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This week a steam train ride in Tasmania's wild west; we meet a therapy llapaca called "Forest Gump"; and travel to the very remote Cameron Corner store, a dot on the map where the borders of...
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Courses with horses to help improve attendance levels at a Pilbara school; and it's the end of an era when Daly Waters hosts its last B and S ball. A sculpture wall emerges in the Tasmanian wilderness;...
View ArticleRural Reporter May 3, 2014
This week we tag and track European carp; dissect a sheep's head; and go gardening in Marble Bar. Kids help out in the shearing shed during school holidays, and we make a pit stop at the Renner Springs...
View ArticleRural Reporter May 10, 2014
This week we get fit and healthy in a banana shed; a school garden helps feed the community; and we taste test alpine berries. The road crews are out in top end; and we meet Georgia Auricht and her pet...
View ArticleRural Reporter May 17
This week we're shearing on Wartaka Station; and visiting a former pine plantation in Tasmania's north-east. Fireworks light up the sky at country shows; and they're making Aussie cricket bats from...
View ArticleRural Reporter May 24
Blazeaid volunteers help with the drought; we visit an Aboriginal fish farm co-op in Gippsland; and harvest saffron. We also join ladies in tropical north Queensland who prove you don't need to live...
View ArticleRural Reporter May 31, 2014
This week young indigenous shearers go to work on Bruny Island in Tasmania; we roast chestnuts; and tour historic Booubyjan homestead in Queensland. We also go to a unique wine tasting event in Adelaide.
View ArticleRural Reporter June 7, 2014
This week authorities re-new their aerial assault on the yellow crazy ant; and retired trapper Bill Morris reminisces about life catching wild dogs. An urban farm blossoms in Darwin; and the SSO visits...
View ArticleRural Reporter June 14, 2014
This week we're trapping foxes and feral cats in the shadow of Uluru; get stock handling lessons in north Australia; and head into the poultry pavilion at Bega. And if you like dogs then you're going...
View ArticleRural Reporter June 21, 2014
Traditional owners and a mining company protecting significant cultural sites; Australia has its first internationally recognized olive oil sommeliers; and knobbly sweet potatoes turned into works of...
View ArticleRural Reporter June 28, 2014
Crowd funding helps pig farmers expand; students in SA launch a weather balloon; and the prawn season starts in Western Australia. We also revisit the Bottle Bend wetland, which is now brimming with life.
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This week we train up the next generation of shearers and check out life as a FIFO miner for Chinese nationals working in the Pilbara. A Tasmanian pig farmer proves you don't need a big property to be...
View ArticleRural Reporter July 12, 2014
This week what does your local post office mean to you? We visit the small rural community of Bemboka to find out; and get a drone's eye view of a farm in South Australia. Exotic shitake mushrooms are...
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We're diving for coral in the crocodile-filled waters off the Top End; jockeys and jocks both feature at this year's Marble Bar picnic races; and we meet shearers' cook Elva Barker. We also drop in on...
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Today stories of survival for two small Victorian country towns. We check out a collection of dog and rabbit traps that's up for sale; and line up for a quick trim from mobile hairdresser Zillah Williams.
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A 13th generation cheese maker sets up shop in Tasmania; we head into the kitchen on Lorraine Station; and meet identical twin posties in South Australia. We also get a good belly laugh at a community...
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A South Australian couple are committed to developing Australia's bush food market; grey nomads fossick for gold; and old dried fruit dip tins get a trendy makeover. We also visit a boer goat farm; and...
View ArticleRural Reporter August 16, 2014
Volunteers help keep the ski slopes safe; a Clydesdale called "Troy" struts his stuff in Charters Towers; and we use gum leaves to dye wool at the EKKA. We also meet singing stockman Ben Heaslip.
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An organic olive grove rises from the ashes; we clamber on board a bulk carrier; and meet the on-site farrier at the Brisbane EKKA. We also visit a farmers' market which operates under very strict...
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Students create and illustrate books under the working title "If I were a farmer"; we make a stockwhip; King Island celebrates a centenary of football; and Australia's first commercial wild abalone...
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