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A remote Queensland town is assembling its first "flat-pack" home after a housing shortage nearly shut down its only childcare center. The innovative building method could slash construction costs and time across Australia's outback.
Rural Queensland councils spent $30,000 to bring Texas wind energy experts halfway around the world. Their mission: help outback towns avoid mistakes and cash in on a renewables gold rush.
Two friends are recreating a historic 100-year-old journey across Australia in vintage 1925 Studebakers, following the same route one of their great-grandfathers took in 1926. The adventure honors outback tourism pioneers while raising funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
A tiny Queensland town is farming sorghum to boost its budget and stop raising taxes. The cash crop could fund free child care and bring new jobs to the outback.
After 850 days crammed into a shared campus following a mould crisis, students in outback Australia are finally getting their dream school back. The $90 million rebuild includes world-class facilities designed with student input.
For 75 years, the Alice Springs School of the Air has connected students across 1.3 million square kilometers of Australian Outback, evolving from crackling radios to crystal-clear video calls. What started as a bold experiment in 1951 now serves as a lifeline for hundreds of remote families who refuse to let distance stand between their kids and education.
When renewable energy companies come knocking, many landowners say no. In Australia's far west, graziers are saying yes to what could become one of the country's largest wind farms.
In the red dirt of rural New South Wales, volunteers have kept a traditional horseback cattle-wrangling sport alive for three decades, and now a new generation is saddling up to learn. Young riders from across Australia are traveling hundreds of miles to master the challenging art of campdrafting.
A California company is growing medicine crystals in orbit and parachuting them back to Earth in capsules that land in the Australian outback. If the technology works, it could make drugs more effective and cheaper for millions of patients.
For the first time in its 150-year history, Normanton in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria now offers year 11 and 12 classes, keeping students home instead of forcing them to leave or drop out. The shift means families in one of Australia's most isolated regions can finally stay together while their kids complete high school.
When researchers discovered over 500 freshwater turtles trapped in nearly dry Outback lakes, a nationwide crowdfunding effort raised $100,000 to keep them alive until the rains returned. The thriving population offers rare hope for endangered species struggling with climate change.
Just months after an Australian outback lake almost dried up for the first time in 130 years, researchers discovered over 500 freshwater turtles thriving in its waters. A last-minute fundraiser and record rainfall saved the Imperial Lakes ecosystem outside Broken Hill.
University of Sydney engineering students built a rocket from scratch and launched it over 10,000 feet into the outback sky. The team will now compete against universities from four countries in an international competition.
A team of 90 university students designed, built, and successfully launched a rocket over 10,000 feet into the sky at a remote Australian sheep station. The homemade rocket, named Galah, hit its target with pinpoint accuracy and will now compete against international teams in June.
Scientists just discovered fossils of a 25-million-year-old platypus with fully formed teeth that could crush shelled prey. The rare find reveals these unique mammals were once slightly larger and fiercer than their modern descendants.
A new defensive driving program in remote Australia is teaching teens the specialized skills needed to survive outback roads, where half of the region's fatal crashes happen. The community-created course addresses unique hazards like road trains, wildlife, and long-distance driving that standard licensing doesn't cover. #
Scientists just discovered ancient platypus fossils in the Australian outback that solve a 25-million-year-old mystery. These remarkable creatures had full sets of teeth and thrived in a lush paradise where desert now stands.
A small Australian outback council just won a massive court victory against a Sydney law firm that charged them more in legal fees than they won in their original settlement. Justice prevailed when the Supreme Court ordered the firm to pay back $4.7 million plus costs.
A gold prospector in Western Australia stumbled upon a rare piece of cosmic debris that's been waiting hundreds of thousands of years to tell its story. Scientists hope this discovery could finally solve a mystery that spans three continents.
A 69-year-old cattle station worker is chasing his dream to turn a midnight flash of inspiration into Australia's next classic board game. Steve Hawe's "Campdraft" celebrates the country's unique outback culture through gameplay.
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