Central Station - True Stories from Outback Australia
Episodes
Macro and Micro Isolation [Short Story]
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
Becky Klingenberg - Champions are made when no one is watching
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Becky Klingenberg is the definition of hustle. As you’ll hear in this episode, she doesn’t let anything stand in the way of her dreams, including ...
Has anyone got a copy - Part 3 [Short Story]
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
The Cattle Station Classroom Podcast
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wanted to know more about the northern beef industry?Traditional opportunities to learn about the industry include: university, TAFE, sh...
Has anyone got a copy - Part 2 [Short Story]
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
Chris Henggeler - The backpacker who bought a cattle station
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine this: building a pastoral lease from scratch.I’m talking about walking onto a piece of land that has never been managed or developed – no ...
Has anyone got a copy - Part 1 [Short Story]
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
Ben Mills - Floods and droughts on the 80 Mile beach
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When Ben Mills landed his first job managing a cattle station in the Kimberley, he didn't expect it to be easy. And, when the wet season storms brough...
An Easter calamity [Short Story]
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
Hannah Purss - The city girl turned camel expert
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After 36 episodes talking about cattle, we thought we’d mix it up and talk about another four-legged herbivore that is also found on many cattle sta...
Low stress wife handling [Short Story]
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
Pip Bain - a childhood at Mt. Clere, the loss of a parent, and a lesson in mental health
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What's it like growing up on a cattle station?In this episode we chat with Pip Bain, who grew up on Mt Clere station in Western Australia in the early...
The humble water run [Short Story]
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
Caitlin Mills - Challenges come in threes
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
They say that "Good things come in threes", but as it turns out, so do the not-so-good things.In this episode I caught up with Caitlin Mills to hear a...
Stepping up [Short Story]
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
Katie O'Donoghue - Taking the leap
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katie works at Mandora Station which is situated on the 80 mile beach between Port Hedland and Broome in Western Australia. That’s right, Mando...
Not better, not worse, just different [Short Story]
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
Caitlin Mills - her early days in the Pilbara, and a brush with the RFDS
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Caitlin Mills has spent the past decade working on cattle stations in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia.In this episode we chat a...
The incident [Short Story]
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
Danielle Doyle – the "Indoor cat" of the outback
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle Doyle has become an iconic character of outback Australia over the past 7 years through her insightful (and hilarious) blog and "Miss Chardy"...
Things I miss about the Australian outback [Short Story]
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
Anthony McNamara - The Ringer with a reputation
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine this: you're fresh out of high school in the city, and you manage to land a job on Newcastle Waters - one of the largest and most prestigious ...
Take a chill Pil-bara [Short Story]
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
"10 life lessons I learnt from living on a remote cattle station"
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Living remote can challenge you in many ways. Some people just flat out say “No, I couldn’t do it,” some people want to try it for a while and s...
The Pastoralist Pregnancy Pact [Short Story]
11 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episod...
5 Minute (GOOD) Friday Update
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
1) We've started publishing new stories for 2020. Find them at www.centralstation.net.au/blog Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to our website to get an em...
Mariah Maughan - finding her place outside the stock camp
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a number of years working on stations, Mariah Maughan knew that she wanted to be involved with the northern beef industry, in particular the Kim...
Angela Wall – the psychology behind COVID-19
29 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Right now, almost everything in our lives revolves around the idea of flattening the COVID-19 curve. But, there is a second curve we need to work towa...
Coronavirus & cattle stations
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I’m sure by now that you are well and truly sick of hearing about the coronavirus… or COVID-19. Whether or not the virus itself is as deadly ...
Tips for station newbies (let's talk about sex)
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is based on one of the most popular stories on the Central Station website, called “Tips for station newbies”. From advice when apply...
Learn the skills you need to work on a cattle station
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you always wanted to experience the North Australian beef cattle industry but you’re not sure where to start? Well... there's a course for that...
Adriano Moraes - the untold story of the man with 3 World Championships
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re really excited to bring you something a bit different today – it’s not a story directly related to cattle stations, but there are some con...
Pip Grossmith – an environmental nerd in a cowboy's world
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the daughter of a Coastal Sciences Professor who grew up on the northern beaches of Sydney, working with cattle producers in outback Western Austra...
Dusty & Jodie Grant - unbelievable yarns you'd have to see to believe
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a city girl meets a bloke from the Northern Territory and follows him out to one of the most isolated areas in Australia with their ...
Dionne Walsh - the power of a paddock [Cattle Station Classroom]
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
[This episode was released before the launch of our second podcast series "Cattle Station Classroom"]Many breeder paddocks in northern Australia are t...
Kate Everett - Life as a contract musterer, and keeping Dolly's Dream alive
26 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Everett family are like many others in the Northern Territory - they live and breathe horses, cattle, and station life. However, their lives chang...
Tom and Annabel Curtain - We're still here
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You may remember Tom and Annabel Curtain from Episode ... Tom is a long-time horse trainer, Golden Guitar winning musician, and founder of Katherine O...
Dr Jillian Kelly - CSI for cattle, drought smokos, and painting in the bush
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jillian Kelly is the District Vet in Coonamble, New South Wales.You know the show CSI - Crime Scene Investigation? Well, Jill is basically a detect...
Mark Bettini - "Of drought and flooding rains"
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the poem "My Country", Dorothy McKellar wrote "I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of drought and floo...
Hayley Goad - overcoming a gender bias as old as time
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down to discuss Hayley's former life as one of the only female livestock agents in WA, and how she came to make a 1700km move ...
The story behind our Ariana Grande parody video [Short Story]
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In July 2019 we released a parody video on our Facebook page of the Ariana Grande song "Breathin'" called "Breedin'". The song features pastoralists f...
Jane Sale - from suburban Melbourne to building an empire
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Sale is a station manager, business owner, wife, mother, and the brains behind the original concept for the Central Station website.From starting...
Boyd Holden - teaching other countries to looking after Aussie animals
13 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Boyd Holden teaches people around the world how to understand and work with livestock. He's work has taken him to South East Asia, the Middle East and...
Landmark Broome Market Update with Todd Walsh
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing Market Updates brought to you by the team at Landmark Broome. In this short episode, Livestock Agent Todd Walsh gives a run down on w...
Connie Wood - a rodeo proposal, managing "groomzilla", and motherhood on a remote cattle station
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Connie Wood, Assistant Manager of Blina Station in the West Kimberley, recalls the stories of how her husband Matt proposed, and what it was like plan...
Felicity Brown - the outback Jillaroo who featured at New York Fashion Week
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Felicity "Flic" Brown decided to go traveling around Australia, she told her everyone she'd be back in two years. 25 years later she's become one...
Tom & Annabel Curtain - finding the love your life on the side of the road
09 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Curtain was living his dream training horses for outback cattle stations, until the suspension of the livestock export trade in 2011 saw his work ...