00:00As a cattle producer and stud breeder in her own right, there's not too many women of her era in
00:05agriculture who have done and achieved what Alison Atkinson has done. This is me with Glenruth
00:12Major at the Brisbane Exhibition. I was washing him prior to the judging where he won champion
00:19draftmaster ball in 1966 when I was 21. This is my lovely ball, Arana Isaac,
00:28that topped the draftmaster national sale in 1999. Absolutely loved him, beautiful temperament
00:36and I was very sad to say goodbye to him and that was a long time ago. Wish I could
00:42go back to those
00:43days. This was the biggest surprise of my life when I was awarded a life membership at the National
00:50Droughtmaster Breed Society sale at Graysmere in 2017 by the then President Paul Laycock. It was a
00:59wonderfully exciting surprise. I'm so, so grateful. Thank you. I love the Droughtmasters because of their
01:08their fertility and their stamina during dry times and I was very particular about temperament
01:21and loved my quiet, beautiful cattle and I've introduced the Charolais just to try something
01:29different and then I loved the result of the cross with the Charolais over the Droughtmasters, which
01:35the Charolais for the Charolais for the Charolais.
