Landline celebrates 30 years of rural stories 👨‍🌾🎂 | Landline | ABC Australia

"Landline tackled lots of issues that even mainstream media wasn't really tackling at the time which were to do with the environment and to do with the climate"
In 2021 Landline celebrates 30 years telling stories about farming, agriculture, food, economics, innovation, climate, infrastructure and communities from Australia's rural and regional heartland. For three decades Landline has been Australia’s premiere TV show exploring rural and regional people, industries and events. Featuring spectacular images, fascinating people, surprising and emotional stories, this episode showcases the best of the program. Subscribe: ab.co/ABCAus-subscribe
00:00 | Landline celebrates 30 years of rural stories
00:44 | Pip Courtney, Landline presenter from 2012
01:22 | Doug Murray, ABC presenter
01:26 | Kerry Lonergan, Landline founding executive producer
02:05 | Cathie Schnitzerling, executive producer
03:14 | John Fenton, tree planter
07:45 | Beccy Cole, Performer
08:25 | Troy Cassar-Daley, performer
09:02 | Lee Kernaghan, performer
09:48 | Costa Georgiadis, Gardening Australia
10:06 | Michael Rowland & Lisa Millar, News Breakfast
10:17 | Heather Ewart, Back Roads
10:42 | Tim Lee, reporter
14:07 | Kerry Straight, reporter
15:40 | Shane Webcke, former rugby league player
16:05 | William McInnes, actor
17:04 | Prue Adams, former reporter
19:39 | Sally Sara, former presenter 2006-2007
25:18 | Ticky Fullerton, former presenter 1998-2000
29:59 | Deborah Knight, former presenter 1997
31:14 | Joanne Shoebridge, former presenter 2002 - 2005
31:45 | Kristy O'Brien, reporter
36:14 | Dame Quentin Bryce, former Governor-General
36:26 | Trent Dalton, author
36:34 | Joe Morrison, Indigenous Land & Sea Corporation
42:05 | Fiona Simson, National Farmers' Federation
42:23 | Ita Buttrose, ABC Chair
43:02 | Sean Murphy, reporter
45:00 | Clancy Overell & Errol Parker, Betoota advocate
45:21 | Leigh Sales, 7:30
47:33 | Matt Brann, markets analyst
55:54 | Jock Zonfrillo, chef
56:00 | Maggie Beer, cook
56:10 | Poh Ling Yeow, cook
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[@cccc-ru9ex]

For some reason, I get emotional when I hear the intro song , my eyes just well up in tears. It brings this 45 year old man to tears. I love Australia especially the country.

[@hilarysutherland682]

And now with technology, you have brought Australia to the rest of the world. My dream is to visit someday

[@janemarett1885]

We have a programme in NZ called Country Calendar, been going since 1966 , still running on Sunday evenings . I think why it’s lasted so long is because it brings the Country into the townspeople. Who possibly have never experienced living and working on the land . So good luck to Land Line for the next decade. As farming way of life has now become very diverse.

[@neddyladdy]

Do you know if it is put onto youtube Jane ?

[@lcthen1525]

My addiction to Landline!! I come from Borneo, grew up in a subsistent tiny farm. My first show was at Univeristy in Melbourne and the rest is history. My salute to the tenacity, innovativemness , inspiration of the farmers and of cource Landline team. Keep going for the next 100 years for humanity.

[@richarddicktaylor219]

Landline's enduring success would have made my late god father Ken Watts who spent most of his career at the ABC. It's also the program I have missed most in my many years away from Australia and can't wait to get home later this year and to be able to watch it every Sunday. Thank you Landline.

[@chrisso6903]

Congratulations landline !!! Have been watching since the first show, real stories, about real Aussies and I'm one of them. Had horses growing up and got into the rodeo scene for years. Don't ever STOP Making that wonderful show. 30 years! Where's It gone....Ha. 💟

[@justinmills8084]

From the United States 🇺🇸 thanks for sharing your stories.

[@edwinloarca9470]

My mother-in-law told me once about this show, but I said to her I ve been watching this show for about ten years now, and she got upset at me for not mention it to her earlier. Happy B-day Landline.

[@rmw250]

Best program on television. Love it. Well done landline 👍

[@davidtilley46]

It's was a tradition to watch it hungover on a Sunday, great show

[@prizecowproductions]

Congrats on 30 years. Encouraged me to live in a regional country area as I wanted what I saw from your programming. Thank you Jeff Moore

[@lukeduke3001]

us kiwis love landline iv been watching it for over 10 years

[@patrickmeehan2841]

Just stumbled across this amazing show from Nova Scotia Canada. What an amazing way to tell authentic farm stories. We have something similar here called Land and Sea. Congrats on 30 years from Canada.

[@neddyladdy]

Patrick, do you know if it is on youtube? I would like to sample it, but not every episode.

[@michaelhocking9037]

Great to watch lived on the Murray river as a boy 65 years ago nothing quite like Farming in Australia.

[@davidpattinson959]

A brilliant show with wonderful reporters and people behind the scenes. Congratulations and I'm sure the good, beautiful and sad stories will keep coming.

[@peaceleader7315]

I know right... yet I miss that beautiful lady that moves to south Africa.. hmmmm..🥺

[@darrenwilliamsweeney865]

Happy 30th years Landline bringing outback Australia 🇦🇺 to Television.

[@drpk6514]

I came to Australia in 2006 from Iran and Land Line has always been the only TV program I was looking forward to watching. BTW why I feel I didn't see the reporter before Pip (

[@craigaubrey69]

Thankyou... for being real Australians... our country people make us what we are.... best show on TV by a country mile.... nothing else matters apart from Landline and the people they show... Thanyou So Very Much.

[@flatoutt1]

let me tell you ,the magic of the land grabs you .as a country kid that went off to the big smoke for 2ndry school ,we'd come home for holidays ,with the question "why the hell do they live out here ,in this godforsaken hellhole. then about 2 weeks later i remember the magic of the land hitting me over the head ,and i said ."i finally get it ". thanks auntie [ABC] for your incredible contribution to our way of life . and the mob at landline from the management to the reporters .you do an incredibly valuable job of caring and encouragement and telling their stories we're all in this together . one of the unique features i pick up from the reporting ,is the incredibly uplifting virtue ,is that you reporters really care ,and are using your gifts to help .and it's an apparent throughout your reporting .

[@aztecfitness7782]

Such a quality,stong and informative show that serves the community not lecture or social engineer. It can easily do another 30 years !!!

[@thomasspainhour1112]

Awesome 👌 loved this NC, USA 🇺🇸

[@shaneanderson1036]

best tv show in the world bar none .

[@chuckokelley2448]

From a rural person from Arkansas USA Hats off to landline

[@davepoulton7530]

A big congrats and happy birthday guys and girls

[@MosmMAli]

i come from the Sudan and have been in AUS since 1999 and Landline has been my compass and reference thank you for the knowledge and info taiment

[@michaelhayden725]

One of the shows I try to watch live or via iview. Love Pip and the team, all of them over these 30 years. BTW what ever happened to Jane Patterson?

[@raypitts4880]

here in uk england we have country file been going more years than i can remember im 75 born on a farm and now follow as many videos as i can watch cheers and happy birth day.

[@kaze987]

Cheers from Canada! I discovered Landline during the Pandemic lockdown and I'm hooked. Thank you to ABC for uploading these videos on KZbin. Talk about bringing the country to the city - these are stories I'd never hear about here in Vancouver. Fan for life and hope to see it for myself one day. Cheers :)

[@christopherdale5243]

Been a city boy I love this show and almost everything the ABC has produced since I have been on this planet.

[@lauranardoni5626]

I love this special, from Oregon backyard farmer here! I’m lucky so many farms are so close to me, we buy directly from them or the many farmers markets we have! We have a show in the US called America’s Heartland, which is very similar to the Landline show!

[@stewartmcintyre4431]

Such a beautiful story!

[@ahulaga8466]

Grew up watching landline. We'd all come in and watch over lunch as a family. Now I live overseas, still in farming and so happy I can access the program online so that my sons might feel connected to our land ❤ keep up the good work

[@rrain3375]

Fascinating tape. From Toronto Canada seeing a way of farming I have never seen. Large farms of the scale in Australia is unheard of in Canada.

[@noahcount7132]

Absolutely EXCELLENT!

[@LimestoneCoastCustoms]

Absolutely Love it! Think we have been watching the program for all the 30 years. We need more of this, the Real Australia!! PLEASE continue & stay real.

[@DavidKing-jx3sg]

Congratulations landline, one of better TV programs. Always interesting and down to earth. Long time watcher

[@AusNetFan13]

I wish the Landline episodes would be in a podcast format. If not, maybe a season/series purchase. I’m from the U.S. and view Landline via ABC Australia satellite channel. Landline is so special. Beyond what ABC has imagined. Love you Pip and your team. ❤️ 🤗

[@gartjone1846]

Thanks for sharing this 😊🙏🇦🇺

[@steveclifford1239]

I’m from the hunter valley & I wait & watch for the show every weekend but can’t handle the country music.

[@nomadcompany]

GREAT SHOW.... imagine how much better it would be if they didn't change the opening music to the show

[@user-bc7ob9kj5g]

I am a fanatic fan of LANDLINE, HOORAY LANDLINE🏆🏆🏆❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹.

[@rrain3375]

From Toronto Canada very interesting show. Good luck in the future. The only ostrich I have seen if on TV.

[@eltonlaw9672]

ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS. THE farmers have a true passion for the land

[@lexnite22]

32:02 what a funny bugger! Glad this was shown.

[@boonnathan9827]

Makes ya proud to be an Aussie 🇦🇺

[@kaveebee]

Well said.

[@simonbrown6895]

Magnificent

[@kalingtamut8008]

Massive Respects from India "Landline".

[@michaelburke5907]

Great stuff! I've learned a lot and would love to visit Australia and New Zealand.

[@barrymcshane9235]

Brilliant show

[@Bennie32831]

Love the bloopers at the end

[@erroleabrown4317]

When I was a child Landline was already an established show on tv, since then I have seen a lot of goof information about our country on the show, but sadly I haven’t seen it since my children were born in the eighties, to busy I had 5 but also when they took out the old tv boxes I couldn’t work the new ones so I haven’t been part of the family since then. Congratulations on the show and good luck for the future.

[@lingerwithlinda5873]

I like this show, can you please set up the subtittles on it😊

[@markjackson5391]

I have truly enjoyed this ❤️🙏

[@colleenpritchett6914]

I wish Canada had such a show !

[@thevirginclanlee275]

What a wonderful programme.

[@USA50_]

Never heard of this show before in America but I am definitely gonna give it a look! 🇺🇲👍💪

[@kennyjeffrey5665]

Love landline, fantastic Australian story's

[@f3n1xplat3ad0]

Great show. Thank you for posting in YT, I'm in Texas, USA.

[@kotahurt]

One of the most wonderful shows of all time, that and gardening australia, but I'm still a Michael tunning afternoon show fan

[@bicyclingbum1551]

"wasn't bleeding or in any state of bother by any means.. just couldn't move my body"

[@bribri18733]

Congratulations Landline great show and hope you can give us another thirty years Something I’d like to mention I’m 70 years old all my life I’ve heard from different governments about our very hard times of droubt They have said they were going to build some very large damns in the outback to catch the water we are blessed with every wet drain absolutely brilliant idea to get our land crops livestock and farmers on the front foot instead of not sure or worried what to do Get the bastards to commit and build them

[@jennifermillward9048]

So amazed and in gratitude for the education this excellent program brings.

[@oldaustraliarevisited4834]

Congrats. My favourite program since inception. Thank You to all involved ... PS. Is there a KZbin Playlist for just Landline?

[@johnattwater9606]

Great programme about country life in Australia, country file here in the UK could learn alot from this programme

[@gerrykelly5164]

So Good! Well done.

[@MikeMusicandMotivation]

Love this show

[@sgreg6325]

Been watching since the start and Is still a TV show I do watch. besides NITV. Keep It up guys , love It.

[@nigelmorgan3449]

This is a fantastic show look forward to it every week

[@frederick-howthetwomindswo8637]

ONYA LANDLINE

[@rodmackenzie9986]

Really informative content for a South African farm born , thanks ABC .

[@ginamurillo67]

Congratulations Landline, the best show ever, and Happy 30th Anniversary.

[@Simonejoy12345]

I love landline and ABC, no channel compares.

[@damfadd]

no subtitles please add

[@Bernie5172]

I was an avid watcher of Country Wide too

[@bribri18733]

Sorry my name is Brian Duggan and I now live on the Gold Coast 😊 Queensland

[@Bernie5172]

Good onya Pip, you can come and visit my farm anytime

[@johngreen2186]

Love it real tough people who take all the knockbacks on the chin. Real people the outback Aussies good luck to you all from a Pommie bastard!

[@charliebruno5743]

Her guys, im doing a task on this show. What is the format of landline: documentary, news? I dunno u tell me

[@Winchesterosteve]

I like this job but how to get contract work?

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

I'd like to subscribe to Landline without being spammed with all ABC content. Please separate it into it's own channel.

[@peshpeshabdulla]

I want to meet one of the girl from countryside

[@ianbell735]

How come you haven't done a show on wind farms or aren't they real farms?😉

[@davechristian7543]

I watched it back them bc there was nothing else decent to watch on a Sunday when we watched TV.

[@davidwilkie9551]

Bitter Sweet?

[@waynee6127]

You would think with landline that all regional Australian is in qld,nsw and vic . Typical of the abc to forget the rest of the country.

[@tonytrott6318]

some of these farmers should be herding buffalo they are better than cattle for the environment

[@su8z3r03]

Sounds like something a coppa would say.

[@et4751]

Bloody Kale... 😡... Nice summery otherwise.

[@kenharris5390]

An Auzzie institution.

[@austinball5991]

it is a b nitemare haveing to shoot your own animals i know ive been there

[@Rusty_Gold85]

I have to watch this from the city So I remain Australian . There is so much American Festering Shit on Commercial TV its not our big wide brown land its a 53Rd State of the US

[@sableempire9654]

Would be more inclusive to have some more stories that include a racial diversity. My family has been here 200 years since the First Fleet. I’m 7th Gen Aussie. Also half Chinese. Spent the last 50 years watching lots and lots of white people dominating TV. Other nationalities also worked this land and still do.

[@scann13]

SBS has chinese tv if you're feeling homesick

[@chautiendung]

Eat the rabbit n the dog. Problem solved.

[@ETERNITY777]

BORING WHO CARES ALL MAKE ME FEEL GOOD PROPOGANDA.