Host: Isolated Children’s Parent’s Association Written by: Jessica Dodwell Save the date for the 2017 Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Federal Conference to be held in Alice Springs, August 2-3. Hosted by the Alice Springs Branch, this promises to be a great conference in true Territory style. Find all information at this link: http://icpa.com.au/events/view/79/2017-federal-icpa-conference I am a […]
Host: Isolated Children Parent’s Association Written by: Tallaya Wood Save the date for the 2017 Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Federal Conference to be held in Alice Springs, August 2-3. Hosted by the Alice Springs Branch, this promises to be a great conference in true Territory style. Find all information at this link: http://icpa.com.au/events/view/79/2017-federal-icpa-conference When I first […]
Host: Dr Campbell Costello This is the final instalment in a 5 part series written about Dr. Campbell Costello’s time managing and developing a cattle station in Kazakhstan. I returned to Kazakhstan and spent my Twenty-ninth birthday in the Alps vaccinating cattle, and fractured my arm. On the plus side I got to spend the weekend in […]
Host: Dr Campbell Costello This is part 4 in a 5 part series written about Dr. Campbell Costello’s time managing and developing a cattle station in Kazakhstan. We rescued the Land Cruiser a second time only five minutes later (my boss whilst having fun again reversed too quickly back into the gully and got jacked up) […]
Host: Dr Campbell Costello This is part 3 in a 5 part series written about Dr. Campbell Costello’s time managing and developing a cattle station in Kazakhstan. Running a cattle station in Kazakhstan changes your definition of “normal” and weird stuff occurs hourly and it all just becomes white noise. This became apparent as I sat […]
Host: Dr Campbell Costello This is part 2 in a 5 part series written about Dr. Campbell Costello’s time managing and developing a cattle station in Kazakhstan. In my career I had had very little experience with snow – it’s something that most Australians do not come across. I arrived back into Kazakhstan in late April […]
Host: Dr Campbell Costello This is part 1 in a 5 part series written about Dr. Campbell Costello’s time managing and developing a cattle station in Kazakhstan. I can hear the waves and spray hitting the side of the boat. It’s a balmy day in the Indian Ocean and I’m escorting some Dairy cows to […]
Host: NKL Contracting Written by Kayde Jayne Lehman – Owner, NKL Contracting. Stepping out of your swag beside a camp fire and breathing in the sweet smell of silence before sipping on a hot coffee and saddling up to spend the day on your horse doing what you love. Rewind – that was about four years […]
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 […]
