Host: Yougawalla Station Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Station. The Green Green Grass of home. Well it’s over a month on but feels like yesterday that I was madly trying to meet the blog deadlines at the start of March and here we are all over again. We have had to fill in […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. Agriculture is a “glass half full” industry. An industry of optimists. There is always at least one uncertainty to deter you taking a risk with your money, but for love of what we do, we put it all on the line anyway. The weather […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. “Penis.” Five year-old Tilly turned and recited her new vocabulary to me. Golden curls skirted her face and her little eyes peered up at me, waiting for feedback as to how she was doing. “That’s good, Tilly,” I replied, a little thrown off by the […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. Click here to catch up on Part 1 Selena Omeara – The Derby Girl with a big Heart. In 1995 through a mutual friend Doodie met Selena Omeara and Selena moved to Bohemia in 1997. Selena is a driving force in the community and […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. When you hear the word “rich” do you think of money? For Doodie (Alan) Lawford and Selena Omeara on Bohemia Downs Station, money is the one thing they are not rich with. This is the same for most pastoralists in the North the hardest […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Haydn Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. Haydn Sale. My name is Haydn Sale from Yougawalla Station and my story today is about the commercial and social relationships we have forged with our Indigenous neighbours since moving to Yougawalla. Yougawalla Station is bordered on two sides by aboriginal owned stations. One […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. Trying to pack to come home takes at least a full afternoon and into the evening. We had School of the Air laptop and bookwork, as well as my laptop and paperwork, on top of that we had Christmas and Tilly’s birthday while we […]
Host: Yougawalla Station Written by: Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Company. First and foremost to all the 2013 hosts that brought a huge interest and following to Central Station in its inaugural year, thank-you. Stephanie and I are overwhelmed by your support, your honesty in your writing, and your precious time to do so. Those […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Yulia – Yougawalla Pastoral Co. My name is Yulia, I live at Bulka Station (Yougawalla owned) with my husband Gary and our son Seamus. I am from Indonesia, my husband is Irish and we have been living together in Australia for the last three years. Our first two years […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Haydn Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. My name is Haydn Sale. My wife Jane and I live and work at Yougawalla Station. Jane and some of the other women from local pastoral stations came up with the great idea for this blog, to give people an insight into […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager and Tim Allen – First Year Station Hand, both of Yougawalla Pastoral Co. I am signing out for the week now. Haydn, my husband has asked to do a guest blog tomorrow so the boss has given me Sunday off! The weather seems to have […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Station & Yulia – Cook, Bulka Station, both of Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Well it has been a very quiet day on the hill today. It does give me a chance to catch up in the office and what’s happening around the house. It’s is […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Plan A is out the window! Haydn’s chopper has a problem with the rotor blade and he can’t fly it, so mustering at Wattle Springs has been cancelled. This and the fact that some wet weather looks like it is on the […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. On the weekend Haydn decided to muster a small paddock at Bulka which was not part of the plan . . . So our weekend consisted of unexpected drafting, processing, and tailing weaners, as well as walking out some bulls and heifers. […]
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 […]
