{"id":8608,"date":"2025-05-30T01:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bardonnews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/the-may-25-show\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T01:43:29","slug":"the-may-25-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bardonnews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/the-may-25-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The May 25 Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brisbanesuburbsonlinenews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ian-McNamara-2.webp\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One of the first calls came from flood-weary Kempsey on the NSW mid-north coast, where heavy rain last week sent the Macleay River over its levee. A local caf\u00e9 owner described the town\u2019s sodden CBD on Friday: waist-deep water in the streets, supermarket shutters down, and volunteers ferrying elderly residents to higher ground by tinny. By Saturday afternoon the power was finally back on \u2013 and she flung open her doors immediately. \u201cNo one else was open and people were hungry,\u201d she laughed, recounting how she served coffee by gas burner and meat pies by candlelight to a crowd of mud-splattered locals. Despite the damage (muddy floors, waterlogged fridges), her voice brimmed with optimism. \u201cWe\u2019re a tough little town \u2013 we\u2019ll mop up and get on with it,\u201d she insisted, thanking the SES and \u201cmud army\u201d of neighbors who turned up with mops and muffins. It was a portrait of community spirit in crisis, painted in equal parts hardship and heart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9U_Mnw9KWec?si=lKSqvCVjL1Atsglm\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In a completely different scene, a call from the Sydney Writers\u2019 Festival captured a cultural high. Ange \u2013 a first-time caller and an aspiring novelist \u2013 phoned in from a buzzing Wharf Theatre at Walsh Bay. She had just stepped off stage from a dawn poetry reading and was still riding the excitement. \u201cIt\u2019s like a rock concert for book lovers,\u201d she said of the festival, describing crowds huddled under umbrellas between venues (a drizzly Sydney morning didn\u2019t dampen anyone\u2019s enthusiasm). The theme this year was \u201cIn This Together,\u201d and Ange noted how fitting it felt: bestselling authors, local poets, and readers shoulder-to-shoulder, swapping stories in the rain. She recounted a magical Festival moment the night before \u2013 an open-air yarning circle led by First Nations storytellers, flames crackling in a fire pit as ancient and new tales intertwined. Macca chuckled that she was \u201cbroadcasting from literary ground zero,\u201d and Ange admitted she\u2019d grown up listening to the show from country NSW. Her call offered a joyful glimpse into Australia\u2019s literary heart, bridging city and bush through shared love of story.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DzFPxl1QZDA?si=zIi9jZC1wkn5Zdnj\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Heading west, a grain grower in Western Australia\u2019s wheatbelt phoned in from a tractor cab, giving a stark paddock update. He was dry-sowing wheat into parched red soil on a farm near Mingenew, north of Perth. After a promising early April drizzle, not a drop had fallen in weeks. \u201cWe\u2019re planting on a promise and a prayer,\u201d he said wryly, running 12-metre bars through powdery topsoil. He\u2019s putting in 80 kilograms of seed per hectare with minimal fertiliser \u2013 \u201cno point in wasting the good stuff if the rain won\u2019t come,\u201d he noted. Some neighbours have held off planting altogether, but his attitude was pragmatic. By his calculation, if a decent front doesn\u2019t sweep through by mid-June, the canola and wheat won\u2019t sprout at all. \u201cWe\u2019ll know by the winter solstice who bet right and who bet wrong,\u201d he told Macca, his tone equal parts concern and dry humour. The image of WA\u2019s broadacre farmers gambling on weather \u2013 silos empty, fields seeded in hope \u2013 spoke to the quiet tension of the season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1JiHLSF7xRA?si=Yw8P-tBkyGiuxMSO\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From south-western Queensland, a much more dire tale of weather came through. A cattlewoman near Charleville shared that her family station hasn\u2019t seen proper rain since January. Now early winter, the Mitchell grass plains have crisped to brown stubble and the waterholes are nearly dust. Each morning she\u2019s out in a paddock of gidgee trees, chainsaw in hand \u2013 \u201ccutting mulga branches for the hungry stock,\u201d she explained \u2013 a backbreaking ritual to provide fodder when the grass is gone. She\u2019s also trucking in cottonseed and hay bales from the coast at exorbitant cost. Calves are being weaned early and weaker cattle sold off because there\u2019s simply nothing left to eat. \u201cYou either destock or watch them starve \u2013 that\u2019s the choice,\u201d she said matter-of-factly. Her voice carried fatigue but also resolve. After surviving the 2019 drought, she\u2019s learned to plan for the worst; their station\u2019s dam is now just a cracked bowl of clay, and they\u2019ve begun drilling a new bore deeper into the Great Artesian Basin in hopes of tapping drinkable water. Macca listened in sympathetic silence as she described the red haze of dust that often closes in by dusk. Still, she ended on a determined note: \u201cThis isn\u2019t our first dry rodeo. The season will turn \u2013 and when it does, we\u2019ll still be here.\u201d It was a sobering reminder of the drought\u2019s human toll, straight from the heart of cattle country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c-y_qrzWEcg?si=S5Jf_X5hD1svuo5D\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From the Northern Territory came a brighter update \u2013 the annual migration northward is in full swing, not of animals but of grey nomads. The manager of the iconic Daly Waters Pub, off the Stuart Highway, called in to report that their caravan park is \u201coverflowing with southerners in shorts and sunnies.\u201d He\u2019s seeing one of the biggest early-season turnouts in years: dozens of caravans and campervans rolling in each day now that the dry season\u2019s begun up Top End. \u201cIt\u2019s only May, but you\u2019d think it was July up here,\u201d he laughed, describing the cheerful chaos of happy hour the night before. The pub\u2019s nightly \u201cBeef \u2018n\u2019 Barra\u201d barbecue was sold out by 5pm as travellers packed the beer garden to swap road stories. The caller reckoned many retirees hit the road extra early this year, keen to escape chilly southern weather or just itching for adventure after a few quieter years. He told a charming story of one couple from Geelong who showed up with an eight-month-old kelpie pup and a homemade map of Australia they\u2019re filling in with marker as they go \u2013 Daly Waters was a big red star on that map. Macca could hear the buzz of evening country music in the background as the publican quipped, \u201cMate, the birds are back on the wire \u2013 you can tell the season\u2019s turned when every site\u2019s filled with a caravan and a clothesline.\u201d The influx of nomads means a boost for outback roadhouses like his, and his pride in offering a warm welcome up north was evident.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PFWjuibbhsY?si=1q6J-8W1T6PGWhUM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meanwhile, an utterly remote form of connection was highlighted by a call from Alice Springs. An amateur radio operator named Steve described how he runs a nightly HF radio \u201csked\u201d (schedule) for folks in the bush who live beyond phone reception. Every evening at 7 o\u2019clock sharp, Steve\u2019s voice crackles out across the continent on the shortwave band, and stations from lonely cattle properties and remote national park outposts call in to check on each other. He\u2019s been volunteering as a net controller for years, linking far-flung Australians through the radio waves. \u201cWhen you\u2019re 500 kilometres from the nearest town, a friendly voice means the world,\u201d he told Macca. He shared an example from last week: a young governess on a Kimberley station was feeling isolated until she hopped on the nightly sked and found camaraderie with strangers-turned-friends across the Outback. Steve chuckled that sometimes the biggest challenge is the wildlife \u2013 \u201cI\u2019ve had dingoes howl back at my signal and geckos crawl into the radio shack, but we always manage to make our roll call,\u201d he said. His story was a nod to the old-school bush communications that still thrive in the digital age \u2013 a blend of nostalgia and practicality that clearly struck a chord with listeners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GaCEv6rDlKc?si=xnZcxIRGFHTIIa1m\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A particularly special phone connection came from far, far overseas \u2013 Antarctica, in fact. In what felt like a live cross to another planet, Macca spoke with an expeditioner calling from Casey Station, where it was still pre-dawn and bitterly cold. The caller, a weather technician from Brisbane on a year-long posting, painted a vivid picture of life at 66 degrees south of the equator. \u201cThe sun set in early May and won\u2019t be back for weeks,\u201d she said, describing how the 19 crew members are coping with continual darkness and temperatures down to \u201320\u00b0C. Her team had just celebrated \u201cMidwinter Day\u201d a bit early with a plunge into the icy ocean (each person dunked into a hole cut in the sea ice, attached to a safety line while colleagues stood by with hot toddies and towels). She laughed recounting the shrieks as \u201ceven the penguins looked startled by the crazy Aussies.\u201d Despite the harsh conditions, morale at Casey was high \u2013 they\u2019ve been holding regular trivia nights, brewing their own beer, and even tuning in to Macca\u2019s show on Sundays (albeit via patchy internet) as a taste of home. She described stepping outside at noon under aurora-lit skies, the Milky Way swirling overhead in green and purple curtains \u2013 a sight few of us will ever witness. Before signing off, she wished her mum a happy birthday back in Australia. The line from Antarctica was crystal clear, and for a few minutes, the entire country was connected to a tiny outpost on the frozen ocean\u2019s edge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UplxNNqnDUs?si=soK7GFa6UAcoYchp\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>Other calls included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Two young blokes undertaking a quirky tractor trek for charity. They rang in from a roadside camp on the Nullarbor Plain, having departed Perth on vintage 1950s tractors en route to Sydney. Topping out at 20 km\/h, they\u2019re raising money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and \u201craising eyebrows on the highway\u201d as one joked. \u201cWe get a toot from every road train,\u201d he said. At night they\u2019re camping under the stars beside their rumbling old machines. By the time they reach Sydney (weeks behind schedule, no doubt), they hope to have proved that \u201cslow and steady can do a world of good.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A listener\u2019s email gem shed light on an Aussie icon: the word \u201cAkubra,\u201d as in the famous hat, comes from an Aboriginal word believed to mean \u201chead covering.\u201d Macca was tickled by this trivia \u2013 \u201cI never knew that!\u201d he exclaimed \u2013 noting how a piece of Indigenous language lives on atop many a sunburnt face. (Linguists debate the exact origin, the emailer admitted, but it\u2019s a good yarn regardless.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An excited whale-watcher from Eden, NSW reported the first humpback whales of the season heading north. She spotted two big spouts off Twofold Bay at dawn on Saturday \u2013 an early start to the annual migration. \u201cThey\u2019re on their way to Queensland, and we\u2019re the welcoming committee down here,\u201d she laughed. The sight of those tail flukes had the volunteers at Eden\u2019s lookout ecstatic; the caller joked they nearly spilled their thermos tea as the whales breached. It was a sure sign that winter\u2019s on the doorstep and the humpbacks are highway-bound for warmer waters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A bush poetry moment came when a retired stockman from Longreach faxed in a short poem that Macca read on air. In just a dozen plain-spoken lines, the poem reminisced about \u201cthe smell of wattle after rain\u201d and \u201ccampfire embers at midnight,\u201d bringing a reflective hush over the airwaves. It was a humble, heartfelt piece that celebrated resilience through hard times \u2013 a fitting epilogue to a morning of shared stories from all over.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the podcast episode <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/listen\/programs\/australiaallover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer: <\/strong>Brisbane Suburbs Online News has no affiliation with Ian McNamara or the &#8220;Australia All Over Show.&#8221; This weekly review is an attempt to share the wonderful stories that Ian broadcasts each week and add value to what is a smorgasbord of great insights.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other calls included: Listen to the podcast episode here. 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