Host: NKL Contracting Written by Kayde Jayne Lehman – Owner, NKL Contracting. Mustering the river on Legune Station in N.T always pulled out a few cleanskins. This particular muster was about a 12km walk back to the panel yards we had set up the day before where they would be drafted, processed and steadied out. After […]
Host: NKL Contracting Written by Kayde Jayne Lehman – Owner, NKL Contracting. Jake Lowe took the opportunity to jump on his breaker ‘Kanye’ while letting out some quiet weaners on Flora Valley Station in W.A. George Hurst and his right hand woman Fiona Plunkett unloading horses ready to go on Delamere Station in N.T. George was […]
Host: NKL Contracting Written by Kayde Jayne Lehman – Owner, NKL Contracting. First stop post contracting was Naryilco station – an S. Kidman property tucked away in the most south western point of Queensland affectionately known as the ‘Channel Country’. Like nothing we had ever seen before we endured dust storms, ate more flies than I […]
Host: NKL Contracting Written by Kayde Jayne Lehman – Owner, NKL Contracting. Hello readers, Well let me tell you May 2017 rolled around faster then expected and my decision in 2016 to host Central Station for a week to be honest has been pushed aside to make room for changing nappies, moving out of a […]
Host: Rangeland Natural Resource Management Mel, Kane, and Chris from Rangelands NRM attended the Kimberley Pilbara Cattlemen’s Association (KPCA) Ruralco Annual Field Day and Innovation Conference in Onslow, WA from 24-25 March 2017. The conference gathered around 170 pastoralists, industry influences, and trade companies for a two-day event that included a field day and tour of […]
Host: Rangeland Natural Resource Management Written by Chris Curnow – Program Manager (Desert & Pilbara), Rangelands NRM. Related to the ongoing discussions on the Pilbara/Desert boundary is the story of what another pastoralist is doing nearby at Yarrie station. Annabelle Coppin, like many pastoralists, believes that too much of her country on Yarrie has burnt for too many […]
Host: Rangeland Natural Resource Management Written by Chris Curnow – Program Manager (Desert and Pilbara), Rangelands NRM. There’s some movement on the boundary of the pastoral and desert country in the East Pilbara. Martu Rangers are preparing for burning, now with the added element of urgency given the recent rains bringing new growth right across […]
Host: Rangeland Natural Resource Management Written by Mary-Anne Clunies-Ross – Regional Landcare Facilitator, Rangelands NRM. My journey into the big wide world of the outback started a few years ago working as an enviro during the mining boom. After a few years, I landed a job in Karratha with Rangelands NRM as my project partner. Together, […]
Host: Dr Jillian Kelly Many people wonder what I do each day, or why I need a beer at the end of each one! Here’s a typical day in the life of me! 6:30am: Leave home, headed to a farm that is in quarantine for footrot in sheep. Breakfast in the car! Plenty of time in […]
Host: Dr Jillian Kelly Back in my uni days, we were told repeatedly “when you hear the sound of hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras”. Meaning that in veterinary science, common things happen commonly, so look for the obvious answer. Except for some days . . . A few years ago, I received a call from […]
Host: Dr Jillian Kelly A few months ago, we held the Coonamble Challenge and Campdraft, of which I’m secretary. That’s the thing about living and working in a rural area – everyone has to pitch in to help to get community events happening and you often find yourself on multiple committees! We’re a small committee […]
Host: Dr Jillian Kelly I’m a vet. A female large animal vet. An awesome vet – not because I can do things more awesomely than other vets, just because all female vets are awesome! Whenever I meet new people and am making the get-to-know-you small talk and I answer the question “what do you do for […]
Host: Northern Beef Futures Written by Sam Nevill – Market Analyst, Northern Beef Futures Project. Sam Nevill. My name is Sam Nevill and I’m a Market Analyst for the Department of Agriculture and Food’s Northern Beef Futures (NBF) project. My role is similar to Roger’s (see his blog from earlier this week) except Roger is focused […]
Host: Northern Beef Futures Written by Roger Verbrugge – Market Analyst, Northern Beef Futures Project. Department of Agriculture and Food market analyst Roger Verbrugge. My name is Roger Verbrugge and I work for the Department of Agriculture and Food as a Market Analyst for the Northern Beef Futures project. I previously worked as a corporate accountant […]
Host: Northern Beef Futures Written by Kevin Bell – Veterinarian, Northern Beef Futures Project. Kevin Bell at home in the cattle yards. My name is Kevin Bell. I’m a qualified veterinarian and I work for the Department of Agriculture and Food’s Northern Beef Futures (NBF) […]
Host: Northern Beef Futures Written by Geoff Moore – Pasture Agronomist, Northern Beef Futures Project. DAFWA’s Geoff Moore and Carol Harris from NSW DPI with a new panic grass variety (Megamax 059) at Kilto Station. Hi, I am Geoff Moore, part of the Mosaic Agriculture team with the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia’s Northern […]
Host: Northern Beef Futures Written by Trevor Price – Productivity and Profitability Manager, Department of Agriculture and Food’s Northern Beef Futures Project Trevor Price. Hi, I’m Trevor Price and I am the Productivity and Profitability Manager for the Department of Agriculture and Food’s Northern Beef Futures project which supports the State’s northern beef industry to grow and develop. […]
Host: Montejinni Station Written by Amanda Brown – Managers Assistant, Montejinni Station. How does a person become the leader of a camp of ringers? What skills are required to climb the ladder and have a successful career? What steps does one need to take to achieve the goal of becoming a head stock person? These are […]
Host: Montejinni Station Written by Amanda Brown – Managers Assistant, Montejinni Station. OK so what about everyone else? We often talk about the ringers, the head stock persons, the managers – but what about the rest, the people who are so essential to making a cattle station run successfully? Do you know who I am talking […]
Host: Montejinni Station Written by Amanda Brown – Managers Assistant, Montejinni Station. I don’t think too many people would have given a girl like me a start eight years ago, and I find it hard to express how thankful I am that someone did. I’ll give you a bit of an idea. I hail from […]
