A rare event unfolded in our night skies after yesterday's sunset.

The pest Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN), has been discovered at Thorpdale in Gippsland. It's discovery, just over six weeks ago has lead to a trade standstill for the region. Farmers are eagerly awaiting to hear if they'll be able to sell their crops this summer. The region, 140k's south east of Melbourne, produces on average 70,000 tonnes of spuds each year, with ninety per cent of the harvest going interstate. But while the region remains in quarintine, no potato can cross the border, leaving farmers and their families in the unknown...

They're old, they fart, and sometimes lose their hair... but here at the WA Country Hour we want to pay tribute to the grey nomads of the animal world.

The older you get, the wiser you get and that gives old dogs the rights to growl sometimes!

It's name may sound like that of a children's action toy but a local innovation could be saving lives in a serious way come bushfire season.

Mince pies are traditional at Christmas, but Maggie Beer offers an alternative, spreading her mince onto a par cooked sour dough pastry base, finished with a lattice topping.

Australia wool producers have voted to overhaul the board of Australian Wool Innovation. Not only does the company have a new board but a new chairman, in New South Wales fine wool breeder Wal Merriman.

December 27, 2003 - a day the small community of Tenterden in WA will always remember.

Reasons why the bush is burned and photos from a prescribed burn

An oil company executive turned crooner and a pair of octogenarian retirement-refusers ponder the question: If your career was a multiple choice question would there be more than one right answer?