Rural

From our coffee addiction to a weekend pub tradition, some of the simple pleasures many Australians have taken for granted now feel like luxuries. But if patrons can no longer afford to visit the pubs and cafes we love, there may be something bigger at stake.

Thanks to a "chance seedling in Granny Smith's backyard", we now have the Granny Smith apple as one of Australia's predominant varieties, with an annual festival held in her honour.

Western Queensland graziers are facing devastating livestock losses, with an estimated half a million cattle, sheep and goats dead and a tough road to recovery still ahead. 

Show-cause notices have been sent to property owners running small-scale campsites in Queensland's Scenic Rim, but they say the regulations are unfair and should only apply to tourist parks.

The future of remote WA surfing hotspot "Tombstones" hangs in the balance as locals hope the future buyer of the station connected to it will keep accommodation affordable.

Rangers are scouring Victoria's high country for a horse that escaped handlers during a re-enactment of Banjo Patterson's Man From Snowy River poem.