Host: Miss Chardy
Location: A cattle station somewhere in the Northern Territory…
Blog: Miss Chardy
Facebook: Miss Chardy
My name is Dan but you can call me Miss Chardy. And yes, to all my friends out there, people are still drinking Chardonnay!
My husband and I manage a large cattle station in the middle of nowhere in the Northern Territory. This is what I think I look like on your average day here at Woop Woop:
And this my friends is what I actually look like each day….
Born and raised in Mudgee, NSW, I attended June Dally-Watkins Business Finishing School and worked in Sydney for 2 years before deciding on a career change. I left Sydney and headed to my first Governess Job (teaching children who are home schooled), on a sheep station near Bourke. I stayed in Bourke for the year, and then a friend and I decided we needed to spread our wings and head to the Northern Territory. I originally came to the NT for just one year as a governess however fell in love with the boy next door and as the say – the rest is history, still here all these years later and absolutely loving life. We have 3 young boys who now do their schooling via Mt Isa School of the Air and have their own Governess.
I have spent most days over the past 10 years singing along to ABC 4 Kids and can rock out with the best of them to Bookaboo, Dirt Girl or The Koala Brothers, although my 9 year old does occasionally tell me: “Mum that is not a good look”. The hide of him! But it isn’t all ABC Kids, I will admit that I am quite the TV junkie and love a good drama series or comedy…A Place to Call Home, along with Love Child & Downton Abbey and where would we be without good old Kath & Kim.
Now let’s get one thing straight, I may live on a cattle station with a horse mad husband, who I am sure loves his horses more than me (ha ha ha ha – kidding….maybe…) but I am by no means a horsey outdoorsy type…. My husband likes to call me “The indoor cat”! I would love to tell you that I get out there on my horse (o, no, that’s right….I don’t have a horse…) and muster 3000 head of cattle with my 3 children all saddled up on their own little ponies. I would love to tell you that I am a patient, fun loving, easy going Mum who doesn’t mind a good old cook up with the kids and I would love to say that I am the world’s best gardener, but that would just be a big fat lie…. The truth is, I am not Super Mum and never will be, I kill most plants I try to grow, so have decided to stick to grass, and hate baking with my children, well actually, I hate baking full stop! I am, however, quite the expert in Lego construction. One thing I do love is catching up with my friends for a glass of wine and a good old laugh.
People are my passion, I love connecting with people and sharing any helpful hints and tips. I love bringing people together and networking. This is quite difficult when you live 5 hours from town and 2 hours from your neighbour, but that doesn’t stop me. I am the Barkly Women’s Day co ordinator which brings together around 80 women, twice a year, for a day of fun, laughter, guest speakers and some lovely cold bubbly. Women travel long distances, 4, 5 or even 10 hours, from remote cattle stations to attend the day, catch up with old friends and make new ones.
I am a down to earth, glass half full kind of girl (half full of Chardonnay….) I am sometimes a little too honest, but like to keep it real. Lets share hints and tips and inspire each other. I look forward to sharing my blogging journey with you. Thanks so much for joining the Chardy Mobile, so happy to have you on board!
You can read even more about me, and see a couple of pictures, on my very first blog post HELLO AND WELCOME
A unique lifestyle
Host: Miss Chardy I was thinking the other day what a very unique way of life we lead up here on an outback cattle station. You see, back in 2001, when I first came up to work in the NT I used to think everyone would love this sort of lifestyle. Why on earth wouldn’t you […]
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Missing In Action: Is anyone still out there?
Host: Miss Chardy Boy, I know I say this all the time, but seriously . . . where has the year gone and how . . . HOW can it be June already???? I have been so slack with my blog posts of late . . . I am not sure if I just haven’t been […]
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2017 Mustering Season
Host: Miss Chardy Things are in full swing here at Chardy Central. It seems the rain has finally gone and mustering got underway a couple of weeks ago now. I still can’t believe it is now nearly the middle of April. Before the crew can start mustering they have to get all their ducks in a […]
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Outback sleepover
Host: Miss Chardy Well it is the school holidays which means time for another sleepover. Harry has been hatching a plan with his little friend next door for about two weeks. They had it all sorted. Now you know that when I say neighbour it isn’t as simple as walking out the front door and 20 […]
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What happens when your six year old gets sick and town is five hours away
Host: Miss Chardy Sick kids. It is the pits isn’t it, so scary. I mean, I get worried (and totally freak out) when a jackaroo comes to me with a cut on his eyebrow that needs stitches (may or may not have happened last week) so can you imagine how much it worries me when one […]
