00:00In WA's grain belt, a slice of history rolling across the fields.
00:07The southern grain belt is usually awash in a sea of yellow canola, but in this paddock
00:12on the outskirts of Kojanup, it's for a different reason.
00:15Good tracking weather, yeah.
00:17One hundred tractors trucked in from across the state to celebrate a hundred years since
00:21the first caterpillar was introduced to WA farms.
00:25It's very special to have this machinery around, it's still active, you know, it's just testament
00:29to the caterpillar brand, you know, to see the oldest to the latest here today.
00:34All still in fairly good working order.
00:36The iconic tractors playing an important role in the state's development.
00:39They opened the country up, you know, from the early 1920s all the way right through to
00:46the 60s clearing farms.
00:48A legacy still visible today.
00:50The old Caterpillar 60, 1928, it was used mainly in the early days to clear the Albany Highway.
00:59It's got MRD stamped on the chassis, the tractor, and that was the main roads board in those
01:05days.
01:06It's the only one in Western Australia, so it's quite a rare old tractor.
01:10A piece of history enjoyed by the next generation.
01:14More than 1,000 people braved the wet and windy conditions to see a piece of WA's history.
01:19A feat organisers say is unlikely to be matched for some time.
01:23We'll never ever see a collection of caterpillars ever again like this I don't think.
01:27The caterpillar farmers are happy to have in their crops.
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