Movin' to the Country (2021)
Dreaming about escaping the major cities has become a national pastime. Supercharged by a global pandemic, brave entrepreneurs, innovators, small business operators and treechangers are creating new opportunities on the land.
Seasons & Episode
Craig kicks things off in Orbost, in a remarkable brewery run by a young couple who make revolutionary beer by linking up with local farmers and foragers, under the wise guidance of Indigenous writer and teacher Bruce Pascoe.
Halina starts out in Bowraville, near Coffs Harbour where she discovers a mobile plastic recycling station which transforms plastic waste into multiple resources, creating opportunity for the local Aboriginal Corporation.
Craig visits a family who turned their pet's battle with arthritis into a business. Halina meets an entrepreneur risking everything to prove he can farm seafood anywhere in the world.
The team heads west to the Margaret River region. Kristy starts off in Karridale, Craig calls on a family of hemp growers, Halina meets a couple whose homesickness for Finnish sauna culture turned into a thriving business.
In Tasmania Kristy meets a couple of mates who harvest timber from drowned forest. In Derby, Halina goes on a mountain biking adventure. Craig meets entrepreneurs making the ancient Chinese spirit baijiu a best-selling drink.
Halina goes to Kangaroo Island to meet the owner of a wildlife sanctuary who rebounded from the 2020 bushfires, Kristy meets some footy legends in the Clare Valley and Craig is in the Barossa Valley, on a sheep farm.