A boost from the bushIssue 59 - June/July 2008As one of 14 students selected for the production course at Sydney’s prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) this year, 18-year-old Tyson...
A case of good breedingIssue 59 - June/July 2008One truism agreed upon by horse breeders is that a talented horse is no accident and always comes from good stock. The same could be said of a good...
A work of artIssue 59 - June/July 2008The best gardeners are artists and there are few gardens that exemplify this more than “The Cedars” at Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills, SA. This is...
An unfair advantageIssue 59 - June/July 2008The release of any new iteration of a successful vehicle is always eagerly anticipated by prospective buyers, but none more so than a brand-new LandCruiser....
Art for learning's sakeIssue 59 - June/July 2008Art is at the centre of education at ‘Churchie’, Brisbane’s Anglican Church Grammar School, especially during the National Emerging Arts...
Daring to leadIssue 59 - June/July 2008At Menindee Central School, in south-western New South Wales, principal Brian Debus is about to oversee the graduation of the largest group of Year 12...
Doing the hard yardsIssue 59 - June/July 2008Take 45 tonnes of railway iron, nearly four kilometres of steel cable and more than 20 tonnes of two-inch (5.1-centimetre) steel pipe. Mix it with 120...
Fishing paradise foundIssue 59 - June/July 2008The fabulous fishing along the eastern side of the Gulf of Carpentaria has been well documented for years, thanks to easy access at places such as Weipa....
Haven for the wandererIssue 59 - June/July 2008The edge of a massive dust cloud – apricot pink against the blue-grey sky of a late afternoon summer thunderstorm – is driven across the sparse...
Her brilliant careerIssue 59 - June/July 2008The evening sun settles slowly on the Wollogorang Creek outside Goulburn in southern New South Wales, reflecting on a glistening pond and lighting up the...
High on countryIssue 59 - June/July 2008A hush descends around the campfire, so you can hear the individual fizz of intermittent raindrops as they plunge into the hot coals. Horse riders, clad in...
In charge outdoorsIssue 59 - June/July 2008The cadet unit at Kinross Wolaroi School has just finished their annual camp and the kids have returned exhausted but excited about their experience in the...
Into the rangesIssue 59 - June/July 2008Looking into the evening sky, above some of the most arid mountains in the northern Flinders Ranges, ‘Stony’ Steiner, the operator of Warraweena...
Muster by airIssue 59 - June/July 2008Helicopter pilots in northern Australia lead nomadic lives, flying between stock camps most of the year in small machines that are pushed to the limit. In the...
Out of the wildernessIssue 59 - June/July 2008Melaleuca Station was big on natural beauty but going nowhere as a pastoral enterprise when it came up for sale in 1992. Apart from an unfinished homestead and...
Running his own raceIssue 59 - June/July 2008It’s 2.30pm on a sultry Queensland afternoon and a few hundred spectators in the stands around Brisbane’s QE2 athletics stadium are cheering on...
Shearers' tavernIssue 59 - June/July 2008It’s quiet in the Willalooka General Store. Traffic on the Keith-Mount Gambier road is light. The pool table is unattended – no ‘seven ball...
Sister actIssue 59 - June/July 2008"Can we please have money towards a semen tank, Grandma?” requested Nicole and Tania Hartwig, after they were asked what they wanted for their 13th...
The friendly innkeeperIssue 59 - June/July 2008It’s a good thing Bruce Ewart loves people. He’s worked seven days a week for the past four years managing Margaret River’s Bridgefield...
The golden touchIssue 59 - June/July 2008Duncan Thomson has the Midas touch. Like the fabled king, he has turned something worthless – underground saline water near Mildura, Vic – into...
The grazier's friendIssue 59 - June/July 2008“Anything is possible when attitudes are changed.” Agribusiness leader Terry McCosker is talking about grazing, but he might just as well be...
The painting mechanicIssue 59 - June/July 2008For Bob Landt, water and oil do mix. Bob is a watercolour artist of renown, who has also made a living among the grease and grime of the mechanic’s...
Wanted: Station workersIssue 59 - June/July 2008As the mining boom continues, more and more rural workers are being tempted into this lucrative industry, and cattle stations all over the country are crying...
Welcome to the big smokeIssue 59 - June/July 2008Lincoln College in North Adelaide was once the home of politician and noted federalist Sir Richard Chaffey Baker. Today this residential college of the...
Welcome to the familyIssue 59 - June/July 2008The close knit boarding community at Adelaide’s Scotch College means all boarders get the attention they deserve and are also encouraged and supported in...
Welcome to the westIssue 59 - June/July 2008The sign at the town entrance tells it all: “Welcome to Cunnamulla, settled in the Dreamtime.” Australian towns don’t get much older than...
