'The living heart of Australia': fracking plans threaten fragile channel country | Rural Australia
Last modified on Wed 19 May 2021 20.04 EDT Dude Kiddâs ute barrels between a fence line and a sand dune as eagles circle over some unidentified quarry under the magic light of an outback sunset. âDid you see anything on the ground ⦠a carcass?â asks Kidd. We reply in the negative. âTheyâll be after grasshoppers.â Kiddâs Ourdel station, outside Windorah in south-west Queensland, has been in his family since 1906. Tonight Kidd (his real name is James but nobody, including him, uses it) is checking the progress of rains through the creeks and gullies that ...
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