Episode 05: Hugh Lord
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.
He is today’s guest on A Home in the Outback, an independent podcast about people living, working and creating in the far west of New South Wales.
You can listen to the interview on YouTube, Spotify or apple podcasts.
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.
You can listen to the interview on YouTube, Spotify or apple podcasts.
The interview will also be rebroadcasted on 2DRY FM on Saturday 16 March at 11am ACST.
A Home in the Outback is produced by Katherine Waite an interviewer and writer based in Broken Hill, NSW.
Thanks to Foundation Broken Hill for its support in this project.
Music by Aimee Volkofsky – Heart is a desert from Dust Lust.
