Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company This blog is a follow up to a story published in 2018 called “Learning to let go” where I wrote about my son Gus’ last year at home before going to boarding school. “Ground Control to Major Tom” “10, 9” Take your […]
Host: Umbearra Station Every year we conduct two rounds of mustering. These two rounds of mustering, depending on season conditions, can take anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks to complete. We muster our cattle via trapping and mustering with planes and helicopters. Trapping the cattle at watering points is our preferred option due to lower […]
Host: Horses for Courses for Bush Kids Written by Tiani Cook, Suplejack Station, Northern Territory Hi there, my name is Tiani Cook and I’m the founding director of Horses for Courses for Bush Kids. I’m an enthusiastic advocate raising awareness of the many issues rural and remote families face. I’m also passionate about finding solutions […]
Host: Horses for Courses for Bush Kids Written by Tiani Cook, Suplejack Station, Northern Territory As you may have figured out from my previous two blogs, Horses for Courses for Bush Kids (H4C) uses the platform of horses to raise awareness of the issues facing rural and remote children and their families, but the annual […]
Host: Horses for Courses for Bush Kids Written by Tiani Cook, Suplejack Station, Northern Territory At the beginning of October last year I saddled up with ‘Horses for Courses for Bush Kids’ and took it to Central Australia to continue raising awareness of the issues facing Aussie Bush Kids and their families. Riding along the […]
Written by Talya Kirkham, Governess – Moorarie Station, Meekatharra, Western Australia It was midnight in October 2015 after a 22-hour flight from Europe when I landed in Perth, jumped in my little blue Holden Cruze and drove 10 hours to Moorarie Station Meekatharra. I got to my aunties station at around 10.30am to head to […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Alana Moller – Star of Hope Station, Central Queensland. You’ve heard from me before, I am Alana and I live at Star of Hope Station in Queensland with my husband Scott and our three daughters Mykenzie (when she is home from boarding school), Zarah and Addison. I like to […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Jo Kanny, Wagga Wagga Station, Yalgoo, Western Australia. I am regularly asked “don’t you get bored out there?” but anyone who has experienced and lived station life knows that there is very little risk of this ever happening! Jakob & Josh 2017 School Photos. I was born and raised […]
Host: Mallina Station Written by Tully, Governess – Mallina Station On the 10th of August 2018 I started my journey as a governess. A governess is someone who helps out in the schoolroom and supervises the children’s learning. The kids have teachers who are based at the School of the Air for that area but as […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Olivia O’Neill, Derwent Station, Northern Territory My name is Olivia O’Neill and I live at Derwent Station with my husband, Padraic and we have 3 children, Patrick (8), Kathleen (6) and Ashling (4). My husband and I are from Ireland and on 11th March 2011, we flew into our […]
Host: Mallina Station Written by Lindsay Newland I count myself fortunate that we live on a property that is ok with my children coming with me to work. When I had my first child we were managing a station that didn’t allow this and I really struggled with being house bound as well as the […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Tayla Clark, Governess – Blina Station Me: “Hey Siri, what’s the definition of a Governess”? Siri: “(especially in former times) a woman employed to teach children in a private household”. That was me early December (2017), trying to figure out what a governess was, and what the position would […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Petie Rankin, The Twins Station, South Australia I cannot believe how very fitting it was that when I was asked to write a piece for Central Station, it would be the EXACT week that my govie had to go home for a few days and I had to dig […]
Host: Kilcowera StationWritten by Toni Sherwin, Station OwnerKilcowera Station offers accommodation, camping and tours. Learn more here. Volunteers for Isolated Students Education is a great organisation, now being administered by Aussie Helpers, they send retired teachers or helpers out to properties where help is needed during busy or stressful times. If you are shorthanded at […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company Gus and Til at Mandora. I always wanted to be able to afford to send my kids to private school for their secondary education. We have worked hard to build our business and grow our stations. One of the greatest motivators was […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Alana Moller – Star of Hope Station, Queensland. My name is Alana. I live at Star of Hope Station, an hour and a half west of Clermont, with my husband Scott and our three girls. The Star of Hope herd. Our eldest daughter is now at boarding school, however […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Tina Sendall As a family travelling Australia and working along the way, our kids have been enrolled with Distance Education through Hay SOTA in NSW as well as Alice Springs SOTA in the NT. A key factor to this type of schooling is the need for a Home Tutor, and […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Mikayla Schwarz, Governess – Gum Creek Station, South Australia. If people asked me a few years ago in high school what I planned to do in the future, I would have never considered a gap year – let alone being in the outback. My name is Mikayla and I […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Tannas Godfrey, ‘Barrygowan’ Station, Cunnamulla QLD. We live on ‘Barrygowan’ Station in South West Queensland, the Queensland/New South Wales border runs through the middle of our property aggregation. Our closest major towns are Cunnamulla which is 150km north west in Queensland and Bourke which is 230km south west in […]
Host: Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Written by Lynly Kerin, North Well Station, South Australia. One is the loneliest number, and never so much as it is in the Distance Education schoolroom of a property where you are also going solo in the under eighteen category of its population. Quite often the picture painted of a school room […]
