Host: Blina Station Written by Connie Gray – Manager, Blina. Over the 2014 wet season, my trusty old ride-on lawn mower spontaneously combusted . . . literally spontaneously combusted. She was a Greenfield and she looked about 100 years old . . . I swear this thing was the first ever ride on mower invented […]
Host: Blina Station Written by Connie Gray – Manager, Blina. Fitzroy Rodeo – Lead up and the Actual Event This year Matt took on the enormous task of President of the Fitzroy Valley Rodeo Club. Matt and the committee (myself included) had the gargantuan task of pulling together the first rodeo of the year for […]
Host: Blina Station Written by Sylvia Richards – Cook, Blina. Sylvie Richards. I was born in the summer of ’65, in the month of July. I travelled overseas from Europe to this great land in ’71 (I also sound a lot like the Highwaymen when I write). I grew up in the outer western suburbs […]
Host: Blina Station Written by Connie Gray – Manager, Blina. Written about Stuart Jones: Earthmover, Cattleman, Lover of Carlton Dry. Stuey Jones. Stuey Jones has been the grader driver and head of the earthmoving department at Blina for the past five years. He spends most of the year camped out on the road in his […]
Host: Blina Station Written by Connie Gray – Manager, Blina. Hello Again, Central Station!! I survived my first year at Blina!! Pats on the back for me. It wasn’t easy, but very well worth it. I look back on last year with pride. The crew all go home for the season in November, and we […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini – Owner, Lochon Contracting. When you live out bush you learn to recognise and appreciate the most simple and common amenities that you take for granted when you live in town. A hot shower, a cold drink, a room with four walls around it, and a door to shut etc, […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini – Owner, Lochon Contracting. Off to the desert it is. After a well deserved break over the last weekend, with most of our crew going to the annual Fitzroy Crossing Rodeo, the Lochon mob is heading back to Bulka Station to finish building the yard and holding paddock in the […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini – Owner, Lochon Contracting. If you have been following our blog last year, you might remember our beloved dog “Lady”. She had been with us for 14 years. Wherever we went, she went, too. While we were drafting cattle and a camel (!) at Wattle Springs yard on Bulka Station, […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini – Owner, Lochon Contracting. There is something about this place that makes people want to come back. The Kimberley is undoubtedly a very popular destination for tourists, due to it’s vastness, the unique boab trees, magnificent gorges, and simply stunning landscape. But what makes someone want to come back for […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini – Owner, Lochon Contracting. The stillness of the bush surrounds us. Everybody is fast asleep. Suddenly the subtle noise of twigs cracking, wood breaking, and finally the sound of the camp fire breaks the silence of the dark hours of the early morning. It’s time to get up. It’s time […]
Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Aticia Grey – Manager, Glenforrie Brahmans. Catch up on part one here Lesson No 3. Handle livestock with parallel lines and understand the impact your feet and eyes have on the movement of livestock. Now this one is taking me quite a bit to get used to. We naturally want to […]
Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Aticia Grey – Manager, Glenforrie Brahmans. Last year I wrote a piece for the Downunder Magazine about how I got started with my team of Kelpies by attending one of Neil McDonald’s Advanced Livestock and Working Dog Schools. Well, this year I was fortunate enough to attend another three, one of […]
Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Ratty White esq. – Station Hand, Glenforrie Brahmans. After smoko the cows and calves were shifted to the laneway, ready to walk out past the six mile bore to a paddock called Susan’s where they were going to be living for now. We left the cows to start wandering their own […]
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Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Ratty White esq. – Station Hand, Glenforrie Brahmans. Two weeks into my time at Glenflorrie and the body clock was behaving itself, waking me in the dark a few minutes before the opening riff of The Beards’ song “You Should Consider Kissing A Bearded Man” burst through the pre-dawn quiet. Best […]
Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Aticia Grey – Manager, Glenforrie Brahmans. There is always great excitement in the lead up to the first muster of the season. Over the wet season, you’ve had time to conveniently forget the endless hours spent hauling portable panels from one mustering spot to the next, just how uncomfortable your […]
Host: Warrawagine Cattle Co. Written by Caitlin – Station Hand, Warrawagine Cattle Company. Here are a few snaps from mustering at Myola, driving home that night, and a big bullock from the first muster! We had a big day of yard work out at Myola, over 800 head through the portable yards, quite a few interesting […]
Host: Warrawagine Cattle Co. Written by Jacinta Mills – Owner, Warrawagine Cattle Company. It’s the wet season, the days are hot and thunderstorms are rolling in nearly every afternoon with the smell of rain on the wind. The mustering season is over, most of the crew have gone home for a well deserved break with Christmas […]
Host: Warrawagine Cattle Co. Written by Jacinta Mills – Owner, Warrawagine Cattle Company. The breakfast table here in the kitchen at Wallal is quiet this time of year. This morning it’s just the 3 of us; Mum (Lynda), Dad (Geoff), and I. Lynda, Jacinta, and Geoff. Whilst Geoff and I eat our breakfast and chat away, […]
Host: Warrawagine Cattle Company Written by Jacinta Mills – Owner, Warrawagine Cattle Company. Before I take you on an adventure around Wallal Downs Station I want to take the opportunity to introduce you to the people that make this place work – our staff! Cattle grazing at dusk. Geoff and Lynda are the managers here at […]
Host: Warrawagine Cattle Co. Written by Caitlin – Station Hand, and Jacinta Mills – Owner, both Warrawagine Cattle Company. Hello my name is Caitlin and I work at Warrawagine station as a jillaroo. I grew up in Northam as a town kid and after finishing high school I decided I wanted to move as far away […]
