Regional Success Stories
500 Miles of Music to lift spirits rural communities doing it tough
Organisers of a travelling country music festival across the Flinders Ranges and Outback are hoping the event will lift the spirits of locals struggling with the impacts of drought.
The inaugural 500 Miles of Music in July will make its way across four outback locations, Wombact Flat near Eudunda, Quorn, Blinman and William Creek, entertaining locals and visitors as well as travellers on their way to the Big Red Bask, the world's most remote music festival in Birdsville, the following week.
Sailing in the desert as rivers rise
For the enthusiastic boaties, a lake with no water is a little like a pub with no beer, but members of the Lake Eyre Yacht Club are accustomed to the dry spells. Sometimes, it can be two years between outings, but there's nothing like a heavy north Queensland flood to put some wind in your dusty sails.
In the outback town of Marree, where the yacht club has its headquarters, the ice cold tinnies are being cracked open - and the larger floating tinnies are being cranked into action - to toast the swelling rives in South Australia thirsty desert.
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Outback wool stories to be spun through AWN design comp
The provenance of South Australia wool will be celebrated through a public design competition launched by the Australian Wool Network (AWN).
AWN is encouraging South Australians with a strong connect to wool growing in the Flinders Ranges and Outback to help shine a spotlight on the industry, its farmers and the quality of locally grown merino wool through the DNA Design Series competition.
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Andamooka locals: we need a pool to escape the sweltering heat
About 600km north of Adelaide in the South Australian outback, locals in the remote town of Andamooka have spent the past year fundraising for a new public pool.
It gets hot in the old opal mining town, really hot.
So hot that the local publican, John Smirnios, reckons he sets bags of ice on his bar fridges to keep them from overheating in the peak of summer.
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From sheep station to outback luxury
The pair are this years celebrating 50 years of tourism at the station and tipping their hats to half-a-century of showcasing the South Australian outback to thousands of visitors.
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Rural women at the forefront of resilient and sustainable farming
