Raymond Goldsworthy returns to help elderly grandparents run a pastoral station north of Alice Springs
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Former electrician Raymond Goldsworthy admires his herd on Bushy Park Station.
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Raymond Goldsworthy sits under a tree on Bushy Park Station, surrounded by mountain ranges that seem to emerge out of the ground so suddenly that it s somewhat difficult to work out how far away they really are.
The 22-year-old has quit his job as an electrician to help his elderly grandparents run the pastoral station that is 130 kilometres north of Alice Springs and was purchased by his grandfather, Samuel, in 1978.
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