“It really is the country coming to the city every 12 months,” mum Karla Cannon told 7NEWS.com.au. Today, Anthony is back helping his daughter Ella prepare cattle from the family’s Chelna Square Meaters stud for competition. Credit: 7NEWS.com.auThe Cannon family’s award-winning Chelna Cattle Company is among the breeders competing at this year’s Ekka. Credit: 7NEWS.com.auAward-winning young breeder and handler Ella Cannon with one of the family’s stud bulls and an eight-month-old calf from the Chelna stud. After the Ekka is open for public, the rooftop village becomes a welcome retreat from the crowds below.