The region of Hay in south-western New South Wales is unique, comprising irrigated farmlands harvesting two crops a year to vast saltbush country where cattle and sheep graze. The Hay Plain is reputedly the second flattest location in Australia. The region has two major river systems, the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan intersecting at the small town of Oxley. Hay has a population of 3,000 residents and is a major route from Sydney to South Australia and from north-west Melbourne to the Outback. Faced with reduced water flows, the rivers, in particular the Lachlan, and the river gum forests are slowly dying. The following selection of images includes agricultural harvest and stubble burning, native seed collection, river issues and the farmers living on the flood plains, Hay town-folk and the vast Hay Plain.