Written by Barbara Camp – Kalyeeda Station I am writing this to you from the precipice. The precipice of something big. It’s July of 2020 – the year that wasn’t. I don’t need to tell anyone that surviving unscathed to the mid-point of this year is nothing short of miraculous. COVID has rocked our world […]
Host: Dr Jillian Kelly We have just recently run the fifth annual Coonamble Challenge & Campdraft, and I’m one of the committee members. Organising an event of this size and calibre takes a full twelve months – we start organising the next one virtually the minute the previous one wraps up. Needless to say, we had put […]
Host: Remote Building Services Written by Lise Browning, co-owner – Remote Building Services. A rare weekend escape in the magical far north Kimberley. The amazing view from the loo! It had been a jam-packed few months renovating and building at Kalumburu Mission on the northern most point in Western Australia. Being so remote with few […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barbara Camp Station work is hard work. But there’s an old saying – if you love what you do you’ll never work another say in your life. This must be true for life out bush. On a station your typical easy day starts with a 5am breakky and ends with a […]
Host: Miss Chardy On the 7th of May the women of the Barkly Tableland came out of nooks and unexplored crannies of the Australian outback to gather at the Barkly Homestead Roadhouse for the much anticipated bi-annual Barkly Women’s Day. As usual they drove for hours and hours . . . and sometimes hours, hours, […]
Host: Eversleigh Station Written by Jenny Underwood – Owner, Eversleigh Station. A Royal Flying Doctor Service plane coming in to land. The Royal Flying Doctor Service (or “The Flying Doctor” as it is more commonly known) would have to be among one of the most well known symbols of the Australian Bush. The Reverend John Flynn, founder […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Owner and Chief Pilot, Fortescue Helicopters. I often find that I get asked what we do outside of mustering season, some people asking as if they think we can’t or wouldn’t do anything else. Well, really the only answer to the question, “what do we do” is […]
Host: Abingdon Downs Station Written by Barry Keough – Owner, Abingdon Downs. During mustering season things get pretty busy and days are long and hard. When there is the odd day off everyone likes to relax, catch up on washing, and go fishing and swimming. Our river is everyone’s playground; we do have crocodiles, but […]
Host: Liveringa Station Written by Jed O’Brien – Manager, Liveringa Station. Jed and I are in our sixth year here at Liveringa Station – and finally I think we can now say we know both the place and the job really well. Jed agreed to start our week of blogs with a piece on his […]
Before the wedding was the proposal – read the story here. Host: Blina Station Written by Constance Wood – Manager, Blina Station. I’ve never been one of those girls who dreamed about their wedding. To be honest, I thought that getting married and living happily ever after was one of those things that happened to […]
Host: Blina Station Written by Constance Gray – Manager, Blina Station. My cool, calm, and collected partner was unusually nervous as we headed from Blina to Broome for the last rodeo of the season, followed by the Broome Cup. He was twitchy and weird, watching saddle bronc riding flat out on his phone and being cagey. […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. Currently the countdown is on . . . Work is getting thin as most stations are now between their first and second rounds of mustering. This means the crew are entitled to their mid year break before life gets hectic again for the second […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. During our time off we are not always tempted by the draws of campdrafting. We are fortunate in that my parents (Bluey and Janelle Pugh) own some land a couple hours west of Katherine. They have owned and operated Coolibah Crocodile Farm for the […]
Host: Alexandria Station Written by Narda Grover – Station Services Coordinator, Alexandria Station. Well it’s a year on from when I last blogged on Central Station, it is also a year on since we moved to Alexandria; now that has gone quick. Stephen and I have well and truly settled into life on a huge […]
Host: Soudan Station Written by Sarah Ferriday – Overseer, Soudan Station. Living in a relatively isolated area, social occasions are few and far between, so when an opportunity arises to get together, that’s what we do! Over the Anzac long weekend ‘Soudan’ entered a cricket team in the Camooweal Commemorative Cricket Weekend. Teams were entered […]
Host: Koordarrie Station Written by Kristie de Pledge – Owner, Koordarrie Station. Seven months ago, Rory and I talked about how we would like to go to Beef Week in Rockhampton, Queensland. Beef Week is a huge event occuring once every three years, showcasing beef cattle breeds, trade stalls, and anything else you could think of […]
Host: Miss Chardy Written by Danielle Doyle – Manager, Mittiebah Station. I tell you, nothing is simple when you live at Bumtruck Nowhere. Nothing I tell you. Especially trying to get home once your fabulous holiday is over (If you need a little catch up on our holiday adventures you can start HERE to find […]
Host: Miss Chardy Written by Danielle Doyle – Manager, Mittiebah Station. So catching up with your neighbours, when you live in the middle of nowhere goes something like this . . . Mrs Savvy B and Co have come over to visit this weekend. I have been having withdrawals from her, after our fabulous holiday […]
Host: Miss Chardy Written by Danielle Doyle – Manager, Mittiebah Station. Well it is no wonder I am starting to turn into captain psycho cranky pants. It is nearly a month since we returned to the station from holidays and I haven’t been anywhere since. Unless you count a trip out into the paddock to meet […]
Host: Myroodah Station Written by Pam Daniels – Manager, Myroodah Station. A lake on Myroodah Station full of water in January 2015. While many northern cattle properties around the Top End have missed out on their average rainfall this wet season, we have been very fortunate to have been under the right weather systems bringing some […]
