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Pasture degradation and declining land condition (esp. from overgrazing), is a significant and long-recognised problem across the northern rangelands. Wet season spelling, when systematically applied and supported with conservative pasture utilisation, has demonstrated considerable promise for restoring degraded pastures and their potential for higher levels of cattle production. For example, a study conducted at Virginia Park Station (Charters Towers) demonstrated that degraded pastures (e.g. ABCD rating land condition rating C or poor - Chilcott et al. 2003) can be restored back towards better land condition (e.g. land condition B) with strategic application of wet season spelling and appropriate pasture utilisation, particularly when paddocks are initially rested for two wet seasons (Post et al. 2006). ...