Host: Newcastle Waters Station Written by Katrina Rudd. The first round of muster can be full on at the quietest of times, and this year was no exception! With a huge demand for boat cattle and good prices for fat cows down south, as well as the annual mustering, drafting, and processing to be done […]
Host: Newcastle Waters Station Written by Katrina Rudd. What better way to teach your two year old son to count than counting his eight seconds on his championship bull ride? Most two year olds love animals and tractors but Will’s passion is the bulls, the horses, the rodeo. William is a mini cowboy and future […]
Host: Newcastle Waters Station Written by Steph Coombes. Weaner camp. Sounds a bit weird doesn’t it, and I can only imagine what people would think if they weren’t involved in the cattle industry . . . ! On cattle stations, when there are a large number of cattle and/or people, the cattle work is divided […]
Host: Newcastle Waters Written by Steph Coombes. What comes to mind when you think of cattle stations? Jackeroos and Jillaroos covered in sweat and dust, mustering thousands of cattle on horseback? The crackle of a two-way radio as the helicopter buzzes in the sky? The sizzle of a branding iron and the noise of cattle […]
Host: Newcastle Waters Station Written by Steph Coombes. Welcome to our week on Central Station! For those of you who haven’t read our station profile (go read it now!) Newcastle Waters (NCW) is one of the Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) stations located in the West Barkly region of the Northern Territory. NCW itself is around […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by Kate Paull – Owner, Noreena Downs Station. Moving out of the Homestead. For those of you that don’t know what stock camp is it is where everyone packs up and moves to a distant part of the homestead and set up camp, allowing the mustering team to muster distant […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by Kate Paull – Owner, Noreena Downs Station. Living on a cattle station isn’t all hard work and no play so when the opportunity arises for a few days off work and a party everyone jumps at the chance whether it’s a local rodeo, horse racing, pre/post muster party, or […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by – Jenny Jones, Camp Cook, Noreena Downs Station. Arriving at Noreena I was welcomed by Tex, Niffy, Joe, and the dog gang Major, Ding, and Bruce, and shown to my new digs. For those that don’t know what a donga is, it’s best described as a long tin can […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by – Jenny Jones, Camp Cook, Noreena Downs Station. Jenny Jones from Wheaton Aston in Stafford in the West Midlands of the United Kingdom will be telling her Australian station experience today, Jenny worked at Noreena as a station camp cook. So over to Jenny now. – K.P. As like […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by – Annabelle Coppin, Owner/Manager, Yarrie Station. Sara hails from the very south Island of New Zealand, yes she still rolls her ”Rsss” particularly under pressure from time to time. She has put together a smoking video to show a few laughs of station life in the Pilbara. She is now […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by – Tammie, Station Hand, Yarrie Station. Before you read this blog I think it would do it justice to firstly introduce Tammi. She’s a great example that you don’t need to be big fiery eyed gun ‘ringer’ with ten years under your belt to become an important part of a […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by – Lozza, Station Hand, Yarrie Station. Little did I know at the start of this year I would end up in the Pilbara, let alone on a cattle station? Something I have always wanted to do but never thought would actually happen! It was all organized so quickly and suddenly […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by – Tiffany Fowler, Yarrie Tragic, Yarrie Station. My love affair with Yarrie Station started many years ago when I was knee high to a Mickey Bull. My family connections with the Coppin’s go way back before Ann met Lang, when my dad was a Dingo trapper on Mt Edgar Station […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by – Annabelle Coppin, Owner/Manager, Yarrie Station. “You’re doing what?” exclaimed my 33 year old son “Why?!” “Because I can” I replied. “But, aren’t you too old?” he asked. At 55 years of age some would probably think so, however here I am at Yarrie Station for the second year in a […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by – Leanna Gubbels, Station Hand, Yarrie Station. My name is Leanna Gubbels aka “Nebraska.” Little did I know what was in store for me when I stepped off the plane in Port Hedland after flying over twenty-four hours half way around the world from my little town of Laurel, Nebraska […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by – Georgia Clement, Vet Student, Yarrie Station. A month ago I ventured from the cold south of WA to the Pilbara to do a farm placement at Yarrie Station as part of my veterinary course. The weekend I arrived was one of the busiest the region sees for it was […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by – Annabelle Coppin, Owner/Manager, Yarrie Station. Yarrie Homestead. “The next Train stops at Yarrie Station: there are no tickets, don’t mind the doors or steps . . . just beautiful country and plenty of stories” This week the Yarrie team will be wondering how many people across Australia and hopefully […]
Host: Southampton Written by – Kylie Savidge, Owner, Southampton Station. After reading our story you may wonder why the heck do these people continue to do this, to stay in a place that often brings heartache, challenges your very soul, and quite regularly rips away at your emotional borders. Sunrise, April 2012. Why? Because it […]
Host: Southampton Written by – Kylie Savidge, Owner, Southampton Station. As all school holidays revolve around some form of cattle work these holidays proved no different. The gyrocopter had been booked, the mustering team of humans, dogs, and horses had been spelled for a week and it was time to up and at ‘em again. […]
Host: Southampton Written by – Kylie Savidge, Owner, Southampton Station. In my job, my dogs and horses are not only team members but are also part of our family and very much valued. I take good care of them and they take good care of me. A well-educated stockhorse and working dog are vital tools […]
