Adria Downs / Don & Judy Rayment,
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JOB / ROLE posted on 10/08/2023
Stationhand - Adria Downs - outback station
Start date: asap early August
Looking for a stationhand, riding motorbikes and horses.
(We do have gymkhanas, rodeos and campdraft in the next 3 months to socialize at. Also the Big Red Bash is held on our station in the first week in July and of course the Famous Birdsville Races are the first week in September. Do muster cattle every week and do general station work)
Stationhand - Adria Downs - outback station
Start date: asap early August
Looking for a stationhand, riding motorbikes and horses.
(We do have gymkhanas, rodeos and campdraft in the next 3 months to socialize at. Also the Big Red Bash is held on our station in the first week in July and of course the Famous Birdsville Races are the first week in September. Do muster cattle every week and do general station work)
GENERAL INFO
(please note that this is general information and may not be specific to your role)
Organic Poll Hereford Cattle
Adria Downs is a 3.1 million acres of Organic Beef Cattle production station situated 130k north west of Birdsville Q 4482.
Typical duties
Station hands- ride 2 wheel motorbikes, horses, drive 4wd utes, mustering and processing cattle, general maintenance of fences, check stock water facilities.
Living and Travel
Royal flying doctor service.
130km north west of Birdsville
Pay Information
Award Wages. Food and accommodation provided.
CONTACT
Don and Judy Rayment
Address
Adria Downs, Adria Downs
Birdsville Birdsville QLD
Adria Downs Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the outback of Queensland.
It is situated approximately 100 kilometres (60 mi) west of Birdsville bordering the Simpson Desert National Park.[1] The Georgina River flows through the property in channels that are approximately 60 centimetres (24 in) deep but spread out on floodplains over 20 kilometres (12 mi) wide.[2] The river eventually runs into Lake Muncooney which is also situated within the lease.[3]
The property occupies an area of 8,750 square kilometres (3,378 sq mi)[4] and the current owner is David Brook and the current manager is Don Rayment. In 2012 the property was running 16,000 head of organic cattle.[1]
The property was established in 1912 and in 1916 was owned by Macdonald and Alexander and managed by Clarence Miller.[5]
The Brook family have lived in the area since the 1880s when David's great grandparents were married in Birdsville. His grandfather managed Annandale Station for Sidney Kidman in the 1900s. His father, Bill Brook, worked on Cordillo Downs Station but in 1942 he acquired a 200-square-mile (518 km2) block of waterless land west of Birdsville known as Adria Downs.[4]
The Brook family acquired other surrounding leases such as Annandale which were incorporated into the Adria Downs lease.[4]
David Brook entered the organic market in 1997 when he founded OBE Organic along with 32 other family farmers in the area, with a combined herd of approximately 90,000 head of cattle. His son also runs Cordillo Downs Station and his daughter, based in Hong Kong, runs the export side of the business.[6]
It is situated approximately 100 kilometres (60 mi) west of Birdsville bordering the Simpson Desert National Park.[1] The Georgina River flows through the property in channels that are approximately 60 centimetres (24 in) deep but spread out on floodplains over 20 kilometres (12 mi) wide.[2] The river eventually runs into Lake Muncooney which is also situated within the lease.[3]
The property occupies an area of 8,750 square kilometres (3,378 sq mi)[4] and the current owner is David Brook and the current manager is Don Rayment. In 2012 the property was running 16,000 head of organic cattle.[1]
The property was established in 1912 and in 1916 was owned by Macdonald and Alexander and managed by Clarence Miller.[5]
The Brook family have lived in the area since the 1880s when David's great grandparents were married in Birdsville. His grandfather managed Annandale Station for Sidney Kidman in the 1900s. His father, Bill Brook, worked on Cordillo Downs Station but in 1942 he acquired a 200-square-mile (518 km2) block of waterless land west of Birdsville known as Adria Downs.[4]
The Brook family acquired other surrounding leases such as Annandale which were incorporated into the Adria Downs lease.[4]
David Brook entered the organic market in 1997 when he founded OBE Organic along with 32 other family farmers in the area, with a combined herd of approximately 90,000 head of cattle. His son also runs Cordillo Downs Station and his daughter, based in Hong Kong, runs the export side of the business.[6]
