Host: Latrobe Station Written by Jody Brown As I write this, it is International Women’s Day. By the time you read this blog, the social media frenzy will have moved on; regular news items will have reclaimed their pride of place and fresh and evolving issues will be hash-tagging their way across the digital stratosphere, […]
Host: Remote Building Services Written by Lise Browning, co-owner – Remote Building Services. A rare weekend escape in the magical far north Kimberley. The amazing view from the loo! It had been a jam-packed few months renovating and building at Kalumburu Mission on the northern most point in Western Australia. Being so remote with few […]
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: Remote Building Services Written by Lise Browning, co-owner – Remote Building Services. We arrived home late last night after a 7-hour drive from Darwin airport dropping the kids off to go back to boarding school. This morning we woke up and opened the blind to see black everywhere over the fence. The paddock in […]
Host: Remote Building Services Written by Lise Browning, co-owner – Remote Building Services. Here is a day in the life of a remote builder… 5:50am Wake up. There is smoke haze everywhere, definitely fire season now in remote Northern Territory. 6:00am Queue for the loo. Mustering camp here, 20 people and 2 loos, yay! Queue […]
Host: Remote Building Services Written by Lise Browning, co-owner – Remote Building Services. The following is an example of the types of letters we send to our friends and family while working in remote Australia. Hi, Sorry to do this as a group email but it’s the only way I can think of to keep […]
Host: Meda Station Written by Monica Haslet, Manager’s Assistant – Meda Station A lot of cattle stations have their special cow, steer or what ever it may be. Generally he or she is a quiet poddy that was hand raised and has remained quiet for years. We are one of those stations and as it […]
Host: Meda Station Written by Monica Haslet, Manager’s Assistant – Meda Station As Troy mentioned in his first blog he had heard from a few people that when they have searched Meda on the internet they have could not find a lot of information. I have had a first hand experience of this and it […]
Host: Meda Station Written by Troy Haslet, Manager – Meda Station (This is part 3 of a 3-part series. Click here for part 1, and here for part 2). On Meda, weaners are stockpiled and fed hay while we get through a few breeder paddocks. When we finish those musters, it’s time to start processing […]
Host: Meda Station Written by Troy Haslet, Manager – Meda Station (This is part 2 of a 3-part series. Click here for part 1). Drafting days are the early-start days – we try to get out to the yard just before daylight. This is done so that at first light we can get started and […]
Host: Meda Station Written by Troy Haslet, Manager – Meda Station (This is part 1 of a 3-part series – click on the link above to find more stories from Meda Station). I have been racking my brain on what to write about and I have heard from a few people that when they search […]
Host: Northern Beef Development project Written by Geoff Moore, Senior Research Officer, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Hi, my name is Geoff Moore and I am a part of the Mosaic Agriculture team within the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) Northern Beef Development (NBD) project. The team includes pasture agronomists […]
Host: Northern Beef Development project Written by Mariah Maughan, Development Officer, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development What does a government officer do? I get asked this question too many times to count, so I thought this is an opportunity to give an insight into the extension and development work I do that contributes […]
Host: Northern Beef Development project Written by Mariah Maughan and Steph Coombes, Development Officers, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development If you had the chance to make a low-risk investment of $15,000 to improve your business, what would you spend it on? At first glance, many of us would consider that a simple question. […]
Host: Northern Beef Development project Written by Mariah Maughan and Steph Coombes, Development Officers, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Most of the stories on Central Station are fairly light hearted, so perhaps the title of this blog may have raised a few eyebrows. “Mortality? Are they writing a blog about death?”, we hear […]
Host: Northern Beef Development project Written by Clare Atkins, Development Officer, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development In my time as a stock inspector, I have seen some incredible things and travelled a few miles! My name is Clare Atkins and up until a few weeks ago, I was one half of the Department […]
Written by Sophie Heffernan, Guest contributor. So you’re probably reading this expecting to hear another romanticised story about a young girls adventure ‘up north’ and in some ways you’re probably right… But please, just hear me out. The lessons and values I acquired living in the Kimberley, working on a remote cattle station, accompanied me […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Georgia Goode, Stationhand, Yarrie Station The thing that concerned me most about relocating to the Pilbara for the 2018 mustering season was the real possibility of making the acquaintance of the slithering reptiles that inhabit it. As it turns out, it was something much smaller I should have been nervous […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Martha Lindstad, Stationhand, Yarrie Station After finishing my time at Yarrie in October 2017, I went to New Zealand for a month to catch up with friends and do a number of horse treks. Through December 2017 and January 2018 I was lucky to work for Harmony Agriculture and Food […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Lydia Inglis – Stationhand/Technical Assistant, Yarrie Station When I finally made the decision to move to Pilbara and work as a station hand, I had mixed responses such as: “That’s amazing, you’ll have so much fun!”, “That’ll be a nice wee break from your career”, and let’s not forget the never-ending “Why?”. […]
