Host: Riveren & Inverway Station
Managers/ Owners: Owners- Japfa Santori Australia, a fully owned subsidiary of Japfa Comfeed TBK, an Indonesian company, Managers- Mick and Georgia Underwood
Region: Southern Victoria River District of the Northern Territory
Nearest town for shopping, doctors etc: Katherine, (600km)
Nearest roadhouse: Top Springs (350km)
Number of cattle: 45,000 head
Number of staff: 12
Size of station: 5000 km2 (1.2 million acres)
How often and how the mail is delivered: We get our mail weekly via mail plane (weather permitting)
How often and how the stores shopping is done: Once a fortnight
How far off the bitumen you are: 150km
Riveren and Inverway Stations are located in the Southern Victoria River District of the Northern Territory. Inverway was purchased in 1956 by Pat Underwood and Tom Quilty with the Underwoods subsequently buying out the Quilty share. In 1968 John and Terry Underwood commenced the development of Riveren Station on the headwaters of the Victoria River. Riveren was eventually subdivided from the Inverway lease in 1978. A decade later Bunda Station was subdivided from the western portion of Inverway. In 2007 John Terry and family purchased Inverway from the Westaway family.
In 2013 the Underwoods sold Riveren and Inverway Station to Japfa Santori Australia PL, a fully owned subsidiary of Indonesian company PT Santosa Agrindo. Michael and Georgia Underwood stayed on to manage the properties for the new owners.
Friday Fun
Host: Riveren Station Written by Georgia Underwood – Manager, Riveren Station. Friday – Assembly day Friday is the children’s favourite school day – not because it’s the last day of the week, but because they have school assembly on IDL. They get to hear what has been happening in other classes during the week, what […]
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Another day, another muster
Host: Riveren Station Written by Georgia Underwood – Manager, Riveren Station. Another day, another muster, another bore to pull. Noses to the grind stone, another paddock mustered, early to start, early to bed, too hot and dry to do much else. We are half way through the round now after four weeks, Inverway finished and […]
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Hump Day
Host: Riveren Station Written by Georgia Underwood – Manager, Riveren Station. Middle of the week – the end is in sight! Another early start to the day, and another paddock mustered. This one took all day with the paddock being mustered to both ends at once. The cattle are all stacked at the yards ready […]
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Keep on trucking Tuesday
Host: Riveren Station Written by Georgia Underwood – Manager, Riveren Station. 5am breakfast, a long drive out to Champagne to muster. It was a long hot day and with little calves everywhere Mick wanted the cattle in the yards early. The muster went well and all the cattle were drafted before it got too hot […]
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A long hot week
Host: Riveren Station Written by Georgia Underwood – Manager, Riveren Station. Monday . . . a slow start to what is boding to be a long hot week: A few of the crew are a bit bleary eyed today following a weekend away socialising at a campdraft, so we’ve had a sleep in and moved […]
