Central Station - True Stories from Outback Australia
387 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTrue stories from the Australian Outback, told by the people who live them.
Meet the men and women who live and work on some of Australia’s most remote cattle stations.
There are tales of mustering, stock camps, working dogs, rogue cattle and hard bloody yakka, but also the fun of a bush wedding or kicking back at a rodeo.
There’s the simple wonder of living in an amazing landscape, but also the downside: the ravages of flood, fire and drought.
And always there’s the inherent danger of isolation – times when the Flying Doctor came to the rescue, but also times when lives have been tragically cut short.
These compelling true-life stories show what outback life is really like – and why many wouldn’t live anywhere else.
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Pip Bain (Part 2) - Taking the long way around [Repost]
April 15, 2024 15:30 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBThe first year out of school is equally exciting and terrifying – you’re considered an adult by society, and with that comes both freedoms and responsibilities. With her high school experience not being the best, and her first job on a station getting off to a rocky start, Pip Bain felt like she had finally found her feet only to learn that her mother had passed away by suicide. The profound loss of her mother was only amplified by the shock, as Pip learnt she had been sheltered from her m...
Pip Bain (Part 1) - Memories of my mother & Mt Clere Station [Repost]
April 08, 2024 15:30 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBThe time we spend with people and places doesn’t determine the impact they can have on our lives. That is so very true for todays guest, Pip Bain. Although her family sold Mt Clere Station when she was just 8 years old, those 8 short years shaped Pips life and love of the land. The same goes for her mother, who passed when Pip was just 18 years old. In this episode, Pip recalls memories of her time at Mt Clere and how she found her way back to the land. She also speaks candidly about losin...
Nick Ormsby - Self made
April 01, 2024 15:30 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBNick Ormsby has flipped the script on what it means to be a "high school dropout". Despite leaving school at just 14 and having his teachers tell him he'd never make it, Nick's proved them dead wrong. Now, before he's even hit 40, Nick's running the show with not one, not two, but three companies in horticulture, agriculture, and forestry up in the Northern Territory. But Nick's journey hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows. In this episode, he's taking us back to where it all began. We're...
Paddy Heatley - A story like no other
March 25, 2024 15:30 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBPaddy Heatley had a fairly unconventional childhood. By the time he left home at the age of 9, he’d already dropped out of school – foregoing learning to read and write. At the age of 12, he was smuggling tobacco, alcohol and cattle from South to North Ireland. And, at the age of 16, with his mother’s signature forged, he climbed aboard a ship bound for Australia. In this episode, Paddy share’s yarns for his early days in Ireland, and his first few years in Australia. He speaks about meetin...
Paddy Heatley (Part 1) - A story like no other
March 25, 2024 15:30 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBPaddy Heatley had a fairly unconventional childhood. By the time he left home at the age of 9, he’d already dropped out of school – foregoing learning to read and write. At the age of 12, he was smuggling tobacco, alcohol and cattle from South to North Ireland. And, at the age of 16, with his mother’s signature forged, he climbed aboard a ship bound for Australia. In this episode, Paddy share’s yarns for his early days in Ireland, and his first few years in Australia. He speaks about meetin...
Tammy Kruckow - A hard lesson to learn
March 12, 2024 06:15 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBFrom the outside looking in, Tammy Kruckow was living her best life. She and her husband were managing a large cattle station for a corporate pastoral company – the perfect place to raise their three beautiful daughters. She had, as she puts it, "ticked all the boxes". But, behind closed doors, things weren’t all as they seemed. In this episode, Tammy shares her story of coming to the Territory as a shy jillaroo, to becoming a completely different person – the person she thought she had t...
Col Greenfield - Life inside the Woomera Prohibited Area, and outside the Dog Fence [Repost]
March 04, 2024 11:54 - 56 minutes - 52 MBIn this episode, Steph travels to the centre of South Australia to Billa Kalina Station, which has been in the Greenfield family since 1938. Pastoralist Col Greenfield shares what it's like running a cattle station that is inside the Woomera Prohibited Area, and outside the dog fence. *This episode was first released in 2021 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Felicity Brown - Tales from a 1990's stockcamp [Repost]
February 26, 2024 15:30 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBFelicity Brown is a milliner whose work has been featured at New York Fashion Week not once, but three times. Twenty years before the bright lights of the big apple called her name, Flic was working in a stock camp in the Northern Territory. In this episode Flic reflects on her time working on cattle stations, even though it was never a part of her plan... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wayne Bean (Part 3) - A change of career and time for horses
February 19, 2024 15:30 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBWayne Bean spent his adult life working towards one goal - managing a cattle station. So, when he resigned from his job as the manager at Flora Valley Station after 14 years, for the first time in his life, he didn’t have a plan. This episode is the third and final part of our chat with Wayne, where he discusses how he navigated his first major career change at the age of 42. And, as many listeners have been patiently waiting for, we also discuss Wayne’s journey to becoming an accomplished...
Wayne Bean (Part 2) - The Heytesbury years
February 12, 2024 15:30 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBThis episode is part 2 of our chat with Wayne Bean – if you haven’t listened to Part 1, you know the drill, go on, go back and listen to it first. In this episode Wayne recalls the 18 years he spent working for Heytesbury Pastoral, where he progressed from an overseer on the Barkly, to junior manager in the Victoria River District, and finally, his goal of senior manager in the Kimberley. Throughout those years he saw the end of BTEC, gained his pilots licence, and had a front row seat to...
Wayne Bean (Part 1) - Just trying to get ahead
February 05, 2024 15:30 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBFor the longest time, Wayne Bean just wanted to get ahead. To achieve his career goal of managing a cattle station, to have his own land, and the time to pursue his passion for horses. And, spoiler alert, he has, by all definitions, gotten ahead. After two decades of managing stations for Heytesbury Pastoral, these days he spends his time on his own property, breeding and training horses for the sport of campdrafting, (of which he is a formidable competitor). So, when you see him, it’s eas...
Willie Cook (Part 2) - Filming "Outback Ringer", and facing an uncertain future head on
January 29, 2024 15:30 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBThis is Part 2 of our chat with Willie Cook. If you haven’t listened to Part 1, go back and listen to it first – trust me – you don’t want to listen to these episodes back to front – and yes, I know some of you do that… In this episode, Willie shares what it was really like being filmed for the tv series Outback Ringer, and what he thought about the final product. He also speaks candidly about the challenges he faced in 2023, and how its impacted his plans for 2024. See omnystudio.com/lis...
Willie Cook (Part 1) - Catching Wild Bulls & Water Buffalo 101
January 22, 2024 15:30 - 52 minutes - 48 MBWillie Cook is known for being the bull-catching, helicopter-flying Kiwi from the ABC tv series “Outback Ringer”. He first came on the podcast in 2022, when he shared the incredible story of how the 2008 Global Financial Crisis saw his family lose absolutely everything they had, resulting in moving to Australia for a fresh start. I caught up with Willie in late 2023, and we yarned for so long that I had to split our chat into 2 parts. In this part, Willie gives us a lesson on catching wil...
Toni Tapp Coutts - Bill Tapp, The Cattle King
January 15, 2024 15:30 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBBill Tapp wanted to be the next Cattle King of Australia, and for a time he was. In this episode, Toni Tapp Coutts shares the story of a man who was a pioneer, a visionary, a dreamer. A man who turned Killarney Station from a bare block to one of several thriving cattle properties. But, as his empire grew, so did Bill’s battle with alcoholism. While the empire he worked so hard to build would eventually crumble, his legacy remains strong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Caroline Ashby - Training for Ironman Triathlons in the Outback
January 08, 2024 15:30 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBCaroline Ashby is one of Australia’s toughest athletes. She’s completed 10 Ironman triatholan events, qualifying for the World Championships 4 times, and been ranked in the top 1% of Ironman athletes across the world several times. Caroline has accomplished all of this while raising a family on a livestock and cropping farm in Western Australia – far from any traditional training facilities. Her training regime consists of swimming laps in a dam, riding her bike alongside roadtrains, and ...
Toni Tapp Coutts - Shaped by the Territory
December 25, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBBorn and raised in the Northern Territory, Toni Tapp Coutts has had a varied career, from working on cattle stations, to owning a variety store in Borroloola, a dress boutique in Katherine, being a Town Councillor, CEO, Author, and most recently becoming a Real Estate agent. Not to mention, she fought breast cancer and won. As you’ll hear in this episode, Toni is a strong, resilient, Territory woman. She’s also written 2 best selling memoirs; one about her childhood on Killarney Station, a...
Connie Wood - When it's not "just a bump on the head"
December 18, 2023 15:30 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBWhen Connie Wood came off her horse and knocked her head, she initially thought not much of it. She hadn’t been doing anything particularly wild or dangerous in the moments leading up to the fall, it was just like any other day on her quiet, dependable horse. What Connie would go on to experience was no bump on the head – it was, in fact, a significant brain injury. In this episode, Connie recounts what she can remember of her accident, the unexpected aspects of her recovery, and we discus...
Hamish & Jodie McTaggart - The catastrophic Christmas flood of 2010 [Repost]
December 12, 2023 08:06 - 1 hour - 58.9 MB[Reposted episode, recorded in 2021] In December 2010, Jodie and Hamish McTaggart were looking forward to the chance to sit back and relax for a few days. The family property, Bidgemia Station, was in the worst drought on record, and the newlyweds had been working flat out all year to look after their cattle. So, when news of rain in the forecast came through the Bush Telegraph, the sense of relief and joy was palpable. However, those feelings were to be short lived, as floodwaters began ...
Garry Riggs (Part 2) - Snakes, Lions, and a UFO in the Kimberley
December 05, 2023 11:53 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBIn our last episode, Garry Riggs shared yarns from his early days growing up on cattle stations in the 60’s and 70’s. This episode is the second part of that conversation, and let’s just say I was not expecting to hear about lions, or UFO’s… but, as we heard in part 1 – Garry’s childhood was anything but ordinary. I’ll be heading out to Lakefield Station over the wet season to record more of Garry’s story, so stay tuned for more episodes. To start this episode though, Garry recalled just o...
Garry Riggs (Part 1) - The adventures (and misadventures) of a bush kid
November 27, 2023 16:30 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBStation kids aren’t regular kids. What I mean, is that they are, more often than not, fiercely independent and impressively resourceful. And that is a recipe for adventure. Garry Riggs is no exception here. He spent his childhood on remote properties across Northern Australia, with the sort of freedom most of us would lament only occurred “back in the good old days”. He’s had his fair share of adventures, including a number of close calls with snakes, motorbikes, horses, motorcars, and even...
Ned McCord - First aid for a lightning strike
November 20, 2023 22:11 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBWhen Ned McCord was a little boy, all he wanted to do was be among the stockmen working cattle. And for the most part, that was his reality, until his father experienced a serious and debilitating illness which saw the family separated, and Ned sent to a town school. He eventually made his way to the newly established Emerald Pastoral College in hopes of getting back on the land. Little did he know that the one class he thought to be the least relevant of his studies – first aid – would be...
Tony Williams - Life, love and loss on the Oodnadatta Track [Repost]
November 13, 2023 12:58 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBTony Williams left home at the age of 16 to work on Nilpinna Station for his childhood idol Jimmy Nunn. That was almost 50 years ago. Today, Tony is in his 40th year as the manager of Mt Barry Station, near the town of Coober Pedy in SA. In this episode, he shares yarns from the past 5 decades and what he has learnt along the way about life, love, and loss. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aticia Grey - The road to Pilbara Working Dogs
October 26, 2023 07:43 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBAticia Grey is best known for her team of working dogs and their adventures on her family’s cattle station in the Pilbara region of WA. Given her cult following on social media, appearance on the ABC’s tv show “Muster Dogs” and release of a book by the same name, you’d be forgiven for thinking she’s been working with dogs her whole life. But, that’s not the case. In this episode Aticia tells the story of how she became the first person in her family, and local region, to use a team of wor...
Darrylin Gordon - The long road to Lamboo [Repost]
October 03, 2023 10:46 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBLamboo Station is unlike any of the other cattle station’s we’ve spoken about on this podcast. Located just south of Halls Creek in the Kimberley region, Lamboo is owned by the Ngunjiwirri Aboriginal Corporation (NAC) on behalf of the Jaru people. The property was purchased in 1994 by the (then) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) through the WA Aboriginal Lands Trust (ALT) and handed over to the local people in the same year. At the time of the purchase of Lamboo Stat...
Stu Barker and Brett Otley - Working with feral animals
September 18, 2023 16:30 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBWelcome to a special bonus episode. For those of you who don’t know, I am due to have my first child in July – so by the time you’re listening to this, I’ll be well and truly knee deep in nappies! Before I go on maternity leave, I decided to make hay while the sun shines, and I teamed up with the legends at Territory Natural Resource Management to produce a podcast series. It’s called Our Territory, Our Future, and you can find it on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. I’l...
Danny Hayes (Part 2) - The luckiest man alive?
September 13, 2023 10:53 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBIn our last episode, Danny Hayes shredd yarns from his childhood on cattle stations and some of the things he's learned from his 30 year career as a mustering pilot. In this episode, Danny recounts some of the hairy situations he's found himself in while flying - situations that only experience and nothing short of good luck has allowed him to be here and speak about them. I want to take a moment and acknowledge that our community has lost too many people through helicopter mustering accide...
Danny Hayes (Part 1) – Yarns from a long-time Chopper Pilot
August 29, 2023 08:03 - 55 minutes - 51 MBYou can’t live and work in the Northern Territory and not have a story or two to tell. So, imagine how many stories Danny Hayes must have, having flown as a helicopter mustering pilot for over 30 years. I think it’s safe to say that he has seen and done a lot of things, and got the experience to back up his opinions. So, at 8 months pregnant, I headed out to Mainoru Station, north-east of Katherine, to sit down with Danny and hear some of his yarns. This episode is the first of two episode...
Rebecca Cadzow - The decision to downsize [Repost]
August 14, 2023 07:47 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBWith two cattle stations in the Northern Territory, a cattle property in Queensland, and a helicopter business, Rebecca and Steven Cadzow were in the perfect position to continue expanding their business interests and develop a pastoral empire that so many dream of. But, instead they made the decision to downsize to just one cattle station. In this episode Rebecca discusses their decision, the concept of a “Life Audit” and the impact their choices have had on their life, family, and business...
Tracey Hayes - Adapting to change to thrive, not just survive
July 12, 2023 13:49 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBTracey Hayes is best known for her role as the first female CEO of the Northern Territory Cattleman’s Association. But, it was a role she never intended on holding - in fact, it wasn’t in her career plan at all. Born and bred on a cattle station in the far north of South Australia, staying on the land was all Tracey ever wanted to do. But, sometimes life throws curveballs and when that happens you have two choices - resist change, or adapt. And, as you’ll hear in this episode, adapting ...
Khory Hancock - No longer the "Environmental Cowboy"
June 26, 2023 23:54 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBKhory Hancock knows what it's like to live in two different worlds at the same time. An environmental scientist by trade, Khory was born and raised on a large cattle property in Queensland. It was his belief that agriculture, in particular cattle farming, was a part of the solution to environmental problems, not the cause, that led him down the path of advocacy. Khory knew it wouldn’t be easy to draw a crowd talking about the environment, so he created an online alter ego called The Envir...
Tips for station newbies (let's talk about sex) [Repost]
June 13, 2023 06:47 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBApologies for not posting an episode for so long! As the count down to the podcast baby gets shorter and shorter, I have been "making hay while the sun shines" and doing lots of contract work! So, here is an oldie but a goodie, and one we get requested all the time! This episode is based on one of the most popular stories on the Central Station website, called “Tips for station newbies”. From advice when applying for a job, to what to pack and how to behave once you’ve got the job – we co...
Munro Hardy (Part 3) - Connecting the dots, looking back
May 09, 2023 06:23 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBMunro Hardy's pathway to his current career has not been straight forward. After a gap year around Australia saw him fall in love with agriculture (Episode 190, Part 1), he kept on that path, trying his hand at all he could (Episode 193, Part 2). But, at some point, Munro decided to step away from the cattle industry and try his hand at all sorts of jobs, including pearling, roadworks, mining, and construction. It's not a pathway anyone would necessarily advise someone who wants a caree...
Munro Hardy (Part 2) - Live export, Contract mustering, and THAT Egypt story
May 09, 2023 06:10 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBAs promised, here is part 2 of our chat with Munro Hardy. While he's only 35 years young, holy hatbox he has managed to fit a lot into a short space of time! In this episode he shares stories from his time working in live export, contract mustering, and a pretty hairy tale from a trip to Egypt... If you haven't listened to Part 1, go back and listen first! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
[SNEAK PEEK] The time Munro Hardy kind of got kidnapped in Egypt...
May 01, 2023 01:59 - 15 minutes - 14 MBToday I’ve got something a bit special for you – as you would have heard in Part 1 – Munro Hardy has had many adventures in his life so far. When we were recording Part 2, Munro shared a story that I was not expecting, and it’s pretty hectic – so much so that I thought it should come out a week early in its own episode. So... enjoy this preview of Part 2, and please, don’t try this at home! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Gus and Kim McKay – Travelling 40,000 km to start a family
April 24, 2023 16:30 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBStarting a family is no longer as simple as meeting a partner and falling in love. I’m not sure if fertility challenges are becoming more common, or just more spoken about – but it certainly feels as though both are true. While stories about fertility challenges are becoming more common, no two are the same. In today’s episode, I sit down with Kim and Gus from Umbearra Station, 4 hours south of Alice Springs. Fertility challenges don’t discriminate, and I don’t think it’s as black and whi...
Munro Hardy (Part 1) - A gap year to remember
April 10, 2023 16:30 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBMunro Hardy has been a busy man. At just 35 years old, Munro’s career has taken him from fencing croc-infested rivers in the Top End, to mustering cattle from a helicopter, to boardrooms in Sydney, and most recently around the world as a Nuffield Scholar. It took a bit of convincing, but we managed to wrangle Munro to sit down and share his story. In this episode, he tells tales from the gap year that took him around Australia, and all the adventures that came with it. Make sure you keep ...
Nathan Dyer - The assignment? Adventure!
March 27, 2023 10:14 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBNathan Dyer has found himself in some crazy situations, in the most remote parts of Australia... on assignment. The job? Freelance journalist and photographer. It's a far cry from his humble beginnings as a corporate accountant in the metropolis of Melbourne. In this episode, Nathan shares the unconventional path he took to land a job so many of us dream of, and some of the life changing experiences he's had so far. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Annabelle Coppin - Bringing her Paddock to Plate dream to life
March 14, 2023 07:34 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBSince Annabelle Coppin was a child, she wanted people to eat the beef her family raised on their Pilbara cattle station. But, simply selling cattle to the market wasn’t enough for her - she wanted to be involved in the entire process, and watch as people picked up packets of her beef from the supermarket. She wanted them to know that what they were about to cook wasn’t just any old Aussie beef, but that from Yarrie Station - a property her family had been nuturing for 5 generations. In th...
Fostering Indigenous children in the outback
February 27, 2023 16:30 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBWould you ever take in a child that wasn’t your own? If you’re imagining a relative, or a friend’s child - the answer might be a simple, straightforward, “yes, of course!” But what if you didn’t know the child? And, if, once you get to know them, bond with them, and love them, they could be taken away? That’s the reality of foster parents across the world. In today’s episode, we hear the story of one family who are raising their 5 children, including 2 foster children, on a remote cattle...
Matt and Connie Wood - Their first year at Wave Hill Station
February 13, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBWhen Wave Hill Station was sold in a $104 million dollar deal, Jumbuck Pastoral and its consortium of partners became the 4th ever owner of the iconic station in its 140 year history. It was a sale that said “watch this space”. In this episode, we sit down with Matt and Connie Wood, who we last heard from in episode 123, as they prepared to leave their job as managers at Blina Station in the Kimberley, also owned by Jumbuck Pastoral, to move to Wave Hill Station and take on the mammoth job ...
Natalie Bell & Jess Di Pasquale - The Mongol Derby that didn't go to plan
February 01, 2023 23:38 - 1 hour - 75 MBThe adventure of a lifetime, two best mates, riding side by side in the wild landscape of Mongolia. When Jess and Nat entered the world’s toughest horse race, they knew it would be hard. Finishing the race itself was as big a deal as winning. But, these women were from the Northern Territory - they’d spent their lives working in rugged conditions in remote areas. Surely, they’d be fine? In this episode, they share how no amount of planning can truly prepare anyone for the Mongol Derby. Se...
Shane "Lochy" O'Loughlin - How the Kimberley turned a boy into a man
December 06, 2022 11:32 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBShane “Lochy” O’Loughlin arrived in the Kimberley at the age of 16. He’d already left both home and school at the age of 12, and now he had something to prove. However, Lochy’s start in the Kimberley was anything but smooth sailing. Over the past 40 years, Lochy has lived a life full of adventure and learning. There’s not many places in the Kimberley he hasn’t set foot on, either as a stockman, or running his own bull catching business. For our final episode of 2022, Lochy shares...
Chico Shaw - From an orphanage in Brazil to Bondi Beach and the Outback (Part 2)
December 02, 2022 05:16 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBThis episode is Part 2 of our chat with Chico Shaw. If you haven't listened to Part 1, stop now and go back. In Part 1, Chico shared the story of his adoption from Brazil into a family from Bondi Beach, and how he ended up working on a cattle station in the Gulf of Queensland. In this episode, Chico shares stories from his time working in the Northern Territory, why he left the industry for almost 10 years, his battles with mental health, and what it's like working not just with your...
Chico Shaw - From an orphanage in Brazil to Bondi Beach and the Outback (Part 1)
November 21, 2022 16:30 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBIn 1987 a mechanic found a baby boy abandoned on the streets in Brazil. Today, that baby boy is a grown man living and working on a cattle station in the Northern Territory, Australia. “Blessed”, is how Chico Shaw describes his life. A life that could have turned out so differently. In this episode Chico shares the story of his adoption into a family from Bondi beach, how he ended up working on a cattle station in the Gulf of Queensland, and the challenges and adventures that t...
Claudia Hiscox - Managing my mental health in the middle of nowhere
November 14, 2022 16:30 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBThis episode contains discussions about anxiety, depression, eating disorders and self-harm. It may be best to listen in the support of company, or skip this episode. If you need help, a range of services are available. Please see the show notes for more details. Claudia Hiscox has spent the last three years living and working on cattle stations in remote parts of the Northern Territory. The days are long, and the work is tough. It’s a physically and mentally demanding job at the best of...
Ian 'Rocky' Rockwell and Rob Mann - The trip that changed our lives
November 08, 2022 11:24 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBIn 2002, Ian ‘Rocky’ Rockwell took a group of year 11 students from Sydney to Alice Springs for an “adventure”. The kids were to trek the Larapinta Trail, ride camels, cook on campfires, and experience the “outback”. That trip changed not only the trajectory of Rocky’s life, but some of the students as well. Rob Mann was one of those students. In this episode, Rocky and Rob share the story about the trip that took place 20 years ago, how it impacted their lives, and how they went from stud...
Olivia Thompson - The kickboxing, cattle station selling, cowgirl who learnt to walk again
October 31, 2022 16:30 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBIn 2022, Olivia Thompson sold 3 cattle stations in the Northern Territory. Those 3 properties exceeded 1 million hectares combined. It’s a world away from the 1000m2 block of land that was her first sale as a real estate agent some 20 years ago in the coastal town of Cairns. Olivia is a prime example of the old saying, “Don’t judge a book by it's cover”. Beyond her beautiful smile and polished look that you’ll see on “For Sale” signs is one of the grittiest, hardworking people I have had...
Haydn Sale - Opportunity knocks but once [Repost]
October 25, 2022 11:30 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBHaydn Sale manages one the largest aggregations of cattle and land in northern Australia – but chances are, you’ve never heard of him. Unlike others in his position, Haydn wasn’t born into the northern cattle industry. Nor did he do a gap year up north straight out of boarding school for one of the big corporates. He also wasn’t a General Manager or CEO of some other company in some other industry in a previous life. Haydn’s journey is unlike any other I have come across. It is uniq...
Anika Molesworth - Electric cars in the outback, and cultivating climate courage
October 10, 2022 16:30 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBAnika Molesworth is a farmer, scientist, and storyteller. And she's on a mission to cultivate climate courage. In an incredibly short period of time, Anika has amassed a number of accolades including: Young Farmer of the Year, Young Australian of the Year finalist, and a Masters and PhD. She has also released a best-selling book, 'Our sunburnt country', and co-founded the Farmers for Climate Action movement. The incredible thing is that Anika has achieved all of this from her geograp...
Tom & Annabel Curtain - Turning the hard times into adventures
October 03, 2022 15:10 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBGolden-guitar winning Tom Curtain and his incredible wife and business partner, Annabel, were our guests on the very first episode of this podcast way back in June 2019. Way back when I had never recorded a podcast, and didn’t know what sound quality was. So, last night I sat down with Tom and Annabel for take two. My plan was to rerecord just our first episode in better sound quality, but plans changed. So, in this episode you will hear some condensed versions of stories that were covered...