The project, titled ‘Hearts of Australia’, is a collaboration between former North West Star acting editor Andrea Crothers and rural wedding photographer Edwina Robertson. 

In this nationwide search the pair plans to gather 80 remarkable love stories, with 30 to be published in a coffee table book and the remainder to be blogged online.

Ms Crothers said the trip officially started almost a fortnight ago, hitting western and central Queensland first. 

“So far we’ve seen everything from cute chance meetings to deep family tragedy and everything in between,” Ms Crothers said.

“We knew rural Queensland was loaded with some cracking romances, but we’ve been blown away by the incredible stories everyone has to share.

“It’s been a real privilege for Edwina and I to hear them.”

The creative duo met with a number of couples in the North West at the weekend, including Mount Isa, McKinlay and Cloncurry. 

Ms Crothers said they sourced the couples after a call-out on their Facebook page, Hearts of Australia, drove hundreds of nominations.

Ms Robertson shot to fame when she donated $15,000 to rural mental health organisation Tie Up The Black Dog after a dusty wedding photo from Blackall went viral on social media.

She said this journey was as much about Australia’s diverse landscape as it is the people who live and work on it.

“To live in rural Australia is somewhat a feat of its own, but to fill pages with stunning landscapes, intimate moments and visual dreams coupled with extraordinary stories will be a feast for the eyes and the heart,” Ms Robertson said.

“This publication will be image-heavy with raw, bold, inspiring stories to match.”

The pair will be collecting stories until the end of March, and you can “dob in a mate” on their Facebook.