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Arno Bay oval to look as green as the MCG
The Arno Bay football oval will soon be looking as good as the MCG, with the completion of the rainwater harvesting project at the town’s ABB grain storage site.
Ross Garnaut on the future for agriculture and carbon emissions
The Federal Government's chief climate change adviser has recommended Australia needs to cut emissions by at least ten percent by 2020.
Milking buffaloes in the Territory
Swamp buffalo have been roaming the Territory for more than 170 years, but they can only produce up to three litres of milk a day.
Lindsay Island needs water too
Lindsay Island is 120 kilometres downstream of Mildura and, in the past year, 20 per cent of the red gums there have died.
Lettuce lose some beef
Would gazing at endless paddocks full of lettuce day in, day out, inspire you to go on a weight loss program?
Rural sportsmen shine
To the backdrop of a one-day international cricket match, the Country Hour dicsovered first-hand that rural sportsmen continually outshine their city counterparts.
Spring is really here
You know spring is here when Sunraysia's almond trees start to blossom.
Mango season begins
Tour a packing shed to hear about the first of this season's mangoes.
A unique wool press?
Is this the only wool press of its kind in Australia? Tasmanian farmer Tim Chesterman thinks so - in fact, he think it's the only one in the world.
Budding bush chefs
It's your chance to channel your creative juices with bushfoods in this year's Alice Springs Desert Festival's Bushfoods/Wildfoods recipe competition.
Wood-fired pizzas on the Cold Esky Challenge
A fire crackles away as it heats up a handmade wood-fired oven sitting in an outside kitchen.
Fishing in Lake George
Lake George in the south-east of South Australia was once full of mullet.
Dingo sheep dog
A snow white dingo pup in Darwin is being reared with some optimistic goals in mind.
Paddock to Plate: Pumpkins
The Ord Valley in the Kimberley region of Western Australia produces 4500 tonnes of pumpkins each year.
Wreath flowers drive tourist boom at Perenjori
About 20 kilometres from Perenjori in WA’s wheatbelt, a drive down a dusty track reveals one of the region’s most colourful inhabitants.
Backpaddock Dreaming in a changed climate
How will farming look in the future? Is our warmer and drier outlook all that challenges farmers today? Greening Australia ACT/southeast NSW hosted a fascinating discussion about Climate Change and Australian Agriculture.
Cleaning willows from the Yass River
If you don't like the idea of ripping willows out of the creeks and rivers, then you should see the results on the Yass River, west of Canberra.
The Natimuk nudes
How much do you think a photo of a naked farmer is worth? Well, the locals of Natimuk, in western Victoria, know.
Country Hour where the Darling meets the Murray
The Country Hour continued its journey up the Murray-Darling Basin, broadcasting from the junction of the Darling and Murray Rivers at Wentworth in far south-west NSW.
Tractors go rabbiting
The Harry Ferguson Tractor Club chug through the hills of the Wyperfeld National Park in Victoria's Mallee region to help control the rabbit population.
The Cold esky Challenge is heating up to take off the winter chill
Winter's drawing to a close, so to end the season with a bang we've decided to heat things up a bit on this week's Cold esky Challenge with a chilli or two. We're cooking outside in the sun in amongst all the grape vines on a winery near Cowaramup.
Drilling for gold
Finding gold in the Northern Territory is much more complicated now than what it used to be; back in the panning days.
Brunswick's jam guru strong contender in Cold esky Challenge
Have you ever walked into a room to find yourself surrounded by 109 different varieties of jams, marmalades, pickles and chutneys?
NT cattleman dies in chopper crash
A prominent Northern Territory pastoralist and rodeo bull breeder was killed when the helicopter he was flying crashed at Mataranka, an hour south of Katherine.
A royal stay on King Island
King Island's a 40 minute flight north west of Burnie, Tasmania. About 1,500 people live there and the majority work in the beef or dairy industries. There's also a lot of artists and writers.
Homemade apple cider and handcrafted beer takes on Cold esky Challenge
There's no secret that the South West has been experiencing an abundant growth of apples in recent months. However the secret on today's Cold esky Challenge is in the way this produce is being used by local people, including a Bridgetown cidermaker.
History of the Coorong
Terry Sim was born and raised in Milang, on the north west shores of Lake Alexandrina. After a career working as chief curator of the fish collection for the Museum of South Australia, he has now taken it upon himself to document the social history of the Coorong and lakes system at the mouth of the River Murray.
15,000 spanners
Driving up the long, winding dirt road that is the entrance to John Pically's property, you get the inkling he might be a bit of a collector.
Cold esky Challenge goes deep into Aussie outback to make bush damper
I've travelled 9,000 kilometres through five states and five deserts in 20 days to bring you this week's Cold esky Challenge.
First car to cross continent arrives in Darwin
The first car to cross the Australian continent has arrived in Darwin on the 100th anniversary of the journey. Two travellers left Adelaide in June 1908 for an off road drive to Darwin that took 52 days. Today, the Talbot they drove arrived in Darwin on a trailer.
Ladies and gentlemen, start your camels!
Camels and jockeys will ride over 150km in two days for Australia's first camel endurance race.