A LOAD OF BULL RACE Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By OldSaint on 24-Jun-12. Waypoint GA4460

S42 15.003 E146 43.243 TUNBRIDGE TIER ROAD
ABERDEEN ANGUS (I think)

When I first saw this all I knew is was a big black bovine with the correct dangly bits but with Mr Google I think it may be an Aberdeen Angus. As I took the photo I was muggled by what I suspect may have been his offspring.

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Longhorn

Caching in the Kialla area yesterday when I found this fellow. Initially he was some distance away but I used my cattle calling skills to get him to move to the fence. Here boy, here boy & he'd look up & slowly move towards me. My GPSr doesn't have a camera so unable to abide by requirement 1. Checked other entries & couldn't find a longhorn. Longtime between bulls.... Thanks.

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CHAROLAIS
We saw this fellow at the Laidley show today. There are quite a few charolais breeders around our area but today was an opportunity to get up close and personal for a photo.
Thanks OldSaint

This one has probably been logged before but as I risked life and limb to get it as this very angry bull prepared to charge the car, I thought I deserved a point anyway.

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Hi OldSaint, hoping you will count this 'different' breed of bull!
cheers gooseandegg

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Australian Low Line Bull.

We knew that these animals were here as they are owned by someone we know who breeds them. This one was in the paddock but when you call, " Hector" he will come hoping that he is going to get a feed.

Lowline cattle are a breed of small, polled beef cattle which were developed by breeders in Australia from black Aberdeen Angus cattle. They are small without having a specific dwarfing gene. They are now popular in the United States, used as pets and suitable for showing by children.

Lowline cattle were developed from 1974 by the Trangie Agricultural Research Centre in Australia. The research was on the effects of genetic selection for growth rate to yearling age. Groups of Angus cattle with high and low growth rates were bred separately and compared with a randomly selected control group. These groups were known as "High Line","Low Line" and "Control Line". The original stock were imported from Canada in 1929, with some Scottish and USA animals added in subsequent years.[citation needed] When the experiment ended in 1992 the Lowline herd was sold to private breeders who formed the Australian Lowline Cattle Association (ALCA). Lowline cattle are now bred in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA, and China.

Lowlines may appear to be, but are not, dwarfs. The cattle were specifically selected for these genetic traits. Lowlines are roughly 100 centimetres (three and a half feet) tall and weigh up to 600 kilograms (1300 lbs). They are black in colour and naturally polled. They are claimed to be very docile. Lowlines are noted for their easy calving ability, with calves weighing 25 kg (55 lbs).

Team member and GPS in photos.

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---BRAFORD---
Agquip at Gunnedah NSW is a bull breed extravaganza. No bull credentials in the photo but you only have to look at the face!

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DEXTER
This is my bull, "Armadeus", unfortunately he is in disgrace at the moment, he knocked my father-in-law to the ground, fortunately ending in only bruises and scratches.
We have had him for 12 months and he has 24 girlfriends.
Dexter is a small Irish breed and mostly held on hobby farms. My herd have approx. 500 acres to play in (they usually have to share with our sheep, but they are one of my hobbies.

JERSEY BULL. (I think).

We'd gone to somewhere near TeaTree to get some yummy apricots, and on the way back I'd seen this fellow in the paddock, but we had driven on, when I thought "should have stopped, I'm sure he was a Jersey Bull". So heading NW last Fri, decided to get some more apricots, and he was still there in the paddock.
Hope it's all good. Thanks Old Saint.

This is a red bull

This is one of the other bulls in the paddock I can't log the other one as it's the same bread only different colouring.

This is a Murray Gray Hereford cross.

Hello Mate

I was on my back from Strathgordon and noticed some bulls in a paddock in National Park.

This one is Belted Galloway / Hereford cross.

Are you happy to accept cross breads or do they need to be pure bread?
Can I log the other two at the same location.

Highland Cattle

There is a stud in Wattamolla however they are to far away to photo so I was surprised to see these up close in Mittagong. A very hot day so the majority were sitting down under the trees except the bull which was a bonus.

Highland cattle are a Scottish beef breed with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun.

PS A photo of a hairy mamoth (sic) (as opposed to a Woolly Mammoth) appeared on the GCA home page & to my surprise it appears Budgietas unknowingly took a photo of the Highland breed. I was going to change my find to a note but that would devalue my superior knowledge of all things Bull.

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Hi Oldsaint - knowing you how appropriate is you having a cache about bull$&*# - normally you are talking it.....

No seriously I enjoyed our trip and found a couple of locationless including this Hairy Mamoth Bull

Thanks for the cache

BELTED GALLOWAY

Not only did I find one of these creatures, but paddock full of them! Tell me that isn't a load of bulls?

Spotted a boy paddock near Wynyard but we don't know what breed of boys these ones are. Sent an email to the CO asking for assistance but he doesn't know either. He gave us permission to log and suggested a temporary name we could use until we know more: OldSaint the Bull (artist).

We might have to visit the appropriate pavilion at a local agricultural show to get more info.

Thanks OldSaint for the locationless and for your quick response to the email.

Salers (pronounced solaire) - National Breed of France

I saw an advert for a field day in Berry & it featured this bull so drove over today. The breed hails from Cantal in central France & was originally used for transport. The bull's name is Burger but he'll never end up as hamburger. Quiet, with children & cachers able to scratch & pat him. He likes to be scratched in the nether regions & his owner gave a demo - he lifted his hind leg in appreciation. Very large but very gentle.

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RED ANGUS
YAY finally found a bull that hasn't been logged.
Mr red tag went on a farm visit to blood test some cattle. He did an awesome job getting the picture of it as his hands/arms were covered in what vets arms get covered in (eeww enough said)
Thanks for the cache OldSaint

Santa Gertrudis

Finally got one, although he wouldn't come over to the fence so we could get a good photo. He wouldn't even smile for us! We'll try for a better photo next time we go that way.

Friesian Bull
I'll claim a second smiley, if that's OK - we found a paddock with 4 bulls (no bull) near Mole Creek. We found the Friesian really keen to talk a load of bull.
I videoed it, so here are the links to youtube:
Mole Creek Bull 1
Mole Creek Bull 2
Enjoy!

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Even though these are not in a paddock,am logging them with permission of cache owner who said a bull is a bull where ever it is and was happy for me to log. Thanks Old Saint. There beauties were at the Darwin Show recently. They are Brahmins.

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Added a picture of the "Bull" at the entrance to Graham Park to my find. I also saw a Grand Angus today but road was to busy to pull over & take a pic. Will keep an eye out for it & hopefully be able to submit this breed.

pipped at the post again

After many many country road trips we finally found this little beauty near Mole Creek. Sorry he's bit distance, but as a bonus, you can see the back of Mt Roland !
After a quick question to Old Saint, it is confirmed to be a Murray Grey.
What a great lot of fun and bull this was ... Mrs22 was so keen at finding and photographing! She's so tenacious when it comes to a quest!

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well I drove the length and breadth of the Huon Valley today and only came up with a load of already logged bulls.. picture in gallery ... arghh i guess I will just have to keep looking

Hi Tuena
Congratulations on achieving 1000 GCA finds. Thanks for using this cache to achieve the milestone. I appreciate the honour that you have given me in so doing.
Great photos especially that showing the bull's credentials.
Again congrats and cheers;
OldSaint.

My 1000th GCA find.

Australian Illawarra Shorthorn.

Decided I should locate a breed synonymous with the agricultural area I live in so chose the Australian Illawarra Shorthorn or as it is better known nowadays, The Illawarra.

The breed was first developed in 1898 by the Osborne Family who migrated from Northern Ireland. Their descendants are still dairying in the Illawarra region today. The breed was given national importance when the NSW Milk Board opened the Graham Park Artificial Breeding Centre in 1958 near Berry. The Berry facility occupied 75 hectares including bull yards, buildings & a quarantine area. It closed in 1991. Locals still refer to it as ‘The Bull Farm’. The centre bred the finest AIS bulls & the Illawarra breed became one of the highest milk producers across Australia.

I knew of Graham Park from my school days in the 60s when I was living on the Darling Downs in Queensland. My aunt & uncle had an AIS herd on their mixed farm at Westbrook near Toowoomba. The Illawarra is still a popular breed today. I had forgotten about Graham Park until I moved to the Shoalhaven in the late 70s & drove past the centre one day.

Graham Park transported semen by rail in large insulated canisters in straws surrounded by liquid nitrogen. Stud breeders today use the same process but by road. They also remove ovaries & sell these. There is a sign at the gate of a local dairy farm which states "400 eggs for $400" & there's not a chicken in sight!

My bull is on a dairy stud at Terrara which is a rich dairying area just to the east of Nowra. Terrara is also the locality where the first winner of the Melbourne Cup came from. The bull was occupying himself with the task given to him by the farmer & judging by the bellowing of his cows & numerous calves being weaned, is a capable fellow.

I've added a photo of a large herd of Illawarra cattle waiting for the gate to be opened.

This bull has that classic thick neck, powerful full body & reasonable sized lungs - he's a youngster. Obligingly a swish of his tail revealed his manhood.

As usual I forgot to include my GPSr (which I blame on age & now Waymarking).

Thanks OldSaint.

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So am I "steering" this the wrong way!

Hi SpatialRig
I think what you have done is taking poetic licence far, too far!!
To keep log or not to keep log; THAT IS THE QUESTION?
And as for Spreyton22 giving you the encouragement you DID NOT need!

To keep log or not to keep log; THAT IS THE QUESTION?

Enginuity, clever thinking etc. I really think your taking the BULL out of me..... but I think if I were to axe this log and turn your BULL into a STEER; I'd have the whole caching world on top of me; I know I'm strong, but not quite that strong.

Now your challenge is to find and log a BULL with big "LUNGS!"

Cheers and thanks;
OldSaint.

Oh, that is so funny!
Well done SpatialRiq

----RED----

I was surprised that I was able to get so close to this herd of Red Bulls. I was even lucky enough to rest my GPS/Tablet on one of them

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Hi Tuena
Congrats on getting to your 999th GCA Cache, I've still got a couple of hundred to go!
When you first noted this cache, I said if you get in the straw while the act of AI was being discharged you could claim a smiley. That was no BULL!
I looked up the area where you reside and saw what you mean about it being a farming district.
Hope you still try to get this as your 1000th GCA; Bulls are the ones with the big "LUNGS", no udder ( they get AI'd) and steers have no "LUNGS!"
At the moment, I guess you feel as "useful as T--- On A Bull!"
Good luck, cobber, in your quest to find a true "BULL."
I'm looking forward to seeing what is your 1000th GCA - please let me know if not this one.
Cheers OldSaint.

I just recorded my 999th GCA find & intend to make this my 1000th however I've yet to see any bulls that I could get close to, no bull. I live less than 500 metres from a dairy farm but the farmer uses AI so no help there. Someone must own a lot of bulls.

----POLL HEREFORD----

This Poll Hereford bull was seen on Moonbi Hill just north of Tamworth in NSW. He even posed to show his credentials.

One of us was raised on a farm and has many a story to relate about the antics of their animals. The following is not a load of bull!

Moo was a little Hereford bull raised by 7 children who loved to be part of any farm yard conversations if he was nearby. He would walk slowly up behind the group and insert his head between the closet adults mooing quietly. The effect on unsuspecting stock agents was very amusing for his young owners and usually resulted in a quick exit.

Thanks for another amusing cache Old Saint.

....... DROUGHTMASTER .....
This cache was hours of fun! From the first moment we read the requirements to locating the beasts... Geocaching can be very educational at times too - had no idea there were so many breeds of cattle! To the best of our knowledge - after our vast research these are young DROUGHTMASTER bulls. Geo husband did insist they were 'beside-um-road-um-bulls' but I had my doubts! The Droughtmaster is Australia's own tropical beef cattle developed in Queensland to adapt to this country's diverse environment... Thanks Oldsaint 4 a great cache:)

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.........ANGUS..........


Sometimes you can just get lucky....

Saw this locationless last night thought yeah, don't think I'll be seeing any bulls for a little while. However went for a walk to grab two caches here in Canberra today, not remembering at all that there are cattle in the area we were going.

Heading back from the 2nd find and all of sudden there was this 'lowing' coming from behind us, turned around, and there was this, what I'm reliably told is an Angus, bull giving us the warning not to come any closer. So, a couple of photos were snapped and we were on our way, just a little quicker than before.

Hope the photos are ok, and it is what you are wanting OldSaint.

As I say, sometimes you can just get lucky

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Tuena, your note is a load of bull!
But a photo of you in the straw as the AI is being done may be interesting.
Cheers and best wishes;
OldSaint.

Farmers around here use AI so would a photo of the straw be acceptable?

Please take the cache as it should be and enjoy the thrill of the find.
Don't get in the Paddock with the bull.
Cheers oldSaint.