Written by Debbie Dowden, Challa Station Raucous laughter fills the workshop as the mustering crew gathers for ‘tribal council’ after a long hard day of mustering. Stories are shared, grievances aired and points handed out for mistakes and misdemeanours. The points are tallied and a pink nightie is handed over to the person who won […]
Written by Debbie Dowden – Challa Station, WA. Col Stanton is a bit of a legend in our area. Not only because he’s a top bloke, can drive a grader like it’s his dancing partner and has loads of interesting yarns to tell. The thing that makes Col a legend is his soil conservation skills. […]
Host: Challa Station Written by Debbie Dowden We shouldn’t be running cattle here, it’s sheep country. Challa Station has some of the best saltbush flats in the district and was carefully selected in the 1880s by the astute George Chandler Dowden and his sons. They had driven their mob of sheep across from Burra, SA […]
