Aurelia Wilkins - Cafe Italiano.

For the last 14 years, Aurelia has entertained Northern Tasmania (and the world) with her Cafe Italiano every fortnight on City Park Radio. Aurelia followed her grandson to Launceston where she wasted no time picking up her radio career she left behind in Brisbane.  Ms Wilkins first came to Austr…

Tyran Parke, from the Aust Musical Theatre Festival

Chris Sayer caught up with Tyran Parke to talk about next year's Australian Musical Theatre Festival, to held in Launceston in May, 2026.

Inveresk Community Garden

Chris Sayer caught up with Lars while he was hosting a public day at the Inveresk Community Garden on a lovely Tassy spring morning.

Mowbray Cricket Club 70th

In the lead-up to the celebration for the formation of the Mowbray Cricket Club in 1955, Chris Sayer caught up with club President Scott Plummer in their clubrooms, surrounded by 70 years of cricket memorabilia.

Mariners Muse 2025 part 2

Following on from part 1 of the Mariners Muse, Katrina Beams is a lead navigator aboard the Antarctic research vessel Nuyina. Growing up on the West Tamar, working in the maritime industry was the last thing on her mind until she tried to get her flatmate a job. Meanwhile, Andrew Hart love of fis…

Mariners Muse 2025 part 1

Who hasn’t got a good story of the sea? As part of the Bridport Scallop Fiesta, a panel of four speakers was assembled to relate their tales of involvement with the sea. In this first podcast, Mike Stevens extol the virtues of a recreational fishing life, having a spent a lifetime studying the su…

Cinq et Sept - The Value of Public Space

How do we use and how do we value our public spaces: what is their worth? What is their benefit? Who benefits?  Should we invest in them?  What is the art of assembly in a public space – what are the rules? Is it easy or is it full of red tape and high vis? The moderator, Stuart Loone, invites yo…

Ant Gallery - Making New Music

Put two sets of young musicians together and the sky's the limit. Two Tassie born lads, Jack and James Sice moved to the Blue Mountains and after some time met a set of twins, Micaela and Joely Osfield.  All four love their music and a chance suggestion had them combine to form Ant Gallery. Thei…

Urchin Convicts - Alistair Scott

In the early nineteenth century over two thousand boys from the streets of Great Britain were transported to the Point Puer Boys Establishment in Van Diemen’s Land.  For some, transportation to Point Puer became a death sentence, with one in thirty dying there. Those who survived Point Puer were …

Cinq et Sept - Marino Lucas - An Architect of Theatres

This is a short history walk through the life of Marino Lucas, the visionary architect behind Launceston’s beloved Princess and Majestic theatres. Stuart Loone explores Lucas’s life, his architectural achievements, and the enduring significance of the Princess Theatre in Tasmania’s cultural landsc…