Eight-year-old Phoebe lives in Attunga with her parents, 10-year-old brother, and their dog Jake. Phoebe contributes to the family chores, including feeding the chickens and collecting eggs and herding the sheep. Seven-year-old Joshua lives in Sydney with his mom, dad, five-year-old sister, and a menagerie of rabbits, fish, chickens and a parrot. We learn how Phoebe's family deals with the long Australian droughts by conserving water in efficiently inventive ways.

Originally released by Master Communications Group, 2009. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 19, 2014.

Phoebe --(2:49) -- Geography and Settlement -- (1:33) -- School Day and Farm Plans -- (2:57) -- Sheep Farming -- (3:02) -- On the Farm -- (5:05) -- Joshua -- (3:37) -- School and Family -- (5:25) -- Evening -- (3:34).