Host: Miss Chardy I was thinking the other day what a very unique way of life we lead up here on an outback cattle station. You see, back in 2001, when I first came up to work in the NT I used to think everyone would love this sort of lifestyle. Why on earth wouldn’t you […]
Host: Miss Chardy Boy, I know I say this all the time, but seriously . . . where has the year gone and how . . . HOW can it be June already???? I have been so slack with my blog posts of late . . . I am not sure if I just haven’t been […]
Host: Miss Chardy Things are in full swing here at Chardy Central. It seems the rain has finally gone and mustering got underway a couple of weeks ago now. I still can’t believe it is now nearly the middle of April. Before the crew can start mustering they have to get all their ducks in a […]
Host: Miss Chardy Well it is the school holidays which means time for another sleepover. Harry has been hatching a plan with his little friend next door for about two weeks. They had it all sorted. Now you know that when I say neighbour it isn’t as simple as walking out the front door and 20 […]
Host: Miss Chardy Sick kids. It is the pits isn’t it, so scary. I mean, I get worried (and totally freak out) when a jackaroo comes to me with a cut on his eyebrow that needs stitches (may or may not have happened last week) so can you imagine how much it worries me when one […]
Host: Miss Chardy Today we are going on a little trip to the ultra sound clinic. Don’t worry – I’m not pregnant again or anything like that, so calm down. No, today we are talking cattle – I know . . . one of my favourite topics . . . right?! When I was pregnant […]
Host: Miss Chardy On the 7th of May the women of the Barkly Tableland came out of nooks and unexplored crannies of the Australian outback to gather at the Barkly Homestead Roadhouse for the much anticipated bi-annual Barkly Women’s Day. As usual they drove for hours and hours . . . and sometimes hours, hours, […]
Host: Miss Chardy Now, I know you will find this hard to believe but there are actually quite a few ways that you can bring on the rain**. Today I am just going to talk you through a few. You see today is the day Georgie – our Headstockman – arrives back from holidays. This […]
Host: Miss Chardy There are so many different jobs on a cattle station. Headstockman is just one of them. The Headstockman is the person who runs the stock camp. Meet our Headstockman, her name is Georgie, you may have met her several times on the blog but here she is again, in case you missed […]
Host: Miss Chardy I am not your typical outback chick. I often think about all of my fabulous friends up here and have no idea how they do it all. They can ride horses like it is nobodies business, they are so damned competent and could probably turn their hands to almost anything. I swear […]
Host: Miss Chardy Written by Danielle Doyle – Manager, Mittiebah Station. Well we have had another run in with the RFDS (Royal Flying Doctor Service) today. This time it was my oldest boy – Tom. Yesterday the boys headed home with Mrs Savvy B for a bit of a sleep over. Things were so peaceful […]
Host: Miss Chardy Written by Danielle Doyle – Manager, Mittiebah Station. I tell you, nothing is simple when you live at Bumtruck Nowhere. Nothing I tell you. Especially trying to get home once your fabulous holiday is over (If you need a little catch up on our holiday adventures you can start HERE to find […]
Host: Miss Chardy Written by Danielle Doyle – Manager, Mittiebah Station. Have you ever wondered how we get our power when we live hundreds of kilometres from town? Or did you just think the power lines came all the way out here? You probably did, right? Well they don’t. No – not even the power […]
Host: Miss Chardy Written by Danielle Doyle – Manager, Mittiebah Station. So catching up with your neighbours, when you live in the middle of nowhere goes something like this . . . Mrs Savvy B and Co have come over to visit this weekend. I have been having withdrawals from her, after our fabulous holiday […]
Host: Miss Chardy Written by Danielle Doyle – Manager, Mittiebah Station. Well it is no wonder I am starting to turn into captain psycho cranky pants. It is nearly a month since we returned to the station from holidays and I haven’t been anywhere since. Unless you count a trip out into the paddock to meet […]
