Host: Boreelum Station Written by Adam Coffey – Station Owner/Manager One thing that we often think about and discuss given our experiences are the difficulties facing young people trying to gain a foothold in Australian Agriculture. The huge capital costs associated with land ownership and/or inventory required to operate a primary production enterprise are too large […]
Host: Boreelum Station Written by Adam Coffey – Station Owner/Manager So, moving on from our last post where Jac introduced us and gave you a brief background, I thought I’d fill you in on our new home “Boreelum” and what we’ve done with the place since we purchased it almost two years ago. We often call […]
Host: Boreelum Station Written by Jacynta Coffey – Station Owner/Manager Hi everyone! This week we will be taking to you to our little part of the world on Queensland’s central coast. Today, a look at our story so far – my name is Jacynta (Jac) and my husband Adam and I are first generation cattle producers. […]
Host: Zoe Hayes Location: North West Queensland Red dog? Nah mate, dead dog! Driving along a dirt road past rural properties in Blackall QLD it was a sight & stench for sore eyes, but one I took as a rare photographic opportunity. Wild dogs strung up swinging with the breeze hanging from farmer’s trees. Poetic or […]
Host: Zoe Hayes Location: North West Queensland Now, I was always told when I first went to work on a cattle station for the first time with a boyfriend that “if you can work in a set of cattle yards together and survive, well, you’ll survive anything”! Although I thought that to be very true because […]
Host: Zoe Hayes Location: North West Queensland Well I suppose Mother Nature heard our prayers when we poured our hearts out to her asking to wet the dusty ground AND ease up on the hot grueling days we were working in; she pulled through! As I sit in my room on day ten of the ‘wet […]
Host: Zoe Hayes Location: North West Queensland If only it were that simple…. Photo credit: Jacqueline Curley, Gipsy Plains Brahmans The drought has been beyond cruel in Queensland, and while the stock are suffering, our farmers are too. The livelyhood they depend on gambles on Mother Nature & at this stage she isn’t playing game. The […]
Host: Zoe Hayes Location: North West Queensland Hi my name is Zoe Hayes, I’m hoping that my story may inspire and/or empower someone reading this today. My story begins back in 1994 when I was born but let’s skip a fair few paces forward to September 2012 where my life was hugely impacted by my mums […]
Written by “Enviro Em”, Environmental Officer & proud former station kid. A lot of the time I am asked “How can you be an enviro if you grew up on a farm?” This used to annoy me so much! But, now I see it as an opportunity to brag – farmers, pastoralists, and landholders […]
Host: Direct Drilling Written by Jill Williams – Co-Founder & Operations Manager, Direct Drilling Always best to start with introductions of who’s who. Direct Drilling was founded by my partner Andrew McWaters and myself, as one of the twists and turns of live’s journey. Andrew (aka) Andy, and myself, retired for all of 9 weeks, […]
Last week the WA government announced a decision to have all 5 Schools of the Air remain open. This has been a huge win for rural and regional families across the state. The following was written before the government announced the reversal on their decision to close all 5 schools at the end of 2018. […]
Last week the WA government announced a decision to have all 5 Schools of the Air remain open. This has been a huge win for rural and regional families across the state. The following was written before the government announced the reversal on their decision to close all 5 schools at the end of 2018. […]
The following is an excerpt from the book ‘Ridgeview Station’, which you can purchase here. Many of Peter and Kelsie Dalton’s friends thought they were crazy when they bought Ridgeview Station. But five years on, their hard work, help from Kelsie’s parents, and record rainfall have them in high spirits as the summer muster approaches. […]
The following is an excerpt from the book ‘Ridgeview Station’, which you can purchase here. Many of Peter and Kelsie Dalton’s friends thought they were crazy when they bought Ridgeview Station. But five years on, their hard work, help from Kelsie’s parents, and record rainfall have them in high spirits as the summer muster approaches. […]
The following is an excerpt from the book ‘Ridgeview Station’, which you can purchase here. Many of Peter and Kelsie Dalton’s friends thought they were crazy when they bought Ridgeview Station. But five years on, their hard work, help from Kelsie’s parents, and record rainfall have them in high spirits as the summer muster approaches. […]
The following is an excerpt from the book ‘Ridgeview Station’, which you can purchase here. Many of Peter and Kelsie Dalton’s friends thought they were crazy when they bought Ridgeview Station. But five years on, their hard work, help from Kelsie’s parents, and record rainfall have them in high spirits as the summer muster approaches. […]
The following is an excerpt from the book ‘Ridgeview Station’, which you can purchase here. Many of Peter and Kelsie Dalton’s friends thought they were crazy when they bought Ridgeview Station. But five years on, their hard work, help from Kelsie’s parents, and record rainfall have them in high spirits as the summer muster approaches. […]
Written by Shaelyn Meyer – Consultant, Crossroads Ranch Consulting, Montana USA. Read part 1 here. Below, I will compare the various ways the operation has changed in the past 20 years. These are changes that have worked for us, but holistic management is not about applying a cookie cutter management plan made up by someone else. […]
Written by Shaelyn Meyer – Consultant, Crossroads Ranch Consulting, Montana USA. Hello! I’m writing to you from Montana! I grew up on a 10,000 acre ranch in rural eastern MT, but of course, the “rural-est” places in the U.S. still don’t quite compare to the Australian Outback. I know because I spent a year in AU; […]
Host: HerStory Western Lifestyle Photography Written by Kaylie Franklin With August, nearly behind us at the community pasture things are starting to gear up for the fall season. I know, fall, already! We definitely capitalize on our long summer days in Canada. Sun rise at 5:00am most mornings and sets at 10:15pm most evenings. We […]
