Mates at sunset
“The boom and bust cycle is something locals have not just adapted to, we thrive in it. It has become part of our character, our grit, and our identity as…
Bridge under (un)troubled waters
“There was clover on the Cooper in the days when we were young, Then the dust rose in the outback as the big store bullocks strung. Down the stockroutes to…
Golden Dewdrops
“After the rain comes the Sunshine” – and the glorious, Australian native wildflowers. Golden dewdrops on native wattle glisten through the Channel Country’s green pastures and red dunes. The boom…
Far Horizons
From Core of My Heart by Dorothy Mackellar “I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. I love…
Nature’s Playground
The largest kid’s sandpit! Charlie and children alike love playing on the Ourdel sandhills – named ‘Sando’s sandhills’ in memory of Dude’s father Sandy Kidd. Whether it’s running up the…
About Helen Commens
I have lived on Ourdel Station Windorah with my husband James (Dude) for over 20 years. We have a 10 year old son named Charlie. I was a teaching Principal…