Outback 8
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Outback 8 is a show that aired on Network Ten
in Australia and BBC
in the UK in 2008. The show consisted of 4 children from the UK ( 2 girls and 2 boys) and 4 children from Australia (2 girls and 2 boys). The show is set at the Agricultural Training College in Longreach, Queensland. The show is made up of 13 episodes and commenced on 22 September 2008 and ran every Monday for 13 weeks
s and jillaroos in an effort to be able to participate in a final muster of 200 head of cattle of hectares of land. The skills they learnt included horse riding, sheep shearing, pregnancy testing of cattle, bush survival skills, camping and mustering skills.
They would have learnt many leadership skills and the skills of working with cattle and sheep. With these skills they have become jackeroos and jillaroos.
Network Ten
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in Australia and BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
in the UK in 2008. The show consisted of 4 children from the UK ( 2 girls and 2 boys) and 4 children from Australia (2 girls and 2 boys). The show is set at the Agricultural Training College in Longreach, Queensland. The show is made up of 13 episodes and commenced on 22 September 2008 and ran every Monday for 13 weeks
Synopsis
The show consists of the children learning the skills to become jackarooJackaroo (trainee)
A Jackaroo is a young man working on a sheep or cattle station, to gain practical experience in the skills needed to become an owner, overseer, manager, etc. The word originated in Queensland, Australia in the Nineteenth Century and is still in use in Australia and New Zealand in the twenty-first...
s and jillaroos in an effort to be able to participate in a final muster of 200 head of cattle of hectares of land. The skills they learnt included horse riding, sheep shearing, pregnancy testing of cattle, bush survival skills, camping and mustering skills.
Episode guide
| Episode | Content | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaving home and arriving at Longreach. Having their riding tests. | 22 September 2008 |
| 2 | How to feed horses and clean stables. The basics of a flight zone. | 29 September 2008 |
| 3 | Bush survival skills and spending a night camping out. | 6 October 2008 |
| 4 | Mini muster, cattle sorting and pregnancy testing. | 13 October 2008 |
| 5 | At the sheep station. | 20 October 2008 |
| 6 | The Dunny race and girls vs. boys camping competition | 27 October 2008 |
| 7 | Longreach show ground prep, Cattle drafting challenge, surprise hospital trip. | 3 November 2008 |
| 8 | The hard labour of outback work- fence building, irrigation pipes, bail stacking and fire management. | 10 November 2008 |
They would have learnt many leadership skills and the skills of working with cattle and sheep. With these skills they have become jackeroos and jillaroos.