Welcome back to the Cattle Station Classroom podcast. This episode is the first in a new sub-series we are launching called “Station Stickybeak”, because it is exactly that – a stickybeak. No two cattle stations are the same, and as such, neither are management strategies. I (Steph Coombes, podcast host) wanted to create this series […]
Picture this – a stockman riding a horse behind a mob of 1000 brahman cattle in the iconic Kimberley region of Western Australia. You’re probably picturing a young man in his twenties, footloose and fancy free, living one heck of an adventure. The first time Dean Maughan drove 2000km to the Kimberley to work on […]
Listeners are advised that this episode discusses suicide, and may not be suitable for all audiences. The first year out of school is equally exciting and terrifying – you’re considered an adult by society, and with that comes both freedoms and responsibilities. With her high school experience not being the best, and her first job […]
Why would a young woman who was raised on sheep and cattle stations, go off to ag college before entering the workforce? Surely, she already had a lifetime of experience, and the station work courses were designed for people who had never set foot on a station before. Well, the answer is, that no matter […]
On today’s episode, I’m sitting down with my friend and former colleague, Clare Atkins. In this episode we chat about Clare’s role as a Stock Inspector and what that actually is – because, really, who knows what that means or what they do. Clare discusses the responsibility of upholding WA’s biosecurity laws, and also the […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about the landscape rehydration method of Waterponding. To learn about waterponding, we are joined by Jardine Macdonald, the Program Manager for Rangelands Natural Resource Management. Jards is a hydrogeologist who comes from an environmental consulting and mining background, and […]
Matt Wood started managing Blina Station in the West Kimberley at the ripe old age of 23. In the past 13 years he has met his wife, become a father, and grown as a manager, friend, and member of the Kimberley community. Matt and Connie recently said a fond farewell to Blina Station, where they […]
At just 11 years old, Imogen Cadzow is the youngest child of Steve and Rebecca Cadzow from Mt Riddock Station, north-east of Alice Springs. In this bonus episode, Immi shares stories about what it’s been like growing up on a cattle station, and how it prepared her to move interstate to attend boarding school. We […]
Dating a co-worker can be tough. But, what about when you’re dating the boss? And the boss is a station manager, and you’re a jillaroo in the stock camp. Ok, before your imagination starts running wild – this is not a tale of some forbidden love affair! When Connie Wood started dating her future husband […]
It’s that time of year again – to catch up on what our podcast host, Steph Coombes, has been up to since leaving her job and hitting the road full-time, visiting cattle stations for the last 18 months! Unlike her last episode (#54) which she recorded solo, in this episode Steph is joined by Pip […]
When I (Steph, podcast host) lived in the United States, I learnt the saying ‘ride for the brand’. It means to be loyal to the ranch and rancher that you work for. It means taking great deal of pride, and giving your all for the brand. Cowboys would ride the extra mile and fight, if necessary, […]
The people involved in live exports are as varied as the industry itself. This magazine has been developed to tell some of their stories. It comes after a survey of the Australian community about its views on live exports highlighted the need to do better at explaining how the industry works. These are the human […]
Lamboo Station is unlike any of the other cattle station’s we’ve spoken about on this podcast. Located just south of Halls Creek in the Kimberley region, Lamboo is owned by the Ngunjiwirri Aboriginal Corporation (NAC) on behalf of the Jaru people. The property was purchased in 1994 by the (then) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]
Dave Morrell grew up on cattle stations between Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek in the 1960’s, and returned to the Kimberley to set up the first vet practice in Broome. From operating on animals on his kitchen table under the light of a torch, to treating exotic animals from across the globe – there there […]
Christmas is just around the corner, and the team at Central Station have pulled together a short Gift Guide, featuring the work of a number of our contributors and podcast guests! View the guide by clicking here.
A young man heads north straight out of school and works in the stockcamp. Over the years he progresses to head stockman, and then manager. This story is fairly common and the norm in the cattle industry. However, that is not the story of Haydn Sale. In this episode Haydn shares his journey from growing […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about Surgical spaying of beef cattle. Long-term contraception of cattle can benefit the welfare and production of animals where females cannot be segregated from males and in other, limited, circumstances. In extensive pastoral conditions, contraception enables cull females to […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about Pregnancy detection for beef cattle. To do this I’m going to be joined by Dr Dave Morrell. Dave is the founder and owner of Broome Cattle Vets, and has over 40 years’ experience as a small, large and […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about Semen Testing. To do this I’m going to be joined by Dr Tracy Sullivan. Dr Tracy Sullivan has extensive experience as a large and small animal veterinarian, researcher and a decade’s experience working as an accredited bull semen morphologist. She is an active member […]
John & Annette Henwood owned the iconic Kimberley cattle station Fossil Downs for over 50 years. In this episode, John shares some family history, memories of his childhood growing up on Noonkanbah Station and meeting his wife. John also speaks about how an experience in the early 1980’s led him to change his management style, […]
