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Father Land

by Motherland

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Father Land S2E6: Ag pioneer Terry McCosker on losing his son, going broke at 40 and rebuilding from the ground up

October 8, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

Many would describe Terry McCosker as one of Australia's most respected figures in agriculture. For more than 50 years, he's helped shape Australian farming through RCS, the organisation he co-founded in 1985, working with thousands of…
Father Land S2E5: Jack Kennedy on Muster Dogs, mental health and becoming a stay-at-home dad

October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

Jack Kennedy is a livestock contractor in Western Victoria, a dad of two little girls, founder of a local Tough Guy Book Club chapter, and someone you may recognise from season three of Muster Dogs. But behind the TV cameras, Jack was…
Father Land S2E4: Country singer Tom Curtain on the live export ban, losing everything & his extraordinary reinvention

September 24, 2026 · 54 min

Tom Curtain always dreamed of living and working in the Northern Territory. What he didn’t know was how much that dream would ask of him. After heading north, Tom built a thriving horse-training business across the Top End and discovered…
Father Land S2E3: John Murdoch on reaching breaking point, fatherhood & life after the fires

September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

John Murdoch likens people to rubber bands. You can only stretch them so far. And for him, the breaking point came during the drought and bushfires of 2019 and 2020. Years earlier, he’d left a career in accounting to return to the family…
Father Land S2E2: Charlie Arnott on family legacy, finding himself & his extraordinary path to fatherhood

September 10, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

Charlie Arnott’s great-great-great-grandfather founded Arnott’s Biscuits. His grandfather helped create the Tim Tam. And Charlie became the first in five generations to forge a different path. At just 25, he unexpectedly took over his…

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Father Land S2E1: Brendan Cullen on Facing His Demons, Fatherhood and the Swim of His Life

September 3, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

Brendan Cullen lived 600 kilometres from the nearest beach when he decided to become an open-water swimmer. Training before dawn in lakes and dams, he went on to swim the English Channel in 2022 - spending 17 hours in the water and…
Introducing Father Land: A special series by Motherland

November 16, 2025 · 2 min

After nearly six years of sharing the stories of rural mums, national charity Motherland was surprised no one had done the same for rural dads. Father Land is Australia’s first podcast dedicated to fathers on the land—a bold platform…
Father Land #8: AFL Legend Tom Hawkins on Grief, Footy, Farming and Fatherhood

November 16, 2025 · 1 hr 18 min

Once upon a time, in the small farming town of Finley in southern New South Wales, there was a boy who spent his afternoons chasing footies across dusty paddocks and helping his parents on the land. That boy grew up to be one of the…
Father Land #7: Facing Himself First: Dave Woods on Fatherhood & Challenging our Approach to Mental Health in the Bush

November 16, 2025 · 1 hr 7 min

What does it really mean to do the work before becoming a dad? For today's guest, Queensland farmer Dave Woods, fatherhood wasn’t something he wanted to just stumble into. He wanted to be prepared. So, long before he and his wife Alice…
Father Land #6: Sobriety, Vulnerability & Masculinity on the Land with Matthew Tonkin

November 16, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min

What does it mean to be a good man in the bush? For Matthew Tonkin, the answer has transformed over time. Growing up the youngest of five on his family’s farm near the NSW–Queensland border, Matthew believed a man’s worth was in hard work…
Father Land #5: Piers Dumaresq — Rebuilding After Divorce and Putting Fatherhood Before Farming

November 16, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

12 years ago, Piers Dumaresq walked away from the high-flying world of Sydney wealth management, to return home to the family farm in Tasmania with his future wife. On paper, it looked like a tree-change success story: a 200-year-old…
Father Land #4: Dolly’s Dad Tick Everett Speaks on Fatherhood, Family and Fighting On

November 16, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min

Tick Everett is a man who never imagined he’d be the face of a national movement. For decades, he worked the land, raised his daughters, and built a life around family and farming. But in January 2018, that life changed forever. At just…

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About the show

After nearly six years of sharing the stories of rural mums, national charity Motherland couldn't believe one had done the same for rural dads. Father Land is Australia’s first podcast dedicated to fathers on the land—a bold platform giving rural dads a voice. Hosted by award-winning entrepreneur, journalist, and rural mum Stephanie Trethewey, Father Land is a space for unfiltered conversations about fatherhood, identity, and mental health in the bush. Each episode dives into the messy, meaningful realities of life on the land—the wins, the losses, the laughs, and the moments that hit hard. With humour, heart, and honesty, we challenge outdated stoicism and celebrate the courage it takes to be honest. Because vulnerability isn’t weakness—it’s part of being a bloody good dad.