Mornings with Kia Handley

They're big, long and get around every part of Australia! But if you're honest with yourself you probably assume it's a bloke behind the wheel of that truck you passed on the road. But that's changing! There's a new breed of truck driver and the future is female! Meet Lyndal Denny from Women in Trucking Australia.

You can disco, you can dance and you can derby on roller skates! And a couple of members of the Newcastle Junior Roller Derby team have just been selected to represent Australia in August. Kia spoke with AbSolute and Red about their selection.

Jason taught me you can eat pizza while riding a mountain bike, that hallucinations are real the longer the bike race is and that he has one hell of a passion for the sport of Mountain Biking.

Are you good in a fight? Cool, calm, collected. You don't submit to emotions. Well done you! The rest of us are still trying to be better in this department. So what do we need to do to stay cool during conflict? Tara Whitewood from the Sugar Doctor is here to help.

It's our first virtual book club!! Here's your reading theme for February: Short Stories, Anthologies and Essays.

And some links to what we talk about:

Secret Book Stuff: https://www.secretbookstuff.com/

Secret Mornings Book Chat: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2673949939352584/

Reese Witherspoon's Book Club: https://hello-sunshine.com/book-club

Reading Goals

Amy: Read every week

Laura: Read what I want to read and not be ashamed by it

Kia: Read more, read for enjoyment

Recommendations:

Goodbye to All That - Joan Didion

Hot Little Hands Abigail Ulman

Slouching towards Bethlehem Joan Didion

Where to find some Essays:

Frankie Magazine

Emily Books online: https://emilybooks.com/

When supermarket deliveries couldn't get through because of bushfires, communities on the South Coast of NSW were unsure how they'd feed people. And then SAGE stepped in. The Sustainable Agriculture and Gardening Eurobodalla program has been running for 10 years and Stuart Whitelaw told Kia Handley all about what they do.

Everything is going great in life. You have an amazing partner, good relationship, feeling happy and content and then something happens. The dynamic changes and as well as being a loving partner you become a carer. How does that change your relationships? Tara Whitewood, relationship coach at The Sugar Doctor, talks through this issue.

It's special reading a novel set in a place you know well. And you can get that feeling in Lee Christine's new book 'Charlotte Pass'. It's got everything you want a crime novel to have. Mystery, intrigue, bit of romance and just enough truth and real-life history to make you wonder if it could in fact be real.

John Elliot changed his life completely. Gave up his job, car, house and hit the road. But not in a campervan - he's trekking Australia on foot with four camels and his dog. From just outside Wagga Wagga John told Kia Handley why he's done it.

News about the newest strain of Coronavirus is everywhere right now. China is in lockdown, governments are evacuating residents and every time someone coughs you wonder if they have this new infection. There's no doubt coronavirus is serious but so is regular influenza. It kills thousands of Australians each year, so why don't we shut down population centres then? Associate Professor William Rawlingson is a medical virologist from UNSW, he told Kia Handley why comparing the two isn't as easy as it seems.