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Stockman surveys the golden grasslands of Western Australia's pastoral country, mounted on a sturdy grey stock horse. The horse stands quietly, its dark mane ruffled by a light breeze, wearing traditional station tack with a well-worn leather saddle. Dressed in a classic wide-brimmed akubra hat and workwear, the rider embodies the resilient spirit of rural Western Australian cattle station life. Surrounding paddocks stretch to distant tree lines, their dry golden grasses indicating late summer conditions typical of the region's arid agricultural landscapes. This scene captures the timeless connection between horse and rider, essential to mustering and managing livestock across vast Australian pastoral stations. The muted earth tones and expansive horizon speak to the isolation, independence, and quiet strength required of those who work the land in remote Western Australian cattle country.