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Australia's weather bureau is facing heat over a lack of warnings ahead of Queensland's once in a century floods.  

Cairns has been cut off by floodwaters, towns have been evacuated after being stranded for days, and emergency services there are becoming overwhelmed.  

Australian correspondent Murray Olds told Tim Dower that it's been like a mini-Dunkirk with locals stepping up to assist.  

He says the Government's defending forecasters and why they failed to pick up how much of an impact Cyclone Jasper was going to have. 

Murray Olds says this is cold comfort to those neck deep in water with a crocodile just over the back fence. 

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Doctor Michael Mrozinski, an NHS-trained emergency services doctor, emigrated from Scotland to Australia in 2016 on a sponsorship visa after suffering from burnout.

The TikTok famous medic who moved from Glasgow to Melbourne shares his experiences down under with his  400,000 followers.

Dr Michael, who also has a huge following on Instagram, talks about the differences he has experienced between working in the UK and Australia.

If you're a fellow healthcare professional, an aspiring expat, or simply curious about the opportunities Australia has to offer, you may find it interesting to listen to this episode.

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1953 was one of the truly revolutionary years for the Queensland Railways, with the introduction of air conditioned trains on our long distance services in Queensland. The Sunlander commenced service on the 4th June 1953. This new air conditioned train was hauled by a diesel locomotive and by eliminating steam locomotive servicing stops, the transit time from Brisbane to Cairns was reduced from 45 to 41¼ hours.

In this episode we’ll chat about how these air conditioned trains and their steel bodies coaches, with showers, hot and cold running water and special dining cars revolutionised travel for many people regionally, allowing passengers to keep their cool during Queensland’s summers. We'll discuss where the 'Lander' name for our travel trains originated from and also the marketing campaigns the Railways used to promote these luxury tourist services.

We’ll also chat with special guest, Jen Cahill, and hear about how her career has progressed into becoming a regional train driver. We chat about her time at Queensland Rail, and hear what it's like driving the Kuranda Scenic Railway and the Spirit of Queensland between Townsville and Cairns.

We've also pulled together a collection of images that Greg and Annette discuss, you can find these here.

If you have any questions about our rail history, please email Greg – he’d love to hear from you! - history@qr.com.au  
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Take a 30-minute long-haul holiday and visit Queensland, Australia in this episode of Charitable Travel's TIPs! Join us as we speak to Kate Duffy of Tourism and Events Queensland, and Johnny Gaskell a marine biologist and master reef guide, for an insider's guide to this tropical region and all it has to offer. 

While Queensland is home to some inspirational cities such as Brisbane and Cairns it also has a staggering 4,000 miles of coastline, off which lies its most famous landmark, the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef.

To the south of the state, you'll find the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast where surfers flock to the sandy beaches. Travel further north and you'll cross the tropic of Capricorn before reaching the Daintree rainforest, the oldest living rainforest in the world. While that glorious coastline has a habit of dominating things, venture inland and you'll find ancient landscapes, remote, gorgeous, and national parks teaming with wildlife.

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On this episode of Above The Horizontal, we tackle
 - Was last year a fluke?
 - Was letting go of The Hammer the right move?
- Life At The Outpost by the Skatt Bros....good tune?
 
 

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Bo Nicholson (@Bo_pioneer)
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Daniel Friend (@27Frendy)
 Kieran Gibson
 Kris Wareing
 
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In our second episode, we speak with celebrated Torres Strait Islander artist and curator Brian Robinson. 

This conversation explores some of the major milestones in Brian's career including creating an Australian landmark, designing 'The Parade Track' for the Commonwealth Games in 2018, and his development of a printmaking style that combines traditional cultural motifs and pop culture characters. 

To view Brian's works of art in Newcastle Art Gallery's collection, visit www.nag.org.au/podcast

Conversations from the Collection is a Newcastle Art Gallery podcast. Find new episodes weekly until Wednesday 8 February 2023. 

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Hosted & Produced by Zana Kobayashi 
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In this episode, Danae speaks with John Hayward and Rhiannon Saunders from WGC Lawyers to talk about what happens when your business comes under attack in the public arena and what you can do about it.

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In this final episode of Season 4, I am joined by Adrian Walsh! We discuss the psychological drive we all have as birders, birding on the Cairns Esplanade, comparing UK and Australian birding, and we ponder at length the camera vs. binoculars question. We also go very in-depth on what makes a good birder, Adrian's discovery of the Nordmann's Greenshank (and more recently, the Ruff at Dunne Rd Swamp), and balancing birding time with work & family. Thank you Adrian!

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In previous podcasts I've spoken about some of the planning I get involved with prior to going on a trip. That hasn't always been the case and 25 years ago I decided to go to another country pretty much on impulse after reading an airline magazine article.
This short podcast touches on my experiences going to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea to do a little scuba diving on some old WWII aircraft wrecks.

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Supply, pandemic and climate change will hit your hip pocket for local coffee prices soon, Newcastle's cocaine mystery death sees an arrest in Cairns and how the Hunter has dug deep for flood victims in Lismore.

In the 2nd half of our two-part special, we’re going to cover the completion of the Kuranda Scenic Railway (KSR). If you haven’t listened to part 1 yet, please make sure you start there first. We’ll explore some of its famous landmarks that can be seen along the journey. We’ll discover what happened to the line when war broke out and why it’s still such a popular tourist destination in Far North Queensland today. 

We’ll chat with our Driver in Charge of the Cairns region, with over 25 years of experience driving on the Kuranda range and a Business Associate from our Travel & Tourism team, who began her career at Queensland Rail working as a service attendant onboard the KSR.

Construction of the Cairns to Kuranda Railway was an engineering feat of tremendous magnitude. This enthralling chapter in the history of North Queensland stands as testimony to the splendid ambitions, fortitude and suffering of the hundreds of men engaged in its construction. It also stands as a monument to the many men who lost their lives on this amazing project.

Rising from sea level to 327m, the journey to Kuranda passes through flat farm fields outside of Cairns, heading up through a dense world heritage listed rainforest, winding through man-made tunnels, over the Barron Gorge, and over towering bridges, passing spectacular waterfalls along the way. 

This year also marks the 130th anniversary since the Kuranda Scenic Railway was opened. 

To book a ticket onboard the KSR, please visit: www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au

If you have any questions about our rail history, please message us on the Queensland Rail Instagram or Facebook accounts.

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After a long hiatus due to the COVID lockdown, we are finally back in the shed and we couldn't think of a better guest to do it alongside than Anton 'The Barefoot Dutchman' Nootenboom.   

After 10 years in the Dutch military and 3 tours to Afghanistan - Anton came face to face with his own mental health challenge.  As a result of his own journey and that of many of his peers, the idea of the 'The Barefoot Dutchman' was born.  Since then Anton has gone on to become the first person to reach Mt Everest Basecamp 'barefoot' and is now four and half months into his barefoot walk from Cairns to Sydney (approx 2900km) to raise much needed money and awareness for Men's Mental Health and in doing so break numerous Guinness World Records along the way.   Woody and Barnesy joined Anton for a tiny portion of his walk and it is fair to say they have been hobbling ever since (think stepping on lego but doing it every stop for 3000km's and you get a small feeling of the pain Anton's feet have endured). 

To donate to his cause or simply find out more about his journey please go to:
https://www.thebarefootdutchman.com/
https://www.gotcha4life.org/
https://www.tomorrowman.com.au/the-team

As always we would like to thank the people who support us:

The Station Grocer Lennox Head - Your 'one stop shop' for all things fuel, food, coffee and Ball & All Merchandise in Lennox Head and the Northern Rivers.  Get down and see Matty, Joel and the team and who knows, if Woody has his way they may be selling small reptiles and Army tanks very soon.

Lennox Pizza and Pasta - The best pizza this side of Naples and a huge supporter of the podcast - call in and see Mez and the team when next in Lennox Head or get online and check them out at https://lennoxheadpizzaandpasta.com.au/

Elders Lennox Head & Bangalow - with the real estate market really struggling in small map dot locations like Lennox Head and Bangalow, Elders thought it was time they got their name out there on the world stage - that is why they market themselves on the internet at https://www.elderslennoxhead.com.au/. https://bangalow.eldersrealestate.com.au/

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Libby Sterling is a dive pro who specialises in teaching solo training for divers wishing to be self-sufficient.  She's a dab hand with a camera and doesn't mind sharing her knowledge with those who ask. You'll regularly find  Libby on one of the many boats operating out of Cairns, Australia and as a member of the Nautilus dive club, she's also won a couple of tasty awards for her camerawork too.

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Nautilus dive club: https://www.nautilus-scuba.net/

Links to local Cairns operators  Libby dives with:

Passions Of Paradise: Passions of Paradise - Great Barrier Reef Tours Cairns

Deep Sea Divers Den:  Great Barrier Reef - Dive & Snorkel Tours | Divers Den

Frankland Island Tours:  Frankland Islands Reef Cruises | Cairns Day Tours | Island Day Trips

Mike Ball Dive Expeditions:  Cairns Liveaboard Scuba Diving - Great Barrier Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea. (mikeball.com)

we hope you enjoy the episode and as usual, you will find Libby on the Scuba Goat Network on Facebook should you have any questions for her.  Click to join and answer the 3 questions, that's it. 

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DR. CURTISS HOFFMAN, author of "Stone Prayers: Native American Stone Constructions of the Eastern Seaboard," and STEVE DiMARZO, a specialist in New England's antiquities, join us to discuss the diversity of stone monuments from Georgia to southern Canada, with a special emphasis on New England. We know there were cairns, platforms , balanced rocks; but what were their functions? What role did their positioning near streams play? They also examine their constructions at different elevations. But more importantly, who were the engineers? Let's get to know them.

A ground-breaking study of ceremonial stone landscapes in Northeast America and their relationship to other sites around the world 

• Features a comprehensive field guide to hundreds of megalithic stone structures in northeastern America, including cairns, perched boulders, and effigies 

• Details the Wall of Manitou, the Hammonasset Line, landscape astronomy along the Hudson River, and a several-acre area in Woodstock, NY, with large, carefully constructed lithic formations 

• Analyzes the archaeoastronomy, archaeoacoustics, and symbolism of these sites to reveal their relationships to other ceremonial stone sites across America and the world 

Presenting a comprehensive field guide to hundreds of lost, forgotten, and misidentified megalithic stone structures in northeastern America, Glenn Kreisberg documents many enigmatic formations still standing across the Catskill Mountain and Hudson Valley region, complete with functioning solstice and equinox alignments. 

Glenn Kreisberg is a radio frequency engineer, writer, researcher, licensed outdoor guide, and the former editor of the Author of the Month page at GrahamHancock.com. The editor of Lost Knowledge of the Ancients and Mysteries of the Ancient Past, he is the co-founder of the Overlook Mountain Center in Woodstock, New York.

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