Callubri Station

28/10/2024

Woohoo we are all systems go to sell our beautiful Billy Buttons!

To ensure we have many healthy crops to come, it is so important to harvest sustainably and part of this is obtaining our Native Harvester license each year. I am excited to say our licence for this year has just come through!

If you would love a bunch of everlasting yellow cheer in your home please head over to our online store to order.

Billy Buttons make the perfect present or bunch for the office as they can be placed dry in a vase and will last for years! No more changing fresh flower water every few days! And they are just so damn cheery, you can't help but smile when you see them.

Stocks will be limited to start with as a lot of the early flowers have discolored with the rain last week but we expect a new flush very soon!

I'm about to hop on the header to bring in our oat and wheat crops, so don't tell the boss, but I might just jump off the header a few times to pick some of these crops for some mixed bunches also. The perfect combo!

Happy ordering!



Photo by the very clever
Licence number: CW181024

21/10/2024

With more and more travellers looking for responsible tourism options, we believe it is important to show you how we are striving for sustainability in our agritourism operations.

Thanks to support from Destination NSW , we recently took the Strive 4 Sustainability Scorecard through Ecotourism Australia to gain a better insight into where we are up to on our sustainability journey.

The Strive 4 Sustainability Scorecard assesses our practices across the four pillars of sustainability: sustainable management, environmental impacts, cultural impacts, and socioeconomic impacts.

And for and for a first assessment we did alright! We have a few documents and plans to formalise but the great news we are already ticking a lot of boxes in our day to day operations!

To read more about our sustainability initiatives https://www.callubristation.com.au/sustainability/
To better understand or apply for the Strive 4 Sustainability Scorecard please visit https://www.ecotourism.org.au/strive-4-sustainability

21/10/2024

So. Much. Of. This! 🐦‍⬛

Now don't get me wrong. I love spring, and the energy and new life it brings with it but holy moly birds?! Must you target EVERYTHING?

Any else spending their days on an uphill battle? Event the pressure washer is no match for these guys! 🐦



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16/10/2024

CSIRO analysis estimates the annual opportunity for agritourism in Australia will reach around $18.6 billion by 2030. ()

On one hand, I find this incredibly exciting. On the other hand, I can't help but find it disappointing that so much of the discussion around Agritourism is based in the more populated regions of our country.

This picture shows the very start of our Agritourism journey in 2019, four years deep into a pretty horrific drought. A large part of the reason we delved into Agritourism, was to diversify our risk for the next inevitable big dry.

After two years of planning and construction (that's another post!) we launched our 'group based' Agritourism offering, only to be greeted with covid. But we adapted.

And then we flooded. Which we expect out here, but 8 weeks of being surrounded by water was extreme. And with that, we lost so much business. Not from the flood itself, but from the perception that we could not provide reliable access. Of course since then it has been pretty darn dry.

Now I'm a solutions person, but this one has really got me baffled. How do we ensure we can offer reliable access to some of the most authentic, inspiring places across inland Australia without good roads? It is so important to provide our trade partners with reliable and consistent access to our product, but not everyone can land in a helicopter or a private plane! Oh and did I mention we only have 4kms of dirt?!

Many of my city mates may not realise how much trouble rain can cause for us farmers, because we do spend most of our time dancing to bring it on! But when it rains out here, our shires have to protect our roads by closing them, which triggers a myriad of problems with insurance and makes it very hard to run a business.

There are so many incredible experiences 'off the beaten path' but no-one seems to be discussing how to stop the path getting too beaten up! Surely if Agritourism is predicted to reach $18.6 billion by 2030, we need to allocate a few bucks to make sure the tourists can get there?

12/10/2024

It’s nearly that time of year again and it looks like we might get a crop of everlasting Billies this year! Now I just need to get excused from header duties to pick some for you all!

Who would like some bunches of Billies and Wheat for their Christmas table this year??

I’ll get picking!

11/10/2024

I’m always in two minds when restoring our old buildings… leave her start or clean her up? What do you think?

The dust has a certain authenticity but the OCD side of my personality just wants to grab some saddle soap🐴

What would you do?!

03/10/2024

Spring has sprung and oh my is that pool looking delicious!

With harvest just around the corner there is only a few weeks left to book in for our Escape packages at our beautiful Sky Suites, before it is all systems go on the headers bringing in our wheat crop!

Whilst we close our bookings over harvest, if you are looking for a self contained stay without any tours, and would just like to hang by the pool and relax please shout out... we might just be able to sneak you in!

Shots and Modelling by the very clever .tide

01/10/2024

Our beautiful Shearer’s Quarters provides the perfect space to relax in a chesterfield lounge with a cuppa, settle in to read the latest mag or simply absorb the old world charm of yesteryear.

As a former Officer’s mess, this old girl was brought to the property after WWII, and for many years housed our station’s shearing team. Over the years she has slowly come back to life, and is one of our favorite old buildings on the station. You just can’t imitate the ambience that time forges.

Seating up to 80 guests for private functions and weddings, this space oozes character and is perfect for celebrations or a corporate retreat with a difference. How would you like to fly your executive team in for a private management retreat?

Cosy in winter, and offering a welcome respite in summer, our Shearer’s Quarters is the perfect spot to relax after an exhilarating day on the property. We look forward to welcoming you!



Shot by the very cool .tide

30/09/2024

What fabulous entertainment at the Big Bogan Street Festival 2024 on the weekend!!

29/09/2024

Towers well that was a blast! Thanks for supporting us at the Big Bogan Festival everyone!

We kicked off serving an hour before gates were due to open with caffeine hungry punters that sniffed us out (before we were quite setup) and I literally looked up from the coffee machine 5hrs later!

I finally got our menu board written at about 5pm after hundreds of handmade sausage rolls and litres of home made cordial had been devoured already!

A huge congrats to the Bogan Shire team who really put in a mammoth effort for our little town and for anyone who missed it… make sure you don’t miss out next year. It was incredible.

Now time to unpack and recover from the catering hangover!

25/09/2024

21/09/2024

The Billy Buttons are out, the sun is shining and spring is definitely here! What a dreamy view to wake up to!

Shot by the very clever .tide

18/09/2024

Just a couple of birds, captured from above, taking a wander at golden hour in their wild habitat!

Incredible shots from the very clever

16/09/2024

It seems like a lifetime ago we were standing by this incredible fire. It was the final night of a two week farm residency by capturing the essence of outback station life. And this really was the perfect way to say farewell... or should I say 'see you soon'!

We look forward to sharing some incredible imagery over the coming weeks!

06/09/2024

Beautiful words and images that capture the time honored tradition of shearing at Callubri Station by our 'city slicker' friend and documentary photographer Nilmini De Silva

Documenting the Shearing at Callubri Station

03/09/2024

We love having visitors, especially when they help spread the word about how amazing inland Australia is! Thanks for visiting us !

Get out of the city and head to the NSW Central West and experience true outback hospitality at the breathtaking Callubri Station!Visit our website for more ...

01/09/2024