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 […]
The following is an excerpt from the book McAllister, written by Jenny Old. We drove . . . and we drove . . . and we drove. Darkness enveloped us. I had an eerie sense we were the only people on the planet. The light from the headlights bobbing in front only showed a thin […]
Host: Charles Darwin University, Katherine Rural Campus Written by Alison Haines – VET Lecturer, Charles Darwin University Agriculture and Rural Operations. The Agriculture and Rural Operations team are a great group to work with and are dedicated to providing the best service we can to our clients. Bob Piper, Chris Pech, Lee Hunt, and Murray Lauritsen […]
Host: Charles Darwin University, Katherine Rural Campus Written by Alison Haines – VET Lecturer, Charles Darwin University Agriculture and Rural Operations. Doug Jenkins works for Charles Darwin University’s School of Primary Industries as a VET Lecturer/Workplace Assessor. Doug spent five years at the Katherine Rural Campus, mainly teaching beef cattle production subjects to Certificate III Agriculture […]
Host: Charles Darwin University, Katherine Rural Campus Written by Kerrie Cokley – VET Lecturer, Charles Darwin University Agriculture and Rural Operations. Certificate II Agriculture residential students, VETis Students and RIST students practicing showing cattle in the lead up to Katherine and Darwin shows. With our local Ag shows just around the corner the Charles Darwin University’s […]
Host: Charles Darwin University, Katherine Rural Campus Written by Fiona Plunkett – VET Lecturer, Charles Darwin University Agriculture and Rural Operations. VET Lecturers/Workplace Assessors Fiona Plunkett and Lisa Devlin from Charles Darwin University’s Katherine Rural Campus have been out and about doing station visits. This is their story of a typical day whilst conducting workplace assessment […]
Host: Charles Darwin University, Katherine Rural Campus Written by Alison Haines and Fiona Plunkett – VET Lecturers, Charles Darwin University Agriculture and Rural Operations. Alison Haines and Fiona Plunkett work for Charles Darwin University’s Agriculture and Rural Operations team as VET Lecturers / Workplace Assessors (Horse/Cattle Production). Along with the rest of the Agriculture and Rural […]
Host: Dr. Ross Ainsworth After more than 40 years of terrible prices, it is a delightful change to finally see producers getting a much fairer share of the value of their commodity. For four decades, the attractive margins have always been further down the supply chain with everyone else down the line relying on the […]
Host: Dr. Ross Ainsworth Fair Trade is a global movement which promotes fairness in trading supply chains and is primarily focused on producers of commodities in areas where there has been a long history of poor producers and workers being ripped off by unscrupulous middle men and big corporations. Coffee and cocoa production in third […]
Host: Dr. Ross Ainsworth Every cattle producer in Australia is no doubt delighted with the sudden rise in prices that began in mid 2014 then really took off through 2015 culminating in $3.90/kg live being paid for feeders in Darwin during the 15/16 wet season. I started predicting $3/kg live for feeders back in about […]
Host: Anthony Lagoon Station Written by Georgia Clark – AACo Graduate Program 2016. The tales of old run rampant in stockcamps around the country, with each one stretching further from the truth the more it’s told. From the good old days of rough mustering and bronc branding, to endless nights spent watching cattle as they […]
Host: Anthony Lagoon Station Written by Georgia Clark – AACo Graduate Program 2016. Coming from a small place property in NSW, branding is something I had never experienced and I definitely underestimated the scale and numbers they can work with on a cattle station. Branding has been one of my favourite activities whilst living and learning […]
Host: Anthony Lagoon Station Written by Georgia Clark – AACo Graduate Program 2016. I was lucky enough to accompany our Bore Runner – Parrot – on his “southern run”. What a terrific way to see and learn so much about the property! The Bore Runner always knows what’s happening around the grounds, how his bores […]
Host: Anthony Lagoon Station Written by Georgia Clark – AACo Graduate Program 2016. I have spent the last few days mustering, drafting, trucking, and walking away young heifers. After mustering and drafting older cattle earlier in the year, working with these girls has been a dream! They are so calm, quiet, and walked on a […]
