Trivia enthusiast Howard Shroot joined Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings to discuss his new book featuring over 620 questions that aim to challenge misconceptions about Australia’s often-overlooked capital city. 

The interview explores why international tourists frequently ignore Canberra in favour of Sydney or Melbourne, highlighting historical secrets like First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s unheralded 1943 visit.

Trivia enthusiast Howard Shroot joined Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings to discuss his new book featuring over 620 questions that aim to challenge misconceptions about Australia&rsquo;s often-overlooked capital city. 
The interview explores why international tourists frequently ignore Canberra in favour of Sydney or Melbourne, highlighting historical secrets like First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt&rsquo;s unheralded 1943 visit.

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Why Australia's Capital is secretly overlooked by the rest of the world

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Following Remembrance Day, Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings speaks with Camp SMEAC founder Tim Cuming about how veterans converted a trashed 50-hectare site into an all-volunteer community offering emergency rehabilitation, medical care, and retraining to address the veteran suicide crisis. 

Cuming reveals their battle against systemic bureaucracy and funding shortfalls to self-sustain their operations, while passionately condemning the nationwide wave of vandalism targeting sacred war memorials.

Following Remembrance Day, Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings speaks with Camp SMEAC founder Tim Cuming about how veterans converted a trashed 50-hectare site into an all-volunteer community offering emergency rehabilitation, medical care, and retraining to address the veteran suicide crisis. 
Cuming reveals their battle against systemic bureaucracy and funding shortfalls to self-sustain their operations, while passionately condemning the nationwide wave of vandalism targeting sacred war memorials.

How one veteran turned an abandoned campsite into a lifeline for homeless soldiers

Gold Coast Year 12 student Nick Seeto has been named TAFE Queensland’s 2026 Gold Coast School-Based Apprentice of the Year after successfully balancing high school studies with hands-on electrical work at Crystal Waters Electrical. 

In this interview with Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings, he reflects on transitioning from homeschooling, financing an overseas charity house-build in Cambodia by mowing lawns, and his ambitions to establish his own trade business within three years.

Gold Coast Year 12 student Nick Seeto has been named TAFE Queensland&rsquo;s 2026 Gold Coast School-Based Apprentice of the Year after successfully balancing high school studies with hands-on electrical work at Crystal Waters Electrical. 
In this interview with Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings, he reflects on transitioning from homeschooling, financing an overseas charity house-build in Cambodia by mowing lawns, and his ambitions to establish his own trade business within three years.

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