We write a newsletter every couple of months to keep you up to date with what’s happening at Fairy Springs.  

Most of September was taken up with preparing bulls for Brahman Week.  Many thanks to Birte - our backpacker from Germany for her assistance.  She also did a great job giving the fences a fresh coat of paint.  Birte left us at the end of September to explore the Whitsundays and then continued on to North Queensland.

 Bull Sales

Brahman Week was very solid this year with 930 bulls averaging $6475.  We were pleased with our result of 14 bulls averaging $7357 to a top of $16000.  Look at 2004 sale team for purchases and prices of each bull.  We were pleased that four buyers purchased two bulls each and some went to past clients.  We strive to present the bulls in good condition but ready to go out to do their job.

Monto All Breeds sale was held on 11th September with our three herd bulls averaging $3166.  The sale average was $2861 for 72 bulls.

 World Brahman Congress - Mexico

We will be attending World Brahman Congress in Mexico from 4th to 16th November and look forward to catching up with friends old and new.  There will be twenty four people travelling in a group from Australia .  We also intend to spend time visiting ranches in Louisiana and Texas before travelling to South Africa to inspect Brahman cattle there.  Joe and Sarah will be taking care of things at home while we’re away and they will be able to help you out with any enquiries you may have.

 The Weather

We feel very fortunate to have received some good rain from storms in the last week.  Although we received some damage to sheds on our irrigation farm quite good falls of between 65 and 100 ml were recorded on our properties.  Most of the rain was on the coast and in the south of the state with the west missing out.  We hope they get good rains soon.