MY EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE OUTBACK | Aussie Cowboys & 47°C heat! 🐎☀️

Ahh! I'm honestly SO excited to share my incredible Australian outback story with you guys! I spent 4 MONTHS working on an outback cattle station in central Qld. Omg... WHAT a journey it was. I really hope this story makes you smile because the outback truly did change my life and I couldn't be happier I did it. I hope it inspires you to go somewhere scary and try something new! :)

My name is Marie and for the past three years I have been wondering around the globe.
Often getting lost, often screwing up, but most importantly seeing incredible places, meeting beautiful souls and living life to the fullest.

I am 27 and I am a digital nomad.
Working online to fund my travels is one way I have supported myself over the past three years.

But I have also experienced working in New Zealand and Australia on Working Holidays, House Sitting, Work exchange volunteering and so much more.

On my channel I share my journey (every bit of it, even the bad parts) and I share with you how I make it all happen, each and every step of the way.

Thank you SO much for checking out my channel. I always appreciate it when others LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to see more of my content and to follow my incredible journey along the way.



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[marieaustin]

I'm so glad I could share the story of my time working in the Outback on a Cattle Station here in Australia! This is only PART 1 of the Outback videos. I have a brand new Outback video coming next week with tons of real footage of my time there! I'm talking Go-Pro's on horses and tons of fun videos for you to see and really FEEL the outback!
So please make sure you LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to see PART 2 of the Outback series next week! 😊

[megandaisy]

Your channel deserves so many more views and subscribers.

[SarahNorris]

So interesting and insightful to hear your experience and I’m so glad you overall had a great time there! ☺️

[kirstyhead]

So happy I found your channel! So excited

[_dn_]

i’d love a job like that out in nature working with cattle

[catfaulquier]

Hi Marie! It's great hearing about your experience! I am in Australia right now and I was wondering if you could give me the name of the place you worked at in the Outback, thank you!!!

[plantifulalexandra]

Soo relatable. Outback also could turn a vegan into an ex vegan, see me. ;D Yeah, mustering is the most fun part but I still prefer sheep to cows, less dangerous. :D I played the mustering "nurse" some days, too. :)

[megandaisy]

PERFECT TIMING!! I'm now looking for farm work for myself and partner and I have about 40 numbers to call, hopefully one will be positive. Marie, in your opinion, do you think most dairy farms or horse breeding places will know about working holiday visas or probably not really? Thank you😊

[tanisha]

How did you find applying for jobs with your boyfriend?

[orisaban]

I’d really like to talk with you about your time there it would really help me

[aspieotaku]

Not too different From American Cowboys just different accent and different wild animals to deal with when driving cattle and breaking horses.

[jseasterman]

I live in Alaska. Think outback with snow. You have way more animals. We have a zillion more taxi cabs: where I am is not Anchorage. Where I live is where people born in Alaska go to get away from civilization. What technology? More often than not the cell service does work.
I think there are moose and grizzly bears around here.
Lots of indigenous; they’re called Yupi’k-a tribe of Eskimos. Sort of like American indians, very proud people all. The women are responsible for butchering, skinning, and boning all kills: moose, seal, walrus, wolf, they get no help. They make boots, mittens, hats, and clothes for their families from patterns learned from their mothers from long practice. I met an old grandma who was still skinning out walrus and deer, smoking the meat, boiling the blubber or whales and walrus, and showing me her collection of ulauks or women’s skinning knives. The men hunt and kill it, the women skin it, cook it, make clothes, and share the meat with the village. Salmon processing is huge here.

People are super nice and friendly here. But it is the outback with ice.
People applaud when the plane manages to land without crashing into the river. Those would be the passengers on the very plane.
Transportation is mostly by bush plane-roads, what roads? Where you’re going they don’t use roads! Bush planes, river boats, subsistence living. In Alaska all rural people can live like an Eskimo. Alaska is vast beyond comprehension. You feel like you’re on the History Channel or National Geographic when you fly somewhere. Get life flight medical insurance: it is very expensive otherwise.
They have one grocery store that has been there since the 1860’s, literally. You are in Jack London territory when you come here. This place is really friendly and really great.

The company I work for covers an area the size of west Virginia and serves 30, 000 people. You have to get to dozens of tiny villages via bush plane. Villages might have as many as 90 people and as few as 30; and that is crowded. Bring your own water, beer mot served. Otherwise have s water purifier or iodine tablets.
DO NOT GO CAMPING FOR TOURISM WITHOUT AN EXPERIENCED GUIDE! They will never find you. Alaska is four times the size of Texas. Going to an airport is like flying to rural Asia or South America. Gilligan’s Island was primitive as can be, this is SURVIVAL SKILLS COUNT. The wilderness laughs at your jeep, asphalt is optional, they use scrapers to repair the roads.

Very interesting place.