Tour Escorts

A graduate of Marcus Oldham, Colin initially worked for a seed company in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. He then managed cattle properties

Bill Dunlop has had a lifetime involvement in the beef industry across all areas of Australia. Bill has been a cattle producer, a general manager and president of breed associations and a breed society world president. This experience has involved pure breeding, cross breeding and composite breeds. Bill has led tours to Eastern Europe, North America, the UK and Australia.

Bryan has over 36 years’ experience in agriculture and public and private sector organisation management. Bryan worked with NSW Agriculture as a Beef Cattle Advisory Officer and in 1997 he was appointed General Manager of the Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society. Bryan currently works as a cattle and beef management consultant and is a director of Quadrant Australia.

Ross Keane has led agricultural tours to most continents of the world. As a former Director of JBS and former Chairman of RMAC, he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of the Red Meat and Livestock Industries particularly, but agriculture generally. His insight into agriculture in foreign countries and how it may affect the Australian Industry are well worth hearing.

Pete Lewis is a director of Rural & Rugby Tours and Brisbane-based consultancy Way With Words after a 35 year career in broadcast journalism. He’s a former National, Rural and Regional Reporter for ABC News and Current Affairs, foreign correspondent and Executive Producer of  ABC-TV’s Landline program.

Mark Lucas, the principal of Pasture Agronomy Service, is a highly-regarded agronomist/consultant based in Tumut NSW. He is widely accepted as an innovator and largely responsible for the adoption of pasture direct drilling and tetraploid ryegrass in southern NSW and Victoria.

Graeme lives in Armidale, NSW and is currently the General Manager of Quadrant Australia. He has been a beef cattle advisor in southern NSW and was formerly CEO of Shorthorns Australia.

Kerry is Quadrant’s Outbound Operations Manager. She grew up in the New England area in NSW and later travelled extensively to five continents and more than 45 countries before commencing work with Quadrant Australia.

Scott Perkins lives in Darwin and loves outback Australia. He grew up on a sheep property near Winton in Queensland and in Townsville.

Dale is one of Australia’s leading producers, trainers and riders winning at all major Royal Shows and has numerous National Titles to his credit. Witty and wise with an excellent sense of humour, Dale will offer participants a fun filled equine experience of a lifetime.

Tony Searle has been involved in the NT Pastoral Industry for more than 30 years – including 14 years as manager of Paspaley Rural NT (Melaleuca & Dry River Station).
Through stories and anecdotes, Tony brings firsthand experience to the tour from the years he has spent in the Territory.

Kerry Lonergan grew up in the Hunter Valley and has worked on various sheep, dairy and cattle properties. A long career in journalism led to him starting Landline in 1991 and he remains on the programme as its commodity specialist.

Kees is from the Netherlands and began his working career with the Curacao Trading Company in Amsterdam before emigrating to Australia. He immediately became involved in agriculture, ultimately managing a large mixed property in NSW.