Host: Aneka Collison & Hugh James Written by Hugh James – Ranger, GoGo Station. I returned to GoGo to do some more research on goannas over the wet of 14/15, and caught up with the Gooniyandi Rangers to talk about goannas and gain some insight on traditional hunting and harvest. The coordinator at the time […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward – Pastoral Production Officer, Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, Katherine Research Station. Try as I might, and I do, I cannot convince the people I talk to that counting grass is sexy. I get dressed up. I bring my own toys. I talk in a foreign […]
Host: Rangelands NRM Written by Kane Watson – Regional Landcare Facilitator, Rangelands NRM. I came into this role thinking I could bring landcare principles to the Southern Rangelands stations, but from what I have seen they are already there! This is not just about what is good for the land but also what is good for […]
Host: Rangelands NRM Written by Kieran Massie –Program Manager (Southern Rangelands), Rangelands NRM. Arriving in Western Australia as a teenager from a small town in the north east of Scotland, there was nothing that put the zap on my head quite like the Australian Outback. The red dirt of Outback WA is like nothing in Scotland. There […]
Host: Rangelands NRM Written by Mel McDonald – Kimberley Project Manager, Rangelands NRM. Hello everyone, I hope you are all geared up for the week ahead. Mel McDonald here. I first introduced myself on Central Station in 2014 in the midst of some very challenging years for me personally. This time I’ll talk about my work, […]
Host: Soudan Station Written by Mark Sullivan – Bore Runner, Soudan Station. The primary focus of our role as Overseer is to produce high quality beef cattle; for this to happen we need to ensure our cattle have a constant supply of two very important things; feed and water. Our Bore Runners/Water Technicians/Pumpers (their title […]
Guest Host: Richard George Dr Richard George is a Principal Research Scientist with the Department of Agriculture and Food WA, and leads major projects and water science areas. He and his small team have recently completed the land and water assessments that lay behind the approval of Ord Stage 2 and have other major projects […]
Host: Goldsborough Station Written by Emma Taylor – Manager, Goldsborough Station. Measuring pasture to work out feed available is an important management tool used on Goldsborough. Knowing how much feed is available at the end of the growing season each year (about May) means that the sustainable carrying capacity for each paddock can be calculated. Matching […]
Host: Goldsborough Station Written by Emma Taylor – Manager, Goldsborough Station. One advantage of staying on long term as a property manager is that you get to see your vision for the development of the property come to fruition. Over the past 14 years, Goldsborough has been transformed from five individual properties to an integrated backgrounding […]
Host: Dampier Downs Station Written by Anne Marie Huey – Manager, Dampier Downs Station. I really like grass. There, I’ve said it, I admit it – I’m a grass nerd. This is a fact that gives Mike no end of amusement, but I’m proud of it. The fact is, the pastoral industry is built on […]
Host: Mystery Park Written by Tess Camm – Owner, Mystery Park. ‘If you fail to plan, you plan to fail’ At ‘Mystery Park’, measuring the volume of pasture we have produced during the wet season allows us to evaluate the number of stock we can safely run through until we anticipate the next wet season beginning. […]
Host: Mystery Park Written by Tess Camm – Owner, Mystery Park. At ‘Mystery Park’, the primary focus of our business is growing grass – producing the best possible pastures we can using the elements of rain, sunshine, and soil. Around ten years ago we began time-controlled rotational grazing, reaping the rewards of increasing our carrying capacity, […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Helen McMillan – Pastoral Production Officer – DPIF. Hi! I’m Helen McMillan and I’ve been with the Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries in Tennant Creek for almost 12 months now. Originally I’m from Deniliquin (southern NSW), but after completing a degree in Rural Science I really wanted to […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward – Pastoral Production Officer, DPIF. I am regularly told that I have the best job in Australia. I get to travel to a number of cattle stations right across the NT, looking at pasture health on trial sites and sharing my passion for the importance of good […]
Host: Mel McDonald – Rangeland NRM Written by Mel McDonald – Kimberley Project Manager, Rangelands NRM. Previous to this project, if someone had told me that we could transform scaled land with a close resemblance to concrete to knee high vegetation in just a few months, I would have told them they were dreaming! However, that […]
Host: Mel McDonald – Rangeland NRM Written by Mel McDonald – Kimberley Project Manager, Rangelands NRM. How do we make our industry more sustainable? One way is certainly by trying new ways of doing things and talking to each other about it so we can learn from each other’s successes and failures. In my work as […]
Host: Mel McDonald – Rangeland NRM Written by Mel McDonald – Kimberley Project Manager, Rangelands NRM. Our pastoralists deserve praise for how well they care for the land across most of Australia on behalf of the rest of us. All the station people I know have a deep love of the land and indeed many go […]
Host: Mel McDonald – Rangeland NRM Written by Mel McDonald – Kimberley Project Manager, Rangelands NRM. About everyone I know, whether they grew up in the city or the bush, in Australia or oversees, has a love of the land, the bush, and what Mother Nature has to offer. Everyone has that part of them that […]
Host: Hodgson River Station Written by: Jo Bloomfield – Owner, Hodgson River Station. In the early 1990’s a Pastoral land care group in Alice Springs, solely as an initiative of the producers developed a system of land monitoring. This is taking a photograph and recordings of a set site after a rain event or at […]
Host: Hodgson River Station Written by: Jo Bloomfield – Owner, Hodgson River Station. Some of the following are mother nature’s creations in all her timeless wonder and management. The Cicadas. Have you ever been outside and there is a deafening squealing sound that just doesn’t stop and penetrates right through you? It’s these guys, the Cicadas […]
