Host: Yarrie Station Written by Martha Lindstad – Stationhand, Yarrie Station. For the second time The Kimberley Pilbara Cattlemen’s Association and Yarrie Station had the privilege to host Pilbara Livestock Handling Cup here at Yarrie. It’s a competition that my boss Annabelle and her friend and livestock handling consultant, Boyd Holden, started last year. It […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Ebony Hill – Stationhand, Yarrie Station Once again I’m lucky enough to call Yarrie my home, for the second year in a row. 2017 has been a great year for me at Yarrie, I have learnt lots and many laughs have been shared. 2017 started off for me down at […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Martha Lindstad – Station Hand, Yarrie Station. So here I am, just about to finish the 2017 mustering season at Yarrie. It’s been a ball, no doubt about that. From the very first day I came up here, I knew I’d come to the right place, working for people who […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Martha Lindstad – Station Hand, Yarrie Station. Five years ago I was working as a journalist at a harness racing magazine in Norway. Some of the most common questions in my interviews were always “Where do you see yourself in five years?” or “What sort of plans do you have […]
Host: Kadiaitcha Pastoral Company Written by James Christian – Owner, Kadiatcha Pastoral Company. It’s a difficult thing explaining to people what it is that attracts me to the bush, and why I’ve been out here for the last couple of years. As identified in earlier articles for Central Station written by both me and others, […]
Host: Kadiaitcha Pastoral Company Written by James Christian – Owner, Kadiatcha Pastoral Company. We’ve had a busy time at Napperby recently. So busy, in fact, that we ran out of meat in the cool room. Usually we would have another beast hanging as the shelves get bare, when only mince or the suspicious off-cuts plainly […]
Host: Kadiaitcha Pastoral Company Written by James Christian – Owner, Kadiatcha Pastoral Company. I moved back to the Territory in 2012 to work for Precision Pastoral, a company now partnered with Tru-Test, that makes remote livestock walk-over weighing systems (Remote WOW), which are solar-powered, NLIS tag-recognising, bathroom scales for cattle, to which draft gates or […]
Host: Kadiaitcha Pastoral Company Written by Sam Chisholm – Owner, Kadaitcha Pastoral Company. With a fresh breeze, bag and swag on the passenger seat, and the dust fading into the distance by the Avgas drums. The life of a mustering pilot in its prime, never in one spot for too long, hungry for long days, […]
Host: Kadiaitcha Pastoral Company Written by Sam Chisholm – Owner, Kadiaitcha Pastoral Company. One day an old man was walking through the bush when he came across a frustrated jackaroo. The Jackaroo was trying to cut down a Mulga tree, to build a yard, and was swearing and cursing as he laboured in vain. “What’s […]
Host: BK Trick Riding Written by Becky Klingenberg – Owner, BK Trick Riding. It was last year I was talking with my sister Joni Rose who said “Bec you only get 100 years, if you’re lucky. So what are you going to do with yours?” This has been the strongest influencing question I have ever […]
Host: BK Trick Riding Written by Becky Klingenberg – Owner, BK Trick Riding. BK Trick Riding rookie team 2017 wearing their R.P.M show shirts. When I started ‘BK Trick Riding – Run with Wild Horses’, it was so I had a name to put to committees. Then all the sudden there was this interest around […]
Host: BK Trick Riding Written by Becky Klingenberg – Owner, BK Trick Riding. Meet the star of the show – Rose Gold This here is my mighty mare Rose Gold. She is seven years old, born and bred at Heytesbury Cattle Company. Her sire is Lawson’s Vision owned by Bill Doyle at Dixie Station. Her […]
Host: BK Trick Riding Written by Becky Klingenberg – Owner, BK Trick Riding. Harry Lawton and I heading out to go mustering. This was actually take on the filming of ‘Cows for Cambodia’. “Champions are made when nobody is watching” – Michael Jordan. For the seven years I have been on cattle stations, the thing […]
Host: BK Trick Riding Written by Becky Klingenberg – Owner, BK Trick Riding. My name is Becky Klingenberg, I’m a station hand at Kidman Springs Research Farm. I have chosen to share my story of hope to inspire anyone who lives remote or similarly to me once believed they were dealt a hand of disadvantages, […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Station Manager, Dampier Downs. Working with animals is arguably the best aspect of cattle station life. Whether it is dogs, horses, poddy calves, or cattle, animals add colour and character to our lives. However, as with all things worth-while, working with animals can also be […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Station Manager, Dampier Downs. Communication is key on a cattle station. In this job, things can – and do – change in an instant. It is easy to forget that everyday terms for us are a baffling journey into the unintelligible for those not used […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Lisa Sentfleben – Backpacker/Stationhand, Dampier Downs. Lisa worked for us last season – one of our many successful backpackers. Below is her experience in her own words. We – the boss, his sister, an English farmgirl, and me – work ten to twelve days in a row, then drive […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Lisa Sentfleben – Backpacker/Stationhand, Dampier Downs. Lisa worked for us last season – one of our many successful backpackers. Below is her experience in her own words. Red dust. Shimmering heat. Endless dry landscape. Silence. A chirping noise every now and then. Underneath the rabbit skin cowboy hat my […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Station Manager, Dampier Downs. Working on a cattle station is a complex job that requires a diverse skill-set. Working cattle, building and maintaining fences, operating machinery, servicing equipment, and keeping water flowing are all essential tasks that must be performed on a regular basis. In […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Campion – Station Owner/Manager, Anna Plains Station. Mardie, 61 year old gentleman celebrating his 3rd birthday on the Plains. The humming of the Royal Flying Doctor Services (RFDS) jet engine approaching was a comforting sound after a long night of uncertainty. Touchdown on our all weather gravel […]
