Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre.

For almost 30 years, Dan Wilschefski's family has been delivering fun to people all over Queensland through their amusement rides and leisure activities. As with so many other businesses in our region, covid restrictions brought incredible challenges, but now Dan is facing even bigger obstacles that have forced him to rethink everything that he has been doing for years.

Dan's story is just one of the many from our local community that we hope will inspire you.

BRAVE is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
This series is produced by Damien Lawardorn.

Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre.

Whether he's working or talking, Scott Stalker doesn't seem to take much time to breathe. Over the past few years, he's exited the army and started five businesses in several different industries. It's been a breakneck journey for him, and he's learned. In this episode, Scott shares a few of the insights he's gleaned and some of the ideas that have driven him always onwards.

Scott's story is just one of the many from our local community that we hope will inspire you.

BRAVE is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
This series is produced by Damien Lawardorn.

Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre.

This podcast contains discussion of subjects that some listeners may find distressing. If this episodes raises any issues, please call Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, Lifeline on 13 11 14, or SANDS on 1300 308 307. Other support services are available at https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/mental-health-helplines

They say that time heals all wounds, but a little bit of support can go a long way in helping that process. That is a lesson Charters Towers local Diana Lynch learned after the passing her child. In this episode of BRAVE, Diana shares her story of grief, hope, and help.

Diana's story is just one of the many from our local communities that we hope will inspire you.

BRAVE is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
This series is produced by Damien Lawardorn.

Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre.

Well over 100,000 people in Australia are classed as homeless, and it's a situation that can affect absolutely anyone. Gali Blacher is determined to do her bit to help the situation. A few years ago, she co-founded The Good Box, a social enterprise that provides boxes of essential items to those in need. In this episode, Gali talks about the experiences that spawned the idea of The Good Box and the journey to making it a reality.

Gali's story is just one of the many from our local community that we hope will inspire you.

BRAVE is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
This series is produced by Damien Lawardorn.

Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre.

Elizabeth Kempster grew up on the Channel Island of Jersey, but she's called Australia home since arriving here more than 50 years ago. Much of the time since has been spent in remote areas, as Elizabeth and her family eked out a living on stations. She has endless stories to share, and she's written a book to do just that. This podcast includes just some of those stories, from funny to heart-wrenching. 

Elizabeth's story is just one of the many from our local communities that we hope will inspire you.

BRAVE is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
This series is produced by Damien Lawardorn.

Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre.

From her first day on Earth, Felicity Harper has had to keep a keen eye on her health. Her kidneys failed by the time she was seven years old. Her first transplant came a few years later, but it wore out eventually, and she has had to rely on dialysis for the last decade. It hasn't stopped her, though, as she today runs a fitness studio and was recently lucky enough to receive what she considers a miracle: her daughter.

Felicity's story is just one of the many from our local community that we hope will inspire you.

BRAVE is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
This series is produced by Damien Lawardorn.

Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre.

Please note, this episode includes discussion of suicide. If this subject or anything else else discussed in this episode raises any concerns for you, please contact mental health support services in your local area. In Australia, these services include LifeLine (13 11 14) and Beyond Blue (1300 224 636). For other services, please visit https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/mental-health-helplines

Art, anxiety, and activism are just some of the topics that collide in Tania Ault's story. She's a Gudjala artist with a studio in the main street of Charters Towers, but she's also so much more than that. We first spoke to her as she was heading to a protest about improving the Indigenous housing situation in her community, and that's just a part of her activism and involvement in the social welfare of the Charters Towers region.

Tania's story is just one of the many from our local communities that we hope will inspire you.

BRAVE is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
This series is produced by Damien Lawardorn.

Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre.

Nancy Williams has had a long and varied life. She's spent the last 20 years building Cuisine To Go into one of Townsville's biggest catering companies, but never has she faced challenges like those thrown up in the last couple of years. Through the 2019 floods and the pandemic, she has had to learn to not take on the weight of the world because her own struggles have been tough enough.

Nancy's story is just one of the many from our local community that we hope will inspire you.

BRAVE is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
This series is produced by Damien Lawardorn.

Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre.

In the main street of Charters Towers is a very fashionable cow. Flo stands outside 2nd to New, a shop that gives new life to old furniture, which is run by a woman named Nicole. She's a first-time small business owner who opened the shop at the tail end of 2020, having previously been a single mother, a home builder, and much else along the way. In this episode, Nicole tells us a little bit about her life so far and how she dives headlong into whatever comes her way.

Nicole's story is just one of the many from our local communities that we hope will inspire you.

BRAVE is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
This series is produced by Damien Lawardorn.

Welcome to BRAVE, a podcast from the Townsville Community Information Centre.

Please note, this episode includes discussion of suicide. If this subject or anything else else discussed in this episode raises any concerns for you, please contact mental health support services in your local area. In Australia, these services include LifeLine (13 11 14) and Beyond Blue (1300 224 636). For other services, please visit https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/mental-health-helplines

This episode of BRAVE is dedicated to Sophie.

Katie Dunlop is extremely passionate about mental health, and one of the ways she manifests that in the community is by facilitating training by CORES (Community Response to Eliminating Suicide) to ensure that everyone is better able to talk about mental health and suicide and related issues. In this episode, she talks about why the subject matters so much to her and the little ways that everyone can help someone.

Katie's story is just one of the many from our local communities that we hope will inspire you.

BRAVE is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
This series is produced by Damien Lawardorn.