If you’d asked me a year ago if I’d ever live and work in a stock-camp I would have laughed in your face. Stopped. Smiled. And then laughed some more. But as I type this post today I have done just that. Lived and worked in a stock-camp. And lived to tell the tale
It wasn’t all beer and skittles that is for sure. It was tough. It was extremely tough to start with and as time went on I adapted. In the end I was enjoying it and at the end of the day what an experience.
We were down there for around three weeks. No contact with the outside world. Showering with dam water heated in a donkey by heat of the fire. Cooking over an open camp fire in camp ovens. Days were filled with hard work and nights with a few relaxing beverages around the fire.
Now to be honest the cook (me) doesn’t get let out of the kitchen very much. Chained to the sink and all that jazz. Time in a the stock-camp changed all that. I got a get-out-of-jail-free card. Up early to cook breakfast and to bed late after cooking tea. But it was all worth it to be let out with the boys and work in the yards with the cattle and head out mustering.
I learnt a hell of a lot. Not just about cattle but also about myself! One really important thing I learnt is that I love living out here.
Norris Around Australia 
What beautiful country. No wonder you enjoyed your time out of the kitchen. I remain most envious, chained to my home in Perth!
Your photos are stunning. I loved the blue jeans on the line (regulation uniform I guess).
The colors in today’s post contribute to the tone: vast, beautiful, possible. : )