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Before the Kimberley, before the goldfields, before the hard miles and harder men, Paul 'Woody' Allen was just a young bloke with a restless streak. School never really grabbed him. It wasn’t that he couldn’t do it. It was more that his mind was somewhere else entirely. While others thought about classrooms and careers, Woody thought about horses, saddles, dogs, paddocks and the sort of life where a man earned his keep outdoors. Every...
There are some blokes in the cattle game who never chased headlines, but quietly helped shape the industry through hard work, resilience and decades on the ground. Geoffrey Beere is one of them. An Export Life , traces a remarkable career that began with North Meat in Darwin before a transfer to the Katherine Abattoir in 1969. From there, Beere’s working life would span the Northern Territory, remote Australia and livestock markets across...
"I have no great skills in life but I'm a very good observer and I get my pleasure - and my income - from writing books and songs principally about exciting and interesting people..." Ted Egan, aged 90. I must admit Ted Egan's song's didn't get into my top song's playlist for 2025 - but 'Drovers Boy' has always stirred up emotions - it's a classic; many of you may have been lucky enough to hear Ted play it on a beer carton (he called it...