Chappel was impressed by the amount of support the region showed. “Moranbah hasn’t had a rodeo for about three years, for various reasons,” she said. “So it was good to see about 1500 ...

“There hasn't been a rodeo finals held in Moranbah for quite some time,” said ABCRA North Queensland finals president, Clayton Lane. “We'll have competitors from as far north as Cairns as ...

It was here that Dave was among volunteers who worked on establishing the Moranbah Rodeo committee and building the town its own rodeo arena. "We built it in about six or eight months. It was a ...

Buddy Gravener at a rodeo in Rockhampton in 1960. He started working at Utah Mine, Blackwater, in 1968 and then transferred to Peak Downs Mine, Moranbah, where he stayed for a number of years ...