"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...

Every now and then, a piece of outback history resurfaces that perfectly captures the spirit, scale and character of cattle station life. Sarawak Stock Take (1985) is one of those gems - a classic documentary featuring the Malaysian-owned Rosewood stockcamp and the very first live exports to Malaysia, paired with breathtaking aerial footage across some of northern Australia’s most iconic country. I first discovered this documentary a...

It was great to see the cattle station community come together again in mid November - after a long season, it was time for cattle station staff to let their hair down in Katherine, NT... on Friday night it was the Govies Gala celebrating the tireless work of Governess's, Home Tutors and Nanny's where frocks were donned and penguin suits dusted off; then on the Saturday, hamstrings stretched and boots strapped on, it was a day of Ringers...