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 […]
Host: Anthony Lagoon Station Written by Georgia Clark – AACo Graduate Program 2016. As a rookie from NSW straight out of University, learning I was heading up to Anthony Lagoon Station in the NT sounded like an epic adventure and an amazing way to start my new role as a graduate with AACo. Little did […]
Host: Myroodah Station Written by Pam Daniell – Manager, Myroodah Station. There’s been a well-worn track forged between Myroodah Station and the local community of Looma’s Health Clinic over the years. Many of our staff have visited the clinic for varying forms of treatment at one stage or another. It is a professional team of nurses […]
Host: Myroodah Station Written by Pam Daniell – Manager, Myroodah Station. “Don’t judge my path, if you haven’t walked my journey”. At Myroodah Station there is a staff notice board which includes an ever-changing “quote of the week”. The above citation has been previously displayed there. When my husband and I took on a management role […]
Host: Myroodah Station. Written by Emily Bridgeman – Governess, Myroodah Station. When I first found out I’d been accepted the position as a governess on Myroodah I was immediately excited and so curious about what the future had in store for me. From the first email to the last phone call before arriving at the station Pam […]
Host: Myroodah Station Written by Brenda Gibbs – Station Cook and Pam Daniell – Manager, Myroodah Station. Albert Watson. Albert Watson, better known as Redman, has had a long association with Myroodah Station. His grandparents lived on Myroodah where his grandfather was employed as a Ringer. His mother was born here, as was his uncle. During […]
Host: Myroodah Station Written by Brenda Gibbs – Station Cook, Myroodah Station. When I was asked to write a story about my job as Myroodah station cook, I thought the readers of this blog had undoubtedly heard it all before. Station cooks are first in the kitchen and the last to leave. They are busy […]
Host: Myroodah Station Written by Pam Daniell – Manager, Myroodah Station. Backyard Sunrise. As dawn breaks on Saturday morning, I reflect on what has been another hectic week here on Myroodah Station in the west Kimberley. It’s June and it’s our busiest month of the year. The cattle mustering program is in full swing with […]
Host: Miss Chardy Today we are going on a little trip to the ultra sound clinic. Don’t worry – I’m not pregnant again or anything like that, so calm down. No, today we are talking cattle – I know . . . one of my favourite topics . . . right?! When I was pregnant […]
Host: Miss Chardy On the 7th of May the women of the Barkly Tableland came out of nooks and unexplored crannies of the Australian outback to gather at the Barkly Homestead Roadhouse for the much anticipated bi-annual Barkly Women’s Day. As usual they drove for hours and hours . . . and sometimes hours, hours, […]
Host: Miss Chardy Now, I know you will find this hard to believe but there are actually quite a few ways that you can bring on the rain**. Today I am just going to talk you through a few. You see today is the day Georgie – our Headstockman – arrives back from holidays. This […]
Host: Miss Chardy There are so many different jobs on a cattle station. Headstockman is just one of them. The Headstockman is the person who runs the stock camp. Meet our Headstockman, her name is Georgie, you may have met her several times on the blog but here she is again, in case you missed […]
Host: Miss Chardy I am not your typical outback chick. I often think about all of my fabulous friends up here and have no idea how they do it all. They can ride horses like it is nobodies business, they are so damned competent and could probably turn their hands to almost anything. I swear […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Breanna Dorrington – ‘The Kid’, Yarrie Station. You may remember a story of the “Kid” from a few 2013? Well she’s back and growing up awfully fast, which for some is scary – but for Yarrie we are very happy about as every school holidays she arrives the more helpful […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Sheryl Dorrington – Assistant Manager of Yarrie Station. Sheryl has a long history with Yarrie, first coming to work for Annabelle’s parents when she was about 18 years old. Since that time she has been away, raised her daughter Brea and worked on other farming properties across the state. She […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Andrea Craigie – Station Hand/Record Keeper, Yarrie Station. Andrea has returned to Yarrie Station again this year and works as a Stationhand/Record Keeper. A lot of her role includes collecting, collating and summarising station records as well as yard work and handling weaners. I’d have to say that a pretty common […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Ebony Hill – Station Hand and Sally Jolly – Guest, Yarrie Station. Today’s entry is two blogs in one! They are written by Ebony Hill and Sally Jolly Growing up on small acreage and having to do high school in a regional city was not for me, my dream was […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Colin and Corrina Lewis – Managers, Tamangunyah Farm. Yarrie also runs in conjunction with a farming property 1400km south in the state’s mid-west. This region has an opposite growing season to the north, with most rain falling from May to September, meaning in a perfect season our operation has access […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Annabelle Coppin – Owner, Yarrie Station. What a huge 12 months for Yarrie and the new Outback Beef business! It’s been my first year running solo as our family succession plans have kicked into fruition. The first bonus is that I’m still here and plan to be for the rest […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward – Pastoral Production Officer, Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, Katherine Research Station. If there was a cow in your herd that was consuming resources, but not giving you anything back, you’d get rid of her wouldn’t you? Especially, if she came through the yards, year in, […]
