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Champion Brazilian surfer Caio Ibelli just won a major competition in the Maldives, then returned home to the Australian outback where he now lives with his family. The 32-year-old swapped California waves for the red dirt of Mount Isa, Queensland, nearly 1,000 kilometers from the coast.
Rusting opal mining equipment in remote Australia is getting a colorful second life as street art canvases. Artist John Murray is bringing creative talent to Lightning Ridge to transform 20 abandoned agitators into an open-air gallery.
A team of retired bakers voluntarily endures 3:30am wake-up calls and 14-hour shifts to keep a historic underground bakery alive in abandoned outback town Farina. Their efforts fund the preservation of Australia's early settler heritage, one pie at a time.
After 60 combined years in demanding jobs, a burnt-out nurse and carpenter traded Brisbane for a tiny outback town and its iconic 100-year-old pub. Their bodies were giving out, but retirement wasn't an option, so they found a third path that's given them freedom and joy.
A tiny Queensland town 935 kilometers from Brisbane brought back its rugby league team after two decades, uniting the community just one year after devastating floods. The Thargomindah Bulls' revival sparked neighboring towns to join in, creating a whole new regional competition.
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.