Well not too far outback, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> but far enough to see the Great Goat Races again.
With friends, we set off out west to stay at a 10, 000 acre sheep and cattle station for a few days, while there we took in the great goat race. I was armed with my new Muck and a couple of Busses.

Here we are over the mountains and heading west.



We passed these fellas again this year and I still don’t know what there for, maybe to scare some of the millions of cockatoos away from the place.



Here we have our camp set up out on the cattle station.





Some of the heats building up to the grand final of the goat races, these buggers are wild and don’t always go in a straight line. Last time I was out there one took off up a side street and they ended up chasing it with 4 wheel drives just to get the kid back, who was still hanging onto the buggy. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />





Here’s the goat I had my money on, called, “Go You Good Thing” <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> but after taking a detour up the footpath and being untangled out of the crowd he was

beaten severely by a goat called Kamal. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />



It’s a big country out here; even the chooks have a bit of size about them. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />



I found this old tractor up on the New England country in a little place called Red Range. I’d live there in a heartbeat, beautiful bit of country.
The tractor didn’t have any rust at all and would have been sitting there for many years.





A little pioneer cottage still standing, apparently there was still the old hitching rail there for the horses up until a couple of years ago.

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Hope you enjoyed them,
Ian. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />