Tinks on road to Rocky
IN SOME cases, the sequel is better than the original and that’s what BT Brahmans Stud owners are hoping for at Beef Australia.
Colin and Lyn Tink from Dubbo, New South Wales, were in Rockhampton in 2016 for the World Brahman Congress where their heifer BT Aria was junior champion heifer.
This year, when the family makes the 13-hour-plus drive back to Rocky for Beef Australia 2018 in May, they will be taking BT Aria’s full sister BT Aria 2.
“It will be hard to beat how well we did last time,” Colin admitted.
“We are looking forward to seeing the cattle that are shown. While we are there we will look at some other genetics on offer.
“If we come home with a ribbon, it will just be a bonus.”
BT Brahmans will take three head, which will all be led by young handler Kyle Peacock.
“BT Aria 2 hasn’t got a calf on her, but she is in calf, so that might make it more of a challenge for her,” he said.
When BT Aria (the first) was crowned a champion at the World Brahman Congress, the news made headlines across rural press, including the Rural Weekly. Colin said a win like that was an honour, and did result in a few more phone calls about his stud.
“Yeah, it probably put us on the map a bit more,” he said.
“We have only been breeding brahmans for about six years... it’s hard to become known in the industry, but we did get a fair bit of feedback after the World Brahman Congress.”
Based in Dubbo, it was a joy for Colin and Lyn to head north where brahmans are heavily embraced.
“We just find sometimes, at our southern shows, people aren’t used to judging brahmans, so they are not 100 per cent sure on what they are looking for. But when you are in Queensland they do.”