All Aussie Hour

Sick of crying in every episode, Josie decides to take a different approach, telling Mel some of the weird stories of how iconic Aussie treats were invented.

CREDITS:

Good Food by Besha Rodell

https://www.goodfood.com.au/recipes/news/the-history-of-the-lamington-an-australian-icon-20171219-h07f36 

Mashable by Johnny Lieu

https://mashable.com/2017/01/05/chicken-salt-history-australia/

News.com.au by "Staff writer"

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/three-regional-mps-at-war-over-the-origin-of-the-chiko-roll/news-story/e4658438cfd224a1b0fbb3ff51ee8e92 

Australian Food History Timeline:

https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/chiko-roll/ 

Mitani official site:

https://www.mitani.com.au/why-were-loved 

Milo official site:

https://milo.com.au/all-about-milo/history 

Victoria Bitter official site:

https://www.victoriabitter.com.au/pages/history 

Heaps of Wikipedia.

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This week, Mel gets all zoological (??) on Josie, telling her about the Centennial Park eels - disgusting ocean slugs who travel all the way from Sydney to... New Caledonia to breed. Confused? Listen up for the story of the sex eels.

CREDITS:

Centennial Parklands website, by Sam Crosby

https://www.centennialparklands.com.au/

SMH, Heath Aston, 2011

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/a-very-fast-drain-to-the-south-pacific-20111105-1n11j.html

Australian Geographic, 2019

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2019/01/the-remarkable-eels-of-sydneys-centennial-park/

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This week for Spin Us A Yarn, Mel's dad Bill Mason guest stars (against his will) to tell us all about the time he lived next door to an Aussie rock icon.

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This week, Josie surprises Mel with the story of the incredible rise and horribly tragic fall of Australia's sexiest ever, bonafide rock god Michael Hutchence, frontman of iconic band INXS. 

Wine pairing: Chateau de Roquefort Corail Rosé, from the south of France where Michael had a house.

Want to avoid the zest? Skip straight to 15:18.

CREDITS:

The Guardian by Jenny Valentish:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/26/his-personality-changed-michael-hutchences-sister-on-his-traumatic-brain-injury 

Mamamia by Ali Moore:

https://www.mamamia.com.au/kylie-minogue-michael/

The Independent by Robert Milliken:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-death-of-a-rock-star-1154565.html 

ABC PM program, reported by Mark Tamhane:

https://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s44843.htm 

Official Website of Michael Hutchence:

http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/biography.htm 

Channel 7 telemovie 'INXS: Never Tear Us Apart':

https://www.stan.com.au/watch/never-tear-us-apart-the-untold-story-of-inxs 

'Mystify: Michael Hutchence' documentary directed by Richard Lowenstein, I watched on Amazon Prime:

https://www.amazon.com/Mystify-Michael-Hutchence/dp/B082FXH9PW 

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This week Mel surprises Josie with the story of Schapelle Corby, a regular Gold Coast gal who became one of the most famous Aussies of the 00s when she was arrested, then jailed for allegedly smuggling drugs.

Wine pairing: Not wine this week! Instead, we sipped the signature cocktail from Laneway Bar & Dining (sadly closed), Mercedes Corby's restaurant - vodka, lime and kombucha. 100% would drink again.

Want to avoid the zest? Skip to 18.00.

Credits:

SMH

https://www.smh.com.au/world/weighing-the-evidence-20050305-gdkv39.html

Daily Telegraph, Kathryn Bonella

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/my-life-mercedes-corby/news-story/1484381d77145fa761215e6b0e2f6990

Cairns Post, Cindy Wockner, 2014

https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/national/bali-customs-officer-who-arrested-schapelle-corby-disappointed-over-release/news-story/d6e56e8de52f18ae304844e5ffd923c5

News.com.au, Cindy Wockner, 2013

https://www.news.com.au/national/how-schapelle-corby-will-live-after-bali-parole/news-story/330b253056982964f98b13c064a38846

The Age, Carolyn Webb

https://www.theage.com.au/national/corby-clans-growing-list-of-misadventures-20060120-ge1ls1.html

2005, The AGe

https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/luggage-fears-prompt-flyers-to-lock-up-20050601-ge09q1.html

ABC, 2006

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-01-19/half-brothers-trial-may-aid-corby/781606

The Weekend Edition

https://theweekendedition.com.au/gold-coast/food-drink/laneway-bar-and-dining-coolangatta/

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It's our first minisode! Spin Us A Yarn is the place for YOUR stories. This week, Rikki tells us about her great-great-grandad (we think), who wandered into a marshy bog and got stuck there - for days.

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Aquatic mystery enthusiast Josie talks Mel through the nightmarish story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, two American divers who were left behind by their dive tour boat on QLD's Great Barrier Reef in 1998.

Wine pairing: a not-tart rosé from The Hidden Sea Wines.

Want to avoid the zest? Skip to 32:30

Credits:

All That’s Interesting by Kara Goldfarb

https://allthatsinteresting.com/tom-eileen-lonergan 

The Baton Rouge Advocate by John Wirt

http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2022842.html 

The Guardian by David Fickling

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jul/23/2

The New York Times by Tony Horwitz

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/01/movies/film-dying-at-sea-probably.html 

The Spokesman-Review by Keith O’Brien

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/aug/25/open-water-brings-kins-pain-to-surface/ 

The Brisbane Times by Drew Cratchley and Paul Osborne

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/ten-years-on-reef-mystery-remains-20080123-ge9l6l.html 

Reddit post in r/UnresolvedMysteries by MythicSquirrel1

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/9kxjur/unresolved_disappearance_tom_eileen_lonergan_lost/ 

Casefile Case 133: Tom & Eileen Lonergan

https://casefilepodcast.com/case-133-tom-eileen-lonergan/

20/20 on Investigation Discovery: Vanished Down Under

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-faZE1ZJ6Q

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This week, Mel explains the Cowra Breakout to Josie - when hundreds of Japanese POWs escaped an Aussie prison and ended up on the run in the bush.

Wanna skip le zest? Skip straight to 17:00.

CREDITS:

Cowra Fact Sheet, National Archives Of Australia

https://web.archive.org/web/20081010165202/http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs198.aspx

Australian War Memorial

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C389505?fbclid=IwAR3YxfLjK88heWybpXbS1MtXDsTcR_ojgI0eUUK7StAKnyBjyhYqvo1hAaY

News.com.au, LJ Charleston, 2019

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/cowra-prison-break-the-biggest-bloodiest-prison-breakout-in-wwii/news-story/640b85c799702a341c98b656f74f2911?fbclid=IwAR0ZMzQrqadmxCpYyPmSC6Z2xBx0JJ2Stayw_nkpvRaiO-XxAmroXbkdEwE

Touched With Fire, Eric Bergerud.

Japans Imperial Army, Edward J Drea 2009

Cowra Breakout Site Information Stands

From Consideration to Contempt: The Changing Nature of Japanese Military and Popular Perceptions of Prisoners of War Through the Ages (in Prisoners of War and Their Captors in World War II. Oxford: Berg, 1996, Ikuhiko Hata

West Coast Sentinel, Max Blenkin, 2019

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Josie and Mel (via Zoom) discuss the life story of Captain Moonlite (aka Andrew Scott), an 1800s Irish-born larrikin who may or may not have been Australia's first gay bushranger.

Wanna skip le zest? Skip straight to 21:22.

CREDITS:

A Guide To Australian Bushranging

https://aguidetoaustralianbushranging.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/captain-moonlite-an-overview/

The Monthly by Jeff Sparrow

https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2015/november/1446296400/jeff-sparrow/queer-bushranger

Australian Geographic by Jared Richards (we know him!)

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/on-this-day/2017/01/on-this-day-captain-moonlite-hanged/ 

Australian Dictionary of Biography

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/scott-andrew-george-4546 

You, Me and Junee

https://www.youmeandjunee.com.au/explore/self-guided-drives/bushrangers.aspx 

NSW State Archives and Records:

https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/stories/bushranger-captain-moonlight 

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Moonlite 

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This week, Alisha Aitken-Radburn joins us as a special guest! The Bachelor In Paradise hero and friend of the podcast tells Josie and Mel about the disappearance of Paddy Moriarty from Larrimah in the Northern Territory.

CREDITS

Lost In Larrimah Podcast, Kylie Stevenson & Caroline Graham

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/podcasts/lost-in-larrimah/news-story/b1903af0830eaca37ed6173a5e6763da

A Dog Act Documentary, ABC News

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/dog-act-the-disappearance-of-paddy-moriarty

The Kerryman, Tadgh Evans

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/lost-in-the-outback-what-became-of-paddy-moriarty-38823462.html

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