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Golden morning light bathes a stark western Queensland sheep station, where a precision drafting operation unfolds against an expansive, arid landscape. A skilled working dog, alert and muscular, stands poised near a blue steel drafting race, ready to assist in moving a mob of pure Dorper sheep. The pristine white-fleeced sheep cluster tightly within galvanized steel yard panels, their woolly bodies casting long shadows across the dusty ground. An elevated drafting platform rises mechanically to the cloudless sky, a testament to modern agricultural engineering that enables efficient livestock management in challenging outback conditions. The scene captures the essence of Australian pastoral life - a delicate choreography of human innovation, animal husbandry, and harsh landscape, where generations of farming expertise are distilled into every calculated movement. The crisp, clear atmosphere speaks to the early hours of a day that will soon become scorchingly hot, highlighting the resilience required in central Queensland's unforgiving agricultural environment.