Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. You all met Lauren last year – she was Gus and Tilly’s home tutor and worked for us for six months which is all her second year visa would allow. You didn’t however, meet the side to Lauren that we now know, […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. You have heard a few stories over the last couple of years on Central Station about people that have gone from city life to station and how much things have changed for them. But what about going back to that city life […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by Haydn Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Doodie and his two great loves, Selena and the pastoral map of his country. Life in outback Australia can be very hard. Until you have experienced the depths of these hardships, isolation, droughts, unrelenting extreme heat, loneliness, it is hard to explain how […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Yougawalla crew Facebook thread #2. One of the situations relayed to me was . . . when a bore broke down that was providing water to four dams which supplied around 1200 head of cattle. Haydn and a small crew set about […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. The basics out here are the luxuries because too often we have been without them. A house pump breaks or the solar electricity generator hasn’t got enough stored in the batteries to power the homestead and all of a sudden you are […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. The Sale family are ready for take off. It’s 2015 and Central Station is coming to you for its third year. Thanks to you, we have a huge following and interest in what the people of the Northern Beef Industry are up […]
Host: Goldsborough Station Written by Emma Taylor – Manager, Goldsborough Station. Measuring pasture to work out feed available is an important management tool used on Goldsborough. Knowing how much feed is available at the end of the growing season each year (about May) means that the sustainable carrying capacity for each paddock can be calculated. Matching […]
Host: Goldsborough Station Written by Emma Taylor – Manager, Goldsborough Station. One advantage of staying on long term as a property manager is that you get to see your vision for the development of the property come to fruition. Over the past 14 years, Goldsborough has been transformed from five individual properties to an integrated backgrounding […]
Host: Goldsborough Station Written by Emma Taylor – Manager, Goldsborough Station. Once a month, on a Wednesday night, I hold a Soul Mama gathering in Roma. Soul Mama is a safe (confidential, non-judgemental) space for mums to come together and be authentic about their parenting journey. The Soul Mama Facebook page can be found at www.facebook.com/soulmamaroma. […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Manager, Dampier Downs Station. Earlier this year I wrote a blog about what it takes to be a ringer. As the year draws to a close and employers and employees alike are beginning to think about what next season will bring, I thought I would write […]
Host: Goldsborough Station Written by Emma Taylor – Manager, Goldsborough Station. The winter forage crop oats are an essential part of the production system on Goldsborough. We experience below zero temperatures through the winter months which frosts pastures. This reduces the quality of the feed and cattle will either lose or maintain weight on these frosted […]
Host: Goldsborough Station Written by Emma Taylor – Manager, Goldsborough Station. Hello from “Goldsborough” outside of Roma in Queensland. My name is Emma Taylor and together with my husband Stewart, it is great to be able to share with you some stories about life in our part of the world. Goldsborough is hardly the outback (or […]
Host: Monkira Station Written by Deborah Desreaux – Manager, Monkira Station. Having grown up with cattle and horses all his life. Anthony Desreaux sees a big need for horsemanship skills to be continually taught in the cattle industry today. With OH & S being so important and the high rates of motorbikes, quad, and horse […]
Host: Monkira Station Written by Deb Desreaux – Manager, Monkira Station. Our daughter Abby has lived on the land all her life just about. At 21 years of age she has learnt many skills from her years in the bush. Abby is currently cooking for the staff on Monkira Station. After the cook left she […]
Host: Monkira Station Written by Deb Desreaux – Manager, Monkira Station. With freight and hay both being expensive we’ve been utilising our road train for the past three years carting our own hay supplies in to feed weaners and the horse plant. Although Anthony Desreaux (Manager), Kirk Fenton (Head Stockman) and Anthony White (Machinery Operator) […]
Host: Monkira Station Written by Kirk Fenton – Head Stockman, Monkira Station. Hi, my name is Kirk Fenton and my job position is Head Stockman here at Monkira Station. Delaney’s Creek (QLD) is where home is for me, not far from the Sunshine Coast where we have plenty of green grass and lots of Hills. […]
Host: Monkira Station Written by Deborah Desreaux – Manager, Monkira Station. Hi, well this is a little bit about Monkira Station. Monkira is owned by one of Australia’s oldest pastoral companies, The North Australian Pastoral Co Pty Ltd. It is 921,000 acres situated smack bang in the middle of the Channel Country. The Diamantina River […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Operations Manager, Fortescue Helicopters. As mustering pilots we often get asked a lot of questions about how to get a job, so I’ve written a few of them down with some answers that might help anyone out there who wants to become a mustering pilot learn more […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Operations Manager, Fortescue Helicopters. Heading to work at sunrise with Jennifer “Niffy” Paul from Williambury Helicopters (Photo Weldon Percy). A day in the life of a mustering pilot generally starts the day before. Most of our work is a long way from home, at least over an […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Operations Manager, Fortescue Helicopters. G’Day my names Weldon Percy, co-owner and Operations manager for our business here’s a little bit about how I ended up doing what I do. I was born and raised on my family’s cattle and sheep property at Hawkes Bay on the north […]
