Saltbush Babes

When you cross paths with a bush babe 10 years on from when you first connected - The babe behind a beef stud, community legend and how this no fluff bush babe even attends her local reformer pilates studio to put time aside for herself.  4 kids with also her diagnosis of ADHD, this bush babe Jess Reynolds from Reiland Angus is a cracker…And  yes Jess, you can swear on the podcast. ...

A little summary of Em’s IVF journey, effects of QLD floors and NEW SOCIALS for Saltbush babes before we hook into the AMAZING guest today Laura Keil.  Our pocket rocket mat pilates teacher via The Saltbush Squad, who has always had a love of the bush, movement and food.  Finding out at 6 months of age she as allergic to eggs, nuts and all dairy products her passion with food started fro...

It was nice for Emily Herbert to be in the passenger seat for a change in the podcasting world. You might have heard Em’s eclectic nature as the host at “Life on the Land” podcast for Graziher.  Or maybe you have read her beautifully articulated words from Country Style, Womens Weekly, Graziher, Regional PR Co or maybe her weekly email (or whenever she gets a minute) on her own personal blog...

What a ride its been from late last year, including Em having some test results delivered and wanting to find some answers for her 4 year fertility journey 2.0. Perimenopause and IVF was definitely not what she thought at 31 years of age and she asked Jess Walker back from The Rural Women's Physio to help her unpack this challenging and confronting topic.  But Em has hope and is optimistic ba...

What’s the name of the assorted creams with the white on the inside? My least fave but CUZ’s most fave haha. Kirsty opens up about losing her boyfriend at a young age and how she made “bucket lists” and ceramics was always on it. After finding love with ceramics at school, she always knew she’d come back to it, and boy did she come back better than ever.  From moving from Melbourne to Tassie...

Hello 2025! I hope you are ready, because it’s going to be a BLOODY CRACKER! This is our first ep of 2025 (and hello season 3) crazy! We look back on what a amazing year 2024 was and talk about all the goodness ready to LAUGH into 2025.  We ta;l about events in 2025, the poddy and some big and exciting changes to it, what coffee I’m drinking at 10pm (whoops). And some amazing community, conne...

WOW! What an ep, I bloody loved this yarn. Caz was the first ever employee at Saltbush Stretch and two years on she is still here (yes putting bush babes through their passes). Caz is a born and bred country gal with her town population under 99, she attended “Claughton House” which was similar to a bush boarding school from the age of five. Found her love for health and fitness from a young...

WOW! What an ep, I bloody loved this yarn. Caz was the first ever employee at Saltbush Stretch and two years on she is still here (yes putting bush babes through their passes). Caz is a born and bred country gal with her town population under 99, she attended “Claughton House” which was similar to a bush boarding school from the age of five. Found her love for health and fitness from a young...

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Show Notes:  You have probably seen Han on your yoga mats online or in the studio but Has hasn’t always been a part of the Saltbush Stretch family.  Leaving school at 17 to do her hairdressing apprenticeship and then setting her own business up at 19, getting engaged and then the relationship breaking down before the wedding, but Han knows that everything happens for a reason.  The...

The first ep of season two, hold on for the ride with QUEEN Grace Cheatley OG Squad babe, from the great ocean road, now living her best life on a property in Texas, QLD.  Pub owner, mumma, lover of the land and obsessed with swimming and yoga.  We talk about the importance of talking about the 4th trimester of pregnancy and how it’s a time that can be quite isolating.  What’s in th...

Our first ever bonus episode of season 1 is dedicated to women who have survived breast cancer with October being breast cancer awareness month. Everyday 58 people in Australia will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 1 in 7 women are diagnosed.  Sandra Ireson, an amazing women of the bush, is a breast cancer survivor and shares with us the importance of knowing your body, advocating for your...

Show Notes:  WOW! What an episode - We talk about women's health, fannies and Em and Jess’s birth story.  From Em needing to carry a cushion around for 6 months postpartum (because she thought she broke her coccyx and Jess having an undiagnosed 3rd-grade tear, there were some big yarns.  Em also got quite emotional about the next chapter of her trying to grow her family, all stages...

Show Notes:  The Pommie backpacker, turned Aussie citizen, mumma, business owner and so much more. The amazing bush babe, Sal McManus owner and founder of The Homestead Pantry Box is having a “Glow Down”. This real, raw and emotional conversation reveals the importance of not awlays having to by “busy” and how self care, family time and just slowing down is important too.  Sal has kindly...

Show Notes:  The babe who made me want to start this podcast, a XXXX Gold drinking gal, an OG Saltbush Squad babe, a mumma of three and a women who has had a shitty really shitty run, with loosing her husband, but still remains so positive and lives life to the fullest.   We had so much to talk about, we had to break this episode into two…so hold on for the wild ride and I can’t blo...

Show Notes:  The babe who made me want to start this podcast, a XXXX Gold drinking gal, an OG Saltbush Squad babe, a mumma of three and a women who has had a shitty really shitty run, with loosing her husband, but still remains so positive and lives life to the fullest.   We had so much to talk about, we had to break this episode into two…so hold on for the wild ride and I can’t blo...

Welcome to our first semi-solo episode with Em Armstrong and queen of everything at Saltbush Stretch, Han (oh and there's a few WILD hello's from Ted in here too) - as we sit down for smoko and a chat with a black coffee and coconut oil and a 'timmy' or two. Q&A section and a bigger WHY of the podcast - Have a yarn with me (Em) and Han. Let's hook in. Em xx FOLLOW US: Saltbush Stretch Instagra...

Renovating shearer's quarters into your dream home, hubby who had never set foot on a farm, driving around Australia photographing rural weddings, 5am dog walks & WHAT'S IN THE FANNY PACK.  Little sister, quiet achiever, a creative, woman of the land, the hardest worker I know, kindest person and kick-ass photographer - HOWDY Mads Porter Photography MENTIONS FROM THE POD: Hay Cutters Rugb...

The Rural Trader, the only place to stop on the Mitchell Highway is FOR SALE. Hear the story behind Kat Montgomery's journey creating an iconic community hub in the bush over a Melbourne-quality cup of coffee.  But now she is in a different "season" of life, recently becoming a new mum and that is what is most important right now. WELCOME Kat Montgomery (Porter).  MENTIONS FROM THE POD:...

Hi it's Em Armstrong here, founder and head of vibes at Saltbush Stretch a place where I bring movement through yoga and pilates to amazing women of the bush, through our online and physical studio based in Hay, NSW. Saltbush Stretch is so not just about yoga and pilates - it's a family, a community of high vibing women who, yes, love to move their bodies but also want to be a part of something BI...