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Zac Braxton-Smith and Rural Press Club scholarship winner Milly Buck take us on a few stops around Warwick and Goondiwindi to show what a day on the road is like for a QCL journo.
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00:00G'day. So, life in the day of a QCL journo. My name's Zach. I'm based in Brisbane.
00:07Try not to spend too much time there. I'm with our intern Millie Buck today. We're about to head
00:13out to Gundawindi. Millie's done a great job of putting together a trip itinerary for us,
00:19visiting a couple of producers and a machinery developer. Let's see what we can find out.
00:33How's the camera working for you Millie?
00:41You'll have to do worse than that, Noel. You haven't broken it yet.
00:50So, Millie and I are here just outside of Warwick. We've just finished up with Noel McConville.
00:55In his 90s, he's been farming for a fair bit of it.
00:58I also spent some time in the police force, which was interesting. I had lots of insights
01:03about how he produces good cattle. We've just been chasing him. He gave us a steer to where we'd find
01:10some of his best breeders. We're just getting in the paddock to grab a couple of photos.
01:19Lunch at the Gore Roadhouse. Central stop on any trip to Gundy. Surprised Millie there, haven't I?
01:24Nope. It'll come through. It'll sense that. It might hit till that solenoid to spray. This camera
01:33will see that I would have hit that solenoid and then just spray that and then continue on.
01:43Alright, so we're driving into our last site visit of the day. Ewan's just met us in a bit of
01:52machinery.
01:52I can't work out quite what it is because of the dust, but we're just following him into the station
01:59now.
02:00Mixed livestock and cropping operation. We're going to see what it's all about.
02:06Thank you so much for having us.
02:10It's our pleasure, mate. It's our pleasure. It's good to see you.
02:12It's good to see you too.
02:13So I'm in Gundy now. I've just dropped Millie off having a bite of dinner. A lot to think about
02:19from the three site visits today. The next step is to plan out the rest of the trip for tomorrow.
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