Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about livestock agents. Most of us kind of know the basics of what a livestock agent does – buy and sell livestock – that bit is pretty obvious, but there’s a fair bit more to it and that’s why I […]
Ashley and Debbie Dowden live at Challa with their children. The children study on School of the Air with Debbie as their home tutor. When they reach high school they move to a boarding school in Perth to further their education. Their three daughters have left for the “big smoke” and their young son will […]
Host: Aileron Station Managers: Craig and Sarah Cook Region: Central Australia Nearest town for shopping, doctors etc: Alice Springs, 130km Nearest Roadhouse: Aileron – about 100m next door! Number of cattle: Number of staff: 2 – depends on the season Size of station: How often and how the mail is delivered: Twice a week via the […]
Station Name: Kachana Station Managers/ Owners: Chris and Jacqueline Henggeler Region: Kimberley, Western Australia Nearest town: Kununurra – 120km Nearest roadhouse: Doon Doon Roadhouse 80 min by air Number of cattle: 300 Number of staff: family and volunteer based Size of station: 77,500 ha How often and how the mail is delivered: no delivery service – […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Company Managers/ Owners: Haydn and Jane Sale (part owners and managers). Region: Kimberley WA Pastoral Leases: Yougawalla Station- East Kimberley- Halls Creek Shire Bulka Station- Central Kimberley- Derby Shire Margaret River Station- East Kimberley- Halls Creek Shire Agistment on Aboriginal owned Pastoral Leases: Bohemia Downs […]
Host: Jillian Kelly Location: New South Wales Hi, I’m Jillian Kelly, writing as “Miss Vet” based at Coonamble in central west NSW. I am a large animal veterinarian working with sheep and beef cattle producers to improve their on farm biosecurity, welfare, productivity and therefore profitability! I’ve always had an interest in the bush and […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Managers/ Owners: Kalyeeda is a family owned and run station headed by Peter and Cheryl Camp who have owned the property for nearly 20 years. Region: Kalyeeda is found between the Fitzroy River and the Great Sandy Desert in the West Kimberley of WA Nearest town for shopping, doctors etc: Derby is our closest town […]
Host: Kilcowera Station Owner/Managers: Toni and Greg Sherwin Region: Channel Country, Queensland Nearest town for shopping, doctors etc: Thargomindah is our nearest town. It has a small roadhouse, a post office, a pub, a grocery store, a Toyota dealership, a police station and a small outpatients clinic that is serviced once a week by the Royal Flying […]
Station Names: Latrobe & Arlington Park Managers/ Owners: Owned & operated by Donald & Wendy Brown, and daughter Jody. Region: Central Western Queensland Nearest town for shopping, doctors etc.: Longreach Nearest roadhouse: Longreach Number of cattle: Generally between 800 to 1000 breeders, less now due to drought. Number of sheep: Generally approximately 2000 ewes. […]
Host: Mallina Station Owners/ Managers: Owned by Bettini Beef, managed by Ben and Lindsay Newland Region: Pilbara Closest Town: Port Hedland, 90kms away Closest Roadhouse: 90kms at Port Hedland or you can go the same sort of distance in the other direction to get to Roebourne. Whim Creek Pub is only 20kms away but it […]
Host: Tini O’Loughlin Location: Northern Western Australia Catching wild bulls, mustering cattle, building yards, putting up fences! … that is what we do. We are Tini and Locky from LOCHON Contracting. Of course it is not just the two of us. We work in a team of four to ten people. To put up fences […]
Station Name: Meda Station Owners/Manager: Meda Station is managed by Troy Haslet and is owned by Jumbuck Pastoral, a family owned Adelaide based company. Region: West Kimberley, Western Australia Nearest town for shopping, doctors etc: Derby – 40km Nearest Roadhouse: Colac Roadhouse, Derby – 40km Number of Cattle: 11,500 Breeders Number of Staff: 12-14 during the dry season, dropping back to 3 […]
Host: Mount Sarah Station Managers/Owners: Managers – Cameron and Kirsty Williams. Owner: Williams Cattle Company Region: Far North, South Australia Nearest town for shopping, doctors etc: Adelaide – 1120km, Alice Springs – 650km, Coober Pedy – 280km (Grocery shopping), Oodnadatta – 80km (RFDS flies in fortnightly for a clinic) Nearest Roadhouse: Oodnadatta – home of […]
Host: Mt. Bundy Station Managers/ Owners: Scott and Sue Witham Region: Darwin/ “Top End”, Northern Territory Nearest town for shopping, doctors etc: Adelaide River, 3km, the nearest major center is Darwin, 110km away, Katherine 200km Nearest roadhouse: Adelaide River, 3km Number of cattle: 1000 head Number of staff: 7 Size of station: 8000 ha (19,738 acres) How often and how the mail […]
Station Name: Mudgeacca Station Manager: Claire Britton Owners: Goodwood Pastoral Company; Rick and Ann Britton Region: Western QLD Channel Country Nearest Town for shopping: Boulia 23km with general store and Health Clinic, Mount Isa 320km is our major town. Nearest Roadhouse: Boulia 23km Number of cattle: 1,500 breeders Number of staff: 2 permanent, 5 work on other properties for the company/day workers Size […]
Location: Kimberley Region, Western Australia Managers/ Owners: Chris & Pam Daniell (Managers)/Indigenous Land Corporation (owners) Region: West Kimberley, Western Australia Nearest town for shopping, doctors etc: One & a half hours drive to Derby in dry season. At least 3 and a half hours when we cannot cross the Fitzroy River (Christmas through to easter usually). Nearest roadhouse: Willare Roadhouse is […]
Host: Tess Camm Location: Central Queensland In 1926, Jack McArthur drew a 3,420 acre lot from the old Waverley station with the winnings of racehorse named Mystery Lad. Three generations later, Mystery Park is a thriving 12,000 hectare property bearing home to Rob & Ainsley McArthur and their six children, Tess, Andrew, Lachlan, Hamish, Adelaide […]
Host: NKL Contracting Location: Pilbara Region, WA Nat and Kayde Lehman have been in the contract mustering game for nearly 10 years. After running their own successful mustering and fencing business throughout Northern Territory and Western Australia, they have since traded their gypsie life and are now managing Uaroo Station in the Pilbara.
Host: Noreena Downs Station Managers/ Owners: The Paull family Region: East Pilbara Nearest town for shopping, doctors etc: Newman 156kms away Nearest roadhouse: Nullagine 71 kms away Number of cattle: Lots of happy Cattle Number of staff: 7 crew plus 3 full time family members Size of station: 910,128 acres of pure delight How often and how the mail is delivered: We pick it […]
Robert Johnstone is the owner and operator of Bovine Reproduction Services, a private business based in Central Queensland and servicing Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The following story is his personal account of his passion for the beef industry and the many benefits pregnancy testing and spaying of female cattle contributes to the […]
