Yet a farmer from New South Wales has developed a way of reviving tracts of the Austrlian landscape. Peter Andrews has turned eroded wasteland into fertile ground through natural farming techniques and sympathetic planting, but regulations set by the Australian government have long prevented others from following his lead. Things are starting to change however, as the Saudi government have invited Andrews to "green the Sahara desert" and, closer to home, the former Governor-General, Major General Michael Jeffery, has joined his campaign. Andrews's work is too important to overlook, Jeffery argues. If his ideas are allowed to spread, "he will have done one of the really, really great things for this country, and that's why I'm keen to help him along for heck or high water."

06:23 Soil erosion
06:25 Sheep and horses
08:04 Pothole erosion
11:02 Planting and diggers
11:24 Asutralian farmland
12:19 Archive stills of eroded land
12:31 Rehydrated land
18:20 Agricultural land on fire
20:01 Peter Andrews with horses
21:09 Horses galloping
21:53 Australian landscape
23:42 Creek
24:39 Ponies on farmland
25:40 Major General Michael Jeffery, former Governor-General of Australia
26:27 striking New South Wales landscape
27:18 Farmland