Rural Reporter: ABC Rural. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The complete Rural Reporter program from the ABC's team of specialist reporters. Rural Reporter is heard across Asia and Europe on Radio Australia and in Australia on Radio National's Country Breakfast
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60 Episodes of this Podcast:
Rural Reporter for Saturday March 20, 2010 - 20/03/2010
Published: 2010-03-19 09:00:00This week we pull on the wetsuit and snorkel to investigate what lives below the long jetty at Port Welshpool; Eliza Wood ventures inside a rabbitry, while Lorna Perry checks out the chickens which are giving up their blood to test for mosquito-born diseases.
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Rural Reporter for Saturday March 13, 2010 - 13/03/2010
Published: 2010-03-12 08:00:00This week we crank up the little grey Fergie tractors for a trek around Tasmania; see what goes into making a comfy saddle for a camel ride; and head out to sea for a game fishing tournament.
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Rural Reporter for Saturday March 6, 2010 - 06/03/2010
Published: 2010-03-05 08:00:00This week we visit a boarding hostel that's a "home away from home" for young primary school children in far north Queensland; discover why scientists are dumping concrete blocks into the middle of a coral reef; and go fig picking with orchardist Bruce Salmon and his extended family in the Riverina.
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Rural Reporter for Saturday February 27, 2010 - 27/02/2010
Published: 2010-02-26 08:00:00This week we check out a special training course for young jackeroos and jillaroos who want to live and work in the bush; if your basil looks brown and limp and the parsley's gone to seed there's some useful tips on growing herbs; and we pull up at a roadside stall for our daily bread.
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Rural Reporter for Saturday February 20, 2010 - 20/02/2010
Published: 2010-02-19 08:00:00This week we clear our minds with an outdoor yoga class in central Australia; a welding course for women has a creative spin-off; and we meet an intrepid grey nomad who's revelling in his travels in the big wet.
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Rural Reporter for Saturday February 13, 2010 - 13/02/2010
Published: 2010-02-12 08:00:00This week we walk through a curtain of fog to get into an international water exhibition at the National Museum of Australia; see what lives and breeds in the clay pans of central Australia when the rains arrive; and clamber up a Tasmanian mountain side to meet a fire spotter with one of the best views in the country.
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Rural Reporter for Saturday February 6, 2010 - 06/02/2010
Published: 2010-02-05 08:00:00This week we gain access to one of Tasmania's most treasured collections, its potato tissue bank; meet two boutique wine growers who've set up their vineyards amongst the sugar cane and fruit trees of northern New South Wales, an area not known for its wines; and get some helpful tips from a chef on cooking the perfect steak.
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Rural Reporter for Saturday January 30, 2010 - 30/01/2010
Published: 2010-01-29 08:00:00Our travels this week take us all the way from central Australia where a camel-drawn gypsy caravan has pride of place in an Alice Springs backyard, to Australia's most southerly lighthouse on Maatsuyker Island, off the Tasmanian coast.
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Rural Reporter for Saturday January 23, 2010 - 23/01/2010
Published: 2010-01-22 08:00:00We're getting our feet wet in this the last in our special summer series of <em>Rural Reporter</em>, where over the past few weeks we've been bringing you a selection of story highlights from our team of reporters scattered throughout regional Australia.
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Rural Reporter for Saturday January 16, 2010 - 16/01/2010
Published: 2010-01-15 08:00:00Food and the people who grow, sell and cook it feature on this week's special summer series of <em>Rural Reporter</em>, where we're highlighting some of the work of our team of reporters scattered throughout regional Australia.
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