About Us

Cooinda Santa Gertrudis Stud is operated by Chris & Elisa Fox, at Proston in the South Burnett region of Queensland Australia. The Stud no. 1938 was established in the late 1990's when high quality purebred commercial females were sourced from Chris's parents Tom & Coralie. Tom & Coralie first introduced Santa bulls into their herd in 1966, and from that time bred upto and maintained a line of purebred Santa Gertrudis. So today our young Stud is able to offer 45 years of Santa Gertrudis breeding.

At Cooinda our aim is to produce tropical Santa Gertrudis cattle which are appealing to both the eye and the hip pocket. Our breeders are preg tested annually where all empties are culled. This has provided us with a fertile, easy-care dam line, which has still consistently achieved 90% or better over the recent dry years.

Our breeders are run on a mixture of sandy forest country, and red scrub country. The bulls are weaned onto green panic, rhodes, and creeping blue grasses, as well as forage oats (season permitting). In 2011 for the first time our bulls will be marketed at our own sale to be held at the Proston Showgrounds on August 26.