Here are some of our favourite images from the pages of OUTBACK and Great Australians in 2024.
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Nathan Hanson prepares to drive the Cobb & Co Festival centenary re-enactment coach from Surat to Yuleba, Qld.
Back in harness, OUTBACK 157 Oct/Nov 2024. Photo by Kate Newsome.
Dramatic cliffs on the Shoalhaven arm of Lake Yarrunga dwarf canoists Kim and Andrew Kaar.
Wild at heart, OUTBACK 156 Aug/Sep 2024. Photo by Don Fuchs.
Touring Australia’s country halls, Fanny Lumsden and the Prawn Stars perform on stage at the Robertson School of Arts, in the Southern Highlands, NSW.
Long way home, OUTBACK Great Australians magazine 2024. Photo by Ken Brass.
Stuart Weir has a quick ‘camp’ after lunch on Old MacDonald Downs, NT, one of 5 connected beef cattle stations covering 12,500sq km.
Big country, OUTBACK 156 Aug/Sep 2024. Photo by Ken Eastwood.
The Diamantina Touring Company convoys along a section of the Canning Stock Route, the longest historic stock route in the world.
Canning a classic, OUTBACK 158 Dec/Jan 2025. Photo by Don Fuchs.
Pelicans on the tranquil sunset-lit waters of Baird Bay, on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula.
Fresh Eyre, OUTBACK 156 Aug/Sep 2024. Photo by Mark Muller.
The cows come in for milking on the Bega Valley family farm run by Barry Irvin, long-time chairman of the Bega Group and Giant Steps.
Giant achiever, OUTBACK Great Australians magazine 2024. Photo by Ken Brass.
Jack Tucker and kelpie Rusty are ready for work, brining in black-faced dorper ewes and lambs at Rhynie Pastoral in western Victoria.
Balancing act, OUTBACK 157 Oct/Nov 2024. Photo by Ken Eastwood.
A hat starts to take shape at the Akubra factory in Kempsey, NSW.
Heart felt, OUTBACK 154 Apr/May 2024. Photo by Peter Pap.
A member of Australia’s only remaining working mule team sniffs at the camera at Brendan Mahoney’s yards near Merrijig, in the Victorian High Country.
Strong as a mule, OUTBACK 158 Dec/Jan 2025. Photo by Stuart Walmsley.
Wombat carers Mel Johnstone and Mitch Peronis carrying their ‘wombating’ gear into the bush. Volunteer carers, veterinarians and researchers are combining forces to combat deadly wombat mange.
Wombat warriors, OUTBACK 155 June/July 2024. Photo by Kate Newsome.
A marble plaque in the Channel Country unearthed and documented by Rob Savory and the volunteer ‘keepers of the bush graves’.
New life for old graves, OUTBACK 158 Dec/Jan 2025. Photo by Ken Brass.
The mountains of Wilsons Promontory rise behind remote area nurses Jason Strong and Melanie Shields on their 18ha farm near Welshpool, Vic.
Handled with care, OUTBACK 153 Feb/Mar 2024. Photo by Ricky French.
Lettes Bay, on Tasmania’s west coast, has been a popular retreat for locals for more than a century with its historic holiday shacks.
Shack life, OUTBACK 154 Apr/May 2024. Photo by Paula Heelan.
The Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society’s Darren ‘Spoon’ Palmer prepares a historic locomotive for service on South Australia’s volunteer-run train line.
Full steam ahead, OUTBACK 158 Dec/Jan 2025. Photo by Italo Vardaro.
The haunting ruins of Old Carcory Homestead near Birdsville, Qld.
Designs on the land, OUTBACK 153 Feb/Mar 2024. Photo by Andrew Hull.
A flock of sheep crosses Mount Ireh’s bridge over the South Esk River in Tas.
Beauty and the beasts, OUTBACK 155 June/July 2024. Photo by Andrew Bain.
Ecologist Katherine Moseby uses a VHF radio collar to track one of the 4,000 numbats at Secret Rocks Nature Reserve on Bungala country, SA.
Beyond the fence, OUTBACK Great Australians magazine 2024. Photo by Rob Lang.
Caption: The picturesque town of Bicheno on the east coast of Tas has a tiny harbour known as the Gulch.
Taking the plunge, OUTBACK 153 Feb/Mar 2024. Photo by Ken Brass.
In the studio on her family’s western Victorian farm, artist Jill Richardson puts the finishing touches on her acrylic work, Skulking on the Couch.
Animal spirit, OUTBACK 157 Oct/Nov 2024. Photo by Ricky French.
The shearing shed and yards on Alpana Station, SA.
Range of possibilities, OUTBACK 154 Apr/May 2024. Photo by Andrew Hull.
Ralph Bristow’s ‘Barwitian Garden’ in late summer's full bloom in the Victorian High Country.
Giving season, OUTBACK 154 Apr/May 2024. Photo by Ricky French.
An emu scales the dunes in Lake Mungo National Park in the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes region of southwestern NSW.
Featured in the OUTBACK 2025 Calendar and Diary. Photo by Charles Davis.
Rohan Morris unyokes his 14-bullock team at Gleneden Farm, in south-eastern Queensland.
Roundup: Seeking offsiders, OUTBACK 157 Oct/Nov 2024. Photo by Kate Newsome.
Sisters Bonnie, Molly, Matilda and Jemima Penfold work together on the family cattle operation, Old Bombine, 60km south-west of Meandarra, Qld.
Penfold’s daughters, OUTBACK 158 Dec/Jan 2025. Photo by Mandy McKeesick.
