Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Stoate – Owner, Anna Plains Station. A few years ago I packed my backpack and left home for what I thought was a gap year between high school and University. Home was in the United Kingdom and I was on a journey that would change my whole life but I […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Stoate – Owner, Anna Plains Station. My adventure began 16,000 kilometres away from Australia. Somewhere over there on the other side of the world is a small town named Veen, which I call home. It is near Düsseldorf in Germany. After I finished my studies back home in Germany, I […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Stoate – Owner, Anna Plains Station. A typical day at Anna is a long and exhausting one. Up at 4:45am to get ready, the clothes sorting to determine what’s dirty and what’s not starts. This is followed by slapping on makeup and trying to tame my hair into something that doesn’t resemble […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Warren – Mechanic, Anna Plains Station. If you had of asked me six months ago, where I could see myself today, the last thing I would have told you is on a cattle station in Western Australia 250km away from the closest town! Six months down the track, and here […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Stoate – Owner, Anna Plains Station. Born into and blinded by the bright lights of Sydney, all things waxed, bleached, brand named, and manicured were highly regarded. If you didn’t spend half an hour each morning putting on your Kate Moss endorsed war paint you stood out like a bad […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Stoate – Owner, Anna Plains Station. It is still early in the season on the Plains. In the early part of the year it is all about getting ready for mustering. The lead up to mustering is a bit like the feeling you get when playing cricket and you are […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Stoate – Owner, Anna Plains Station. Anna Plains station is just under a million acres and is situated approximately 250 km south of Broome in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a family owned business focused on breeding high quality Brahman cattle for live export to Indonesia, Asia […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Stoate – Manager, Anna Plains Station. Imagine crippling an industry overnight. Imagine cutting off supply of a food source to a nation that is a close neighbour and an important strategic ally. Imagine acting before you investigate thoroughly what’s going on and damaging the relationship with that neighbour! […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Stoate – Manager, Anna Plains Station. The weekend can be as eventful as it can quiet. My head seems to spin less, but Saturdays can keep me on my toes. Depending on how the muster went during the week will depend on how many things I need to […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Victor Pitt – Bore Runner, Anna Plains Station. Hi my name is Victor Pitt and I am the boreman on Anna Plains Station. My role involves checking windmills, fixing leaks in pipelines, checking and refuelling diesel motors that pump water to our tanks and troughs throughout the property. Anna […]
Host: Anna Plains Station I want you to bear with me for just a moment; imagine you’re 17, just finished high school in Perth, Western Australia, and deciding what to do with your life. Firstly; you know you don’t want to go straight to uni, you want to get some experience under your belt first. […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Stoate – Manager, Anna Plains Station. A day with “Mrs Plains”, Helen Stoate. Anna Plains homestead. It won’t be the longest walk I take today, but the walk from the house to the camp kitchen will be my most important. The things that run through my head . […]
Host: Anna Plains Station As a young girl I read Jillaroo by Rachel Treasure over 100 times. The thought of the bush and falling in love always appealed to me and I told my mother that one day, I would indeed live in the bush. Ten years later I am in fact living in the […]
Host: Anna Plains Station Written by Helen Stoate – Manager, Anna Plains Station. The dry season is always the busy season in the Kimberley and this year has been no exception. Below is a weekly schedule from a few weeks ago which outlined the plan for that week. Monday, 8 July 2013 Feed Homestead and […]
