So much for the beautiful Australian weather, today it is chilly and raining a sweet hickory. We started off the day with a tour of the Brooklyn Abattoir, owned by JBS. The abattoir harvests 5000 sheep and 1200 cattle a day. It was utterly amazing walking through the kill floor and and the boning rooms. It was very fascinating seeing how well the system and assembly line worked as it takes only thirty minutes from when a calf is stunned to when it heads to the chill room.
On the bus radio the DJ said that 100 millimeters of rain is expected with this rain storm. The average for May in Victoria is only 50 millimeters so some people are talking that it may flood.
The moment I had been waiting for happened today!!! I spotted my first kangaroo on the side of the road! Woop Woop!
Kudos to Ritchie our awesome bus driver for his good work diving our tour bus down narrow, windy, hilly, wet roads :)
The ausies at Webb Black Simmental were some very friendly, genuine people. I enjoyed getting to learn about how their farm is trying to integrate more black Simmental into Australian beef. The Australian beef industry hasn't caught on to black simmentals and their hope is that Australia will follow the pattern the United States has set.
Pictures:
1.Webb Black Simmental (Maryann,Ali, Lauren, Elli)
2.Brooklyn Abattoir
3.Cattle at Webb Black Simmental
Until tomorrow mates!!
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