Eight children, from Australia and the UK, are taken to the Australian outback for a month where they will attend Australia's oldest agricultural college in Longreach, Queensland. The aim is to see how these kids will cope in the harsh outback away from modern technologies. Can they endure the physicality of the bush? By the end of the series, the Outback 8 kids will move 200 cattle across rugged terrain whilst on horseback (also known as a muster). In each episode the kids will acquire the skills and knowledge they need in order for the muster to be successful.