The Drought Resilience Podcast
The Drought Resilience Podcast features sheep producers across parts of South Australia who’ve battled consecutive years of drought between 2018-2021. In each interview you will get an insight into how they navigated their businesses and families through the financial and mental hardships of drought. You’ll hear from a husband and wife, a father and son, and two young farmers from Orroroo, Eudunda and Keyneton.This podcast is supported by the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board, through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund and National Landcare Program.
Episodes
7 episodes
Holowiliena Station: Luke and Frances Frahn
"Having sheep off the property, that's what runs the place and has run the place forever, and you try doing a water run and there's no sheep out there...looking at empty paddocks, it's an eerie feeling. You can't see an end, it's a dark tunnel....
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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44:15
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...
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Episode 6
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37:40
Black Rock: Jim and Sam Kuerschner
“I’m not complaining about where I am and I’m not complaining necessarily about having dry periods, it’s just a matter of dealing with them.” Jim Kuerschner“It’s certainly been the worst period of my farming career. I found it challengin...
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Episode 5
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29:00
Orroroo: John Nicholas
You’ve got your financial bank, you’ve got your moisture bank, and then you’ve got your grass bank. If you don’t have your moisture and grass bank, there won’t be any bank…or the bank will be chasing us.” John NicholasIn this episode you...
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Episode 4
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20:37
Eudunda: Paul Schutz
“Further east of here there were Mallee trees dying. When you’ve got Mallee trees dying, you know it’s damn dry.” Paul SchutzPaul Schutz is a sheep producer from Point Pass near Eudunda in South Australia’s mid north.His family le...
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Episode 3
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25:45
Keyneton Station: Georgie Keynes and Toby Rosenzweig
‘We didn’t think we’d have to face it, it’ll rain by the first of June, that’s fine, it’ll rain…but last year it didn’t. There’s no back up plan if you don’t have water.” Georgie Keynes.Meet husband and wife team Georgie Keynes and Toby ...
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Episode 2
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30:23
Preview: The Drought Resilience Podcast
Introducing..... The Drought Resilience Podcast.This podcast gives you an insight into the lives of four sheep producers who live around Orroroo, Keyneton and Eudunda who've battled through consecutive years of drought – some say the wo...
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Episode 1
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