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Motherland Australia — 329 episodes

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298: Cailyn Muntelwit on Breaking Generational Cycles, Neurodivergence & 48 Hours in Paris

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297: Alison Gossage on Postpartum Rage and the Decision to Leave the Land

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296: Ellen Fitzgerald on Unimaginable Loss, Motherhood & the Rural Childcare Crisis

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295: Courtney Moir on Winning Muster Dogs and the Hobby That Became Her Lifeline

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294: Rachel Bjelke-Petersen on Following Her Gut & the Pothole That Changed Everything

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293: Tahnee McCarthy On Motherhood, Her Husband’s Life-Changing Farm Accident & Finding Herself Again

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292: How A Chance Encounter With Alpacas Changed Michelle Hamilton’s Life & Helped Her Find Joy Again

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291: Vanessa Bell's Life From High Fashion to High Country, And How Wool Healed Her

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290: Kimberly Stevens Turned the Loss of Her Son into A Lifeline For Other Parents

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289: Prue McCormack on Navigating Her Son's Autism & ADHD Diagnosis in the Bush

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288: Born for Motherhood - Laura Wilson's Incredible Journey Raising 6 Kids Under 10

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BONUS ep: Kylie Lindsay on Motherhood at 40, Anxiety and Juggling an Incredible Career

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287: Corrina Rawlinson on When You Can’t Push Through Anymore and Finding Joy Again

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286: Why Rachel Kirby Chose to Live in a Caravan, Raise Three Kids, & Work the Shearing Circuit

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285: Belinda Vivers’ extraordinary story of love, loss, betrayal and rebuilding her life

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THROWBACK: How city girl turned pilot & farmer Debbie Dowden has "seized life by the throat"

17

THROWBACK: Sonja Chrystal on growing up with a paraplegic farming dad, no mum, & surviving PNDA

18

THROWBACK: Queen of the jungle & netball superstar Liz Ellis on fame, farming & fertility

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THROWBACK: The heart-warming tale of how Phoebe White inherited a mountain

20

THROWBACK: Five Children, One Remarkable Woman: Louise Taheny’s story

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284: Whitney Spicer on Motherhood, Identity & How Art Changed Her Life

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284: Amanda Ferrari & the Boarding School Journey That Changed Everything

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283: Sarah Henney on Watching the Life She Built Fall Apart and Starting Again

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282: Kelly Johnson on Motherhood, Miracles & the Grit Behind Her Purpose-Driven Enterprise

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281: Demi Crooks and the fight for survival just weeks after becoming a mum during seeding

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280: Jenny Lutz and her 11 year fight to find answers for her son

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Episode 279: From the Outback to Switzerland and Back - Megan Holzwart’s Story of Motherhood, Grit & Adventure

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278: The Jungle Doctor: Chloe Buiting on Motherhood, Belonging, and a Life Between Continents

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#8: AFL Legend Tom Hawkins on Grief, Footy, Farming and Fatherhood

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277: Claire Brett’s Journey Through Five Miscarriages and the Courage It Took to Keep Going

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#7: Facing Himself First: Dave Woods on Fatherhood & Challenging our Approach to Mental Health in the Bush

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276: Virginia Tapscott on Why All Mothers Work and Why It’s Time the World Valued Care

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#6: Sobriety, Vulnerability & Masculinity on the Land with Matthew Tonkin

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#5: Piers Dumaresq — Rebuilding After Divorce and Putting Fatherhood Before Farming

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#4: Dolly’s Dad Tick Everett Speaks on Fatherhood, Family and Fighting On

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#3: Ben Wundersitz — From Fat Farmers to Fit Fathers, A Movement Saving Rural Lives

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275: From Anxiety to Author: How Renae Black Wrote Her Way Through Motherhood

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#2: From Rock Bottom and Back — Stuart Austin on How Fatherhood Saved His Life

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274: Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng’s Extraordinary Lifelong Work of Healing and Fighting Her Demons

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#1: NFF Vice President John Hassell on his journey through depression, succession and showing up as a dad

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273: Kirsty Evans swore she’d never have kids. Then came motherhood, farm succession & floods

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272: Paige Schmidt on Motherhood, Medical Emergencies, & Managing Chronic Illness Remotely

43

Father Land: A special series launching September 3rd!

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271: Country Music Artist Shenai Johnston On Finding Her Voice Again After Loss

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270: Diann Hawkins has fostered over 100 children over the past 35 years

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269: Why Kylea Hodgkinson-Jones Swapped Life in the Navy for Life on the Land

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268: Kath Chiverton on Love, Loss, and Preparing for Boarding School Goodbyes

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267: Why Ash Napolitano wants to talk about the worst day of her life

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266: Christina Baehr on Raising 10 Kids Off-Grid (And becoming a bestselling author)

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265: The axe-wielding nurse - inside Katrina Head's incredible double life

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264: Fashion designer Nikki Atkinson shares the private pain behind her merino masterpieces

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263: "No warning" - Shonelle Turner on the reality of rural flood recovery

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262: 11 years since becoming a mum, Steph Wanless has finally faced the trauma she tried to forget

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261: How city girl turned pilot & farmer Debbie Dowden has "seized life by the throat"

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260: Ingrid Matthews is raising a sick child 700kms from a major hospital

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259: Into the wild- Dr Rebecca West is raising kids & savings animals in the desert

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258: Nicky Prosser is lapping up station life while preparing for a possible lung and heart transplant

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257: From drought, to depression & rage - a candid conversation with Steph Schmidt

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256: Queen of the jungle & netball superstar Liz Ellis on fame, farming & fertility

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QLD FLOODS- 255: Shona Underwood's extraordinary story as the crisis continues

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254: While trying to conceive at 31, Em Armstrong was told she was in perimenopause

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253: Rosie Clements is the only permanent GP in a remote part of QLD

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252: The heart-warming tale of how Phoebe White inherited a mountain

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251: Sonja Chrystal on growing up with a paraplegic farming dad, no mum, & surviving PNDA

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BONUS ep: Elise Petty wants to make life easier for rural Australians

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250: The incredible untold story of Landline boss Cathie Schnitzerling

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249: 3 Million Acres & 3 Kids: Connie Wood’s station life in the Territory

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248: Cindy Banks gave birth to two sets of twins in under two years

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247: “I had to get something positive out of such a great loss” - Hannah Speers’ story

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246: The untold story of regional fashion powerhouse Holly Goodman

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245: Five Children, One Remarkable Woman: Louise Taheny’s story

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Throwback: Why country music artist Raechel Whitchurch wrote a song about her miscarriage

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Throwback: Shanna Whan on rebuilding after rock bottom

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Throwback: How an over the counter medication cost Kate McKittrick her eyesight

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Throwback: Chris Bath swapped life on TV for time in the tractor

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Throwback: First Time Farmer Kaitie Nash shares her highs and lows

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244: Sadie Chrestman was a first-time mum and first-time farmer.

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243: Kerry O'Sullivan's incredible IVF journey as a single parent and grazier

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242: How Michelle Moriarty learnt to love again

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241: Steph Cowper's daughter was 7 when she was diagnosed with anxiety

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240: Nicole Sandland swapped professional dancing for rural life

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239: From a farming accident to founding a charity: Felicity Burton’s story

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238: Jade Cooper's jaw dropping story of surrogacy in the bush

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237: Nicole Seekamp quit her basketball career for love & goats

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236: Lisa Hodkginson on infertility & raising a daughter with Down Syndrome

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235: Melissa McGilvray lost the love of her life, twice.

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234: Clare Hockings from Farmer Wants a Wife was pregnant when her finale aired

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233: Deb Frecklington's journey as farmer, mother, lawyer, & LNP leader

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232: At 49, Merry Boddington Gave Birth To Her First Child

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231: Why Belle Baker Wants All Women To Know How To Drive A Tractor

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230: Steph March’s son was born with his heart on the wrong side of his body

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229: From Paris To Paddocks, this is Milly Taylor’s Story

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228: Being married to Tasmania’s Premier is the least interesting thing about Sandra Knowles

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227: Kim Peake lost her young daughter, now she’s helping hundreds of others

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226: From Serving In Iraq To Solo Farming - Kate Rose’s Incredible Story

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225: Married To The Outback Wrangler - What Kaia Wright Wants You To Know

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224: Why Emily Mealey is so grateful her mum insisted she went to the doctor

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223: Veteran journalist Chris Bath swapped life on TV for time in the tractor

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222: The unimaginable pain Tara Parchert has been through... twice.

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221: Clinical psychologist Rebecca Gilchrist gave birth on a plane

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220: How a burst appendix nearly cost Ella Palmer her fertility

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219: Why country music artist Raechel Whitchurch wrote a song about her miscarriage

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218: At 56, Sophie Love's husband left, now she runs the farm alone

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217: Everything changed after Kate Mitchell's toddler had a seizure on their property

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216: Farm life wasn't always a laughing matter for first time farmer Kaitie Nash

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215: How Lisa Booth from Booken Blend rebuilt her life after rock bottom

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214: Laura Robson's car crash escape & how the RFDS supported her

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213: How an over the counter medication cost Kate McKittrick her eyesight

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212: Jo Mahony has spent the past 20 years savings lives with the RFDS

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211: GP Bronte Appleton stopped breastfeeding to have a double mastectomy

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210: Kate Pearce had twins, then her cousin and her best friend moved in

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209: Why Erin Mackley adopted three children

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208: Fiona Simson on life, love, and her NFF legacy

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207: The day Emma Groat's toddler walked into a fire pit

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Episode 206: Shanna Whan on rebuilding after rock bottom

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205: Anna Brown was pregnant with her third child when her husband died

117

Throwback: Bestselling author Toni Tapp Coutts on her extraordinary life in the top end

118

Throwback: Olympia Yarger on maggots, motherhood, & marrying a marine

119

Throwback: Channel 7 star Edwina Bartholomew & her growing connection to the country

120

Throwback: Emma Hawkins on farm life & parenting with her AFL-star husband

121

204: Why blogger Sophie Hansen moved to Italy for food

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203: Leila McDougall's journey from farming, to fashion, to filmmaker

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202: The day a snake tried to eat Emma Jackson's son

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201: How Maggie Mackellar rebuilt her life after her husband died

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200: Fiona Waters on raising a transgender teenage girl in rural Australia

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199: How Anthea Fellows coped after her husband ended up in a Chinese prison

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198: Karla Williams on growing up with deaf parents & managing postpartum rage

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197: Kate Pianto's experience with ADHD is not what I expected

129

196: Caitlyn Power is ready to talk about the worst day of her life

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195: Annabel Tully was 29 and pregnant when she got breast cancer

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194: Brodie Game realised she'd hit rock bottom at 3am while milking her cows

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193: Why Emily Bryant filed for divorce just 12 months after saying 'I do'

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192: Steph Wurst had three young children when they lost everything in the Black Summer Fires

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191: Alice Woods had three miscarriages in a row during the peak of Covid

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190: Josh Borowski stepped up, manned up, & became the partner and father he needed to be (Part 2)

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189: Why I interviewed Steph Borowski AND her husband (Part 1)

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188: The heart wrenching decision Sarra Riddick had to make to save one of her twins

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187: Why Melissa Duniam turned to horses after a life-changing farm accident

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BONUS: Simone Heng on loneliness & the five types of human connection we all need

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186: Maddie Staff on birth trauma & how a broken leg tore her family apart (Part 2)

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185: Maddie Staff on finding out she was adopted, & surviving two abusive relationships (Part 1)

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184: How a fax machine on the farm changed Georgie Somerset's life

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183: Bronnie Taylor's journey from rural nurse, to the most senior female in the NSW Government

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182: After Georgia Lillie's husband died, she wrote a book in his honour

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181: Humanitarian Gemma Sisia left rural Australia for a life in Africa

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180: Alice Greenup almost lost it all after a horrific horse riding accident

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179: Sue Barclay's epic fight for life after being diagnosed with untreatable ovarian cancer

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178: Sally Warriner was not 'just' the wife of the general manager

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177: Cassie Norris was born without ovaries & needed eggs donors to start a family

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176: Alison Jones reveals all about her time on Farmer Wants a Wife!

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175: When Keiley Noble unexpectedly fell pregnant at 21, everyone had an opinion

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174: After Anna Toland's husband died, she fell in love with his friend

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173: Joss West had four miscarriages in a row but never gave up hope

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172: Why proud stepmum Julia Spicer decided not to have children

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171: Angelica Arnott's incredible journey from 1980's popstar, to farmer

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170: Why Aussie born Kristy McGregor moved to New Zealand & launched a magazine

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169: Frauke Bolten-Boshammer's incredible journey from widow to diamond dealer

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168: Mei Li's journey from Beijing to the bush

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167: Beth McRae and her extraordinary outback midwifery mission

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166: Jenna Mouritz opens up about the worst day of her life

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165: Bestselling author Toni Tapp Coutts on her extraordinary life in the top end

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164: Channel 7 star Edwina Bartholomew & her growing connection to the country

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163: How the crippling mental load inspired Bridget Johns to change her life & help other women

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162: Amanda King's heart wrenching decision after a devastating diagnosis of her unborn twins

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161: Heather Jones raised her daughters in a truck in remote WA

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160: Christine Elliott broke free from a toxic family to be the mum she wanted to be

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159: Olympia Yarger on maggots, motherhood, & marrying a marine

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158: Emma Hawkins on farm life & parenting with her AFL-star husband

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Throwback: Kate Everett lost her daughter Dolly to suicide

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Throwback: Olympic Gold medalist turned macadamia farmer Giaan Rooney

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Throwback: Maggie Dent on motherhood & raising resilient country kids

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157: Marion Saunders is 59 & fabulous, with 100,000 followers

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156: When nurse Grace Larson's two worlds collided

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155: Cotton farmer & entrepreneur Fleur Anderson survived cancer, twice.

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154: ICPA Queensland President Louise Martin had twins at 41

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153: Fitness powerhouse Kate Ivey & her struggles raising a child with autism

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152: Why farmer & TikTok star Mel McGorman went on Big Brother

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151: Annabelle Coppin is inspiring a new generation of women on the land

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150: Ange Millard's extraordinary story of survival

180

149: The heartbreaking reason Pip Cameron suddenly became the station cook

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148: The mum juggle & Emily Herbert's struggle to have it all

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147: Ketut Bassett found love, left Bali, then accidentally became a farmer

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146: Laura Simpson and the unplanned hysterectomy that saved her life

184

145: Katherine Reed on motherhood in a wheelchair & her ADHD diagnosis

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144: The day Kate Stapleton's husband became a quadriplegic

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143: Why Jo Palmer mic-dropped and moved to Singapore

187

142: Keelen Mailman's story of survival and triumph against all the odds

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141: R U OK? Because Jess Bargenquast was far from it

189

140: Robyn Verrall was a single mum when her life took an unexpected twist

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139: The day Louise O'Neill found her husband crying in a paddock

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138: How Linda Goldspink-Lord survived the loss of her daughter

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137: At 32 weeks pregnant Hayley Price was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer

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136: The day Libby Finlayson's husband said he didn't love her anymore

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135: Diana Butler and the trip to Africa that transformed her life

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134: Kaz Bishton and the deadly farming accident that changed everything

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133: Dairy farmer & grandma June Tarlinton survived the Black Summer fires

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132: Emergency doctor Kate Field moved from the city to the country for cheese

198

131: Nikki Mahony on life in France & her husband's cancer diagnosis

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130: When her partner didn't propose, Dimity Smith decided to freeze her eggs

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129: Kelly Foran was diagnosed with a massive brain tumour at 8 months pregnant

201

128: Gabrielle Chan swapped her parliament house press pass in Canberra for life on the land

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127: How paraplegic and aspiring Paralympian Felicity Weal manages motherhood

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126: Why country music artist Ell Regan sings at one of Australia's most remote roadhouses

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125: Lyn Kelson's incredible story of survival after her husband's suicide

205

124: The untold story of bestselling rural author Fleur McDonald

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123: A redundancy left Sam Noon farmless and homeless at 36 weeks pregnant

207

122: Amanda Gilpin's daughter was diagnosed with childhood dementia

208

121: Rural mum & reporter Miranda Saunders in the thick of the NSW flood crisis

209

120: Born and bred bushy Maggie Dent on motherhood and raising resilient country kids

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119: After mum of three Noelene Brown lost everything, she turned to alcohol to cope

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118: Olympic Gold medalist turned macadamia farmer Giaan Rooney shares her darkest motherhood moments

212

117: Life after war and what 88-year-old rural advocate Pat Fennell did with twenty quid

213

116: Sarah Hope on divorce, grief, and motherhood in a blended family of six kids

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115: Darrilyn Gordon turned down a basketball career to become a station mum & climbed her way up to manager

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114: How a car accident on the way home from the pub kicked Sally McManus's love life into gear

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113: How rural mum Tanya Cameron went from avoiding the CWA to becoming national President

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112: Photographer Stacey Ford on remote living in the Kimberley & the "kick in the arse" she needed

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111: McLeod's Daughters TV star Bridie Carter shares her life as a rural mum, farmer and actor

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110: Love and loss in the middle of nowhere with best-selling author Terry Underwood

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Episode 109: Claire Dunne

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Episode 108: Hayley Backhouse

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Episode 107: Cindy Walsh

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Episode 106: Bess O'Connor

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Episode 105: Natasha Yarrington

225

Episode 104: Annabelle Cleeland

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Episode 103: Pip Bryant-Hill

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Episode 102: Anna Nunn

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Episode 101: Karen O'Brien

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Episode 100: Kate Everett

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Episode 99: Kate Boshammer

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Episode 98: Jacynta Coffey

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Episode 97: Annabelle Kennedy

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Episode 96: Rachael Treasure

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Episode 95: Sabrina Davis

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Episode 94: Kerrie Scott

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Episode 93: Leanne Dillon

237

Episode 92: Prue Campbell

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Episode 91: Mandy Heffernan

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Episode 90: Tori Kopke

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Episode 89: Clare Warby

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Episode 88: Georgina Simson

242

Episode 87: Jennie McClelland

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Episode 86: Mea Campbell

244

Episode 85: Shelley Piper

245

Episode 84: Jess Seiler

246

Episode 83: Cilla Pershouse

247

Episode 82: Jillina Whittaker

248

Episode 81: Emily Brett

249

Episode 80: Audrey Doyle

250

Episode 79: Airlie Landale

251

Episode 78: Vanessa Fisher

252

Episode 77: Raine Holcombe (Part 2)

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Episode 76: Julie Mayne

254

Episode 75: Amy Ballinger

255

Episode 74: Rebekah Frankcombe

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Episode 73: Catriona Rowntree

257

Episode 72: Liz Rymill

258

Episode 71: Cindy Lee

259

Episode 70: Kim Weir

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Episode 69: Kate Brow

261

Episode 68: Annabel Curtain

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Episode 67: Claire Trethewey

263

Episode 66: Lucy Prentice

264

Episode 65: Shannon Crocker

265

Episode 64: Simone Kain

266

Episode 63: Emily Riggs

267

Episode 62: Sal Bradford

268

Episode 61: Julie McDonald

269

Episode 60: Annabelle Hickson

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Episode 59: Andrea Mcinnes

271

Episode 58: Sarah Parkinson

272

Episode 57: Benita Bensch

273

Episode 56: Elizabeth Rosser

274

Episode 55 (BONUS) Nikki McCahon on Matrescence

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Episode 54: Toni Nolan

276

Episode 53: Elisha Parker

277

Episode 52: Courtney Walker

278

Episode 51: Danyelle Haigh

279

Episode 50: Karen Brock

280

Episode 49: Libby Creek

281

Episode 48: Phoebe Neuendorf

282

Episode 47: Felicity Blore

283

Episode 46: Jo Morgan-French

284

Episode 45: Grace Dawn

285

Episode 44: Sallie Jones

286

Episode 43: Kerrie Robertson

287

Episode 42: Rosie Fowler

288

Bonus Episode 41: Melissa Spilsted, Hypnobirthing Australia

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Episode 40: Kerry McKinnon

290

Episode 39: Katrina Myers

291

Episode 38: Chantelle Fisher

292

Episode 37 (Bonus): Diane Dowrick RFDS

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Episode 36: Zoe Jackson

294

Episode 35: Edwina Hick

295

Episode 34: Jo Youl

296

Episode 33: Liz Mecham

297

Episode 32: Olivia Thorn

298

Episode 31: Amanda Cochran

299

Episode 30: Krista Watkins

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Episode 29: Rosie Weatherly

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Episode 28: Raine Holcombe

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Episode 27: Danielle Doyle

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Episode 26: Rhiannon Finger

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Episode 25: Monique Currant

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Episode 24: Renee Mulcahy

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Episode 23: Colleen Angus

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Episode 22: Anna Nunn

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Episode 21: Natasha Lobban

309

Episode 20: Stephanie Schmidt

310

Episode 19: Hannah McNulty

311

Episode 18: Maryellen Boyd-Blackett

312

Episode 17: Grace Brennan

313

Episode 16: Emma Leonard

314

Episode 15: Lilly Brown

315

Episode 14: Fanny Lumsden

316

Episode 13: Emma Steendam

317

Episode 12: Jayne Cuddihy

318

Episode 11: Sarah Harris

319

Episode 10: Tiani Cook

320

Episode 9: Lucy Davies

321

Episode 8: Zoe Hayes

322

Episode 7: Libby Davidson

323

Episode 6: Bek Hourigan

324

Episode 5: Nathalia Crabtree

325

Episode 4: Georgia Mattschoss

326

Episode 3: Ainsley McArthur

327

Episode 2: Ana Pimenta

328

Episode 1: Chantel McAlister

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Trailer: Mums on the land, it's time to talk.