{"id":9973,"date":"2026-04-21T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bardonnews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/the-april-19-show\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:10:05","slug":"the-april-19-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bardonnews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/the-april-19-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The April 19 Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brisbanesuburbsonlinenews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Macca-maroon-header.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/center>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From ocean swims to Anzac candles: A morning of quiet rituals, long roads and deeper reflection<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before sunrise, people were already in motion \u2014 in the water, on the road, out on verandas or preparing for the day ahead. That\u2019s the shape of a Macca morning: small moments, told simply, that add up to something bigger about how people live and what they hold onto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cold water, clear heads<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Central Coast, Nader was preparing to swim from Maitland Bay to Kilcare \u2014 about three and a half kilometres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about three and a half kilometres,\u201d he said, as if it were nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it\u2019s part of a much bigger series \u2014 nine legs stretching to around 40 kilometres. Early starts, 12-degree air, 21-degree water. For him, it\u2019s routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just so good for our mental health\u2026 everyone should get into it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swimming, as Macca pointed out, has a way of simplifying things. No noise, no clutter. Just movement and breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Candles, surfboats and silence<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brisbanesuburbsonlinenews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Wimbee-Beach.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\n  <figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; color: gray;\">\n\n    Photo credit: \n\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1140279391445313&#038;set=pcb.1140279458111973\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n      Photo Credit: WIN News Illawarra\/Facebook\n\n    <\/a>\n\n  <\/figcaption>\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Dawn\u2019s call from Batemans Bay carried more weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What began with 300 candles after a visit to Gallipoli has grown to more than 1,300 at Wimbee Beach. Hundreds gather before dawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd the candles just light up the entire foreshore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bagpiper, Jamie Wright, plays from a rocky outcrop. The Ode is shared between an Australian and a New Zealander. Surfboats row in and raise their oars during the Last Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it\u2019s the silence that defines it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can hear a pin drop\u2026 there wasn\u2019t a dry eye.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, the message will again be spelled out in candles: <em>Lest We Forget<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Pickleball\u2019s surge<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Blacktown, Gary was heading to the NSW Pickleball Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had 1,100 competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sport \u2014 a mix of tennis, badminton and table tennis \u2014 is booming, especially post-COVID. All ages, all backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mixed doubles day brings its own pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA lot of married couples play together\u2026 test the relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No prize money. Just medals, bragging rights, and a growing community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MDUguMLTR2g?si=91BFI9wxBrS4BLn4\" 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>A veranda, frost and horses<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Southern Highlands, Andrew started with a quiet image \u2014 a cold morning near Mittagong, mist settling over the valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From there, his story stretched wider. Sheep and cattle in New England. Horses from childhood. A family tied to the Australian Stock Horse world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about campdrafting, he broke it down carefully \u2014 separating a beast from the mob, controlling it, then guiding it through a course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou show the skill of the horse and the rider\u2026 then call for the gate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s demanding work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is exhausting\u2026 but it\u2019s good fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fuel, freight and hard numbers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For Joel Lydgate, the focus was cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking at $850 to $1,000 extra\u2026 just in fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s per trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fuel has surged sharply \u2014 at one point up more than 50 per cent, by his account \u2014 and it can\u2019t be absorbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSomeone\u2019s got to pay it eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reflected on a drought run into the Pilliga, hauling hay when it was needed most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf it was diesel prices now\u2026 we wouldn\u2019t have done it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s the shift \u2014 goodwill meets reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Back in the water \u2014 and a confronting return<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From Fiji, Kieran Kelly\u2019s call was one of the longest \u2014 and most reflective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After more than 30 years away from diving, he returned expecting familiarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was stunned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He described reefs that felt emptier than he remembered \u2014 coral still there in structure, but with less colour and movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll the little houses are still there, but there\u2019s no one in them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his view, the difference was hard to ignore. At the same time, Fiji itself has changed. Once basic and remote \u2014 \u201csleeping in a grass hut, eating bananas and coconuts\u201d \u2014 it\u2019s now built around tourism, with constant movement of boats and people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe very thing that attracts people\u2026 ends up spoiling it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a conclusion, just an observation from someone returning after decades away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Signwriting, skill and doing it by hand<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Bruny Island, Rod was preparing for a job he\u2019s done for decades \u2014 painting <em>Lest We Forget<\/em> across AFL grounds in Hobart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t use any AI\u2026 it\u2019s all done the old-fashioned way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>String lines, measurements, steady hands. Letters up to 30 metres long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It takes about four hours, most of that in preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What stood out most \u2014 he\u2019s dyslexic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou really do have to think about what you\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 50 years, this will be his last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>River mornings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Echuca, Richard was watching the paddle steamers come to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust watching the smoke start to come out of the boats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Murray is low, a bit dirty \u2014 something you notice when you\u2019ve spent your life on it. It takes years to earn a licence, but the river itself teaches more than anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Heavy loads, long days<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In South Australia, Kim was hauling copper concentrate in triple road trains \u2014 about 138 tonnes per load, two runs a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPretty good, actually\u2026 still busy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like others, he turned to Anzac Day \u2014 a moment that cuts through routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Roads, floods and keeping Australia moving<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On the NT highways, another driver painted a rougher picture after recent flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe potholes\u2026 you could park a Mini Minor in them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sections of road have been torn up, but crews have kept traffic moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe effort they put in\u2026 unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even so, the country is alive \u2014 grass high, ranges green, the landscape pushing back after the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Old maps and letting go of a life\u2019s work<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brisbanesuburbsonlinenews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Paper-Maps.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>Old maps and letting go of a life\u2019s work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Mehmet Tuglu reached out on the April 19 program, it wasn\u2019t just about clearing space \u2014 it was about what to do with a lifetime of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s sitting on hundreds of paper maps \u2014 600 to 800 by his estimate \u2014 detailed topographic sheets gathered and used over decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey show things like hay sheds and ruins\u2026 surveyors have actually been to those places.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s what struck him most. The level of detail. These weren\u2019t just pulled from aerial images \u2014 they were built from people physically walking the ground, mapping it properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For years, they were essential. Precise. Reliable. Something you worked from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, he hasn\u2019t needed them for 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s tried to give them away \u2014 councils, organisations, anyone who might use them \u2014 but hasn\u2019t had much luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt would be a big waste to dump these.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s the dilemma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the world has moved on quickly. Paper maps gave way to digital versions, then interactive platforms, and now satellite navigation that tells you where to go in real time. You can zoom in on almost any part of the country without ever unfolding a sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The convenience is obvious. But something has shifted with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a generation that\u2019s never really learned to read a map \u2014 and another that still trusts them more than a screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mehmet\u2019s collection sits right in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still accurate. Still detailed. But no longer needed in the way it once was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not obsolete \u2014 just outpaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Flood memories and bush stories<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jumbuck\u2019s call reached back to the 1970s \u2014 floods around Cooper Creek and Innamincka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReal white sand\u2026 about six foot deep.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearing roads, living in a swag, watching the country reshape itself after water moves through it. The kind of story that sits with people who\u2019ve worked that country long enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A quiet act of courage remembered<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One message stood out in the lead-up to Anzac Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trooper Kenneth Anderson Bain \u2014 injured at Gallipoli \u2014 later saw a young child fall overboard at sea and jumped in without hesitation to try to save him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A reminder that when the Last Post is played, there are countless names like his \u2014 acts of courage that live on quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A march that won\u2019t be missed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>And in Colac, one story landed simply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian Cuthbertson, 82, is preparing for his 53rd consecutive Anzac Day march.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t want to miss it\u2026 so he\u2019s flying home to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No fuss. Just showing up. Every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the morning, nothing felt forced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just people moving through their routines \u2014 swimming, driving, painting, remembering \u2014 and, in their own way, holding onto something that matters.<\/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> \u2018<em><em>Australia 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 episodes. All original content and recordings remain the property of the ABC. 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