Host: Yeeda Pastoral Written by Vicki Burton – Owner, Yeeda Pastoral. Hi Everyone. Yeeda is back for 2015, my update is coming to you from Kilto Station and in the following days you will read some great blogs from the Yeeda team around the traps. Well the year has been ‘full on’ as always, we […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by Kate Paull – Owner, Noreena Downs Station. In the video below I explain and view a bit of our mustering equipment, and it is all run on oil and petrol. As much as I appreciate horses and horses working with cattle, I also understand they would do it hard […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by Kate Paull – Owner, Noreena Downs Station. Today’s post follows yesterday’s post about growing up on a cattle station. Poddy Calves – I remember our first poddy Bobby that Dad gave us – when she grew up we used to ride her around. Us kids loved poddies, we would […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by Kate Paull – Owner, Noreena Downs Station. “What did you get up to as a kid?” Well my siblings Niffy, Chooky (nicknames), Joe, and I had a blast as kids, we all grew up on Noreena. We were so lucky we had the most divine time! Those that haven’t […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by Kate Paull – Owner, Noreena Downs Station. So yesterday you saw some videos of us moving cattle along, well in today’s blog we are gonna catch up with them again for the last bit of the walk. In the videos I talk about the young heifer emulating the older […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by Kate Paull – Owner, Noreena Downs Station. First blog off the rank for Noreena this year is a series of videos of us moving a mob of cattle along, in the video I will explain what is going on, unfortunately it will be in four parts so I could […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Kalyeeda Station. I had an interesting discussion with a friend once about what working cattle taught young men. She had only seen stock whips and poly pipe and not understood the context in which these tools are used. In her mind, it taught boys to bully and […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Owner, Kalyeeda Station. Everyone makes stupid mistakes. We’re only human – it happens. Unfortunately living and working remote means that what might be a minor error can turn in to a pretty big deal. If you forget to buy coffee when you live in town it’s not […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Owner, Kalyeeda Station. It is 6.04am and I am woken to the sound of my mobile buzzing into life next to my ear; “Hello, Barbara. We’ve been tasked. Would you like to come flying?” Well, ask a girl a silly question! Of course I do! In every […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Kalyeeda Station. A common theme in any conversation about the sustainability of outback station life is diversification. After the 2011 live export ban there were many families and businesses that were suddenly faced with the loss of their livelihoods and only source of income. It’s only natural […]
Host: Alexandria Station Written by Stacey Haucke – Head Stockwoman, Alexandria Station. Hello again, Welcome back to Alex everyone. My name is Stacey Haucke, I was asked last year by our manager’s partner Narda to write a blog for this website called Central Station . . . “Yeah, okay, but what do you want me […]
Host: Alexandria Station Written by Jess – Station Cook, Alexandria Station. There’s a game we like to play in my family back in Sydney. Each of us choose an animal that we would like to be and explain why. My old man would regularly choose a Sulfur crested cockatoo, ’cause in Sydney they fly around […]
Host: Alexandria Station Written by Arlen – Bore Mechanic, Alexandria Station. Hey, how you going? I don’t have a lot to tell yah. I’m the kind of person who sticks to myself and that’s probably why I enjoy living and working out in the middle of nowhere. I shouldn’t say it’s the middle of nowhere, […]
Host: Alexandria Station Written by Neil – Butcher, Alexandria Station. Welcome to the Alexandria Butcher shop. My name is Neil and I run the Alexandria Butcher shop. That’s right – I have a butcher shop! Most stations have a building or room they call a meat house. With the number of staff on a property […]
Host: Alexandria Station Written by Narda Grover – Station Services Coordinator, Alexandria Station. Well it’s a year on from when I last blogged on Central Station, it is also a year on since we moved to Alexandria; now that has gone quick. Stephen and I have well and truly settled into life on a huge […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini O’Loughlin – Owner, Lochon Contracting. It was bitter cold, windy and it rained rained rained. Last year Lochon went mustering and bull catching in the desert behind Hall’s Creek. Winter had fully set in and the weather was not on our side. Winter jackets and big camp fires were […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini O’Loughlin – Owner, Lochon Contracting. When last year’s cattle season came to an end in the Kimberley, we had finished contract mustering and Locky and I were delighted to spend some quality time with our new baby girl. I had been in town since the arrival of our daughter […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Sam – Ringer, Lochon Contracting. Today I will share with you Sam’s account of life in the mustering bush camp. Him and his partner Shai have come all the way from England to see and experience this amazing country and they have found their way into our team. Read for […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini O’Loughlin – Owner, Lochon Contracting. “This is for the adrenaline junkies. This is for the bullet proof!”- Sometimes this feels to be the subtitle to our lives. We’re out there catching bulls, we’re in the yards with mad cows, and we are four wheel driving on rugged roads and pushing […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini O’Loughlin – Owner, Lochon Contracting. This time last year I was pregnant. Locky and I were preparing ourselves for a new chapter in our lives, which we are in the middle of now. Locky runs a contract mustering business, which takes us all over this part of the country […]
