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BRAVE
by Townsville Community Information Centre
BRAVE is about sharing the inspiring stories of ordinary people in our communities. The series is localised to North Queensland, Australia, encompassing the areas surrounding Townsville, Charters Towers, and Winton. In 2019, the region was devastated by an unprecedented monsoon event, with the Covid pandemic affecting it a year later. These stories will share struggles through both of those events, as well as other personal hardships that locals have fought through.We hope this series inspires you.BRAVE is an initiative of the Townsville Community Information Centre and jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Episodes
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Teresa Hudson - A Guide To Bravery
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. In this final episode of BRAVE for now, host and CIC Coordinator Teresa Hudson reflects on the process of making the series. She talks about some of the experiences she's had along the way, and provides an introduction…
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Michael Prien - Sparking Change For Indigenous Youth
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Michael Prien knows what it's like to be doubted and ruled out. He also knows that, sometimes, the only thing a person needs is a chance. That's exactly what he's trying to do with his electrical contracting business…
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Candi Dempster - Educating And Engaging Across Rural and Regional Areas
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Schools have been among the most visible social victims of the pandemic, with their closures making national news and affecting almost every family on some level. In this episode of Brave, we speak to a School…
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Fiona Hanson - Leaving The Corporate World For A Better Self
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Fiona Hanson doesn't let things get in her way. Starting out with a working class background, she rose through the corporate world to hold significant roles with major national and multinational companies. After a…
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Brad Whittle - The Value of Salvation In Challenging Times
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. The Salvation Army is best known for its humanitarian work, and it played a significant role in assisting people throughout the recovery from the 2019 monsoon. Hear from Brad Whittle, one of the organisation's...
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Tina Elliott - Learning From The Past And Present To Build The Future
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Tina Elliott's cattle property outside Winton was one of those devastated during the 2019 monsoon event. Despite losing 90% of their herd, Tina and her family persevered and focused on rebuilding. In this episode, she...
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Rosie & Adele Archer - Almost A Century of Stories
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. At almost 100 years old, Rosie Archer has a treasure trove of tales about life in remote communities tucked away in the recesses of her mind. The ones captured in this episode about growing up during the war years and...
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Shelley Grainger - A Health Journey Towards A Whole New Life
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. When Shelley Grainger was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome as a teenager, she never could have guessed that it would profoundly shape her life for the better. In seeking to overcome the problems associated with...
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Leonard Coyte - Building The Structures To Promote Resilience
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Please note, this episode includes discussion of suicide. If this subject or anything else else discussed in this episode raises any concerns for you, please contact mental health support services in your local area. In...
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Verena Coombe - The Hard Parts Behind A High Profile
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Please note, this episode discusses domestic violence. If this subject or anything else discussed in this series raises any concerns for you, please contact support services in your local area. In Australia, these...
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Melissa Doyle - Embedding An Organisation As A Key Part Of The Community
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. One feature of small towns is that local government can very much be a part of the community. In this episode, Winton Shire Council's Community Development Officer Melissa Doyle explains how they achieve that in the...
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Kareau McKey - Transforming a Crippling Issue Into a Fruitful Career
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Please note, this episode discusses mental health, including post-partum depression. If this subject or anything else else discussed in this episode raises any concerns for you, please contact support services in your...
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Genie Cluff - Making A Living From An Unforgiving Land
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Genie Cluff knows a thing or two about hardship. Most of her life has been spent on agricultural properties in the outback areas of western Queensland. It's meant a life spent battling against the rigours of Mother...
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Hylton Ward - The Help You Need To Fly High, Literally And Metaphorically
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. A helicopter tour with Elite Aviation Services is one of the must-dos if you ever visit Winton. Owner Hylton Ward is as knowledgeable as he is passionate about the outback town. He's a pilot, a business owner, and a key...
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Ugo Kennedy - Love, Loss, And A New Way Forward
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. It was a star-crossed love that brought Ugo Kennedy to Townsville. In losing the love of his life, he lost himself, giving in to the lure of sadness and depression. But through the love of his mother and son and the...
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Melanie Grant - Key Challenges of Living In Remote Areas
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Please note, this episode includes discussion of suicide. If this subject or anything else else discussed in this episode raises any concerns for you, please contact mental health support services in your local area. In...
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Geraldine Coughlan - Revitalising A Cultural Icon
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Winton sits at the heart of Outback Queensland, a tiny town renowned for its cultural significance. In the main street of Winton is the Royal Theatre, an open-air cinema that has been operating in various forms for over…
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Leigh Caldwell - Finding And Sharing Silver Linings
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Leigh Caldwell is one of the gentlest souls we've ever come across, and she manifests her unique energy through Happy Feat, a dance troupe for people with special needs. In this episode, Leigh talks about the events…
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Dan Wilschefski - Pushing Forward When Covid Is Just The Beginning
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. For almost 30 years, Dan Wilschefski's family has been delivering fun to people all over Queensland through their amusement rides and leisure activities. As with so many other businesses in our region, covid…
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Scott Stalker - Moving Fast And Learning To Slow Down
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Whether he's working or talking, Scott Stalker doesn't seem to take much time to breathe. Over the past few years, he's exited the army and started five businesses in several different industries. It's been a breakneck...
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Diana Lynch - The Challenges Of Losing A Child Without Ever Meeting Her
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. This podcast contains discussion of subjects that some listeners may find distressing. If this episodes raises any issues, please call Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, Lifeline on 13 11 14, or SANDS on 1300 308 307. Other...
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Gali Blacher - Doing Good And Delivering Dignity Through The Good Box
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Well over 100,000 people in Australia are classed as homeless, and it's a situation that can affect absolutely anyone. Gali Blacher is determined to do her bit to help the situation. A few years ago, she co-founded The...
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Elizabeth Kempster - A Jersey Girl Finding Home In The Bush
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Elizabeth Kempster grew up on the Channel Island of Jersey, but she's called Australia home since arriving here more than 50 years ago. Much of the time since has been spent in remote areas, as Elizabeth and her family...
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Felicity Harper - A Lifelong Health Condition, A Fitness Journey, And A Miracle
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. From her first day on Earth, Felicity Harper has had to keep a keen eye on her health. Her kidneys failed by the time she was seven years old. Her first transplant came a few years later, but it wore out eventually, and...
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Tania Ault - Healing Self, Healing Country, Helping Community
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Please note, this episode includes discussion of suicide. If this subject or anything else else discussed in this episode raises any concerns for you, please contact mental health support services in your local area. In...
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Nancy Williams - Coming To Understand Self-Care After A Long Life
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Nancy Williams has had a long and varied life. She's spent the last 20 years building Cuisine To Go into one of Townsville's biggest catering companies, but never has she faced challenges like those thrown up in the…
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Nicole - Creating New Life And Beauty At Every Chance
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. In the main street of Charters Towers is a very fashionable cow. Flo stands outside 2nd to New, a shop that gives new life to old furniture, which is run by a woman named Nicole. She's a first-time small business owner...
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Katie Dunlop - The Vital Importance of Talking About Mental Health and Suicide
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Please note, this episode includes discussion of suicide. If this subject or anything else else discussed in this episode raises any concerns for you, please contact mental health support services in your local area. In...
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Michael Bethel - Bringing The Old West To The Outback
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. America's Old West remains a touchstone of our collective international culture. Michael Bethel grew up with those stories, which sparked a desire to be a cowboy. Today, he is one, making saddles and running Texas...
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Kirsty - Escaping The Prison System and Reclaiming A Life
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. A handful of business mistakes a few years ago landed Kirsty in prison. Once there, she was drawn into the community and culture, which made breaking free from its insidious influence difficult. Once released, she...
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Tiffany Hopkins - Balancing Many Needs Through Serious Illness
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. As her seventh pregnancy neared its conclusion, Tiffany Hopkins began to have vision problems. Once she realised, her sight deteriorated rapidly, requiring a quick response. The medical journey that followed meant...
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Prospect Community Services - Using A Two-Way Model of Support to Survive Covid
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Prospect Community Services is an invaluable part of the Charters Towers community, offering a wide range of support to anyone who needs it. Key to the organisation's long-term success has been a genuine, two-way...
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Tarja Barnes - Finding Success By Being A True Local
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. This episode takes BRAVE back to Charters Towers to talk to Tarja Barnes, realtor and former President of the Charters Towers Chamber of Commerce and Mines. A couple of years ago, Tarja started Gold City Realty, with a...
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Spanner - Winning As A Woman In A Man's World
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Sharine Milne, better known as Spanner, is unforgettable. One day, in the midst of a long career in hospitality, her daughter asked a question that prompted Spanner to rethink her life, setting her on a course that…
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Kath Hartas - The Lady With A Pretty Leg
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Kath Hartas is one powerfully upbeat individual. Her relentless positivity has pulled her through events that would traumatise anyone. When Kath was 18, her vehicle was run over by a truck, causing life-changing…
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Sally Batt - The Path to Becoming the Best Version of Herself
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Sally Batt is our first guest from Charters Towers. She is a wedding photographer who grew up from a rural background. She's been through several versions of herself over the years, and has worked hard over the past...
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Carl Lymburner - A Long Journey From Harming to Healing
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Carl Lymburner was pulled into a life of drugs from a young age and spent years lost in their embrace. As he says, he's had a life of negatives, but he has learned from those painful experiences and is now dedicated to...
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Althea Projects - How To Support Community During Disaster
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Althea Projects is a local community service helping those in need. Among its core services are fostering, homelessness assistance, and emergency food relief. However, the 2019 floods and covid introduced new challenges...
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Kylie Michelle - Parenting From A Warzone And Coming To Terms With PTSD
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Kylie Michelle joined the Army at the age of 34 because she wanted a career that was important. That took her away from her daughter, but she remained a mother, helping her daughter through the usual struggles, at times...
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Raony Condini - Finding Fulfilment Through Living By Your Own Standards
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Raony Condini is an ineffable ball of energy and positivity, but his journey to becoming the person he is today has been long. His life has been punctuated by periods of having nothing but his determination to push...
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Cayley Downey - How Love And Loss Can Become A Force For Good
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Lachy Downey is no longer with us, but his legacy lives on in the local community through Unlock the Lachs, an organisation dedicated to ensuring inclusivity and assisting families with special needs. In this episode,...
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Jo Lynam (Part Two) - Children and the Contracts of Life
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Beyond the trauma of her own past talked about in episode 7, Jo Lynam has faced additional struggles with her children. In this episode, Jo discusses the arduous process of adopting her two sons, Roshan and Laksiri…
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Jo Lynam (Part One) - A Positively Stubborn Means of Moving Past Trauma
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Jo Lynam is a unforgettable force for inclusivity within the Townsville community. In this episode, she shares the story of her rebellious streak, the traumatic event that reshaped her life as a young adult, and how she...
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Kerry Schofield - Meeting Cancer Head-On
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. In July 2019, Kerry Schofield was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and given up to 24 months to live. Since then, she has faced her health issues with grace, energy, and pragmatism. In this episode, Kerry...
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Keesha Booth - Discussing Passion in All Its Forms
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Keesha Booth is deeply passionate about empowering young people and enabling everyone to better understand the importance of consent and respectful relationships. She is a sexologist, youth facilitator, educator, and...
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Michael Bulley - A Revolving Door of Obstacles Overcome By Boundless Positivity
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Michael Bulley owns several Donut King stores around Townsville, but it's been a hard slog to get where he is today. From sleeping on the floor of his shop to almost going bankrupt following the introduction of the GST…
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Amanda Nickson - A Broken Neck and the Power of Faith
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. While on a bushwalk eleven years ago, social worker Amanda Nickson slipped and broke her neck—but didn't know it at the time. She hiked for several more days with an unstable fracture before learning about the severity…
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Kelly Bolger - Surrealism and Survival Through Disaster
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. Kell's Kitchen & Brew Bar was one of the many businesses devastated by the 2019 monsoon event in Townsville and covid. In this episode, we speak to its owner, Kelly Bolger, about the experiences that led her to open the...
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Helen Lynn - The Man With The Duffel Bag, and the Origins of BRAVE
Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre. In this first episode, our host Teresa Hudson speaks to her colleague and former café owner Helen Lynn about the origins of this project, Helen's experiences in business, and Teresa's own diagnosis of Multiple…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
BRAVE is about sharing the inspiring stories of ordinary people in our communities. The series is localised to North Queensland, Australia, encompassing the areas surrounding Townsville, Charters Towers, and Winton. In 2019, the region was devastated by an unprecedented monsoon event, with the Covid pandemic affecting it a year later. These stories will share struggles through both of those events, as well as other personal hardships that locals have fought through.We hope this series inspires you.BRAVE is an initiative of the Townsville Community Information Centre and jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
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