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
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But here’s the good news: the things we can control make all the difference to the bottom line.
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