Australian Country

Anabel is an award-winning travel journalist who began her career as a Fleet Street news reporter in London. She has worked as a feature writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, arts editor for The Bulletin and lifestyle editor for Medical Observer maga

As this issue goes to press, we’re looking back on a summer of extremes — heavy rains and flooding, bushfires and extended dry periods. While our thoughts are with all those in the regions whose lives and livelihoods have been affected by those event

Pack your swag and waltz up the Matilda Highway to Winton, for this wonderful celebration of bulls, bands and bikes after dark. As well as a great musical line-up, this year’s event will present motocross legends showcasing their fast and furious ski

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Veteran broadcaster, journalist and author Richard Glover has assembled a wish list for making the world a better, less annoying place. As with his columns in newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Washington Post, he writes about mund

LAST ISSUE GENERATED LOTS OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR READERS. As a lover of your magazine, I know that you seek to celebrate all aspects of Australian country life. Where I live — in Tamworth — we have just enjoyed yet another music festival. I have penned

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