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| Jaime Cody and Aidan looking over one of the cattle yards as the Ringers work |
Liveringa Station is a one million acre property. It is predominately a cattle station, running close to 40,000 head of cattle. It also has a small farming enterprise of mixed cropping and irrigation (about 3000 acres). They have a feedlot on the station which is currently not in use, but is capable of holding 10,000 head of cattle. There are 30 permanent staff and their families that live on the property and then they employ a number of other people during muster.
We went and stayed with the Cattle Manager and his family, who is a friend of a friend. We had 3 great nights at their house and they showed us around a large area of the property. They took us to see the aboriginal rock art and the hot springs. We went down along part of their river frontage on the banks of the Fitzroy River to see the weir which was built by the government for irrigation. They took us down to the stock camp and cattle yards where the ringers were busy branding, de-horning and drafting the cattle. We also watched another herd of cattle being mustered into the yards by helicopter. They also took us into their laboratory and looked at some of their current bull samples under the microscope checking for fertility.  |
| The helicopter having just finished mustering the cattle in the yards |
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| Jaime, Aidan and Cody with the Cattle Manager's family near the cattle yards after the muster |
We visited Old Liveringa Homestead, where we saw all the original outbuildings and learnt a lot about the history of the property. While back at the house where we were staying at Aidan and Cody also enjoyed feeding a couple of poddy calves each day and playing with their kids.
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| Aidan with the calves |
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| Jed the Cattle Manager watching Cody feed the calves |
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