Outback

There's no place like Birdsville for the Brook Family.

''I’m showing others there’s no shame in being you.''

The single mum traded acting gigs for life on the farm.

“To this day we are all such great friends.”

Resilient men and women share their desperate fight to save their farms and hope to teach the next generation to never ever give up.

Happy NAIDOC week! To celebrate this incredible week, we are reliving some of The Weekly's greatest stories which recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture. Here, Samantha Trenoweth meets two trailblazing women from Central Australia.

I'd let my heart guide me to outback Australia, now I wasn't so sure.

When Rick became paralysed from the waist down, he thought his days in the saddle were over.

In the words of Ganggajang, “This is Australia”.

It will give you chills...