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Introducing Graham and Cathy Finlayson and their daughter Harriet who own and manage ‘Bokhara Plains’ at Brewarrina in NSW. Their story is Number 16 in our quest to feature 52 farming stories in 52 weeks. 1. Summary of your family and farming enterprise Bokhara Plains… is 7,200 Hectares of open plains country nestled between the Bokhara…
DetailsIntroducing Anna Redden. Anna and her family, farm in the Somerton region of NSW. Stud summary – Triple A Angus Stud was established in 1997, by sisters Eliza, Anna and Emma Redden. Since this day through natural increase and guidance from our Stud Principles (Mum and Dad) we have watched the ladies grow in numbers.…
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I have just watched a heifer have her calf. There is nothing more special than watching a brand new life come into the world, be it animal or human. A “heifer” is a first time mum and like all of us, when we’re first timers, they’ve got some things to learn. She sniffed it…
DetailsWelcome to Pip Courtney, who I have to admit is one of my heros in the journalism game. Pip is the ABC Landline presenter and and highly regarded journalist. I’m thrilled to have her here today, talking about the what changes, regarding women, she’s seen in agriculture since she started with Landline – and let…
DetailsThe straw that breaks the camels back in Purple Roads, is when a load of fertiliser is stolen from Matt and Anna’s farm. This happened in Esperance a few years ago – a whole truckload just vanished into thin air. Word on the street had it crossing two borders into NSW and landing at…
DetailsThis is our 14th farming story in our commitment to share 52 stories in 52 weeks. Enjoy! 1. Summary of your family & farming enterprise I live on my parent’s dairy farm with my husband Phill and my newborn son Laurence in Northern Victoria at Katandra West which is 20 mins north of Shepparton. My family have…
DetailsIntroducing Ross and Robyn Lane from the central wheatbelt of WA. 1. Summary of family and farming enterprise. Our family farming business consists of Ross and Robyn Lane and our three sons Colin, David and Matthew. At the moment our oldest son Colin is working full time in our farming business and the other two…
DetailsJust a quick update on where I’m going to be for my SA tour. Times and some venues are still being arranged and as soon as we know, I’ll let you know! These are all talks and signings and you will need to RSVP This much I can tell you: Monday evening 23rd April, 7pm, Mount…
DetailsNow that Purple Roads is out and about, I wanted to show you some of the places I imagined events to take place. If you read my previous blog, you would have seen the maps that I drew to show where the depots were in relation to Matt and Anna’s house, Spalding and Kate and…
DetailsIt’s that time of year again… Yes, BABIES! This is one of my favourite times in our farming calendar. And this season, it’s made even better by the 60mm of rain we had about two weeks ago; there is a green pick for all the animals. (By ‘green pick’ I mean the clover and grasses…
DetailsSometimes when I’m writing about a place I know fairly well, I forget other people haven’t been there. Usually I can paint a fairly good picture and country towns in SA are similar in set out, buildings made with similar material and so on. Note, I did say usually. The Purple Roads edit raised a…
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