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Beneath an expansive Western Australian sky, a seasoned station worker tends to a stocky, muscular horse in a golden grassland. Dressed in a faded pink work shirt and wide-brimmed akubra, the worker carefully adjusts the horse's intricate leather saddle and bridle, preparing for another day of mustering across the vast, sunbaked paddock. The horse stands quietly, its dark coat gleaming with a subtle sheen against the muted ochre landscape, representing the unspoken partnership between stockmen and their reliable equine companions. Low scrub and distant treelines blur into the horizon, capturing the quintessential remoteness of outback station life. This moment epitomizes the refined skill and quiet concentration required in managing livestock across Western Australia's immense agricultural territories, where every movement is deliberate and every gesture speaks to generations of pastoral knowledge. The soft, diffused light suggests early morning - that critical time when station workers begin their daily rhythms of cattle management and land stewardship.