September 2024
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Ground-breaking doco
All the EKKA fun
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Mongol marvels Condamine sisters Claire and Hannah Morgan relied on the equestrian experience gained on their family farm Arubial to help them conquer the Mongol Derby, the world’s longest and toughest horse race. On 7 August, both embarked on a 10-day ride, spending 12 hours a day in the saddle across 1000 kilometres of Mongolia’s vast, isolated wilderness. “It was a once in a lifetime experience,“ said Claire, pictured left. “Being able to travel while doing something in the realm of what we’ve grown up with here at home with horses and pushing ourselves to our personal limits - and doing it together - just added to the experience. “We understood and appreciated that, no matter how prepared we were, it was going to be difficult. We were taken out of our comfort zones. “But, it was such a cool thing that we are really grateful to have done.”
Claire Morgan (left) and her sister Hannah complete the world’s longest and toughest horse race, the Mongol Derby. (Supplied)
Ekka legend Keith By Fiona Gowers Keith McRobert has received the highest honour of the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland (RNA) - the 2024 Ekka Legend Award. One of only 18 “legends” since the title was introduced in 2004, Mr McRobert’s association with Ekka spans 70 years, including 33 years as a Beef Week ring announcer.
“I’m a bit embarrassed by it actually because there are a lot of other people around the Exhibition who do so much,” Mr McRobert, 82, told Queensland Farmer Today. “I just go out there, pick up a microphone and make a bit of noise. “But, I am grateful for the honour, absolutely. “I call the Exhibition my annual general meeting. I love the whole thing, the atmosphere and
catching up with a lot of people once a year. “I love to go, getting out amongst the livestock and the people. “I get to talk to farmers and find out how they’re going, how their seasons are going. The Bush, it’s a funny old place and there’s always plenty of news to share.” Mr McRobert was born and bred in Oakey on the Darling Downs where his father managed the
butter factory and his mother worked for a stock and station agent. At 16 he began work in the dispatch department for Australian Estates, firstly in Brisbane before he was transferred to Roma and around the south west. In 1963, he earned his auctioneer’s licence at 21 in Charleville then moved to Dalgety, then to Toogoolawah before selling at Cannon Hill alongside the well-known Stan Wallace. Continued page 4
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