One Brahman stud which is perhaps not so well known at the moment is Palm Creek Brahman Stud.

But with the strength of the drive and enthusiasm of the two young men who have created it, it surely won't be long before Palm Creek Brahmans is a household name within the northern Australian cattle industry.

Peter (jnr), 19 years old, and Blake, 17 years old, have been involved with cattle all their lives.

In 2005, Peter, at 15, and Blake, then 13, decided to begin their own Brahman stud, and Palm Creek Brahmans was born with the purchase of a red Brahman stud cow at the Charters Towers Gold City Sale.

Success followed the next year when at their first show, the Ingham Agricultural Show, the boys won supreme bull of the show with a young bull named Palm Creek Jim 5001.

The stud herd has been slowly building since and so has the success.

This year, Palm Creek Brahmans won five championship ribbons from the five shows they entered - Townsville, Ingham, Cairns, Mareeba and Charters Towers - with a young bull named Palm Creek Spotfire Manso.

Coupled with the stud cattle they helped prepare for Tropical Brahmans, they brought home 17 broad ribbons in total from five shows.

Peter hopes to show at the Brisbane Exhibition in the not too distant future, but right now is concentrating on preparing bulls for Beef 2012 in Rockhampton.

Blake, now in Grade 11, hopes to complete an apprenticeship as a diesel fitter before returning to the stud cattle industry.

Their father, Peter (snr), is part of a family company with his three brothers: Lenny who looks after the cane production of 630 acres which returns 26,000 tonnes; Mario who is a butcher and runs the Chiesa Butchery; and David who handles the contract cane harvesting of up to 45,000 tonnes per year. Peter senior looks after the cattle production wing which runs 800 cattle. Young Peter and Blake's mother Megan is a special ed teacher at Ingham State High School.