Host: Charles Darwin University, Katherine Rural Campus Written by Fiona Plunkett – VET Lecturer, Charles Darwin University Agriculture and Rural Operations. VET Lecturers/Workplace Assessors Fiona Plunkett and Lisa Devlin from Charles Darwin University’s Katherine Rural Campus have been out and about doing station visits. This is their story of a typical day whilst conducting workplace assessment […]
Host: Charles Darwin University, Katherine Rural Campus Written by Alison Haines and Fiona Plunkett – VET Lecturers, Charles Darwin University Agriculture and Rural Operations. Alison Haines and Fiona Plunkett work for Charles Darwin University’s Agriculture and Rural Operations team as VET Lecturers / Workplace Assessors (Horse/Cattle Production). Along with the rest of the Agriculture and Rural […]
Host: Dr. Ross Ainsworth After more than 40 years of terrible prices, it is a delightful change to finally see producers getting a much fairer share of the value of their commodity. For four decades, the attractive margins have always been further down the supply chain with everyone else down the line relying on the […]
Host: Dr. Ross Ainsworth Fair Trade is a global movement which promotes fairness in trading supply chains and is primarily focused on producers of commodities in areas where there has been a long history of poor producers and workers being ripped off by unscrupulous middle men and big corporations. Coffee and cocoa production in third […]
Host: Dr. Ross Ainsworth Every cattle producer in Australia is no doubt delighted with the sudden rise in prices that began in mid 2014 then really took off through 2015 culminating in $3.90/kg live being paid for feeders in Darwin during the 15/16 wet season. I started predicting $3/kg live for feeders back in about […]
Host: Anthony Lagoon Station Written by Georgia Clark – AACo Graduate Program 2016. The tales of old run rampant in stockcamps around the country, with each one stretching further from the truth the more it’s told. From the good old days of rough mustering and bronc branding, to endless nights spent watching cattle as they […]
Host: Anthony Lagoon Station Written by Georgia Clark – AACo Graduate Program 2016. Coming from a small place property in NSW, branding is something I had never experienced and I definitely underestimated the scale and numbers they can work with on a cattle station. Branding has been one of my favourite activities whilst living and learning […]
Host: Anthony Lagoon Station Written by Georgia Clark – AACo Graduate Program 2016. I was lucky enough to accompany our Bore Runner – Parrot – on his “southern run”. What a terrific way to see and learn so much about the property! The Bore Runner always knows what’s happening around the grounds, how his bores […]
Host: Anthony Lagoon Station Written by Georgia Clark – AACo Graduate Program 2016. I have spent the last few days mustering, drafting, trucking, and walking away young heifers. After mustering and drafting older cattle earlier in the year, working with these girls has been a dream! They are so calm, quiet, and walked on a […]
Host: Anthony Lagoon Station Written by Georgia Clark – AACo Graduate Program 2016. As a rookie from NSW straight out of University, learning I was heading up to Anthony Lagoon Station in the NT sounded like an epic adventure and an amazing way to start my new role as a graduate with AACo. Little did […]
Host: Myroodah Station Written by Pam Daniell – Manager, Myroodah Station. There’s been a well-worn track forged between Myroodah Station and the local community of Looma’s Health Clinic over the years. Many of our staff have visited the clinic for varying forms of treatment at one stage or another. It is a professional team of nurses […]
Host: Myroodah Station Written by Pam Daniell – Manager, Myroodah Station. “Don’t judge my path, if you haven’t walked my journey”. At Myroodah Station there is a staff notice board which includes an ever-changing “quote of the week”. The above citation has been previously displayed there. When my husband and I took on a management role […]
Host: Myroodah Station. Written by Emily Bridgeman – Governess, Myroodah Station. When I first found out I’d been accepted the position as a governess on Myroodah I was immediately excited and so curious about what the future had in store for me. From the first email to the last phone call before arriving at the station Pam […]
Host: Myroodah Station Written by Brenda Gibbs – Station Cook and Pam Daniell – Manager, Myroodah Station. Albert Watson. Albert Watson, better known as Redman, has had a long association with Myroodah Station. His grandparents lived on Myroodah where his grandfather was employed as a Ringer. His mother was born here, as was his uncle. During […]
Host: Myroodah Station Written by Brenda Gibbs – Station Cook, Myroodah Station. When I was asked to write a story about my job as Myroodah station cook, I thought the readers of this blog had undoubtedly heard it all before. Station cooks are first in the kitchen and the last to leave. They are busy […]
Host: Myroodah Station Written by Pam Daniell – Manager, Myroodah Station. Backyard Sunrise. As dawn breaks on Saturday morning, I reflect on what has been another hectic week here on Myroodah Station in the west Kimberley. It’s June and it’s our busiest month of the year. The cattle mustering program is in full swing with […]
Host: Miss Chardy Today we are going on a little trip to the ultra sound clinic. Don’t worry – I’m not pregnant again or anything like that, so calm down. No, today we are talking cattle – I know . . . one of my favourite topics . . . right?! When I was pregnant […]
Host: Miss Chardy On the 7th of May the women of the Barkly Tableland came out of nooks and unexplored crannies of the Australian outback to gather at the Barkly Homestead Roadhouse for the much anticipated bi-annual Barkly Women’s Day. As usual they drove for hours and hours . . . and sometimes hours, hours, […]
Host: Miss Chardy Now, I know you will find this hard to believe but there are actually quite a few ways that you can bring on the rain**. Today I am just going to talk you through a few. You see today is the day Georgie – our Headstockman – arrives back from holidays. This […]
Host: Miss Chardy There are so many different jobs on a cattle station. Headstockman is just one of them. The Headstockman is the person who runs the stock camp. Meet our Headstockman, her name is Georgie, you may have met her several times on the blog but here she is again, in case you missed […]
