Host: Yarrie Station
Managers/ Owners: Annabelle Coppin
Region: Pilbara, Western Australia
Nearest town for shopping, doctors etc:
Marble Bar – approx. 90kms via gravel then 50km sealed (nurse, pub)
Port Hedland – approx. 50km gravel, 200km sealed (Stores, parts, freight)
Nearest roadhouse: Pardoo 100km
Number of cattle: 5000 head
Number of staff: 8 in mustering, 3 permanent (including southern property north of Perth)
Size of station: 250,000 Ha (617,700 acres)
How often and how the mail is delivered: Once per week via plane at Yarrie airstip, 5km from house
Yarrie has been in the Coppin family for 5 generations and after 5 years of management, Annabelle has this year been privileged to have the opportunity to purchase Yarrie from her parents. Muccan is an original separate lease that has been running conjunction with Yarrie over the past 25 years. It has now been purchased by her brother and wife and is in the process of being rebuilt and run as a separate enterprise. Exciting times are ahead for these two properties and a new generation to take them forward into the future.
Yarrie also runs in conjunction with a 1300 Ha farming property 1400km south in the Mid West region of the state, that is leased off Annabelles parents. This relieves the numbers of cattle on the property every year especially in dry times and also has the ability to value add to them with more intense temperate pastures.
Yarrie Station provides around 3 million meals of quality beef meals to both Australian and the world annually. I grew up on the property with my parents and older brother and have now managed Yarrie for 3 years. Before this I was working in the Middle East with Meat and Livestock Australia in the livestock export industry improving animal welfare in feedlots and abattoirs. A great experience to spend time with people and develop a stronger understanding of the live export market beyond our front gate. I believe I now have a fair and balanced view of the necessity of this trade to not only Australia but the rest of the world who demand our livestock.
Yarrie is not only our livelihood, it is our home and we are deeply connected with the landscape. We have a team of mainly young people that help us on the property, many of which have lived here for years and also class as their special home.
Our industry is innovative, exciting with a future that is in our hands. We are all passionate about improving our landscape, having solid animal welfare practices and a importantly a viable dynamic business to allow us to remain in a position to keep improving our property and practices in the future.
I look forward to being apart of Central Station to share our story with the rest of Australia.
Annabelle Coppin
The Yarrie Team 2014
Flying over a creek running through Yarrie
Hills behind Yarrie Homestead
The Yarrie Homestead
The Gazebo – a recent addition built by the 2013 team for a warm gathering area
Fueling up
Mundrinyah Hills on Yarrie
The DeGrey River runs though the station
Yarrie cattle on our southern farm – look at that grass!
Other places to follow us:
· Become friends with ‘Yarrie Station’ on facebook and follow @abcoppin on Twitter
· http://www.target100.com.au/Farmer-stories/Annabelle-Coppin
· http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2010/s3293024.htm
· http://www.abc.net.au/heywire/stories/2013/05/3756497.htm
· http://www.livestockexportreview.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/1964754/Annabelle-Coppin.pdf
The “kid” has grown up!
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Breanna Dorrington You may remember a story of the “Kid” from a few 2013? Well she’s back and growing up awfully fast, which for some is scary – but for Yarrie we are very happy about as every school holidays she arrives the more helpful she becomes out in the […]
Share this:
Yarrie’s new yards!
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Sheryl Dorrington – Assistant Manager of Yarrie Station. Sheryl has a long history with Yarrie, first coming to work for Annabelle’s parents when she was about 18 years old. Since that time she has been away, raised her daughter Brea and worked on other farming properties across the state. She […]
Share this:
The paths we take
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Andrea Craigie Andrea has returned to Yarrie Station again this year and works as a Stationhand/Record Keeper. A lot of her role includes collecting, collating and summarising station records as well as yard work and handling weaners. I’d have to say that a pretty common question I get when I tell […]
Share this:
New faces on Yarrie
Host: Yarrie Station Today’s entry is two blogs in one! They are written by Ebony Hill and Sally Jolly Growing up on small acreage and having to do high school in a regional city was not for me, my dream was to head north! I was fortunate enough to get myself a job with Annabelle on […]
Share this:
The *very* southern end of Yarrie Station
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Colin and Corrina Lewis Yarrie also runs in conjunction with a farming property 1400km south in the state’s mid-west. This region has an opposite growing season to the north, with most rain falling from May to September, meaning in a perfect season our operation has access to both the northern […]
