CAPELLA Central Queensland
JOURNAL NOTES
It was at a servo at Marlborough, Qld., that I first met Pete Comiskey. It was one of those innate hunches in the search for what is good, excellent and collecting of threads of a larger story. In weaving what is truly the spirit of the north, this kid had factor X in bucket loads, we travelled together a few times out west and through his family and him I appreciated the acceptance, hospitality of a window into their world and passions.
Forty years and 22 national open rider titles later, Australian competitor Pete Comiskey’s love affair with the sport is as strong as it ever was.
Campdrafting is a unique Australian sport involving a horse and rider working cattle. The riding style is Australian stock, somewhat akin to American Western riding and the event is similar to the American stock horse events such as cutting, working cow horse, team penning, and ranch sorting.