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Hugh Lord - outback farmer and pilot
Meet Hugh Lord, a 5th generation farmer at Thackaringa Station, a property 40 km south-west of Broken Hill. He is also a commercial pilot and runs H & A air with his GP wife Dr Aliza Lord. He is honest, hard-working, humourous and grounded.
Hugh and his father, David Lord, are the farmers on the
Station although Hugh will say ‘farming is not as unique as you imagine.’
They run both sheep and cattle but Hugh says he’ll only
shear sheep if ‘his life depended on it’ and if ‘someone died’.
Hugh says his family has been on the property since 1876,
well before Broken Hill was established.
Hugh started to learn to fly after he worked for a company
who used planes to muster. He started on light aircraft but says he caught the bug of flying and pursued it till he could fly Cessna 172’s and fly commercially. He also has a helicopter license.
Hugh share’s his perspective on climate change, the relationship between mining and farming, the future of farming, mental health of farmers and succession planning.
A Home in the Outback is produced by Katherine Waite, an interviewer and writer based in Broken Hill, NSW.
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by Aimee Volkofsky - Heart is a desert from Dust Lust
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By Katherine WaiteMeet Hugh Lord, a 5th generation farmer at Thackaringa Station, a property 40 km south-west of Broken Hill. He is also a commercial pilot and runs H & A air with his GP wife Dr Aliza Lord. He is honest, hard-working, humourous and grounded.
Hugh and his father, David Lord, are the farmers on the
Station although Hugh will say ‘farming is not as unique as you imagine.’
They run both sheep and cattle but Hugh says he’ll only
shear sheep if ‘his life depended on it’ and if ‘someone died’.
Hugh says his family has been on the property since 1876,
well before Broken Hill was established.
Hugh started to learn to fly after he worked for a company
who used planes to muster. He started on light aircraft but says he caught the bug of flying and pursued it till he could fly Cessna 172’s and fly commercially. He also has a helicopter license.
Hugh share’s his perspective on climate change, the relationship between mining and farming, the future of farming, mental health of farmers and succession planning.
A Home in the Outback is produced by Katherine Waite, an interviewer and writer based in Broken Hill, NSW.
Music
by Aimee Volkofsky - Heart is a desert from Dust Lust