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13:00Australia's dog fence is the longest continuous fence in the world, built to keep wild dogs out of sheep farms. But it's seen better days. In 2016 Prue Adams was there for the rebuilding of a 1600 kilometre stretch.
14:00The gourmet chefs turned station cooks. In 2018 two retired chefs fulfilled their dream to cook for the hungry crew of an outback cattle station. But for staff used to plain food, there were a few changes needed to the menu.
11:00Ever wished you could ditch the office job for something a bit more magical? For two young Australians, their day jobs involve swimming with dolphins in the Gulf of Carpentaria and sleeping under the stars in the outback.
14:00Hard people for a hard land. Narriearra Station sprawls across 150,000 hectares in a remote New South Wales. After more than a century its becoming a national park rich in flora and fauna and Indigenous and pastoral history.
09:00In 2010 the almost treeless Nullarbor plain was in terrible drought. Pastoralists were coping with the dry in different ways and some are gearing up for even tougher conditions in the future.
13:00For decades Lyle and Helen Kent have driven their saddlery-filled truck across northern Australia, travelling 35,000 kilometres each year to visit outback stations to sell their wares. In 2019 Landline joined them.