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Gap year in the West 

TIMBOON’S Olivia Whiting is spending her gap year on a station in Western Australia. Photo: DemoDAIRY.
Michelle Muir

MUSTERING cattle in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia might be far removed from feeding dairy cows in south-west Victoria, but it’s all adding to the agricultural experience for Olivia Whiting.

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