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Dusty ochre and russet bodies crowd the steel yards, a sea of Brahman cattle tightly packed in a sweeping pastoral landscape. Kimberley Station sunlight bathes the scene, casting long shadows across dry golden grasslands punctuated by scattered eucalyptus trees and weathered timber fencing. This high-density muster represents the quintessential Western Australian cattle industry - robust livestock bred for harsh tropical conditions, compressed into narrow holding pens during seasonal management operations. The cattle's distinctive humped shoulders and loose skin reflect their heat-tolerant genetics, perfectly adapted to the unforgiving northern Australian environment. Rusted metal infrastructure and sparse woodland backdrop speak to generations of pastoral enterprise, where stockmen and station workers orchestrate complex cattle movements with precision and generational skill. The image captures a moment of controlled agricultural choreography - thousands of animals compressed into a tight corridor, awaiting processing, sale, or further movement across vast agricultural territories.