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Dougie Waters' weekend cricket match with friends is disrupted by Edward Lords' arrival. Antagonism peaks when Dougie accidentally stuns Edward's prize-winning cat, Dexter, leading to a viral video and backyard cricketing challenge.

A record of the 1954 visit to Australia by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and his Royal Highness Prince Philip.

Barry travels to Wagga to help a family renovate their extremely dated bathroom. Chris and Miguel head for adventure on the North Island of NZ and Poh Ling Yeow stops by for dinner.

Calls for Australians to eat more home-grown barramundi; Farming pearls in cooler waters; A world first climate atlas charting the weather for our wine regions; Plus embracing the challenges of a tree-change.

Paul McManus breeds rats and mice at his property on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. A lack of water in south West Queensland led Jeff and David Moon to try something completely different: rockmelons.

Australian quarantine officials have in the past refused apple export requests from New Zealand, claiming their fruit presents too great a disease risk. Now they appear close to a change of heart which could see New Zealand apples allowed into the country.

One bloke has single-handedly turned Australian bull riding from a pastime into a profession. Troy Dunn is helping to bring the most dangerous sport in the world to the big smoke.

Five years after the Rabbit Calicivirus Disease (RCD) escaped quarantine on Wardang Island off South Australia, rabbit numbers across Australia have almost halved. But the virus has not been effective in all areas and more needs to be done to control them.

This year, more than 7 million hectares of Australia was farmed 'organically'. A further 7 million hectares is in the process of being certified 'organic'. But it wasn�t that long ago when to admit you were an organic or biodynamic producer, meant you were held up for ridicule.

Our news summary begins this week with official confirmation of what most farmers already know - that this drought is threatening their continued existence in rural Australia.

Australian plant breeders, among the best in the world, are set to be afforded some much-needed patent protection.

A constant complaint these days is about the taste of tomatoes, why don't they possess the flavour they used to have? And why are the skins so thick? The answer to those questions are partially to do with mass production and partially to do with ease of transport, after all, thin-skinned tomatoes do not travel well. A Victorian company is trying to address these shortcomings in the modern tomato. The solution, apparently, starts with hydroponics.

Last year Queensland farmer Stu Higgins invited thousands of the ABC's cotton wearing radio listeners to grow cotton along side him. This week it was time to find out whose crop was the best - Stu's or the back seat farmers.

The Queensland Biennial Festival of Music is this country's biggest and most diverse celebration across the musical spectrum. For 10 days there are performances all over the state which include jazz, classical, rock, country, theatre, opera. You name it - it is bound to be performed somewhere at some time. There is also a host of specially commissioned pieces including an innovative creation at Winton, better known as the birthplace of Waltzing Matilda. As you will see when the festival asked for community involvement, the locals from Winton responded with considerable enthusiasm.

It is already shaping up as the worst drought in history, and the ever worsening dry is fast descending into a national crisis. There are few signs of rain on the radar and hopes of a summer harvest have been all but halted by the hot breath of unseasonal north winds.

Narelda experiences Wilsons Promontory by sea, Bianca spends a day with football star Jada Whyman, and Ernie inspects the craftsmanship of furniture maker in Margaret River.