#westernaustralia
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Perth isn’t that old is it? And our regional communities aren’t any older? While our Aboriginal culture is tens of thousands of years old, our oldest buildings are less than two hundred years old. But that doesn’t stop many of them from sending a shiver up or down our spine and feeling that spirits from…
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Perth! What’s your favourite street and how do you like to travel? Enjoy listening to the audio from ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast that included a very special guest, Perth’s famous traffic reporter, Bernie D! One of the ways we really get on a roll is when we talk about a topic that includes a roadtrip. …
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When we started Hidden Treasures on ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast in 2021, it was intended that I would speak every couple of weeks. After a few months of fortnightly discussions, I was asked to come in every week. Well, we’ve reached a milestone. This is our 50th episode of Hidden Treasures. To mark this achievement…
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It was Ro’s idea that we do a Hidden Treasure show about travelling for a special occasion or milestone. She had just returned from yet another trip to the Kimberley, this time for the birthday of a favourite aunty. On Hidden Treasures we often find ourselves focused, or more accurately – distracted – by the…
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Ro indulged me recently in a show about hometowns. I was allowed to talk about Narrogin in great detail and we only heard a little bit about Ro’s hometowns. So, I set out on a secret roadtrip to visit one of her hometowns and then turn it into a Hidden Treasures story. What is it…
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I’ve always loved a lake. From Dad’s stories of the Bluebird on Lake Dumbleyung, to watching my kids leap into the sunset at the not so pink lake in Esperance, they are a great reason to travel close to home or further afield. Enjoy reading the story above or even better, grab your own hardcopy…
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We’re all from somewhere. Some of us are from towns and suburbs, some of us might be from remote pastoral properties or communities. Wherever you’re from do you still live there? If you’ve moved away from where you grew up do you ever go back? Why do you go back? Why do you think people…
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When Hidden Treasures started over a year ago, the idea was to explore suburbs and find ways to do more than just drive past them or through them. This year we’ve enjoyed expanding the program to explore topics like our lakes, movie location sites and rites of passage. Now we’re getting back to our roots. …
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As we grow up and find our way in our street, in our town and our state, there are experiences we have that aren’t connected to bucket lists or wish lists. They might be things that our parents have done and now think we’re old enough for, or places they took you to that you…
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Whether they’ve got water in them or are just a salty plain, lakes are opportunities not just for our wildlife but for all of us. They’ve been used for land and water speed records and they’ve been used for sculptures. You’ll find lakes where you can sit and watch birdlife, you’ll find lakes you can…
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