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 […]
Host: Yeeda Pastoral Written by Cynthia – Caretaker/Domestic, Springvale Station. Hi my name is Cynthia and together with my husband Peter we have been privileged to have spent the past three months living and working at Springvale Station. Peter and Cynthia. We had been traveling around Australia for nine months and were on our journey […]
Host: Yeeda Pastoral Written by Luke McEwan – Station Hand, Yeeda Pastoral. Hi my name is Luke McEwan and I am another Kiwi that has jumped the ditch. Not permanently might I add and still strongly backing anybody from New Zealand that takes on an Australian. The reason I find myself in the lion’s den […]
Host: Yeeda Pastoral Written by Emilly Struckel – Girl Friday, Yeeda Station. Hi all, Emilly Struckel from Yeeda Station here. We are a family of five who moved from Queensland to Western Australia to be part of the Yeeda team last year. We started off based at Colourstone where Rowan (hubby) was a rouseabout from […]
Host: Yeeda Pastoral Written by Minna Burton – Owner, Yeeda Pastoral. G’day my name is Minna Burton and I’m from Yeeda Pastoral. My parents Jack and Vicki Burton are the owners of Yeeda and brought me and my brother William up on the land and taught us to love it as much as they do. […]
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, […]
