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The Truly Special Ones Define It…
Host: Horsemanship Linked Learning Written by Shorna Ross I read a quote the other day which really struck a chord with me: “A great horse will change your life. The truly special ones define it…” Throughout my life I have had opportunities to work with more than one truly special one. A special horse teaches you […]
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From Chasing Cows to Wrangling Kids
Host: Horsemanship Linked Learning Written by Shorna Ross 2012 saw a pretty big change for me, I decided to exchange the stock camp for the schoolroom and become the Governess or ‘Govie’ at Sylvania Station near Newman. I initially had one very cool little student in Year One through Port Hedland School of the Air. […]
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Coacher Mustering
Host: Horsemanship Linked Learning Written by Shorna Ross During the years I worked at Ashburton we ‘Coacher Mustered’ and this is what I would like to talk about today. There was very little fencing on the place, only a few small paddocks to stockpile sale cattle in between export boats. Therefore the majority of the […]
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Sticking It Out Through Challenges
Host: Horsemanship Linked Learning Written by Shorna Ross When I first rocked up at Ashburton, I had a lot more practical skills and a grasp of what working on a station would be like thanks to growing up on a farm, than some of the McLeod’s Daughter’s fanatics I have seen since. However, I still had […]
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The Beginning of an Adventure
Host: Horsemanship Linked Learning Written by Shorna Ross I’ve read with interest the blogs written by hosts of Central Station over the years and am inspired to share a glimpse of my adventures related to the Pastoral Industry with readers. At this moment, I am actually in a vehicle driving across the Nullarbor, headed for […]
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Boarding school blues
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Fleur McDonald Save the date for the 2017 Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Federal Conference to be held in Alice Springs, August 2-3. Hosted by the Alice Springs Branch, this promises to be a great conference in true Territory style. Find all information at this link: http://icpa.com.au/events/view/79/2017-federal-icpa-conference I’m sure I’m not […]
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Cattle Station Dreaming
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Margo Sullivan, Cave Creek Station. Photo credit: Donal Sullivan Save the date for the 2017 Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Federal Conference to be held in Alice Springs, August 2-3. Hosted by the Alice Springs Branch, this promises to be a great conference in true Territory style. Find all […]
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The Life of a Juggling Clown in the Channel Country!
Host: Isolated Children’s Parent’s Assocation Written by Annabel Tully, Bunginderry Station. Save the date for the 2017 Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Federal Conference to be held in Alice Springs, August 2-3. Hosted by the Alice Springs Branch, this promises to be a great conference in true Territory style. Find all information at this link: http://icpa.com.au/events/view/79/2017-federal-icpa-conference Some […]
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Should People Climb Uluru?
Host: Isolated Children Parent’s Assocation Written by Tom McMaster – Year 6 at Alice Springs School of the Air. Save the date for the 2017 Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Federal Conference to be held in Alice Springs, August 2-3. Hosted by the Alice Springs Branch, this promises to be a great conference in true Territory […]
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A northern opportunity
Host: Isolated Children’s Parent’s Association Written by: Jessica Dodwell Save the date for the 2017 Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Federal Conference to be held in Alice Springs, August 2-3. Hosted by the Alice Springs Branch, this promises to be a great conference in true Territory style. Find all information at this link: http://icpa.com.au/events/view/79/2017-federal-icpa-conference I am a […]
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A Whole Lot of Learning
Host: Isolated Children Parent’s Association Written by: Tallaya Wood Save the date for the 2017 Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Federal Conference to be held in Alice Springs, August 2-3. Hosted by the Alice Springs Branch, this promises to be a great conference in true Territory style. Find all information at this link: http://icpa.com.au/events/view/79/2017-federal-icpa-conference When I first […]
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Kazakhstan Cowboys – Part 5
Host: Dr Campbell Costello This is the final installment in a 5 part series written about Dr. Campbell Costello’s time managing and developing a cattle station in Kazakhstan. I returned to Kazakhstan and spent my Twenty-ninth birthday in the Alps vaccinating cattle, and fractured my arm. On the plus side I got to spend the weekend […]
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Kazakhstan Cowboys – Part 4
Host: Dr Campbell Costello This is part 4 in a 5 part series written about Dr. Campbell Costello’s time managing and developing a cattle station in Kazakhstan. We rescued the Land Cruiser a second time only five minutes later (my boss whilst having fun again reversed too quickly back into the gully and got jacked up) […]
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Kazakhstan Cowboys – Part 3
Host: Dr Campbell Costello This is part 3 in a 5 part series written about Dr. Campbell Costello’s time managing and developing a cattle station in Kazakhstan. Running a cattle station in Kazakhstan changes your definition of “normal” and weird stuff occurs hourly and it all just becomes white noise. This became apparent as I sat […]
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Kazakhstan Cowboys – Part 2
Host: Dr Campbell Costello This is part 2 in a 5 part series written about Dr. Campbell Costello’s time managing and developing a cattle station in Kazakhstan. In my career I had had very little experience with snow – it’s something that most Australians do not come across. I arrived back into Kazakhstan in late April […]
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Kazakhstan Cowboys – Part 1
Host: Dr Campbell Costello This is part 1 in a 5 part series written about Dr. Campbell Costello’s time managing and developing a cattle station in Kazakhstan. I can hear the waves and spray hitting the side of the boat. It’s a balmy day in the Indian Ocean and I’m escorting some Dairy cows to […]
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Contracting with kids
Host: NKL Contracting Written by Kayde Jayne Lehman Stepping out of your swag beside a camp fire and breathing in the sweet smell of silence before sipping on a hot coffee and saddling up to spend the day on your horse doing what you love. Rewind – that was about four years ago before we had […]
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A day in the life: The people we’ve met and places we’ve been – Part 2
Host: NKL Contracting Written by Kayde Jayne Lehman Mustering the river on Legune Station in N.T always pulled out a few cleanskins. This particular muster was about a 12km walk back to the panel yards we had set up the day before where they would be drafted, processed and steadied out. After walking the same mob […]
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A day in the life: The people we’ve met and places we’ve been – Part 1
Host: NKL Contracting Written by Kayde Jayne Lehman Jake Lowe took the opportunity to jump on his breaker ‘Kanye’ while letting out some quiet weaners on Flora Valley Station in W.A. George Hurst and his right hand woman Fiona Plunkett unloading horses ready to go on Delamere Station in N.T. George was running a contracting camp […]
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From Thargomindah to Normanton
Host: NKL Contracting Written by Kayde Jayne Lehman First stop post contracting was Naryilco station – an S. Kidman property tucked away in the most south western point of queensland affectionately known as the ‘Channel Country’. Like nothing we had ever seen before we endured dust storms, ate more flies than I care to remember, and […]
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Where it all began
Host: NKL Contracting Written by Kayde Jayne Lehman Hello readers, Well let me tell you May 2017 rolled around faster then expected and my decision in 2016 to host Central Station for a week to be honest has been pushed aside to make room for changing nappies, moving out of a caravan, getting my BAS […]
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Inaugural conference for cattlemen in the north – biggest and best event so far
Host: Rangeland Natural Resource Management Mel, Kane and Chris from Rangelands NRM attended the Kimberley Pilbara Cattlemen’s Association (KPCA) Ruralco Annual Field Day & Innovation Conference in Onslow, WA from 24-25 March 2017. The conference gathered around 170 pastoralists, industry influences and trade companies for a two-day event that included a field day and tour of […]
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Working together on fire on the Pilbara Pastoral / Desert Interface – Part 2
Host: Rangeland Natural Resource Management Written by Chris Curnow – Program Manager (Desert & Pilbara), Rangelands NRM. Related to the ongoing discussions on the Pilbara/Desert boundary is the story of what another pastoralist is doing nearby at Yarrie station. Annabelle Coppin, like many pastoralists, believes that too much of her country on Yarrie has burnt for too many […]
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Landmark Broome 2017 Update
Landmark Broome was the very first sponsor of Central Station, back in 2014. Their continued support has been instrumental to the success of our grass-roots project. Here’s an update of what they have been up to in 2017 so far … Landmark Broome – Fitzroy Crossing Depot Landmark Broome has expanded its services to Kimberley […]
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Working together on fire on the Pilbara Pastoral / Desert Interface – Part 1
Host: Rangeland Natural Resource Management Written by Chris Curnow – Program Manager (Desert & Pilbara), Rangelands NRM. There’s some movement on the boundary of the pastoral and desert country in the East Pilbara. Martu Rangers are preparing for burning, now with the added element of urgency given the recent rains bringing new growth right across the desert. […]
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My outback journey – enviro to station life
Host: Rangeland Natural Resource Management Written by Mary-Anne Clunies-Ross – Regional Landcare Facilitator, Rangelands NRM. My journey into the big wide world of the outback started a few years ago working as an enviro during the mining boom. After a few years, I landed a job in Karratha with Rangelands NRM as my project partner. Together, […]
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A day in the life of a district vet
Host: Dr Jillian Kelly Many people wonder what I do each day, or why I need a beer at the end of each one! Here’s a typical day in the life of me! 6:30am: leave home, headed to a farm that is in quarantine for footrot in sheep. Breakfast in the car! Plenty of time in […]
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When you hear the sound of Hoofbeats …
Host: Dr Jillian Kelly Back in my uni days, we were told repeatedly “when you hear the sound of hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras”. Meaning that in veterinary science, common things happen commonly, so look for the obvious answer. Except for some days … A few years ago, I received a call from a cattle […]
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CCC is Awesome!
Host: Dr Jillian Kelly A few months ago, we held the Coonamble Challenge & Campdraft, of which I’m secretary. That’s the thing about living and working in a rural area – everyone has to pitch in to help to get community events happening and you often find yourself on multiple committees! We’re a small committee […]
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It’s a Vet’s World
Host: Dr Jillian Kelly I’m a vet. A female large animal vet. An awesome vet – not because I can do things more awesomely than other vets, just because all female vets are awesome! Whenever I meet new people and am making the get-to-know-you small talk and I answer the question “what do you do for […]
