Lily McCure

For women setting out by themselves to experience regional Australia, adventure is calling, along with growing confidence in going it alone.

Landholders in eastern parts of the country are still in shock after ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily caused a year's worth of rain to fall in just two days, drenching their properties.

Towns in SA, NSW and Queensland continue to feel the effects of the cyclone, which is bringing rain and wind to isolated areas.

Darren and Deana Tangey were looking for a career change when they decided to take on the challenge of running two outback pubs.

An outback library service provides a sense of connection to remote residents living hundreds of kilometres from any town.

A grazier whose property is situated at the start of a 32-kilometre-long gap in the wild dog, or dingo, fence says repair work has not begun despite the minister for agriculture claiming it is underway.

In her 1999 emerald-green SUV, Ruby Buchanan travels around the New South Wales outback as a contract musterer. Yet musterer isn't her only title — Ruby is also studying to become a lawyer.

Receiving 50 millimetres of welcome rain in 30 minutes the Packsaddle Roadhouse, 170km north of Broken Hill, had to quickly batten down the hatches, in stark contrast with residents bracing themselves for the inevitable summer months.

Harry Russell didn't have an air-conditioned cockpit and he had to shoo goats from outback runways but that didn't stop him loving a year of delivering the post to remote parts of Australia.

People travel from far and wide to watch yabbies race at the Packsaddle Roadhouse in a very different Melbourne Cup day race, where those competing may also find themselves on the menu.

Backpackers hoping for a taste of outback life and the chance to extend their Australian visas provide much needed help for remote businesses that would struggle without them.

Delays in erecting a 32km priority section of the NSW/ SA Wild dog fence could cause serious harm to the livestock enterprises' of many.

Sheep graziers say the broken section is allowing feral animals to move freely between NSW and SA and threatening their industry, after long delays to repairs.

A highly invasive cactus species is proliferating across the region, prompting the use of drone technology to identify the severity of the outbreak.