Host: Undoolya Station Written by Nikita Hayes The Hayes family has a long history in Central Australia. Here’s a look at how this pioneering family began back in the 1800’s. HAYES, WILLIAM 1827-1913, a pastoralist, William was born in Liverpool and brought up in Wales, where he became a butcher. He claimed that when he […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Station Manager, Dampier Downs. Well, this is it. Our week at Dampier Downs has come to a close. Over the last week I have tried to share with you some of the stories of when things go wrong (It’s on, There’s one in every mob), […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Station Manager, Dampier Downs. It’s 8 am on a Friday morning, and as I say hello to passing neighbours, friends, and acquaintances, I am busily scrutinising every pair of testicles I can see. Now, this isn’t nearly as forward as you might think, as I […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Station Manager, Dampier Downs. Many previous hosts on this site have spoken about low stress stock handling. At Dampier Downs, this is pretty much the closest thing we have to religion. Mike even went as far as to travel to America to learn from the […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Station Manager, Dampier Downs. The sun hasn’t quite poked its head over the horizon and I find myself in St Trinian’s (aka the dog run for its occasionally very naughty inhabitants). The Princesses are out having a stretch and a bit of a play. While […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Station Manager, Dampier Downs. One of the major events to happen at Dampier Downs recently was the advent of 24 hour power. This was achieved by connecting the solar system to the generator. This means that during the day the sun charges the batteries which […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Station Manager, Dampier Downs. There’s a smell of Avgas in the air and the faint ‘whump, whump’ of rotor blades in the distance. This can only mean one thing – it’s time to muster. The aim is always for a calm, controlled muster where the […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Station Manager, Dampier Downs. Hi, my name is Anne Marie and I will be talking about life at Dampier Downs, a 665,000 hectare cattle station in the Kimberley. Those of you who have been following Central Station for a while may remember Jane, Emma, and […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Breanna Dorrington – Little Terror & Great Adventurer, Yarrie Station. Hello, I’m Breanna Dorrington, but everyone calls me ‘Kid’, because I am the youngest at Yarrie Station. I’m 12 years old and I’ll be telling you what its like for me to live in the bush. Obviously there isn’t a […]
Host: Yarrie Station Written by Kristy Walters – Station Hand, Yarrie Station. I don’t really know where the idea of going up north and working on a cattle station came from. When I finished school and people asked me what I was planning on doing next, I often got a surprised look when I said that […]
Host: Yarrie Station Hey I’m Jess, and I am originally from a sheep and grain farm two and a half hours south east of Perth in a small town called Darkan. Working on a cattle station had always been always been a dream of mine. When I finally decided to bite the bullet and ditch […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by Kate Paull – Owner, Noreena Downs Station. Well as promised here are some pictures and descriptions of the stock camp where we camp out at for five to six weeks of the year every year. This year it is six to seven weeks. We hang out at Peadonah camp […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by Kate Paull – Owner, Noreena Downs Station. At Noreena we have one main set of yards at the homestead, and work off two areas where we have portable yards. These are called Stock route and Peadonah. At the mo we are at Peadonah, we have a stock camp there […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by Kate Paull – Owner, Noreena Downs Station. Wow yipee yi yo yeah another load of export Mickeys on board today, lovin it! More Mickey bulls please from Peadonah stock camp (yes siree we are out at stockcamp at the moment where we will spend six to seven weeks and […]
Host: Noreena Downs Station Written by Kate Paull – Owner, Noreena Downs Station. So today is the day where I get to tell you about Noreena’s weapons of the two legged variety – the management and the staff. Due to Noreena being a family run business not everyone can be chief, so it goes something […]
