This is the third story in the 26 story series "The Magical Appearance of Earthworms." The stories describe my life from my earliest memories to the point, three days after my 15th birthday, when I listened to a wise, ancient man on the radio and decided to become a forester.

Cooee! Podcast - MAOE Story 3: Mum

Stories of often unsung people doing really interesting, really important things around the world.

Cooee is a shout used in Australia, usually in the bush, to attract attention, find missing people, or indicate one's own location. When done correctly — loudly and shrilly — a call of "cooee" can carry over a considerable distance. 

Cooee! Podcasts represent something of a call, a voice in the wilderness. I like the notion that a "cooee" can carry over a considerable distance. There is so much noise out there these days that a shrill Coooooeeeee! might just catch someone's attention....a passer by or someone interested in hearing something a bit different and they might just come over and 'click' to listen.

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Stories of often unsung people doing really interesting, really important things around the world. Cooee is a shout used in Australia, usually in the bush, to attract attention, find missing people, or indicate one's own location. When done correctly — loudly and shrilly — a call of "cooee" can carry over a considerable distance. Cooee! Podcasts represent something of a call, a voice in the wilderness. I like the notion that a "cooee" can carry over a considerable distance. There is so much noise out there these days that a shrill Coooooeeeee! might just catch someone's attention....a passer by or someone interested in hearing something a bit different and they might just come over and 'click' to listen.

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Cooee! Podcast - MAOE Story 3: Mum

Cooee! Podcast - MAOE Story 3: Mum