Tumbarumba's Dave Daniel retires from rodeo pick up man role after 44 years

Victoria Ellis
April 11 2022 - 10:30am
FAREWELL TO ARENA: Tumbarumba's pick up man Dave Daniel will be watching from outside the rodeo arena at next year's Man From Snowy River Festival. Picture: ASH SMITH
FAREWELL TO ARENA: Tumbarumba's pick up man Dave Daniel will be watching from outside the rodeo arena at next year's Man From Snowy River Festival. Picture: ASH SMITH

After nearly 50 years working at rodeos all around the region, a Tumbarumba horseman has taken his final canter around the arena working as a pick-up man at the weekend's Man From Snowy River bush festival in Corryong.

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Victoria Ellis

Victoria Ellis grew up on the Border and loves reporting for her home community. She is a University of Wollongong Journalism graduate. In 2018 Victoria was awarded the Bruce Gordon Scholarship for Journalism and completed a 10 week internship with WIN News Illawarra. In 2019 she was awarded The Border Mail's Cameron Thompson Scholarship, where she completed a three week internship, before taking up ongoing employment in 2021.

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