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After five years of abandonment, Newman's motocross community is racing to restore their beloved track so kids can ride in their own backyard instead of traveling 12 hours to compete. A fresh committee is raising $100,000 to bring back the club that once united the remote Australian mining town.
After sweltering through record heat just a month ago, remote Australian communities are celebrating "life-changing" rainfall breaking decade-long drought records. Some stations recorded over 200mm overnight, with pastoralists calling it the deluge they've been praying for.
An outback Australian town known for brutal heat and red dust just shattered a nearly century-old rainfall record, filling bone-dry lakes and giving residents their first water security in years. Mount Isa received 318.6mm of rain this February, beating the 1930 record and transforming the desert landscape into flowing rivers.
After two brutal years of drought forced South Australian ranchers to sell thousands of sheep, a weekend downpour is letting them restock and rebuild. Some stations received 60mm in just four hours, equal to 40% of their typical annual rainfall.
A remote cattle station in Western Australia built a 9-kilometer fence that uses smartphone technology to trap feral goats without helicopters or stress. The innovative system is already paying for itself and protecting fragile land.