A [Stickybeak] into Fossil Downs Station
Welcome back to another “Station Stickybeak” episode.
This series was created to share an insight into why pastoralists do what they do, given their circumstances – whether it be location, country type, rainfall zone, infrastructure, ownership model, market, or any of the many other factors influencing management decisions.
In each Station Stickybeak episode I’ll chat to Station owners and managers about a range of topics, broadly covering country, infrastructure, cattle, and people to show that there are many ways to achieve positive outcomes for people, livestock, the land and business.
In this episode I sit down with John Henwood who, with his wife Annette, owned and operated Fossil Downs Station in the central Kimberley for over 50 years. John has a wealth of knowledge and experience, and with the assistance of Jardine McDonald we had a great chat with John about Fossil Downs and what he learnt during his time there.
Before we got into the official Stickybeak line of questioning, we were having a yarn about water and fence placement in relation to scrub bulls, and that’s where this episode starts.