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On today's show we'll meet a vet making tiny shoes for a special customer, and we'll kick a footy around with some persevering players. Then, we're off to Olkola country in Queensland, where ancient wisdom is meeting new technology, before stopping in to South Australia for a quick board game with some neurodiverse kids. After that, it's the story that made you go 'wow'.

Quiz Questions

1. 1.What was wrong with Birkenstock the Magpie?
2. 2.What sport do the Albany Sharks play?
3. 3.What special technology is helping elders visit Country without actually going there?
4. 4.What game is Jessica playing with her new friends?
5. 5.How did Claude the Koala get caught?

Bonus Tricky Question

What was the value of the plants that Claude the Koala ate?

Answers

1. 1.His foot was all curled up
2. 2.Aussie Rules Football
3. 3.Virtual Reality/ Augmented Reality
4. 4.Dungeons and Dragons
5. 5.He was too full to climb back up the pole

Bonus Tricky Answer

$6000

Episode 6 of Checkside Chats has landed, featuring an in-depth interview with Torrens University SA U18 ruckman Harry Barnett.

Rapidly rising up the Mock AFL Draft boards, the West Adelaide bigman reviews his promising performances at the NAB AFL National Championships.

Measuring in at 202cm, Barnett said he senses he is still growing as he studies the likes of Western Bulldogs giant Tim English in adding aspects to his own game.

After making his League debut for the Bloods in Round 14, Barnett is keen to line-up in the Hostplus League again this year but might need to edge out his great mate and fellow former Goodwood Saints junior Oscar Steene.

SANFL Coaching Development Coordinator Rian Nelson also jumps into the studio for a lengthy update in regards to all things coaching, including SANFL's focus on developing female coaches.

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Martin Flanagan is a much loved Australian sportswriter, known for his lyrical phrase and passion for stories that intertwine sport and culture. In 2018 he delivered a monologue in praise of Melbourne Football Club legends, and also ordinary supporter and officials. It is a majestic piece, 'Thinking about you, Ron Barassi' and it first aired during Preliminary Final week, 2018 on radio station SEN. It's the feature speech of this episode, as Martin discusses his torn allegiances for Grand Final day, having spent lengthy periods as an 'embedded' writer at both Footscray (Western Bulldogs) and Melbourne. He also talks about key figures in the piece, Jim Stynes, Robbie Flower, Liam Jurrah, Sean White, Nathan Jones, and of course Ron Barassi. Because Flanagan wrote a book on the 2016 Bulldogs, 'A Wink from the Universe', he also has stories about Marcus Bontempelli, Tom Liberatore, Bob Murphy and Easton Wood. It's a great grand final episode, covering the Western Bulldogs and the Demons. 

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