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Some Sundays start with a smile you didn\u2019t expect. A man from Sydney cheerfully admitting he rang Santa twice last year \u2014 just to make sure the number still worked. A 68-year-old who pushed himself through storms and thin air to reach Everest Base Camp, sounding almost surprised at his own courage. And a woman from Victor Harbour who helps feed thousands every month, offering warmth and strawberries in equal measure. Before the morning settled into its rhythm, you could already feel how these voices \u2014 hopeful, generous, quietly proud \u2014 were shaping the kind of Sunday that stays with you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katerina and the Sugar Gliders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Katerina from Shellharbour had just come out of the bush after a 4.30am start. She\u2019d been checking Elliott traps in the Illawarra lowland grassy woodlands, baited with rolled oats, peanut butter and honey. \u201cWe have to become nocturnal too,\u201d she said, because every glider must be processed and released before sunrise.

Her team takes tiny ear clippings for genetics, brushes pollen from soft fur to track feeding trees, and studies how habitat fragmentation shapes their movements. \u201cThey\u2019re still common,\u201d she said, \u201cbut the more broken the landscape, the worse it is for them.\u201d You could almost hear the early-morning damp still clinging to her boots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jo and the Storm Near the Sunshine Coast Airport<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jo woke to a yard soaked by a night of \u201cdriving rain.\u201d She tipped 80 millimetres from her gauge, one she\u2019s been checking since her farming days. Nearby suburbs had burnt meter boxes and outages from the electrical storm.

Her voice had the calm of someone used to standing outside at first light, tapping the gauge and taking note of what the night decided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greg Waiting Out the Weather in Port Victoria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Greg from Port Victoria sounded like a man who has spent a lot of time looking upward lately. Lentils were ready, wheat still a few weeks off, and showers kept interfering. \u201cWe won\u2019t be today,\u201d he said.

But his mood lifted when he described Port Victoria\u2019s upcoming 150th celebration in March 2026. Two tall ships \u2014 the One and All and the S\u00f8ren Larsen \u2014 will visit for cruises and heritage displays. He spoke with easy hometown pride, as if the whole town was standing a little taller already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill and the European Wasps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bill from Blackburn remembered watching European wasps sting empregum caterpillars when he was a boy. \u201cHaven\u2019t seen them since the 1960s,\u201d he said.

He told the story of tackling a nest with a torch wrapped in red cellophane so the wasps couldn\u2019t see the light. \u201cBuzzing for a while\u2026 and then silence.\u201d A neat little snapshot of backyard problem-solving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mario and the Santa Line<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mario called with the joyful energy of someone who genuinely loves Christmas. \u201cHash 464646,\u201d he said immediately \u2014 the number kids can dial from any public phone box to call Santa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He confessed, laughing, \u201cI rang twice last year myself.\u201d The first time was to check it still worked. The second time, he said, was \u201cjust for fun.\u201d He described the surprise of hearing Santa\u2019s voice burst through the receiver in a phone booth on a Sydney street, catching him off guard like he was eight years old again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mario also spoke about Sydney\u2019s Gadigal Station being named the world\u2019s best-designed station by a French architectural institute. \u201cThey said it was something out of this world,\u201d he said with pride, as if the win belonged to everyone who has ever changed trains there.
The whole call brimmed with warm enthusiasm \u2014 the kind of moment only radio can catch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian at the Eye Doctors Conference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ian was in Melbourne for an eye specialists conference and planned to head to Torquay afterward. \u201cDip my toes in at Bells Beach,\u201d he said, ready for the cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He spoke about macular degeneration \u2014 \u201cfamily history, ageing, smoking,\u201d he said \u2014 still the main risk factors. His voice had that steady clarity that comes from years in a caring profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen Feeding Thousands in Victor Harbour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Karen from Victor Harbour spoke with gentle firmness about the Three Angels Messages Ministry. \u201cBetween four and five thousand people a month,\u201d she said \u2014 a number she repeated softly. Students, families, older residents, travellers, people without homes. \u201cWe\u2019ve got everyone.\u201d

Everything is free and self-funded. They\u2019re planning to offer hot meals next year. And in the meantime? \u201cWe\u2019ve got strawberries in abundance,\u201d she said \u2014 vibrant, sweet, locally grown fruit in a time when many need the simple reminder that good things still exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n