Host: Eversleigh Station Written by Jenny Underwood – Owner, Eversleigh Station. I remember the first time I ever heard the famous Dorothea Mackellar poem “My Country”. I was in primary school in Year Five; I was 10 years old. The poem struck a chord with me and in particular the two contrasting descriptions – “Her beauty and […]
Host: Eversleigh Station Written by Jenny Underwood – Owner, Eversleigh Station. As livestock producers we not only look after our cattle but we also take great care of the land. We make sure that we stock the paddocks with the right number of cattle in proportion to the amount of grass available; we ensure that native trees […]
Host: Eversleigh Station Written by Jenny Underwood – Owner, Eversleigh Station. As beef cattle producers our aim is to raise livestock which we either sell to restockers (graziers who will continue to grow the cattle to mature size), feedlots for domestic and export grade cattle, or to abattoirs for the wholesale beef market. Our principle is to […]
Host: Eversleigh Station Written by Jenny Underwood – Eversleigh Station. We’ve all been in that situation, haven’t we? You’re driving along the road, often in a hurry to get somewhere, and up ahead you see… a truck. So now you have to slow down, and at times, finding a suitable place to overtake that truck can […]
Host: Eversleigh Station Written by Jenny Underwood – Owner, Eversleigh Station. A Royal Flying Doctor Service plane coming in to land. The Royal Flying Doctor Service (or “The Flying Doctor” as it is more commonly known) would have to be among one of the most well known symbols of the Australian Bush. The Reverend John Flynn, founder […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. I must admit that writing the blogs for this year has also proved to be a bit of a struggle. Mainly because as the years progress and the more everyone who is a part of Central Station describes, explains, and takes all of […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Maike – Backpacker, Country Downs Station. Yesterday you learnt about Brandon’s experience at Country Downs and what he liked, what he disliked, and about what he got out of his time with us. Today, I am introducing another fabulous traveller that happened upon us in late 2014 and helped us […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Brandon – Backpacker, Country Downs Station. Today I would like to introduce you to one of the many overseas travellers that we have had the pleasure of meeting and spending some time with. I would have loved for all of them to write an account on what they thought, […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Kurt Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. I have asked Kurt to write today’s blog to explain a little more about both the useful and the detrimental effects that fire has on our land system. Having had to deal with the devastating effects of out-of-season fires for two years […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. As we have stated in previous blogs, we are very much into what is generically called “Low Stress Stock-handling” or “Low Stress Stockmanship”. Whatever you want to call it, the biggest mistake people make is believing that it is actually low stress […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Kurt Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. Today is Kurt’s turn to write again. One of our blogs in 2014 was about our own self-arranged visit to Sumatra where we were absolutely privileged to be able to see first-hand what happens to Australian livestock when it arrives in Indonesia. We […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. WOW! It is already 2016, and we whilst we didn’t get our blogs to you in 2015, I cannot believe how quickly time flies by. Despite the fact that we didn’t host a week on Central Station in 2015, it certainly was […]
Host: Eva Downs Station Written by Kathy Gabriel – Bore Runner, Eva Downs Station. I guess when I think back on last year, a few of the big highlights are things learnt. I really value learning, and lets face it, it’s a massive part of our lives! When you venture north or partake in any […]
Host: Eva Downs Station Written by Kathy Gabriel – Bore Runner, Eva Downs Station. Eva cattle in a Holding paddock down on Tarrabool. Cattle – well, they are the reason we are here, aren’t they? Eva Downs runs a mixture of cattle from Brahmans to AACo’s own composite bred cattle. To go into it a […]
Host: Eva Downs Station Written by Kathy Gabriel – Bore Runner, Eva Downs Station. So why Eva? What makes Eva special to us? Well like any station I seem to go to, I get attached to the place for many of different reasons: horses, land, people. Everything seems to factor in to make a station […]
Host: Eva Downs Station Written by Kathy Gabriel – Bore Runner, Eva Downs Station. Hello and welcome. This is Eva’s first time at hosting Central Station and we all find it rather exciting to be able to share with you all for one week what we as a station get up to, and also what we […]
Host: Annaburroo Station Written by Barb Phillips – Manager, Annaburroo Station.
Host: Annaburroo Station Written by Barb Phillips – Manager, Annaburroo Station. It was in 2013 after attending a Neil McDonald Advanced Livestock Management school that I decided to lift my game and invest some time into our working dogs. We were based in Katherine and had a handful of beautifully bred kelpies and collies. Unfortunately […]
Host: Annaburroo Station Written by Barb Phillips – Manager, Annaburroo Station. Our first impressions of each other were ‘not much’. Adrian had separated from his wife and detested women. He had no time for small talk, he was there to get a job done and get out of there; Adrian was a man on a […]
Host: Annaburroo Station Written by Barb Phillips – Manager, Annaburroo Station. In a nutshell, I have no idea why the idea of northern Australia appealed to me. The warmth, the palm trees, the ‘frontier ring’ it had about it, whatever it was, I knew it was for me. Me, Barb. My name is Barb Phillips. […]
