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 […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward – Pastoral Production Extension Officer, Katherine Research Station. Yesterday’s blog was about the awesome work the CashCow Project did and the results that have the ability to really help the northern beef industry to progress. Well, today I’d like to tell you about an event that has […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward – Pastoral Production Extension Officer, Katherine Research Station. First of all, I have to say, I cannot take any credit for the work I’m about to describe to you as I personally had very little to do with it – however other members of the team I […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward, Pastoral Production Extension Officer Not wanting to put words in your mouth or anything, but I have a sneaking suspicion that some of you may be wondering what it is we get up to when we’re not running field days, workshops, or are seen out collecting data […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward, Pastoral Production Extension Officer DPIR offers a number of training opportunities for station staff with a wide range of previous experiences, for everyone from first year jillaroos and jackaroos right through to managers and station owners wanting to improve specific skill sets. One of our favourite activities […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward, Pastoral Production Extension Officer When the time came around again for the Pastoral Production Team of Katherine Research Station to host Central Station, I looked back at our previous blogs and became overwhelmed by how much the team had changed since we first contributed to Central Station […]
Written by Toni Tapp Coutts The following is an extract from My Outback Life, the sequel to the bestselling A Sunburnt Childhood, this new book captures Toni’s time living the Gulf country of the NT, running a cattle station with her husband, raising her children amongst snakes, centipedes and saltwater crocs, riding in rodeos and […]
