Eyre Peninsula reporter Brooke Neindorf reflects on being part of ABC Rural, now in its 75th year

My first assignment at university in 2007 involved pulling a piece of paper from a hat to decide what topic we would write our first story on.

I had my fingers crossed for sport, but pulled out RURAL.

What did that mean?

I was from the country, having grown up on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula — would I have to do a story about sheep?

Perhaps it was fate. I wrote a story about lupinosis — a disease in sheep that farmers often have to deal with — and today I’m part of ABC Rural.

It’s a terrific job with one of the ABC’s best teams.

Shepparton rural reporter Warwick Long summed…