Central Station - True Stories from Outback Australia

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True 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.

Episode Date
Pip Bain (Part 2) - Taking the long way around [Repost]
Apr 15, 2024
Pip Bain (Part 1) - Memories of my mother & Mt Clere Station [Repost]
Apr 08, 2024
Nick Ormsby - Self made
Apr 01, 2024
Paddy Heatley (Part 1) - A story like no other
Mar 25, 2024
Tammy Kruckow - A hard lesson to learn
Mar 12, 2024
Col Greenfield - Life inside the Woomera Prohibited Area, and outside the Dog Fence [Repost]
Mar 04, 2024
Felicity Brown - Tales from a 1990's stockcamp [Repost]
Feb 26, 2024
Wayne Bean (Part 3) - A change of career and time for horses
Feb 19, 2024
Wayne Bean (Part 2) - The Heytesbury years
Feb 12, 2024
Wayne Bean (Part 1) - Just trying to get ahead
Feb 05, 2024
Willie Cook (Part 2) - Filming "Outback Ringer", and facing an uncertain future head on
Jan 29, 2024
Willie Cook (Part 1) - Catching Wild Bulls & Water Buffalo 101
Jan 22, 2024
Toni Tapp Coutts - Bill Tapp, The Cattle King
Jan 15, 2024
Caroline Ashby - Training for Ironman Triathlons in the Outback
Jan 08, 2024
Toni Tapp Coutts - Shaped by the Territory
Dec 25, 2023
Connie Wood - When it's not "just a bump on the head"
Dec 18, 2023
Hamish & Jodie McTaggart - The catastrophic Christmas flood of 2010 [Repost]
Dec 12, 2023
Garry Riggs (Part 2) - Snakes, Lions, and a UFO in the Kimberley
Dec 05, 2023
Garry Riggs (Part 1) - The adventures (and misadventures) of a bush kid
Nov 27, 2023
Ned McCord - First aid for a lightning strike
Nov 20, 2023
Tony Williams - Life, love and loss on the Oodnadatta Track [Repost]
Nov 13, 2023
Aticia Grey - The road to Pilbara Working Dogs
Oct 26, 2023
Darrylin Gordon - The long road to Lamboo [Repost]
Oct 03, 2023
Stu Barker and Brett Otley - Working with feral animals
Sep 18, 2023
Danny Hayes (Part 2) - The luckiest man alive?
Sep 13, 2023
Danny Hayes (Part 1) – Yarns from a long-time Chopper Pilot
Aug 29, 2023
Rebecca Cadzow - The decision to downsize [Repost]
Aug 14, 2023
Tracey Hayes - Adapting to change to thrive, not just survive
Jul 12, 2023
Khory Hancock - No longer the "Environmental Cowboy"
Jun 26, 2023
Tips for station newbies (let's talk about sex) [Repost]
Jun 13, 2023
Munro Hardy (Part 3) - Connecting the dots, looking back
May 09, 2023
Munro Hardy (Part 2) - Live export, Contract mustering, and THAT Egypt story
May 09, 2023
[SNEAK PEEK] The time Munro Hardy kind of got kidnapped in Egypt...
May 01, 2023
Gus and Kim McKay – Travelling 40,000 km to start a family
Apr 24, 2023
Munro Hardy (Part 1) - A gap year to remember
Apr 10, 2023
Nathan Dyer - The assignment? Adventure!
Mar 27, 2023
Annabelle Coppin - Bringing her Paddock to Plate dream to life
Mar 14, 2023
Fostering Indigenous children in the outback
Feb 27, 2023
Matt and Connie Wood - Their first year at Wave Hill Station
Feb 13, 2023
Natalie Bell & Jess Di Pasquale - The Mongol Derby that didn't go to plan
Feb 01, 2023
Shane "Lochy" O'Loughlin - How the Kimberley turned a boy into a man
Dec 06, 2022
Chico Shaw - From an orphanage in Brazil to Bondi Beach and the Outback (Part 2)
Dec 02, 2022
Chico Shaw - From an orphanage in Brazil to Bondi Beach and the Outback (Part 1)
Nov 21, 2022
Claudia Hiscox - Managing my mental health in the middle of nowhere
Nov 14, 2022
Ian 'Rocky' Rockwell and Rob Mann - The trip that changed our lives
Nov 08, 2022
Olivia Thompson - The kickboxing, cattle station selling, cowgirl who learnt to walk again
Oct 31, 2022
Haydn Sale - Opportunity knocks but once [Repost]
Oct 25, 2022
Anika Molesworth - Electric cars in the outback, and cultivating climate courage
Oct 10, 2022
Tom & Annabel Curtain - Turning the hard times into adventures
Oct 03, 2022
Ashley Dowden - A stickybeak into Challa Station
Sep 26, 2022
Tourists do the darnedest things [Best Of]
Sep 19, 2022
Robbie Schmidt - The people and places who have shaped my life
Sep 12, 2022
Renee McBryde - Working in Child Protection to break the cycle
Sep 05, 2022
Willie Cook - Before 'Outback Ringer' (Part 2)
Aug 28, 2022
Willie Cook - Before 'Outback Ringer' (Part 1)
Aug 22, 2022
Nikita Morris - In real life
Aug 08, 2022
Jane & Haydn Sale - Facing your own mortality [Repost]
Aug 01, 2022
Walmajarrie Jimmy - Recited by Dr Dave Morrell [Poem]
Jul 31, 2022
Dr Gregory Winterflood - The hitchhiker who became a Flying Doctor
Jul 25, 2022
Jimmy McGlynn - A Traumatic Brain Injury, Broken Back, and giving up alcohol
Jul 18, 2022
Dr Campbell 'Cozy' Costello - The nomadic flying vet
Jul 11, 2022
Dr Campbell Costello - The crises plaguing the Australian veterinary industry
Jul 04, 2022
Dr Campbell 'Cozy' Costello - Training cowboys in Kazakhstan
Jun 27, 2022
Ben Hayes - The mischief maker with a heart of gold
Jun 20, 2022
Raine Holcombe - The long road to a DQ Alpha diagnosis
Jun 14, 2022
Ben Hayes - Undoolya is the oldest cattle station in the Northern Territory
Jun 01, 2022
Tanya Heaslip - My first job was the Lindy Chamberlain inquiry
May 23, 2022
10 lessons learnt from living in remote parts of Australia [Repost]
May 16, 2022
Ashley Dowden - Triumph after tragedy
May 09, 2022
Evan Casey - Learning outside the classroom
May 02, 2022
Libby Finlayson - Rebuilding after a shock divorce
Apr 25, 2022
Hamish & Jodie McTaggart - The Past, Present & Future of Bidgemia Station
Apr 18, 2022
The Challa Mustering NDP [Short Story]
Apr 13, 2022
Debbie Dowden - A series of serendipities (Part 2)
Apr 11, 2022
Debbie Dowden - A series of serendipities (Part 1)
Apr 04, 2022
Till the cows come home [Short Story]
Mar 31, 2022
Sean D'Arcy - The Progressive Pastoralist
Mar 28, 2022
Blythe Calnan - The Changemaker
Mar 21, 2022
Doggone Kangaroos [Short Story]
Mar 16, 2022
Lara Jensen - Fighting for Christian
Mar 14, 2022
Peter Ritter - Eyes on the sky
Mar 07, 2022
The crash of wool and birth of tourism [Short Story]
Mar 02, 2022
Waddi Robinson - A lifetime in the Gascoyne
Feb 28, 2022
Glenn "Stixy" O'Byrne - From Busselton to Russia
Feb 23, 2022
Felicity Brown - Adventures from a 1990's stockcamp
Feb 21, 2022
Welcome to Wooleen [Short Story]
Feb 16, 2022
Hamish & Jodie McTaggart - The catastrophic Christmas flood of 2010
Feb 14, 2022
Introducing "Station Stickybeak"
Feb 09, 2022
Dave McQuie - Carbon farming on a cattle station
Feb 07, 2022
We shouldn't be here [Short Story]
Feb 02, 2022
Damon Kaylock - The station cook turned Jackeroo
Jan 31, 2022
David Pollock (Part 2) - Dingoes, destocking, and disrupting pastoral paradigms
Jan 24, 2022
David Pollock (Part 1) - Dingoes, destocking, and disrupting pastoral paradigms
Jan 24, 2022
PTSD in the bush [Short Story]
Jan 20, 2022
Frances Pollock - Conservation and Tourism on a cattle station
Jan 17, 2022
Dean Maughan - The dream that took "awhile"
Jan 11, 2022
When it all goes wrong, call the Flying Doctor [Short Story]
Jan 06, 2022
Pip Bain - Taking the long way around
Jan 03, 2022
Kristie dePledge - Never stop learning
Dec 27, 2021
The dream that "took awhile" [Short Story]
Dec 23, 2021
Clare Atkins - Adventures of a Stock Inspector
Dec 20, 2021
Matt & Connie Wood say farewell to Blina Station
Dec 13, 2021
Imogen Cadzow from Mt Riddock Station [Bonus - Kids]
Dec 08, 2021
Connie Wood - Forged in fire
Dec 06, 2021
Pip Bain attempts to interview Steph Coombes
Nov 29, 2021
My poddy calf is an asshole [Short Story]
Nov 24, 2021
Linda Evans - Riding for the brand
Nov 22, 2021
Darrylin Gordon - The long road to Lamboo
Nov 15, 2021
Lost [Short Story]
Nov 10, 2021
Dr Dave Morrell - A Kimberley icon
Nov 08, 2021
Haydn Sale – Opportunity knocks but once
Nov 01, 2021
Rain man [Short Story]
Oct 27, 2021
John Henwood - Bringing regenerative agriculture to the Kimberley
Oct 25, 2021
Ben Smith & Archie Pollard - An evening at Murray Downs Station
Oct 18, 2021
Commuting [Short Story]
Oct 18, 2021
John Kirby - The man who caught 10,000 wild bulls
Oct 11, 2021
Jessie and Linda Evans - Please be SMA aware
Oct 04, 2021
Danyelle Haigh - The Outback Trendsetter
Sep 29, 2021
Steve Cadzow - Doing things differently at Mt. Riddock
Sep 27, 2021
Kylie Jones - Launching a Not-For-Profit for Outback Kids
Sep 20, 2021
Baby, can you handle the heat? [Short Story]
Sep 15, 2021
James Christian - The Sydney boy turned Territory Cattleman
Sep 13, 2021
Cam Williams - The Pit and the Peake of station life
Sep 07, 2021
Excerpt from "Beyond Alice" [Short Story]
Sep 01, 2021
Jane & Haydn Sale - The aftermath of a brush with death
Aug 30, 2021
"Live" from The Fitzroy Crossing Bull Sale
Aug 23, 2021
New Tricks [Short Story]
Aug 18, 2021
Tanya Heaslip - Beyond Alice
Aug 16, 2021
Jim Edwards - You can take the man out of Western Australia... or can you?
Aug 10, 2021
Not that East, the "other" East [Short Story]
Aug 05, 2021
The Keogh Brothers - Kids on a cattle station
Aug 03, 2021
Tannas Godfrey – Sliding Doors, Succession Planning and Starting Over
Jul 27, 2021
Don't dwell on the small things [Short Story]
Jul 23, 2021
Sally Jolly - From beef to blueberries, a lesson in adaptability
Jul 19, 2021
Hayley Price - Love, Wedding, Baby, Cancer
Jul 12, 2021
Little boy in a big man's world [Short Story]
Jul 08, 2021
Edwina Robertson - Picture Imperfect
Jul 05, 2021
Kirsty Williams - Don't sweat the small stuff
Jun 28, 2021
Little people, huge hearts [Short Story]
Jun 24, 2021
Tony Williams - Life, love and loss on the Oodnadatta Track
Jun 21, 2021
Peter Rowe - The Outback Postman (Part 2)
Jun 14, 2021
Woulda, coulda, shoulda [Short Story]
Jun 10, 2021
Peter Rowe - The Outback Postman (Part 1)
Jun 07, 2021
Jill Greenfield - A stranger saved my life
Jun 01, 2021
A relationship survival guide for the cattle season [Short Story]
May 26, 2021
Col Greenfield - Life inside the Woomera Prohibited Area, and outside the Dog Fence
May 25, 2021
Helen Kempe - The story of Ernest and John Kempe
May 17, 2021
The Farmer wants a Son-In-Law [Short Story]
May 12, 2021
Doug McBean - What I've learnt from 30 years in a helicopter
May 10, 2021
Abbro Woolnough - Ringer to Park Ranger, and back again
May 03, 2021
Groomzilla and the Bride Doe-banger [Short Story]
Apr 28, 2021
Campbell Duff - Time to grow up
Apr 26, 2021
Rebecca Cadzow - The decision to downsize
Apr 19, 2021
Hard choices - lessons from a little cat [Short Story]
Apr 14, 2021
Helen Kempe - The life of "Miss Helen"
Apr 12, 2021
Mitch Scott - It's now or never
Apr 05, 2021
A rodeo proposal [Short Story]
Apr 05, 2021
Frances Cooper - Something was missing
Mar 29, 2021
Matilda Robinson - An open chat about Mental Health
Mar 22, 2021
It takes a community [Short Story]
Mar 17, 2021
Norman Fisher - The croc wrangling, buffalo breeding, cattleman
Mar 15, 2021
Jodie Grant - Fighting Cancer on a cattle station
Mar 08, 2021
180km just to check the mail [Short Story]
Mar 03, 2021
Tylah Bonisch - Her first year as Head Stockwoman
Mar 01, 2021
Jess Di Pasquale - Equine adventures in Australia and abroad
Feb 22, 2021
It's on [Short Story]
Feb 17, 2021
Danyelle Haigh - Don't judge this book by her cover
Feb 15, 2021
Luke Hayes - Venturing off the pastoral pathway
Feb 08, 2021
Dating in the bush - a Tinderella tale [Short Story]
Feb 03, 2021
Tanya Heaslip - An Alice Girl
Feb 01, 2021
Steph Coombes - It takes a village
Dec 17, 2020
The Kimberley Chicken Musterer [Short Story]
Nov 30, 2020
Lucy Daly - The quiet achiever
Nov 23, 2020
Lessons learned in the Kimberley [Short Story]
Nov 16, 2020
Sarah Cook - The cost of education in remote Australia
Nov 09, 2020
A cancer diagnosis whilst pregnant [Short Story]
Nov 02, 2020
Mel Bethel - The woman behind the camera
Oct 26, 2020
Jaimie Jenkins - An unconventional pathway to the north
Oct 15, 2020
Macro and Micro Isolation [Short Story]
Oct 12, 2020
Becky Klingenberg - Champions are made when no one is watching
Oct 05, 2020
Has anyone got a copy - Part 3 [Short Story]
Sep 28, 2020
The Cattle Station Classroom Podcast
Sep 21, 2020
Has anyone got a copy - Part 2 [Short Story]
Sep 14, 2020
Chris Henggeler - The backpacker who bought a cattle station
Sep 07, 2020
Has anyone got a copy - Part 1 [Short Story]
Aug 31, 2020
Ben Mills - Floods and droughts on the 80 Mile beach
Aug 24, 2020
An Easter calamity [Short Story]
Aug 17, 2020
Hannah Purss - The city girl turned camel expert
Aug 10, 2020
Low stress wife handling [Short Story]
Aug 03, 2020
Pip Bain - a childhood at Mt. Clere, the loss of a parent, and a lesson in mental health
Jul 28, 2020
The humble water run [Short Story]
Jul 14, 2020
Caitlin Mills - Challenges come in threes
Jul 08, 2020
Stepping up [Short Story]
Jun 17, 2020
Katie O'Donoghue - Taking the leap
Jun 11, 2020
Not better, not worse, just different [Short Story]
Jun 02, 2020
Caitlin Mills - her early days in the Pilbara, and a brush with the RFDS
May 28, 2020
The incident [Short Story]
May 18, 2020
Danielle Doyle – the "Indoor cat" of the outback
May 11, 2020
Things I miss about the Australian outback [Short Story]
May 07, 2020
Anthony McNamara - The Ringer with a reputation
Apr 27, 2020
Take a chill Pil-bara [Short Story]
Apr 17, 2020
"10 life lessons I learnt from living on a remote cattle station"
Apr 13, 2020
The Pastoralist Pregnancy Pact [Short Story]
Apr 11, 2020
5 Minute (GOOD) Friday Update
Apr 10, 2020
Mariah Maughan - finding her place outside the stock camp
Mar 31, 2020
Angela Wall – the psychology behind COVID-19
Mar 29, 2020
Coronavirus & cattle stations
Mar 18, 2020
Tips for station newbies (let's talk about sex)
Mar 02, 2020
Learn the skills you need to work on a cattle station
Feb 12, 2020
Adriano Moraes - the untold story of the man with 3 World Championships
Jan 29, 2020
Pip Grossmith – an environmental nerd in a cowboy's world
Jan 14, 2020
Dusty & Jodie Grant - unbelievable yarns you'd have to see to believe
Nov 28, 2019
Dionne Walsh - the power of a paddock [Cattle Station Classroom]
Nov 07, 2019
Kate Everett - Life as a contract musterer, and keeping Dolly's Dream alive
Oct 26, 2019
Tom and Annabel Curtain - We're still here
Oct 16, 2019
Dr Jillian Kelly - CSI for cattle, drought smokos, and painting in the bush
Sep 30, 2019
Mark Bettini - "Of drought and flooding rains"
Sep 10, 2019
Hayley Goad - overcoming a gender bias as old as time
Aug 28, 2019
The story behind our Ariana Grande parody video [Short Story]
Aug 08, 2019
Jane Sale - from suburban Melbourne to building an empire
Jul 25, 2019
Boyd Holden - teaching other countries to looking after Aussie animals
Jul 13, 2019
Landmark Broome Market Update with Todd Walsh
Jul 04, 2019
Connie Wood - a rodeo proposal, managing "groomzilla", and motherhood on a remote cattle station
Jun 25, 2019
Felicity Brown - the outback Jillaroo who featured at New York Fashion Week
Jun 18, 2019
Tom & Annabel Curtain - finding the love your life on the side of the road
Jun 09, 2019