After a bit of morning tea we hit the paddock for a closer inspection of Andrew’s Rotation five-pen containment area. Constructed during 2017 in the eve of the 2018-19 drought, Andrew’s stock containment area was a valuable tool for maintaining his breeding ewes during the dry time and for protecting the surrounding pastures on his property. When discussing his motivations for building the area Andrew highlighted that the goal was to have a simple, user-friendly, discrete system to get sheep off the paddocks during dry spells. The rotational five-pen design enables Andrew to feed in pen using a feed cart behind the Ute and flow livestock between pens allowing him to identify shy feeders and any showing signs of deceased health so that they can be removed and managed separately from the main mobs. When last used about four years ago Andrew reflects on the use of the area as a positive experience. Before using containment Andrew estimated that he would open no less than 27 gates every time he fed in paddock to the reduced labour and time associated with feeding that came from utilising the stock management area was a welcome change.