{"id":9111,"date":"2025-10-06T06:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T20:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bardonnews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/10\/06\/the-oct-5-show\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T09:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T23:43:11","slug":"the-oct-5-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bardonnews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/10\/06\/the-oct-5-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oct 5 Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> \u2018Australia All Over\u2019 is a program produced and broadcast by the ABC Local Radio Network and hosted by Ian McNamara. Brisbane Suburbs Online News has no affiliation with Ian McNamara, the ABC, or the \u2018Australia All Over\u2019 program. This weekly review is an independent summary based on publicly available podcast transcripts and episodes. All original content and recordings remain the property of the ABC. Our summaries are written in our own words and are intended for commentary and review purposes only. Readers can listen to the full episodes via the official ABC platforms.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brisbanesuburbsonlinenews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Macca-inner-graphic-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>From Perth to Hobart, the Oct 5 edition of Macca\u2019s program unfolded like a road map of Australia \u2014 conversations stitched together by travel, music, work and memory. It was a Sunday morning soundtrack of real voices: people doing what they do best, keeping the country quietly alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Queensland Divers Take the Leap in Perth<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>At East Perth, Gary and Anne from Mount Ommaney stood proudly by the pool, watching their grandson William compete in the national elite diving championships. Twenty young Queenslanders had made the trip, each dreaming of a place on the Olympic stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s calm, easy to get along with,\u201d Anne said. \u201cHe plans, works hard and never gives up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019d come a week early to wander up to Monkey Mia, taking in the Western sun before the competition began. \u201cWherever our children are, we go,\u201d Gary added. \u201cWe trip as far as we can, as much as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>William, barely in his teens, may well be one of those who rise with the 2032 Brisbane Games. For now, it was enough that three generations had crossed the continent together \u2014 the kind of quiet, hopeful journey that feels unmistakably Australian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zN03x72IGPg?si=j_K90yF8FQHjSjSb\" 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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Stoney on the Nullarbor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Out on the edge of the continent, Stoney keeps watch. Twenty years after Macca first met him at Eucla, he\u2019s still out there, running starling traps that stretch from the Nullarbor Roadhouse to the Eyre Bird Observatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve shot them, netted them, poisoned them,\u201d he said, matter-of-fact. \u201cMost are pushed back to the border now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He lives among weather-station workers and fishermen, where the wind whistles off the Great Australian Bight and cliffs rise 100 metres straight from the sea. He fishes from those heights, lowering lines into the swell below. \u201cBy the time you get one up the top,\u201d he said with a laugh, \u201cyou don\u2019t feel like throwing it back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a hard, beautiful life \u2014 the sort of self-contained existence only possible in places where the horizon is everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Spell of Lake Eyre<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>From Stoney\u2019s cliffs, the program turned inland to the shimmering emptiness of Lake Eyre. Macca read from Roma Dulhunty\u2019s <em>The Spell of Lake Eyre<\/em>, describing mesas and salt plains so stark they seemed carved from another planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/83fzJj5jLpA?si=npZbM7b0d-76vNDr\" 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>A small mob of wild camels moved through the mirage, their silhouettes black against gold light. Dulhunty called the place \u201cLittle Camel Canyon\u201d, a valley of stillness and sculpted stone. It was a reminder that even the loneliest parts of the map can feel alive when someone takes the time to look and write them down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Potatoes and the Price of Living<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Not far from Mount Gambier, truck driver John was loading 42 tonnes of stored potatoes for Melbourne. The B-double hummed as he called from the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey load you in thirty-five minutes \u2014 all bulk now,\u201d he said. Asked about varieties, he chuckled. \u201cSpuds are spuds to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s been carting them since February\u2019s harvest, the crop kept fresh in temperature-controlled sheds. But talk soon shifted from logistics to life. \u201cEggs have doubled in two years,\u201d he said. \u201cFood\u2019s never been this dear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both men remembered the backyard patches of earlier generations \u2014 the Pontiacs and Sebagos that came up in every second yard. Those gardens, they agreed, had a kind of quiet wealth no supermarket could replace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Songs from Newcastle: Bob Corbett<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Musician Bob Corbett called from Newcastle, his voice bright with gratitude. \u201cThanks for playing <em>Long Weekend<\/em>, Macca. You\u2019ve sent a lot of good people my way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s a working musician in the Hunter Valley, playing three gigs a week while raising kids. \u201cSpending time together, creating \u2014 that\u2019s the joy of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two reminisced about the old studio days \u2014 Slim Dusty recording at EMI, the Beatles in two-day sessions. \u201cYou don\u2019t book time in a big studio anymore,\u201d Bob said. \u201cWe all have our own now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his backyard studio, surrounded by guitars and the easy noise of family life, Corbett keeps writing songs that feel like travel postcards from an ordinary weekend in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bathurst\u2019s Cortina Nationals<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In Bathurst, the main street gleamed with vintage paintwork. Paul Geeran had trailered his classic Cortina all the way from Alice Springs for the <strong>Cortina Nationals<\/strong>, marking sixty years since the GT500\u2019s famous Mount Panorama win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone was on the track yesterday \u2014 nose to tail all the way round,\u201d he said, still sounding amazed. Cars from every state, and even Tasmania, had filled the paddock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul\u2019s been in the Alice since 1983. \u201cPeople think it\u2019s all trouble,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we love living there.\u201d The festival of engines and memory, under a crisp Bathurst sky, carried that same sentiment \u2014 a love of place that runs on petrol, polish and pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>All Over News: Roads, Wheat and Bread<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The <em>All Over News<\/em> segment crossed from red dirt to grain fields. There\u2019s a plan to bitumenise the road from Laverton (WA) through Alice Springs to Winton (Qld) \u2014 the Outback Way. Advocates say it\u2019ll open a diagonal freight link across the nation; locals fear it could change their remote rhythm forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N0D73NKhhO4?si=RxJ8leOs03HaRMut\" 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>Macca then turned to the story of <strong>Gabo wheat<\/strong>, bred from Gaza and Bobbin strains. \u201cTo see my father in a field of wheat was to see a man at prayer,\u201d poet Max Fetchin once wrote \u2014 and that line hung in the air like dust at harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Perth Royal Show, baker <strong>Lachie Bisse<\/strong> of <em>Big Loaf Bakery<\/em> in O\u2019Connor explained the secrets of good bread. \u201cAged flour absorbs more moisture,\u201d he said. \u201cYou get a softer loaf and a better rise.\u201d For Bisse, the dawn starts and warm ovens are a kind of calling: feeding the city one loaf at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rq1i4Fkn5Dc?si=NP5xTLKrixai4njC\" 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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Outback Airwaves: Martin Corbin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>At the airport, Macca ran into <strong>Martin Corbin<\/strong>, a former ABC producer now working with <strong>NG Media<\/strong> across the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCommunity radio is hearing your culture brought back to you,\u201d Corbin said. From Wingellina to Warburton, he helps remote broadcasters produce local music and health messages in language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He spoke too of the Outback Way. \u201cIt\u2019ll make travel safer,\u201d he said, \u201cbut it\u2019ll also change things \u2014 more tourists, more traffic. We\u2019ve got to keep the balance right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His own commute \u2014 Uluru to Wingellina, four hours on a desert track \u2014 shows what connection really means out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RZ-I21s-XZQ?si=9VG5liqUEKUBNB3h\" 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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deniliquin Ute Muster: Country Pride<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Paul from Deniliquin was still buzzing from the <strong>Deni Ute Muster<\/strong>, two days of country music and engines under a Riverina sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great for the town,\u201d he said. \u201cThey do it tough, but this brings everyone together.\u201d Families and farmers filled the grounds to see <em>The Wiggles<\/em>, Zac Brown Band, John Williamson and Troy Cassar-Daley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitors had come from across Australia \u2014 and even from Wales \u2014 proving how far small-town festivals can reach when music and mateship do the marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i4zCVTi_WPM?si=hmQoQBEYtlcBvukj\" 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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ian McDougall and the Music of Snow<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>From Goulburn, songwriter <strong>Ian McDougall<\/strong> phoned in. He\u2019s fronted Canberra\u2019s <strong>Acme Jigs and Reels Company<\/strong> for decades and still skis whenever he can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe snow here\u2019s heavier,\u201d he said, comparing Australia\u2019s drifts with the fine powder of Colorado and Niseko. His stories of Kiandra and the Snowy Scheme mixed history and affection \u2014 the sound of someone who\u2019s spent a lifetime listening closely to both weather and song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Strings and Feathers: Ian Simpson in Perth<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In Perth, banjo master <strong>Ian Simpson<\/strong> picked through the difference between Merle Travis\u2019s thumb-picking and Chet Atkins\u2019s alternating bass. Then came the tune that started it all \u2014 <em>The Wreck of the Old 97<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He remembered the 1970s, playing three pub shows a Saturday. \u201cYou just kept going,\u201d he said. \u201cNow it\u2019s quieter \u2014 but the rhythm\u2019s still the glue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At home in Armadale, Simpson tends fruit trees and a flock of chooks \u2014 recently joined by a stray guinea fowl that simply moved in. \u201cLooks like it\u2019s staying,\u201d he laughed. Music, like birds, finds its own roost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9neLG3zZwiw?si=qToN0VSRU3xElZ1q\" 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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Speed Cubing in Brisbane<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>At Eight Mile Plains, Glenn from Bunbury watched his 14-year-old son Declan compete in the <strong>National Speed Cubing Championships<\/strong> \u2014 a world of flashing hands and memorised moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s in the blindfold finals,\u201d Glenn said proudly. \u201cI can\u2019t do it myself.\u201d The two planned a week in a campervan afterwards, exploring Queensland\u2019s hinterland \u2014 father and son solving life\u2019s puzzles one stop at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7-hmBsE1pvA?si=vCo8_fRuHhyd7wEc\" 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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Inline Hockey in Hobart<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Down south, Graham from Hobart reported from the <strong>National Inline Hockey Championships<\/strong> at MyState Arena. \u201cIt\u2019s ice hockey on rollerblades,\u201d he explained. With the city\u2019s rink long gone, players turned to synthetic courts. Twelve age divisions, a thousand competitors \u2014 proof that Tasmania\u2019s sporting heartbeat still thumps loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uDe9GCQM7Cc?si=cNUllNwcEV2_nPHz\" 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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Road Rolls On<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>When Macca signed off \u2014 <em>\u201cIf you see me on the road, stop and say g\u2019day\u201d<\/em> \u2014 listeners had already been there: at the diving pool, the bakery, the desert airstrip and the ute paddock. The Oct 5 Show was Australia in real time \u2014 voices, distances and dreams stitched together by a signal strong enough to cross them all.<\/p>\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> \u2018Australia All Over\u2019 is a program produced and broadcast by the ABC Local Radio Network and hosted by Ian McNamara. Brisbane Suburbs Online News has no affiliation with Ian McNamara, the ABC, or the \u2018Australia All Over\u2019 program. This weekly review is an independent summary based on publicly available podcast transcripts and episodes. All original content and recordings remain the property of the ABC. Our summaries are written in our own words and are intended for commentary and review purposes only. 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