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Dusty sunlight bathes a classic Western Australian sheep station, where a skilled stockman in a vibrant turquoise shirt carefully orchestrates a merino sheep drafting operation. Pristine steel sheep yards create a complex circular system, allowing precise movement and sorting of a dense flock of woolly merinos across multiple interconnected paddocks. The rugged landscape unfolds with rocky hills and scattered eucalyptus trees, presenting a quintessential Australian agricultural panorama of gentle rolling grasslands transitioning to more arid terrain. Utilitarian vehicles sit quietly in the background, suggesting the modern technological support underlying traditional livestock management techniques. The merino sheep—prized for their fine, dense wool—cluster tightly within the metal yard infrastructure, their cream-colored fleeces creating a living carpet of agricultural wealth against the red-brown earth. This scene captures the intricate choreography of livestock handling, where human skill, animal behavior, and carefully designed infrastructure combine in a timeless dance of Australian pastoral production.