The Shitbox Rally is a long-distance motoring event run in Australia as a fundraiser for cancer research, originally an annual event but increased to twice-yearly in 2019.

According to rally founder James Freeman participants have raised $47million since its inception, with the rally held as a reward for all their fundraising efforts.

“It began from loss,” he said. “I lost both my parents to cancer within 12 months of each other. I wanted to come up with something that honoured them.

Backroads travelled to the Gem Tree Roadhouse, a couple of kilometres outside of Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, where Lisa Millar met up with brothers Lou and Peter Mimmo who are participating as a team.

Under the barrier of 'Warrior Princesses' Lou and Peter are decked out in tutus, tiaras and colourful nail polish, behind the wheel of a fabulous matching jalopy they acquired for less than $1,500.

“We've had an absolute bull,” says Peter. “This is both our first Shitbox Rally. For me, it's my first time I've been camping. As of last night, it was my first time in the NT. So, lots of firsts.”

The brothers are participating after Peter’s daughter Eliana was diagnosed back with leukemia, at the age of nine and a half years.

Eliana spent 184 nights in the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, and it was during this time that Lou came up with the idea of doing a Shitbox Rally. Brother Lou put Peter into the rally as a surprise.

“The first thing he knew that we were doing the rally is when he got an email saying he'd been registered as a driver,” Lou says.

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Seasonal workers are vital to Australian agriculture.

Across Queensland farms, at times there are more than 20,000 jobs filled by mostly foreign workers.

In June, 2024, some took part in an exhibition, exploring the contribution they make to the country.

Landline reporter Courtney Wilson went to check it out.

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When Linda Peek's mother Margaret died, Linda collected the scraps of handwritten notes strewn around the home and put together Margaret's remarkable tale of survival on Malta during WWII

When Linda was growing up, Margaret, would tell her these remarkable stories from her wartime childhood -- stories of survival, friendship and tragedy.

Margaret had spent her most formative years on the island of Malta during World War Two.

The Mediterranean island was not only an idyllic paradise, it was also a British stronghold in a highly strategic position, and Adolf Hitler wanted it.

And so the Axis powers laid siege to Malta for more than two years, dropping thousands of bombs and trying to starve the island into submission.

Somehow, Malta survived, and so did Linda's mother.

This episode of Conversations explores Italy, Sicily, island life, modern history, the second world war, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Churchill, Royal Engineers, air raids, personal history, family history, family dynamics, life story, ancestry, travel.

Volcanologist Teresa Ubide opens volcanoes up from the outside, like a doll's house, searching for tiny crystal balls to help her predict when the next eruption might occur

Humans have always had a complicated relationship with volcanoes — they are striking to look at and create fertile soils for farming, but they can be destructive and deadly.

Today, around 10 per cent of the world's population lives within 100km of an active volcano, which means volcanology — the science of studying volcanoes — is becoming increasingly important.

Volcanologists like Teresa Ubide, spend their time getting to know the 'personalities' of different volcanoes: how they work, the composition of the magma, the likelihood of eruption, and how spectacular that explosion of lava could be.

When Teresa was a little girl, a teacher opened her imagination up to what she calls the 'guts of a volcano' and today, as an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and a lecturer at the University of Queensland, she travels the world visiting volcanoes and predicting their future by looking at tiny crystal balls.

This episode of Conversations explores natural disasters, Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius, La Palma, Stromboli, Spain, Italy, Argentina, copper mining, sustainable mining, electric vehicles, smartphones, geology, magma, exploration, epic history, chemistry.

Warren Brown drove through 80 countries in searing heat and pouring rain in a vintage Bean car to recreate the 1927 world tour of Australian motorist, Francis Birtles

Today we bring you the next chapter in the adventurous exploits of author and cartoonist Warren Brown.

Some years ago Warren Brown stumbled on the true story of a pioneering Australian motorist, Francis Birtles, who set out to drive a 'Bean' car from London to Melbourne in 1927.

For nine months he rattled through Europe, Turkey, Iran and India, through murderous mountain ranges and blustering blizzards.

Warren has just returned from his own recreation of Birtles' epic journey, in the very same model of car and 1920s outfits. 

He and his co-pilot Matthew Benns travelled through 80 countries in the open-top car in searing heat and pouring rain while recreating Beans' escapades.

To his great surprise, while they were en route, their trip made them accidental celebrities in Saudi Arabia.

This episode of Conversations explores modern history, Australiana, Australian explorers, car rallies, Peking to Paris, motorsport, motoring, motoring history, automobiles, Gaza, Suez Canal, travel, Ford, historical re-enactment, politics, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Middle East, Cairo, Pyramids, royal family, Laurence of Arabia.

In the first of a two-part special, Back Roads takes a trip on The Outback Way, also known as Australia's longest shortcut, where Lisa Millar finds remote communities reaching out to the world in surprising ways. In this clip she meets a young man in Western Australia notorious for his dad jokes. #BackRoads

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Juniper berries are the essential ingredient in gin.

Despite a boom in distilleries, Australia imports most of its berries.

But a family in the Snowy Monaro region has branched out from running sheep and cattle to give growing juniper berries a go.

Bega reporter Adriane Reardon paid them a visit in April, 2024.

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Lisa Millar stops off at NG Media, where local kids hang out and run the radio station in the outback town of Warakurna, along the Great Central Road.

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The forest at the tip of Lord Howe Island's highest peak is an otherworldly place alive with animals and plants not found elsewhere on Earth. But it's taken radical action to save it.

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Mist hangs in the air, embracing the giant mosses and clusters of tree orchids that adorn the summit of the majestic Mount Gower on Lord Howe Island.

Ascending into this rare island cloud forest is like stepping into a fairytale — a hushed and secret world, carpeted in a tapestry of rich greens, rare palms, and twisted trees veiled in lichens.

As the canopy closes over, an otherworldly place emerges, an enchanting reward for those who have made the rugged and arduous climb to the island's highest peak.

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Gimana rasanya makanan dan restoran Indonesia di Australia? Yuk kita jalan-jalan bersama ABC Indonesia untuk mencicipi makanan dari restoran Indonesia yang ada di Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, Perth, dan Canberra.

Tonton juga Seberapa Indonesia-nya Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OB8eNkstPM

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