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Weathered river red gums frame a classic Victorian high country cattle yard, where a herd of mixed Hereford and Murray Grey cattle cluster within galvanized steel yard panels. Stockmen in dark work jackets move deliberately around the curved handling system, guiding the herd with practiced precision through the graduated gates and sorting pens. Golden winter grasses carpet the undulating paddock, creating a soft counterpoint to the stark silver infrastructure and the rich chestnut and white coats of the cattle. A distant backdrop of silvery-green eucalyptus woodland rises across the rolling landscape, suggesting the late afternoon light of a crisp seasonal muster. The scene captures the rhythm of pastoral life - methodical, patient stock management against the timeless Australian rural landscape where generations of farming knowledge flow as quietly as the contours of the land. This is a quintessential tableau of Australian cattle production, where human skill, animal husbandry, and landscape merge into a single, harmonious agricultural practice.