A couple of times a year I go out to Tapiola station, Dalby to help a friend who is agisting some Black Angus cattle I co-own with a friend.

The weekend is always fun fixing up the yards, fences, clearing paddocks, branding, tagging, castrating and yarding animals for sale.

It’s pretty hard to get images when you’re climbing fences and pushing animals through the pens while looking out for rogue bulls, but here are some images from the weekend.

To see all the images in this gallery go to this link in the database. The more recent images are from the last pages.

Storm clouds build over Dalby. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

Evening cattle inspection from the ute. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

Latest additions. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

Moving cattle into the yards. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

Fellow cattle baron. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

World’s most placid bull. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

Would you want to enter the cattle crush? These cows didn’t. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

Finally the cows start running through the crush. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

Some riley bulls getting ready for a trip to the meatworks or a rodeo. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

World’s nastiest Mickey Bull, aka horny, who has won a seat on the rodeo circuit. Congratulations and may you live on to terrorize other people for many a day. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

Some people just can’t keep the cattle crush business serious. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

The station owner, Risto, always has time for a laugh. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

Workers at the end of the day. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

More shenanigans when the tub was supposed to be installed for the cattle. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

Cattle who misbehave at Tapiola. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

Just hanging around on the toilet seat – friendly green tree frogs at Tapiola. that visit you on the loo. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

 

Tree dwelling resident goanna. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

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