tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46576507580559732062024-02-19T11:33:17.522+10:00Something NewAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13281481822490609161noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657650758055973206.post-26241332830378904802014-05-07T22:32:00.002+10:002014-05-07T22:33:09.915+10:00Almost half way already.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well isn't 2014 just flying on by. May already and it doesn't look like it's slowing down anytime soon. Uni assignments have been slaved over and sent in with pretty awesome results back so far considering the time it's been since I last wrote a 3000 word essay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I sent some photos home for the local show and came away with 4 prizes! 2 firsts, 1 second and a highly commended. I was pretty stoked with my efforts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Easter weekend we all piled in the truck and utes and headed out to Boulia for the Campdraft/Rodeo/Races weekend. Was an excellent weekend with fun had by all. Was nice to have a mixture and it enabled us all to get a bit dressed up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">School is full steam ahead with training started for athletics already and mini schools coming up (3 in 4 weeks).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The air is cooling off, and the light is fading earlier in the evening and rising later in the morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Station life just keeps rolling along. There is always something to be done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We're all very keen for Birdsville Campdraft/Rodeo/Bronco Branding this weekend and then Longreach Show the next!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Until next time, have fun :)</span><br />
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plans for a ‘1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> week back at school blog’ and a ‘look it rained’
blog but it seems time has got away from me and I am combining everything into
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year has started off quite smoothly. So far we’ve had Meet & Greet and the
swimming carnival. We also went to town the Central West Swimming Trials and
then last week we spent 4 days in town as part on the annual Home Tutor
Workshop.</span></span></div>
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we’ve been pottering about the rain came to find us. 4 days straight it was
grey and wet. It’s so nice to see some green again. The dams are full, there’s
a nice lot of green pick about. The channels have water in them and there are
some new calves in the paddocks. Hopefully this is a good season and we get
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Greet was in early Feb and we went up and had a lovely day meeting who will be
our teachers this year. Jack was very upset that our indestructible animal Elly
was in fact under the wrong house tree in the school garden but she has since
been moved! That afternoon we had the swimming carnival and Boree Box Jellyfish
were loud and proud. Boree was also successful in winning the carnival for
2014. We also came home with 1 runner-up age champion and 2 best dressed prizes
which was pretty cool. Still on swimming, we returned to Longreach the next
week for Liv to compete in the Central West Swimming Trials and she represented
her school very well.</span></span></div>
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room we started the year by decorating our books for the year. We grabbed
magazines and adorned our books with our </span>favourite<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> things-horses, motorbikes, boots, hats, pigs,
dogs and birds. Have just completed unit 1 and are ready for unit 2. We have learnt
about Ancient China, being persuasive in our English writing, fractions,
positive and negative numbers, how to tell the time, different separation
techniques, Anzacs, Queensland Day, Australia Day, Easter, New Year’s Eve and
Chinese New Year. I wonder what unit 2 will teach us?!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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brought puddles, mud, but most importantly green grass! Creeks are flowing,
bridges went under and amongst all this we were getting ready to town for the
annual Home Tutor Workshop. For a couple of weeks before we had been making hat
racks, earrings, hair clips and soft toys to sell at the school markets.
Nothing was going to stop us from getting to town! Then we found the water. We
had to wait for a fair while for it to drop but it was worth the wait and we
got there in the end.</span></span></div>
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spent 3 days with their teachers and I listened to some pretty inspiring
professional development about teaching reading and writing. Magic 100 Words is
a program I’ve brought back to the school room. Bright </span>colours<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, words, cards, games all aimed at
improving reading. Worth a shot I reckon. The markets were a success, we got to
do some retail therapy and eat out (frozen cokes and Chinese food was pretty
popular) and we all got to spend some time with our friends and just chat.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Even made it into the local news....Check out the link </span><br />
<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-10/outback-distance-education-workshop-queensland/5308554?&section=news"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-10/outback-distance-education-workshop-queensland/5308554?&section=news</span></a></div>
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started my uni work. Cropping in South-East Asia is my first assignment. So far
have spent 2 days reading and researching and have started getting ideas down
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Station is located 100km east of Birdsville. Nadine (Dean) Lorenz lives there with her
husband Darren and their three children, Matthew (13), Eboni (9) and Jesse (8).
Matthew is currently away at boarding school in Warwick. Eboni and Jesse complete
their schooling at Durrie through Mt Isa School of Distance Education.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Dean
loves being a mother and a wife for her family. However, living on a station
requires Dean to undertake many other roles as well. She is a cook, a </span><span style="color: black;">counsellor</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, a nurse a cleaner a bookkeeper and an active member of
her community. Dean is a passionate member of the local rodeo club and the
social club. Last year Dean under took a massive fundraising effort and took part in Shave for a Cure raising much needed funds for Leukemia Research.</span></span></div>
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has lived in the Channel Country since 1998. Her first impression upon arriving
was “why would anyone live out here?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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her hesitant first impression, Dean has grown to completely love the area, can
answer her own question and completely understands why people fall in love with
living in the outback and never want to leave! Dean’s thinks that the people in
the outback are just wonderful and so supportive and make living there
worthwhile. She feels it is a great place to raise you kids and living remotely
you really learn how strong you are as a person. Not everyone likes the
lifestyle, but everyone should come at least once and check it out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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has many </span><span style="color: black;">favourite</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> memories of living in the outback but
the most special was when she got married to her husband Darren on the 19<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
of May 2012 in Birdsville. Not only was it a special event for Dean and Darren
but a community event! All of their family travelled out to Birdsville to share
their special day with them, and from the photos the whole town and surrounding
areas of Birdsville was there too! It was even featured in the OUTBACK
magazine.</span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Family
is a big part of Dean’s life and has shaped who she is today. Her role models
are her mother and father and she would be lost without them as well as her
brothers and her sister.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dean
wishes that her Poppy was alive so her could come out and experience what life
is like at Durrie. Although he passed away when Dean was young, he is a very
special man in her life. Dean would love to have him sit at the dinner table so
she could share with him what she’s done in her life, the good and the bad, and
show him what she’s achieved so far. She would love him to be able to meet his
3 great-grandchildren as well. Dean thinks this would be the best dinner that
she could ever and would ever want.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="null"><span style="color: #3e454c; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Emily lives and works on
Mt Leonard Station, a c</span></span><span style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); color: #3e454c; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">attle
station 170km east of Birdsville. </span><span style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); color: #3e454c; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She is the governess on
the station which means she is in the schoolroom from Monday to Friday. This
year Emily only has one child in the schoolroom – Jacob who is in grade 4. Last
year she had two children, Jacob who was in grade 3 and Leah who was in grade
7. This year Leah moved to boarding school and the schoolroom has certainly
changed with only the one child now. As the governess Emily’s main job is to
teach the kids through Mt Isa School of the Air. They often try to finish our
work early so they are able to go fishing, play sport or do art. However, their
favourite thing to do is get outside and help the men with cattle work. <span style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); color: #3e454c; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As if this doesn’t keep Emily busy enough, she has recently joined the Channel Country Ladies Day Committee.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); color: #3e454c; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This is Emily’s second
year living in the outback. She graduated from high school in 2012 and moved
out at the start of 2013 for a gap year. Emily has returned to continue her
adventure. She couldn’t stand leaving this part of the world and the lifestyle
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<span style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); color: #3e454c; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Emily loves living in
the outback because of all the things you can do and see out here that you
don’t get the chance to in the city. The amazing landscapes and big skies are indescribable.
She had grown up in the city and the country’s laid back lifestyle is something
that really stands out along with the huge open spaces. There are so many
people out here and one of Emily’s favourite things to do is just sit and have
a yarn with someone and hear their story. By taking the time to listen to
people you learn so much and everywhere you go there is someone else’s story to
be heard. Since moving out here Emily has learnt to ride horses, motorbikes,
help with cattle work, and so much more – all which she absolutely loves. She
loves the small community feel where everyone knows everyone (mind you
sometimes this isn’t always good! It’s amazing how fast the bush
telegraph works!) and how they all come together when there is an event. It is
amazing how much station kids know and how much you learn from them. Emily has
have often thought that she would have loved to grow up on a station – She am
so glad she am experiencing it now though!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Emily’s first outback event and it was ‘their’ event because it is in Mt
Leonard’s “backyard”. This is one of her favourite memories because it was the
first time she saw the community come together and enjoy a weekend of fun which
was amazing and she loved being a part of that. She had such a good time and it
made her fall in love with all the events out here – now Emily hates missing
out on them when they are on! Emily loves attending the different events
(especially rodeos!) out here when there’s music and everyone is having a night
at the bar at the event grounds. Ladies Day last year was amazing also! It was
great to see all the women of the country come together for a weekend of fun.
Learning to ride a horse was also awesome. There are just too many favourite
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considered herself to have a role model but if she had to say someone she looks
up to it would be her older sister Georgia. Georgia is such an outgoing and
strong person. She has never cared what people think of her and has always
followed her heart and done her own thing. When Emily was trying to decide if she
should take the leap and come out to the outback not knowing anything, with no
experience and so young, Georgia was the one who she talked to and she
reassured her that it would be a great experience and worth it. She was
certainly right! She has always been there to talk things through and if she
wasn’t there Emily’s not sure if she would have had the guts to do many of the
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to share her outback experience over dinner with anyone, Emily would invite her
Ninnie and Pa (her grandparents). Unfortunately Emily has very little memories
left of her Ninnie and Pa. Her Pa died when she was 6 and soon after that
Ninnie was diagnosed with dementia and since then her condition has
deteriorated quite severely. Emily would have so loved to show them where she
living and what she is doing and introduce them to this incredible part of the
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13281481822490609161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657650758055973206.post-73330181839271006172014-02-10T15:20:00.001+10:002014-02-10T15:22:28.048+10:00Outback Women Profiles featuring Kate<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it wouldn't be fair to pick the brains of local outback women about their lives, their hopes and their dreams without having a go at it myself. This is the profile that was published today on the ausagventures blog. A fantastic website to visit </span><a href="http://ausagventures.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://ausagventures.com/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">G'day from a Govie- <a href="http://ausagventures.com/gday-from-a-govie/">http://ausagventures.com/gday-from-a-govie/</a></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13281481822490609161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657650758055973206.post-47352976801931805542014-02-06T07:51:00.000+10:002014-02-06T08:54:29.390+10:00Outback Women Profiles featuring Danielle and Emma<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There seems to be a common theme with these outback, they wouldn't swap their lives for anything in the world. They love the wide open spaces, the people and the relaxed lifestyle that the outback has to offer. Danielle and Emma are the two women featured in this blog. Both have been in the outback for a long time, both are very hard working and both family orientated. Enjoy their stories.</span><br />
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in Windorah with her husband Peter. On the 1<sup>st</sup> of December 2013 they
took over as owner/managers of the Windorah Service Station. Previous to this
they had been managers at Tanbar Station for 7 years. Danielle is entering her
20<sup>th</sup> year of living in the outback and wouldn’t have life any other
way. She is a cook, accounts keeper, secretary, shop assistant, parts organiser,
a wife, a mother and a doting grandmother to her one year old grandson Kane,
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provide fuel, food and mechanical services to the many locals and tourists that
pass through their servo. After Easter is when it starts to get really busy and
this usually goes through until late October. All shapes and sizes of cars,
caravans, trailers, trucks and bike pass through the servo in the annual
pilgrimage to the outback by the young and old alike. It seems you can get to
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tirelessly for the Windorah Rodeo club and is in her 7<sup>th</sup> year of
service to this club. The rodeo club hosts a Gymkhana in early July and then a
Campdraft and Rodeo in early August. These events are well patronised by locals
from near and far and Danielle and the committee do and excellent job in
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her life are her mother and father. Sadly, he mother has passed away but what
she instilled in Danielle from a young age has stayed with Danielle her whole life.
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into Windorah Service Station and I’m sure you’ll be ready to continue on your
adventure in no time!</span><br />
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">E</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">mma Liston lives on Rhondavale, near
Charleville. Rhondavale is a 12,000 acre hobby farm which is run by her
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at the In Home Care coordinator for Frontier Services. This means she helps
coordinate with the educators and families and travels around Queensland to
various towns and properties making sure everyone is working together and
harmoniously. Emma has also worked as a governess on a cattle property during
2011-2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In her
community, Emma belongs to various </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">organisations</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">. She is the secretary and treasurer for the Charleville
South West Show Society, chairperson for the Local youth committee of the show,
president of the hospital auxiliary club, committee member for the local
ambulance and a rural fire brigade member.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And if that wasn’t enough to keep her busy, in her ‘spare time’ she is
involved ins everyday farm life feeding, weekends lick runs, fencing and all the
exciting stuff, watering animals and yard and general house duties. She has
also just started studying to fill in her time! One very busy lady!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lived in the outback almost all her life, apart from spending 6 months in
Brisbane whilst obtaining her child care qualifications.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">There is
nothing about life in the outback that Emma would change. She loves that just
to grab two things from down town might take you an hour because everybody you
walk past pulls you up for a yarn. Everybody knows everybody and are there for
them if they ever need a hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She loves
that country people love what they do and are passionate about where they live
that they really get behind the community and are always striving to improve
the district for the generations to come. Emma believes that the possibilities
are endless; you can be as busy or as quiet as you like. People in the outback
work hard and party harder. You have plenty of room to move and tons of fun to
create entertainment opportunities. There are so many hobbies and opportunities
to be involved in so many things. And lastly, Emma loves the amazing
photographic opportunities; night skies like you never see in built up areas, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">colours</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> in the
sunset that change each time the sun rises. </span></div>
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lots of fantastic memories Emma recalls about living in the outback. One is
when they close the street off on a Saturday so all the children in the street
can join in a game of cricket. Or when your family travels with other family
members, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">neighbours</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> or just friends around the district with
horses and motorbikes to participate in a gymkhanas <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and the kicking up dust later on in the night
to the local band. Or the simplicity of sitting around during the afternoon
with a cold beverage watching the sun go done laughing and chatting about the
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influential role model for Emma would be her mother. She is a very passionate
about the land, outback living, community and family. She loves everything she
does and she gives her whole self in everything she does. She always has time
for others and is always helping someone. She believes strongly in values and
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">If there was
a dinner party at Rhondavale, Emma would invite the following people to share
her outback life with and give them an insight into what happens out in the
wilds of the west. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Henry Lawson would be
invited so Emma could swap stories with him. Ellen DeGeneres would bring the
comedienne factor and also because Emma thinks she would understand the way of
live. Shemar Moore would provide some eye candy for the evening and also his
active fundraising for MS would bring a humanitarian aspect to the evening.
Princess Dianna would bring lots of knowledge and Kate McDonald (author of the
blog ‘Something New’) would of course be invited to share in the evening’s
festivities and fill the 6<sup>th</sup> place around the dining room table.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13281481822490609161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657650758055973206.post-7940081382951927982014-02-05T07:07:00.000+10:002014-02-05T07:52:49.551+10:00Outback Women Profiles featuring Lorraine Kath<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Betoota, population:
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Betoota is Lorraine
Kath’s closest town. All that remains in Betoota is a boarded up pub and a race
track which is still used a couple of times a year.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Lorraine lives at Mt
Leonard Station which is located in the Channel Country, 220 </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">kilometres</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> west of Windorah. She lives here with her husband and
3 children. At Mt Leonard Lorraine is the station cook, domestic help, gardener,
and of course, wife to Chook and mother to Cassandra, Leah and Jacob. Lorraine
has also been the home tutor at Mt Leonard when her children were a bit
younger.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In her community,
Lorraine is the secretary of the Betoota Race Club and secretary/treasurer of
the Betoota Gymkhana Club. She is also a board member of Vast Arts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Lorraine has lived in
the outback for 19 years and can’t think of a better place to live. She loves
the people, the events and the landscapes. She feels that her family live in an
amazing part of Australia. Lorraine couldn’t think </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">of a
better place to raise a family than in the outback. The wide open spaces and
the freedom to roam is a wonderful experience for her children. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The hardest part of living in the outback is sending your
children off to boarding school. This year, Lorraine and Chook have sent their
2 daughters to boarding school in Townsville. The opportunities for them at
school are endless and they will continue to grow from the experience.
Each time they drop them off, their heart breaks but deep down they know it is
the best place for them.</span><br />
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photographer and has published books and calendars with her works. She is a
regular at all rodeos, campdrafts and gymkhanas capturing all the action and
the thrills and spills. Her landscape photography is impressive as well.
Lorraine loves photographing the country she lives in. The changing scenery and
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young age Lorraine spent a lot of time with Nanna; she lived in her back
pocket. She loved spending time with her grandmother on weekends or helping her
cook Lorraine’s favourite dessert. Whether it was holiday visits to Yeppoon or fortnightly
grocery trips to the Sunshine Coast, Lorraine was with her grandparents. Nanna
is loving person who always has a smile on her face! </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If Lorraine can live a wonderful life and still be happy
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dinner at Mt Leonard it would be her grandmother Nellie and her grandfather
Bill. Unfortunately, Bill passed away when Lorraine was a child and her grandmother,
due to her age, is unable to visit. However she desperately wishes she could
make the trip. Lorraine would love to share with her grandparents the outback,
the place she calls home and where she is raising her 3 children.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13281481822490609161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657650758055973206.post-10157140964878775702014-01-31T07:07:00.001+10:002014-02-03T06:23:53.647+10:00Outback Women Profiles featuring Gay and Megan<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gay and Megan are mother and daughter. but this is not the only commonality that they share. They both love living in the outback, they have both raised children in the outback, they have both contributed to the community in which they live near and they both work hard with their husbands on their properties.</span><br />
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her husband Brian on Tenham Station which is </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">220 </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">kilometres</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span lang="EN">west of Quilpie, 68 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">kilometres</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> east of Windorah and covers a total area of 250 sq miles
or 160,000 acres. She works in a partnership with her husband and they run
sheep and cattle. They have three adult children who were all raised and
schooled for their primary years on Tenham Station. Gay cooks, cleans, loves
her garden and looks after the homestead. She also musters on a motorbike, goes
out fencing, drives the dozer pushing scrub, feeds stock Molofos during the
drought and puts out lick blocks etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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daughter who is also on a station working with her husband and is very busy as
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there are not many committees in the local area that Gay hasn’t served on. She
is involved with the Windorah Developmental board, Windorah arts and crafts,
Windorah ambulance, Channel Country I C P A. which are all voluntary
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Tenham for over 32 years and just loves the lifestyle., She loves the animals,
the countryside, and a full creek to look at, which sits just outside her
homestead, when this dreadful drought breaks. Gay has fond memories of the
night she received life membership for the Channel Country Isolated Children's Parents
Association which she felt was such an honour to receive. But seeing her long
list of voluntary roles, I imagine it was a well deserved recognition. She has
wonderful memories of the hundreds of cards, flowers and support she received
from the west when she had cancer and was given a 40 percent chance survival of
5 years. Their friendship was invaluable.. Gay would be happy to have Tony
Abbott for dinner to show him the outback as we see it. Gay does not feel like
she’s missing out. She has a great social life, and it is a great place to live.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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an initiative called the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Green Thumb
Express</i>. Due to the drought and a drop in the creek, which is Tenham
Stations water supply, Gay has unfortunately had to let her garden die off.
This is a common case for many gardens in the South-West and further afield.
Gay felt that so many people express their desire to help out the drought
stricken areas so she has come up with the idea that people can either pot a plant
or give cash donations. They are also trying to incorporate as many nurseries
who are interested to be drop off areas for plants. So that when the drought is
over, people who have registered can receive green, healthy, vibrant plants to
fill up their gardens. This will hopefully improve morale and put a smile on a
gardener’s face so they have a green paradise to come home to after a hard
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with her husband Andrew and three young daughters on a property called Coniston
in Western Qld near Windorah. Coniston is 28 328ha and they lease this land and
from it run their own sheep and cattle business. They run about 1000 head of
drought master X cattle and 900 merino sheep. Their three daughters, Bridie
(8), Alice(4) and Grace (2), love living on the land and being outside playing
with their animals or helping their parents with the farm work. Bridie is in
year 4 and attends the Longreach School of Distance Education. Megan teaches
Bridie at home through the school of the air. Bridie gets to talk to her teacher
and classmates 4 days a week on the phone and computer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in an isolated part of Queensland. They are 2 and a half hours from the nearest
child care centre and over 700 kilometres from the nearest Woolworths. Their mail comes
twice a week on a truck. Each week Megan orders her groceries from a Food Works
that is two and a half hours away and they come out on the mail truck once a
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and looking after her girls Megan likes to help out on the property as much she
can. Often she’ll take the kids and they will all do the mustering, shearing,
fencing and general cattle work. At the moment a lot of their time is taken up
supplement feeding the stock due to the drought. They do not have any employees
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Andrew are taking part in the MLA Challenge. They are 1 of 6 producers from
around Australia involved in a competition to improve their businesses. On a
community level, Megan is president of the Windorah Development Board which is
a local community group designed to promote and improve the nearest town of
Windorah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Megan knows the area
around Windorah well, having grown up on a sheep and cattle property about 70 </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">kilometres</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> away from Coniston. She met Andrew when he started
working for the next door </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">neighbours</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. Some say 'the boundary fence was down and Andrew
slipped through'. Megan competed her primary schooling through Charleville
School of Distance Education and then went away to boarding school in Brisbane
for years 8-12. Her parents are still on their property. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Having almost her
whole life living in the outback, Megan wouldn’t swap it for city living. She
loves the wide open spaces most of all. As well as the beautiful countryside
and the lifestyle of living and working on the land. She adores being able to
have as many pet animals as her heart desires and they currently have over 100
pets from kelpie working dogs to chooks to poddy calves and a donkey. Megan
loves watching the area bloom and change with the good seasons. She loves
watching her children ride motorbikes, go swimming in creeks and having lots of
room to play outside. Megan loves being able to work alongside her husband and
make decisions together about improving their business and implementing those
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favourite memories of living in the outback. However, she had a fantastic day
at the very first Channel Country Ladies day held at Durham Downs Station in
2012. It helped to raise money for breast cancer and was a great chance for
outback ladies to be pampered and have a weekend away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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important in Megan’s life. Her role model would probably be her Dad. He has
such an enormous amount of time and love to give to his family and he is always
there to support both Andrew and Megan when they need it. He is a hard worker,
patient and has good morals and values. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a dinner party for the local women in Windorah she would invite Oprah Winfrey
to be the guest of honour. Megan thinks Oprah is inspirational and that she
could learn a lot from having dinner with her. How amazing would it be to have
such an influential person like Oprah on your side when it comes to the tough
times that the Australian Agricultural Industry is currently experiencing? Coniston
has been drought declared for over 7 months now, and this, coupled with record
temperatures, the live export debacle and low cattle market prices have
contributed to making it very difficult for </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">graziers</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> on the land to
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featured in the series of Outback Women Profiles are Kelly Theobald and Jacinta
‘Sis’ Fatnowna. These women moved to the outback from Melbourne and Mackay respectively
and haven’t looked back. They both speak highly of their outback lifestyle and
urge others to get out and experience it for themselves.</span></div>
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vibrant individual and one of the smiling faces that greet you when you enter
the Birdsville Information Centre. A resident in Birdsville, when she’s not
working at the </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">centre</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> she is a journalist, photographer, a published author,
a volunteer for local council, QRRRWN (Queensland Rural, Regional and Remote
Women’s Network) and Channel Country Ladies Day and an avid outback </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">traveller</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. Her boyfriend owns a fabrication business in town
and she can be found there as well helping out when she can. Kelly has lived in
Birdsville for three years and fell in love with the place as soon as she
arrived from Melbourne.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">She loves living in
the outback for SO many reasons…... </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Kelly loves
the landscape and wildlife, the big skies, the Simpson Desert sand dunes, the
friendly community, the relaxed lifestyle, the interesting people who pass
through Birdsville on holiday or who work here for a while and loves the
weather. She loves that summer lasts for ages and that winter is really short. Every
day is different and Kelly has so many fond memories from my time in
Birdsville. Some memories are of long afternoons spent with the community at
Pelican Point, having a BBQ and watching the sun set over the billabong; some
are going with her boyfriend to rescue or fix a stranded vehicle in the Simpson
desert; some are sitting around a campfire at the Birdsville Bakery with a
bunch of friends and enjoying a lovely meal; and another memory is driving her
1963 Volkswagen Beetle across the Simpson Desert! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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restored a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, ‘Onslo’, and drove it across the Simpson
Desert, starting in Birdsville and ending up in Mt Dare, 3 days later. Onslo is
now a published children’s book and is very popular with many copies enjoyed by
local children and some copies have been sent overseas. Kelly has also appeared
on the front cover of the Australian Weekend paper with the real Onslo and has
been published in the OUTBACK magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In her life as a
journalist and writer, Kelly’s role models tend to be people who have excelled
in these fields. She count fellow children’s author Mem Fox as a strong role
model, even though she’s not outback based. She also admires Mark Muller, the
editor of OUTBACK Magazine, because he ensures that the best of the outback is
shared with a wide audience and Annabelle Brayley, who is a nurse and author
and who has been so very lovely when Kelly emailed her out of the blue for
advice on publishing! Georgie Somerset, the President of the QRRRWN is another
role model because Kelly admires her enthusiasm and dedication to outback
women. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love to invite someone well known and influential to a dinner party in
Birdsville so that they can experience all the pros and cons of outback life.
Hopefully, they will see what we go through and help us to crusade to fix the
cons and promote the pros so that more people are encouraged to venture to this
wonderful part of the world.</span></div>
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Fatnowna, better known as Sis, lives on Glenglye Station, 140kms out of
Birdsville. Her day to day role is teaching 2 girls in grades 3 and 6, through
Mt Isa School of Distance Education. When not in the school room, Sis helps out
on the station anywhere she can; whether it is in the kitchen cooking for the
crew, with the stock camp or outside trying to keep her garden and plants
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the outback for almost 5 years. During her time in the outback she has worked
as a Teacher Aide at Birdsville State School, washing dishes in the kitchen of
the Birdsville Pub and as a governess on another Channel Country cattle
station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When asked what she loved
living in the outback her response was ‘Where to start?’ Sis loves </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">the people, the laid back lifestyle, the sunsets, the pubs, the big
beautiful night sky and of course my family. There are no traffic lights or
line ups at the bar. Sis loves fishing, hanging with mates at any of the local
watering holes (pubs) and one of her highlights has to be the Birdsville Races.
Especially in 2010, when her mate from Mackay came and experienced a smidge of
the outback lifestyle, even though that was the year that the Birdsville Races
were flooded! Someone that Sis looks up to in her life in her Mumma, Tanya. Sis
values family and their role in her life. She wishes that she could invite her
Nan who is still alive and her Pop who has passed away over for dinner and
share with them her outback experiences and lifestyle.</span></div>
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trek back to the station after my holidays seemed like a pretty daunting task.
I’d done it before, and I knew I could do it but I wasn’t looking forward to
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I spaced it out over 5 days and broke up the driving with some long awaited
visits at friends places.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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stop wasn’t far down the road, in Smithtown, for lunch with Tess and baby
Claire. I’d done a lot of sewing in my summer break, including some gorgeious
ruffle pants for Claire. Tess and I dressed her up and did a bit of a photo
shoot with her. She just loved the camera. We both couldn’t believe it when she
just sat there posing! Too cute. Tess was also kind enough to lend me a uni
textbook which will hopefully help me with my studies in the next few months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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it to Kyogle to visit Beck and the girls. I had a lovely few days/nights there
and it was very relaxing and enjoyable. I was followed around by Sienna who
exclaimed, Kate McDonald please come here, more times each day than I can
fathom. I even managed to get in some sewing time-showed Beck how to use her
overlocked (I still advised her to get professional lessons) and the results
was an outfit for Sienna, who, though apprehensive at first, was very pleased
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Giant prickly pear</div>
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Seemed to be a familiar sight all day</div>
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day was our final day of driving. It was a long 11 hour day. We didn’t see
much, apart from dirt, roadworks and wildlife. I unfortunately gained a massive
rock crack in my windscreen thanks to some interesting driving by another road
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We're on our street....only 500+ kms to go!</div>
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And it's getting hotter-temperature in Quilpie at 3pm</div>
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Light shower brought out the roos to drink from the puddles on the road...very inconvenient</div>
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Dust storm on the driveway</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13281481822490609161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657650758055973206.post-76494588989677698832014-01-23T11:09:00.004+10:002014-01-23T11:13:31.693+10:0020142014 is a year that I will find challenging and exciting. I am starting my 3rd year as a Governess to 2 children on a remote SW Queensland cattle station. I am also enrolled in uni to study a Graduate Certificate in Agribusiness. In my spare time I enjoy photography, sewing, reading and just making the most of the outback lifestyle. Though remote and isolated, the outback offers many opportunities to live a fulfilled and relaxed life.<br />
Many stories out here can be told through photographs and I plan to use this blog as a means to getting my photos out there for everyone to view. This big sky country is ever-changing. There are new birds, bugs, animals to see roaming around this place most days. No sunrise or sunset is ever the same-lighting the skies with brilliant colours.<br />
Enjoy what follows :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13281481822490609161noreply@blogger.com0