Stories
Rough Terrain
When he’s not goat-tending, Greg Wilson is an ultramarathon runner who breaks big records.
Redefining the modern farming family
Meet the Simsons: they’re redefining the modern farming family.
Hand Made: Olivia O’Connor
Olivia O’Connor is a wood carver using traditional skills in a modern world.
When the Desert Blooms
Twin organic cattle operations in Central Australia are working with nature instead of against it.
You’ll Find Me There, Always
It’s perhaps no coincidence artist Patrick Oates has settled in a tiny New South Wales hamlet where he can see swaying emerald canefields from his studio window.
Bush Life
There’s an authenticity to bush life - an appreciation of raw beauty, simple rituals and genuine people. From Beauty in the Bush Collective’s debut book, Bush Life.
A Place in Time: Dunlop Station
Dunlop Station’s Kim Chandler has no problem living in the past, when it helps to secure the future.
Honor Taylor: White Cliffs Outback Store
1,050 kilometres from Sydney, three hours from Broken Hill and 94 kilometres from the nearest town (itself an outpost), White Cliffs is a place you don’t just happen upon. Honor Taylor is the owner operator of the only shop in town: the Outback Store.
Greener Pastures
Rob and Sally McCreath fought a mining company that wanted to build an open-cut mine near their front gate. The battle consumed their lives, and made them realise they needed to start afresh.
A Passage in Time
Sophie Matterson walked 5,000 kilometres across Australia with her five camels. How did she do it? She put one foot in front of the other.
Steve Hawe: Fencer, Dreamer
Steve Hawe has spent half a decade working hard on the land - but inside he’s harboured a desire to create new worlds.
Between Two Worlds
The Ford Sisters split their time between the Kimberley and boarding schools across the country. The transition isn’t always easy.
Fields of Gold
Ellie Morris spends her days driving tractors - but it’s the violent storms that hit the Wheatbelt that light her up.
Home Away From Home
Bridget Coulton is recreating the warmth of rural communities in her online venture Bush Exchange.
Bush Talks: Bec Bignell
Actor, producer and Rural Room founder Bec Bignell is fighting for creative rural voices to be heard on the national stage. This is an interview from our series: Bush Talks
Cowboy Up
Madeline Curr is a photographer and stylist who works on her family’s cattle property. This is North West Queensland through her eyes.
Vol.02: Editor’s Essay
If you listen, not even that closely, you can hear the country writhing with life.
Birthing in the Bush
The isolation and the joy of motherhood in the remote community of Woorabinda.
Bittersweet Goodbye
It’s the end of the canegrowing era at the Attard property near Mackay in Central Queensland.
Behold, Our Land
Aerial photography allows us extraordinary perspectives on the land we live in.