Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barbara Camp We often describe station work as seasonal. Up here in the Kimberley we only have two – the wet and the dry. Bet you can’t guess the major weather difference between them. When working cattle the majority of the hard yakka is done in the more temperate dry season. […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barbara Camp “She’s proper rooted this time, Barb. There’s no coming back” “But what do you mean? She’s always rooted! It’s her constant state of running! she’s been rooted for as long as you’ve had her! She’s had more lives than the cat! Surely we can fix her! We can always […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barbara Camp I’m watching my twelve week old baby trying to lift himself up on his forearms. It’s causing him a lot of effort and hard work. He can manage for a while but then his head gets too heavy and back down it goes to the floor. His little muscles […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Barbara Camp Station work is hard work. But there’s an old saying – if you love what you do you’ll never work another say in your life. This must be true for life out bush. On a station your typical easy day starts with a 5am breakky and ends with a […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Josh Harling – Former Employee, Kalyeeda Station. Josh was a Ringer at Kalyeeda station for three years from 2000. He met his wife Emma here.They now live on a property near Cairns with their three children. He wrote this poem about his time with us. The Land is Vast and […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Casey McRobb – Stock Camp, Kalyeeda Station. I had no idea what to expect when I graduated from uni and accepted a short term contract as an Occupational Therapist in the Derby Allied Health Team. I knew that Derby was in the Kimberley Region, a few hours from Broome, but […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Hannah Camp – Owner, Kalyeeda Station. As you grow older it is inevitable that you forge your own path, this often means leaving home and moving away. You get a job, responsibilities, and limited annual leave. It’s been ten long years since our last Kalyeeda Station family reunion and ten […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Hugo Rikard-Bell – Stock Camp, Kalyeeda Station. Note from Kalyeeda Station’s blog co-ordinator: “One of the most exciting musters in the Kalyeeda calendar is the River Paddock muster. As the name suggests this paddock borders onto the river and consequently after a big wet season (like last year) the fences […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Camille Camp – Owner, Kalyeeda Station. I was diagnosed with Anorexia when I was 15. Having an eating disorder is never an easy experience, but when you live six hours from the nearest GP (general practitioner) and a further three hour flight from the nearest Eating Disorder (ED) clinic, life […]
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: Kalyeeda Station Written by Hugo Rikard-Bell – Station Hand, Kalyeeda Station. When Barbara Camp initially aired the idea for the 2016 Kalyeeda Station stock crew to write some entries for the Central Station Blog I put my hand up straight away. What a perfect opportunity to share with the world our experiences working on […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by Alex Wilkinson – Station Hand, Kalyeeda Station. Since I arrived a little over a month ago, we’ve been very busy having completed the first round of mustering, vaccinating, de-horning, and said Bon Voyage to around 1500 sale cattle, who caused quite a stir with the price they commanded through the first […]
Host: Kalyeeda Station Written by James Camp – Owner, 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 – Owner, 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 […]
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 […]
