Bindis N Bulldust

Like many other women in the bush, Tess Pemble wears many hats.  Grazier, teacher, swim instructor, member of the community and voice of the outback. In this episode Sink or Swim I talk with Tess Pemble from Allan Hills Station and discuss the reality of living in drought and her work in providing swimming lessons in the bush when water is, an issue itself. Useful Links mentioned in the show.  Camp CobboldAussie HelpersDrought AngelsBeyond Blue – 24hrs, 7 days a week – 1300 224 636Lifeline – 24hrs a day, 7 days a week – 13 11 14 Rural Financial Counselling Service –  1800 686 175Subscribe to the PodcastIf you enjoy the show, please subscribe (it’s free) to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.  If you enjoy listening, please share Bindis n Bulldust with someone who shares our love of Outback Stories.Join Us on FacebookWe have a (free!) Facebook group where you can ask questions, share your thoughts and experiences and engage with others who love the Australian Outback. Join us by go

I called in and had smoko with Don, we sat around the kitchen table and had a great yarn.  I could have spent hours more and this podcast could have been made up of a complete season with serial episodes of Don Douglas's life. But what I have had to do, was give you just one episode.Helping Dad Dad drove the tractor while I operated the drawn scoop. Then he handled the mouldboard plough (sometimes called a road plough) while I drove the tractor.  The single mouldboard and plough shear was next (behind an adjustable skid plate which gave the depth of cut). Behind that were two iron handles by which the operator held it upright and against the countering effect of the mouldboard. It required strength and a certain skill to be managed in hard ground.Gone Cop can be purchased from Amazon KindleLike a Book in Your Hand?These books can be found at:Cunningham's Newsagency in Charters Towers,Woods News in AyrRhonda's Refits in ToowoombaBoolarong Press Don knows how to tell a good yarn. With five generations of pastor

Many lives, too many were lost or broken in World War 1. Our country did her bit! Lads from the Australian bush lent a hand.In this podcast episode, we explore some of these men from Cloncurry, Western Queensland who never made it home. The mystery of some names. The famous identities whose name up until the war graced the pages of the national papers. To the story of finding the headstone of Shaw Wood in Armentieres, France.Shirley Powley who was a long-time resident of Cloncurry wanted to remember these lads with more than a Surname.Intial on the war memorial in town. It became her quest to give these lads a name and let them be remembered for who they were; give them a first name.Shirley has researched and compiled the stories of the fifty soldiers who are inscribed on the W.W.1 panel of the Cloncurry War Memorial. Her book though not yet published is fondly named ‘Think Kindly of Me’ after stumbling upon William McGregor Moore’s letter sent home in which he said, ‘I am not afraid to die, think kindly of m

The countdown is on for the big launch - 25th April 2018.