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The Storm Hack

Nathan Taylor

Published on: 14/08/2025

Shannon Jones and his crew—Zoe, Coops, and Billo—travel to a rural school near Lightning Ridge to fix what they thought was a simple printer issue, only to find the entire tech system fried by a lightning storm. With no spare parts available, Shannon uses his bush ingenuity to build a makeshift “Franken-router” from old solar inverter parts and salvaged equipment. Working together, the team restores the school’s internet, phones, and classroom tech just in time, leaving behind a fully functional system and a group of kids who now believe Shannon might just be a real-life tech wizard.

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Ghost Signal at Wombat Ridge

Jack Thompson

Published on: 08/08/2025

While investigating a mysterious radio signal from an abandoned outpost in Wombat Ridge, Shannon Jones, Zoe, Billo, and Coops discover a decades-old autonomous rover stuck in a looping surveillance routine. Using their tech skills, the team decodes the transmission, disables the feedback loop, and reprograms the rover to prevent further interference. With the "ghost signal" silenced and the ridge now watched over by a newly loyal robot, the crew wraps up another strange and successful outback mission.

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Operation Bush Signal

Jack Thompson

Published on: 31/07/2025

Shannon Jones and his mates Billo and Coops head to a remote ranger station in Cape York to fix a critical satellite system used to track crocodiles, joined this time by Zoe, a fearless network engineer from Darwin. With the trackers offline and tourist season ramping up, the team races to repair storm-damaged equipment. Zoe climbs the tower to patch cables while Shannon and the crew restore the server and reboot the system. Together, they bring the network back online just in time to prevent another close call. Zoe proves herself as a vital new member of the team, earning a spot on future outback missions.

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Heatwave Hijinks

Jack Thompson

Published on: 25/07/2025

In the sweltering heat of the Outback near Birdsville, Shannon Jones and his mates Billo and Coops were called in to rescue a cattle station’s communications system after the main server overheated and failed. With temperatures soaring past 45°C, Shannon improvised a cooling rig using an esky full of ice and a fan, rerouted solar power, and revived the fried server with some expert soldering and bush ingenuity. The station’s network roared back to life, restoring vital systems and earning the crew a well-deserved feast. Just another day of high-stakes tech heroics for Shannon Jones, the Outback’s go-to IT legend.

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