Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by James Camp – Manager, Kalyeeda Station. Hi, my name is James Camp. I’m a 4th generation stockman born and bred in the Kimberleys in the North West of Australia. When I was a kid, instead of fairytales, I was brought up hearing stories of my family throwing scrub bulls, fording […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Owner, Kalyeeda Station. Horse riding is very skilled and can be dangerous, but most people who come to work on a station want to have a go. From the experienced head-stockman with 40 years of colt-starting under his belt to the nervous cook who has never left […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Kalyeeda Station. I had an interesting discussion with a friend once about what working cattle taught young men. She had only seen stock whips and poly pipe and not understood the context in which these tools are used. In her mind, it taught boys to bully and […]
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: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Owner, Kalyeeda Station. It is 6.04am and I am woken to the sound of my mobile buzzing into life next to my ear; “Hello, Barbara. We’ve been tasked. Would you like to come flying?” Well, ask a girl a silly question! Of course I do! In every […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Kalyeeda Station. A common theme in any conversation about the sustainability of outback station life is diversification. After the 2011 live export ban there were many families and businesses that were suddenly faced with the loss of their livelihoods and only source of income. It’s only natural […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Station Hand, Kalyeeda Station. Cows and horses are large, unpredictable animals and they can be pretty bloody dangerous. It’s a fact that more people are killed by cows than sharks every year. This is where when you’re working with animals, you need to work with animals. This idea […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Station Hand, Kalyeeda Station. Situated in the tropical North of WA, the weather in the Kimberley is very different to my native Scotland. The Kimberley has only two seasons – the wet and the dry. To explain this in terms of the daily ABC weather report – there […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Station Hand, Kalyeeda Station. One of the best things about living on a station is the animals we get to have around the place. We’ve had orphan dingo pups and injured wallabies. Corellas that have fallen out the nest and brolgas that like living in the machinery shed. […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Station Hand, Kalyeeda Station. We call it club Kalyeeda, and to be honest, it’s a bit of a big deal. They say the crew that parties together stays together and I know I’ve partied with some of the best friends you could hope to meet on the verandah […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barb Camp – Station Hand, Kalyeeda Station. Hi everyone, My name is Barb, I’m a 27 and live on Kalyeeda Station in the East Kimberley with my husband, James and his family – the Camps. We raise Brahman cross cattle for sale primarily via live export on the our 120,000 hectare […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Wave Camp – Owner, Kalyeeda Station. Click to enlarge pictures Since Dad and Mum bought the station, it has always been a family run station, and school and work has always been a big part of life. I remember in year five I didn’t actually complete many school sets, Linda […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Wave Camp – Owner, Kalyeeda Station. Kalyeeda Station is a 122,000 hectare property including 45km of Fitzroy River frontage and 42,000 hectares floodout with eight natural waters. To cater for the dispersal of 8,000 head of cattle, including 3,600 breeders, we also have 13 bores and three dams. These are […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Wave Camp – Kalyeeda Station. Motorbikes. Even though the horses undertake an important role in Kalyeeda work life, the bikes here also have a vital part to play. Obviously they’re very helpful to have on musters and while walking cattle away from the yards, as they keep the cattle moving […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Wave Camp – Owner, Kalyeeda Station. Justin Cooney first worked for Peter and Cheryl Camp in 1988 on the station they managed on the edge of the Northern Territory; Carlton Hill. It was here that he met his partner Julie, a Kiwi, and after a year of station work they […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Angharad Preece – Tutor, Kalyeeda Station. Some of the Kalyeeda Crew. As I wait in Broome for a boy I barely know to take me nearly 400km out of town and into the Outback, I’m pretty nervous. Okay, so I know that James Camp is a lovely guy, I’m going to […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Wave Camp – Owner, Kalyeeda Station. Yarding up with Peter, Camille, Wave and Rosella. Hi, I’m Wave and I have lived in the Kimberley my whole life. My Mum and Dad, Peter and Cheryl Camp, bought Kalyeeda Station in 1996, the year before I was born, and we have lived here […]
