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Jun 16, 2024 | 
queenslandcountrylife.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
View +31 PhotosPictures by Samantha Campbell. The north west beef industry was showcased over the weekend, with Clonagh Station claiming top honours at the Cloncurry and District Show. Cattle producers and industry representatives attended the Cattlemen's Evening on Friday June 14 to celebrate the 2024 cattle section winners. Cattle section chief steward Andrew Hacon said they had record entries with 65 pens filled with cattle drawn from the local area and Julia Creek.
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May 24, 2024 | 
theland.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
SkyKelpie would trade in bikes, horses and helicopters for a remote and easily accessible system. Photo supplied. Mustering cattle with horses, bikes or helicopters could soon be a thing of the past, as demonstrated to producers by a North Queensland tech-company.
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Mar 31, 2024 | 
queenslandcountrylife.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
An expansion at Hughenden Saleyards has just been completed resulting in four new yards and laneways. Photo supplied. The Hughenden Saleyard expansion has just been completed and its already been put to good use. Half of the monthly average had already gone through the yards in the weekend prior to Easter when more than 3000 head came in. Clancy and Tenielle Middleton have been the managers of Hughenden Saleyards for three years and said the upgrades were scheduled to boost safety and productivity.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
queenslandcountrylife.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Ben Carr |Samantha Walton
Mount Isa claimed the location of Australia's largest remote solar farm yesterday when APA Group's Dugald River Solar Farm opened. The 88-megawatt solar farm opened on Thursday March 21, with the purpose of delivering lower emissions energy to mining companies in the north west. MMG, Mount Isa Mines and New Century are set to benefit from the produced solar energy, firmed by gas from APA's nearby Diamantina Power Station.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
queenslandcountrylife.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Tristan Gould attempts to assess damage and check on cattle at Westmoreland Station. Picture supplied Tristan Gould. A North Queensland property in the Gulf of Carpentaria is experiencing one in 50 year flood after being hit by three tropical cyclones this year. Tristan and Tanya Gould are the owners of Westmoreland Station, a 258,998 hectare Brahman Shorthorn cross breeding operation 100 kilometres south west of Mornington Island.
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Mar 2, 2024 | 
queenslandcountrylife.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Bec Climie loads up parcels to deliver to local cattle stations. Picture by Sharon Maxwell Images. Bec Climie isn't your average postie. Every week she travels 1200 kilometres delivering mail and the odd poddy lamb to remote cattle stations in outback Queensland. In 2023, she made the decision to take others on the mail run with her, starting a podcast called, More Than Mail, sharing stories of people on the Kynuna mail run. But this is not where Ms Climie's story starts.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
queenslandcountrylife.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Vaccinations have been more in demand, vets say. Picture: Lucy Kinbacher Central Queensland producers are actively vaccinating their cattle against three day sickness, putting preventative measures in place to prevent a second "unprecedented" outbreak. After experiencing an extensive outbreak of Bovine Ephemeral Fever (three day sickness) in 2023, Emerald producers are taking measures into their own hands and vaccinating stock against the disease.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
theland.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Bill and Rhoda Johnston can't find an insurance company to cover The Thirsty Camel. Photo supplied. The Duchess hotel is the latest victim of postcode insurance bureaucracy across outback Queensland pubs. The Thirsty Camel at Duchess, located 100 kilometres south of Mount Isa, is one of several pubs having to "run the gamble" as insurance companies allegedly turn their backs on the remote watering holes.
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Jan 7, 2024 | 
queenslandcountrylife.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Bill and Rhoda Johnston can't find an insurance company to cover The Thirsty Camel. Photo supplied. The Duchess hotel is the latest victim of postcode insurance bureaucracy across outback Queensland pubs. The Thirsty Camel at Duchess, located 100 kilometres south of Mount Isa, is one of several pubs having to "run the gamble" as insurance companies allegedly turn their backs on the remote watering holes.
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Nov 5, 2023 | 
northweststar.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
A Winton cowboy has performed for 25,000 people in the "opportunity of a lifetime", singing alongside Cody Johnson on the Luke Combs Australian tour. From performing in a small outback pub to a roaring crowd at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena, upcoming Australian country music artist Wade Forster, 25, hit the jackpot when he was asked to perform at a concert with two of the biggest names in American country music.
