Rural Reporter May 21, 2016
This week we're beach fishing for Australian salmon; breeding maggots to kill destructive fruit flies; value-adding rosella fruit; and taste testing the new 'bravo' apple variety.
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This week baiting for foxes in the Burrup Peninsula; we fly in to Tibooburra for a flying doctor clinic; meet a cute whip-wielding toddler; and go behind the chutes for the poddy calf ride at Kununurra.
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This week fabulous fungi in the Tarkine wilderness; Fish Creek hosts a tea cosy festival; Nathan Griggs makes a monster whip for a world record attempt; and success for an indigenous working scheme in...
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They're harvesting yellow-tail kingfish off the coast of Geraldton; lime growers value-add their fruit; we check out the latest milkers in the Bega Valley; and Indonesian students get hands-on...
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Meet the women of the CWA as the organisation celebrates 94 years in NSW; a sheep farmer turned publican puts her own lamb on the menu; we're off to auctioneer school; and the truffle harvest begins.
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Today we check out the growing popularity of campdrafting, the fastest growing horse sport in Australia; go behind the scenes on Alderley Station; and pick and pluck saffron flowers.
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Today we check out the growing popularity of campdrafting, the fastest growing horse sport in Australia; go behind the scenes on Alderley Station; and pick and pluck saffron flowers.
View ArticleRemote stock camp living and migrants managing Aussie slang
After nearly 35 years Val Lawson and Leslie Fitzpatrick have organised their last theatre bus ride to Melbourne; migrants get help understanding Aussie slang; and we visit the stock camp on Pigeon Hole...
View ArticleDivine intervention in the truffle harvest, and the flying padre takes off
There's divine intervention as the truffle harvest gets into full swing; Isabella Britton rules the kitchen on Alderley Station; we taste test fresh wasabi leaves and stems; and take to the skies with...
View ArticlePop-up cinema brings community together and blushing brides a flower favourite
A pop-up cinema brings drought-stricken communities together; we visit the opal mining town of White Cliffs; catch the Hammond Island ferry in Torres Strait; and pick native flowers in South Australia.
View ArticleForage for your food and working dog training tips
We forage for food in a pine forest; get some working dog training tips; cheer on competitors in the endurance riding championships; and saddle up for a junior rodeo event in the Northern Territory.
View ArticleHelping migrant women settle in regional Australia and little cattle with a...
This week helping migrant women settle into regional Australia; we learn about aquaponics from some cute five-year-olds; visit a vegetable farm under attack from wild ducks; and get the low-down on...
View ArticleCrowdfunding rebuilds Buchan's pub and coffee culture hits outback Queensland
The Buchan community eagerly awaits the re-opening of their pub; real four-legged horse power is put to work in a vineyard in Western Australia; heavy winter rain turns Wagner's rose nursery into mud...
View ArticleMaking CWA relevant to younger women and cool cheese at Coolamon
The Country Women's Association makes itself relevant to modern professional women; we learn about heritage pig breeds; visit a coffee plantation; and check out a boutique cheese factory.
View ArticleCommunity farm feeds disadvantaged families and highland cows produce great beef
A market garden in Burnie helps feed local families; hairy highland cattle win a beef award; we limber up with tractor yoga classes; and join the Deadly Runners group on Thursday Island.
View ArticleKeeping tabs on barramundi and doing the rounds at lambing time
We're keeping tabs on barramundi; the Yandina farmers market explodes in a riot of colour; we meet a young woman with a passion for her hairy belted galloways; and we do the rounds during lambing time
View ArticleQuoll numbers down in the Pilbara and chasing an elusive fox
A poor wet season sees a drop in northern quoll numbers in the Pilbara; the scallop season begins in Tasmania; a home delivery scheme works for farmers and consumers; and the Brook Hunt Club chases an...
View ArticleMaisie's still farming at 90 and orchids on steroids
Age is no barrier to 90-year-old Maisie Brooks, still running the family farm in Victoria; rural vet Claire Law gives a cow a pedicure; Pilbara ringers show off their stock skills; and growing...
View ArticleOn the road with 'glamping' grey nomads and firing up the forge
Meet the grey nomads 'glamping' their way across northern Australia; tropical flowers love a warmer winter; harvest begins at the world's first abalone farm; and an old-fashioned blacksmith fires up...
View ArticleLyrebird survey in Sherbrooke Forest and horses find new homes
We go in search of the superb lyrebirds that live in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges; a commercial fisherman makes dog treats from unwanted fish; and ex race horses find new homes in western Queensland.
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