Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh I am going to take this opportunity to bother you all about the serious nature of skin cancer. I am a fair skinned, freckle faced, red headed individual who wears jeans, long sleeves, bandanas and sunscreen quite religiously. I have always been warned to have skin checks to […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh As a small business owner, we employ between 8 to 12 people at one time depending on our work requirements and commitments. Personally, I find employment is a very time consuming task. Between creating an advertisement, answering questions via facebook, email and phone, interviewing applicants, performing reference checks […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh Another year for us done and dusted. Much like everyone else’s it involved lots of hard work and good fun. Here is a glimpse of our contract mustering lifestyle last year: It all started with our yearly recruitment process, locating a combination of enthusiastic men and women ready […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh I often hear people ask ‘how do you live in such isolation?’ in regards to the location of our outback homes. Stations are located hundreds of Kilometres from towns, roadhouses or neighbours, with roads which are often closed due to poor weather conditions – the same conditions which […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Farrcombe – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. Occasionally, a station social function will call us in, any excuse is a good excuse. A month or so ago Lyle and Helen Kent pulled into Newcastle Waters Station on their annual visit (Lyle and Helen provide a travelling saddlery shop with everything one […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Farrcombe – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. As far as life in general goes, Potter and I are consistently planning on how to improve from here. Last year we joined the elite club of ‘cattle owners’ and purchased our first 60 head of cows. We found as soon as we took […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Farrcombe – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. Our team consists of eight people including Potter and myself. When recruiting we attempt to employ people with a variety of experience from first years to the more experienced. Please meet our crew this year. Some have returned from last year, while others are […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Farrcombe – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. I apologise in advance for all the stories of our furry family members. We own 27 horses and 16 dogs and each and every day they give us laughter, tears and great pleasure. We simply cannot imagine life without our furry friends. Earlier this […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Farrcombe – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. This is our 3rd year hosting a blog on Central Station. It’s been amazing to watch this website develop and grow and be a part of it. I do find this task challenging every year in an attempt to entertain readers and write something […]
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: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. It is very common now for most stations to use bikes in preference to horses, they say bikes are quicker, less maintenance, cheaper to run etc etc. We prefer to use a combination of horses and bikes. We run four bikes: A quad, 2 […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. Campdrafting is a great outlet for us, it’s a way to socialise, be competitive on a sporting level, and be involved in community events. Campdrafting is a popular sport up here. Owners, managers, ringers, and townies alike get together to have a yarn, a […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. Life in the outback is filled with furry friends, they bring us joy, laughter, happiness, and sometimes heartbreak. At the start of this season some of the boys from our crew and I travelled down to Newcastle Waters Station to collect our plant horses […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. 2014 is done and dusted, however this does not mean that we get to wind down over the wet season. Although our staff have rolled their swags and headed home, Potter and I begin to plan and organise the next 12 months. This means […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. So as our week on Central Station draws to a close, our crew has just completed educating and branding 2000 weaners here at West Elsey Station. It feels like a massive accomplishment for both the dogs and the crew. We are very pleased with […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. Often you come across lots of different characters who sign up to work for you. Last year we employed a guy who was a plumber from Melbourne with no previous outback experience. ‘Plumber’ as we named him was a real quick learner and within […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. We have a team of 14 dogs which we use for work. The dogs travel everywhere with us, making it difficult when wanting a couple of days off in town. Interstate or international holidays are impossible as none of our friends are that keen […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. Of course with any job there are days where things just don’t go according to plan. However, not every job promises the possibility of rolling into your swag at 8.30pm, but due to things not going according to plan you are now still walking […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. As one can imagine, living in a temporary camp for the majority of the year can often be a challenge in itself. We have no Internet, phone service, television, and for several hours of the day no power. Our staff members simply live in […]
