Rebecca Cadzow lives and works on Mt Riddock Station, a long stretch that sits at the foot of the beautiful Hartz Ranges,200 kms northeast of Alice Springs.Her works days are a dizzying combination of personal support and practical skills-from mental health care check-ins with the younger staff to moving a truckload of cattle by road train to Adelaide. Rebeccaa oversees the station kitchen, which means providing three meals a day, plus morning and afternoon tea to the station crew. And then, she has taken up cheese-making using milk from her own troupe of jersey cows, just ‘for the joy of it’.

Rebecca Cadzow lives and works on Mt Riddock Station, a long stretch that sits at the foot of the beautiful Hartz Ranges,200 kms northeast of Alice Springs.Her works days are a dizzying combination of personal support and practical skills-from mental health care check-ins with the younger staff to moving a truckload of cattle by road train to Adelaide. Rebeccaa oversees the station kitchen, which means providing three meals a day, plus morning and afternoon tea to the station crew. And then, she has taken up cheese-making using milk from her own troupe of jersey cows, just ‘for the joy of it’.

‘Great Cooks of the Desert’ is a five part radio and podcast series that explores the lives of five exemplary home cooks who call the desert home.

The series looks at the challenges and joys of contemporary life in the desert, from the impact of imported grasses on traditional hunting grounds to the risky reliance on transport networks in supplying fresh produce. It also looks at the everyday reality of living thousands of kilometres from family, friends and the nearest capital city–and in a place of extreme contradictions.

Produced by Rita Cattoni, host of Kitchen Radio on 8CCC 102.1FM. The series was supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation

‘Great Cooks of the Desert’ is a five part radio and podcast series that explores the lives of five exemplary home cooks who call the desert home.
The series looks at the challenges and joys of contemporary life in the desert, from the impact of imported grasses on traditional hunting grounds to the risky reliance on transport networks in supplying fresh produce. It also looks at the everyday reality of living thousands of kilometres from family, friends and the nearest capital city–and in a place of extreme contradictions.
Produced by Rita Cattoni, host of Kitchen Radio on 8CCC 102.1FM. The series was supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation

Great Cooks of the Desert

‘Great Cooks of the Desert’ is a five part radio and podcastseries that explores the lives of five exemplaryhome cooks who call the desert home. The series looks at the challenges and joys of contemporary life inthe desert, from the impact of imported grasses on traditional hunting grounds to the risky reliance ontransport networks in supplying fresh produce. It also looks at the everyday reality of living thousands ofkilometres from family, friends and the nearest capital city–and in a place of extreme contradictions.

‘Great Cooks of the Desert’ is a five part radio and podcastseries that explores the lives of five exemplaryhome cooks who call the desert home. The series looks at the challenges and joys of contemporary life inthe desert, from the impact of imported grasses on traditional hunting grounds to the risky reliance ontransport networks in supplying fresh produce. It also looks at the everyday reality of living thousands ofkilometres from family, friends and the nearest capital city–and in a place of extreme contradictions.