Across the vast distances of western New South Wales, where neighbours are measured in hours rather than minutes, the Broken Hill School of the Air has marked seventy years of remote education by publishing a cookbook — an act that quietly reveals how food has always done what geography makes difficult: bring people together. 'Dust Off and Dish Up' gathers recipes, bush remedies, and generational stories from outback families into a single volume, tracing the arc from transceiver radio lessons to video classrooms while honouring the deeper continuity of shared meals. It is a reminder that comm