Nice one Could you post or PM me George's email address please

Good God !! i do like those horns !!! Nitro X ,years ago when my brother was a DPI stock inspector and culling cattle for thr T.B Brucellosis eradication, there was a bullock with a real good set of horns everyone on Banka Banka station was trying to get ! my brother who had a habit of riding his ag bike then stopping for a while, to have a ''look'' bagged it ! much to the consternation of the ringers on the the Station,who said ''did you get that big bullock[in a cynical manner] '' which he replied ''go have a look in the back of the toyota '' ha ha !!!

That is an AWESOME deal! You can really fill the freezer with prices like that! I don't think it would be economical to ship the meat back to the states though lol.

Tom

Unfortunately it is pretty impossible to take other than a bit of meat home here too. Unless one is a local.

The heat inland at the Top End at that time of year is around 40 deg C. Further in land in the desert areas it can definitely be 40 degrees celsius.

The distance for me to drive is about 3200 kms or 2000 miles and takes four and a half days at a sensible pace (ie hours per day).

This time I flew up and hired a car in Darwin as the station house (and camp) too was accessible by 2 wheel drive off the main gravel highway. Good too as with unlimited speeds in the Territory I cruised nicely at about 140 to 160 kmph.

I took some back straps and some fillets (you call them tenderloins) home with me. Put them in a freezer on the last night to chill off, then in an insulated bag with ice in the car to Darwin. In a freezer again overnight in Darwin (to chill down again - only surface was frozen). Then in the insulated bag in my luggage on the several hour flight. They seemed OK when unpacked.

Next time I go I would like to take TWO Engel fridge freezers and use one as a freezer and pack it with meat. But I may put my 4WD on a road train (truck) as it is one-quarter the price as driving oneself and fly up and save three days of driving. Keeping meat cool unpowered on a truck may be impossible. "Orion's" son found out the truck option only recently.

My next trip might be self-guided trophy water buffalo and maybe even banteng (with Aboriginal owners) if I am lucky and it works out.