Host: Eversleigh Station Written by Jenny Underwood – Owner, Eversleigh Station. Rainman and Gauge, two poddies that we reared in 2014. A poddy is a baby animal that is reared by hand. Most cattle and sheep stations rear poddies from time-to-time. While it is always best for a calf or lamb to be reared by […]
Host: Helen Springs Station Written by Sally Towne – Manager, Helen Springs Station. I really hope you have enjoyed reading our blogs this week and it has provided you with a small insight into our world! To finish off I have put together a photo essay to give you a further snapshot of our amazing, […]
Host: Helen Springs Station Written by Bron Cooke and Justine Reynolds – Station Cooks, Helen Springs and Brunchilly Station. Bron Cooke My name is Bron Cooke and I have been the station cook at Helen Springs since September 2014. This is my second time round working on stations and second time on the Barkly Downs. […]
Host: Helen Springs Station Written by Sam Wood and Belinda Milsom – Governesses, Helen Springs Station. Miss Sam To say teaching on a cattle station in the middle of the Northern Territory is a little bit different to teaching in a classroom with on average 28 students would be close to spot on. My name is Sam; […]
Host: Helen Springs Station Written by Sally Towne – Manager, Helen Springs Station. Tom Hall Hello my name is Tom Hall, I am currently employed as a station hand at Helen Springs station which is owned by S. Kidman & Co. I began my journey in the northern cattle industry at the beginning of 2013 […]
Host: Helen Springs Station Written by Yvonne Bauer – Domestic, Brunchilly Station. My husband, John, our two girls, Benita and Sandy and myself moved to Brunchilly Station, Northern Territory in 2004. John grew up in the bush and we wanted our girls to be able to experience the same lifestyle. September last year was our ten year […]
Host: Helen Springs Station Written by Luke Giblin – Outstation Manager, Brunchilly Station. My name is Luke Giblin, I am the Outstation Manager of Brunchilly. Located 120km north of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, Brunchilly is the outstation of Helen Springs. I started my station life when I was sixteen and got a job on a […]
Host: Helen Springs Station Written by Sally Towne – Manager, Helen Springs Station. The Towne Family. Hi from the Towne Tribe!!! My husband Chris and I manage Helen Springs Station, we have four gorgeous children, ten year old twins Jack and Chloe, eight year old Annabelle, and seven year old Emily! We love our amazing […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. My sister moved to Dubai from London two years ago. You would gather from this that we are very different in our life choices, as well as many other things and have been since we grew up together. This however does not […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. You all met Lauren last year – she was Gus and Tilly’s home tutor and worked for us for six months which is all her second year visa would allow. You didn’t however, meet the side to Lauren that we now know, […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. You have heard a few stories over the last couple of years on Central Station about people that have gone from city life to station and how much things have changed for them. But what about going back to that city life […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by Haydn Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Doodie and his two great loves, Selena and the pastoral map of his country. Life in outback Australia can be very hard. Until you have experienced the depths of these hardships, isolation, droughts, unrelenting extreme heat, loneliness, it is hard to explain how […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Yougawalla crew Facebook thread #2. One of the situations relayed to me was . . . when a bore broke down that was providing water to four dams which supplied around 1200 head of cattle. Haydn and a small crew set about […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. The basics out here are the luxuries because too often we have been without them. A house pump breaks or the solar electricity generator hasn’t got enough stored in the batteries to power the homestead and all of a sudden you are […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. The Sale family are ready for take off. It’s 2015 and Central Station is coming to you for its third year. Thanks to you, we have a huge following and interest in what the people of the Northern Beef Industry are up […]
Host: Goldsborough Station Written by Emma Taylor – Manager, Goldsborough Station. Measuring pasture to work out feed available is an important management tool used on Goldsborough. Knowing how much feed is available at the end of the growing season each year (about May) means that the sustainable carrying capacity for each paddock can be calculated. Matching […]
Host: Goldsborough Station Written by Emma Taylor – Manager, Goldsborough Station. One advantage of staying on long term as a property manager is that you get to see your vision for the development of the property come to fruition. Over the past 14 years, Goldsborough has been transformed from five individual properties to an integrated backgrounding […]
Host: Goldsborough Station Written by Emma Taylor – Manager, Goldsborough Station. Once a month, on a Wednesday night, I hold a Soul Mama gathering in Roma. Soul Mama is a safe (confidential, non-judgemental) space for mums to come together and be authentic about their parenting journey. The Soul Mama Facebook page can be found at www.facebook.com/soulmamaroma. […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Manager, Dampier Downs Station. Earlier this year I wrote a blog about what it takes to be a ringer. As the year draws to a close and employers and employees alike are beginning to think about what next season will bring, I thought I would write […]
Host: Goldsborough Station Written by Emma Taylor – Manager, Goldsborough Station. The winter forage crop oats are an essential part of the production system on Goldsborough. We experience below zero temperatures through the winter months which frosts pastures. This reduces the quality of the feed and cattle will either lose or maintain weight on these frosted […]
