Ducks on the Pond

Mar 05 2025 80 ep. 38 mins 20

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A podcast for rural women... by rural women. Hosted by Kirsten Diprose and Jackie Elliott, they seek expert advice and the stories of other rural women on issues such as succession planning, motherhood, starting a business...running for politics and much more!

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Tackling the big, complex issues in agriculture - Catherine Marriott and Kirsten Diprose

Mar 05 2025 66 mins

Agriculture isn’t just the act of growing crops or tending to the animals, as the dictionary likes to define it. And it's how outsiders can see it too. A bloke with his sheep and cows. Rather, agriculture is a complex system, that impacts and is impacted by a variety of things from government regulation, people, climate change, business, politics etc. And it's also integrated wit

Knowledge in Ag is Power pt. 3 - Lifting an entire industry - feat. Emily King, AWI

Feb 26 2025 33 mins

Tea tree oil and nanotechnology for fly strike and foot-rot resistant sheep…. These are just some of the exciting innovations happening in agriculture. But how do lift an entire sector or industry? It’s not always easy in farming when most of us work alone or with family. But in this episode, you'll hear about the benefits of taking part in extension programs, learning from res

Knowledge in Ag is Power Pt.2 - Building a Farming Business From Scratch - Dr Lexie Leonard

Feb 19 2025 27 mins

Owning a home these days is hard enough, so what about building your own farm from scratch? Dr Lexie Leonard is a vet, an animal health trainer and a farmer who is building her own farming business alongside her husband and their young children in Balmoral, Victoria. Originally from the suburbs of Melbourne, Lexie would never have predicted she would grow up to be a farmer. And it

Knowledge in Ag is Power - Part 1. Managing the Family Farm - Rachel McGrath

Feb 12 2025 31 mins

Women have a powerful voice in agriculture, but would you call it equal to men? In Australia, there are more than 88, 000 women working in agriculture across multiple industries. The numbers are growing, but women only make makes up one third of the overall ag workforce. There are also fewer women in positions of seniority, while research shows daughters only inherit the farm about

Two Smart Blondes - for Lovers of Film, TV, News and Pop Culture! Feat. Leila McDougall and Kate Atkinson (Sea Change, Wentworth)

Feb 11 2025 16 mins

New podcast alert! If you're into film, TV, pop culture, the media, and what it actually means for us, then you'll love Two Smart Blondes. Kirsten Diprose (who you know from Ducks on the Pond!) is hosting with film-maker Leila McDougall. Each week they also bring on a special guest, who has insight into the media/film world. The first episode has just dropped and we get the inside

Paving the way for more women in country footy - Tara McGrath-West and Bec Malseed

Jan 22 2025 46 mins

Chances are, when you were growing up, the idea of becoming a professional female footballer or even a female footy umpire for men’s games… was simply impossible. But NOW, it is. And that’s awesome. However it’s throwing up a few issues; such as how can women achieve pay parity with the men? How can we ensure women are safe playing the game (acknowledging that women’s bod

How to turn your career skills into a business - Rebecca Saunders and Paige Cross

Jan 08 2025 53 mins

If you’ve spent a decade or more building a professional career - the idea of starting a business might seem out of reach. But you have plenty of skills already, in fact you are probably REALLY good at a couple of things… that people will actually pay you for. In this episode, hear from two rural women who talk about how you can use your established skills, networks and passion

Convincing your partner (or yourself!) to book a holiday (Popular re-release)

Dec 25 2024 46 mins

If you can’t get your partner to book a holiday with you… would you just go without them? That’s just one of the tips and tricks we discuss in this episode on how to convince your partner to go on a holiday… because we all know what farmers can be like. We also look at the research behind the benefits of taking a break and the psychological barriers around taking time away

Why you’re allowed to care about the clothes you wear - Marion Saunders and Olivia Thwaites

Dec 11 2024 55 mins

When it comes to WHAT you wear, do you ever feel damned if you do care, but also damned if you don’t? Clothing is not trivial, it’s actually an expression of self. This episode is not about needing to look like a supermodel or spend ridiculous amounts of money on clothes (gosh, there’s enough pressure on us as women to do that already!). Rather, it’s about how looking and f

Making friends when you’re new to town or want to expand your circle

Nov 27 2024 55 mins

Episode sponsor: Dimity Smith, Founder of GRO Rural If you’ve moved to a small town or even moved back to your hometown, after a long time away… how do you make friends? There are suggestions that Australia is in the middle of a loneliness epidemic; in fact one in three people experience it. Country towns are pretty good at welcoming people in, but making close, meaningful rela