‘Aroota’ Muster camp #2

July 2025

The ‘donkey’ – an outside hot water shower – its awesome. We live on bore water for everything other than drinking water which is tank water, there are a lot of minerals etc in the bore water but its still nice to have a hot shower & be able to wash the clothes, the idea being once you have had a shower you put more wood on for the next person, works well.

One of the ringers has a pup, a cutie, there are a few other kelpie/cattle dog belonging to the manager, they usual go out to muster but puppy stays with us tied up til happy hour.

There were 4 musters to the yards at Aroota where they were drafted, all weaners taken up toward to the homestead, cows with young calves released to where they come from, fat old cows not breeding anymore were culled & replaced with young heifers, all steers to homestead then onto to QLD & replaced a few of the bulls – its a big process & well handled.

the donkey warming up the water for a shower

after dark, she glowing as there are more people to shower

the fire nearly goes 24 hrs a day but only moderate coals at lunch time

first ones in for happy hour

we have a long happy hour

the pup knows the warmest spots

dinner finished, bedtime for me.

one of the trucks used to move the cattle

early morning starts

one of the 3 choppers used

so many of these critters around

they love hanging out on the overflow from the bore

The finches also love hanging around in the acacia bushes at the overflow of the bore.

early morning, all the ringers gone mustering already

she does like sitting in the boxes in the early morning

another muster just about fininshed – muster #3

quad bikes quite handy

they use about 6 motor bikes

Keeping the cattle quiet makes life much easier for everyone.