A Big Country

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Episodes: 42

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The ABC's team of specialist reporters introduce you to the people and places that make up country Australia.

Episode Date
Family friendly all female vet clinic and compost program diverting cafe waste from landfill
Mar 25, 2024
Reigniting musical dream and counting baby lobsters
Mar 17, 2024
Friendly game bringing farm workers together and growing yuzu
Mar 10, 2024
Musician and luthier meet over guitar and mermaids gather on the coast
Mar 04, 2024
Reviving Country Women's Association and growing rare berries
Feb 26, 2024
Overcoming fear of ocean to freedive and restoring old butter factory
Feb 19, 2024
Fungi farmers walk away from business and remembering 1924 Olympian
Feb 12, 2024
Bowls club bringing in tourists and marine debris becomes art
Feb 05, 2024
Pursuing fishing passion and drawing the curtains on long cinema career
Jan 29, 2024
Rural tennis club at the heart of farming community and planning a 'natural' burial
Jan 22, 2024
Juggling station work and study and female goat farmers bucking industry trend
Dec 11, 2023
Riverboat postal service and virtual farmers' market success
Dec 04, 2023
Chasing bioluminescence and living shoreline providing protection from erosion
Nov 27, 2023
Restoring a once abandoned town and taming wild horses
Nov 20, 2023
Preserving the swamp habitat of 'bunyip bird' and koala colony thriving
Nov 13, 2023
Sawmiller custodian of precious timber and bringing back native food crops
Nov 06, 2023
Assisted migration aiming to save threatened gum tree species and whale numbers booming
Oct 30, 2023
Ukulele clubs creating social connections and breeding beneficial beetles
Oct 23, 2023
Cowgirls come together and artist tapping into knowledge of ancestors to craft traditional stringybark canoe
Oct 16, 2023
Droving the long paddock and prisoners learning to ride bucking bulls
Oct 09, 2023
Ballet dancer returns from overseas to teach in outback Queensland and wombats suffering mange get special treatment
Oct 01, 2023
We join a volunteer dino dig at Winton and find endangered masked owls posing as life models to raise funds
Sep 24, 2023
Inspiring regional children through music and women learning new skills at'she shed'
Sep 17, 2023
Native bird breeding frenzy after flood and the females taking to droving
Sep 10, 2023
Embracing a new life at the edge of an ancient gorge and farewelling the family farm
Sep 04, 2023
Relocating tiny marsupials to island home and nursing penguins back to health
Aug 28, 2023
Healing with horse therapy and sending whisky to sea
Aug 21, 2023
From broadcasting to winemaking and studying seaweed for artistic inspiration
Aug 14, 2023
Compass trees of the desert and remote craft store
Aug 07, 2023
Bush two-up game spinning on and women taking the reins of saddle industry
Jul 31, 2023
Outback pub at heart of community and channel country blooms with new life
Jul 24, 2023
Art and yarning helping community heal from bushfire trauma and green ant harvest
Jul 17, 2023
Artists inspired by outback and making model planes from scratch
Jul 10, 2023
Bushwalking 1900s style and around Australia in a truck
Jul 03, 2023
Feeding the hungry with fresh produce and planting native trees for parrots
Jun 26, 2023
Tool library helping community rebuild and harvesting winter truffles
Jun 19, 2023
Camels helping to control weeds and community pooling olives for pressing
Jun 12, 2023
Sharing culture in country community and fruit from Amazon Basin thriving in Queensland
Jun 05, 2023
Farmers turning fleece into family keepsakes and ploughing to win
May 29, 2023
Crowds gather for outback race meet and learning croc wrangling skills
May 22, 2023
New generation of small scale farmers and fermenting grapes to music
May 15, 2023
Taking to the sky for outback mail run and sculpture to outlast us all
May 08, 2023