The Nationals WA spokesperson for Transport, Vince Catania, has launched a petition calling on the Western Australian State Government to ensure policies for road works signage are strengthened to create safer regional roads. Mr Catania said he has been seeking Government support for improved road signage procedures for several months, but the matter had come […]
Host: Remote Building Services Written by Lise Browning, co-owner – Remote Building Services. We were meant to leave from Drysdale Station and head to Kalumburu Catholic Mission, and had expected the council to finally open the final stretch of road only to find that they said it may take up to three weeks. Mmmm, what […]
Host: Eversleigh Station Written by Jenny Underwood – Owner, Eversleigh Station. As beef cattle producers our aim is to raise livestock which we either sell to restockers (graziers who will continue to grow the cattle to mature size), feedlots for domestic and export grade cattle, or to abattoirs for the wholesale beef market. Our principle is to […]
Host: Eversleigh Station Written by Jenny Underwood – Eversleigh Station. We’ve all been in that situation, haven’t we? You’re driving along the road, often in a hurry to get somewhere, and up ahead you see… a truck. So now you have to slow down, and at times, finding a suitable place to overtake that truck can […]
Host: Hodgson River Station Written by Jo Bloomfield – Owner, Hodgson River Station. Like most properties we’ve never been able to warrant the expense of paying for new and shiny trucks, because the money could be spent looking after our cattle, so we’ve tended to make do with what we had or bought second hand ones. […]
Host: Eversleigh Station Written by Jenny Underwood – Owner, Eversleigh Station. When living and working on the land is your business inevitably you will need quite a variety of vehicles and miscellaneous types of machinery as “tools of the trade”. First up you need to have at least one ute – the number of different […]
Host: Monkira Station Written by Deb Desreaux – Manager, Monkira Station. With freight and hay both being expensive we’ve been utilising our road train for the past three years carting our own hay supplies in to feed weaners and the horse plant. Although Anthony Desreaux (Manager), Kirk Fenton (Head Stockman) and Anthony White (Machinery Operator) […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Trudi Oxley – Regional Manager, Katherine Pastoral Production. This week the Katherine Pastoral Production crew from the NT Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPIF) will give a snapshot of some of the many and varied activities we undertake to deliver research and extension. This year we also have a […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by Kate Paull – Owner, Noreena Downs Station. Wow yipee yi yo yeah another load of export Mickeys on board today, lovin it! More Mickey bulls please from Peadonah stock camp (yes siree we are out at stockcamp at the moment where we will spend six to seven weeks and […]
