Way out west is where you find old friends! In SW Queensland you can almost touch the stars, emus gather at dawn by waterholes in Currawinya National Park and the soil is so red. I am on my own bush odyssey playing in the #outbackqueenslandmasters golf tournament. Next stop is Quilpie and more by accident than design I turn into Kilcowera station half way between Hungerford and Thargomindah. Kilcowera is a 50,000 ha cattle property which also offers camping, I discover overnight rain has closed the road to Thargomindah, so I decide to stay. There are a dozen or so caravans set up around a well grassed play area, shearer’s quarters and camping near a lagoon. I register and the caretaker says, ‘ I went to school with you, my name is Elsa Herath.’ it is 50 years since we last met and it seems like yesterday we were at school in Melbourne. I meet Elsa’s husband Mal and we catch up on her story, we celebrate with yabbies and a beautiful sunset.

 

Way out west is where you find old friends! In SW Queensland you can almost touch the stars, emus gather at dawn by waterholes in Currawinya National Park and the soil is so red. I am on my own bush odyssey playing in the #outbackqueenslandmasters golf tournament. Next stop is Quilpie and more by accident than design I turn into Kilcowera station half way between Hungerford and Thargomindah. Kilcowera is a 50,000 ha cattle property which also offers camping, I discover overnight rain has closed the road to Thargomindah, so I decide to stay. There are a dozen or so caravans set up around a well grassed play area, shearer&rsquo;s quarters and camping near a lagoon. I register and the caretaker says, &lsquo; I went to school with you, my name is Elsa Herath.&rsquo; it is 50 years since we last met and it seems like yesterday we were at school in Melbourne. I meet Elsa&rsquo;s husband Mal and we catch up on her story, we celebrate with yabbies and a beautiful sunset.
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Robin McConchie is a professional story teller  and a well known voice on the ABC across rural Australia. Postcards is about the nuts and bolts of life in the bush. Life can be tough but farmers and regional businesses are resilient and entrepreneurial. They care for their livestock, the land and their community. what lesson and insights can we gain from bush business and their communities.

Robin McConchie is a professional story teller &nbsp;and a well known voice on the ABC across rural Australia. Postcards is about the nuts and bolts of life in the bush. Life can be tough but farmers and regional businesses are resilient and entrepreneurial. They care for their livestock, the land and their community. what lesson and insights can we gain from bush business and their communities.

Postcards from the Bush with Robin McConchie

Catching up with friends at Kilcowera station, SW Queensland