Nullarbor Muster tests novice bull riders, from 40-year-old birthday boys to unlucky brothers

If you were compiling a midlife crisis bucket list of places to visit and things to do before shuffling off this mortal coil, would riding a bull at an outback rodeo make the cut?

It did for Michael Drake-Brockman, who celebrated his 40th birthday over the long weekend by ticking bull riding off his list of life's adventures at the Nullarbor Muster in Rawlinna, south-east Western Australia.

"I'm getting older, so if I don't do it now, I'll never do it I suppose," he said before climbing onto a bull's back.

"I just want to get it done, tick a box and say I've done it.

"I've done skydiving and I think this is more nerve-wracking for me."

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Article written by: Jarrod Lucas