Campdrafter Brandon Brahe on bison training
Brandon says training with bison is easier than with cattle.
View ArticleGavin Saul says bison training is ideal for him
Gavin Saul has only been campdrafting for 12 months.
View ArticleBison training clinic
Bison trainer Kendal Neilson directs Sharon McIver around course during bison training clinic at Willawarrin in northern NSW.
View ArticleRural Reporter: Bison in the campdraft arena
Campdrafters are practicing their cutting skills, using bison not cattle in the arena.
View ArticleOut-of-control fires claim three lives, destroy more than 150 homes in NSW
Authorities have confirmed three people have died, while at least 150 homes have been destroyed as an unprecedented bushfire emergency continues through a second day.
View ArticleLike 'Armageddon': Farmers reeling in aftermath of a terrifying firestorm...
With thousands of hectares of farmland burnt, countless head of cattle dead and tonnes of crops scorched, bushfires have brought chaos and untold suffering to farmers in northern New South Wales.
View Article'My nana would shoot me if anything happened to this house': Slim Dusty's...
Amid NSW bushfire destruction, there was one property a community was desperate to save — the house Slim Dusty grew up in.
View Article'A sense of purpose': Ex-servicemen and women help veterans after bushfires
Ex-servicemen and women find purpose in helping veterans deal with the aftermath of bushfires.
View Article'It's the least we can do': Muslim mates make two 10-hour round trips to cook...
A group of Muslim mates, all builders by trade, make a 10-hour return trip — twice — to feed bushfire victims.
View ArticleEx-military volunteers' expertise gives bushfire-ravaged Willawarrin a major...
The tiny farming hamlet was one of the first communities hit by fires in November and a team applying military skill is assisting fire-hit landholders.
View ArticleFarmers grateful for $75k bushfire grant, but worried it's not enough
Already on the back foot from the ongoing drought, bushfire-affected farmers are worried the $75,000 bushfire grant will not be enough to keep going.
View ArticleFire to flooding: How a few months can change life and landscape
Over the past few months, farmers in NSW’s Mid North Coast region had to contend with the threat of bushfire. This weekend they are preparing for flooding.
View Article'This means surviving': Outback pubs getting back to business
Country pubs in NSW are raring to go after surviving drought, bushfires and now COVID-19.
View ArticleBushfire clean-up 'still very raw' for woman who lost sister to the flames
More than 3,500 bushfire-affected properties have been cleared across NSW, with the sister of one victim satisfied the demolition work has been "done in a respectful way".
View Article'Sacrificial lambs': Volunteer firefighters fear for lives in 20-year-old truck
Frontline firefighters urge the NSW Rural Fire Service to fast-track upgrades to equipment and communications which were revealed by last season's bushfires to have potentially deadly failures.
View ArticleLandowner gives cultural burn a go as bushfire memory puts 'everybody on...
After facing droughts, fires, floods and COVID-19, this community gets ready for another summer. For property owner Karen Anderson that means turning to the Indigenous community for help.
View Article'It takes a disaster for everyone to pull together': Bushfire-hit town vows...
Willawarrin has always been a tight-knit village, but the last bushfire season served as a wake-up call that even the closest of locals need to maintain and grow their community connections and spirit.
View ArticleWillawarrin Campdraft
This year the Willawarrin Campdraft in the NSW Upper Macleay Valley will celebrate 75 years.
View ArticleCampdraft to celebrate 75 years
This year the Willawarrin Campdraft in northern NSW will celebrate its 75th anniversary.
View ArticleWillawarrin Campdraft
The campdraft in the NSW Upper Macleay Valley started in the 1930s as a fundraiser for the Red Cross.
View ArticleThe benefits of bison for training
At the bison training clinic in Willawarrin with breeder Kendal Neilson
View ArticleSharon McIver says training beneficial to all
Clinic organiser and local rider Sharon McIver says the weekend was a success.
View ArticleStrong interest expected at campdraft despite lack of cattle
This year marks 75 years for the Willawarrin Campdraft in the Upper Macleay Valley in northern NSW.
View ArticleInquiry hears harrowing tale of man who died after sheltering from bushfire...
Russell Bratby thought sheltering from the Yarrowitch fire in a water tank would be his best chance of survival, but ultimately, that decision proved fatal, an inquiry has heard.
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