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 […]
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 […]
