Host: Anna Plains Station Written by David Stoate – Owner/Manager, Anna Plains Station. Plenty has been heard in recent years about the opportunity that China represents for Australian business. The northern beef industry is at the centre of this opportunity. The Department of Agriculture and Food in Western Australia has estimated that an increase in per capita […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Campion – Owner/Manager, Anna Plains Station. The darkest hour is before the dawn or so the saying goes. I am not sure whether the saying is actually true, but it is what nearly everyone in the northern cattle industry was hoping a few years ago. It seemed like that just […]
Host: Anna Plains Station I landed up on the Plains as a matter of chance, of luck, but sometimes the events that led up to my arrival feel like fate. I’m a vet student from Edinburgh, Scotland and in June 2015 I traveled to Western Australia with the dream of working on a cattle station. […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Emma – Station Hand, Anna Plains Station. After 18 months as a jillaroo on Anna Plains Station, I jumped ship and boarded a flight destined for halfway across the world. Taking my seat on the plane I descended into the depths of hell (travelling 23 hours straight) before re-emerging […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by A Guest – Station Hand and Friend, Anna Plains Station. The first time I drove onto Anna Plains I had no idea how much it was going to change my lifestyle and my way of thinking. Anna Plains station is nearly a million acres of outback stretching from the […]
Host: Legune Station Written by Belinda Rasheed – Manager, Legune Station. So let’s put it in perspective . . . We are 120km from Kununurra, WA. Kununurra is 500km from Katherine, NT, and 4,000km to Sydney. Just in case you feel like popping in for a visit. To visit the kids at Boarding School in […]
Host: Legune Station Written by Belinda Rasheed – Manager, Legune Station. There are a few things that set Legune apart from other cattle stations, the most significant being our infrastructure. Collectively, the owners and managers believe developing agricultural land to its full potential is a responsibility which comes with the privilege of owning and running […]
Host: Legune Station Written by Belinda Rasheed – Manager, Legune Station. What we eat and where it comes from . . . You guessed it – on the odd day off, we butcher our own beef and catch a fresh barramundi or two. It’s the ultimate ‘Reef and Beef’, ‘Paddock to Plate’ combo (Matt Moran […]
Host: Legune Station Written by Belinda Rasheed – Manager, Legune Station. In the dry season it’s hot, in the wet season it’s hotter, and wetter, and everyone goes just a little bit crazy . . . The annual ‘working season’ or ‘dry season’ (March to December) is our chance to be as productive as possible, […]
Host: Legune Station Written by Belinda Rasheed – Manager, Legune Station. Even if you’re not a keen horseman, if you are living on or associated with a cattle station, you will most likely attend at least one Campdraft or Rodeo a year. If not to demonstrate an outside score of 90+, you will be there […]
Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Margareta Osborn – Author, Glenforrie Station. Catch up on part 1 here. Our return to the station after the first few weeks baptism of fire was wrought with new challenges. A contract mustering crew took over the week-to-week mustering schedule. It was now my husband and son’s job to cart […]
Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Margareta Osborn – Author, Glenforrie Station. Most people I know, when given the gift of four months long service leave, would pack a caravan and tour around Australia or at least head to the glorious beaches of sunny Queensland. Not this family. We chose to go work a mustering season […]
Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Aticia Grey – Manager, Glenforrie Station. Catch up on part 1 of our trip here. Beef Week. Well, the name pretty well sums it up, it was a great week that was kicked off with a dog auction at the Great Western. Not a kelpie to be seen but the […]
Host: Glenforrie Station Written by Aticia Grey – Manager, Glenforrie Station. Courtney touched on our road trip earlier in the year in her blog but I wanted to expand on a few of my favourite highlights. Being two young women on the road in a cruiser ute with a trailer load of dogs (only 20 […]
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. Back through most of the 90’s and early 00’s, I broke in thousands of colts. These days we start them under saddle, and the method is very different, as is the result. I was only doing the best I […]
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. My father was a social campdrafter and I got the bug quite early. It is a common denominator between my work and interests; many friendships and client relationships have been founded through my participation of the sport. CC ready […]
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. Hi everyone, my name is Heath Stewart (also known as “Spoon”) from Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services, and thanks for having us back again to host Central Station. We’ve had a ridiculously busy calendar year so far […]
Host: Lake Nash Station Written by Sarah Hughes – Manager, Lake Nash Station. Howdy Central Station followers, it’s a pleasure to connect with ya’ll! This is Sarah Hughes from Lake Nash Station on the Barkly Tableland, Northern Territory. My husband Fred and I have managed Lake Nash for almost 2.5 years and it is safe […]
Host: Lake Nash Station Written by Paul Jones – Bore Runner, Lake Nash Station. The light of day sneaks through the cracks and its 4:30am again. Time to pull on the boots and see what Cook’s got on. As usual, plenty of tucker – wonderful! Head over to the workshop to check the oil, water, […]
Host: Lake Nash Station Written by Natasha Land – Camp Cook, Lake Nash Station. The mum, the wife, the doctor, the nurse, and the teacher are just a few different hats I wear on a daily basis in addition to being the camp cook at Lake Nash. The camp cook means I cook for the […]
