Host: Warrawagine Cattle Co. Written by Robin Mills – Owner, Warrawagine Cattle Co. Every year that I blog for Central Station marks the milestone that more progress has been made at the Wallal Downs pivots. It’s not until this moment that you realise how much can change in one year. So here we go again […]
Host: Warrawagine Cattle Co. Written Robin Mills – Owner, Warrawagine Cattle Co. Living in north west WA, most people are accustomed to a cyclone or two every wet season, with some doing more damage than others. It has been almost seven years since Severe Tropical Cyclone Laurence. Laurence crossed the coast as a category 5 […]
Host: Lake Nash Station Written by Lilly Marks – Station Hand, Argadargada Station. My name is Lilly Marks, I originally come from central Queensland but work in the Northern Territory on Lake Nash Station which is situated on the Barkly Tablelands. Our beloved plant horses after a long day’s work. I began my season at Argadargada […]
Host: Lake Nash Station Written by Indiana Latcham – Headstockman, Lake Nash Station. My name is Indiana Latcham and I am the head stockman of the weaner camp here at Lake Nash Station. Before weaner camp can spring into action, our stock camp need to do their thing – stock camp usually spends weeks at […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Owner & Chief Pilot, Fortescue Helicopters. The need for an Aerial Mustering Association or representative body was recently identified through a sector risk analysis by CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority). On consultation with several industry leading operators CASA identified this as the number one need of our […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Lisa Jeffrey – Office & Hangar Manager, Fortescue Helicopters. Welcome to the third post of the year for Fortescue Helicopters. Today it’s starring me, Lisa. This is my first blog post, so I may be a little rusty. I work at Fortescue Helicopters alongside my partner Weldon. My job title […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Owner & Chief Pilot, Fortescue Helicopters. Juna Downs is the newly added operational base of Fortescue Helicopters. Juna Downs is a currently de-stocked WA Pastoral lease owned by Rio Tinto. It would have to be one of the most picturesque properties in the Pilbara, surrounded by the […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Owner & Chief Pilot, Fortescue Helicopters. G’day and welcome back to Fortescue Helicopters week for hosting Central Station. 2016 has been a challenging and rewarding year for us and our team and we will share more with you throughout our posts this week. The Pilbara and north west […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by David Stoate – Owner, Anna Plains Station. The ten years since we moved from the city life to outback life have been tumultuous from a personal point of view but also from an industry point of view, with more ups and downs than the Grand Old Duke of York. […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Jackson Scott – Station Hand, Anna Plains Station. G’day my name is Jackson Scott, and this year I’ve been working on Anna Plains Station. I’m an 18 year old from the other side of Australia – Dubbo. I was born and raised in Dubbo growing up on a vineyard […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by the Cook, Anna Plains Station. `“Have you always been a cook?” That is the question that inevitably leads me to tell the story of how my husband, Scotty, and I came to be at Anna Plains Station. Quite simply the answer is no. So how did we end up […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Campion – Owner, Anna Plains Station. It has been nearly 11 years since we left our city life to take up residence on a cattle station south of Broome to assist my husband’s father in running the business. We arrived on the 26th of January 2006, a significant […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Farrcombe – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. Occasionally, a station social function will call us in, any excuse is a good excuse. A month or so ago Lyle and Helen Kent pulled into Newcastle Waters Station on their annual visit (Lyle and Helen provide a travelling saddlery shop with everything one […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Farrcombe – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. As far as life in general goes, Potter and I are consistently planning on how to improve from here. Last year we joined the elite club of ‘cattle owners’ and purchased our first 60 head of cows. We found as soon as we took […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Farrcombe – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. Our team consists of eight people including Potter and myself. When recruiting we attempt to employ people with a variety of experience from first years to the more experienced. Please meet our crew this year. Some have returned from last year, while others are […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Farrcombe – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. I apologise in advance for all the stories of our furry family members. We own 27 horses and 16 dogs and each and every day they give us laughter, tears and great pleasure. We simply cannot imagine life without our furry friends. Earlier this […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Farrcombe – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. This is our 3rd year hosting a blog on Central Station. It’s been amazing to watch this website develop and grow and be a part of it. I do find this task challenging every year in an attempt to entertain readers and write something […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Owner, Dampier Downs Station. I breed cattle for slaughter. It’s the business I’m in and it’s what pays the bills. To me, this is not extraordinary I was raised on the land and from a very young age understood that my choice to eat meat […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Owner, Dampier Downs Station. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” While this quote is most commonly attributed to Charles Darwin, it was actually coined by […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Owner, Dampier Downs Station. Women are the back-bone of the cattle industry. Admittedly, it is still a very male dominated world with the vast majority of managers and head stockmen being men. However, alongside every successful cattleman you will find a busy, hard-working woman whose […]
