Host: Legune Station Written by Belinda Rasheed – Manager, Legune Station. Even if you’re not a keen horseman, if you are living on or associated with a cattle station, you will most likely attend at least one Campdraft or Rodeo a year. If not to demonstrate an outside score of 90+, you will be there […]
Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Margareta Osborn – Author, Glenforrie Station. Catch up on part 1 here. Our return to the station after the first few weeks baptism of fire was wrought with new challenges. A contract mustering crew took over the week-to-week mustering schedule. It was now my husband and son’s job to cart […]
Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Margareta Osborn – Author, Glenforrie Station. Most people I know, when given the gift of four months long service leave, would pack a caravan and tour around Australia or at least head to the glorious beaches of sunny Queensland. Not this family. We chose to go work a mustering season […]
Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Aticia Grey – Manager, Glenforrie Station. Catch up on part 1 of our trip here. Beef Week. Well, the name pretty well sums it up, it was a great week that was kicked off with a dog auction at the Great Western. Not a kelpie to be seen but the […]
Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Aticia Grey – Manager, Glenforrie Station. Courtney touched on our road trip earlier in the year in her blog but I wanted to expand on a few of my favourite highlights. Being two young women on the road in a cruiser ute with a trailer load of dogs (only 20 […]
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. Back through most of the 90’s and early 00’s, I broke in thousands of colts. These days we start them under saddle, and the method is very different, as is the result. I was only doing the best I […]
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. My father was a social campdrafter and I got the bug quite early. It is a common denominator between my work and interests; many friendships and client relationships have been founded through my participation of the sport. CC ready […]
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. Hi everyone, my name is Heath Stewart (also known as “Spoon”) from Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services, and thanks for having us back again to host Central Station. We’ve had a ridiculously busy calendar year so far […]
Host: Lake Nash Station Written by Sarah Hughes – Manager, Lake Nash Station. Howdy Central Station followers, it’s a pleasure to connect with ya’ll! This is Sarah Hughes from Lake Nash Station on the Barkly Tableland, Northern Territory. My husband Fred and I have managed Lake Nash for almost 2.5 years and it is safe […]
Host: Lake Nash Station Written by Paul Jones – Bore Runner, Lake Nash Station. The light of day sneaks through the cracks and its 4:30am again. Time to pull on the boots and see what Cook’s got on. As usual, plenty of tucker – wonderful! Head over to the workshop to check the oil, water, […]
Host: Lake Nash Station Written by Natasha Land – Camp Cook, Lake Nash Station. The mum, the wife, the doctor, the nurse, and the teacher are just a few different hats I wear on a daily basis in addition to being the camp cook at Lake Nash. The camp cook means I cook for the […]
Host: Lake Nash Station Written by Luke Chaplain – Horsebreaker/Bronc Rider, Lake Nash Station. G’day Central Station patrons! Good to be having a yarn with you all. My name is Luke Chaplain, and I am originally from a cattle station North West of Cloncurry. After graduating from high school I spent two years working on Boomarra […]
Written by Steph Coombes – Editor, Central Station. As the editor of this website, I get to (ok, technically I have to) read every blog before it’s published; it’s like being the only person at the world premier of a movie every week. Every now and then I’ll send a blog on to my co-manager, […]
Host: Miss Jodie Written by Miss Jodie – Jill of All Trades, Northern Australia. When 2014’s FutureNTCA crew were given a bike as part of a professional development program, it was decided by the team that it would be used to promote mental health awareness. I went along with the idea saying I knew a few […]
Host: Miss Jodie Written by Miss Jodie – Jill of All Trades, Northern Australia. Ladies and Gents, Today we have something a little different. I would like to introduce you to my husband. A man of many talents. He is an excellent horseman, a patient cattleman, and a wonderfully supportive husband. There is potential that I […]
Host: Miss Jodie Written by Miss Jodie – Jill of All Trades, Northern Australia. Editors note: The views reflected in this blog are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of Central Station staff or other hosts associated with this website. This entry is genuine advice which has been written in good humor. […]
Host: Miss Jodie Written by Miss Jodie – Jill of All Trades, Northern Australia. This blog is a little different to the others here on Central Station, but I still think it’s relevant. In fact, if one person reads this and tries it out, I will be ecstatic. I would like to share with you a gem […]
Written by Ihsan – Student, 2014 Indonesia Australia Pastoral Industry Program. Editor’s Note: Ihsan is an Indonesian Student who visited Australia as a part of the 2014 Indonesia Australia Pastoral Industry Program. We asked him five questions about his experiences in the Indonesian and Australian cattle industry. The following is not a representation of the […]
Written by Febrina Prameswari – Student, Bogor Agricultural University. Hi I’m Febrina Prameswari. I am 21 and I’m a student of Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) majoring in Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology in the Faculty of Animal Science. Hopefully this is my last year in University so I can graduate and get a job in […]
This entry was one of the finalists in our 2015 Birthday Competition and was written by Anne-Marie Huey. One of the advantages of living in a well-developed, affluent country like Australia is that we have the luxury of being able to allocate our discretionary spending according to our own personal moral leanings. Nowhere is this more […]
