Skip to main content

A farmer standing in front of a herd of cattle; ABC Western Qld and Local News superimposed over the top.

After devastating floods in south west Queensland, the Eromanga campdraft and rodeo over Easter weekend was a much-needed morale boost for the region.
Easter rodeo

It was the record flood that locals in south west Queensland never imagined.
Grazier sits in shed.

Graziers in western Queensland are reporting heartbreaking stock losses from unprecedented floods that have impacted a large part of the inland.
Wide shot of a sunset, trees stand in floodwaters that lap at the verandah of an outback homestead

After almost a decade as the lone officer in the tiny outback town of Birdsville, Queensland's most remote policeman is calling time on his career.
A police officer stands in front of a building and garden bed in outback Queensland.

Dotted around regional Australia are hundreds of bush graves.
Rob Savory in Queensland's outback.

Black lung disease is an awful illness. 
An older man on a grassy area with a ship in the background.

A cuddle bed isn't an ordinary bed for gettin cosy with your loved one; it's a specially designed bed used for palliative and end-of-life care.
Young girl's hands resting on old woman's hands

Country towns across Australia have been in steady population decline for decades as industries come and go.
A black and white photograph on buildings lined up on a main street.

Ten years ago, Michael Pitt was living on a farm while managing cattle properties around central Queensland.
White middle aged man smiling wearing a broad hat

The smooth sounds of saxophone waft out of a pub and down the street of Tambo in outback Queensland.
Mark McGurgan playing at Tambo's pub

Outback racehorse Fab's Cowboy ran into the history books earlier this year, when he broke the record for the most wins in a Queensland racing career.
man with horse

Sarah Wheeler's view most days is the back of her horse's head as she rides 5,000 kilometres through the Queensland and New South Wales outback.
Sarah and horses

What was your after-school sport or passion as a kid? For 14-year-old Tyler Morton, it's the lesser-known rodeo-sport of barrel racing.
Tyler Morton lifting herself onto a black and white horse wearing jeans, white long sleeve top and a hat.

feel good

For one month of the year, a group of mostly middle-aged parents play an extreme game of tag in their small country town.
a middle-aged woman hides in a bush looking nervous

Back to top