What's New
Me-Change!
18/11/2008
How healthy is your community? ABC Rural and ABC Sport, together with the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal, want to help you to improve your life. Go to Me-Change, tell us how your town is fighting health issues, including obesity, and you could win grants of up to $20,000 to celebrate your success, and help you continue your efforts.
Mail on the wind
25/11/2008
Few people would get as excited at the sound of a soaring plane, as those living in remote Australia.
Flash flooding wreaks havoc in South-East Queensland
21/11/2008
Wild weather has hit Queensland, and claimed the life of a woman, around 50 kilometres east of Brisbane.
Grabbing life by the bowls
18/11/2008
If you've ever made the drive through Nangiloc and its inventively named sister town Colignan (try spelling that backwards!) on a warm Wednesday night, you might wonder why there are so many utes outside the local lawn bowls club.
Going Troppo
03/11/2008
In the distance, thunderstorms flirt with the sky and you hope for rain. It's November in the Territory, where pre-monsoon madness begins. Time to GO TROPPO.
Private forestry potential in Queensland
07/11/2008
Demand for hardwood timber sourced from private land in southeast Queensland is on the rise as crown allocations are locked up by the State Government.
No man is a lighthouse
31/10/2008
Pat Howell was made redundant from his job as a lighthouse keeper back in 1995, but he can't keep away.
Catching a deadly flu
29/10/2008
It was like a military operation - there were cannons being fired, walkie talkies crackling sharp instructions, and a mob of people looking through binoculars, hiding under camouflage sneaking up on the prize.
Dairy share-farmer improves water quality
09/10/2008
One treechanger who has really taken environmental farming in his stride is David Hewitson.
Cooped up in a caravan
09/10/2008
As I walked through the Kingston Showgrounds, I didn't initially notice the small grey van standing on the edge of the equestrian area.
Grazing methods could determine profitability
09/10/2008
Could the way you graze your cattle determine how profitable your enterprise could be?
Digging in the dirt
09/10/2008
What can you see out your kitchen window? Hopefully there's a vege patch, because we're told this is one of the best inspirations when it comes to cooking.
Stacks of fun at spud festival
09/10/2008
Have you got what it takes to be Australia's Potato Ironman or Ironwoman?
Australia needs more rabbits
09/10/2008
Rabbits will be in the spotlight this weekend at the annual Farmed Rabbit Industries Australia (FRIA) field day on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
The Great Donkey Comp of '08
09/10/2008
It's a story of survival, mateship and Eeyores and ABC Kimberley wants to share it with the world.
Locusts emerge at a rapid rate in NSW and Victoria
09/10/2008
Landholders across eastern Australia have been urged to report all locust hatchings, to help in the control process.
Organic farming: benefits v pitfalls
09/10/2008
Organic food and farming is really taking off. But is it just a fad or is it the future?
The great desert caper
09/10/2008
A Central Australian local bush foods producer is experimenting with new flavours in the desert and is hoping the trend will catch on.
Native Blooms
09/10/2008
In these times of an uncertain economic climate, selling flowers can be a difficult business. Flower sales are a good barometer of the nation's mood.
Rodeo celebrates 30 years with bison and bull
09/10/2008
North American bison were bucked for the first time in Australia recently. It was all part of the 30th annual Kundabung Rodeo on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
Pyramid attracts thousands to farm gate
09/10/2008
To attract tourists to the farmgate producers need to offer an authentic and unique experience. A farmgate that has the goods is the Summerhill Pyramid Winery in Kelowna, in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia in Canada.
Beating the blues in the Riverina
09/10/2008
ABC Local Radio and ABC Riverina hosted a Depression Awareness Night on Tuesday 7 October, looking to address this often-ignored but surprisingly common condition.
Your rivers, your life
11/08/2008
Your rivers, your life is an ABC Rural initiative examining how water will define our lives this century, as we manage the driest continent on earth.
The Bloke on a Bike - on Landline!
06/02/2008
After travelling the country earlier this year, The Country Hour's Drew Radford is about to appear on Landline. Follow his national road trip and see what the program is all about.
ABC Rural Online - past and present
24/06/2008
We often get requests for material that was was posted online for ABC Rural some time ago, and which is no longer readily available. This page will feature links to some of our more popular pieces of work from the past 10 years.
Station to station
28/07/2008
Join Katherine rural reporter Carl Curtain on a journey through the VRD as he visits three stations owned by two of the big beef players and one station in private hands.
Through the Heart
15/07/2008
The Country Hour is bringing Central Australia to your door. Country Hour presenter Andrew Collins and Alice Springs reporter Emma Haskin are taking off at the Alice Springs show and travelling north more than 500 kilometres Through the Heart to Tennant Creek show.
The Country Hour's great esky adventure
12/05/2008
Keep your eyes peeled around the Territory this agricultural show season. There are three eskies codenamed Camel, Cow and Croc travelling the highways, the by-ways and the dirt tracks collecting your unique Territory stories.