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I want to start out by saying thank to investors throughout the year. Bulo was recognised as best up and you to all of our team for the hard Like many of the CPC team they are coming CEO for Indonesia, Glen work and dedication shown in a happy with the results of the sales Brooker graduated from the ARLF year that has seen CPC change of Mimong, Comely, Ucharonidge, Agribusiness Leadership program, fundamentally. We’ve had to say Argyle Downs, Auvergne, Newry Jason Purcell was interviewed about goodbye to a number of stations and and Manbulloo and also sad to see animal welfare for the QLD Country several team members along the them leaving our portfolio. Whilst Life, Brooke Barkla and Tammy way. I’m very proud of the way you’ve it is tough to see CPC change so Kruckow were selected as Nuffield carried yourselves and presented the significantly, I am pleased at how the scholars for 2020, Jimmy Beale business favourably throughout the transition occurred for properties, represented CPC at the National Ribeye process. people and cattle. Farmers Federation (NFF) 2030 Leaders Summit and 40th Gala, The safety and welfare of our people The sale process has now changed Jacqui Cannon spoke at the NTCA and livestock is always top of mind focus to bringing a group of investors conference and was selected to for me and whilst this continues to together, along with Guy Hands and participate in the NFF 2019 Diversity be a challenge for our organisation, his family, to purchase the remainder in Agriculture Leadership Program, encouragingly more conversations of CPC as a whole and fund future Jen Cotter and Jesse Campbell around safety and welfare are opportunities. This will continue to attended the Marcus Oldham Rural occurring and I hope this leads to take up my time over the coming Leadership Program, Andrew Caesar better outcomes for all. months, but I encourage you to get in participated in the MLA exchange, touch should you have any questions. Nat Boatwright was appointed CPC continued its involvement I will endeavour to keep you all Secretary for Queensland Livestock with Dolly’s Dream this year, with informed throughout the process. Exporters’ Association (QLEA) and Kate and Tick sharing their story Marcus Doumany was elected to the at the Manager’s Conference and Whilst CPC property sales were NTCA board. Bernadette and I remain on the never far from the headlines, it was board. Manbulloo and indeed all of pleasing to see several CPC people And of course, there was the Stations CPC rallied behind Tinny for a Testie being recognised for their hard Challenge and all of the campdrafts, to support Mushy’s treatment. Both work and for portraying CPC in a fishing comps, rugby matches and causes reminding us to check both positive light on local and national shows where our people represented our mental and physical health, for stages. All of our team have achieved their brilliant skills and our cattle ourselves and our families. success this year and many have to a wider audience. Thanks for not been recognised. A few that continuing to make CPC look so Our Board and Terra Firma have been recognised include, good. Thank you also to those congratulate you all for your Anna Cochrane who was awarded that represented CPC at various professionalism in showcasing the Community Volunteer of the year in professional events and conferences best of our land, people and cattle the Australia Day awards, William around the country, in addition to 2 Around the Traps 2019 A FEW WORDS FROM TROY your membership and participation higher than usual stocking level on mostly sustained by a substantial with numerous industry and station and making some tough calls increase in demand out of China. The community associations. on suffering stock in the paddock. politics of climate change and global Thanks for all your hard work economic uncertainty has continued Understanding of the full Live Export through these challenging times. to weigh on markets and consumer supply chain became clearer for confidence, with no end in sight at a number of our employees this Whilst most development this year this point for either issue. Indonesia year with Pak Asril and Pak Tuah has been focused on ensuring there is and Australia both saw elections, from JJAA spending over 6 weeks enough water for cattle on some very with the incumbents winning out in at Newcastle Waters, getting to dry properties, we’ve still managed both cases. see where their cattle start out. to accommodate a few trials and Ali Quintana, Andrew O’Kane and commercial projects; ongoing carbon As always, I have been impressed by Brooke Harwood are participating abatement projects, the 2nd year of the strength and perseverance of the in the AUSTREX Exchange, seeing the mortality project at Newry, virtual team that makes up CPC and your what life is like on a live export vessel fencing at Allawah, the objective ability to keep focused on the task in travelling from Northern Australia to measure of animal welfare trial at Isis front of you. Thank you for all your Indonesia. Downs and continued improvement hard work and continued resilience of reporting at JJAA. in 2019. This year saw yet another failed northern wet season and the Externally it has been an interesting Have a great Christmas and holiday unprecedented flooding in the year that presented its own season, keep safe and I look forward north west gulf. I’d like to thank all challenges and opportunities. The to catching up with you in 2020, of you who’ve had to deal with the on-going drought in the Eastern as the new year presents more ramifications of these events whether states saw large numbers of cattle opportunities for all of us at CPC. it be moving cattle to agistment, a go to market, however prices were Around the Traps 2019 3 4 Around the Traps 2019 A FEW WORDS FROM JIM

Finance has continued to travel We continued to get finance staff I am again very proud of every to stations and JJAA, undertake out to the station “coal face” this member of the finance team, and ongoing training, contribute to the year - many thanks to all the station look forward to another great year in Ribeye process, and deliver core back managers and the General Managers 2020. office functions in 2019 which has who welcomed finance staff onto been another busy, challenging and their stations or to their events rewarding year. throughout the year: 2019 has been defined again to • Greg and Salesi undertook asset some extent by the Ribeye process, audits at all the divested stations which has not only involved the in the lead up to their settlement divestment of several stations and dates. increased herd movements, but has • Nat helped with the weaner also pushed the pause button on feeding at Isis Downs, and the a number of planned system and CPC stand at the Ekka, and she process improvement projects. In and Naree bravely took on the addition, each divestment required substantial task of keeping Tracy separation from the group’s IT and under control at the Nuffield financial management structures, Awards dinner. asset audits and adjustments to cattle numbers, and allowed debt • Sue, Naree and Salesi carried to be paid down with the inflowing the CPC banner through the Bridge proceeds. to Brisbane on behalf of the lazier members of the finance team (ie And although dry spells are nothing Jim) new to the Finance team, in 2019 there has been an actual drought as • Naree and Sue attended the CPC well, which has impacted the whole Station Challenge at Kununurra, of CPC and JJAA. The drought has not impressing the Smoko Challenge sadly yet broken, but the finance dry judges with Naree’s Anzac Bars. spell was apparently interrupted in • Craig travelled to most stations about January, leading to the birth of again this year, including all the Greg Quinn and wife Liz’s 4th child, divested stations as part of their Joseph, in October. Joseph has been transition out of the group undertaking a 24/7 spreadsheeting immersion since birth, and is already • Raquel and Craig visited JJAA far outstripping his father in use of several times, resolving IT, data Excel power-pivots, which is quite and reporting challenges and impressive, and in his luxurious hair implementing improvements. style, which is not. • Pak Jenly and Bu Esti from JJAA The composition of the Finance visited Brisbane, and Jim, Greg team has been stable throughout the and Salesi visited JJAA to continue year, as have most of its members. developing the integration of JJAA The team has managed a successful into CPC and on-time FY19 audit, the FY20 Budget process, and two quarterly Throughout all this the team enjoyed reforecasts, as well as reporting each other’s company and supported upgrades to incorporate the impact each other through every challenge of staged divestments on underlying – including late in the year when business performance. the team rallied together with a real generosity of spirit to help Craig and The team has also pushed ahead Salesi through the unbridled grief with investigations of a range of JJAA of the All Blacks abject failure at the data issues, and implemented several Rugby World Cup. significant reporting improvements, including several visits by Brisbane colleagues to JJAA and vice versa. Around the Traps 2019 5 6 Around the Traps 2019 BRISBANE OFFICE

Where did 2019 go? The Brisbane Tracy stepped up into the HR team have been very dedicated and Manager role and has taken it on with working hard to support our people her usual energy and passion. at the stations. Its been a tough year for everyone especially Carl’s In April, the team committed to (aka the mayor of Newmarket Road) do a “Marie Condo” tidy up and daily commentary on how the lawn coordinated a charity collection looks outside and feeling helpless to be distributed for by JJAA in with the dry weather conditions. Indonesia. We had Cath, Emma Thankfully there was no drought and Troy representing CPC at the to the Christmas festivities, we do inaugural Australian Intercollegiate love a good food baby, but it was Meat Judging (ICMJ) conference in evident the team appreciated kicking Rockhampton speaking to many keen off the year with a 12-week fitness students interested in joining our challenge. crew in 2020. After the introduction of the CPC safety pledge, Troy and The fitness challenge was put on Tracy had a whirl wind trip to the hold for a week when all of our NT and WA stations to speak about management teams got together to the importance of safety, CPC’s no celebrate another year at the 2019 tolerance to bullying, harassment CPC Conference held in Brisbane. The and sexual harassment and to check conference was a great success with in with the teams. two of our own; Nat and Ali being awarded with the People’s Choice It was all happening in May; the award, well done ladies! It was a Brisbane team wore blue in support great night for our Brisbane crew of the Dolly’s Dream foundation in to meet and speak to our station memory of Amy “Dolly” Everett. We management teams face to face when were fortunate enough to have Dr most of our contact is done via the Skye Saunders, an expert in gender telephone. The conference was very and discrimination law, visiting heartfelt and emotional at times, our Brisbane crew to speak about with special guests Shane Webcke, her ground-breaking research on and Kate and Tick from Dolly’s Dream sexual harassment in rural Australian Foundation sharing their stories workplaces and how to combat the and hardships with our teams. Their advancement of gender equality stories continue to remind us to be together. It was not all blue in May, there for each other and take the we congratulated Jacqui who was time to work safely together. chosen as one of ten outstanding women from across Australia, to The season commenced with another take part in the National Farmers’ successful JMC and CPC Induction Federation (NFF) 2019 Diversity in week with our new recruits for 2019 Agriculture Leadership Program. in Katherine, NT at Manbulloo and Charles Darwin University. A big Carl won first place in the annual congratulations to Nat for being CPC photos competition in the appointed as the Secretary for cattle category and miraculously Queensland Livestock Exporters’ took out first place in the 12-week Association (QLEA). We welcomed fitness challenge. Well done to Cath Graham into the HR team to our top five winners in the fitness assist with our recruitment, training challenge; Carl, Raquel, Salesi, Sue and development needs and said our and Glen, good to see people taking farewells to Dr. Dean Norris, WHS and charge of their health and well- HR Manager for his hard work and being. The health kick didn’t stop thanked him for his achievements at there with Jas participating in her CPC. first triathlon, Salesi participating in his first marathon, Naree taking her gym journey to the next level, Around the Traps 2019 7

Glen joining his local Cricket club, Jas was doing what she does best, Raquel joining the F45 fitness studio, travelling around to our stations Jacqui completing her first 35km working her magic including charity walk, Richard hitting the gym partnering on the new virtual fencing at lunch times and Sue continuing activities in Allawah and another to smash her personal health goals university trial at Isis Downs station; and looks fantastic, you won’t even we’re all very excited to see the recognise her. Cath, Jacqui and Tracy reports. hosted CPC’s first HR Pastoral group meeting with our industry peers and Andrew, Cath and Jas had a very fortunately Troy was in town and able busy start to August, attending to join us for a quick chat. the Michelle Bowden persuasive presentation skills master-class, it In June, we surprised Ali with a CPC is safe to say they will be presenting baby shower lunch to start her new at all future CPC events. CPC exciting chapter. Everyone loved was present again at the Royal guessing how big Ali’s belly was and if Queensland Show (Ekka) with a you know our Brisbane team, no food marquee during the beef experience goes untouched so you would think week and the main show event. who wouldn’t like eating chocolate Thanks to Anna Cochrane, Cath, even if it is smeared in nappies. We Jas and Nat for representing and can all blame Ali who decided to promoting CPC at the event. In have a baby and leave us for Oscar mid-August, we had Andrew, Cath, born on the 14th July. We welcomed Glen, Jacqui, Naree, Sue and Troy Ian Florence our new WHS Manager represent the Brisbane office at the in amongst these celebrations; he 2019 CPC Stations Challenge. may have had second thoughts about joining our Brisbane crew. Ian Andrew, Jacqui and Naree cooked has hit the floor running, travelling up a storm for the smoko challenge to all of our stations to meet our and rudely didn’t bring back any left people and talk safety, it’s been a overs to the ones left behind. great opportunity to learn about our business and help support our teams. 8 Around the Traps 2019

Ali brought in our newest CPC recruit Salesi visiting Argyle, Auvergne and P.s. One last surprise from Oscar, to meet the team where we Newry stations who were very well the Brisbane office with Tracy discovered Jim had other talents aka looked after. Glen, Jacqui, Ian, Tracy announcing that she and Dan are the baby whisperer. and Troy travelled to Darwin to meet expecting a baby in June 2020! When you thought that was it with some of our leadership teams from the baby talk, what a great surprise NT and WA. and big congratulations to Emma and Cameron for their exciting pregnancy A big congratulations to Salesi news. Baby Norris is due in March for receiving his admission as an 2020 and we can’t wait to meet baby associate chartered account, Tracy jnr...must be something to do with for completing her Certificate IV the dry conditions as CPC continues in WHS, Naree for completing her to expand rapidly with more exciting Diploma of Accounting, Nat for baby surprises, congratulations to completing her leadership course and Greg and Liz for having baby number Jim and Richard for completing their four; Joseph Gregory Quinn born on AICD Company Directors course, what 18th September (Jim is ready for his a bright bunch. next babysitting duties). In early October, Troy and Jim set Andrew continued with the surprises off again to the Terra Firma portfolio but in a different way, as one of the business conference, this year in Directors for the Future Warriors Budapest. Whilst we all wished we Project a charity that supports the were in Budapest; Cath, Emma, Maasai people of Tanzania; Troy and Jacqui, Jas, Nat, Naree and Tracy Tracy had the privilege of attending attended the Meat Business Women the charity dinner. Ian also continued conference in Brisbane. The annual with the surprises, he’s a keen Brisbane office family BBQ was held bowler and one that’s pretty good in October, this year there was lots of so it seems, after him and his team diversity with no meat forgotten and took out the championships and everyone leaving the night with their won the Cunningham and District belly fuller than Santa’s! Bowls Association – Open Division. There were no other surprises here With the end of the year in sight, in September with Cath and Tracy we have one more fun event that kicking off the 2020 recruitment drive we’re all excited about, the Brisbane ready for next years recruits. Christmas party with the crew. Our competitive streak will come out Well done to our team; Ali, Andrew, during dirty Santa! A big thank you Salesi, Jas, Sue, Naree, Tracy and to Anita for organising the Christmas Troy who took to the streets of event. Brisbane for the Bridge to Brisbane in support of Dolly’s Dream Foundation. What a year it has been! We wish Meanwhile, Craig and Raquel were everyone a nice relaxing Christmas; working hard in the streets of Indo hoping for a very wet season ready with our team at JJAA. The travel for 2020! didn’t stop there, with Craig and Around the Traps 2019 9 GENERAL MANAGER - NT/WA

The long anticipated 2018/2019 wet stations and all staff participated season once again was very patchy in the program. CPC are proud to and across the Barkly there was be recognised as the first pastoral totally no effective rainfall at all company to engage and present received. The Western properties had a program such as OzHelp to our good grass rain over most of the area, stations. however water rain in terms of filling dams and running rivers was well The sale of Ucharonidge from our below average. Bunda and Kirkimbie group of stations saw the departure also had no effective rainfall and of Des and Emilie Carey and their cattle numbers had to be reduced on daughters Violet and Lily. Des and these properties. Em were popular members of our team and we were sorry to see them Waiting for wet seasonal rain to come go and wish them well with their new was not an option for the Barkly and role as Managers of Kalala Station. these stations and their crews rolled At the end of the season we will bid out of December and straight into farewell to Montie Lester. Montie has January in full work mode and have been a valued and popular member been working onwards and upwards of the CPC team, since starting at throughout the whole year. Newcastle Waters, and then flying the Baron for the last two years. It Cattle movements continued has been a pleasure and a privilege paddock by paddock to areas that to work with Montie and we wish him had remaining pasture, Ucharonidge every success in pursuing his dream was the first place where movements of one day flying for the RFDS. From occurred in early January to all of us whom have had the pleasure Dungowan and then Manbulloo of being on board Pastoral One under and Carlton and then agistment your command Montie, goodbye and properties. These movements good luck. resulted in approx. 60,000 head being relocated. Some other much valued members of the CPC team, whom are moving Having secured agistment properties on to further their careers and early we have been able to move explore new horizons, Mike Bailey our breeding herd around to suit our and Kellie Hall, and Jack O’Donnell. grass requirements and to keep our Mike and Kellie have been long breeding herd maintained. term CPC employees and have both It has been a huge effort by all made significant contributions our teams and contractors and to the company during this time. their commitment to getting the Jack joined us as our first CPC vet movements to agistment and general living on station and having his mustering done as quickly and knowledge on hand has been a great efficiently as possible to ensure the asset. Thank you Mike, Kellie and ongoing welfare of our animals was Jack, and best wishes for your new the number one priority at all times. opportunities. Supplementation and early weaning Thank you to all the CPC team for a have been key factors across all great year where working together as our Northern Operations to ensure a team has never been more clearly the cattle are in the best condition displayed. possible. “Great things in Business are never Having the capacity to carry out done by one person. They’re done by water development has opened up a team of people.” – Steve Jobs. more country to spread our numbers out across our properties. May 2020 see good seasons, fat cattle, new challenges, and as always This year all NTWA stations Safety is our No.1 priority. participated in the OzHelp Program. OzHelp team members visited all 10 Around the Traps 2019 GENERAL MANAGER - QLD

As the sun sets on another year, bigger picture for the company while to the behaviour and performance we can look back and be proud of still being able to crack out good of individuals following the 2019 for the rough season that was results with kg’s and calves, well procedure(s). Next will be a review thrown at us and the efforts made done team. on cow-calf behaviour following by all parties to come through with calving and a subsequent review a healthy herd and the spirits of It’s been a good year for projects on weaning practices to follow in the team still high. The team is in CPC - once again demonstrating future years. The trial also offers undoubtedly the pillar that supports the CPC team’s keen interest CPC the opportunity to utilise smart- our livestock through years like this in undertaking research and tag technology for the live tracking one and I sincerely thank you all for development work both for the of animal behaviour and changes your dedication to CPC. betterment of CPC operations and in animal behaviour states. We’ve the broader pastoral industry. received great feedback on this trial The flood event in early February hit to date and is a credit to you all at at Mimong where it quickly turned We’ve had a year of firsts for CPC Isis. from “How good is this rain” to “This and Carbon. We received our first is not good”, which then flowed to set of Australian Carbon Credit Virtual fencing commenced at plenty of action and calling in favours Units (ACCU) for the Wrotham Park Allawah with the collaring on 95hd to be able to give the cattle the best Savanna burning project; 4,703 (for of heifers in Bottom Camel paddock possible chance at survival after the the 2018 calendar year). A fantastic (Emus Nest). The pilot trial will help cold and wet conditions they had outcome given the extensive fires both CPC and Vence work through to endure. As soon as it stopped across Wrotham Park late 2018. We the opportunities available with raining and we were able to get on also received our first ACCU’s under virtual fencing with a hands-on the ground we initially dealt with the CPC Herd Methodology Project approach. Jason has successfully suffering stock then quickly moved with fantastic results. This project introduced some virtual-fences so far to getting feed out to the energy certainly has been a CPC-wide with additional benefits being offered drained stock. It did not take long project and thanks to all the teams through tracking animal location. for the country to start responding, who supplied data for the project and respond it did, with such a dense activities. With all these projects there is a wide growth of quality pasture while the scope of thank you’s for all the teams big clean-up and repairs commenced. The Newry Mortality Project has who are involved with the successful I thank everyone who was involved/ continued to run with its 2nd full execution of the project activities. supported us with this event both year of on-cattle monitoring. With Thank-you Emma and Jas for your internally and external to CPC. some tweaks to the monitoring continued support and dedication devices, Dave and Christie have now you offer myself and CPC. As a result of station sales, we then been able to bridge the gap between had to say our farewells to Mimong calving-alerts, live-calf identification Have a safe and Merry Christmas followed up with Comely from the and calf mortality as it happens (if it break and thanks all for your hard Qld group. When I think about the happens). This significant tweak to work throughout 2019. Let’s conjure positive impact that these Stations the trial, along with moving a select up a scheme to get the rain and achieved for CPC and the team mob of cows into West-Keep, has market Gods on our side for 2020. members that were able to spend delivered some fantastic outcomes time at these stations over the years for the trial in terms of timely of ownership, it was an honor to identification of animals and ease be part of and we wish Sterling the of identification in the challenging best with them. Thank-you Mimong extensive, Northern Australia and Comely teams for making a environment. smooth and professional transition of ownership. 2019 also saw the start of the Objective Measure of Animal Welfare With these Stations out of the trial at Isis Downs. With clearly portfolio and the Aussie drought defined objectives set for the project, impact, it meant Wrotham, Isis and project-launch saw simultaneous Allawah have had to do things a activities happening across 2 groups little differently this year to be able of cattle. A trial within a trial, the to absorb some impact. I commend team first undertook branding these teams on maintaining positive activities to review pain mitigation outlooks and understanding of the options with a focus on changes Around the Traps 2019 11 12 Around the Traps 2019 ALLAWAH

2019 has been another very We have spent some money replacing Our thanks again are extended to challenging year for rain at Allawah electric fence lanes with 4 barb Cobby and Wrotham Park’s Bones with 320mm for the financial year, fences and split some paddocks in and Katie for helping out throughout in line with the rest of CPC, we half at Emus Nest as well as cleaning the year. have managed to maintain our out and enlarging a dam at Emus core breeder herd here after culling Nest that will give us a much safer As this is our final mailbag / Around all empties and culls on type and water supply once it fills for a major the Traps, we would like to thank the temperament. This is the first central pipeline. CPC team for their friendship over year where there are no calves by the last 20 years. Brahman bulls here, we have a We currently have about 415 number multitude of composite calves that 18 mainly composite bulls on feed at Wishing everyone a relaxing, will help lift fertility both at Allawah Lillyvale feedlot at Condamine, these enjoyable and hopefully wet and across all of the company. We are will all go north in mid December Christmas break. still ticking off goals with the Boran to be joined, this is the second year herd not only what we are producing we have done this and it will be an Jason and Haylee for our own use but with substantial ongoing practice for us. semen sales to the USA. We continue to work with Nindooinba on our Embryo and IVF programmes Cobby and I were lucky enough to that are giving great results go to USA this year and visited some delivering both composite and pure of the Ranchers that we are selling Boran progeny at larger numbers the semen to, they are very much than we could produce with straight on board and are believers in the natural breeding. Boran breed and what it can do for both themselves and CPC herd. This Amanda joined the CPC team at trip was money well spent with big Allawah in October and has been increases in semen sales due to sales busy finding her bearings around put in place with the USA clients, we Allawah and Emus Nest while keeping looked at their breeder herds and a keen eye on calving which is in full advised which bulls would best help swing. them to reach their target markets in the USA based on their breeders, country types and end customers. Around the Traps 2019 13 14 Around the Traps 2019 ARGYLE DOWNS

The season got off to a quick start for Improvements, especially in the Argyle as we had a boat first up. water department, are always a good Staff arrived at the beginning thing to see. Seven new troughs and of March, completely missing two tanks were put in and a lot of ‘induction’ week, and hit the ground poly pipe laid! Yard maintenance with running. lots more man gates was ticked off the list too. First muster was interesting, mostly for the cook (listening in) anyway. Clouds started rolling in mid- Lots of ‘instructions’ from above and September but by all accounts, this many whiteboard lessons later we was a false start. Like everyone we learnt what ‘ringing’ meant. All then are desperately waiting. Lake Argyle re located to Ivanhoe to process and is at the lowest point it has been in 30 truck these cattle out. years. This posed lots of issues with stock along the very boggy edges. Next job was fencing, fencing and a Girls developed ‘crocodile awareness bit more fencing. The crew made it and identification’ whilst extending as fun as possible and by the end of internal fences into the Lake. Mud the stint (of which there was another negotiation was high on the list later in the year) they could have and bogged animals were easily gone off contracting! accessed but belly crawling out, just like crocodiles. One large salty was End of May there were a few long spotted! faces. Pete decided to send everyone to camp out at Sultan. A tough Argyle were conspicuous in their lesson on… ‘get yourselves better absence with Christmas photos. By organised’. Drafted 8,500 head to get the time break up came around we 3,000 boat weight. only had three girls left. We decided to go for a day trip up the Ord, do Second major stint at fencing was photo books and gift vouchers where girls discovered that heat instead of a party as such. stroke really does exist. They learnt a lot there about precautions and Although our team were young and preparation. About 20 km of new green, they were amazing in their fencing was put in between Argyle dispositions and attitudes. We would and Lissadel. like to thank them for that as it Tom Shephard graced us with makes the season easier. his presence for a couple of days which everyone enjoyed and learnt For the calendar year Argyle turned plenty from. The one and only time off 7,500 thousand head over 300kg someone has silenced Tom with a and 9,200 were inducted in. comeback, and it happened to be the quietest girl in the crew who turned We wish everyone all the best for out to be the most rumbustious. I 2020. wish I had been a fly on the wall that day! Peter and Judy

Some staff also attended the shoeing school and Ronny Wall school.

Beginning of September Anna transferred to Newry and Connor went to NCW. This left us with four girls, who I have to say, did a fantastic job all round. Around the Traps 2019 15 16 Around the Traps 2019 AUVERGNE

It’s that of year again, as things are Naracorte in SA which was well worth issues. Second round of our wet starting to wind down and we all it in the long run! cow program took place, along with start looking to the skies for clouds. our aged cow program, and early 2019 has seen a very busy and July kicked off with Tom Shephard weaning program. challenging year. As for the majority running a stock handling school at of us across the Top End, the Auvergne, all of the staff thoroughly November seemed to be our 2018/2019 wet seasons saw our enjoyed the school and the skills they quietest month of the year, which second wet season in a row with gained were very evident. This month saw a handful of our August calvers less than half our annual rainfall also saw our heifer program swing processed and their weaners sent to during the wet. So as 2019 kicked in to action and kept our station the EWP at Carlton Hill. off, we knew we were in for a dry stockcamp busying preg-testing, year. Thankfully, a cool dry season while Farrcombe contracting swung With all staff finishing up in mid- and hard work from the team saw in to action to give us a hand to get December, we had time to celebrate everything work to our favour and we some early weaning done so we could what a great year we had a Lake all got there in the end! stay ahead of the very dry conditions Argyle Resort for a couple of nights. to come. The beginning of May saw the start Thanks to all staff, from myself and of our first round, things got very August saw things start to slow down Wayne for all of the hard yards you busy with three separate stockcamps a bit, with most of the staff attending have done this year, we definitely getting stuck in to things. Thanks to and competing at local campdrafts could not have done any of it without RJM and Farrcombe contracting to across the district, amongst these you. As for those moving on to new helping our operations our through were Costello, Kununurra, Pussycat adventures, we wish you all the best. the year, we couldn’t have done it and Katherine. Mid-month saw the We look forward to welcoming new without them! annual company event of the station and transferring staff in 2020, let’s challenge held in Kununurra, what a hope it’s a wet one! As first round finished up, June saw fantastic event it was. Auvergne were a busy month of preg testing our lucky enough to come home with 3rd All the best and Merry Christmas and dry cows to keep in line with our place overall, which everyone was Happy New Year! segregation program. Earlier in the stoked about! Thank you from all of year we held a preg testing school us at Auvergne for all of the effort Wayne, Emily and Leif at Auvergne, run by Peter Letchford from all organisers to put together which a few of our staff attended, such a great event together. along with others from CPC stations. September and October saw more The end of June saw our sales cattle work, as the dry year kept program step up a gear, with sending us busying moving livestock about 24 decks of cows all the way down to to keep ahead of water and feed Around the Traps 2019 17 18 Around the Traps 2019 BUNDA AND KIRKIMBIE

A dry start to the year for the majority in many other category’s before In September the crew went to of rural Australia was no different at moving across to Katherine Show. Carlton Hill where they spent 5 weeks Bunda, with mustering for the year In Katherine they also won 1st Place helping out mustering at Knox Creek beginning earlier than normal due to Led section – Any other breed heifer and in the Early Weaner Program at the season. A February start saw us 6mths and over, 1st Place led section the station where they got to see a bit pulling off weaners before destocking – Any other breed bull 6mths and more of the supply chain that makes aged cows and heifers leaving behind under 36mths, 1st Place - Breeding up CPC. a core breeding herd that has seen us stock unled class pen of 3 bulls 2yrs through the remainder of the year. and over, 1st place - Breeding stock In late October we had our Christmas unled class pen of 3 females 2yrs and party in Darwin where we all spent This year we started with a new under before the crew then headed the day deep sea fishing with Head stock person, Charles and to do a week at Auvergne. everyone catching a fish, something Leading hand, Maitie who were well not usually achieved when working supported by the team that returned The crew also managed to make it to on the edge of the desert. After the from the year before, Sheridan, Ali, a few drafts and rodeos through the weekend we managed to bring a Sarah, Shannon, Mark and Laurie year, bringing home a few ribbons, large amount of fish and a few good as well as Maddy who came down some sore heads and better stories. stories from Mitchell Street back to from Argyle Downs. We also had Ben In August the CPC station challenge Bunda. and Tom come for their first year at was held in Kununurra at the Rodeo Bunda and Victor and Michael who grounds, where all the CPC stations With the end of the year rapidly have kept everyone fed throughout from NT and WA as well as some of closing in, cattle are still in a good the year. the Brisbane office team gathered condition however feed is getting to compete over 2 days in a variety lighter, we still have around 3000 First round kept everyone busy with of events from horse riding to weaners to come off before finishing the usual jobs of mustering, drafting, cooking. The end of the two days of up with cattle work for the year. In pretesting and weaning as well as a competition saw the Bunda Team the meantime, there are still plenty few days at Carlton Hill to walk some winning overall, a great result. A of jobs to keep everyone busy! of our destocked heifers away. We big thanks to everyone who helped On behalf of Shannon and myself a again had a Wild contracting crew with the organisation and planning big thanks to all the team at Bunda help us out for two weeks early in leading up to the event and to all the for their hard work through a tougher first round to help get weaners off, stations for their help over the week than normal year, as well as to the allowing cows to cycle, helping line of the competition. contractors and ring-in’s who have them up to calve at the right time of helped make 2019 an enjoyable and the year. At the end of August, Tom Shepard successful year despite the season. and Ronnie Wall came out to This year the team halter broke Bunda to do a coacher muster and All the best for the remainder of the several of the stud bulls and heifers combined horse school in the bush year, and a Happy Christmas and and took them to Kununurra show country to the north of Bunda. In 4 New Years to all, from the team at where they won Champion Brahman, days, the crew mustered and walked Bunda. Champion pen of the show, Best 220 cleanskin cattle 40km while over-all exhibitor as well as placing spending time working on their cattle Jimmy and Shannon handling and horse skills. Around the Traps 2019 19 20 Around the Traps 2019 CARLTON HILL

As we write this years Around the Huttons Shoeing School. End of May Walking them to the new tanks and Traps we are still in full swing. The we had Tom Shephard do a two day troughs that were installed. build up to the wet has begun with Efficient Stock Handling School. Early 71mm of rain at the homestead in June we had the ladies from Oz Help While cattle work did take up the last week and through some of come and speak about Mental Health. majority of our time we made sure we the paddocks. The camp has been Mid August, Ronnie Wall came and attended social events throughout at 8 mile walking heifers and putting completed a two day horsemanship the year with us attending a couple of in tanks and poly. The few people school with the camp. End of August, campdrafts and rodeos as well as the at the homestead have been doing Tom Shephard was back for another CPC Challenge. Everyone at Carlton maintenance jobs. two day cattle handling school. At the Hill had a fantastic time at the CPC end of November Jeremy and Kate M Challenge this year with it being held This year has been busy, challenging head to Townsville to do the Grazing in Kununurra. The green grass and and rewarding. We had a total of for Profit Course. great facilities made it a comfortable 636mm over the wet which gave and a great few days. us the great start to what has been We have seen some more another successful year at Carlton improvements this year with the big Easter was spent in Darwin enjoying Hill. one being water development to 4 days off. We also made the journey utilise country that hasn’t been used to Katherine for the ASH draft and Jeremy, Kate M, Mike and Kellie before. A Bobcat and implements, the Katherine Show. As well as the stayed over the 2018-2019 wet to new back up generator and new Tinny for a Testie Rugby match in feed the poddies in the Early Weaning motorbikes. Kununurra which was organized by Program. With the wet being steady our Early Weaning Supervisor, Tylah it meant that the tractors and mixers The water developments were much Bonisch and Manbulloo. The next weren’t getting bogged and we could needed here this year. Red Rust and event for us is our Christmas Party get concentrate and corn in without Murray Hockey Contracting has put in early December. We are all off any problems. the fence lines in, ran poly, connected for a few days of fishing and other tanks etc. With the Barkly struggling fun activities. Thanks to Bunda for The season started early with plenty with the lack of wet season, it meant looking after Carlton and the Early of grass, fat cattle and 10,000 poddies that Carlton Hill has had to take on a Weaning Program so we can all go in the Early Weaning Program. Luckily lot of Newcastle Waters, Dungowan away for it. we had transfers and a couple of first and Bunda cattle. A total of 20,000 years who came up in early March head has been trucked to us adding With all of the mid round social to give us a hand to prepare for the to the 42,000 head already here. events, second round mustering year ahead. After another successful This year has been a huge year with came up very quickly. Thanks to Junior Management Conference at 62,000 head in total. Carlton Hill Bunda and Newcastle Waters for Manbulloo and First Year to CPC had a smaller wet which meant less sending over camps to give us a Induction at CDU everyone was back surface water. The surface water had hand. With everyone’s help we here and first round had begun. We dried up and we started with bore/ completed mustering before it got had RJM Contracting and McDonald water problems in July. The camp uncomfortably hot out at camp. and Sons Contracting come and then walked cattle out to utilise While we were half way through help us complete first round. The country that we hadn’t used before. second round some exciting news Kimberley’s hot humid weather was in full force and everyone had to acclimatise quickly with a change of clothes at smoko and lunch as they were saturated in sweat. It didn’t take long for Jeremy and Bill to work out the ways of the fresh camp. This year we have been lucky with the training offered through CPC. It started at the end of February with Glen and Mike heading into Kununurra for the Grazing for Profit Course. The end of March was the First Aid Course or the refresher for everyone here at Carlton. Mid May we had Bunda come across and join some of our crew and complete Bill Around the Traps 2019 21

came through that Kate Smith (Early Weaning Supervisor - who is currently on maternity leave) and Henry Anderson (Carlton Hill contract helicopter pilot) had a beautiful baby girl – Ziggy Belle Anderson. Everyone was extremely excited!

A huge thank you to everyone who has helped out this year. Best of luck to those moving on and for the people returning to Carlton Hill, may you have another fantastic year! We hope all stations receive a huge wet and you all have a great Christmas and New Years!

Kate Murphy On behalf of the Carlton Hill Crew 22 Around the Traps 2019 EARLY WEANING PROGRAM

Due to obvious reasons this will by the horn’s’ and hit the ground pens will be lightened off to make probably be a little shorter then running with roughly 6,000 head in room for more of the little critters. normal as I have only been running the program at the time. the Early Weaning program for Happy holidays, have a cheer and just over two months. Kate Smith Kate abandoned us within a week share a beer, Christmas is nearly is greatly missed but a massive and Timothy Malone and myself were here. congratulations to Henry and Kate left to further exit 2,000 head of fresh on their arrival of baby Ziggy. mickeys and heifers. In this time we Tylah Bonisch also received 4,614 head of poddies Myself and my small family of six that are now happily inducted and dogs and two ponies made the munching on corn, concentrate and small journey over to Carlton hay till their little bovine hearts are Hill from Legune to run the Early content. Weaning program in late August. We will be gearing up for next months This was a fantastic career poddies to arrive from Bunda which opportunity and as some of you will be roughly 3,000 head. Hopefully may know me ‘I grabbed the bull within the next few weeks the poddy Around the Traps 2019 23 24 Around the Traps 2019 DUNGOWAN

Looking back on the year we have Blighty and Chris from Daley Driven transfer across here from Newcastle had at Dungowan it has been a very parked up their big red bus in the Waters in August. He has taken over busy year that has gone by so quickly Dungowan Compound for over 4 the bore runs with zest and anything with so many different people staying months. Other than operating the else that’s going on Dan wants to be with us for certain stages of it. wheel dozer and grader Blighty and a part of it – no job too big or small. Chris happily helped out anywhere Thank you very much Markus and The year started with the unusual and everywhere and we very much Dan for all your hard work. We hope event of mustering in January to enjoyed their company and their it’s been very rewarding and a lot of shuffle cows around to make room antics. Thanks so much Blighty and fun for you as well. for heifers from the Barkly properties Chris! Kelly and the boys then arrived dealing with a non existent wet with the monstrous D10 dozer to lay We had staff from Ucharonidge season. The first of the heifers arrived the poly and were done and gone and Newcastle Waters come over from Ucharonidge in early February in a flash. Next to move in were to help out with mustering. A huge followed by more in March from both Steve Smith and the SLS Building thank you to Des, Snowy, Laura, Ucharonidge and Newcastle Waters. team whose job it was to build the Meg, Charlotte, Dan, Chris, Jack tanks and install all the troughs. And and Kyle, Kaila, Nikki, Dan, Archie, Overall the season at Dungowan finally in September the water was Murt and Doc for all your hard work was well below average rainfall but connected, pumps running, tanks walking cattle, drafting, branding we were lucky enough to be in a filling, and cows have moved out and pregtesting. Second round saw a better position than our southern onto new areas to graze. different Newcastle team - DJ, Archie, neighbours. With large areas of Johno, Nikki, Ivan and Bryce come underutilised country available the We only had a few staff based here over. Markus and Dan joined them decision was made to invest in water this year. Roy Kunnoth was on the as well. DJ ran a “Best Panel Yard” development to retain and spread grader for about 5 months on and competition. They were given the the current breeders and the heifers off and did a great job on the roads opportunity to design a yard at one received. and was always keen to ride a horse trap each and judged on handling, and chase some cows too. James flow and safety – the winner being Daley Driven were engaged to (English) and Hannah (American) did German engineer, Markus Vogel. undertake the clearing of roads, their 88 days helping out with bore Thank you to all the staff and fence-lines and poly lines, laying of runs, fencing and cattle work. contractors who have been a part of poly and installing tanks and troughs. Markus Vogel has done a full season the team this year. Three new bores were drilled by - bore-running, repairs, welding, Northern Water Services and then putting out lick and hay, grader We wish you all the best for 2020 equipped with solar pumps by Lands driving, stock work you name it and Water. Hockeys Rural Contracting Markus has it done it and done it Suzie and Dave did all the fencing and installed spear well. Sadly for us he is heading home gates and built panels for fencing off to Germany next month and we will the tanks. All the tanks, troughs and miss him immensely. Dan Reeve was poly were supplied by Northern Stock part of the stock camp that came to Water. muster and we gladly welcomed his Around the Traps 2019 25 26 Around the Traps 2019 ISIS DOWNS

In January we welcomed back ones. We have also participated seeing Troy more often as part of the seventy percent of our 2018 crew in a few local events including the investor visits as well. Peter Bear with the addition of Kelsey, our Isisford Sheep and Wool show where (Assistant Manager) has stepped up fabulous cook, Ellen and Danny the team modelled the newest to the Manager’s role a number of in our stock camp. As always with fashions in workwear, the Isisford times this year as Andrew has worked our team at Isis Downs, culture is Fishing Competition and the Yaraka off station to complete his pilot’s incredibly important and over the Gymkhana where Andrew showed the licence. year we have made some small younger members of the team how changes to find our 2019 dream team, to ride like a Boss. In August the crew We are very proud of our team here welcoming Coen in August. pooled their money to purchase one at Isis Downs. Most of our staff have day of labour from Andrew and one been here for more than one season There were flooding rains in March of our neighbours in a charity auction and have become much more like which saw Clementine, Harriet and to support the Isisford Race Club. family than workmates. Always Agatha cut off from school for two willing to pitch in and help each weeks and a couple of cricket games Towards the end of this year, in other, their work ethic is admirable in the wool-shed to bide our time preparation for 2020, we shuffled a and their commitment to who they until the waters went down. few staff around to provide growth are and what they do is second to and development in different skill none. Their work in the community is As seasons tightened we have taken sets. Our Boreman, Doug has moved much valued and everyone is always in cattle from Newcastle Waters and into the stockcamp and Richard has willing to volunteer when needed. managed changes in stock resulting moved across to be our Boreman. We So thank you Richard Alty, Chris from the floods at Mimong, and the also welcomed Joe and Claudia from Coombs, Doug Corling, Caleb Begg, sales of Nockatunga, Mimong and Wrotham Park for a month of work Ellen Bowden, Kelsey Burgess, Coen Comely. As always there was a steady in-between mustering rounds. Buckley. flow of weaners from Wrotham. In June we put two mobs of heifers on As we write this, there are smiles all We are very excited to welcome back the roads with drovers and our crew around Isis Downs as over four inches all but one of our team next year found time on their weekends to try of rain has fallen in an early summer and we wish Ellen all the best as she their hands at droving. We managed front. This year has been a succession moves to Brisbane to study Nursing. to find a couple of agistment blocks of management decisions to find a to maintain our breeding stock. balance between utilising pasture Anna and Andrew after flooding rains in March and April As a bit of fun we welcomed a stylist and conserving feed as the year dried to Isis Downs in May to help the team out. We had five months in a row find what colours suited them and without a drop of rain. how to dress to impress. We ran a two day horse school in response to We would like to sincerely thank the team wanting to do more cattle Carl and Emma for their support work on real horses rather than steel over the year and it has been great Around the Traps 2019 27 28 Around the Traps 2019 JJAA

It has been a good but challenging hard and be happy. Quote Pak Greg yards in their best shirts! The team year at JJAA, we had a large intake of Pankhurst “Pak Yendri is probably up took the initiative to have a photo drought cattle at the beginning of the there selling Padang food, cattle and competition, please note the photo year filling up the feedlots, which was keeping a good eye on us all”. with the pallets entered by our good because Ramadan saw strong Medan team which was the winning demand in the market as a result of A long dry season meant some photo. no Indian Buffalo stock. This went challenges for the supply and price from April to about mid-September, of commodities this year has left This year Arya from feeding team and we were able to meet demand us a bit low on water. Even after in Medan and Hendri from team and sell much higher than budget complete restocking of silage earlier breeding went to Australian due to the extra cattle on feed. Since this year, we are now running low. In Indonesia breeding training, where cheaper IBM is back in the market in Lampung we have built a wastewater they went to Kalimantan and September, sales have become more treatment plant this year, which Australia to learn new management difficult. will make JJAA the first feedlot skills in breeding. Our local farmer in Indonesia to have a complex program also received an award A tsunami at the beginning of the treatment plant. It will allow JJAA for 3rd place in the QUT farmer year in the Lampung and Banten Lampung to be in compliance and a partnership program. The JJAA province saw damage and the loss leader in environmental audits going breeding program is now in 8 local of some family and friends in the forward. villages, with 46 farmers and around local community. The tsunami was 200 head of cattle. Pak Asril and Pak caused by a slip of parts of Krakatoa We had an employee gathering in Tuah went to Australia with the CPC/ Mountain, and the main wave mostly Lampung which was an amazing race. JJAA exchange program, they had a hit Banten area. JJAA was able to It was certainty entertaining trekking great time and thank you to CPC for provide outreach to the people around Bandar Lampung City with hosting. affected at this time and it was great the whole Lampung team following to see all the community coming the clues to get the key to get to the We have welcomed some new staff together. next destination. In Medan they had this year, Dennis joins the feeding a Karaoke party to celebrate, where team as a graduate in Animal We lost Pak Yendri our Marketing Yani took out the award for the Nutrition and NIAP alumni. Nurul Manager earlier this year at 46 years best singing. We had a Buka Puasa to the GA team and Mursyid to the old, he was a lifelong team member (breaking fast) with Pak Greg and Pak cattle team. We wish Pramana and and great friend who had built Dicky at Suak Sumatera to celebrate Iwan good luck as they prepare to amazing connections with all the Ramadan, which was a lovely night be married at the end of the year, it’s JJAA customers and team over the with some of the more senior team about time these two bachelors got past 17 years. Everyone misses him members. hitched and we all look forward to greatly, he was the type of person having a great party. that nothing could ever phase him, Indonesian Independence Day a lot of wisdom on the beef market was celebrated together again this We’d like to wish everyone at CPC a in Indonesia and we miss listening year, with a flag ceremony and very Merry Christmas and Happy New to him sell cattle and just not taking some games. Batik day was also a year. We are all looking forward to no as an answer when he asked hit where the whole of Indonesia the next year ahead and hope to see for a discount. In his last days, he dressed in their batik attire. We you soon. greeted everyone, brought us cake, actually discharged a boat at the and motivated many of us to work time, so everyone was in the cattle Brooke and the JJAA team Around the Traps 2019 29 30 Around the Traps 2019 NEWCASTLE WATERS

Newcastle Waters Station had to hit and bulls finished up, shifting focus Dog Eating really sorted the men the ground running in 2019. The new to the Early Weaning Program. from the boys. Our investment in a year brought fresh faces to CPC and Here the trucking continued, and karaoke machine has been a fantastic Newcastle, with managers Marcus over 8,000 exit weaners were sent business decision, and features and Ally Doumany and their daughter to Carlton Hill, Isis Downs and heavily on our regular Saturday Primrose, starting in early January. agistment property Gunbalynya Barbecue nights, where Hawaiian With very few storms over Christmas, between July and September. shirts are standard attire. Our next the work didn’t slow down at all, and big events are Melbourne Cup Day by what we didn’t know at that stage The sale of Ucharonidge Station in the pool, and our Christmas Party. was that we were in the middle of June was a sad time for our Barkly We are so grateful to our team for all one of the worst wet seasons in the group. The settlement meant we said their hard work. It has been a tough Barkly’s pastoral history. With a total goodbye to Des and Emilie Carey year, and we know that it has been of only 164 mm of rain in a 12-month and their two beautiful girls Lily and about as busy as they come, but period, our teams were in for a Violet after three years with CPC. We everyone has risen to the challenge, challenging year. sent them off with some celebration, and upheld the welfare of our herd and they are not far away, securing a in trying conditions. Thank you Returning staff started coming back management role at Kalala Station, to everyone for their efforts, staff from holidays early, and some of just up the road. and contractors alike, we could not our first years even came up before have achieved what we did this year induction week. By the time February The positive out of this was that without you all. came around, the drought action Newcastle Waters gained the plan was in full swing, with four Ucharonidge team, with Snow Now we’d better get back to our rain camps mustering the worst drought (Brendan Daymond) and his crew of dancing. affected paddocks across both six making the move across. They Newcastle and Ucharonidge, to move have been an important part of the Marcus and Ally, Paige Walling and cattle to better pastures. drought effort, as they soon went to Simon Everingham Manbulloo then on to Carlton Hill to At the same time, we had two help there too. The Newcastle Camps contracting camps working on the have done some good travelling Early Weaning Program, to re-enforce this year, rotating through time at bunks and fencing in three pens. We Dungowan Station to complete the also added an additional three pens, mustering and preg-testing there, to take our capacity to 10,000hd. and trips to agistment blocks like Through February and March, there Ooratippra Station, north east of was practically standing room only in Alice Springs. the Newcastle Kitchen! One of the highlights of the year Since the start of the year, was the CPC challenge, which was a approximately 60,000 head were bit of a change from the Spell Bore removed from Newcastle Waters event of previous years, not only and Ucharonidge. They were sent with its new name, but new venue. to northern agistment properties in Everyone agrees that the change is Arnhem Land, some aged cows went incredibly positive, and the beautiful to the abattoirs, and 1700 Stud bulls grounds in Kununurra were hard to spent two months on Queensland beat. Their facilities were fantastic stock routes with a drover. and Jimmy and Shannon at Bunda, For a while it looked like the trucking and all involved, did a wonderful job would never end. We had some of organising it. Newcastle Waters weeks where we were trucking brought home second place overall, 7000hd in a seven-day period. And with almost all our staff members we were not the only ones. The roads competing, and incredible effort and of the Territory rattled constantly great skill was shown right across our with the thundering of Road Trains, whole team. carting cattle anywhere that could offer some grass. Around the station we’ve seen some great times, a highlight of which was By early July trucking out of cows our ‘Newcastle Olympics’ where Hot Around the Traps 2019 31 32 Around the Traps 2019 NEWRY

A delayed start, all new faces and After a great few days for the CPC Staff began to depart for the year had some big weaners saw a busy first Station Challenge held in Kununurra, finished and Christmas rolled around. round for all at Newry. We welcomed we were back into it. Thanks to everyone at Newry that our Head Stockperson, Jesse and his made it possible and for all your hard wife Jade to Newry and the season Second round was very ordinary work for the season. began. With weaning completed by with heat and very little grass, we the end of May we started on the had to feed and care for quite a Dave, Ellie, Lacey and Beth preg-testing and heifers. All ran lot of livestock. In the end, all was smoothly. achieved, and some early storms brought easier times. Mid round brought some well- deserved rest and some time away A great Christmas party followed by for a quick break. Jesse and Jade the birth of our second daughter, welcomed their first baby boy, Beth. Kassidy Campbell. Around the Traps 2019 33 34 Around the Traps 2019 WROTHAM PARK

Another year has gone by quickly but year. As always Robbie and Robyn relaxing Christmas break and Happy a good year season wise. After not White are as efficient as ever with New Year. a bad wet, the season started with mustering their normal paddocks one new first year, Maddy Teague plus some fencing and weed control To those not returning next year; - to join the team. Dale Watson took jobs. Bruce Parker also doing a great Dale Watson, Michaela Biggin, Joe over running the camp this year with job keeping the yards empty and Fisher, Jake Tabone and Maddy Jonesy (Jack Jones) moving on after organising the trucking program. Teague, thank you so much for the 4 years. Bones (Justin Bell) ran the Ronny Wall and Tom Shepherd were effort and determination you have weaner camp first round and did a back again to do their schools and shown during your time at Wrotham great job handling some big numbers yet again very successful. Everyone Park we have thoroughly enjoyed at times. Claudia Stokehill as always took a lot home from both schools. working with you and wish you all the on the job with pregtesting and A fair bit of in-house training also best. spaying and running weaner camp done on waters, mills, machinery second round. Bones, Amber Grieve and some new fencing when the time Thanks and Cheers! and Paddy (Dale Parker) all spent permitted. Cobby, Kirsty, Scott, Max, Charlie and some time learning how to operate Grace the dozer and clearing around 100 Most attended the local Rodeos and kms of fence lines in between rounds. Campdrafts including; Normanton, Katie Williams and Joe Fisher spent Laura, Eureka Creek and Chillagoe. some time at Allawah and Isis Downs All the girls rode a bullock at Eureka lending a hand and from all accounts Creek and showed some of the boys enjoyed something different and up. Our local races were held again new. with nearly all the parents coming for a visit and letting their hair down. We had the same bore runners The races were very close with Maddy keeping the water and lick up again coming second to an outside horse. this year, Errol Gilbo and Damien Suzie Parry-Okeden left us after 2 and Andrews. Shannon Van Oorde joined half years to try “Semi-retirement”. us early in the year to help Damien We wish her all the best and thank out over at Gamboola. Suzie for an outstanding job keeping us fat and happy. Adrien Sergeant All the usual reliable contractors joined us at the end of August again this year with Walshy (Scott and has kept the culinary delights Walsh) still managing to bring in a coming. few ferals here and there. Jock Ross has been jack of trades this year from Thank you to all our fantastic Staff, the normal machinery work, yard Contractors, CPC Head Office Team building and setting up new troughs for all your support and hard work etc. at some new bores we put in this throughout 2019. We wish you a Around the Traps 2019 35 36 Around the Traps 2019 CPC STATIONS CHALLENGE Around the Traps 2019 37