Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Owner, Dampier Downs Station. There are endless ways for cattle to be classified when drafting in the yards. Some of the most common categories are: Breeders – mature cows whose job it is to have a calf hopefully every year. Heifers – young cows being […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Owner, Dampier Downs Station. A lot happened in 2015. Our infrastructure development plan is well and truly underway with the completion of many new paddocks that will allow us to implement better herd management strategies. New bores are pumping and additional pipe-lines have enabled us […]
Host: Abingdon Downs Station Written by Renee Kohler – Station Hand, Abingdon Downs Station. Renee wrote another blog about her recent surgery on her leg. There are significant medical disadvantages of living remotely but our bush doctors and nurses are always wonderful and supportive. Editors note: This blog contains graphic images of a leg wound, which […]
Host: Abingdon Downs Station Written by Iris – former Station Cook, Abingdon Downs Station. I have heard many stations have their fair share of ghost stories. This is ours, as told by Iris, who was our cook and has recently departed Abingdon to continue her travels around Australia. “[… ] Amy Harris and Robert McDowall […] […]
Host: Abingdon Downs Station Written by Trish and Keith Ganzer – Cook/Maintenance Man, Abingdon Downs Station. Keith and Trish Ganzer (Anita’s parents) drive some 6,000kms, usually bi- annually, from Geraldton, WA, to Abingdon Downs to be here when mustering usually starts. They help out where they can and fill in when needed. The typical go-fers! […]
Host: Abingdon Downs Station Written by Anita Ganzer – Station Hand, Abingdon Downs Station. Campbell, myself and our Head Stockman, Squeak, recently attended a course to become certified tick accreditors. The eventual outcome (should we receive our accreditation) is that we will legally be allowed to clear our own cattle of tick at Abingdon to be […]
Host: Abingdon Downs Station Written by Renee Kohler – Station Hand, Abingdon Downs Station. Renee Kohler and her husband, Jason, have been with us or 11 ½ years. Renee has a special skill in remembering every single horse that has been through our yards since she has been here. She remembers who rode what and […]
Host: Liveringa Station Written by Paxton Pullford – Ringer, Liveringa Station. Every year for Central Station I ask at least one of the new station hands to write down their thoughts about life as a ‘ringer’ in the Kimberley. Paxton is 19. He finished Year 12 at Kings College, Sydney last year. He comes from […]
Host: Liveringa Station Written by Woodrow (Glenn Staines) – Head Stockman, Liveringa Station. How do you break in a horse? As the saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat – as is with horse breaking. After all, how do you convince a 500kg animal that out-does you in size and strength, […]
Host: Liveringa Station Written by Desi Turner – Gardener, Liveringa Station. Clive and Desi joined us this year to manage our workshop and gardens. We love their enduring positivity and sense of humour. – Karen, Station Manager. “Let’s live and work on a cattle station,” Clive said as we sat drinking a coldie after a […]
Host: Liveringa Station Written by Peter (Jed) O’Brien – Station Manager, Liveringa Station. Peter (Jed) O’Brien. A couple of years ago I had a coffee with a friend and beef industry leader in the south east. He made a jovial comment about cattle management in northern Australia, suggesting that northern cattle producers have adopted a […]
Host: Liveringa Station Written by Tom Robertson – Ringer, Liveringa Station. I had said my goodbyes and just as I climbed into my ute to point the steering wheel north, a wise man left me with a few parting words: “Go, have the time of your life, but make sure you come back.” After pondering […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Mariah Maughan – Station Hand, Kalyeeda Station. I can barely feel my hands as I contemplate whether I should choose a convincing C in the multi-choice or go for the trusty E: all the above. It usually turns out that the answer was in fact C, and E: all the […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Hugo Rikard-Bell – Station Hand, Kalyeeda Station. When Barbara Camp initially aired the idea for the 2016 Kalyeeda Station stock crew to write some entries for the Central Station Blog I put my hand up straight away. What a perfect opportunity to share with the world our experiences working on […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Alex Wilkinson – Station Hand, Kalyeeda Station. Since I arrived a little over a month ago, we’ve been very busy having completed the first round of mustering, vaccinating, de-horning, and said Bon Voyage to around 1500 sale cattle, who caused quite a stir with the price they commanded through the first […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by James Camp – Manager, Kalyeeda Station. Hi, my name is James Camp. I’m a 4th generation stockman born and bred in the Kimberleys in the North West of Australia. When I was a kid, instead of fairytales, I was brought up hearing stories of my family throwing scrub bulls, fording […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Owner, Kalyeeda Station. Horse riding is very skilled and can be dangerous, but most people who come to work on a station want to have a go. From the experienced head-stockman with 40 years of colt-starting under his belt to the nervous cook who has never left […]
Host: Aneka Collison & Hugh James Written by Hugh James – Ranger, GoGo Station. I returned to GoGo to do some more research on goannas over the wet of 14/15, and caught up with the Gooniyandi Rangers to talk about goannas and gain some insight on traditional hunting and harvest. The coordinator at the time […]
Host: Aneka Collison & Hugh James Written by Hugh James – Ranger, GoGo Station. I ended my honours field work with the Fitzroy Crossing Rodeo! My first rodeo. Somehow the ringers on GoGo talked me into putting my name down for the novice bull ride. Given my extensive cattle experience (I believe I had petted […]
Host: Aneka Collison & Hugh James Written by Hugh James – Ranger, GoGo Station. To an East coast boy the Kimberley has such an association with all things wild and untamed, from the long and isolated roads to the rough and rugged gorges hiding adventure and discovery. It was my fourth year at the University […]
