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From Springsure to Gallipoli
Each year many Australians make the pilgrimage to Anzac Cove at Gallipoli for the Dawn Service on April 25th.This year the centenary commemorations make that trip all the more meaningful.Springsure...
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New Guinea to Vietnam: Jim Geedrick's military career
Jim Geedrick won't be marching in the centenary commemorations tomorrow, at 91 his legs aren't up to the challenge.But his memory and quick wit are as sharp as ever.Reflecting on his long military...
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Rockhampton's dawn service: Anzac Day 2015
Warrant Officer Darryl Prizeman says he's stoked with the service to mark the centenary of Anzac Day.He says it was brilliant to look out over the crowd of between 12 and 15 thousand locals."For the...
View ArticleHome for Good registry week: a look at homelessness
This week is Home for Good registry week - it's hoped, the week that will mark the beginning of the end of homelessnessThe aim is to survey local homeless people to identify any typical issues or...
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A dog, a bag and nothing else: How Linda became homeless
For many, living paycheck to paycheck, life without a stable home can be just a couple of steps away.For Linda it was a shock to wind up with nothing.She had no friends to turn to, only a Newstart...
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Beef 2015: Food and flavours with Massimo Mele
A big focus for Beef 2015 is flavour.A fabulous collection of international and local celebrity chefs are doing cooking demonstrations and putting local produce under the spotlight at the pop up...
View ArticleBeef 2015: the big drove
At Beef 2015 there are a couple of thousand cattle on site, most of those arrived at the showgrounds by truck and trailer.Imagine moving 18,000... on foot and horse!It was a hark back to traditional...
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Beef 2015: It's a whip-cracking good time
One man, 530 whip cracks a minute. That should get the cattle moving.If you've ever tried to crack a whip once, you'll know it is harder than it looks.And cracking it nearly 10 times a second already...
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Beef 2015: School of distance education
You have to keep track of rural reporters at an event like this ? all week we've been keeping tabs on Amy McCosker as she?s been taking in the spectacle of Beef week.Today she?s found the cutest crowd...
View ArticleBeef 2015: Lee Kernaghan
A lot comes together to make an event such as this, to get the right vibe.We've spoken about the food focus this year already...But it wouldn't be a party with some music, so that's where Lee Kernaghan...
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Beef 2015: Ben O'Donoghue
For Beef 2015 the focus on cooking and making use of secondary cuts of beef has increased, with a number of international and local celebrity chefs.Having a great time at his first Beef, and cooking up...
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Beef 2015: Alastair McLeod
I think we need a collective noun for celebrity chefs to describe the number cooking up a storm at Beef this year.Perhaps for this occasion 'herd' is the most appropriate....I managed to catch Alastair...
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