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Hava Tassie avo
Avocado season has begun on the north-west coast of Tasmania. That's right - Tasmania - that chilly island south of Australia that's so well-known for growing cold-loving plants like berries and swedes. Not so well-known for tropical fruit.
Donnybrook Apple Fun Park
Imagine this: a huge playground with exercise equipment for adults as well, all enclosed so your kids are safe, barbecue equipment and toilets, open day and night.
Whyalla - where the Outback meets the sea
Whyalla is not only Australia's steelmaking engine room, the city is boasting a booming kingfish trade.
Anger grows over Alstonville closure
Rallies, posters and committees are being set up to stop the closure of the DPI's Centre for Tropical Horticulture on the NSW North Coast.
A long fight for the long paddock
New South Wales' travelling stock routes and reserves (TSRs), provide land that drovers and apiarists rely on for their living and that many of us use for a dip in the river or a picnic in the scrub.
Angry never quite realised his potential
The older you get, the wiser you get and that gives old dogs the rights to growl sometimes!
Yabbies race into the records
Orgainisers of the 2008 Moonie Cup claim the event is the richest crustacean race in Australia.
Deep sea fishing takes the Cold Esky Challenge to a new extreme
Deep sea fishing with no land in sight.. the Cold Esky is really up for a challenge this week.
Nematode leads potato growers into the great unknown
The pest potato cyst nematode (PCN), has been discovered at Thorpdale in Gippsland.
Community cooking reduces isolation and improves health
Obesity levels in Victoria's Gippsland region are above the state average, but one town is meeting the challenge head-on.
Is there any truth to weather myths?
Is there any truth to weather myths?
Cheesy Challenge for the Cold Esky
Whether its Manchago, Montasio or Quarg, this week's Cold Esky Challenge is all about the cheese.
Noah's Archive
They're old, they fart, and sometimes lose their hair... but here at the WA Country Hour we want to pay tribute to the grey nomads of the animal world.
Queensland kids eat healthy
In a first, the Kids Fresh Net program has just been launched in regional Queensland promoting healthy eating to school students.
Dorrigo turns out for annual ag fair
If horses, cattle and woodchopping weren't enough then the vintage tractors, whipboxing and bush dog trials certainly helped make this local show a success over the weekend.
No Pain, No Grain
It has been a horror grain season for much of the northern Victoria. With next to no rain for much of the growing season and then a deluge halting harvest.
GM canola harvest starts in Victoria
Harvesting has begun for the genetically modified canola crop in Victoria, and one farmer says it validates his decision to use the new technology.
GM crop contamination fears
Anti-GM groups say they've found proof that GM canola is spreading further than where it has been planted.