Together, Keeroongooloo Station’s manager, Crossy (David Cross), Rikki the cook, and Jacinta the Station’s machinery operator, are “building” an impressive vegetable garden. (Keeroongooloo is in south west Qld’s Channel Country.)
Lyle and Helen have returned home to Kent Saddlery after 152 days (over 30,000km, and 2 days short of 5 months) on the road with Kent Saddlery’s travelling truck shop, visiting stations in the Outback. Thanks Lyle and Helen for your hard work and sacrifice. Lyle, Helen and the team at Kent Saddlery will continue to “go the extra mile” for you, our customers and supporters
Lyle, Helen and Daniel, Sonia and boys spent the weekend of August 13, 14 at Windorah and attended the Windorah Rodeo Club Campdraft and Rodeo. Following recent rain, the wildflowers are just magnificent. Paddocks close to Cooper Creek are a green/gold carpet of flowers, decorated with splashes of mauve. They smell good too!
Helen was keen to try to capture the view seen here taking a panoramic photo.
At Morney Plains Station, Windorah, South West Queensland, Craig Lasker, Nikki Smith and kids gathered for a photo with Helen. Dusty was home from boarding school, and with siblings Ty and Casey, was looking forward to taking part in the Windorah Rodeo Club Campdraft and Rodeo. This family’s story “Heart for the Channels” as captured in “Stories of Australian Country People” continues to describe them well.
Pelicans waiting for Breakfast, Cooper Creek, Windorah, South West Queensland. Just one of the many great views Lyle and Helen see on their annual trip through The Outback visiting stations with the Kent Saddlery travelling shop.
Lyle and Helen stopped the Kent Saddlery truck while driving through Cluny Station, Bedourie, to photograph this mob of emus. They were cautiously inquisitive and only ran away when another vehicle drove past.
Kent Saddlery truck pulled up in Birdsville near the old Pub…. A stone’s throw away from the current, iconic Birdsville Pub. Lyle and Helen are well and truly on their way back home to Stanthorpe now….
Darren and Dean Lorenz, with Helen Kent, walked a very short distance from the Durrie Station homestead for this photo. In the introduction to Darren and Dean’s story, “A Special Place” in “Stories of Australian Country People”, Helen has written, “The bright orange-red of lines of sandhills fight for attention… the vastness of the sight bombarding and delighting the senses. At times, it’s almost too much to take in.”
Lyle and Helen stopped at this bronco yard on their way from Glengyle Station to Coorabulka Station in South West Queensland where they met with the stock camp team from Monkira. Yards like this one can be found on most Channel Country stations; most have been standing since the early 1900’s and feature the distinctive bronco panel, used in “days gone by” for branding calves.
Brad Mourilyan, manager of Roxborough Downs Station near Boulia in South West Queensland is justifiably proud of a specialised oven which he and station staff have built from an old engine casing. It’s the centrepiece of the outdoor recreation area, a great conversation starter, and it cooks delicious BBQs and pizzas. A fan and spit-roast are additional extras on Brad’s wet season to-do list.
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