News
Images of Australia: early 1900s
The strength and spirit of NSW country life at the turn of the 20th century come into focus in a new exhibition.
Tag: farming
Science & Environment
Farming high in a Himalayan desert
With artificial glaciers and other innovative technologies, a Himalayan region is regaining food self-sufficiency.
History & Culture
The Royal Easter Show: A grand tradition
A 1935 photograph inspires nostalgia for the then-century-old Easter Show.
History & Culture
Brunette Downs: Kingdom of cattle
Up before daybreak and labouring under the scorching sun is all in a day’s work for the citizens of Brunette Downs.
Science & Environment
Shop for the environment
A few smart and simple choices in the supermarket can help ensure that your shopping habits don’t cost the earth.
Science & Environment
The Murray’s crusaders
While the world watches and governments and scientists argue about salinity and water resources, families living at the mouth of the Murray River are working to find their own solutions.
Destinations
King Island: King’s banquet
Amid the constant onslaught of the Roaring Forties, King Island remains rustic and isolated, yet with a powerful export industry and a unique community spirit.
History & Culture
Horse sense
Queensland farrier Tom Driscoll performs a service unchanged through the ages, but his tools of the trade include the best of modern technologies.
Destinations
T Dimboola: outback town for better, for worse
THE DRY RIVERBED THAT that borders Riverside, Denis Elliott’s “host” farm, is sandy beneath our feet. It’s littered with driftwood and mussel shells. A bilious-green waterhole supports a few die-hard European carp. A family of wood ducks parades among exposed tree roots. “Water is only two-thirds of a river,” says farmer-turned-tourist operator Denis. “The big trees,… View Article