Host: Wongawol Station Meet ‘Jiminiminy cricket’ the poddy calf (originally called Thomas the Tank Engine). He started getting tired during muster because he was only a young bub, so the boys picked him up and he got to ride in the car with me! Once we yarded up the cattle I picked him up and […]
Host: Wongawol Station It’s early morning and ‘Moose’ is waiting for the engine in his mustering buggy (called the ‘Beer Fridge’) to warm up Meanwhile Graham and Dusty are trying to warm up by having a morning smoke, while we wait for the chopper to find cattle. Dusty with his rolled smoke looking like an […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini O’Loughlin – Owner, Lochon Contracting. 4.30am – the alarm goes off. It is still pitch black outside when we get up and prepare ourselves for a yet another day on a Kimberley cattle property. We are on Margaret River Station, where we are currently contract mustering for Jane and […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini O’Loughlin – Owner, Lochon Contracting. There are various answers as to why we catch bulls. Kimberley cattle stations can be as big as one or two million acres (and bigger), with cattle spread all over the place. Creeks and rivers, thick bush and mountain ranges, sandy deserts and salt […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini O’Loughlin – Owner, Lochon Contracting. You catch wild bulls? How? Where? Why? I am sitting in the passenger seat of the ‘blue dog’, one of our bull buggies. The terrain is rough, the grass is high. Locky spots the ‘flat’ in a distance and while radioing the helicopter pilot to see how […]
Host: Lochon Contracting Written by Tini O’Loughlin – Owner, Lochon Contracting. Welcome to this week on Central Station. I am Tini from Lochon Contracting. Locky and I will be hosting this blog for the next seven days. We are currently contract mustering on Bulka Station and Margaret River Station. Haydn & Locky at Margaret River Station. The […]
Host: Myroodah Station Written by Pam Daniell – Manager, Myroodah Station. Flooded Myroodah crossing over Fitzroy River – our main access in to the Station. Properties in the north of Australia have two distinct seasons – the “Wet” and the “Dry”. The season that most station managers will tell you they enjoy most is the […]
Host: Hodgson River Station Written by Jo Bloomfield – Manager, Hodgson River Station. Our property is relatively small in size to the average property up north, with most of our activities governed by the weather being mainly the wet and the dry season. What makes mustering difficult is the ruggedness, scrub, and volume of natural […]
Host: Hodgson River Station Written by Jo Bloomfield – Manager, Hodgson River Station. PMT is a common infliction that affects all people involved with herding animals across Australia. It can occur in sporadic intense inflictions or slow pressure increases affecting both male and female personnel. It is definitely felt more intensely by those who are […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Hi there, this is a very exciting day for Central Station and for me, Jane Sale. I hope you will see through tuning into the weekly hosts on Central Station, how differently each station, feedlot, and all the business’ run. This is […]
