Master guitar maker and sassy silkie chickens
Musician turned guitar maker passing knowledge to next generation; first time farmer finds passion project with silkie chickens; riding the highs and lows over five decades of dairy farming; what goes...
View ArticleHarvesting sandalwood for perfume and life underground
Traditional owners harvesting sandalwood in WA's Gibson Desert for international perfume market; meet the couple living underground in a former WW2 ammunition bunker; horses helping young detainees...
View ArticleTreasured tiny country schools and camels providing milk and cuddles
The tiny country schools teaching just a handful of students; dairy camels prized for milk and cuddles; regional newspaper celebrates 125 years in print; shearing gets underway at one of the country's...
View ArticlePassion for pinball and caring for country
Reliving the joy of youth with home pinball parlour; caring for country on Cape York Peninsula; Indigenous crews carry out cultural burn; travel ban sees trekking guides put to work on Tassie farm.
View ArticleBringing ballet to the bush and amplifying music through kelp
Meet the FIFO ballet teacher giving dance lessons to children in a remote mining community; hear music from a violinist who is using kelp to amplify her sound; join a horseback cattle muster in North...
View ArticleGrowing vanilla beans and wild orchids bloom after bushfire
Hunting for golden beans in vanilla vines; return of orchids lifts sprits in community recovering from bushfire; eggs farmers flourish in tricky first year farming; northern grazier hoping La Nina...
View ArticleOrchid hunting for rare beauties and life of a drover
Veteran orchid hunter searching for Mother Nature's treasures; more young females discovering droving to be the perfect career; Geraldton wax flower blossoming into native food ingredient; demand for...
View ArticleLord Terry's medieval village and couple create a haven for birds
Inside a medieval village in the Queensland bush; couple create a haven for birds by replanting trees; how a music lover turned his passion for piano into a career; grazier uses art to explore...
View ArticleRebuilding after fire and women gather for bush wellbeing camp
Community fundraiser supporting bushfire residents to rebuild; outback camp for women helping address mental health; country music star turns gold prospector during pandemic; growing hot chillies in...
View ArticleNew clothes for bushfire survivors and making mulberry mead
Charity organisation dressing bushfire survivors in new designer threads; mulberry growers using excess fruit to make mead; long-time dance teacher finds new creative hobby making beautiful mosaic...
View ArticleFrom cockpit to coffee shop owner and growing native foods
Pilot makes career change from cockpit, to rural cafe owner; growing and harvesting native foods that are full of flavour; plans for a bush tucker farm in Central Victoria; and the table tennis club...
View ArticleUncertain future for tiny school and restoring gold rush relics
Tiny rural school with long history faces uncertain future; specialist brick-layers restore gold rush relics; young men in juvenile justice system learning beekeeping trade; Santa adapting to...
View ArticleBreathing new life into grand old home and caring for exotic pets
Family's labour of love restoring 160-year-old homestead; 30 years of caring for exotic pets; big plans for tiny homes to help at-risk young people; more young women learning shearing skills,...
View ArticleSinging together again and saving baby turtles
Choir beats COVID restrictions to perform Christmas service; conservation work helping endangered turtle species; Christmas tree grower bringing magic of the season to families; farming the old...
View ArticleHand-crafted Christmas cheer and market garden springs from COVID career change
Crafters providing festive cheer for bushfire survivors; bumper season for fresh figs; classic COVID career change sees actor, photographer become a market gardener; and turning hobby making booze...
View ArticleRecording songbirds for musical inspiration and lifesaving goats
Native birdsong providing inspiration for original orchestral music; how a gift of goats became a lifesaver; saddle maker practising dying art; learning the art of rearing Queen bees.
View ArticleThe flying vet and taking up the reins on family cattle station
Flying vet taking care of outback animals; young electrician trades power points for running a cattle joint; summer rains provide a bounty for enthusiastic fungi hunters; family celebrates 100 years...
View ArticlePassion for tattooing and goats munching on weeds
Tattoo artist reflects on after 61 years on the needle; goats put to work munching weeds; exotic mushroom growers expand business; retiree finds creative outlet through glass.
View ArticleTurning timber plantation into wetlands and droving in Tasmania
Ecologists buy 1,000 acre timber plantation and transform it into wetlands; family continues droving tradition; bountiful lychee harvest; tea expert aiming to convert Australians to appreciating a...
View ArticlePlatypus pursuit and career change to cheesemaking
Rescue mission to help platypus in peril; honeymoon with a difference leads couple to new career in goat farming, cheesemaking; making old-fashioned cosies for tea drinking traditionalists; florist...
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