Many people in the Australian Outback make their living raising sheep and cattle on stations sprinkled through the interior of the country. Work on these stations is hard and requires great skill and physical endurance. However, it is also exciting and rarely fails to captivate those involved. One Outback station owner from the Northern Territory describes the atmosphere during the main cattle station activity called mustering, or herding the cattle:

The thrill of the pace and chase of the muster [herding] never fails to stir the most seasoned ringers [stockmen or cowboys]. Ready to ride, they focus on the plan and the paddock: each moment of each muster is charged with concentration, commonsense and variation. Excitement pulses through blue veins as they make their way across the beckoning plains.

Outback Stations

Outback stations are large areas of land where families...