Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. As we have stated in previous blogs, we are very much into what is generically called “Low Stress Stock-handling” or “Low Stress Stockmanship”. Whatever you want to call it, the biggest mistake people make is believing that it is actually low stress […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Kurt Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. Today is Kurt’s turn to write again. One of our blogs in 2014 was about our own self-arranged visit to Sumatra where we were absolutely privileged to be able to see first-hand what happens to Australian livestock when it arrives in Indonesia. We […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. WOW! It is already 2016, and we whilst we didn’t get our blogs to you in 2015, I cannot believe how quickly time flies by. Despite the fact that we didn’t host a week on Central Station in 2015, it certainly was […]
Host: Eva Downs Station Written by Kathy Gabriel – Bore Runner, Eva Downs Station. I guess when I think back on last year, a few of the big highlights are things learnt. I really value learning, and lets face it, it’s a massive part of our lives! When you venture north or partake in any […]
Host: Eva Downs Station Written by Kathy Gabriel – Bore Runner, Eva Downs Station. Eva cattle in a Holding paddock down on Tarrabool. Cattle – well, they are the reason we are here, aren’t they? Eva Downs runs a mixture of cattle from Brahmans to AACo’s own composite bred cattle. To go into it a […]
Host: Eva Downs Station Written by Kathy Gabriel – Bore Runner, Eva Downs Station. So why Eva? What makes Eva special to us? Well like any station I seem to go to, I get attached to the place for many of different reasons: horses, land, people. Everything seems to factor in to make a station […]
Host: Eva Downs Station Written by Kathy Gabriel – Bore Runner, Eva Downs Station. Hello and welcome. This is Eva’s first time at hosting Central Station and we all find it rather exciting to be able to share with you all for one week what we as a station get up to, and also what we […]
Host: Annaburroo Station Written by Barb Phillips – Manager, Annaburroo Station.
Host: Annaburroo Station Written by Barb Phillips – Manager, Annaburroo Station. It was in 2013 after attending a Neil McDonald Advanced Livestock Management school that I decided to lift my game and invest some time into our working dogs. We were based in Katherine and had a handful of beautifully bred kelpies and collies. Unfortunately […]
Host: Annaburroo Station Written by Barb Phillips – Manager, Annaburroo Station. Our first impressions of each other were ‘not much’. Adrian had separated from his wife and detested women. He had no time for small talk, he was there to get a job done and get out of there; Adrian was a man on a […]
Host: Annaburroo Station Written by Barb Phillips – Manager, Annaburroo Station. In a nutshell, I have no idea why the idea of northern Australia appealed to me. The warmth, the palm trees, the ‘frontier ring’ it had about it, whatever it was, I knew it was for me. Me, Barb. My name is Barb Phillips. […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by David Stoate – Owner/Manager, Anna Plains Station. Plenty has been heard in recent years about the opportunity that China represents for Australian business. The northern beef industry is at the centre of this opportunity. The Department of Agriculture and Food in Western Australia has estimated that an increase in per capita […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Campion – Owner/Manager, Anna Plains Station. The darkest hour is before the dawn or so the saying goes. I am not sure whether the saying is actually true, but it is what nearly everyone in the northern cattle industry was hoping a few years ago. It seemed like that just […]
Host: Anna Plains Station I landed up on the Plains as a matter of chance, of luck, but sometimes the events that led up to my arrival feel like fate. I’m a vet student from Edinburgh, Scotland and in June 2015 I traveled to Western Australia with the dream of working on a cattle station. […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Emma – Station Hand, Anna Plains Station. After 18 months as a jillaroo on Anna Plains Station, I jumped ship and boarded a flight destined for halfway across the world. Taking my seat on the plane I descended into the depths of hell (travelling 23 hours straight) before re-emerging […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by A Guest – Station Hand and Friend, Anna Plains Station. The first time I drove onto Anna Plains I had no idea how much it was going to change my lifestyle and my way of thinking. Anna Plains station is nearly a million acres of outback stretching from the […]
Host: Legune Station Written by Belinda Rasheed – Manager, Legune Station. So let’s put it in perspective . . . We are 120km from Kununurra, WA. Kununurra is 500km from Katherine, NT, and 4,000km to Sydney. Just in case you feel like popping in for a visit. To visit the kids at Boarding School in […]
Host: Legune Station Written by Belinda Rasheed – Manager, Legune Station. There are a few things that set Legune apart from other cattle stations, the most significant being our infrastructure. Collectively, the owners and managers believe developing agricultural land to its full potential is a responsibility which comes with the privilege of owning and running […]
Host: Legune Station Written by Belinda Rasheed – Manager, Legune Station. What we eat and where it comes from . . . You guessed it – on the odd day off, we butcher our own beef and catch a fresh barramundi or two. It’s the ultimate ‘Reef and Beef’, ‘Paddock to Plate’ combo (Matt Moran […]
Host: Legune Station Written by Belinda Rasheed – Manager, Legune Station. In the dry season it’s hot, in the wet season it’s hotter, and wetter, and everyone goes just a little bit crazy . . . The annual ‘working season’ or ‘dry season’ (March to December) is our chance to be as productive as possible, […]
