A Big Country presents stories from around Australia by the ABC's rural reporters.
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Monday 6 Feb 2017
Old army tanks were used to make dams and clear timber in post war years; meet the shearing team with an average age of 75; Korean students learn Aussie horse skills; and playing cricket, Pilbara style.
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Monday 30 Jan 2017
Crocs and cattle don't mix on a Northern Territory station; meet a specialist alpaca shearer; and a fish restocking program pays big dividends in the Kimberley.
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Monday 23 Jan 2017
We're foraging for edible weeds on a roadside in northern Tasmania; get reacquainted with the old-fashioned rosella fruit; hitch a ride on a cane train; and go barra fishing in the Kimberley.
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Monday 16 Jan 2017
Afghan refugees are happy to call Shepparton home; training up the next generation of jackeroos and jillaroos; we cruise Wilson Inlet with fisherman George Ebbett; and give baby crocs a helping hand into the world.
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Monday 9 Jan 2017
We're looking for the grey-crowned babbler in Northern Victoria; Indonesian students are loving life on a Northern Territory pastoral station; and a Cairns butcher reveals the secret behind his meat display cabinet.
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Monday 2 Jan 2017
Ornithologists and volunteer twitchers search Kakadu National Park for the endangered yellow chat; goats make a meal of weeds in the Bega Valley; we visit a dairy farm with a difference - this one milks camels.
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Monday 26 Dec 2016
We search for bum-breathing turtles in the Mary River in Queensland; bait foxes in the remote and rugged Burrup Peninsular; and join citizen scientists looking for fungi in the Tarkine Forest.
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Monday 19 Dec 2016
The Mistake Creek State School is small in size but big in spirit; a school tuckshop in Mackay celebrates its cultural diversity; we harvest tea in the Daintree; and watch an exotic flower show.
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Monday 12 Dec 2016
A former shearer turns his hand to growing native flowers in the Wimmera; scientists conduct a bio-blitz on Fraser Island; we spice up the day with a visit to a pepper farm; and meet a world champion tractor collector.
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Monday 5 Dec 2016
Abandoned working dogs and puppies find new homes; solar power runs composting machines; and Matt Wilson is living the dream, opening his own micro brewery in Albany in WA.
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Monday 28 Nov 2016
Walk through a heritage rose garden; farmer Alex Cant collects shearing memorabilia; 90-year-old Bryan Pearce loving tanning hides; and value adding deer products for the Chinese medicine market.
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Monday 21 Nov 2016
Professional bloggers travel to the Barkly Tableland to talk to rural women; we're harvesting home-grown garlic bulbs; brewing tropical fruit cider; and learning how to crack a whip.
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Monday 14 Nov 2016
Two young sisters buck the trend when it comes to rural stereotypes; tractor trekkers take to the road in Tasmania; we check out the Frog Hollow nursery; and harvest peppercorns in far north Queensland.
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Monday 7 Nov 2016
Volunteers are tagging turtles off the Pilbara coast, and we check out new-age hoof care for horses. Old fridges and bath tubs get a new lease of life in the Beswick community garden, and we visit an edible flower farm off the coast of Brisbane.
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Monday 31 Oct 2016
Victoria's famous river red gum wetlands get a good soaking; Bec Bovell is Cygnet's mushroom lady; we go behind the scenes at the Weengallon ladies day; and Stan Heausler calls last drinks at the Grove Hill Hotel.
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Monday 24 Oct 2016
Australian prawn farms are expanding to keep up with demand; artisan beer is being brewed at a South Australian winery; pride is on the line at the Australian sheepdog trials; and a flamboyant peacock is a chicken protector.
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Monday 17 Oct 2016
This week we're gardening on the land and in the sea; a touring show brings science to kids in the bush; and organisers of the Merbein rodeo risk running out of food and beer when a huge crowd turns up.
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Monday 10 Oct 2016
It's all about food and produce this week. There's rogue oysters to hunt down, new season mangoes to pick, micro herbs to harvest, and bushfoods to eat.
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Monday 3 Oct 2016
Follow a day in the life of a Hunter Valley horse stud; lawn mowing goats prove to be great weed busters; and distance education kids practice for their school musical via telephone and webcam.
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Monday 26 Sep 2016
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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Monday 19 Sep 2016
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 the forge in Cargo.
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Monday 12 Sep 2016
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 cymbidiums orchids.
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Monday 5 Sep 2016
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 elusive fox.
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Monday 29 Aug 2016
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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Monday 22 Aug 2016
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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Monday 15 Aug 2016
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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Monday 8 Aug 2016
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 and slush; and coffee culture hits outback Queensland.
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Monday 1 Aug 2016
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 low-line cattle.
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Monday 25 Jul 2016
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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Monday 18 Jul 2016
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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Monday 11 Jul 2016
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 flying padre David Shrimpton.
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Monday 4 Jul 2016
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 station.
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Monday 27 Jun 2016
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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