Written by Monica Haslet – Meda Station Over the Easter weekend we decided to take the kids out for a nice family ride for the first time. The result was not quite what we hoped for… instead of the nice fun little walk past the billabong, around the house and back to the horse yards, […]
Written by Jodie Grant – Florina Station. So you have met the man of your dreams, your knight in shining armour… it just so happens that he is a cowboy. No not a concrete cowboy but a fair dinkum horse riding, cow roping, gun slinging cow boy. This is something you never expected – let’s face […]
Written by Katie O’Donoghue – Stationhand, Mandora Station The alarm goes off. It’s early, the sun is barely out of bed itself. It’s a new day, another busy day ahead and so, with one final stretch I jump out of bed head outside springing off the deck and head off in search of the crew. […]
Written by Kirsty Williams, Mount Sarah Station I was nervous with George starting kindy given all he wants to be when he grows up, “is a worker!” But easing into kindy days bit by bit, stretching the time out longer and longer over the weeks (and a few bribes of toy tractors and the like) saw […]
Written by Steph Coombes – Editor, Central Station. You might remember a story in the media from about 10 years ago. 18 teenage girls from the same high school in Massachusetts, USA, became pregnant at the same time. The story goes that they planned their pregnancies after making a “pregnancy pact”. They wanted their kids […]
Host: De Grey Station Written by Mark Bettini, Owner – De Grey Station Mustering pilots get to see many funny things – bike riders are always good for a laugh. When they stack it they quickly look around to see if anyone saw them. Once you have determined if the rider is ok I think […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Martha Lindstad, Stationhand, Yarrie Station “Go up north and find yourself some handsome young cowboy”, is a saying quite a few young girls hear when they decide to work on a station. Is it really that easy, finding someone and dating in the bush? When I first arrived at Yarrie […]
Host: Donal Sullivan If you missed my post yesterday, you’ll read below some of my observations on characters you commonly find on cattle stations, inspired by Sir David Attenborough. These are written entirely as a joke, and anything that sounds illegal is definitely not based on a real person or real events. ‘The Chopper Pilot’ […]
Host: Donal Sullivan I have had many opportunities to observe station life over the years I’ve spent living and working on the land. As an avid documentary watcher, I’ve often wondered what one of the greatest naturalists of all time, Sir David Attenborough, would think of our lives and the characters that work on cattle […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Martha Lindstad – Stationhand, Yarrie Station. We were about halfway through the mustering season, when Tara and I went down to one of our mustering camps to pick up some gear. “Lets do pants off Friday, and take a photo”, Tara said. I was in my own little world, and […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Martha Lindstad – Stationhand, Yarrie Station. Most nights during dinner we do Pit and Peak at Yarrie. Some love it, others aren’t overly excited about it, but it’s a great way of getting a conversation going around the dinner table or camp fire, and no matter how dumb you feel, […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Station Manager, Dampier Downs. Communication is key on a cattle station. In this job, things can – and do – change in an instant. It is easy to forget that everyday terms for us are a baffling journey into the unintelligible for those not used […]
Host: Kadaitcha Pastoral Company Written by James Christian – Owner, Kadaitcha Pastoral Company. Back in February 2006 I travelled out to Napperby Station from Sydney to visit my aunt and uncle and have a “working holiday” for two weeks. With the benefit of hindsight I’m now aware that meant they had to do their jobs plus […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Mariah Maughan – Station Hand, Kalyeeda Station. I can barely feel my hands as I contemplate whether I should choose a convincing C in the multi-choice or go for the trusty E: all the above. It usually turns out that the answer was in fact C, and E: all the […]
Host: Miss Jodie Written by Miss Jodie – Jill of All Trades, Northern Australia. Editors note: The views reflected in this blog are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of Central Station staff or other hosts associated with this website. This entry is genuine advice which has been written in good humor. […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Owner, Kalyeeda Station. Everyone makes stupid mistakes. We’re only human – it happens. Unfortunately living and working remote means that what might be a minor error can turn in to a pretty big deal. If you forget to buy coffee when you live in town it’s not […]
Host: White Kangaroo Station Written by Sarah Streeter – Manager, White Kangaroo Station. Multi tasking . . . they say women are better than men. Mothers tend to have a supernatural skill to attend to several tasks as if they were working from a body with more than two sides of a brain and certainly […]
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: Glenforrie Station Written by Ratty White esq. – Station Hand, Glenforrie Brahmans. After smoko the cows and calves were shifted to the laneway, ready to walk out past the six mile bore to a paddock called Susan’s where they were going to be living for now. We left the cows to start wandering their own […]
