yards.
Ω
Commonwealth Hill
Ashley Cooper.
After 12 months at Mobella, Ash and Amy
decided to move on and start a new life
and family for themselves working for the
Banyandah
Pastoral
Company,
near
Moulamein NSW. During their time
working for Banyandah Pastoral Company,
their son, Riley John Simon Cooper was
born on the 17th of December 2012.
Ashley, Amy and Riley Cooper.
Ash Cooper first started with Jumbuck
Pastoral on the 10th of Feb 2010 at
Commonwealth Hill as the dog fence patrol
In early 2013, and after two years away
from Jumbuck, Ash and Amy decided to
move back to Commonwealth Hill and
take on the overseer’s position which was
a win for Jumbuck and bad luck for
Banyandah.
They
started
here
at
Commonwealth Hill in April 2013 and are
going strong. We are very fortunate to
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have Ash, Amy and
Commonwealth Hill.
Riley
here
at
and is now appointed overseer at Mobella
station.
Tash looks forward to managing for
Jumbuck Pastoral in the future, she loves
this part of the country and we couldn’t be
happier to have her as part of the crew at
Mobella.
Mobella
Tash Masters.
Ω
Mulgathing
Danielle Goodwin.
Danielle
Goodwin
commenced
with
Jumbuck Pastoral at Mulgathing Station
only 2½ years ago.
Her first day
happened to be Good Friday in 2011, and
despite her accompanying me for a 'quick
trip' out to West Well to pick up a 'few
stragglers' on this day she is still with us!
Something that she does not let me
forget about too often.
Tash Masters.
Born in Kingoonya, you could say that Tash
has always had an affinity for the North
West pastoral and whether she is here in
body or spirit, she never really leaves.
After 12 years of ‘school of the air’ Tash's
first job was 2 months’ worth of work on
North Well station right next to home. She
started as a mere lackey in the yards but by
the end of her stint she was mustering out
in the paddock with the rest of the crew.
She was asked to stay on and after 3½
years she had a certificate 3 in agriculture
with honours and was ready for a transfer to
Conmarra Station just outside of Kingston in
the south east.
After returning to the North West pastoral
yet again to work on North Well and Wilgena
and on various stations for shearer Doug
Millhouse, Tash decided to hone her skills
in the paddock even more by contract
mustering.
Tash was made aware of an opening with
Jumbuck Pastoral as overseer at Mulgathing
in 2008 and has never looked back. After
four and a half years of dedicated service to
Mulgathing, Tash was ready for a change
The only daughter born to Terry and
Anne Goodwin, Danielle spent her
childhood growing up in and around
Grafton, New South Wales. Horses have
always been a passion for Danielle,
having grown up with them from a young
age, not being able to recall a memory
without horses around.
This passion grew into an obsession, with
her talents taking her as high as the New
South
Wales
State
Sporting
and
Campdrafting Championships and the
Australian Bushman's Campdraft and
Rodeo
Association
Championships,
amongst
other
Campdrafting
and
Sporting events. When she goes back to
Grafton Danielle is always lending a hand
at any close Racetrack or Arena she can
get to.
As a part time job while at School
Danielle spent some time working at
Yulgilbar Station with a contract worker.
During that time she spent many days
cutting fence posts and fencing, along
with lots of cattle work.
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When she wasn't spending time with her
beloved horses, Danielle kept herself busy
with Hockey and Football (of the NRL
variety, not aerial 'ping-pong'!!) She was
selected to the State Football under 19's
Girls team, but a knee injury soon put that
to an end.
Mulgathing has been a different direction
for Danielle. Firstly, very little horse work
and secondly, no cattle! It has had its
difficult moments for her, as it would for
anyone, but she would not have it any
other way. Over the last two and a half
years I have seen the 18 year old that first
started with me, grow and mature into a
person who has become an integral part of
Mulgathing's operation.
Danielle received the promotion to
Mulgathing's Overseer in mid-August of
this year.
She is very excited at the
opportunity to improve her knowledge
further with the bigger steps she is now
taking to fill this more demanding role,
and describes her entire experience with
Jumbuck Pastoral as, "A Journey: You
only get out what you put in, so aim high
and you won't be disappointed."
James Barry
Ω
Danielle setting up to pull a bore.
Ω
Gunbar - Work Experience Report
From day one I knew that working on
Gunbar Station would be well worth it. On
the first morning Jenny and I woke up at
quarter past five, had breakfast, and then
headed off with Dominic to Tiarra where we
were to load sheep onto trucks. However,
we didn’t even get half way there when the
phone rang to tell us not to go because
they had received too much rain for the
trucks to get in, so we went back to the
homestead and waited around until 7.30am
when the overseer, Alan, gave us our
orders for the day.
The work I did during my ten days at
Gunbar ranged from chasing and loading
sheep onto trucks; water runs; fixing
fences; finding pipes; branding and
drafting sheep; and attending the Annual
Hay Sheep Sale. At the Hay sale I got to
meet Jock MacLachlan and Peter Wilson,
who was the manager when my dad was
the overseer on Gunbar.
During my time at Gunbar we loaded and
sent off about 14,000 sheep – far more
than I had ever seen before!
Danielle blowing a bore out.
From day one I started on Gunbar Station,
for work experience, I knew that this was
what I wanted to do as a career.
My ten days here have been great. There
was not one morning when my alarm went
off and I didn’t want to get out of bed.
Every morning it was an adventure to
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know what we will be getting up to. Even
when I had to get up at 4.40am I didn’t
care because I knew I was getting up to
something I loved.
Samantha Lees
and tapped it on the bench, closing the
gap, replaced spark plug.
M: After about 2 minutes of trying to start
bike saw SH laughing and made him fix
his bike.
Result: No clear winners at this point... to
be continued...
Ω
--------------------------------
It Must be true!
North West Manager ordered a pair of RM
Williams Springside leggings. He carefully
measured
his
calf
and
sent
the
measurement of 30cm to Jo in the Office.
The leggings duly arrived and promptly
came back to the office with the comment:
“These are too small. My Dog can’t even
wear them.”
We rang him and passed on the
information that the Dog Board were
hunting a monster dog on his station.
“What’s this about a large dog? I haven’t
seen any for weeks” The reply: “You said
your leggings were too small and your dog
couldn’t wear them. Well Jo can wear
them, so how big is your dog?”
Turned out that he had a 40cm leg and the
leggings were what had been ordered! No
further comment on the dog was made!
-------------Station hand vs Manager
SH: Put one apple sticker on the gear stick
knob of Ms’ cruiser.
M: Went through fridge and then onto cold
room and proceeded to take every sticker
off 4kg of apples and stuck them to SHs’
helmet.
SH: Took half of the apple stickers off his
helmet and scattered them through the
front of Ms’ cruiser.
M: After removing the apple stickers from
said cruiser proceeded to take cover off
SH’s air filter on his motorbike and stuffed
it with two rags to block air flow, replaced
cover.
SH: After a good hour or so doing
everything else to figure out what was
wrong with his bike asked M for advice and
was finally pointed in the right direction.
Took the sparkplug out of Ms’ motorbike
As you and your dog get older you form a
unbreakable bond and become inter sink
with each there, well Libby and her dog
Jim have that relationship as she knows
how many barks Jim has in him for the
day so, as it nears the end of a in the yard
Libby will tell him “Jim, Stop barking you
know you’ve only got a few more barks
left in you today”
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A Great Bush Poem
The sun was hot already - it was only 8
o'clock
The cocky took off in his Ute, to go and
check his stock.
He drove around the paddocks checking
wethers, ewes and lambs,
The float valves in the water troughs, the
windmills on the dams
He stopped and turned a windmill on to fill
a water tank
And saw a ewe down in the dam, a few
yards from the bank.
"Typical bloody sheep," he thought,
"they've got no common sense,
"They won't go through a gateway but
they'll jump a bloody fence."
The ewe was stuck down in the mud, he
knew without a doubt
She'd stay there 'til she carked it if he
didn't get her out.
But when he reached the water's edge,
the startled ewe broke free
And in her haste to get away, began a
swimming spree.
He reckoned once her fleece was wet, the
weight would drag her down
If he didn't rescue her, the stupid sod
would drown.
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Her style was unimpressive, her survival
chances slim
He saw no other option, he would have to
take a swim.
He peeled his shirt and singlet off, his
trousers, boots and socks
And as he couldn't stand wet clothes, he
also shed his jocks.
He jumped into the water and away that
cocky swam
He caught up with her, somewhere near the
middle of the dam
The ewe was quite evasive, she kept giving
him the slip
He tried to grab her sodden fleece but
couldn't get a grip.
At last he got her to the bank and stopped
to catch his breath
She showed him little gratitude for saving
her from death.
She took off like a Bondi tram around the
other side
He swore next time he caught that ewe he'd
hang her bloody hide.
Then round and round the dam they ran,
although he felt quite puffed
He still thought he could run her down, she
must be nearly stuffed.
The local stock rep came along, to pay a call
that day.
He knew this bloke was on his own, his wife
had gone away,
He didn't really think he'd get fresh scones
for morning tea
But neither was he ready for what he was
soon to see.
He rubbed his eyes in disbelief at what
came into view
For running down the catchment came this
frantic-looking ewe.
And on her heels in hot pursuit and wearing
not a stitch
The farmer yelling wildly "Come back here,
you lousy bitch!"
The stock rep didn't hang around, he took
off in his car
The cocky's reputation has been damaged
near and far
So bear in mind the Work Safe rule when
next you check your flocks
Spot the hazard, assess the risk, and
always wear your jocks!”
Written by Peter Blyth of Salmon Gums. It
was a real event that inspired this original
poem!
---------------------------Sam Hansford came into Jumbuck House
for some work experience.
Walking to work in the morning, she
noticed that she could hear footsteps
behind her. They were quite distinct above
the music in her headphones. After
increasing her speed had not shaken off
the footsteps, or the conviction that she
was being stalked, she risked a glance
behind her. There was nobody there!
Been a long time since Sam had been in
high heels and she was listening to her
own footsteps!
--------------------------When asking Malte Pontow about his
time with Richard Armour and asking
him what he learnt, the response was "I
learnt the names of one hundred different
tools..... and one hundred different
insults!!"
Ω
Ω
Footy tipping.
The Jumbuck
House
Footy
Tipping
Competition has finished for another year.
There were no surprises in the final
placement of tipsters.
Alison Finch, despite professing to know
nothing about Football, was a clear winner.
HGM and Jennifer Baker shared second
place and Monica Walker was fourth.
Photographic Competition
The conditions of the Photographic
Competition have changed and all photos
sent
in
to
Jumbuck
House
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automatically be entered. If one of your
photos has been sent in by your Manager,
please let me know as Managers are not
eligible to enter the Competition.
Ω
Prestigious award for Tiarra.
Births, Engagements, Marriages and
Deaths,
Congratulations to the Nash family on the
engagement of Belinda Nash to Dustyn
Fry.
------------------Congratulations to Ben Hammond and
Carissa Perrett, of Mobella, who will be
married on the Sunshine Coast on the 2nd
November 2013. This will be followed with
a Blessing in Kenya on 16th November
2013.
Ω
Congratulations to the Lee’s at Tiarra,
Dominic Jennings and Doug Millhouse
on this professional job.
Ω
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