308: Georgie Cavanagh on the Chance Meeting at a Rural Pub That Took Her from Sydney Life to Farm Life
Nine years ago, Georgie Cavanagh was living in Sydney, working in influencer marketing while building her French linen and homewares brand,...
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Motherland Australia
Hosted by Stephanie Trethewey. Motherland shares real, raw, and unbelievable stories of motherhood told by women on the land. Each week, a rural mum from somewhere in Australia shares her mo...
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20 of 339 episodes307: Jo Edson On Her Wild Adventures From Sheep Stations, Bodybuilding & Losing Herself in Motherhood
Jo Edson first met her partner Nathan at a country rodeo in South Australia more than a decade ago. Before life brought them back together,...
306: Lezli Burgess on Leaving Texas for Love and Building a Life on Remote Bruny Island
Lezli Burgess was living in Austin, Texas when she met the love of her life. The only problem? He was from Tasmania. Just six months later,...
305: "Why Not Me?" Kirstin Fox's Extraordinary Story of Rebuilding Again and Again After Loss
By the time Kirstin Fox was 35, she had been married twice, lost a daughter to stillbirth, and rebuilt her life more times than most people...
304: Rodeo Champion Shianne O'Donoghue-Kent on Becoming a Stepmum of Four & a Pregnancy That Nearly Took Her Mobility
Shianne O'Donoghue-Kent entered her first rodeo at five and by 25 had won Australian rodeo titles, spending most of her life in the saddle....
303: Jess Reynolds on Raising Neurodivergent Kids, Burnout & Finding Herself Again
Jess Reynolds lives in the Snowy Valley region of NSW, helping run her family’s Angus stud while raising four daughters with her husband. Wa...
302: Lacey Long on Building Buck Wild Country, Raising 3 Kids & Backing Herself
At just 19, Lacey Long launched her first online clothing store—long before online shopping became the norm. A proud indigenous woman with a...
301: Katie Craig’s Incredible Journey Raising Her Son After Becoming a Widow at 29
Katie Craig thought she knew what motherhood might look like. She and her husband Lachy were building a life together in Biloela, Central Qu...
EPISODE 300: Lottie Rae’s Most Honest Conversation Yet: Motherhood, Chaos & Change
You might know Lottie Rae from Australian Survivor. Or from Portrait Artist of the Year, where she painted Ken Done. Or maybe from the time...
299: Mum of 4 Nikki Lyons on Setting Shearing World Records, Mental Toughness & Motherhood
Nikki Lyons didn’t grow up on the land. She was raised in Western Australia, and only discovered agriculture as a teenager. But by 17, she’d...
298: Cailyn Muntelwit on Breaking Generational Cycles, Neurodivergence & 48 Hours in Paris
Cailyn Muntelwit grew up on cattle properties across Central Queensland in a loving but emotionally unstable home, navigating school, undiag...
297: Alison Gossage on Postpartum Rage and the Decision to Leave the Land
Not long ago, Alison Gossage made a decision that some rural women quietly face… but rarely talk about. She left the land. Ali is a mum of t...
296: Ellen Fitzgerald on Unimaginable Loss, Motherhood & the Rural Childcare Crisis
Ellen Fitzgerald is a mum of three living on a cattle property northwest of Longreach. Like so many rural mothers, her days are full… raisin...
295: Courtney Moir on Winning Muster Dogs and the Hobby That Became Her Lifeline
Last month, rural mum of two Courtney Moir was crowned the winner of Muster Dogs Season Four. But there’s a lot more to her story than what...
294: Rachel Bjelke-Petersen on Following Her Gut & the Pothole That Changed Everything
Rachel Bjelke-Petersen spent her childhood weekends travelling Queensland’s campdraft circuit with her dad. While horses, cattle and red dir...
293: Tahnee McCarthy On Motherhood, Her Husband’s Life-Changing Farm Accident & Finding Herself Again
Tahnee McCarthy is a paediatric physiotherapist, mum of two, and stepmum to one living outside Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. The life she’...
292: How A Chance Encounter With Alpacas Changed Michelle Hamilton’s Life & Helped Her Find Joy Again
Michelle Hamilton lives on a farm in Central Queensland with her husband Pete and son Wiley. Growing up on the land, she thought she was rea...
291: Vanessa Bell's Life From High Fashion to High Country, And How Wool Healed Her
Vanessa Bell has lived many lives in one. Discovered at just 15, she was launched into high fashion — travelling the globe and shooting for...
290: Kimberly Stevens Turned the Loss of Her Son into A Lifeline For Other Parents
Kimberly is a psychologist and mum from Moranbah, Queensland. Five years ago, her world was shattered when she lost her 13-year-old son, Eth...
289: Prue McCormack on Navigating Her Son's Autism & ADHD Diagnosis in the Bush
Prue McCormack is a sixth-generation cattle farmer in the Hunter Valley, NSW, a vet, and a mum of two. When her son Jock was three, Prue and...