The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ Queensland’
Surfing, whales and a home underground
25 June 2009
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This week on the Bite we join a whale-watching trip off the coast of Queensland, we take a look at the book that won this year’s Miles Franklin literary award – Tim Winton’s “Breath”, and we take a tour of an underground house in the opal mining town of White Cliffs, in north west New South Wales.
Melburnians trial shared bike scheme
21 May 2009
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Ben Landau & Ronald Haverman from RMIT University
On this week’s Bite we take a look at a shared bicycle trial that’s taking place right now in Melbourne. We meet the author of a new book that documents the growth and development of Darwin in the decades following the Second World War. And two young dancers from the Queensland Ballet tell us just what it takes to become a professional dancer – and I’m telling you its a long hard road!
Mums push for island births
7 May 2009
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The Palm Island group of islands. Photographer Kathy Cogo
It’s babies and diamonds on this week’s Australian Bite. We’ll find out why the women of Palm Island, off the coast of Queensland, want birthing services restored at their local hospital. We’ll meet a young surrogate mother who had a baby for her sister at the age of 16. And blue diamonds – they’re very very rare, and equally expensive. We travel to Perth to look at a recent release of precious blue diamonds from the Argyle mine in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
20 great years of stories in dance
11 April 2009
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This week on the Bite, Stephen Page, the Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance Theatre, reflects upon 20 years of Australia’s premier indigenous dance troupe. We meet the man who (we think) has built the tallest private house in Australia. And we travel to Townsville, North Queensland, to talk about coconuts.
