MAKING A SPLASH

Julie Brown says the Eureka moment happened while walking out cattle. It was the summer of 2007, and she was on the motorbike shifting cattle with her husband, Adrian, on Marchmont, their 50,000- acre (20,234-hectare) sheep and cattle property 40 kilometres north of Ilfracombe in central-western Queensland. As anyone who has been there will attest, droving stock is not the most stimulating of pastimes. Take it steady, ride with the mob and make sure you don’t stress the animals, particularly