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4 days ago | 
abc.net.au | James Tugwell |Jessica Hinchliffe
Historic hiking huts are dotted throughout Kosciuszko National Park giving hikers a place to lay their head after a long day of walking. Many of the huts are cared for by volunteers yet after the Black Summer Bushfires 10 huts were destroyed with volunteers worried it could be the end of them, but rebuilding has begun.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Emily Doak |Jessica Hinchliffe
Shearing is no easy task, but if you're Mikayla Hall you could shear an entire sheep and start on another, all within 24 seconds. Mainly male profession, women are stepping up to take up the trade and beating them at their own game.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Maddelin McCosker |Jessica Hinchliffe
Packing for a two-week trip is usually pretty easy, but what if your trip is for seven years and on horseback? Two Queensland mates are hoping to travel 30,000 kilometres on horseback from Argentina to Alaska with their five horses.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Georgie Burgess |Jessica Hinchliffe
In 1972, when she was just 13-years-old, Helen Watson made a telephone table as a woodworking class project. She lost it, until now.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Michael Kermode |Jessica Hinchliffe
"When the bells drop, someone needs help"
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jessica Hinchliffe |Sharon Gordon |Daniel Franklin |Piia Wirsu |Helen Shield |Adam Connors | +1 more
Posted 4 minutes agoIt has been 50 years since the Blythe Star sank in Australia's unforgiving southern waters. Now, survivor Mick Doleman is telling the full story of how the crew lasted nearly two weeks in hostile seas, and helping give a voice to those who didn't return. On October 13, 1973, Mick Doleman was jolted awake while on the cargo ship Blythe Star. The 44-metre-long steel coastal freighter was on a two-night voyage heading towards King Island off the north-west coast of Tasmania.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Daniel Miles |Jessica Hinchliffe
Many Aussie kids aren't learning much about music, but two special teachers are hoping to turn things around creating a "sort of music teacher school". Teachers Hannah O'Neil and Erin Toulmin have banded together to teach colleagues, often through crazy dancing, how to help kids get excited about music.
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Sep 3, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Fiona Breen |Jessica Hinchliffe
Shearing sheds were once filled with men filling most of the led roles. But the tide is turning. Cally Spangler is one of a new wave of women making their mark as a trainee wool classer - and loves it!
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Loretta Ryan |Craig Zonca |Jessica Hinchliffe
Craig Zonca: It all started with a call from little nine-year-old Emily. Oh, Emily why do you want to know if there's a book with Loretta in it? Emily Duff: Because I want to be her for Book Week because she's kind, she's pretty and funny. Craig Zonca: Your mum Kira is on the phone as well. Emily wants to go as Loretta for Book Week. I'm not aware of any book with Loretta in it. So, should we set the challenge this morning? Dannika Patterson: I really think you should.
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Aug 26, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jessica Hinchliffe
The recorder is often seen as the daggy instrument you first played at primary school. But a small group of 50-somethings are doing all they can to change the reputation of the well-known instrument. Each Friday in the middle of Brisbane's CBD, the women come together to play recorders of all shapes and sizes. Some are more than a metre in length. "For me it's a group thing," said group leader Kathy Teakle. "There's lots of solo recorder players and they're fantastic but we aren't aiming for that.
