Host: Horsemanship Linked Learning Written by Shorna Ross During the years I worked at Ashburton we ‘Coacher Mustered’ and this is what I would like to talk about today. There was very little fencing on the place, only a few small paddocks to stockpile sale cattle in between export boats. Therefore the majority of the […]
Host: Horsemanship Linked Learning Written by Shorna Ross When I first rocked up at Ashburton, I had a lot more practical skills and a grasp of what working on a station would be like thanks to growing up on a farm, than some of the McLeod’s Daughter’s fanatics I have seen since. However, I still had […]
Host: Horsemanship Linked Learning Written by Shorna Ross I’ve read with interest the blogs written by hosts of Central Station over the years and am inspired to share a glimpse of my adventures related to the Pastoral Industry with readers. At this moment, I am actually in a vehicle driving across the Nullarbor, headed for […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Fleur McDonald 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’m sure I’m not […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Margo Sullivan, Cave Creek Station. Photo credit: Donal Sullivan 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 […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parent’s Assocation Written by Annabel Tully, Bunginderry Station. 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 Some […]
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 […]
