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3 years

Merredin and Districts got together 27 headers and support gear like Chasers Bins, Trucks etc., to take the crop off for the Lynch Family after their tragic loss of their son Jordan. Just have to admire people for donating their time and gear to get the job done.

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5 years

"Over The Moon"

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3 years

"Crops You Dream About" over 3t ha at $1000t east of Narembeen just unbelievable.

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4 years

Would you believe 60,000 people took notice of this from all over the world, mainly Australia, America and Europe.

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2 years

The thrill of a bumper crop at Erangy Springs Farm, South West of Mullewa. WA.

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4 years

I farmed down in Salmon Gums for eight years and had a dream run of seasons. And for those eight years I could always see the majestic Peak Charles changing colour and on a real frosty morning there would a steam cloud coming off the top.

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5 years

Have a look at this. This auger was mounted on this new Chamberlain tractor 50 years ago by a mechanic working for "Erregulla Plains" who (or whoever organised it.) knew what he was doing with regard to hydraulics. This auger just ticks over like clockwork.

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6 years

The joys of being a farmer when the sun is shining, the birds are singing, the smell of fresh earth and the tractors are purring.

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4 years

Never in my wildest dreams did I think that you would be able to grow a 4.5t crop not far from Mullewa over a big area. That is 25 bags per acre in the old language and we use to think at one stage that 10 bags was as good as you were going to get.

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1 month

Years ago, I averaged 3t over 10,000 acres at Salmon Gums, and it only looked half as good as this. Heaven knows what it will go with many crops looking like this in the Mullewa area.

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4 years

Irrigation happening in Kununurra WA

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1 year

How good is it of the Yuna Community to take the remainder of Jack Burton's crop off after he passed away a month ago. I hope we don't lose more people from the countryside so this is a thing of the past.

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4 years

The mud flats of Wyndham early this morning.

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4 years

A fire just north of "Nola Downs" which looks like it traveled about 20ks north. But when farmers get together it doesn't take them for long to get it out Farmers came from everywhere and had it out in no time.

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5 years

Have a look at this. Erangy Springs Farm just South of Tenindewa 30,000 acres with the first 20,000acres having every paddock close to 250 acres and service by a road and at one stage serviced by a laneway, the last 10,000 acres serviced by a road with 2 lines of trees around.

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4 years

Camballin, this is the place where Jack Fletcher tried to grow rice and Sorghum while running his 100,000 head cattle heard. Through logistical problems and a unhelpful government it all came to a end.

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2 months

Beautiful crop of canola on the S Bend just south of Geraldton.

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3 years

What a relief to get a photo on Spring Park of the Seeders working just after a rain, all looking sparkling clean and fresh.

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7 years

Atkinson Group's two 60' headers working just out of Merredin WA. BenCrosthwaite1

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4 years

52 years ago. The big excitement of gaining CP block and making a start clearing it for the first crop in 1969 which was a drought. Still found ways to keep going. Jane my sister had come out to see how I was going with the camp, which was always spick and span.😅

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3 years

Friends of mine Gerrard and Bev McSweeny's farm south east of Mt Walker, who I use to contract harvest for many years. I admire the way Gerrard and Bev have planted trees over their farm, taking out salt patchers boggy bits where I came close to bogging a fully loaded truck.

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4 years

"Waringa" putting in major road ways to cope with the bigger and bigger trucks and gear.

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4 years

The Can Do Community of Mullewa have done it again. Having put in a crop as a community and it went 2.82t over 250ha a marvellous result for the Community.

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4 years

Rod and Andrew Messina put together this 80' Dic Seeder to go through thick stubble, perfect depth control, seeding row spacing 7.5" and wider, go down most roads, pull lighter and last the night shift.

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4 years

Capture these images today to show your grandchildren tomorrow. BenCrosthwaite

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4 years

Daniel and Tim Critch of "Wyalong" put in 16000ha of Canola, Wheat and Lupins over a seven-week span with two 15m (50') GBS bars 15 and 16 years old working 24/7 most of the time.

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4 years

Get a hell of a kick out of seeing this Robin Red Breast probably only seen them 3 or 4 times out in the Wheatbelt in my lifetime. Must be a sign of good things to come :o))

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6 years

It worries me that I am posting bumper crop photos here when I know there are areas in Australia doing it tough, but all of the farmers I know have been through some pretty tough times and it's great to see them having a bumper. BenCrosthwaite1

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4 years

Unbelievable scenery of Cockburn Ranges on the Gibb River road about 100ks south.

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3 years

Daybreak Cropping's on "Erregulla Plains". Canola The Black and Gold Crop of this season, just pure Gold.

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4 years

Another image that gained a lot attention over the world was the 60’ John Deere with 33500 people taking notice.

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4 years

The beautiful Salmon Gums of Salmon Gums.

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6 years

"Erangy Farm's" nine 555 Versatiles with PTO's all ready to go onto field bins.

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4 years

Of the selected 2020 Images this would be one of my best, not so much as a image but as a place to go and see. The whole countryside is so dramatic with the colours, trees, water and unusual countryside, it was such a beautiful place to go and see.

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4 years

Massive 25m Equalizer Bar and Morris 9555 IDT Bin replacing two 60' Bars. Parallelogram depth control and Section Control ideal for odd shaped paddocks.

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4 years

"Crops You Dream About"

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3 years

The crops in the Mullewa, Yuna area are coming along like you wouldn't believe, and it is only mid-July. Obviously got a long way to go yet, but things are looking pretty good so far. (touch wood) Years since, I've been on a crop tour ducking between puddles of water and rain.

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3 years

The Golden Crop of 2021 on "Yandy Farms" Nic and Bec Duane's Farm.

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We drove out east of Eradu yesterday, and what an enjoyable drive it was! The sun was shining, there was no wind, and it was just the right temperature to have a cup of coffee on the side of the road while looking at fantastic crops on Charella Farms.

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3 years

"Mt Fairfax" on the last run. Still can't get used to seeing the sea, let alone a Port from a WA wheat farm.

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4 years

Stuart has formed a new company call Melaleuca Logistics concentrating mainly on custom road building and general earthmoving. This is Melaleuca Logistics laying out gravel roads on the "Waringa" new farm just north of Yuna.

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6 years

The friendly Mullewa "Can Do Community" putting in 270ha for a yield of 2t Great to see a community to put this kind effort to keep one of our country towns going.

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4 years

50m AgriFac getting the Treflan out ahead of the Seeders on "Spring Park" Mullewa.

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5 years

"Erregulla Plains" getting ready for the 2019 harvest one of the most highly regarded farms in WA in a 400mm rainfall belt.

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1 year

Spring Park Farms just purchased their 100th header, over thirty-two years, a hell of an achievement for the Messina family. It's great to see this type of thing happening in Mullewa country. Spring Park Farms#

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1 year

Went out to Mullewa expecting to see poor crops but was pleasantly surprised to see wheat crops that looked like 1.5t to 2.5t and maybe better in some places, and the Canola crops looked ok, too.

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3 years

80 Year Old Still Going Strong. Ian Thomas, the eighty year old still going strong, up to his 66th year on the Header. Ian would have come from lumping bags sitting under an umbrella on the tractor cutting 10' to sitting in air conditioned cab dust free, cutting 40', GPS.

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3 years

Don't think I have seen a year with so many beautiful sunsets.

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4 years

"View From the Air"

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3 years

In the 60s, we didn't know how to grow Canola, and we were just learning how to grow Sweet Lupins. On top of that, the crops wouldn't be out in-ear until the middle of Sept and look at them now and the creeks still running. Just amazing how far farming has come in that time.

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2 years

Spring Park Farms spread 12,000t of lime and 1,500t Urea over their 14,000ha Wheat, Canola, Lupin Program. 3,000ha was deep ripped and 750ha Plozza Ploughed. The logistics of farming just keeps on getting bigger. #SpringParkFarms

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4 years

"Crops You Dream About"

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4 years

Crops you dream about. Nick and Bec Duane’s crop just to the east of Yandanooka.

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3 years

Rolling hills of England right here in Mingenew, WA.

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4 years

Coppin’s Gap up near Yarrie Station

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"The Colours of the Pilbara" Right in the middle of Chichester National Park. West Australia not that far from Port Hedland.

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5 years

Harvest well and truely away at "Wyalong" and around Mullewa.

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4 years

Up goes the productivity like you wouldn't believe, this thing can spray Raddish out of a green crop, cut 51m, carry 8000lt of chemical and has unbelievable stability, working out at "Spring Park" Mullewa WA.

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Just get a kick of driving around the east Geraldton Mullewa area, looking at all the good crops even though I now have no skin in the game. These are Erangy Springs Farm crops with Gemma Kitto at the end of the spraying.

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8 years

BenCrosthwaite1 Fantastic looking Canola crop out at "Wyalong" east of Geraldton WA.

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3 years

Bonnie Rock was a once-thriving little town with about ten shops and agencies; this bin is now filled by just nine growers. The other interesting thing is Bonnie Rock has the most reliable rainfall in Australia, i.e. the chances of getting its 10 inches a year are very high.

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11 months

It's just a good patch of crop. I just had to take it.

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6 years

This gives a better perspective of how big the “Elmer’s” 55t chaser bin is and the power needed to pull it.

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3 years

"Crops You Dream About"

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3 years

"Spring Park Farms" Rod and Andrew Messina setting up their Alpha Disc and Morris Airseeder to achieve exact depth control for Canola.

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6 years

Selected images of the "Erangy Spring Farm" season out at Mullewa WA.

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4 years

"Golden Harvest"

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1 year

Crops are coming along nicely in the Chapman Valley just east of Geraldton, WA.

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5 years

Selected Images from the 2019 Season at Mullewa West Australia. "Covering The Ground"

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"The Colours Of Harvest"

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5 years

"The Last Harvest" on "Erregulla Plains", two teams of three getting the job done.

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3 years

"Spring Park". Great to see Mullewa having a great season having missed out on the frost. The 35t Chaser bin battling to keep up with two headers going less than 4mph.

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4 years

My favourite Gorge was the Winjana Gorge, just majestic and well worth the drive down the Gibb River Road WA

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5 years

A 5k run out at "Waringa" near Yuna WA, 2ks looking north and 3ks looking south with a mouldboard of about 4m traveling at about 6 to 7ks 24hrs.

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3 years

The mouth of the Gardiner River with the Fitzgerald Ranges in the background.

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1 year

The Yuna Community had a great day out at Jack Burton's place last Sunday. It was better than going to the Downin Field Day.

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3 years

Rod Messina "Spring Park Farms' and his crew working flat out to keep the grain away from the four headers. The two road trains can't keep up, so they have had to stockpile on well-drained gravel pads. Notice the adjuster wheel on the bucket to keep the bucket clear of the pads.

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2 years

The Mid-West farmers are starting to get towards the end with a Bumper Season. Spring ParkFarms finished today with their massive program with a Bumper Crop.

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6 years

To all my international followers, this country was cleared in the 70's with a yield of 1.2ha now with deep ripping and liming 3 to 4t ha is not uncommon Farms were around 2,000ha to 4,000ha where they are now 4,000 to 20,000ha and some paddocks over 400ha a lot are 100% cropped

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2 years

Agrifac is really covering the ground with its 48.5m Boom.

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6 years

“The Green Machines” going out at “Wyalong” Tenindewa WA

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3 years

"Crops You Dream About Have a look at this crop of Canola 40ks northeast of Salmon Gums right on the edge, no more farms to Adelaide on Terry and Chezley Guest family's farm.

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5 years

This Elmers Chaser bin carries more wheat than Dad and I use to take a whole day to harvest. :o))

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5 years

The old and the new out on John Warr's "Waringa" Yuna WA BenCrosthwaite1

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4 years

The sun going down on the Cockburn Ranges. After spending all my life in the flat wheatbelt country looking for flat Salmon Gum country this was just awe inspiring.

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4 years

“Wyalong” making a mark. The crops around Mullewa are looking good with a lot of paddocks going 3t.

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2 years

@MRobertsQLD Wow, about time!!!

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John Warr battling to keep up with a 55t Haul Master with three headers doing 7ks in a 770ha paddock with 5.5ks runs. BenCrosthwaite1

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Ben Crosthwaite

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6 years

Some of my best images of the 2018 harvest at Mullewa with one of the best harvests coinciding with good prices. At least one farm area of Australia had a good harvest and prices, so I hope all the areas that haven't done so well come up with a good season next year.

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3 years

"Chapman Valley"

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3 years

Lucky Bay just east of Esperance. This how this beach really looks, the colours, the white crisp white sand looking beautiful.

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4 years

The new 80' Equalizer Bar and Morris Bin being put to work out at "Waringa" Yuna WA.

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4 years

Heavy ground starting to work up dry now but the light grounds still got some moisture out at "Waringa" Yuna. Forcast rain this Sunday and if that happens things are going to look good.

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1 year

Mullewa farmers are fortunate to get 80mm at the end of March and have ended up with reasonable crops.

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6 years

Coming up the back straight under ideal conditions out at Erangy Farm Mullewa West Australia.

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5 years

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6 years

Some of my best images for "Spring Park" 2018 seeding which started off very dry right up to the end of May with some good rains turning the season around. There's now a lot of nitrogen going out to farms near Mullewa.