TOP : Reverend Steve Siddens touching down in December 1968 in his 1943 Auster , at St. George, south west Queensland, centre of the Balonne Shire ; the political career of accountant Barnaby Joyce took off from St. George . The shire includes Dirranbandi, near which is now Cubbie Station , the largest cotton growing plantation in the southern hemisphere . ABOVE : Sitting at the controls of well worn , workhorse plane.
