Host: Hodgson River Station Written by: Jo Bloomfield – Owner, Hodgson River Station. Water buffalo. This breed of buffalo is the swamp variety that pretty much invaded through population explosion in North Australia. Largely uncontrolled until the BTEC (Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign) program in the 1980’s. They were imported to provide food to remote […]
Host: Hodgson River Station Written by: Jo Bloomfield – Owner, Hodgson River Station. Some of the following are mother nature’s creations in all her timeless wonder and management. The Cicadas. Have you ever been outside and there is a deafening squealing sound that just doesn’t stop and penetrates right through you? It’s these guys, the Cicadas […]
Host: Hodgson River Station Written by: Jo Bloomfield – Owner, Hodgson River Station. Has anyone ever told you to stop and smell the roses?- meaning to slow down and take a good look around. Well I prefer to stop and look at the trees. I love to look at the variety of trees, plants, and animals […]
Host: Hodgson River Station Written by: Jo Bloomfield – Owner, Hodgson River Station. Brolgas. The Brolgas have a red marking on their head – the older they are the darker it is. A weird gangly bird that remind me of prehistoric pterodactyls. They stand nearly 2m tall with about the same wing span. They make […]
Host: Hodgson River Station Written by: Jo Bloomfield – Owner, Hodgson River Station. The changes of the seasons over 12 months in North Australia is really quiet astounding! In this post I have tried to show a snapshot of our major environment changes through a single year. January, in particular February and March are generally our […]
Host: Hodgson River Station Written by: Jo Bloomfield – Owner, Hodgson River Station. I feel a bit odd writing about our over abundance of rain during the wet when I know so many others are currently in drought. Prior to this property my husband and I had operated a property that bordered the Simpson Desert, NT. […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by: Kate Paull – Owner/Manager, Noreena Downs Station. During the summer months the jobs can change and vary a lot. Below are a few examples of my days and sometimes my family members. 1) When it buckets down with rain, I get super excited. Yes this will grow the grass […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by: Kate Paull – Owner/Manager, Noreena Downs Station. So I’ve come home to have lunch after my bore run and I realise there is a wee boo boo, I did say to Central Station that I was going to produce seven blogs and I don’t like to go back on […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by: Kate Paull – Owner/Manager, Noreena Downs Station. The main house (kit home) that my mum lives in was built by my Dad with the help of Mum and us four children who worked out how well gyprock broke when you rammed into it. I bet we were an awesome […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by: Kate Paull – Owner/Manager, Noreena Downs Station. Yes, some of you reading this are probably thinking “Who in hell would do a blog on poddy calves?”. Well none the less they are an interesting species in their own little way and are a big part of station life. A […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by: Kate Paull – Owner/Manager, Noreena Downs Station. Bore runs are one of my favourite jobs, its well known in my family that if I go on a bore run I will either complete it in time just about or I will not be due back for some time due […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by: Kate Paull – Owner/Manager, Noreena Downs Station. A day of yarns again for you’s my dear readers. Quick white nasty spaceship and yard up dilemma One day I managed to score an invitation to go mustering with Nathan my then boyfriend and his awesome crew at Roy Hill Station, […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by: Kate Paull – Owner/Manager, Noreena Downs Station. Cattle can have a great sense of humour; so far as to rattle their dags and leave us for dead or play a mystery game or show you what they are really capable of which to no ends are amusing. So I […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. Agriculture is a “glass half full” industry. An industry of optimists. There is always at least one uncertainty to deter you taking a risk with your money, but for love of what we do, we put it all on the line anyway. The weather […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. “Penis.” Five year-old Tilly turned and recited her new vocabulary to me. Golden curls skirted her face and her little eyes peered up at me, waiting for feedback as to how she was doing. “That’s good, Tilly,” I replied, a little thrown off by the […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. Click here to catch up on Part 1 Selena Omeara – The Derby Girl with a big Heart. In 1995 through a mutual friend Doodie met Selena Omeara and Selena moved to Bohemia in 1997. Selena is a driving force in the community and […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. When you hear the word “rich” do you think of money? For Doodie (Alan) Lawford and Selena Omeara on Bohemia Downs Station, money is the one thing they are not rich with. This is the same for most pastoralists in the North the hardest […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Haydn Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. Haydn Sale. My name is Haydn Sale from Yougawalla Station and my story today is about the commercial and social relationships we have forged with our Indigenous neighbours since moving to Yougawalla. Yougawalla Station is bordered on two sides by aboriginal owned stations. One […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. Trying to pack to come home takes at least a full afternoon and into the evening. We had School of the Air laptop and bookwork, as well as my laptop and paperwork, on top of that we had Christmas and Tilly’s birthday while we […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. First and foremost to all the 2013 hosts that brought a huge interest and following to Central Station in its inaugural year, thank-you. Stephanie and I are overwhelmed by your support, your honesty in your writing, and your precious time to do so. Those […]
