Around the Traps 2020

It has been a year like no other. cooperation. The Federal Court mitigate Covid-19 risks. Indonesia CPC experienced our worst drought ruled in favour of live exporters in a has been and continues to be conditions ever through 2018 and landmark class action against the challenged by Covid-19 and we all 2019 and then Covid-19 delivered Commonwealth Government with hope that vaccines are available an unprecedented year of challenge the quantum of damages currently quickly. and opportunity and not a lot of being assessed. rain where we most needed it. I am CPC has invested in remote working proud and thankful to all of you More than ever, the safety and environments, providing flexibility for your commitment to running well-being of our people and and minimising health risks. CPC the business in a successful and animals remains paramount. continues to invest in its people measured manner despite the With the added uncertainty through training programs, which added pressures this year. of Covid-19 and with travel this year has included an increased restrictions complicating logistics, number of webinar events. CPC continues to adapt to changing our collective team are to be In terms of our animals, and global macro factors as Covid-19 commended on the improvement in regardless of Covid-19, animal evolves. To this end, CPC Australia safety metrics this year, particularly welfare continues to remain has redirected many sales intended in reducing days lost to injury a priority for CPC and we are for export to domestic markets and the attention and rigor being continuing to invest in R&D with to align with changing market given to near miss and hazard new products and practices for dynamics. With demand shifting to reporting. Please drive for further pain relief. home consumption, some of CPC’s improvement and continue to Indonesian customers have moved ensure that you and all contractors Our team to preferring lighter cattle and and visitors abide by our safety The CPC team had some great our team has tailored its feeding protocols and policies. achievements in 2020. CPC was cycles/logistics to meet these awarded the Agribusiness and expectations. CPC facilitated all staff to be Food Award in the Chief Minister’s offered flu vaccinations from local NT Export and Industry Awards for The Indonesia Australia – health providers to further ensure 2020. Comprehensive Economic health and well-being of our people Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) during Covid-19. Furthermore, Whilst our annual awards weren’t entered into force on 5 July 2020 additional medical support and quite as lavish as usual, we still which is expected to unlock vast oxygen supplies were provided held a small awards ceremony potential and foster economic to our Indonesian operations to by video conference to celebrate

HEALTH AND SAFETY | LEADERSHIP | TRUST | COMMUNITY | VALUE CREATION 4 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 5 A FEW WORDS FROM TROY the 2019 winners; Business of the Trading and operations in fire management activities. I would like to thank everyone for Year was awarded to Isis Downs, Indonesia have been challenged by their hard work and dedication Station Safety went to JJAA whilst high Australian cattle prices, the In last year’s Around the Traps we over the course of the year and very a special Safety Commendation prevalence of Indian buffalo meat also spoke of our anticipation as we much look forward to seeing what was awarded to Dungowan for their and disruption via Covid-19 social waited to receive notice on our first 2021 will bring. I wish you all a safe success and efforts at keeping their restrictions. CPC Herd Methodology Project and happy Christmas period with team safe. offsets report. We can now happily your family and friends and I look Investment in projects and report that CPC were successful forward to working with you all in The Brisbane Team walked away properties has continued with our first project year yielding 2021. with Best Teamwork for their throughout the year with numerous ACCUs. We have since submitted continued support to the stations developments taking place. This our second offsets report and again through to sale process and year, CPC will embark on a staged, eagerly await the outcome. The People’s Choice was awarded as large scale exclusion fencing CPC Beef Cattle Project continues a joint prize to Salesi and Cath for and regrowth clearing project to demonstrate what a fantastic fit Red Meat Centre Conference their fantastic work ethic. at Isis Downs Station to provide it is for our business. significant operating benefits as This year also saw our very own well as land value appreciation. In the carbon space, under the Herd Henry Burke appear as one of the Several of our northern stations Methodology project, CPC expects faces of the National Farmer’s have completed development 56,000 ACCUs to be generated Federation Campaign to highlight capex with more water points and in FY20, delivering earnings of the important role of agriculture new fences and Wrotham Park is ~$527,000. and the bush in Australia’s Covid-19 back cropping after a few decade recovery. break. The pain mitigation work completed in 2019 as a part of In terms of brand presence and CPC continues to invest further The Objective Measure of Animal marketing, I am excited to share in high performance genetics to Welfare Project yielded interesting CPC’s increased following in social promote increased hybrid vigor results with further pain mitigation media, electronic and traditional across the portfolio. work to be further trialled in 2021 Joel Fitzgibbon’s visit to Tipperary marketing material - 70% growth (restrictions on travel for much of in the last two years, equating I am also excited by having a the year prohibited further work to 8,000 followers, consolidating dedicated Rangelands focus in in 2020). The research group will Meat Vs Vegetarian pie taste test CPC’s employer of choice assessing pasture, weed and woody also work on utilising the same credentials. Thank you to Ali for vegetation monitoring sites with smart-tag technology used to My new mate Jeff Horn your continued efforts to grow our a view to better understanding analyse animal behaviour but this following and thank you to Cath pasture condition and nutritional time for the analysis of individual’s and Tracy for stepping in during value to increase kilograms resilience to heat and extreme Ali’s maternity leave. produced. weather conditions (if they occur during the trial period). Operations CPC has partnered with Sun Cable With an Australian herd at 30+ to deliver the world’s largest solar As we enter in to 2021, we year lows and a slow herd rebuild farm, valued at $20 billion, to be look forward to new project forecast, tight cattle supply and located on 12,000 hectares of opportunities becoming available Loyal customer Ampan from ZBeef in strong demand are supportive of Newcastle Waters Station (subject to CPC that will continue Indonesia continued value generation. to environmental approvals). strengthen our business’ While drought conditions have CPC fully supports Sun Cable and productivity and environmental persisted, CPC has been able to its exciting project to develop custodianship. reduce cattle on agistment from renewable energy capture on 50,000 head in August/September Newcastle Waters. The Hands Family Office has 2019 to around half that in completed the purchase of the September 2020. For some time, 2020 has been another successful remainder of CPC. The Board the Bureau has been predicting year for CPC’s Carbon activities. and Terra Firma are thankful and a break in the weather, and with The Wrotham Park Savanna appreciative of your efforts during the announcement of La Niña Burning Project successfully the sale process. With completion conditions, I am hopeful that our yields ACCUS for its second year of the transaction, I look forward to portfolio can receive above average (2019) with the funds reinvested working with the CPC team and the rainfall across the wet season and in to developing the project area Hands Family Office in revisiting beyond. enhancing our ability to undertake and executing on the strategic plan. Vinnie’s CEO sleep out Brisbane team Meat vs Vegetarian Nindooinbah Visit burger taste test 6 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 7 A FEW WORDS FROM JIM BRISBANE OFFICE

The Finance team, like the continued to drive IT and database team has performed some great 2020 has been quite the new puppies (and miniature baby rest of the business, somehow improvements at JJAA for better work so far in prepping for all the rollercoaster. It’s been full of goats), renovation projects, honing waded through what can only be operational information and finance, banking and accounting surprises that no one, not a single their cooking skills, moving house, described as the strangest year in a reporting. implications that the company sale one, has ever asked for. building pools, fishing and a lot of generation. brings with it, but is quietly looking Netflix and sport watching. With travel restrictions to Indonesia forward to spending substantially We bid farewell to Carl Greaves Travel was put on hold. The office likely to be in place for some time, less time with bankers, lawyers (QLD General Manager), Andrew We gathered for the Melbourne was closed. Proximity to our fridges the progress Craig and Raquel and all the external consultants a Caesar (Commercial Analyst) and Cup with a few sweeps and a team became a problem. Video calls have made with JJAA has made transaction of this size brings with Leone Landells (Ali’s maternity lunch. The theme of the day was became the new normal. However, managing this year substantially it. cover) as they left CPC for new Zoom on Top/Working from home the Finance team remained easier. pastures. below. A daily theme for most of resolute. The core team, for The team is well prepared for the us as we continue to work between another year, remained unchanged, The team immersed themselves cash flow challenges of the new There’s something in the water in home and the office. with this being a crucial factor in into some serious tax work this ownership structure with Naree and Queensland, as we welcomed two Easter Hat Competition winner - Cath how well everyone managed. year, with Salesi completing a Natalie looking forward to being more babies into the CPC family. We wish you all a wonderful much-overdue rework of the tax the gatekeepers of the groups cash As Ali returned from maternity Christmas and a very happy new Throughout it all the team fixed assets register, something management. leave, Tracy Chan and Emma year. Here’s to a better 2021! managed a successful FY20 that had given the team much grief Norris left us to have their baby audit. Although, to Natalie’s at audit time each year. A great But amongst all the weirdness of boys, Finn Copelin Chan and Percy disappointment, we didn’t get achievement given most of his time 2020, the finance team has stayed Norris. Both utterly adorable and to spend three weeks face-to- this year has been split between healthy, supported each other and will make great additions to the face with a team of auditors and fine-tuning his culinary skills and remained positive through all of the business when they’re old enough were the first entirely remote watching every minute of any sport years challenges. We can all agree, to train up. audit completed by KPMG. The he could find televised. however, on one thing…. here’s for team prepared the FY21 budget a better 2021. With the team working remotely on-time and two subsequent And underlying everything this year for much for the year, we mastered FY21 reforecasts as well as was still the Ribeye process. The the art of the video conference call. The team managed to stay connected through video chats Covid photo competition winner - Sue Easter Hat Competition 2nd - Jas and celebrated the teams creativity by holding an Easter Hat call where we made our own Easter hats (Cath stole the show, closely followed by Jas, Jacqui and Ian). Ali took out the number one spot in the Easter renovation Project, with stiff competition from other DIY projects, Easter baking and remarkable magic tricks that made chocolate eggs and wine disappear.

Glen building covid safe workspaces Much fun was had at Tracy’s virtual baby shower which saw team Tracy’s baby Finn Emma’s baby Percy Farewell to Carl Greaves members running around their houses desperately trying to find things that resembled babies’ items. We also held a photo competition to see what the team had been up to whilst working from home. Sue took the prize with a fantastic sunset on the lake photo taken during one of her daily walks.

Whilst the Covid-19 lockdown was challenging and difficult at times, the team kept busy with many Jim’s visit to NCW Do it for Dolly Day - Salesi, Sue, Naree, Jacqui and daughter Arabella activities including regular exercise, Melbourne Cup celebrations 8 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 9 COVID-19: QUEEN OF QUARANTINE

this to change. doing at station level so we could This is where we all became and then we waited. together the office Covid-19 support each other and make familiar with then intricacies of management plan. July saw Mid-March the Brisbane office was improvements. forms and paperwork, crossing the In April we postponed our usual the staff from Bunda travel to starting to batten down the hatches t’s and dotting the I’s to ensure that horse schools and low stress stock Carlton Hill station to assist with and get organised to be prepared On 23 March 2020 we started work as agricultural workers we could handling which would have been a mustering, and similarly staff to work from home if required. on our Biosecurity Checklists (as continue with our work, but also first in many years! And in Brisbane travelled out of WA into the NT to Any trips to Indonesia or back shut shared by the NTCA) and how our looking after the welfare of our EKKA was cancelled for the third muster the Spirit Hill lease. From down due to Australian travel rules. stations would continue to function people. time ever (previous cancellations August through to October we Things across Australia started and cover what was required from were due to the Spanish Flu were able to progress through the shutting down, and things were a state and national level. It brings On about 1 April (April Fools) we epidemic and when the grounds requirements to move staff around starting to get serious. Each of the to mind that saying “you don’t put together our CPC Covid-19 were used as a World War II staging between QLD, NT and WA. states started their Corona Virus know, what you don’t know”. Management Plan and submitted depot). The three state government websites where you could go for it in order to receive state border departments have been helpful updates and information. By the end of March, we were exemptions so that we could move Our station staff in the NT had to in their dealings. Our peak state sharing information with our staff within the bubbles of our stations carry documents to travel from one member bodies, in particular Toilet paper was being fought on our EAP services and dealing and from one to another. Success area to another. NTCA and Pilberra Cattlemen’s over in supermarkets and limits with Covid isolation. Without being was granted by the Chief Health We were still waiting for approvals Association have been outstanding Who knew what 2020 would were being put on some products flippant, many of the stations were Officer and we moved forward to from WA, and now also from NT. with their help, assistance and bring? With most Australians not (cleaning products, pasta). not really feeling the pinch, it was bring a handful of staff onto our Finally, approvals from WA were guidance. having experienced anything like a Interestingly, in Brisbane, there pretty much business as usual but stations in the NT, and then move received and the Manbulloo crew global pandemic previously it has was no shortage of fresh fruit perhaps with a bit more paperwork them across to WA. Essentially the were off. Some Covid-19 stats from my CPC certainly been a roller coaster ride and veggies along with red or to complete, and a bit more hand plan enabled us to “self-isolate” on laptop; for all of us navigating our way, and white meat during the lockdown. washing! the station. With our agistment properties we • 2966 Covid-19 related emails it’s not quite over yet. Agriculture was shining. then turned to our activities on over the past eight months, March 24 the NT Borders closed. This is where remote communities Aboriginal land and gaining permits that works out at roughly 18 A quick recap of the year … It was CPC started circulating the good We still had a handful of staff to come to the forefront. One of our to move freely across these in order emails a day, five days a week January 25 that the Coronavirus hygiene posters, how to stop the get from NSW and QLD into the new staff members was travelling to check our stock. The teams were • 52 Folders holding 502 files hit Australia, then by 31 January spread and how to identify the NT and WA. We started to require with horses and dogs and was able able to sort these out relatively relating to Covid on my the WHO declared the outbreak symptoms across our stations and Movement letters to allow staff to to stay firstly at the Camooweal easily. desktop, harbouring 251MB a global health emergency of offices. Our Leadership team was move around in the NT, and to be Jockey Club through friends of • Assistance given to staff has international concern. Mid- communicating what we need to do attached to border crossing papers mine who look after the facility With our Management Plan and included a detailed step by February Troy reports in the Weekly in regards to limiting visitors to our (QLD into NT and NT into WA). and then on a station managed by processes all shared amongst the step email containing the on the Covid-19 prevention and stations, notifying your manager Then the WA Border closed and we previous CPC staff to break the trip operational teams we moved back current links required for hygiene requirements. On the 26 if you are unwell or think you have were working on flying our new en-route to Manbulloo and rest her to business as usual (apart from the the various borders, specific February there have been more been exposed, and for us all to staff in, only to have them turned horses. WA border). We were able to apply wording for WA G2G pass, new cases reported from countries continue to focus on safety and around at the Kununurra airport for another special exemption time frame for application outside China than from in China! animal welfare. and sent back to Darwin … and into I would think that it was around to assist us to use the stations durations, copies of the CPC self-isolation. this time that Martini’s became as “bubbles” and move between Covid-19 Management Plan 1 March (when CPC commenced The Northern Pastoral HR Group Gin Quarantini’s in the Graham them. and exemptions (as required) Induction Week) the cases start to started sharing what we were all household and Friday night was and letters of employment climb around the world, and we’re when they would break out. In May we updated our CPC including location/travel in the all starting to talk about it and It was early April that WA was Covid-19 Management Plan further past 14 days more. In fact, I had a rather scary saying that Agriculture is not yet and approvals were quicker. This few hours at Newcastle Waters Good hygiene Simple steps to help deemed essential. There must was a great step forward. We were We have a Covid-19 – Impact on as I’d travelled from Sydney to is in your hands. stop the spread. have been a bit of poking and able to commence our Low Stress 2021 Staff (new and returning) plan Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds to prevent prodding by our member bodies Stock Handling with our staff on so we can hope to weather what Darwin to get to NCW and a day Cough or sneeze Use a tissue passing on germs. Dry your hands. into your arm after arriving at Newcastle there Together we can help stop and CEO as it wasn’t long before the ground. 2021 brings! the spread and stay healthy. had been an active case on one For more information about Coronavirus Agriculture was included into the (COVID-19) visit health.gov.au of the “flights” from “Sydney to exemptions. As the year has progressed, we Cath Graham Darwin” … my stomach dropped. have fine-tuned our processes, and Thankfully it was the flight the day Bin the tissue Wash your hands We had five staff at Manbulloo made many of our forms available after I had travelled, phew! that we were looking to get over by email to be completed on tablets to Carlton Hill, and as such we hit or smart phones. Early March we were receiving the ground running with a scurry

Together we can help stop of folders and paperwork to ensure In June we were able to commence information from state bodies that the spread and stay healthy. For more information about Coronavirus that we met all the requirements moving back into the Brisbane people should be alert, but not (COVID-19) visit health.gov.au alarmed. It did not take long for Authorised by the Australian Government, Canberra Authorised by the Australian Government, Canberra and the crew could get across … office and so the WHS team put 10 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 11 12 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 13 GENERAL MANAGER - STATIONS

None of us had planned for the members from our CPC stations, Maddie Wightman transferred our stations with the exception of to targeted classes of livestock, Throughout the year I have visited challenges and curve balls that all of whom have made significant from Bunda to take on the role of Isis Downs and Manbulloo which paddock security and size, pasture the stations many times and each Covid-19 threw at the world this contributions to our business Office support at Manbulloo and each have 4000 head still on feed budgets and new waters to time, I feel immense satisfaction year. Together as a team at CPC during their time of employment Charles Tapp also transferred from agistment. utilise our land areas to their full to have this opportunity to work we have hit each new challenge with CPC. The opportunity for all Bunda to take on the role of Head potential. with so many committed, smart, and adapted and worked hard these positions to be filled with Stockperson at Manbulloo. Charles Operationally our teams have passionate, and hard-working CPC along the way to once again care CPC employees transferring within has recently completed his pilot’s performed extremely well in CPC lost a very special friend and team members. for our animals and land with the the business is a reflection on our license. terms of getting through the colleague this year with the passing best possible practises for animal staff’s commitment and successes workloads, agistment stock have of Ronnie Wall. Ronnie has been I look forward to what 2021 has welfare and the environment. within the business. Ali Quintana has transferred from been returned to our properties or a much respected, admired, and in store for us all. The fact that the role of the Bunda Stud TA role have gone to sale. First and second valued member to all CPC staff over we have a successful business Special thanks to all of you who Marcus and Ally Doumany departed to commence the role of Newcastle round musters are getting close many years. Ron was a legend with which is growing every year and constantly support and work for Newcastle Waters to move to Waters Stud Overseer. to completion for the year and horses and touched many people’s the opportunity to work with the CPC. It has been a tough year Queensland to support family. bangtail musters are starting to be lives during his time of training existing staff and welcome new in many ways for our team. Not Jimmy Beale and Shannon Suzie Shearer has returned to the finalised. young people and competing in staff into CPC and to see them being able to see many friends and Chatfield accepted the role of Rangelands Coordinator for horse events throughout Australia develop and grow throughout the family outside of your small station Management position at Newcastle CPC, and has travelled to all of our The Early Weaning Program is well and America. Our thoughts and year is very satisfying. bubble, but together as a team you Waters. Shannon has also taken up stations this year in this role. focused and handling the second- sympathies go to DJ, Jodie, and have all supported each other well the challenge of special projects round intake of weaners. The staff Dannielle. Ride high Ronnie, you Henry throughout 2020. work which has allowed her the Montie Lester handed over the who work in the EWP are to be were a friend and mentor to many. opportunity to use her recently wings of the Baron to Cameron commended on the exceptional As the shut-down of borders and completed Applied Science degree. Borland, welcome to the CPC team job they are doing at feeding and restrictions took place we found Cameron. growing these lighter weaners to little disruption on our stations and Andrew O’Kane and Brooke maximise their full potential. we were in a really good position by Harwood have moved from Carlton Our crew have moved around the having the majority of our staff on Hill as Assistant Managers to stations to help get the job done on With Carl’s departure it has allowed station and having our contracting take on the role of Manager and other stations during the year. This me the opportunity to work with mustering crews on stations ready Managers Assistant at Bunda. has been a great opportunity to Kirsty and Simon at Wrotham Park to commence work once Induction work together as a team and share and Anna and Andrew at Isis. Week was completed. This allowed Tammy and Cameron Kruckow our staff’s resources across the Our major focus areas have been in all the staff to get straight into moved to North Queensland stations. our key operational KPI’s, Fertility, work and not focus on what was to pursue their own business Mortality and ADG these three happening and causing disruptions ventures, after 19 years of The Manbulloo crew joined with areas align back to our Five Pillars throughout the rest of the country. dedicated service to CPC. Steve the crew at Carlton, the Bunda of the business. Understanding our The way we interacted with each Pocock has taken over the role of crew assisted Carlton Hill and issues in these areas has allowed other on station had to change Management at Manbulloo, as part Dungowan, the Newcastle Waters the business to target our best overnight. of the agistment portfolio. Steve team helped at Manbulloo and the spend of available funds. Genetic also completed his endorsement to Wrotham Park team came across gain, stud programs, early weaning Social Clubs had to shut down, fly the Baron this year. to assist Newcastle Waters and Isis program, supplementary feeding kitchens needed more space to Downs. socially distance between staff. Jeremy and Kate Murphy came People needing to come onto our across from Carlton to take on the Also thank you to the Head Office stations such as truck drivers, vets, roles of Overseer and Secretary at people for their support throughout stock inspectors, helicopter pilots Newcastle Waters. the year to all the stations. all had to have known movement Cath Graham has been a star in details, and a whole new process Dylan Wall and Rebecca Thorpe managing the ever changing Covid around inductions. Bunda hosted transferred from Newcastle Waters guidelines and restrictions, thanks the NT Police and Defence to Carlton Hill as Assistant Manager Cath. personnel for many months to and Head Stockperson. maintain border safety. Roadblocks The season throughout the year on main highways, food shortages Jason and Hayley Purcell retired across all our stations was a in local towns all were challenges from Allawah after 20 years with reasonable one. Due to having the that had to be managed by our CPC. Lester and Stacey Bolton have agistment properties and lower stations. returned to CPC and have taken on stocking rates on stations from the the role of Management of our elite dry year previously, most of our Since the last newsletter we have bull breeding herd at Allawah. cattle numbers have been able to farewelled some long-term staff be retained and returned back to 2020 Future NTCA program participants (L-R) Charles Tapp, Jeremy Scott and Cameron & Tammy Kruckow’s Shannon Chatfield farewell 14 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 15 ALLAWAH

Coming here in January, Allawah Allawah and Loralla. Hopefully we Five new Angus bulls were was terribly dry and only got don’t end up with the districts best purchased by Troy and Lester to about 80mm of relief in the week parthenium crop. Lester found an continue to see and Brangus type we started here. Not long after old plough up the paddock and animal coming through the system. starting we did the branding and spent about $200 on it and thought Amanda is returning next year as threatened to smash a computer it would be great for his wife and Station Hand and Courtney will with a branding iron numerous Amanda to take turns ripping these start permanently when year 12 times (don’t make a pregnant hot little paddocks around the houses. finishes as Nanny/Station Hand. woman mad). IT IS ABOUT SIX FOOT WIDE. We’ve found since coming here that Stacey had her own nanny Caitlin We also had graslan put out on two the boran cattle can become very come to watch the two boys while paddocks at emu nest to try and quiet if you put a couple of kids and she was working. Caitlin was very kill some of the suckers as they are tonca trucks around them every good with the boys but just wanted quite thick there. day. to go back working outside again and she left just before Clancy was During the year we received couple We have had zero social life this born in April. of hundred weaners and donor year as all campdrafts and events cows back from Nindooinbah and in the area had been cancelled due Following months were filled with also have sent them about 30 to the corona virus. lots of maintenance. donor cows. Some of these were boran cows and purchased Twynam It is a huge change to what we are In between this we completed the Angus cows. Troy purchased used to and a massive learning weaning and preg testing of all the some composite cattle from the curve but so far we are finding it a cows. This saw many grey cattle a Katherine DPI. Some of these went great challenge. trip to the abattoir or Gracemere to Nindy as donors, the ptics stayed sale. Thanks to Stacey’s mother for here and the empties went as We wish everyone a merry looking after the kids while she did recips. Christmas and a safe and happy the computer work. When she could new year. not make it we got Hayley that The yearly AI program will begin worked for us at Comely to come next week with 300 head. 18 month Lester and Stacey and help with kids and anything old heifers and some cows given a else as she is very versatile. second chance because of the dry will be used. It will be a fixed time We got a contractor to come in AI program and therefore will be and rip and seed two paddocks on over in a matter of about 10 days. 16 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 17 18 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 19 BUNDA AND KIRKIMBIE

In March, Bunda saw a change in Bunda, great job Tom. The school closing in, we find the cattle are management when after seven consisted of two days in the yards still in good condition, however years, Jimmy and Shannon moved followed by two days mustering the feed is getting lighter. We have to Newcastle Waters and Andrew Tom schooled the crew on new around 3000 weaners still to come (Buttsey) and Brooke moved to techniques in how to work cattle off before finishing cattle work Bunda from Carlton Hill. Andrew more efficiently with minimal stress for the year. In the meantime, had previously spent two years and less force. there will be plenty of jobs to keep (2017 and 2018) at Bunda as the everyone busy. Head Stockperson before moving During the mid-round, the crew got off to Manbulloo in 2019 as to split the Pear Tree paddock into On behalf of myself and Brooke, Overseer. two, by building a new fence line. we would like to say a big thank There was certainly a lot of blood you to our team at Bunda for their Bunda started the year with nine sweat and tears that went into the hard work throughout one of the people in the crew, Charles Tapp fence line. Finally, after a week-long toughest years so far. A big thank as the Head Stockperson, Matthew battle, in the heat and contenting you to the contractors and ring-ins Murray as the Leading Hand and Ali with the rocks, the crew finished who have helped throughout 2020 Quintana as the Stud overseer. We and christened the new paddock and have made it an enjoyable and had Maddy and Ben return from the “Bedrock”. successful year despite the season 2019 Bunda crew and welcomed and Covid-19. new members Tamara and During mid round the crew were Matthew from Newcastle Waters. lucky enough to break in their All the best for the remainder of the Five new employees commenced own colts for the year, with the year and a Happy Christmas and with CPC and started at Bunda guidance of Charles and Buttsey. New Year to all from the Team at station; George Harborne, Lachlan Matthew selected a roan filly Bunda. Campbell, and Ellie Tindal – Smith naming it Fruit Tingle, Ellie selected who joined the stock camp, Margo a bay filly named Paprika, Tamara Andrew and Brooke Rhys-Jones our wonderful station selected a brown filly named Colt Chef and Una Wood as our Camp 45, and George selected a sweet Cook. Mark returned to his role as little chestnut filly named Georgie, the Bore Runner and Laurie as the whilst Ben selected a chestnut Grader Driver, maintaining all our gelding named Simba. Brooke roads. assisted the crew to break in two other horses, a chestnut filly Bunda had a dry start to the season named Chardonnay and a pally receiving below average rain fall, gelding named Sid the sloth. with the first round starting in March. This kept everyone busy The stock camp completed a horse with the usual jobs of mustering, school which was conducted at drafting, preg testing and weaning. Bunda by Jodie Challacombe and The Bunda crew had a few weeks her partner Bill. The crew learnt a at Carlton Hill helping draft PTIC lot over the two days including how heifers to send back to Bunda. to further the education on their colts and how to start a horse on a KD Rural assisted the Bunda crew cow. At the completion of the two during the first round for five days Lachlan Campbell received weeks, helping to pull weaners off. the most improved rider. This allowed the cows to cycle and calve at the optimal time of the Due to Covid the crew have had a year whilst maintaining condition very quiet year when it comes to during the drier periods. social events and competitions. They were lucky enough to attend We were lucky enough to have Tom some local Campdrafts in the Shephard arrive from Queensland Northern Territory, bringing home to conduct a cattle handling school some ribbons, a lot of sore heads with the crew. Tom completed his and memories to last a lifetime. two weeks isolation sitting on a dozer, clearing a new fence line at With the end of the year rapidly 20 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 21 CARLTON HILL

2020 will certainly be the year we one mob. We’d like to sincerely thank all the all remember! Carlton Hill team for your hard Social events have been almost work, dedication and team spirit Induction on station with Ian, Cath, non-existent this year, however in this trying year. We look forward Glen, our new assistant manager DJ morale has been kept high with an to welcoming you back in 2021 and and crew made for a great start to in-house fishing competition - Bob wish those choosing another path this strange year! is currently leading with his 114cm all the very best. Barramundi. Bex organised a Operations started quickly with Spooktacular Halloween party and We hope you all have a great wet only a 31-inch rainfall for the wet, Caz organised Melbourne Cup day season and look forward to 2021. our first challenges were getting for an excuse to get dressed up and staff across the border with the take part in a sweep. There have Glen, Lisa, Freya, Ronny and all the Covid-19 restrictions this saw the been a couple of footy nights which Carlton Hill team Manbulloo camp join us early in the always raises the blood pressure season just in time for the first boat and forms a divide between our out of Wyndham over the Easter QLD and NSW residents! We will weekend. finish the social year with a trip to Lake Argyle to thank our team for With two Carlton Hill stock camps all their hard work. running plus PLB contracting here for seven weeks and the Bunda A note on the kids: Freya has stock camp here for all of June adjusted well to her new way of and July all breeders had their doing school through Katherine weaners off by the end of May then school of the air and although onto the 30,000 heifers we had to she has only met one of her get through. A massive thanks to classmates in person, Kristy has Bunda and PLB contracting for the done a fantastic job filling that gap, hand to get through the workload. keeping her energised and focused. Next year she starts year one and We were able to squeeze in a turns six. Ronny is almost two and Tom Shephard efficient livestock learning new words everyday - handling school and put the master good and bad! He loves tractors, to the test walking 4500 heifers in cows and smoko! 22 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 23 CARLTON HILL - EWP

Early Weaning Carlton Hill has run This year was the first year we helped set up the new program surprisingly smoothly this year. didn’t have a constant feeding - StockMate for all cattle hand helping in the EWP, which movements, pen information and First round was much smaller meant that all of the stockcamp BMS for feeding. As always it takes compared to previous years, with had to step up and help out. We time to get used to something new the maximum head count around were never short of helpers and but overall both programs have 5000hd. We received cattle from everyone got the privilege of being been working well. Bunda and Carlton Hill throughout the EWP feeder. They LOVED it! first round. This proved to be EWP also scored a second tractor beneficial as we could manage our Out with the old, in with the new! this year, which will hook up to the pens more efficiently. The pens The year 2020 has brought some old mixer. This will be very helpful held less cattle which meant they great and much needed additions come wet season feeding. had more headspace and less to the program. Overall, Carlton Hill Early Weaning contest to get to the bunks for a Program has had a busy but feed. The smaller numbers also We were approved to get the successful year. meant that we could separate our commodities shed floor concreted heavier cattle into closer weight and sides sheeted. This is yet Thank you to everyone who ranges which assisted us in exiting to be completed but we are all helped out in one way or another these cattle closer to the exit very excited! The addition of a throughout the season. weight of 150kg. concreted floor and walls means that trucks can unload easier, Merry Christmas and a Happy new Second round is looking to be a bit quicker and more safely. It will also year! busier, which is pretty normal. We minimise rock being picked up with are forecasting 10,000hd will come the feed, therefore better ration, Kate Smith into the program. Many of these cleaner bunks, less wastage and a are lighter cattle which will mean a neat and tidy space to work on. busy Christmas for EWP helpers. Mid year, Jasmine came and 24 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 25 DUNGOWAN

The wet season was pretty steady months. Jacob joined the team actually retiring. “Toppy” will not and consistent with gentle falls in late September, just in time to and has not been the same without over January and February and a head straight out to Camp to help her. few showers over March and April with second round. And last but for a total of 490mm but still below not least, Rose joined our small KD Rural started first round in average. The crew were still doing crew just a few weeks ago as cook/ mid-April, trapping and walking bore runs right through - but it was gardener. all paddocks to yards for preg enough rain to keep the boys busy testing. Then we cleaned out with flood fencing on the northern We have had lots of contractors North Paddock – we had received boundaries. here for much of the year again 1200 head of EWP 150kg+ exits in with Daley Driven machinery, December 2019 - the steers were Our main man Dan stayed all Northern Water Services and turned off at an average 270kg and through the wet, and with his Hockey’s Rural Contracting sent back to Newcastle Waters. second year Visa approved in working on a project to develop an The heifers were kept for joining February he has been here all additional 200km2 paddock on the at Dungowan. With North Paddock year! Karl did the first six months western corner where the boundary empty this made room for breeders as bore runner, then Peter Lane had never been fenced. to come in from CPC agistment joined the team and took over blocks. 953 head of cull cows were the bore runs. Stevie, an English Plenty of maintenance projects processed and sent onto Manbulloo backpacker was here for ten weeks have been completed as well over the year, and another 325 as cook at the start of the year. with a new crush and pad at culls going direct to boat. We have My brother Patrick came out to Yellow Waterhole Yards, laneway, branded 4870 head to date – and visit for a while - helped out with 100ft repeater tower installed, have sent 2757 EWP’s averaging cooking, gardening, mustering, new tank liner and roof at Clays, 116kg and 2110kg over 150kg water maintenance, lick runs – laying poly back to Robinson tank, weaners to Newcastle. everything! He learnt to ride again, repairing troughs and trough lines, planted a remarkable veggie renovations done to the kitchen, The boys had a couple of weekends garden but left at the end of July to quarters, deck and back stairs and away with a trip to Darwin continue to pursue other interests. two rounds of dog baiting. and headed over to check out the action at the Daly Waters Woody arrived early June and In February we very sadly said Campdraft. Another weekend started in isolation out at camp goodbye to our long-time friend was spent helping clean up the and spent six months grading all and Top Springs Hotel Publican – grounds and amenities at the Pussy the station roads. Maureen came Pauline Hasseldine. After 13 years Cat Working Bee and we met all along in June too, cooking for three at Top Springs Pauline is (this time) the Montejinni and Camfield crew 26 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 27

too. Pussy Cat Campdraft was our we were all on. A huge thanks to first and only team outing. Four Jody and Bill, Newcastle and Jodie of us were riding and Dan had his enabling this to happen. first ever Campdraft run in the Encouragement Draft. Ian Florence For now and the rest of the year the spent the weekend camped out boys will be busy with lick runs and with us as well. water maintenance jobs, there are still tanks to be built and troughs CPC Awards were announced in installed for the new paddock, early September and we were and if rain holds off will muster honoured to receive a Safety two more paddocks at the end of Commendation award. We started November to pull weaners off. second round muster in late September with a stock camp made It’s been a very busy year, but a lot up from four staff from Bunda, two has been achieved so thanks to all from KD Rural, plus Dan and Jacob. of you who made it happen. Hoping Over four weeks they trapped, this wet season is a big one for all. walked, weaned and preg tested Yellow Waterhole, South, West Merry Christmas and Happy New paddocks. The wet season had a from all the team at Dungowan. good early start and the stock camp had a bit of mud action with plenty Dave and Suzie of digging and towing to truck weaners out.

Training was the flavour of October – Dave and Suzie completed a Vet Chem Course, Suzie attended Emergency Medical Kit training day and we had a two-day horsemanship school at Newcastle Waters. The horse school was fantastic, we all learnt lots and the trainers catered very well for the level of riding and variety of horses 28 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 29 ISIS DOWNS

2020 started at Isis with 96mm of where each staff had to summarise In late June, we were all affected by We are unsure if this was because For now, however, I think we are all early season rain which set us up two – three polices each and induct the tragic death of Jack Joseland the social events did not break up looking forward to a wet summer for a good growing season and each other which worked so well in a gyrocopter accident. Jack the year, or if it was just really very and a Christmas break. we were able to hold our herd at we will employ this technique again used to muster at Isis when he had busy. about 22000 head throughout the next year. We drug and alcohol his R22 and our crew were deeply Anna and Andrew summer. Rain through January and tested everyone, ran an interactive saddened. It was a reminder to us We made our own fun with a few February delayed our branding and dietetics workshop looking at the all that life is precious and should eighteenths, a joint birthday party traditional mustering program as level of sugar in drinks and how be lived to the fullest. Cobby for the five June birthday’s, and a well as our annual induction day. it is labelled and undertook our stayed a few days at Isis after the few beers with Troy whenever he annual personality testing to help memorial service. visited. As Covid-19 reached out, the everyone understand how others in uncertainty within the team was the crew operate. July was mostly educating and The highlights were having visiting noticeable and although we were processing weaners from Wrotham staff at various times throughout largely unaffected, the restrictions Come the end of April there was which was followed by preg testing the year. Ellen Bowden, one of our on local shops, the Isisford Pub, great anticipation of receiving between 4000 – 5000 head in first years last year, return for three visitors and social events impacted Cobby’s weaners with much preparation for our heifer sales in weeks of work in her Uni semester our team. We felt lucky to live debate and a few side bets of total August, largely to southern buyers break and timed it perfectly, where we do, the way we do and numbers! as the season in Queensland covering the staff shortage caused when we compared the CPC had deteriorated. Roam Aviation by Vergemont. Nick Houston response to other corporate ag In May and June Andrew, Bear stationed a R22 at Taranaway from CBRE also joined us for companies. Covid-19 enabled Troy and Coen, along with contractors which has been a real asset to four weeks of work experience to visit more regularly than usual Trent Harlow, Emily Landsberg and the Isis business and the wider and enjoyed every minute. We which has been a great linkage for Liam Hoare spent a bit over three community. welcomed Claudia Stokehill and the team in terms of what our “on weeks mustering the Vergemont Millie Edmonds from Wrotham for a the ground goals are” and how it agistment block. The days were We should note that it was an end month of work and Mike Bailey and influences the end result. long, and the logistics of trucking of an era for CPC and Isis Downs Kellie Hall joined the Isis crew as over 8500 head to Longreach when we dispersed the Charolais contractors in August. April was flat out with the whole Saleyards/Spelling Yards and Isis Stud herd with a couple of special camp down at Emmet for two – Downs was stressful. The whole sales at different times throughout As always, the staff here at Isis three weeks where we trucked 3000 crew spent a couple weekends the year. continue to be our biggest asset. At head of feeder steers to feedlots drafting all 8500 head in Longreach the start of the year, we welcomed and kill cattle in nine days. We which would have been a great This year in particular, there has back most of our staff with a new managed to squeeze in a late, but opportunity to hit the night-life seemed no end to the workload at cook and two new first years. There successful induction day. This year except everyone was exhausted Isis Downs. When one job finished, is value in learning from each other our approach was slightly different and suffering physically. it was straight onto the next one. and each new year we appreciate that even the first years can teach us all something. Throughout the year, we were disappointed to lose Doug Corling, Richard Alty, Coen Buckley and Jeremy Kelly but have welcomed with open arms, Belle Thorpe, Blocker and Macka to Isis Downs. Contractor Liam Hoare has also showed up more than once this year!

Andrew and I would like to thank the 2020 Isis Downs team for their hard work, their enthusiasm and their humour in their approach to any task. It has been refreshing to introduce Henry to the Western Queensland grazing system and how we manage it. His and Glen Byrne’s support have made the year as seamless as possible. 30 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 31 32 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 33 JJAA - LAMPUNG AND MEDAN

At the beginning of the year applying all these measures to all remains in good spirits and Flower – who would have thought. and Ibrahim (Cattle) on the birth everything was running smoothly, outside people entering the feedlot business although not as usual And he gave some plants as a gift to of his son Habib and Sihar on the however our business had to and sanitizing trucks carrying is still running as efficiently as the notorious clever salesmen Pak arrival of his baby Nihita and Dedi rapidly adjust when the Covid-19 commodities and cattle. JJAA also possible and our team are still safe Nengah, Pak Didik and Prana, who on the arrival of baby Gabe. We also pandemic began. Our key areas provided aid to the surrounding and healthy. also became avid gardeners in their congratulated Heru (Cattle) who were to ensure that all staff and communities affected by Covid-19, boredom, and started a viral trend just got married to Dina. their families were protected, that supplying disinfectant sprays for LAMPUNG with everyone wanting to purchase we had large stocks of feed on hand the neighbourhoods, and safety We have experienced strong sales the flowers. Everyone from JJAA wishes all of to ensure we could continue to feed suits to the hospitals and public throughout the year, retaining the CPC team a Merry Christmas our cattle and have strong security officers. customers and attracting new Iwan (Sales) got married to Anisa and Happy New year. for the whole operation. customers. During Lebaran demand in January, and his wife is now The effect on our team was quite was extremely high and there was pregnant. Pramana (WB) married Indonesia has had many economic significant, the very nature of limited Indian Buffalo Meat in Dewi and Bu Gustin (HR Manager) and social challenges this year Indonesian culture is very close, the market, which allowed JJAA married Doni this year, and we with the impacts from COVID19. We and community based which has Lampung to achieve above target all enjoyed these celebrations have also seen a rise in the use of made it difficult for the team. sales and capture new market together. technology in rural villages. Small Eating together and talking and share. Breaking the highest sales business’s trying to embrace online laughing is such a large part of record at 850 head of cattle sold in Anhar (GA), Hendri (Cattle), Nurul platforms and school children our culture, so it has been a very one day and 9,500 head sales in the (GA), Rio (AWO), and Pak Ika connecting for education which is tough experience for the team month of May. (Marketing Manager) have all had broadening their scope for learning to go through changing these children this year which is very from the general curriculum. social norms. Many office staff did This year our employee of the exciting. Meanwhile Pak William Globally, economic growth and rostering working from home to month award has changed, and (GM) has been continuing the capital has declined, however the limit the number of staff together in is now a PIC to each shipment of negotiation process with the wife to small business world in Indonesia the one area, which also presented cattle, above their usual role they have their third child. has developed more in the rural a challenge for communication oversee that shipment and are villages as well as logistics and and ease of working cohesively as responsible for their performance. MEDAN delivery systems. a team. JJAA relocated Angga from Pak Maryanta won this award for Covid-19 cases were occurred more Bogor to Lampung and Pak Zaini shipment 133 as the shipment in Medan than in other parts in Management responded quickly from Medan to Lampung to reduce achieved was higher than the Indonesia. Many family members of at the beginning of the pandemic their transportation frequency as target. our team have lost jobs, especially starting with the application of well. in industrial areas around Deli social distancing, wearing masks, Due to the travel and public activity Serdang. And due to a decrease washing hands and flu vaccines Although things have been limitation, Pak Zaini became an in community activities and for all employees. As well as challenging this year, JJAA still avid gardener of the Anturium restrictions on parties, gatherings and tourism, many businesses have been facing significant challenges in the area. The team’s working spirit and loyalty have been outstanding so that JJAA kept operating and producing the best quality beef.

In light of a difficult year with Covid-19, we welcome a new team member Alpha who is the new JJAA Medan vet. And we farewell Citra, the previous vet who has now retired. JJAA Medan in daily activity now lead by Pak Johny, Pak Zaini still Manages Medan, but spends more of his time in Lampung and is also supporting the Purchasing team.

We congratulated Lucy (Adm) on the birth of her baby boy Misan 34 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 35 36 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 37 MANBULLOO

Manbulloo has seen plenty of and we are now set up for loading second year and Nat Dingle who plenty happening, and everyone we were in a pinch and was able vouched for Cameron as being a activity and changes this year. The boats over the wet season to joined the team late in 2019. worked together to get it done. to keep cattle watered, driving the good pilot, scarily we didn’t know sale to Cross Pacific Investments come. The plan will have the team However soon enough, the WA Jas Heales and Mary Williams were water tanker when the Randwick what we were getting ourselves now complete the team has been send another 15,000 to JJAA and border was closing, and the camp the first to arrive at Manbulloo to yards bore failed while there into with Rec Club banter, at one focused on setting up the station external sales from Twin Hills and was headed west with our cook Ella complete their on-station Covid were a few thousand in the yard. point we had three fixed-wing and and the herd to move out or be sold Manbulloo by the end of FY21. Stone to Carlton Hill. Meanwhile, isolation mid-way through the first When Stiffy took Pod and Josh two chopper pilots all living at the before we close the gate and finish The world was impacted so quickly Will (Shaggy) Shannon and Kaila round and helped finish the round. home, Kelly Hartley stayed here at station. the Agist-back deal at the end of by Covid-19 and no difference here. McLean were back from holidays, Georgie Grimley left the Manbulloo Manbulloo and has been a crucial June 2021. We saw line-ups out the door of Kaila moved to Auvergne, and more office when the Kruckow’s moved part of the team since. Another WA border victim Tim Woolworths in town, and general flying on the Barkly meant Shaggy on and headed to the stock camp Malone attempting to get back Manbulloo and agistment freight just seemed to stop. We went down to Newcastle Waters. at NCW. Maddy Wightman transferred to Carlton Hill eventually joined properties started the year with were glad Tammy could whip up However, he still needed to get from Bunda mid-year to oversee Charles’ Manbulloo crew. Recently a big program returning the some homemade hand sanitiser. Avgas at Auvergne when ferrying Murray Mills joined the team the administration including all we welcomed our newest team agistment and extra cattle at back to Kununurra regularly. as a truck driver and general the livestock moves across the member Daniel Noble who is Manbulloo to the original stations We said goodbye to Manbulloo maintenance man to manage some agistment and the cattle purchases settling in well and getting used or sale. With people travelling all station’s long-term managers We have had a team of contractors maintenance projects around the we buy to top up boats to JJAA. A to the heat before we start the wet across the NT from Ooratippra in Cameron, Tammy and their here on the station nearly station and with a good handover tremendously important role given season boat program. the south to the east into Arnhem daughters Dakoda, Kadence and all year. KD Rural crew were from Mick after three and a half the number of movements the Land with Mainoru, Mountain Billy Kruckow who left the company making themselves at home for years he headed to NCW for a new team were handling. Social events were limited early Valley and Bishop Bore on the to ‘literally’ greener pastures of far the first round, and the work bore run and Murray has taken on this year. However, once they Central Arnhem Hwy, Sturt Downs North Queensland after Krucksey’s hasn’t seemed to finish yet. The over keeping cattle watered here at Charles Tapp joined the Manbulloo started, we worked hard to make at Mataranka and the Floodplain 19 years working for CPC. It was KD teams have been essential Manbulloo. team from Bunda when he finished a few including very early start to blocks at Gunbalanya and our long great to join them to celebrate the getting the day to day operations his plane licence as the Head finish drafting cows at 11am so term agistment at Twin Hills and tremendous amount of work and done, first and second rounds Jed Coote came and joined us from Stockperson here at Manbulloo. we could see the Katherine Cup Wangi Freehold. We have over the dedication in Katherine with many and clean-up mustering all over Bishop Bore and spent a lot of Charles has been enjoying sharing horses run their race in town. The year progressively exited most of of the management team and long- the northern places. There were time at Twin Hills and Gunbalanya the air with military jets and Katherine Pop-up Café began these agistment places now and term CPC team members there to several other contractors from handling the intake of cattle travelling a lot with his team cocktail hours on Friday, and we are are on track to continue to truck bid them farewell. town patching into the various mostly from Carlton Hill before mustering the floodplain’s as well nearly all members of the Katherine out all the cattle from Manbulloo agistment locations and the only Jed finished up recently with us as Manbulloo. Golf Club. by mid next year. We started the year with Mick thing slowing us down was getting to continue his Helicopter licence Estens on water, Georgie Grimley enough trucks. Special mention training. Cameron Borland joined the Daly Waters Campdraft was the Cattle numbers at Manbulloo in the office and around the station to Sam and Ted, their Head station with a fresh Baron and IFR first draft of the year followed by opened around 20,000 head we compound, the camp was led by Stockperson’s Jimmy, Robbie and We had Connor Stiff bring a crew endorsements, I was glad to climb the pilgrimage to Pussy Cat draft. transferred anther 20,000 in and Greg Gook who with Tahlia Paull, Mardi and the people that helped up from Newcastle Waters to help, out of KET’s seat to catch up on Charles took home prize money at have trucked 30,000 out so far, joined Connor Warren our returning throughout the year. There was Jeremy Scott came up too when some paperwork. Although Murray Daly Waters and Pussy Cat. 38 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 39

There were several trips to Darwin on days off through the year, although a couple of weekends were cut short to come back and fight fires. Not ideal, however, an example of the dedication of how everyone worked together this year. The various crews have seen plenty of the north, have drafted and dipped more cattle than most would have liked, have been fighting fires all over, attempted to catch fish, became proficient at ordering Pizza from Domino’s and smoking brisket in the Rec Club. The recurring themes for the year were; plans are flexible, there are trucks today, pool parties just happen, trips to the Golfie are common, and ‘do we have enough rooms for everyone?’.

The Manbulloo and Agistment properties have had a big year, and I would like to thank everyone that has helped out - 61 people (including contractors) have worked at Manbulloo this year at different times and length of stints. Congratulations to everyone for the year that it has been and let’s look forward to a great wet season and a good break over the festive season.

Steve 40 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 41 NEWCASTLE WATERS

Just like that we are in November fresh ideas. smokos with him being passed We were very lucky to have Tom people gave campdrafting a go of 2020 with everything and around for a cuddle. He isn’t so Shephard complete a week of and everyone did really well. The everyone still in full swing. The We kicked off Induction in the little anymore and is super cute! Low Stress Cattle Handling at the crew decided to go up to Darwin build up to the wet has started first week of March. All new staff end of May and in mid-July. Mid for a few days in October instead with 69mm of rain over the last to CPC completed the Induction With Covid-19 testing us all this October we invited Dungowan over of going to the Tennant Creek two months. Fingers crossed we which gave them all an overview year we still got as much training as and split the group into two. Each Campdraft. We also held the annual are in for a big wet like everyone is and basic understanding on we could in. Shannon and Jeremy group completed a two-day Horse Pool House Melbourne Cup with predicting. cattle handling, motorbikes, were selected for the Future School with Jody Challacombe. Best dressed couple going to Josh horsemanship, water maintenance, NTCA. With this they attended Kate was selected for the CPC HSR C and Teagan, best dressed Colt to We started this year with 507mm of fencing, vehicle operation, an NTCA Induction week in May Group and completes the course Henry, best dressed Filly was Kate rain which was 343mm more than chemical use, aircraft safety and and completed the Business Edge mid-November. Over the year we and Best fascinator/hat went to Ali. the 2018 – 2019 wet. This meant workshop maintenance. With Course in Alice Springs in October. have had most people complete Throughout the year we have also more grass and cattle were able to the finishing of induction, it was Simon and Paige attended the their cert 2 or cert 3 in Agriculture taken the ski boat to Longreach be returned to Newcastle Waters. straight into first round mustering. Business Edge Course in Mt Isa in through CDU. Waterhole for some water sports We started the year with 15,005 It did not take long for Brian, Stiffy February. First year CPC Induction fun. head of cattle and now we currently and Caitlin to work out the ways of was held at the start of March and We have seen some big have 45,712 head. Bringing back the fresh camps. Stiffy, Kelly, Josh First Aid and the CPR refresher was improvements this year with a new The Castle Incorporated (social 30,707 head meant the camps L and Henry went to Manbulloo to late March for the first half of the repeater tower installed on the club) is in full swing and we have have been busy all year. Along with give them a hand with first round crew. The night of the first group Eastern side of the property to try held a Carnival Day, a Halloween these incoming cattle we have also for a few weeks and Jeremy went was when Covid-19 rules really and minimise the black spots for Party inviting the neighbouring had the Early Weaning Program over to help Steve while he was hit, and we had to postpone the the UHFs. Water development was stations, Donated $500 to Troy extremely busy. busy with agistment cattle. The second group. Jodie went over to also another big improvement with for the CEO Sleepout and we Stud crew were busy from the get- Isis Downs for the new Stockmate old tanks being replaced with new are holding an RFDS Fundraiser We started the year with some go trucking cows out to go on to the Program in June. and Mono’s being replaced with night on 14 November where $1 big changes. Marcus and Ally boats out of Darwin. The Stud also Solar’s. A new 52km lancewood from each item purchased will moved onto a new adventure and received 1222 cows and 216 bulls We also managed to squeeze in two post fence was installed by Krank be donated to the Royal Flying Jimmy and Shannon came across back from agistment. Campdraft clinics thanks to Brian Industries to split the lake up. The Doctor Service. The theme is from Bunda to be the new Barkly and Jodie. With the easing of the big house received some much- Red White and Blue (The colours Group Manager and Research With the station being so busy Covid-19 in the NT we were able needed love with the outside and of the RFDS). We have held the Project Officer. Jeremy and Kate we managed to pull together a to complete the second group for roof being painted. three State of Origin games. The transferred from Carlton Hill with surprise baby shower for Paige. First Aid and CPR. Brian, Jodie and Castle Inc is also organising our Jeremy taking on the Overseer role Lucky that we had it when we did, Stiffy completed their Chemical Second round started with Jeremy, Christmas Party where we all voted and Simon staying on as Assistant because two days later Paige went Course Certificates. We had a Stiffy, Georgia, Henry and Harley and we are heading up to Darwin Manager. With new people in the into labour at the station. Clayton workshop with Matt George who heading to Ooratippra for two and mid-December to go on a fishing management team meant new and Everingham is the centre of all talked to us about Cattle Nutrition. a half weeks to muster the 5,000 charter, go out for dinner and hd on agistment and truck them attend the horse races. all back to NCW. Thanks to Bunda for sending Ben and Ali over to give With second round coming to an us a hand for a few weeks while we end and the crazy year of 2020 were short on staff and also thanks coming to a close, a huge thank to Wrotham Park for sending five you goes to the team at Newcastle of their crew over to us for second Waters for their hard work all year round while our guys were at as well as contractors that have Ooratippra. The Stud camp and come in and given us a hand. Commercial Camps are still hard at it making sure everything is done We hope everyone has a great end before the wet hits. to the year and a very wet and happy Christmas and New Year. While cattle work did take up majority of the year and Covid-19 Kate Murphy on behalf of made it hard to socialise. We made Newcastle Waters Station sure the crew attended the social events that were on. Everyone had five days off in June and they all went up to Darwin. Daly Waters Campdraft was in July and Pussy Cat Campdraft in August. Most 42 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 43 44 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 45 NEWCASTLE WATERS - EWP

What a year! I honestly have no these improvements and different We have had a massive year here idea where to start! management techniques – but at Newcastle EWP and I have there is still a lot I would like to learnt so much and cannot wait to I joined CPC in January coming into work on to make it even better. continue to learn and grow with the the Early Weaning Program after We are working on ways to reduce program. having 1700 of CPC’s bulls on the stress levels, setbacks and general road in 2019. cattle comfort to improve our Hope you all have a fantastic overall average daily gains. Christmas! After a tiny settling in period, first round kicked off and weaners A visit from Matt George was mind Jodie came in full swing from Manbulloo, boggling – so much to learn! A Bunda, Dungowan and Newcastle visit to Isis Downs for training was Waters and then before we could fantastic! The new Stockmate blink, second round was starting System we changed over to in July and we have had Wrotham Park, is going great! Dungowan and Newcastle Waters weaners fill the yards. We have seen just under 20,000 weaners arrive here at Newcastle These weaners have been broken in Waters EWP! WOW! And exited and handled, taken for a walk and numbers are not far behind that then walked out to their Starter figure. Yay! Pens. We are currently looking at having Since arriving to Newcastle EWP, around 10,000 head in on feed over I have been working on ways the wet including our Stud Bulls, to improve productivity and so its full steam ahead. We’re in full weight gains for overall better swing processing before the big wet performance and better financial comes! gain. I have found this process starts right from the beginning at It has been amazing to work with their arrival with their first handling the people I have this year and to right through following the EWP have their help and support with protocols to Exit. I believe we are anything I have needed help with. seeing an improvement in weight Go Team! gains throughout the year with 46 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 47 WROTHAM PARK

Another year gone and possibly cows. Tom Marron and Jan Mahony Vanrook came and judged a colt one we all won’t forget. The year also joined us this year looking challenge on Melbourne Cup Day. started off with shorter than after Gamboola. The crew had about five weeks to normal wet season. The rivers prepare and they did a great job didn’t run like they normally do so As it was the same all over on them, Amber on Dixie taking 1st lots of water holes filled with sand. Australia, there were no place. In March with the end of the rain campdrafts, rodeos or races to go we started Covid-19 quarantining to, so everyone made their own Thanks to all our staff and of all the team coming back to fun on station with a fair bit of contractors for all their hard work work. Most of us started our two fishing. Jock and Amber had the through one of the most different weeks together here with some late highest total for the year bringing years. Thanks for all the team in comers doing their two weeks at home some good fish for the BBQ. head office for your support during Gamboola, even Bruce Parker the The rec club also got a workout on the year. We wish all the best to truck driver spent two weeks on the a few times, especially the night everyone leaving us at the end of grader at Gamboola (quarantining) of Amber’s 21st with some deadly the year especially Katie Williams before we started mustering. ‘Gender Bender’ outfits. and Amber Grieve, who have finished their 3rd year here, so all The camp started mustering in April Thanks again to Tom Shephard for the best for future! They have been after a couple of weeks fencing stock handling training this year, really good girls to have in the team and getting the flood gates up. everyone had a good laugh over the and will be missed. Chad Golding led the way with couple of days he was here. On a the camp and Paddy (Dale Parker) sadder note we missed having our Cheers! dealing with the weaners in weaner legend horseman Ronnie Wall this camp for first round. Robbie White year doing his school and having Cobby, Kirsty, Scott, Max, Charlie and his crew also got started that a few XXXX Gold beers with him at and Grace month mustering the Gamboola the end of the day. end. Jock Ross as always had the grader full noise grading roads Second round went to plan with in front of the camps. Nothing both Robbie and station camp changed for Walshy, (Scott Walsh) branding plenty of calves. Amber just keeping the helicopter moving ran the weaner camp and is – “poking a few out of the rivers”. doing a great job. Paddy finished Suzie as always keeping the good his chopper license off in late tucker up for everyone and Errol September so will be good to go keeping the water and lick up to the for next year. Willy Brown from 48 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 49 RANGELANDS

Pasture and Weeds were the focus of excluding kangaroo and cattle year. We would have loved Matt to this year of our Rangelands work. grazing against excluding cattle join us on our Qld trip, but he was not Pasture Assessments training was grazing only and no exclusion able to travel from NSW. conducted at Newcastle Waters (normal paddock area outside and Bunda. Spent several days exclusion fencing). Pasture condition Visiting all the CPC properties this with Simon, Jeremy and Kaitlyn in the Trial plots was assessed in year was a wonderful experience and working across the Newcastle September and found that pasture thank you all so very much for your Commercial, Backgrounding and yields in the total exclusion plot were hospitality. Stud areas. And same again with much higher at 2200kg compared each of Andrew, Brooke and Ali to 700kg in the plot grazed by Looking forward to seeing abundant and covered almost all of Bunda by kangaroos only. Total exclusion plot perennial, palatable, and productive road which gave me a wonderful also had notable higher presence of grass after this big wet! overview of the diversity in the perennial tussocks. country. At selected sites we Suzie Shearer conducted pasture assessments At each of the QLD properties we of usable vs unusable feed, plant looked at weed control projects ID, and land condition. Staff were underway and had the opportunity trained in visually estimating kg/ha to view the aerial application of of grass which were quantified by graslan in Top Strand paddock to quadrat cuts. Whilst doing the field control regrowth at Allawah; look work at Newcastle we found a small at the impact that grazing goats is patch of Thorny Apple, which was having on the woody regrowth at a immediately hand pulled, bagged property neighbouring Isis Downs; and plants burnt. and observed the mechanical weed control works underway on the Shannon and I spent a fortnight banks of the Walsh River, Wrotham travelling and visiting CPC Qld Park with an excavator that has properties to gain an understanding a specialized attachment pulling and perspective of the landscape, Chinee Apple. pasture and environmental issues. Almost 50 pasture monitoring sites Matt Bolam continues to support were assessed across Isis Downs CPC and assisted with the provision and Wrotham Park. An Exclusion of mapping data, historical data for Trial plot was fenced at Isis a few pasture and weed monitoring sites years ago to measure the impact and many other projects across the 50 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 51 KING OF THE ROAD - WOLFMAN A FINAL WORD FROM GUY HANDS

The road train was on the move from 19 February 2020. It started with carting out of Manbulloo for six weeks and carting boat cattle from Twin Hills. We destocked Sturt Downs to Manbulloo in March. By the time I got back to Newcastle Waters, first round was underway and paddock carting was in full swing.

In early September I carted 30 decks out of Ooratippra to Newcastle Waters with contractor trucks. There was a total of 162 decks trucked out. Makybe Diva did 7,500km in 10 days with half of it being some of the worst dirt roads in the Territory.

Since the 19th February, the truck has done 85,000km. I have trucked to and from Bunda, Dungowan, Manbulloo, Sturt Downs, Ooratippra, Bishops Bore, King River, Twin Hills, Muckaty, Murranji, Moolooloo, Montinjini Beetaloo, Coomalie, Bridge Creek, Noonamah Export Yards, Berrimah Export Yards. The truck was sponsored at Daly Waters Campdraft and Pussycat Campdraft carting cattle to the yards for people to draft.

In June and July, the truck and trailers received some hard-earned maintenance. We replaced 60 bearings and 60 brake shoes. As soon as the truck was good to go it was back into carting.

The end of the year looks to be filled with carting cattle for numerous boats going out of Darwin. When Terra Firma acquired CPC involves wearing denim and heavy also an opportunity to be a part in 2009, we expected one major boots in 49-degree heat! of an Australian success story issue: whilst CPC was an asset- and a business with an incredible backed investment, which is It is clear to me that CPC is a family, legacy. CPC fits perfectly within a typical characteristic of the and one that welcomed me with our family’s other long-term businesses that Terra Firma look open arms. You probably all know investments, which includes at, the geographical distance, that Troy is a prolific gift giver forestry, renewable energy, we thought, would be a big at Christmas. Over the years, he hotels and award-winning Tuscan challenge. But during Terra Firma’s has gifted me many of the tokens vineyards that have been producing ownership of the business, we of a hard day’s work in cattle wines since 980AD. have faced challenges of biblical country. This includes a collection proportions: from wildfires to of incredible books, a wineglass I am very proud of what CPC’s floods to droughts. In spite of brand and even semen straws with management team have these extraordinary challenges, the name of the registered stud accomplished over the past 11 one thing stood out that left bull he named after me – Allawah years and look forward to the next me in awe: CPC is the ultimate Guy Hands. By far, however, the 20 years. I also very much look example of resilience in business. most memorable gift was a very forward to spending more time I am proud to be involved in a particular type of measuring tape in Australia as soon as we are business that demonstrates such for use with CPC’s highly prized allowed to travel once more. Until grit, determination, and has such stud bulls. Yes, it was a bit shocking then, I hope that you have a good a hard-working group of people to be handed such a gift in the wet season ahead with La Niña looking after it. middle of a Terra Firma Portfolio approaching, and hopefully doing Business Conference. But I can say its job. My family has had a long-term that of all of Troy’s gifts – including connection with Australia: we have a particularly large bull to be Thank you for your hard work family here and while my branch named after me, an honour I do not and dedication over this very of the family hail from South Africa take for granted – this is the only challenging year, and for your and England, another branch is one that sits proudly on my wife’s professionalism and patience from Australia and Ireland. One desk. during the Ribeye process. I’m of my sons, Richard, worked at looking forward to the years to Carlton Hill station as a jackaroo, When Terra Firma completed the come and am confident that the and we have always enjoyed sale of CPC to the Hands Family next phase of this journey together traveling around and marvelling at Office in October, it confirmed will be fruitful, interesting, and an the beauty of its landscapes and my commitment to protect and adventure. experiencing the friendliness of nurture the business for the long its people. Getting to know many term. I knew this was a business Enjoy your Christmas season with of the team over the last 11 years that wanted to have an owner your loved ones, and please stay has been a real highlight for me. I who cared, and I saw buying it safe and healthy. have immense respect for the work as not only a multi-generational you do, not least of which often opportunity for my family, but 52 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 53 IN MEMORY OF RONNIE WALL 54 Around the Traps 2020 Around the Traps 2020 55

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