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In the September school holidays I drove over 4,500kms to visit my friends in the bush. From Mount Isa to Hughenden and everywhere in between, I spent nearly 2 weeks soaking up the red dirt. 50 hours in the car certainly allows for a lot of thinking time. As I watched the landscape change from …
I’m a dreamer. There’s no doubt about it. I have small dreams (like have an epic veggie patch) and dreams that are so large, that I sometimes wonder how I conjured them up. As well as being a dreamer, I have an air of almighty confidence. I whole-heartedly believe I can achieve my dreams. That’s …
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Ever wondered how you ended up here? How a compilation of choices resulted in you being exactly where you are? Let me take you on a little journey… One where a split-second decision resulted in the most wonderful adventure and changed the course of my life. In mid-2017 my best friend snapped her ACL while …
Cow’s milk. It’s something most of us would purchase on a weekly basis. But have you ever thought about how the brand of milk you purchase could influence our farmers? Milk prices have long been hotly contested by producers. It’s a commodity that varies greatly in price and some stakeholders have a stronghold over the …
Growing up, I knew I wasn’t going to stay in my hometown forever. Like many teenagers, I believed I was destined for things my hometown couldn’t offer. I’d spent the first 21 years of my life living in the same suburb, going to the same school and studying at a university in the same city. …
Have you ever heard the phrase ‘it takes a village to raise a child’? Well that is the war cry to my childhood. I have aunts and uncles a plenty and I have more cousins than I can count. The thing is though, these aunts, uncles and cousins aren’t biological, they’re my chosen family. In …
It’s no secret that I adore my bosses from last year. They are two of the greatest people I know and form a formidable team. It takes kindness and warmth to open up your home to a complete stranger and allow them to play a pivotal role in your family. Yet, both my bosses did …
A nuance to my childhood was political bumper stickers. The back of my grandfather’s vehicles adorned bumper stickers that targeted social issues in the most subtle of ways. These bumper stickers were also, always, advocating for farmers. From the spray truck that never left the property, to the ‘town’ car my grandparents drove around the …
Hi Friends, welcome back to my third and final instalment of Lessons from the West. If you missed the first two parts, you can find them here and here. When you live on a station, food is cooked to feed the masses. You use cheap, starchy vegetables, lots of carbs and eat plenty of beef. Mrs. Boss and …
In my previous blog post (which you can find here) I began discussing the Lessons of The West. All the things that I learnt while living and working on a cattle station in Western Queensland. Today, I continue on with my lessons learnt. https://vimeo.com/390211054 Living on the land you are exposed to the elements; dust, wind, snakes …
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