Rural Tourism

After swapping life in the city for sheep and a vegetable garden, the couple is running a thriving gin distillery. Demographers believe more people in their age bracket could make the move to country areas as lower property prices offer more opportunities.

Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service staff clean King Solomons Cave in the state's north during the winter off-season when it is closed to tourists.

The NT cattle industry and tourists are calling for urgent repairs on the Stuart, Barkly and Tablelands highways after a heavy wet season caused significant damage.  

Working on a cattle station in one of the most remote parts of Australia, these backpackers say outback life is an opportunity that more young Australians should be taking up.

It is supposed to be peak tourism season, but locals in small outback tourist towns have never seen it so quiet and are worried businesses won't survive.

It's one of Australia's most iconic brands, yet on every RM Williams product is something very American.

John and Linda Stanley have just come out the other side of what they are calling "the worst year for any chestnut grower" which produced only 1.7 tonnes of their normal 12-tonne crop.

The Ord Valley Muster showcases the East Kimberley's Indigenous culture, pastoral heritage and spectacular landscape, but a ticket sale dive at last month's event has put the festival on shaky financial ground.

Facing closure, Kay Tommerup saved her family's dairy farm by cutting ties with processors and embracing agritourism. Now she wants to change the future for other small farmers.

Fungi enthusiasts in SA's South East say there's a lot of interest in this year's season, despite recent cases of suspected mushroom poisonings.

Queensland's Daintree Rainforest does not have mains electricity — so many residents are burning hundreds of litres of "dirty" diesel fuel a week just to keep their businesses running.

An "absolutely shocking" number of bush flies has caught both locals and visitors to the Gascoyne off guard, with a hot summer followed by a mild autumn blamed for the outbreak. 

The same week a mountain-biking trail bridge across the Mersey River was installed, it washed away. A second, more sturdier version also washed away in another flood. Now it is hoped a third bridge will be the last.

Travellers are choosing planes and cruise ships over road trips, Queensland tourism operators say, as the industry faces a slow start to the season.

A multi-million dollar mountain bike ride, joining the Alice Springs Desert Park to the picturesque Glen Helen gorge in the Tjorita/West MacDonnell National Park, has been labelled by the Alice Springs industry peak body as a "dead duck" after six years of land negotiations with traditional owners have failed.

A South Australian winery is turning the tables on wine tastings by pairing gourmet crunchy critters with cabernet to celebrate its focus on sustainability.

Gold, sheep, now beef cattle — Rockhampton has a varied history. But it's an event held every three years that has secured Rockhampton its spot as the beef capital of Australia.

In Queensland’s far west, recent flooding has brought the channel country alive, with a wave of wildflowers carpeting the desert.

The return of international tourists to Australia appears to be stalling, with numbers almost 30 per cent down on 2019. So how do we get them back?

One of the beloved Clydesdale horses of South Australia's tram to Granite Island – the last horse-drawn tram in Australia – has died after being infected with Ross River virus, the operator says.

A traditional owner group has criticised the WA government over the closure of a burgeoning tourist spot in the Pilbara.

Twenty years after it happened the first time. Visitors on the Ghan Train from Adelaide to Darwin have been treated to a "full moon” but not the kind you'd expect. A warning this story contains some minor nudity.

The remote resort is famous globally for showcasing the Kimberley's gems, but those who have been relaxing in springs and gorges for free may soon have to pay up. 

In 1984, rural entertainer Frank 'The Chookman' Turton was near his home in South Australia's Riverland when he stumbled upon a magnificent river red gum root system. Determined to share the natural wonder with the world, he sailed it down the River Murray.

Frank Turton was on a bush adventure near his home in South Australia's Riverland when he stumbled upon a magnificent river red gum root system. He attached a motor and sailed it down the River Murray. But now it's time for the stump's next big move.