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Station Cook at Olive Vale

I am cooking at Fairview, in Laura Queensland. I decided to keep a blog of all my cooking as a record of what I have cooked, and also a collection for a book sometime. StationCooking 2022 Cooking for a cattle station in North Queensland where the focus is on good, healthy basic meals rich inContinue reading “Station Cook at Olive Vale”

Cattle Muster Normanton Queensland

A Muster is when cattle that have been left to freely graze on a station property, are rounded up, or collected, usually for resale. Properties called Stations, can range to over 23,000 sq. kms in size, which is the size of Anna Creek in SA which is the largest property in Australia. This muster tookContinue reading “Cattle Muster Normanton Queensland”

Drive to Windorah from Bedourie

I left at midday with George, who was driving machinery at the new subdivion at Bedourie, to overnight at Windorah and experience the trip overland. It was all desert..sand, scrub, the occasional rock..flat, dusty and dry. Colors changed to reds and the occasional mound of sand Sometimes there was a tree…..it is very dry andContinue reading “Drive to Windorah from Bedourie”

Birdsville Track

http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/birdsvil.htm The track from Marree in South Australia to Birdsville in Queensland, is the best known and loneliest road in Australia. It was opened up in the 1860s to bring cattle from the Northern Territory, New South Wales and Queensland to the nearest railhead which at that time was Port Augusta. As a result ofContinue reading “Birdsville Track”

Clifton Hills Station Birdsville Track South Australia

Thirty six days the Drill Team stayed on the property for the time it took to drill 1528 meters to find the sandstone bed of the Artesian Basin where the water was. Then the pump was attached and the boiling water gushed out at a rate of 60 liters a second. Pipes transferred the waterContinue reading “Clifton Hills Station Birdsville Track South Australia”

Birdsville Queensland

Birdsville is located 20 kms north of the SA and Qlds Border. It is famous for the Birdsville Pub and the Birdsville Races and Race Track where races are run annually and attract people from all over Australia. Birdsville is a small town located in the Channel Country of Central West Queensland, Australia. It isContinue reading “Birdsville Queensland”

Birdsville and The Birdsville Track

Longreach to Birdsville Photos…a long dusty drive. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.273976739379177.55525.153249504785235&type=1&l=dd58aeefc4 — in Longreach, Queensland. I arrived at Birdsville as part of a 6 Roadtrain Convoy…and we are now cammped at Clifton Hills while the team drill a bore. This will take approximately 6 weeks.. I am the Camp Cook and cooking and washing for the team YesterdayContinue reading “Birdsville and The Birdsville Track”

Boodjamulla Lawn Hill Queensland

Lawn Hill Slideshow: Marguerite’s trip to Brisbane was created with TripAdvisor TripWow! http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/boodjamulla-lawn-hill/culture.html Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park is one of Queensland’s most significant geological parks, with interesting rocks and landscapes spanning hundreds of millions of years . Ancient shallow sea The red, hard sandstone in the eastern part of the main Lawn Hill GorgeContinue reading “Boodjamulla Lawn Hill Queensland”

Moranbah Queensland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moranbah,_Queensland I am working as a Camp Cook at Moranbah….it is a very isolated farm area which is now studded with rigs mining natural gas with coal energy. I did a 3 day induction and a local induction and am now working in a Camp. Mackay is 2 hours by car driving through Nebo andContinue reading “Moranbah Queensland”