Liz Rymill

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Liz Rymill

Farmers have renewed concerns about land management and the safety of their sheep flocks after a bushfire in Victoria's Little Desert National Park led to the revelation that dingoes were being bred in the reserve. The discovery has reignited fears in South Australia about the repercussions of the Victorian government's move to protect dingoes in the north-west of the state.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Liz Rymill

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then carriage driving — the elegant, fast-paced pursuit — is the sport of royalty. It was the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, who in 1972 developed the three-phase competition that prevails at international levels today. Despite the popularity of the sport across the United Kingdom and Europe, and in royal circles with the Duke's granddaughter Lady Louise Windsor taking up the reins, at the very pinnacle of the sport is an Australian.

Jan 18, 2025 | abc.net.au | Liz Rymill

At 13, Ron Woodall handed in his schoolbooks and strapped on his spurs. The son of a horse breaker, Mr Woodall would go on to spend the next 70 years in the white-knuckle, belt-buckle world of bucking bulls and broncs, cementing himself as king of the Australian rodeo community.

Sep 28, 2024 | abc.net.au | Liz Rymill

Howard Dicker was just eight years old the first time he climbed behind the wheel of his family's Oldsmobile truck and discovered what would be a lifelong passion. It was a good eight years before he would officially get his driver's licence, but as a young child he worked the pedals and kept the truck steady on the rough scrub tracks in rural South Australia. The only son of Harold and Nellie Dicker would go on to spend the next 85 years of his life behind the wheel.

Jul 13, 2024 | abc.net.au | Liz Rymill

Stone by stone, the Mulligan family are building their legacy. Thousands of tonnes of dry stone walls in all shapes and sizes amble through expansive gardens and along vineyards at their St Mary's property in Maaoupe, 60 kilometres north of Mount Gambier in South Australia. Barry, Glenys, and sons Robin and Ian say it is part passion, part pastime, part obsession. Like most women on the land, Glenys isn't shy of getting her hands dirty.