Host: Blina Station Written by Matt Wood – Manager, Blina Station. We always hear about the Managers, the Headstockmen, and the Ringers that embody the station life. However, all too often we forget about a group of people that do a huge amount of skilled and important work behind the scenes to keep the station […]
Before the wedding was the proposal – read the story here. Host: Blina Station Written by Constance Wood – Manager, Blina Station. I’ve never been one of those girls who dreamed about their wedding. To be honest, I thought that getting married and living happily ever after was one of those things that happened to […]
Host: Blina Station Written by Constance Gray – Manager, Blina Station. My cool, calm, and collected partner was unusually nervous as we headed from Blina to Broome for the last rodeo of the season, followed by the Broome Cup. He was twitchy and weird, watching saddle bronc riding flat out on his phone and being cagey. […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. Currently the countdown is on . . . Work is getting thin as most stations are now between their first and second rounds of mustering. This means the crew are entitled to their mid year break before life gets hectic again for the second […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. During our time off we are not always tempted by the draws of campdrafting. We are fortunate in that my parents (Bluey and Janelle Pugh) own some land a couple hours west of Katherine. They have owned and operated Coolibah Crocodile Farm for the […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. It is very common now for most stations to use bikes in preference to horses, they say bikes are quicker, less maintenance, cheaper to run etc etc. We prefer to use a combination of horses and bikes. We run four bikes: A quad, 2 […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. Campdrafting is a great outlet for us, it’s a way to socialise, be competitive on a sporting level, and be involved in community events. Campdrafting is a popular sport up here. Owners, managers, ringers, and townies alike get together to have a yarn, a […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. Life in the outback is filled with furry friends, they bring us joy, laughter, happiness, and sometimes heartbreak. At the start of this season some of the boys from our crew and I travelled down to Newcastle Waters Station to collect our plant horses […]
Host: Farrcombe Contracting Written by Raine Pugh – Owner, Farrcombe Contracting. 2014 is done and dusted, however this does not mean that we get to wind down over the wet season. Although our staff have rolled their swags and headed home, Potter and I begin to plan and organise the next 12 months. This means […]
Host: Southhampton Written by Kylie Savidge – Owner, Southampton Station. We are very lucky in our country to have the Royal Flying Doctor Service and luckier still to be able to call on them in times of need. One such time occurred in September 2014 when we were mustering in drought cows and calves, these […]
Host: Southhampton Written by Kylie Savidge – Owner, Southampton Station. Lastly I would like to talk about depression and my journey with it, not because I like talking about this but because I feel that if I talk about it and just one person reading this gets help then I think it is worthwhile to […]
Host: Southhampton Written by Kylie Savidge – Owner, Southampton Station. The last two years have been very tough years on us with little rainfall, no grass growth, battling bushfires, and battling to keep the livestock fed. This year has been a little easier on us as the rain has fallen a bit more consistently this […]
Host: Southhampton Written by Kylie Savidge – Owner, Southampton Station. And now to the two legged variety. Oliver joined our crew in September 2014, a young English gamekeeper who had come to Australia for adventures abundant and adventures he has had!! Olly was given my phone number by a friend of a friend of a […]
Host: Southhampton Written by Kylie Savidge – Owner, Southampton Station. Considering that 12 months have gone past since I last wrote some things have changed. Old friends have passed on and new ones have come along – two legged and four, so I thought I would introduce some of the new characters and touch on […]
Host: Southhampton Written by Kylie Savidge – Owner, Southampton Station. Hello once again from the crew at Southampton, St George. I cannot believe it is time for me to write about our year and what has happened since I last sat down at my computer and thought, “what in the heck will I talk about […]
Host: Riveren Station Written by Georgia Underwood – Manager, Riveren Station. Friday – Assembly day Friday is the children’s favourite school day – not because it’s the last day of the week, but because they have school assembly on IDL. They get to hear what has been happening in other classes during the week, what […]
Host: Riveren Station Written by Georgia Underwood – Manager, Riveren Station. Another day, another muster, another bore to pull. Noses to the grind stone, another paddock mustered, early to start, early to bed, too hot and dry to do much else. We are half way through the round now after four weeks, Inverway finished and […]
Host: Riveren Station Written by Georgia Underwood – Manager, Riveren Station. Middle of the week – the end is in sight! Another early start to the day, and another paddock mustered. This one took all day with the paddock being mustered to both ends at once. The cattle are all stacked at the yards ready […]
Host: Riveren Station Written by Georgia Underwood – Manager, Riveren Station. 5am breakfast, a long drive out to Champagne to muster. It was a long hot day and with little calves everywhere Mick wanted the cattle in the yards early. The muster went well and all the cattle were drafted before it got too hot […]
Host: Riveren Station Written by Georgia Underwood – Manager, Riveren Station. Monday . . . a slow start to what is boding to be a long hot week: A few of the crew are a bit bleary eyed today following a weekend away socialising at a campdraft, so we’ve had a sleep in and moved […]
