A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS

For Maree Duncombe of Conondale Station, near Maleny on the Sunshine Coast hinterland, the best Christmas present is the small, four-legged variety. She runs 300 Brahman cows and 200 weaners on the 930-hectare cattle property, which calve from July through until February. Inevitably, a handful of snowy Charbray calves are born on