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 […]
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 […]
