Topic: [The Guardian] ‘I lost my phone in the first week’: a new generation of drovers in outback Queensland (Read 536 times)

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‘I lost my phone in the first week’: a new generation of drovers in outback Queensland

Bill Little has been droving for 40 years across thousands of kilometres of stock routes. Now he’s showing new hands the ropes

It is 5am and a near-full moon is dropping to the western horizon; the land is dark and quiet. A generator rattles to life and artificial lights pierce the night. From horse floats and trucks emerge stockmen and women, snuggling into coats, collars raised against the settling frost.

The predawn light rolls in, revealing grasslands, scattered trees and penned steers. Steaming coffee is downed as horses are caught and saddled. More horses are released from a makeshift yard and they wander away slowly, pausing to pick at fresh grass. Dogs bark in anticipation.

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Topic: [The Guardian] ‘I lost my phone in the first week’: a new generation of drovers in outback Queensland (Read 536 times)

[The Guardian] ‘I lost my phone in the first week’: a new generation of drovers in outback Queensland

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