Yednalue: Amey and Reuben Solly

"I've never seen dust storms like that before. Even older fellas than my Dad, like 80-year-old fellas were saying, I've never seen it like this before. This is the worst drought and continual year-after-year drought."  Reuben Solly

In this episode, you’ll meet brother and sister team Amey and Reuben Solly from Yednalue Station, 16 kilometres east of Cradock in the far north of South Australia. 

Along with their parents, Darren and Debra, they run 8000 head of sheep across Yednalue and other leased properties and operate a livestock transport business.

Like many families in that part of the world, the Solly’s suffered consecutive dry years since 2018.

Amey and Reuben say the transport businesses, cashing in on high goat prices, and the kindess from other farming families got them through one of the toughest periods of their lives.

This podcast is supported by the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board as part of the Living Flinders initiative, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.

Links:
Northern and Yorke Landscape Board: https://www.landscape.sa.gov.au/ny
SA Arid Lands Landscape Board: https://www.landscape.sa.gov.au/saal/projects-and-partners/projects/building-pastoral-sustainability-program
National Landcare Program:  https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/landcare
Talking Livestock: https://au.linkedin.com/in/deb-scammell-7839b06a