Rockhampton Rodeo

The horses are on amphetamine because the first rider we see gets ejected into the stratosphere and the second one lands in the middle of the ring 1.3 seconds after exiting the shoot. A mid range flight followed by an ungraceful landing has the cowboy limping to the gate. What’s interesting is that he landed face first, but he is limping.
We can get so close that we get sand all over our faces and if we reach out, we could touch some of the animals that flash past. Pretty cool.
It’s time for the bull riders now, and the fun is over. This is serious. These bulls are world class and are registered as 80-92 point bulls which make them very, very dangerous. The bull names are intimidating: fire eater, widow maker, twister, scene of the crash, bone crusher and my favorite: red bull. One of the bulls, is huge, as high as a horse and is furious. As soon as he exists the shoot the bull jumps about 2 meters high and 5 meters far and shakes the rider like a rag doll. 8 seconds later the rider jumps off, victorious and very lucky.
Anyway, time for a steak. The Great Western servers the very best eye fillets in this part of the universe.