{"id":8652,"date":"2025-06-05T01:56:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bardonnews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/the-june-1-show\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:05:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T02:05:54","slug":"the-june-1-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bardonnews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/the-june-1-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The June 1 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><strong>Roofless but not hopeless in the outback: <\/strong>At the far-flung meeting point of NSW, Queensland and SA, a tiny roadhouse proved community spirit is alive and well. Mick, the proprietor of the Cameron Corner Store, recounted how a freak storm earlier in the week tore the iron roof clean off his pub. Rather than see their only watering hole shuttered, neighbors from stations 100 km around converged with tools, tarps and elbow grease. He laughed as he described serving ice-cold beers \u201cunder the biggest sky in Australia\u201d that evening, locals and travelers all raising a glass amid bits of flapping tin. By next day, they\u2019d patched the roof together out of salvaged iron and sheer determination. \u201cWe\u2019re a tiny dot on the map, but everyone pitched in,\u201d Mick said proudly. It was a portrait of bush camaraderie in crisis \u2013 equal parts hardship and heart \u2013 and by the sound of clinking glasses in the background, the Corner Store is back in business come rain, hail or shine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jE7moK80Odo?si=-O83732yHxaEJ0zd\" 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><strong>Digging up dinosaurs in Queensland: <\/strong>Out near Winton, QLD, an amateur paleontologist named Julie rang in positively bubbling with excitement from a fossil dig. She and a volunteer crew had just uncovered what they believe is a sizable sauropod bone, peeking from red earth that hasn\u2019t seen daylight in millions of years. \u201cIt\u2019s like unearthing a time capsule,\u201d she told Macca, describing the careful work of brushing away sandstone to reveal the fossil\u2019s honey-brown surface. The find \u2013 possibly a new species \u2013 is the talk of the town; locals have been stopping by the makeshift dig site to take a peek at Winton\u2019s latest prehistoric resident. Macca was enthralled, peppering Julie with questions about how big the creature might have been. She joked that the outback\u2019s ancient giants make her cattle back home \u201clook like toy dinosaurs.\u201d The call offered a sense of real-life Jurassic Park in cattle country \u2013 science and history entwined under the big Queensland sky, with Julie\u2019s grin practically audible as she invited Macca out west to see the discovery for himself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XWzWHE3dwKo?si=50ELSLYGdEqjdOYf\" 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><strong>Sweet start to the cane season: <\/strong>Further north in the cane country of Queensland, Gary \u2013 a fourth-generation grower in the Burdekin \u2013 gave a lively report on the first crush of the sugarcane harvest. At first light a few days ago, Gary fired up his harvester to begin cutting the season\u2019s inaugural paddock of tall, green cane. By mid-morning, the local mill\u2019s stacks were puffing out sweet-scented steam. \u201cYou can smell the molasses in town, Macca \u2013 sweetest smell on earth if you ask me,\u201d he chuckled. He painted a rich picture of the northern winter routine: cane trains trundling along narrow tracks, cane fires crackling at dusk (\u201cjust a quick burn to take the trash off before harvest\u201d) and everyone from truck drivers to mill workers gearing up for months of long shifts. A decent wet season earlier in the year means a bumper crop, and Gary\u2019s optimistic this could be their best harvest in over a decade. Macca could almost taste the sugar in the air as he congratulated Gary, reminiscing about past visits to cane country and the sight of \u201cflames dancing along the rows at night.\u201d It was a sensory slice of rural life that brought a dose of Queensland sunshine into the studio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nfMVIkcAHCk?si=sWRvlq4mmjWBxLGl\" 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><strong>Birds flock to a desert lake:<\/strong> From Marree, SA, charter pilot Trevor called in with an awe-inspiring update on Kati Thanda\u2013Lake Eyre, which months after rare rains is now a temporary oasis in the desert. \u201cIt\u2019s an inland sea out there, Macca \u2013 water as far as you can see,\u201d he said, describing the view from his Cessna. He\u2019s been flying sightseers over the lake\u2019s glimmering expanse and was elated to report thousands of waterbirds have made it their home. Huge flocks of pelicans in V-formation are cruising over mirror-like waters, and down below, the shoreline is peppered with black swans, gulls and even duck species rarely seen in the interior. Trevor recounted one sunset landing where he was greeted by the distant din of birds \u2013 a wild, joyous noise in a place that was cracked saltpan not long ago. The normally quiet outback pub at Marree is bustling with tourists who\u2019ve driven up for a glimpse of the phenomenon. \u201cLast time the lake filled, it was 2019 \u2013 we don\u2019t take this for granted,\u201d he noted. Macca marveled at nature\u2019s spectacle, reflecting on how a flood hundreds of kilometers away can bring life to the heart of the continent. Trevor\u2019s report gave everyone listening a mental postcard of shimmering waters and whirring wings in the middle of Australia\u2019s arid expanse \u2013 a reminder that even the driest regions can spring to life in the most dramatic way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UxUmij9imf4?si=_REd84J60aYs964a\" 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><strong>Hello from the Great Wall: <\/strong>Perhaps the most far-flung call of the morning came from near the Great Wall of China, where a Brisbane couple, Tracy and Dave, decided to start their Sunday with Macca. In a scratchy but enthusiastic line from a village outside Beijing, they explained they\u2019ve been overlanding through Asia in a trusty 4WD for the past four months \u2013 and never miss a show thanks to patchy hotel Wi-Fi and a bit of luck. \u201cWe\u2019ve got Australia All Over playing under the shadow of the Great Wall,\u201d Dave laughed, saying it was surreal to hear familiar accents while overlooking such an iconic scene. The pair had woken up before dawn to hike a quiet section of the wall, thermos of tea in hand, and couldn\u2019t resist phoning in to share the moment. Tracy described the sun rising over the wall\u2019s winding ridges and how, despite being thousands of kilometers from home, \u201cwe feel like we\u2019ve got a bit of Australia with us each Sunday.\u201d They\u2019ve been keeping a journal of friendly faces and curious questions encountered on their journey (including a Chinese truck driver who was astonished to hear an Aussie radio show playing in the background). Macca was tickled and declared it a highlight to have the Great Wall join the program\u2019s long list of outside broadcasts \u2013 if only by phone. Before signing off, the couple gave a hearty z\u00e0iji\u00e0n (goodbye) to Australia and promised to ring again from wherever the road takes them next. It was a delightfully all over moment that shrank the world for a few minutes, connecting listeners at home to two adventurers on the other side of the globe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sZxW2JUWozc?si=HaDlD6nOIPSiCNSk\" 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><strong>Pumpkins on a roll:<\/strong> A caller from Goomeri, QLD celebrated her town\u2019s famed Pumpkin Festival held last weekend. She painted a hilarious scene of dozens of bright orange pumpkins careening down Policeman\u2019s Hill in the annual pumpkin roll, with locals cheering like it was the Melbourne Cup. The whole town turned out in good humor \u2013 kids in pumpkin costumes, pumpkin scones in the CWA tent, and visitors from afar learning how to roll a squash with just the right flick of the wrist. It was country quirk at its finest, and even Macca could be heard grinning at the mental image of rogue pumpkins bouncing through the crowd.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pearls and whale sharks: <\/strong>Up in Broome, WA, a pearl diver shared an awe-struck account of an underwater visitor that stopped by during his morning dive. While checking oyster lines in the clear waters of Roebuck Bay, he suddenly found himself shadowed by a gentle giant \u2013 a whale shark gliding slowly past. \u201cBig as a bus and utterly beautiful,\u201d he said of the surprise encounter, noting it\u2019s early in the season for the world\u2019s largest fish to be in close to town. The diver swore even his oysters seemed impressed by their colossal company. He took it as a good omen for the pearling season and invited Macca (half-jokingly) up to Broome \u201cto help shuck a few\u201d if he fancied an adventure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Southern lights: <\/strong>From Bruny Island, TAS came news of the Aurora Australis putting on a midnight show earlier in the week. A stargazer phoned in to describe green and pink ribbons of light dancing on the southern horizon \u2013 so vivid that even long-time locals grabbed their coats to step outside and watch in wonder. \u201cIt was like the sky was waving the Aussie flag in neon,\u201d the caller laughed, noting that the aurora\u2019s magic made the chilly 2 a.m. air well worth braving. The celestial spectacle was brief but breathtaking, and Macca mused that one day he\u2019d love to see the \u201cSouthern Lights\u201d for himself, preferably with a warm thermos in hand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bush verse at dawn:<\/strong> The program closed on a poetic note thanks to a listener\u2019s bush poem faxed from the Snowy Mountains. In just a dozen plain-spoken lines, a retired stockman named Clarrie evoked the bite of a winter pre-dawn \u2013 frost on the paddocks, a billy boiling over a campfire, and the first rays of sun catching the gumtrees. 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