Life on the Land
Episodes
SUMMER SERIES- Sally's Pick- Kay Hull
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Life On The Land's Summer Series where the Graziher team choose their favourite story of the year and explain how the story touched or insp...
SUMMER SERIES- Amie's Pick- Lynda MacCallum
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Life On The Land's Summer Series where the Graziher team choose their favourite story of the year and explain how the story touched or insp...
SUMMER SERIES- Claire's pick- Skye Manson
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Life On The Land's Summer Series where the Graziher team choose their favourite story of the year and explain how the story touched or insp...
The full circle of Sam Armytage: back on the land and back on TV
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Samantha Armytage helped millions of Aussies wake up every day for eight years, as one of our most loved TV personalities and co-host of popular natio...
Skye Manson's life behind the mic
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We know most of you will feel like you know today’s guest intimately, because you hear hercalm, soothing voice on a lot of your favourite podcasts. ...
Michelle Leonard OAM, artistic director and founder Moorambilla Voices
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Michelle Leonard OAM, artistic director and founder Moorambilla Voices, an exceptional choir of children and youth from western NSW...
Kay Hull; small in stature, big in heart
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Kay Hull AO, born in Guyra New South Wales and best known for her long and distinguished career in politics. Kay entered Parliament...
More from the National Winner and Runner Up of the Agrifutures Rural Womens Award, Stephanie Trethewey and Kimberley Furness
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tasmanian rural motherhood advocate and founder of Motherland Australia, Stephanie Trethewey, has been awarded as the National Winner of the 2022 Agri...
Stephanie Trethewey, 2022 National Winner of the Agrifutures Rural Women's Award
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tasmanian rural motherhood advocate and founder of Motherland Australia, Stephanie Trethewey, has been awarded as the National Winner of the 2022 Agri...
Meg Rutledge: Finding her fit on the family farm with luxury outback stays
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a young person on the land, finding your place within the family business can be difficult and sometimes uncomfortable. But when Meg Rutledge fr...
Graziher editor Victoria Carey thinks she might have horses in her DNA
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If there’s anyone who understands the diversity of women who love the land, it’s today’s guest, Victoria Carey. V, as she’s known by those who...
Graziher editor Victoria Carey thinks she might have horses in her DNA
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If there’s anyone who understands the diversity of women who love the land, it’s today’s guest – Victoria Carey. V, as she’s known by those ...
Caroline Maxwell: a professional best friend new mothers in need
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There's a word for the period of time it takes to grow and raise a baby, Matrescence. The physical, emotional hormonal and social transition to become...
TV presenter Sammie O'Brien is shouting rural living from the rooftops
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest gets imposter syndrome when she talks about her role in agriculture and rural Australia. Sammie O’Brien presents Channel 7’s Queen...
Stereotype smashing film maker (and rural girl) Bec Bignell
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
West Australian Bec Bignell is a passionate film-maker and producer who’s determined to get the ‘real’ regional, rural and remote Australia on s...
Cassandra Hooke thanks her love of gardening for many things
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Plants, place, space, escape; everything about gardens and gardening, it’s all a balm for our guest today Cassandra Hooke who lives, and gardens, on...
The inimitable story of Torie Finnane in life and legacy.
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Torie Finnane was a midwife, one of the best they say.As a person she was infectious, drawing people into her metaphorical embrace.Through her work de...
Sandra Scott took a desert change after a lifetime of farming
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra Scott isn’t your average retiree. The 81-year-old co-owns Australia’s most isolated pub - the Mt Dare Hotel - alongside her husband, Graham...
Paying $70 for 500g mince, prompted Kere to Country's misson to end indigenous food insecurity in Australia
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our host Emily Herbert doesn't usually think about what she will eat during the day, because she don’t have to. She knows there will be food in her ...
Mother's Day Special: a mother to 12 children and your words of love
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re breaking from normal transmission this week – to bring you a special episode for Mothers Day in Australia – to mark the wonderful women wh...
Respect, manners and breaking the rules with Wendy McCarthy AO
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy McCarthy AO's list of achievements, influences and involvements is too long to mention them all. She was a founding member of Women’s Electora...
Lynda MacCallum on Multiple Sclerosis, horse therapy and burning the candle at both ends.
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us spend our days hooning from one task to the next whilst frantically keeping all the balls in the air, career, family, animals, properties a...
Meg Bignell isn't a farmer's wife
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
She describes herself as a 'sometimes farmer'. You’ll rarely find her milking the cows but without her, her family may not be able to make a living ...
Instagram's rural 'it' girl Marion Saunders from Carinda, NSW
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Social media can be a real mixed bag. There’s so much juiciness about it – its power of connectivity, its ability to help forge new, global friend...
100 years of the CWA of NSW with CEO Danica Leys
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The CWA is an icon of Australia.Everyone knows it, respects it and most have a story to share about it. The Country Women's Association is akin family...
Lyndee Severin took her motorbike to have a look at central Australia and ended up making it her life
20 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you sometimes think how good it would be to chuck it all in and head off on an adventure?It can be nice to daydream about how things could be diffe...
Journalist Bronwyn Herbert lives in flooded Lismore
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s A LOT. All that is going on around us; in our backyard and afar. A lot to take in and contextualise within our own lives.In the last few years ...
Behind the scenes of Nicola Forrest AO's life as a wife and a mother
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To describe Nicola Forrest AO in a few words is incredibly difficult. She is a mother, philanthropist, change-maker and country girl born and bred.Alo...
Virginia Tapscott wants to talk about child sexual abuse
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation talks about child sexual abuse, mental illness and other subjects which may be triggering. Please, if it brings anything up, call Li...
TEAM PICKS - Maggie MacKellar (Victoria Carey)
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Carey is the editorial director of Graziher and she admits that choosing a favourite episode of our podcast Life on the Land was difficult. H...
TEAM PICKS - Emily Herbert, (Claire Dunne)
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Claire really needs no introduction but for those of you who don’t know Claire is our mighty leader, the founder of Graziher.Claire’s pick is our ...
TEAM PICKS - Grace Quast (Shannon Dunne)
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shannon Dunne is in charge of subscriptions with the Graziher team.Shannon's favourite Life on the Land episode so far was with Grace Quast.Her story ...
TEAM PICK- Emily Riggs (Sally Jackson)
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s pick is from Sally Jackson who’s our sales and marketing guru, she also helps to run social media and for someone who’s not a journalist...
TEAM PICKS: Goterra CEO Olympia Yarger (Emily Herbert)
02 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
G’day, I’m Em Herbert and I’m the co-host of this podcast Life on the Land, alongside Skye. I’m also lucky enough to write for the Graziher ma...
TEAM PICKS: Christine Ferguson (Skye Manson)
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we all wind down towards the end of 2021, and prepare ourselves to indulge in Christmas after a year that has been testing and challenging in so ma...
Overcoming overwhelm this Christmas with Katrina Myers
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Life on the Land speaks openly about suicide and mental ill-health. If you or anyone you know is unwell or in need of assistance you c...
Championing geographic diversity with Jo Palmer from Pointer Remote Roles
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The last 18-months has really thrown a spanner in the works of, well, work. For a lot of people, it has been an unprecedented time – learning to wor...
Cressida Cains, Pecora Dairy and milking sheep while feeding children in high chairs
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hooray! The Graziher summer issue is on sale! It’s such a stunning issue, with many of the stories featured meandering around the theme of friendshi...
The first female President of the National Farmers Federation Fiona Simson
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most of you will know today’s guest Fiona Simson as the first female president of Australia peak body for agriculture, the National Farmers Federati...
24 year old country girl Ruby Riethmuller's innovative approach to mental health for teenage girls
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When you’re a teenager – you’re on the cusp of life in the big wide world and that is exhilarating and debilitating in the same breath.It’s a ...
Life's river with beef producer, designer and private pilot Yolande Woods
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Resilience is a word that is bandied about and the experts are still unsure how it forms. Afterspeaking to women on the land, week in, week out, Emily...
National winner of the Agrifutures Rural Womens Award Cara Peek
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a special episode of Life on the Land and a big congratulations to the National Winner of the AgriFutures Rural Women's Award, Yawuru/Bunub...
The magical bond of sisters: Jacqui Meyers and Julia Roche
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Life on the Land sounds a little different and is a first for us.Last episode, we spoke to Ju Roche, an artist living on a farm outside Wag...
Julia Roche: part of a new generation of artists in regional Australia.
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The land has a deep and enduring effect on today’s guest. Julia Roche is an artist who lives on her family’s farm outside Wagga Wagga, in the hear...
A fresh perspective on agriculture with Guardian Australia's new rural editor Gabrielle Chan
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As a child, a teenager and even a student, today’s guest knew nothing about rural Australia, in fact, she had not a care for life on the land. She w...
Meet Jane Smith, The Shady Baker
26 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m joined by one of the Graziher Celebrities, Jane Smith – also known as The Shady Baker from a sheep station east of Broken Hill in New So...
A new publication for rural Australia: The Bush Journal
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guests today are photographers. Georgie Mann from a sheep and cattle farm near Caramut, three hours west of Melbourne and Jess Howard who lives on...
BONUS: Olympia Yarger and escaping Afghanistan
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a little bonus episode of Life on the Land. If you listened to our podcast earlier this week with Olympia Yarger, you would have heard that...
Goterra CEO Olympia Yarger on grief and growing
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode deals with the experience of losing a child, which may be triggering. If you need to speak to someone, please call Lifeline, on 13 11 14T...
Four farming daughters - the legacy of Karen and Dan Penfold
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Karen, her husband Dan and their four daughters Bonnie, Molly, Jemima and Matilda, produce Angus beef from their properties and feedlots across wester...
Simone Kain knows how to 'just get it done'
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode will delight all the parents, guardians and teachers listening today, who have read aloud the tales of George the Farmer and his wife, Dr...
Heidi Castleden wants you to think about organ donation PART 2
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re back with Heidi Castleden from Hovell’s Creek near Boorwowa on the southern tablelands of New South Wales.In her lifetime, Heidi ...
Heidi Castleden wants you to think about organ donation
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Heidi Castleden from Hovell’s Creek near Boorowa in southern New South Wales.On two occasions – an organ donated from a strange...
Rachel Castle is proud of her country roots
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you got yourself one of the new Rachel Castle Graziher Tote Bags yet?If you subscribe for 8 or more issues of Graziher magazine - you'll be gifte...
From Paris to trekking solo through the Outback with Alienor le Gouvello
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Originally from Paris, Alienor’s heart lies in adventure. She has lived in Brazil for 18-months managing a boutique hotel, has trekked across Mongol...
Whitney Spicer still loves art, dirt roads and the school bus
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you have a copy of the Winter edition of Graziher you’ve no doubt already met today’s guest Whitney Spicer. She’s not originally from the cou...
Laura Hall uses hats to tell your life story
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PHYLLi Designs is the brainchild of hat maker Laura Hall. Laura has just opened her flagship store in her hometown Scone and is one of the only tradit...
Tracey Hayes is one tough woman, who's seen it all
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To be honest, our host Emily Herbert struggled to know where to begin when writing this intro. Tracey’s resume is incredibly impressive. She was the...
Thea Harrington and a once in a generation flood
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When a monsoonal low hit Thea Harrington's farm, she and her husband Dudley sat in silence for hours, in fact days while downpour after downpour batte...
Edwina Robertson, the self-proclaimed Queen of Dust
30 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest on the Life on the Land is Edwina Robertson. If you don’t know who that is, there’s a very strong chance you’ve seen one of her ph...
Mea Campbell on letter-writing and loneliness
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today Mea Campbell is a lawyer by trade, who's good at making things happen and quick. Her massively successful social impact business was a...
Ali Cooper has a full farming life across six properties in three states
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Driving home from work is the first chance Ali Cooper has to take a deep breath in her day. The mum of three is part of the CC Cooper & Co family ...
Landline's Pip Courtney thinks she's the luckiest girl in the world
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is a household name in the Australian bush. It's Landline's Pip Courtney who's been gracing our TV screens for close to five decades.T...
Emily Herbert knows happiness and harrowing grief
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode includes conversations about Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Mental ill-health, if you or anyone you know needs someone to...
Life on the Land in a wheelchair doesn't hold back Samantha Longmore
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
And a warning before you press play - there's a bit of sensitive language in this podcast, so make sure young ears aren’t too close by. This episode...
Fleur McDonald's writes best selling books based on experiences of overcoming adversity in farming
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest on Life on the Land this week is prolific rural fiction writer from Western Australian Fleur McDonald. In the last 12 years she’s written ...
Elisha Parker wears all the hats
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From a school of the air childhood, where afternoon’s meant sticky hands from themolasses feed run in the 90’s drought to riding bikes, chasing bi...
Stephanie Trethewey created a podcast to overcome the isolation of rural living
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you haven't grown up on the land the foray into rural life is often closely followed by a the feeling of isolation, being separated from your peopl...
Fanny Lumsden comes from a long line of farming families and show ponies.
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This chick, ARIA award winning Australian country music singer and song writer Fanny Lumsden is a such a legend. The energy that she gives off even vi...
BONUS: Maggie MacKellar on writing, journalling and being in touch with Life on the Land
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
our latest guest was farmer, historian and author Maggie MacKellar who now lives in the tiny town on the east coast of Tasmania – as Maggie so beaut...
Maggie MacKellar was saved by her Life on the Land
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In her life to-date farmer, historian and author Maggie MacKellar has navigated some of the most horrendously unexpected undertows of life. But now, i...
Robbie Sefton's story is surprising in so many ways
21 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When I’ve observed todays’ guest from afar, usually at an ag conference or the like, I feel like she’s akin to rural Australia’s version of th...
The hustle behind the headlines with The Regional PR Co's Georgie Robertson
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Georgie Robertson is a red dirt country girl from way back. Growing up on a sheep station past Ivanhoe, it was a 2.5 hour drive for the Robertson fami...
Lightning did strike twice for Emily Riggs of Iris + Wool and her family
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There’s nothing quite like the deliciousness of merino on skin. This gorgeous natural fibre is enjoying a real renaissance, and South Australian far...
Graziher Christmas Special
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A special episode shining a light on how some of Graziher magazine's contributors (and some others) will be spending Christmas. What's on the menu, wh...
Cara Peek is not about making people feel comfortable
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest on Life on the Land is our cover girl, Yawuru Bunuba women Cara Peek is a force. She spent her childhood days in multicultural Melbourne...
A bush business' best friend, Grace Brennan from Buy From The Bush
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest became a household name in Australia almost overnight. Warren women, Grace Brennan is Buy From The Bush. Last Christmas, in desperatio...
From farming to fashion and back again with Grace Quast
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s chat is with Grace Quast. If you’re a reader of Graziher you may have seen Grace’s gorgeous face splashed across the pages modelling for...
2020 has been a tough year for dairy farmer Tahlia McSwain
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's fair to say that 2020 has been a tough year for most, certainly an extraordinary year like we’ve never seen before. But for today’s guest, yo...
Building e-commerce giant Birdsnest with Jane Cay
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The name Jane Cay is synonymous with trailblazing success. The mum of three is the founder of Birdsnest, the little Cooma shop which has turned into a...
Jumbled's Pip Brett is like a cup of espresso with sparkles
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pip Brett is like a shower of confetti on a sunshine-y day. She epitomised her styling motto 'More is more, less is a bore. The founder of clothing an...
Sophie Hansen loves to shine a light on fellow rural women
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author, blogger and farmer Sophie Hansen is no stranger to the Graziher crowd. She regularly contributes recipes to the magazine, working alongside ot...
Celebrating Spring in the garden with Claire Austin
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
All over the country people are throwing open their windows allowing the sweet Spring air to infiltrate - homes and minds – and awaken our senses. I...
Shanna Whan is serious about beating booze in the bush
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode deals with mental ill health and addiction. If this brings anything up for you, you can speak with someone right now at Lifeline on 13 11...
Fiona Baird brings fun, fashion and feverishly hard work to her job on live export vessels.
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For many years now, New Zealand born Fiona Baird has been bringing fun, fashion and a feverishly hard work ethic to her work as a stock woman on live ...
Christine Ferguson loves the wisdom of life's harsh realities
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Christine humbly refers to herself as a farmer, living mostly in central west NSW but between there and two properties in the far western corner New S...
Georgie Mattschoss is cultivating conversation about mental ill health
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode has some language which isn’t suitable for little ears, and deals with the aftermath of a bushfire and mental ill health. If this bring...
Annabelle Hickson is still surprised by life on the land
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Annabelle Hickson isn’t your average country girl, in fact, even though she’s written extensively about her life on the land she still feels like ...
Grace McLeod is the next generation of women managing the farm.
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest for today's show is Grace McLeod, a young farmer from Western Victoria.If you fancy a McLeod's Daughters joke she's already beat you to it -...
Julie McDonald - challenges and triumphs.
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's fitting that Julie McDonald is our first guest for the Life on the Land podcast. Her story is extraordinary, but many of the challenges and trium...
Welcome to the Graziher podcast
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our new podcast telling stories of women who live in rural and regional Australia. Stories from all kinds of women, who have lived all kind...