For though it all looks to me plain sailing now, and I hope it will only be a year or two before I can put on a manager, and give you the home and the climate that are more suited to you, one can't tell in Australia that there may not be a drought or that a cattle boom may not turn to a slump--do you see ?' 'I shan't mind in the least, Colin--that is, I shall mind immensely, but if there comes a drought it will be quite exciting helping you to drag out the poor, thirsty beasts, when they get bogged into the waterholes as you were describing the other day.' He laughed.
'YOU--helping to drag out bogged beasts! Why! they'd drag you in.' 'Well, there are other things.

Riding! I could help you to break in horses.

All the O'Haras are good on horseback'-- at which he laughed immoderately and told her that when she had seen one, Zack Duppo, on a buckjumper, she would not be keen to try that game.

But it might amuse her to help cut out a few tame bullocks on a drafting camp if she had a good old station mount that knew its work.
She shuddered.

'I love horses, but I should run away from the first bullock that looked at me.