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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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Rural Reporter May 28, 2016

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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Rural Reporter June 11, 2016

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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Rural Reporter June 18, 2016

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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Campdrafting and life on a cattle station

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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Remote 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...

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Divine 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...

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Pop-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.

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Forage 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.

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Helping 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...

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Crowdfunding 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...

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Making 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.

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Community 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.

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Keeping 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

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Quoll 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...

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Maisie'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...

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On 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...

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Lyrebird 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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