Katherine Outback Experience

The story of how Katherine Outback Experience came to be is once of devastation and resilience. It was the product of the crash of the pastoral industry following the 2011 beef live export ban.

Overnight Tom Curtain’s livelihood as a horse trainer in the top end of Australia was in tatters following the government’s decision to ban the live export of cattle. As a ripple effect of the ban, stations were forced to seize operations which included the training of horses. This meant Tom was out of work.

To help make ends meet Tom started singing four times a week at the local Katherine Holiday Park.