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Telling Our Stories to the World explores the amazing stories of everyday Australians. In our first season, we’re meeting Queens of the Land - the women surviving and thriving on the Darling Downs. Join us on a camel farm to try camel milk vodka (yum!), strut the catwalk of Australia’s largest cattle saleyard, and find out how your food really gets from farm to table.
Hosted by Queensland Writers Centre’s Helen Roche and hilarious Darling Downs writer Jane Hultgren, this series doesn’t pull punches. Whether it’s unexpected romance, surviving the grief of pregnancy loss, or watching an entire year’s worth of work float away - Queens of the Land reveals the extraordinary in the ordinary, through the resilience and ingenuity it takes to make it west of the Dividing Range.
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If you can’t find community - build it yourself. Hamey Hayllor started a gym after moving to Dalby, and found her people. We'd love to hear from you - get in touch with the show! Brought to you by The Queensland Writers Centre and supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Produced by F&K Media.
You should have your own farmer, like a mechanic or a doctor. Meet 28-year-old Georgia Brown from Grub Farm who says small-scale agriculture is the future of food in Australia. We'd love to hear from you - get in touch with the show! Brought to you by The Queensland Writers Centre and supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Produced by F&K Media.
Jilly’s revolutionary idea for a meal business - Weeknight Cook - was saved by her 11 year old son and his mates. After winning awards the business almost fell apart again, but she soldiered on with inspiration from her kids. We'd love to hear from you - get in touch with the show! Brought to you by The Queensland Writers Centre and supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Produced by F&K Media.
Sometimes fate take you places you could never have imagined. We meet Mandy who ditched drizzly England on a whim, for the parched paddocks of Australia. We'd love to hear from you - get in touch with the show! Brought to you by The Queensland Writers Centre and supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Produced by F&K Media.
There’s Farmer Wants a Wife, and then there’s real life. Emma reveals how her husband swept her off her feet with a movie-worthy proposal and the hard yards of making it work. We'd love to hear from you - get in touch with the show! Brought to you by The Queensland Writers Centre and supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Produced by F&K Media.
Sarah Packer was at the peak of her career - strutting the catwalk as a livestock auctioneer in Australia’s largest saleyard - when life hit her with something she didn’t see coming. We'd love to hear from you - get in touch with the show! Brought to you by The Queensland Writers Centre and supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Produced by F&K Media.
Tara loves her life on the land and seeing the green of a crop surrounding the house. But when you marry a farmer, you also marry the farm. That means sometimes he’s on a tractor hundreds of kilometres away when you’re having a medical emergency. This episode discusses pregnancy loss, so if that’s sensitive territory for you, please take care. Red Nose Grief and Loss: Provides 24/7 support for pregnancy loss, stillbirth, baby, and child death, offering a helpline (1300 308 307) and reso...
Sandy Davies went from being a ‘busted ass and broke’ lamb farmer, to Queen of the Watermelons. She’s battled floods, drought and backbreaking work but never fails to laugh through it all. We find out how gigantic watermelons can get and reminisce about the golden age of Chinchilla's 'Miss Melons’ competition. We'd love to hear from you - get in touch with the show! Brought to you by The Queensland Writers Centre and supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Produ...
In our first episode, we hang out with camels at Australia’s largest camel milk farm! We meet Toni Hall, cameleer and livestock manager, and Emily Riggans, tourism manager for Summer Land Camels, and their favourite camels including Lionel (Ritchie), Evie and Mr T. Find out why camels are not just spitty, grumpy ships of the desert, but a sustainable allergy-friendly alternative to dairy. We'd love to hear from you - get in touch with the show! Brought to you by The Queensla...
In the first season of the Telling Our Stories to the World podcast, we meet the Queensland women carving out their best life on the land —from camel farmers reshaping the milk industry, a livestock auctioneer in Roma to small-scale growers making an impact in their communities. Women share their triumphs, struggles, and the passion that drives them. These are voices of resilience, innovation, and unwavering determination. We'd love to hear from you - get in touch with the show! Brought to ...
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