Rural Tourism

Harry Russell didn't have an air-conditioned cockpit and he had to shoo goats from outback runways but that didn't stop him loving a year of delivering the post to remote parts of Australia.

New South Wales officially marks the completion of a 132-kilometre bitumen sealing of the Cobb Highway between Ivanhoe and Wilcannia, with residents expecting a tourism surge and producers a speedy path to market.

A restoration project for the National Trust-listed Warrock Homestead, western Victoria's oldest pastoral station, is uncovering nearly two centuries of treasures at the site known for being the birthplace of Australia's working dog.

A Blue Mountains hotel wants to significantly increase its number of helicopter flights to the area, from 14 to 105 per week, to chopper guests over flood-affected roads.

When Sarah and Corey Brazendale started the first ever brewery on King Island, it prompted a visit from a veteran farmer who had something on his family's property that they needed to see.

Tasmania's peak tourism body is seeking an explanation over the introduction of a new visitor fee in the Cradle Mountain national park, which has also prompted anger and outrage from locals.

83-year-old Jim Sauer has spent the past three years sourcing old pieces of machinery and lifting them on top of old power poles for 'a bit of fun for an old chap'. He doesn't consider himself and artist - just someone who wants to put a smile on people's faces.

More than 50 koalas died in 2012 when a fire tore through Mikkira Station on SA's Eyre Peninsula. Now, the colony is thriving — but sanctuary owners worry it could happen again.

A business model for the maintenance of this historic 'photographer's paradise' was conducted last year, but the results are yet to be made public. 

Organisers of the Mundi Mundi Bash near Broken Hill have unveiled their acts for the 2024 event, also including Ian Moss, Tim Finn and The Living End.

Rural women have been building a sense of camaraderie and prioritising their own health and wellbeing as they enjoy their country lifestyle at the Cowgirls Gathering.

The first fully accessible hot air balloon in NSW takes to the sky above the Hunter Valley vineyards.

Rodeo in Australia doesn't get much bigger than in Mount Isa in Queensland's north-west. This year the outback mining community turned it on for a special centenary celebration of the city. With competitors aged from 8 to 92 - this bush tradition is growing every year.

NSW Racing cancels two country race meetings due to safety concerns over dry tracks, angering a community struggling with the looming prospect of drought.

The chicken-sized, chick-abandoning birds have one thing in common with the tiny bush town trying to save them.

A family who spent three years clearing a now popular desert track is celebrating 50 years since the project kicked off with a Fordson tractor and a dream.

They were once thriving communities with their own pubs, schools, and railway networks, but as bust followed boom hundreds of small mining towns in far north Queensland were abandoned or demolished as people sought fortunes elsewhere.

The director of a major floating jetty project in Western Australia's Kimberley says the construction phase will begin two years after initially planned.     

Just 18 months after swooping into Canberra, a giant magpie is being recognised as one of the nation's top "big things" on new $1 coins from the Royal Australian Mint.  

The business of selling livestock is bringing more than just animals to saleyards across regional Australia - with tourists keen to experience sale days as well. Hundreds of visitors tour the Roma saleyards in south-west Queensland every week, where retired graziers from across the Maranoa region now volunteer as tour guides.

With neighbouring farms folding on Queensland's Scenic Rim, Kay and Dave Tommerup had to choose between closing or saving their fifth-generation dairy by radically changing how they did business.

The intersection point of NSW, SA and Queensland, known as Corner Country, was the backdrop to explorer Sturt's expedition of Central Australia in 1844 and 1845. The vast, outback region will play host to a new touring route tracing Sturt's journey.

In dry and dusty outback Queensland, rain is always a welcome sight. But for a region where the only means of transportation is a dirt road, even small falls can leave a mess.

People from all over the country have travelled to outback Queensland for the largest rodeo in the southern hemisphere. The 64th Mount Isa Rodeo attracted a record number of entries from women.

Known for its scorching summers, residents say Marble Bar has plenty to offer visitors all year round and a new airport is set to help them show it.