With an early start at 3:30am travelling 3.5 hours down the road to Carinda. From there we were picked up by helicopter to fly into our final destination due to flood waters.
The real work began with weighing and sorting 720 head of cattle ready to be trucked out to Coles Supermarket over the next 10 weeks.
Then it was back into the helicopter to Carinda and a 3.5 hours road trip home to Gunnedah.Let's just say we were feeling a little tired last night.A big thanks to Mick from DustDevil Helicopters
With fodder reserves currently high and a strong production period underway, landholders across New England and North West NSW are presented with a timely window to secure their feed strategies ahead of changing weather patterns.
It’s easy to take for granted the dirt on our boots and the effortless way our kids learn where their food comes from. Standing here in Gunnedah, getting ready to send my eldest son off to Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School next year with his two younger brothers hopefully following in his footsteps, I’m constantly reminded of how fortunate we are to live this lifestyle. But step outside our regional bubble, and the divide between city children and the farm gate has never been wider.
Stand on the edge of any paddock at sunrise across our region, and you’ll see a landscape built on generations of grit, local knowledge, and good old-fashioned hard work. But look a little closer at the horizon today, and you might just catch a user-friendly drone hovering silently into view
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