Luckily for harvesters at Glenroy on Thursday the only spitting going on was from a herd of camels travelling along the stock route.

The ten camels are originally from around Newcastle and were out along the stock route being worked by the boys at Oakfield Ranch.

“We do rides along the beach and Anna Bay. We love our camels and we have some younger ones that needed some work,” Rod Sansom said.

They’d travelled from Narrabri and stopped at the bore for a quick dip and break for the camels, which drew the attention of a few tourists out enjoying the artesian spring.

“It’s a great stock route to work them on. It’s our first time along here but we’ve camped here before because we go racing up in Queensland all the time and on our way back we stop along here and camp.”

Camels are full-grown when they reach the age of five, and afterwards they have to be broken in.

“These guys are about seven to around 10-15 years old. These camels are a bit famous, one of them features on the Captain Risky insurance ad on TV and another is appearing in the Women’s Weekly soon.”

When they arrived at Glenroy, the boys saw eight harvesters out in the wheat paddocks and four road trains carting out the grain.

“It’s such a nice stock route. It’s nice and quiet and you don’t see too many cars. It’s been a fantastic trip so far,” he said.

If you see the quirky camels, give them a wave and if you’re ever around Newcastle or Anna Bay search for Oakfield Ranch to visit the gentle giants.