Host: Alexandria Station Written by Stacey Haucke – Head Stockwoman, Alexandria Station. Hi my name is Stacey Haucke. My job title is Head Stockperson of the stock camp here at Alexandria. Home for me is Heidelberg Station, a couple hours west of Bowen (QLD) in the hills not far from Burdekin Dam. The complete opposite to […]
Host: Alexandria Station Written by Nikki Iversen – Stud Overseer, Alexandria Station. Hello, my name is Nikki Iversen, I’m often referred to as the “Stud Chick” and this is my story. Nikki Iversen The plan was to jillaroo for two years at my first station. Three and a half years later I am looking after the […]
Host: Alexandria Station Written by Narda Grover – Manager, Alexandria Station. Hello, my name is Narda Grover and I live on Alexandria Station with my partner Stephen Bryce. We have both have lived and worked on cattle stations across the top of Australia all our lives, so I’m not sure what a reader of this blog […]
Host: Nerrima Station Written by Sally Courtney – Manager, Nerrima Station. Nerrima Station ain’t no Hilton, but it is a home! From the air taken in the dry season – Homestead, the workshop, the quarters, dam, the yards, and the old stables! From March to October, Nerrima is home to six members of the stock […]
Host: Nerrima Station Written by Mick Courtney – Manager, Nerrima Station. Co–operative breeders are the key, I believe, to a smooth mustering, drafting, and processing operation. Time and time again I’m sure we’ve all been held up by un-cooperative animals. Quite often throwing the whole day’s logistics out and plenty of unneeded stress on animals […]
Host: Nerrima Station Written by the Mick Courtney – Manager, Nerrima Station. The stock camp works from dawn to dusk, as much as is required. This kind of work routine can be hard going, and when you add to that the fact that we all live in each other’s pockets as well, things can get […]
Host: Nerrima Station Written by the Crew, Nerrima Station. The whole stock camp together at the recent Picnic Races Ball in Derby, from left to right – Callum Moore, Courtney Turner, Jacob Dunn, Tahlia Moore, Kay Sandford, Dave Milton. Courtney Turner Hi I’m Courtney Turner and I grew up in Newcastle NSW. I am one […]
Host: Nerrima Station Written by Mick and Sally Courtney – Managers, Nerrima Station. Hi All, Welcome to the desert and Nerrima Station! My wife Sal and I moved to Nerrima early 2012 with our two girls, Grace and Lilly and then young Jack came along just before Christmas, and previous to that we had spent […]
Host: Influential Women Written by Catherine Marriot – Founder and Carly Brooks – CEO, Influential Women. IW is handing the reins over to Mazz to throw her two bobs worth into the Central Station ring. Her time starts now! 1) What is your full name? Catherine “The great” Marriott (Disclaimer: the answer is Catherine Agnes […]
Host: Influential Women Written by Carly Brooks – CEO, Influential Women. Welcome to an Influential Women (IW) workshop, watch your step, this tangle of extension leads is powering secret women’s business. Whether there are 20 beef producers in a frosty showground pavilion or a dozen grain growers in a stifling town hall, IW workshops are tonic […]
Host: Influential Women Written by Carly Brooks – CEO, Influential Women. Saddle up Central Station, The forecast for Western Australia is blue skies, clean air, and a large chance of high pressure photo taking. A dozen East Javanese businesswomen arrive in Perth to begin Part Two of the ‘Empowering Women in Agriculture – Australia and Indonesia’ project. […]
Host: Influential Women Written by Carly Brooks – CEO, Influential Women. Selamat Pagi Central Station, Hang onto your hat – IW is going to take you where no man has gone before; on a mission to empower women in agriculture in East Java and WA. We’ve taken the leg work out of it so you don’t […]
Host: Influential Women Written by Carly Brooks – CEO, Influential Women. Let’s cover off on some Day One stuff and attempt to articulate ‘a day in the life of Influential Women (IW).’ I will do my best to paint a picture, however it is hard to define this travelling roadshow. IW is now based in the […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. Here we are at the end of our week’s blog and you have met our wonderful employees Jenna and Josh and caught up with both Kurt and my perspectives about our current and future endeavours. I feel that we really have been […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner and Jenna – Governess, Country Downs Station. Yesterday, you got to meet Josh, our newest member of the team. Today, you all get to meet our current Governess, Jenna. Now, Jenna is from Finland and started out with us undertaking her rural work in order […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner and Josh – Station Hand, Country Downs Station. Already Day Five . . . time just flies when you’re having fun! Yesterday, you got a short and succinct version of events from Kurt. As you can probably guess, we are currently so busy that all […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Kurt Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. Once again, I have managed to convince Kurt to write about his perspective of what we have been up to and where we are heading . . . this is also great for me as I get a small window of insight […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. So I left you yesterday at the end of our relaxing day and having got the go ahead to visit an abattoir that night. After an early dinner and quick couple of hours sleep, we dragged ourselves out of our comfortable hotel […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. My parents (being the wonderful people that they are!) late last year, had offered Kurt and I to not only look after the property, but the kids as well (good gracious . . . that’s a whole lot of love!) for a […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. Hi everyone and welcome back to Country Downs. About the same time last year we introduced ourselves to you all and gave you a bit of a run-down of what we do and why we do it. Well, a year later and […]
