You may remember Tom and Annabel Curtain from Episode … Tom is a long-time horse trainer, Golden Guitar winning musician, and founder of Katherine Outback Experience. Annabel’s dad picked Tom up while he was hitchhiking one day, and these days she calls the Northern Territory home, where she runs Katherine Outback Experience alongside her now-husband […]
Host: Katherine Outback Experience Written by Annabel McLarty – Owner, Katherine Outback Experience. Just a month into 2017 and we are pretty excited for the year ahead (17 also happens to be my favourite number)! The show is gaining momentum in the south west of WA as word continues to spread. Our last show in […]
Host: Katherine Outback Experience Written by Annabel McLarty – Owner, Katherine Outback Experience. I am writing this from carriage 9B on The Ghan train, following a few glasses of champagne, somewhere between Port Augusta and Alice Springs. Tom and I are sitting here looking out the window, watching the stunning central Australian colours flash past, […]
Host: Katherine Outback Experience Written by Annabel McLarty – Owner, Katherine Outback Experience. In March 2017 we received the exciting news from Great Southern Rail that they were impressed with our product and from early May would be offering passengers travelling on The Ghan train the option to visit Katherine Outback Experience shows during their […]
Host: Katherine Outback Experience Written by Annabel McLarty – Owner, Katherine Outback Experience. How Tom and I met is something we regularly laugh about with friends. It is a story that has probably been told a few times on Central Station now – girl meets boy, falls in love, throws in her successful career and […]
Host: Katherine Outback Experience Written by Annabel McLarty – Owner, Katherine Outback Experience. A lot has happened in the past 12 months at Katherine Outback Experience that I’m looking forward to sharing with you however before we get ahead of ourselves, I had better introduce myself. Tom and I during a Katherine Outback Experience Show. […]
Host: Katherine Outback Experience Written by Tom Curtain – Owner, Katherine Outback Experience. Katherine Outback Experience was officially launched in July 2013. The 90 minute show comprises authentic horse-breaking and working dog demonstrations, animal tricks, country music, and bush tales. I don’t want the show to be about me, I want it to celebrate and showcase […]
Host: Katherine Outback Experience Written by Tom Curtain – Owner, Katherine Outback Experience. For the next few years I continued travelling around the country promoting the two albums, ‘Smack Bang’ and ‘Heatwave’ whilst breaking and training horses between gigs. It was a great experience, however the extensive travel was taking its toll. Playing a few tunes […]
Host: Katherine Outback Experience Written by Tom Curtain – Owner, Katherine Outback Experience. Looking back on things, it’s crazy how one step in a different direction, away from our comfort zones can open up a whole new world of opportunity. It seems this has occurred more than once for me and has completely realigned my path. […]
Host: Katherine Outback Experience Written by Tom Curtain – Owner, Katherine Outback Experience. In 2000, after three eventful years at the University of Queensland Gatton Campus where I had a hell of a time playing rugby and socialising, I finished my Bachelor of Applied Science in Animal Studies where I specialised in Beef Cattle, Genetics, and […]
Host: Katherine Outback Experience Written by Tom Curtain – Owner, Katherine Outback Experience. I’m not going to lie, when Central Station first approached me to be a host, I was a bit hesitant about accepting the invitation as you could hardly call my 20 acre property on the outskirts of Katherine a farm, let alone a […]
