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Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
Images of Far North Queensland will soon be broadcast to the likes of the US, Canada, UK, France, Italy, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany, Japan and China as part of a $38 million three-year tourism operation injecting a bit of Australia into the field of philosophy. Tourism Australia will today launch a series of global tourism campaigns titled “phil-AUS-ophy” and they are banking on research that shows 70 per cent of high-value travellers believe Australians have a different perspective on life. Prominent Australians Curtis Stone, Mick Fanning, and Terri Irwin among others will have a role. The campaign will portray the Aussie way of life, balanced lifestyle, mateship, storytelling, love of nature, no worries attitude, generosity of spirit, the Australian flavour, sense of adventure and boundless optimism. Federal Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham told Paul Makin that The Reef, Mossman Gorge, Port Douglas, Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation.will take centre stage.
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Rita Merrick from Cooya Beach has won big, becoming the CWA's best speaker in the state of Queensland. She also reveals to Paul that she's lucky in love.
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Boss of the Tin Shed Kym Rowley chats to Paul about the theft of his email address which was used to send a comment to Newsport about the Douglas Shire Councils 30 year eco plan. Kym,who's running for Council at the next local government elections never made the comments. Local identity Chris Beckwith also had his email address stolen and comments were made on his behalf to Newsport that were also untrue. Luckily for both the online newspaper has measures to head off the fake comments at the pass and is taking further measures to tighten security at the site and avoid these 'Cyber Cowards' doing it in the future.
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
An Australian Tennis champion, Judy Dalton (Tegart) AM is a nine times grand slam champion, winning doubles titles at Wimbledon, the US and French Opens and the Australian Open three times. She reached a career high world ranking of 7 in 1968 and she helped Australia win the Federation Cup in 1965 and 1970. Judy’s commitment to women’s tennis has a long history and her biggest contribution to global tennis is as a member of the Original ‘Virginia Slims 9’ who fought for equality of pay for women’s tennis which saw the beginning of the WTA, the most powerful women’s sporting association in the world. She also reached the singles semifinals at Wimbledon in 1971 at the age of 33, losing to Margaret Court in three sets, and at the Australian Championships in 1968, losing to Billie Jean King in three sets. Her last appearance at a Grand Slam tournament was the 1977 Australian Open where at the age of 40 she lost in the quarterfinals in straight sets to top-seeded and eventual champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Judy is current Patron of the Australian Women’s Federation Cup Foundation and is heading to Perth next week to attend the Federation Cup. Lucky for us she spends a few months of the year in Port Douglas and was kind enough to drop into our studios for a chat.
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Mayor Jula Leu chats to Paul about all things Douglas Shire including the new signs erected both ends of the Flagstaff Hill Walking Track. Julia has promised to look further into what FAB FM believes is a dangerous section of the track where people in the past have slipped and been injured.
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
FAB FM Tech Guy Richard Pascoe chats with Paul about all things tech including how to tell Google what to do with your data when you die. Richard also reveals his 'Crap App Of The Week' which is a little 'hairy'.
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
April Mansfield chats with Paul about new release movies at Event Cinemas including the new flick on the life of Luciano Pavarotti directed by Ron Howard.
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Actor comedian Stephen Curry drops in to our studio to talk about 'Port Short's Film Festival', his career and introduces us to a mate who 'sounds' us out.
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Ben 'The Bard From The Scrub' pens a piece on Australia, the best country in the world. We're bias of course but it's true!
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Ben the'Bard From The Scrub' talks about his own passing parade. I time to reflect on our own life and where we've come from.