“You’ve got your regular family and then you’ve got your rodeo family. I’ve gained a lot of sisters from doing all of this.”

Said Emily Collits, an Aussie who’s made it big on the international bronc riding scene – she was in Queensland’s Normanton on the weekend to judge Australia’s first female-only rodeo. With many competitors driving the 2,000km from Brissie, it’s a long way to go to get bucked off a horse…