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Rodeo stock contractor, Ron Woodall, 76, at the Dunkeld rodeo.

Ron Woodall unloading stock off the back of a truck.

Ron Woodall (centre) with his daughter Tania who also works at the rodeo taking all bookings.

"I'm just scared they'll get hurt and that's something I don't want."
Grandson Sam Woodall riding with twin cousins Jayden and Lachlan Polaski as bull fighters and Haider (centre) on the family farm

Son Gavin Woodall, ex-Australian bull riding champion getting the bulls ready for the rodeo in Dunkeld.

Sam with his grandfather and father, ex-Australian champion bull rider Gavin Woodall.

Sam Woodall riding a bull at the Dunkeld Rodeo.

"We've gotta have a vet there on hand, and ambos, so everything's done right if someone gets hurt."

Ron Woodall with twin grandsons Jayden and Lachlan checking on the Brahman cattle used for breeding bulls.

Sheep farmer and close friend David Fenton sitting on hay bales at the Rodeo in Dunkeld.

Iraqi-born Haider Al Hasnawi 19, riding a bull at the rodeo in Dunkeld.

"He's got a very special talent with man and beast."
A bull in a pen surrounded by a group of boys about to go for a practice ride.

"It's all around you."
Haider Al Hasnawi and Ron Woodall on Ron's 700-acre property in Lyon's in south west Victoria.

Haider Al Hasnawi with Sam Woodall and other cowboys sitting around at the rodeo.

"It brings everyone together, you've always got a group of friends,"
Mr Al Hasnawi said.
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