Outback Stations: The Life and Times of Australia’s Biggest Cattle and Sheep Properties by Evan McHugh

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned. Interior and binding are still excellent.

"From the helicopter, I could see the property's waterholes surrounded by paperback trees, its red-stone cliffs lit by the rising sun. And grass, endless seas of grass. Here was the vision splendid: Nat Buchanan's grass castle. Gurindji country. And my country, Australia".

This is big country, the outback, home to the largest cattle and sheep stations in the world. Yet few of us know what goes on behind the farm gate. What's life really like when next door is 500 kilometres away, and a day's work involves mustering livestock in their tens of thousands, dealing with extreme heat and backbreaking physical labour.

Evan McHugh heads down the road to find out. He goes behind the scenes at Adria Downs in the dead heart of Central Australia, helps drove cattle from the air at Wave Hill and gets a lesson trapping dingoes at the remote Commonwealth Hill. McHugh reveals the fascinating history of these outback stations and what it takes to work on one today.

Bowen Downs Station, Lake Nash Station, Brunette Downs Station, Alexandria Station, Victoria River Downs Station, Wave Hill Station, Crown Point Station, Adria Downs Station, Headingly Station, Commonwealth Hill Station and Anna Creek Station.