Host: Aneka Collison & Hugh James Written by Aneka Collison – Speech Pathologist, Gogo Station. Live in Fitzroy Crossing If you had told me ten years ago, or even three years ago that I would end up living in Fitzroy Crossing, I firstly would have asked you ‘where is that?!’ and secondly, laughed. I had […]
Host: Aneka Collison & Hugh James Written by Aneka Collison – Speech Pathologist, Gogo Station. I am a speech pathologist, and I live on a cattle station in Fitzroy Crossing, WA. The two do not quite go hand in hand, but making it work is all the fun. I would love to say that I […]
Host: Kimberley School of the Air Written by Cathie Bonner – Teacher, Kimberley School of the Air. I’ll always remember the day that I headed off to start my new teaching position in the North West of WA, it was Australia Day 2015. As I boarded that unappealing 5.55am flight from Perth to Derby, I […]
Host: Kimberley School of the Air Written by Amanda Ogg – Year One and Two Teacher, Kimberley School of the Air. Throughout this website are stories of those living and working on cattle stations and in other remote areas, detailing how they’ve come from across Australia or from around the world to be in the […]
Host: Kimberley School of the Air Written by Paul Noble – Principal, Kimberley School of the Air. The Kimberley School of the Air has been associated with the Kimberley Pastoral Industry for over 50 years. Therefore it is really fitting, in my opinion, that it should take a turn as a host on Central Station. […]
Host: Miss Hollywood I’m hosting as a ghost writer this week . . . coming from the sparkling lights of Hollywood to the remote West Australian outback after twenty years in the film biz, the last six living and working in LA. A far cry from phone reception, fast cars, five star restaurants, valet parking […]
Host: Miss Hollywood I’m hosting as a ghost writer this week . . . coming from the sparkling lights of Hollywood to the remote West Australian outback after twenty years in the film biz, the last six living and working in LA. A far cry from phone reception, fast cars, five star restaurants, valet parking […]
Host: Miss Hollywood I’m hosting as a ghost writer this week . . . coming from the sparkling lights of Hollywood to the remote West Australian outback after twenty years in the film biz, the last six living and working in LA. A far cry from phone reception, fast cars, five star restaurants, valet parking […]
Host: Miss Hollywood I’m hosting as a ghost writer this week . . . coming from the sparkling lights of Hollywood to the remote West Australian outback after twenty years in the film biz, the last six living and working in LA. A far cry from phone reception, fast cars, five star restaurants, valet parking […]
Host: Miss Hollywood I’m hosting as a ghost writer this week . . . coming from the sparkling lights of Hollywood to the remote West Australian outback after twenty years in the film biz, the last six living and working in LA. A far cry from phone reception, fast cars, five star restaurants, valet parking […]
Host: Southampton Written by Kylie Savidge – Owner, Southampton Station. Our rainfall over the 12 months since I last wrote has been rather incredible. We had excellent falls in the middle of summer, with December totalling 107.5 mm (430pts) and January’s total 136.75 mm (547pts). We had good heavy falls which ran water and helped […]
Host: Southampton Written by Kylie Savidge – Owner, Southampton Station. Easter brought around our annual bang tail muster and much planning was afoot. All our cattle were home from their various places of agistment and numbers needed to be tallied, calves marked, and weaners weaned. There were steers to be sold and heifers to select […]
Host: Southampton Written by Kylie Savidge – Owner, Southampton Station. As I said earlier, Paige joined us in December to get her Aussie legs under her before heading off for her adventures in Australia. She settled in to our family like she had always been a part of it; being very much a country girl […]
Host: Southampton Written by Kylie Savidge – Owner, Southampton Station. As you all know from my previous blogs, my eldest son, Jack, has been away at boarding school the last four years. This year it was Ben’s turn to go to boarding school. I have always worried about how my children will fare without me […]
Host: Southampton Written by Kylie Savidge – Owner, Southampton Station. Let me say that I never wish to go through this experience again and nor, do I think, my family want that to happen again either. It was my turn to get an emergency flight out on the CareFlight air ambulance. Very similar to the […]
Host: Southampton Written by Kylie Savidge – Owner, Southampton Station. Greetings to you from the Southampton crew, I hope this last year has treated you all well and you are happy and living the life you love. So much has happened since I last wrote and I will attempt to fill you in on some […]
The following is an excerpt from the book McAllister, written by Jenny Old. I allowed myself a few moments of contemplation. I had planted and ‘mowed’ my first patch of lawn with shears, now I looked out on a vast, lush, green lawn surrounding the homestead. I strolled under my first poincianna tree and subsequent […]
The following is an excerpt from the book McAllister, written by Jenny Old. Sleep did not come easily that night. I was exhausted, the baby was very active and I ached all over. I lay awake feeling a million emotions, I was so far from my home, my family, and now I was going to […]
The following is an excerpt from the book McAllister, written by Jenny Old. I was getting married. I wrote long letters with my exciting news and counted the minutes until mail day brought replies. I had corresponded with both families and my friends weekly. Their letters were my lifeline. It is these letters which both […]
The following is an excerpt from the book McAllister, written by Jenny Old. I woke very early to the familiar sound of galahs and magpies. I rolled over and peered through the gauze wall of the shed. I was entranced by an incredible vista of rolling brown plains with waving grass. The soft pink of […]
