Tom Curtain Giving a Real Raw Look at the Katherine Outback

About Tom
– Tom Curtain is an entertainer, musician, horseman, businessman, entrepreneur and family-man living and working in outback Australia.

Tom discovered his passion for song-writing while working in the stock-camp of Mt Sanford Station, 500kms south of Katherine, NT. What started as some fun singing around the campfire, lead to the release of his first award-winning album ‘Smack Bang’ in 2004. Following this, he split his time touring with some of Australia’s biggest country music names including Sara Storer, The Sunny Cowgirls, Pete Denahy and The Davidson Brothers, and training horses throughout the Northern Territory and Queensland.

Life on the road however was taking its toll so he stepped away from the music to concentrate on his horse-training business and young family. He thought if he setup his horse-training business in Katherine, NT, then the stations would send horses to him, rather than moving from station to station. The gamble of relocating his family paid-off, business was booming. That was until the 2011 Live Beef Export Ban. Overnight budgets were cut on stations which meant Tom was out of work.

This led to the launch of Katherine Outback Experience (KOE) in 2013, a tourist venture on his property that celebrates life on the land through real horse-starting and working dog demonstrations entwined with live music and humorous bush tales. KOE operates in Katherine, NT from April to October. For the remaining five to six months of the year, the team tour Australia with the horses, dogs and music.

Tom trains working dogs and horses, tour the country every year for 6 months performing over 70 shows. We are releasing my 6th country music album next year in August so can follow on Spotify/Apple music if they wish.