Bush Yarns

Welcome back to Bush Yarns. We have Top End Local Graham Rogers on this latest EP. He was born in Fremantle in 1944 before moving to Darwin 2 years later. His life revolved around the remote coastal areas and the vast interior. He has been fortunate to have seen and experienced more than most. His yarns are in text via the four books he’s written and his kids and grandkids can vouch for his adventurous existence, having been taken along for the ride. We’re grateful for the time Graham has given us to share these experiences via Bush Yarns. We trust you’ll enjoy. Cheers Check us out www.instagram.com/kimberleyspirit www.kimberleyspirit.com web Grahams books are available on Amazon and we can also assist with purchasers if need be. Contact us and we’ll connect you.

Scotty recently met up with Scotty Williams to hear more about his popular YouTube channel and his love for the Aussie bush and its inhabitants. @scottysgonewalkabout is a keen wanderer, adventurer, husband and father to be. This past week he’s been hiking in some of the most epic country the Kimberley region has on offer. Scotty met up with Scotty for a quick pre walk yarn and then again after he returned. It’s all mashed up in this EP. We trust you’ll enjoy. Cheers --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bushyarns/message

The EP we have Ben Broady back on Bush Yarns for the second time. Having just completed his sixth stint as caretaker of the isolated paradise that is the Kimberley Coastal Camp, he shares with us the highs and lows of being so remote for a month solo and what this meaningful opportunity threw at him this time around. We trust you’ll enjoy! Cheers. Host Scotty Connell’s Instagram @kimberleyspirit and Website kimberleyspirit.com and guest Ben Broady’s Instagram @Ben_Broady and website BenBroady.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bushyarns/message

This EP Scotty Yarns to Lee who is a leading Kimberley Archeologist. She’s excelled in this space longer than anyone and is very passionate about preservation of Aboriginal culture through her studies of Rock art, language, bush medicines, bush tucker and more. She was a leader in the scientific research with her “Stop the Toad” campaign prior to their 2009 arrival into WA and has walked, climbed, flown, sailed, driven and breathed the Kimberley for decades longer than Scotty has been alive. We trust you’ll enjoy. Cheers Hosts Instagram @kimberleyspirit, website www.kimberleyspirit.com. Guest Lee Scott Virtue website www.kimberleyspecialists .com. and @leescottvirtue on Facebook. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bushyarns/message

The 2011 Ultramarathon bush fire was a disaster. Over 100 competitors in a foot race through the bush from Emma Gorge on the Gibb River Road to Kununurra. Scotty was there from start to finish and in this EP he describes the build up, local area, conditions and the day as it unfolded. We trust you’ll enjoy. Cheers. Hosts instagram @kimberleyspirit and website www.kimberleyspirit.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bushyarns/message

The EP Scotty yarns with the “Barra King” Sam Birch about his journey. He’s known these days for his fishing, hunting and tag along tours on Oombulgurri and Home Valley Station, one of the worlds most revered ‘on country’ cultural safaris locations. But first, Sam yarns about his life of drugs, crime, jail and hopelessness and how he managed to get his head back above water. It’s a tough pill to swallow and he’s been there, done that and is now living his best life surrounded by family, friends, guests, fans and the wider Kimberley community. We trust you’ll enjoy. Cheers Hosts Instagram @kimberleyspirit, website www.kimberleyspirit.com. Guest Sam Birchs website www.birchysfishingtours.com.au and @birchysfishingtours on Facebook and Instagram. (APOLOGIES for the wind in the microphone for the first of couple minutes. Doing these podcasts out in the bush isn’t always easy. Persevere through, it’s worth it!) thank you --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bushyarns/message

This EP Scotty Yarns with Carl Lindberg about what it’s like going from working as a sparky in remote areas to a Safari guide in the Kimberley, what the Gibb River Road is like right now, how the Fitzroy Crossing bridge is coming along and a general update and some tips from about the Kimberley region. Also, Carl spent time recently working as a youth coordinator in the desert country around Balgo. He had a ripper time out hunting with the kids and sitting down with old people for a feed around the camp fire. We trust you’ll enjoy. Cheers. Hosts Instagram @kimberleyspirit, website www.kimberleyspirit.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bushyarns/message

“It’s all about keeping culture alive,” says Ronnie. You want to hear from a true blue authentic Kimberley guide? Well, this is the yarn for you. Ronnie Morgan from ‘Just Over The Hills’ is one cool, calm and composed fella. In this EP we hear all about his life growing up at Oombulgurri Community, his passion for guiding and his mission to inspire the future generations (and their parents) to get out on country and have a go. Scotty thoroughly enjoyed sitting down with Ronnie for a yarn and we trust you will too. Enjoy! Cheers. Host Scotty’s Instagram @kimberleyspirit, website www.kimberleyspirit.com. Guest Ronnie Morgan’s website www.justoverthehills.com.au, instagram @just_over_the_hills and Facebook @justoverthehills. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bushyarns/message

What’s the best way to see the Kimberley? If you have time it’s by foot. There’s absolutely no doubt about that. This week Scotty yarns with intrepid hiker and explorer Melissah Adams. She’s seen more back country than most and is a passionate adventurer who loves nothing more than spending a few weeks at a time walking, climbing, swimming and at times crawling through narrow gorges, up giant ranges and across vast valleys to see what’s on the other side and to feel what it was like pre European contact. We trust you’ll enjoy! Cheers Hosts Instagram @kimberleyspirit, website www.kimberleyspirit.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bushyarns/message

What a treat it is to hear from Laura Hayes, the beauty beside Christian Hayes (EP #43). Scotty has been lining this bush yarn up for a while but Laura is a tough one to track down amongst the flat out life pace, she thrives in. Laura tells us real yarns from life on the road beside her cowboy husband and what it’s like raising kids on the run as well as a few wild yarns in between. We trust you’ll enjoy. Cheers. Hosts Instagram @kimberleyspirit, website www.kimberleyspirit.com. Laura Hayes contact @hiddentrailsbyhorseback, website www.hiddentrails.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bushyarns/message

This EP we hear yarns from Christian Hayes. He (along with his wife Laura) is the founder and front man of Hidden Trails By Horseback which operate in both the Kimberley and the Victorian High Country. Christian has been involved in horseback tours in Australia, and also in North America since 2001 taking extended High Country Rides and fully catered Pack Horse Trips in the Yosemite National Park in America. Previous to this he was practising as a qualified chef in restaurants and pubs throughout Victoria. He shares yarns from his experiences living and working in some of the most remote and inhospitable places known to man as well as yarns about dad life, being a farrier, jack of all trades and lots more. We trust you’ll enjoy. Cheers --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bushyarns/message

This EP Scotty yarns to entrepreneurs David and Bronwyn Rodgers. These two have been around the game a while. From Burke and Wills swags, Ultimate Campers, world champion jet sprint racers and heaps more. We hear how it all came to be and how much fun they’re having in their current space. Live from the Finke River National Park in the N.T. This is one to get those creative juices flowing and believe that all things are possible. We trust you’ll enjoy. Cheers --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bushyarns/message

This EP Scotty caught up with Steve Grace at Haasts Bluff on the edge of the Western desert in the Northern Territory. For those that don’t know, Steve is an Australian country rock and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. His single "Big Dreams" reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Gospel Charts and the album Children of the Western World was certified gold by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). In 1996 Grace won a Dove Award for International Artist of the Year. Scotty and Steve yarn about all sorts from his career and family life, being the first to ride a Harley across Australia from West to East through the desert country for mens mental health and lots more. We trust you’ll enjoy. Cheers (side note- their is a tech glitch at 17:40. Apologies) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bushyarns/message

This EP Scotty Yarns to Azie Dungee who is from the Pamunkey Indian tribe which is well known for having Pocahontas from their neck of the woods. Azie is a seasoned traveller and has been to the Kimberley several times now. For a crust Azie writes comedy tv shows for Netflix and Amazon, one of the more recent being Harlem which stars Whoopi Goldberg. Azie yarns to Scotty about the challenges and triumphs in the tv world, what it’s like to be stepping forward one stair at a time, Australias indigenous beauty and lots more. We trust you’ll enjoy. Cheers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bushyarns/message

It’s been a while in the making, having Kimberley Photographer “Benny Wyndham” (@BenBroady) on Bush Yarns. He and Scotty have been mates for a long time and love any excuse to pull up stumps and have a yarn. This EP we hear all about Ben’s formative years living in Wyndham and what it was like growing up in one of Australia’s hottest and most isolated towns, his move from Wyndham to Kununurra, then fast forward to his current life of being a professional photographer. Ben tells us all about what drives him, why fasting is such a big part of his journey, epic adventures caretaking the Kimberley Coastal Camp through cyclones and spiritual encounters of a different kind and what’s it’s like getting there in a Mallard Flying Boat. They also discuss ‘that epic Lake Argyle lightning shot’ and lots more moments which are sure to inspire. We trust you’ll enjoy. Scotty and Benny sure did! Cheers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bushyarns/message

Ever wanted to explore the Great Central Highway through outback WA and pop out at Uluru? Well, Scotty and Taminga didn’t even now about it until they got caught out in the Kimberley floods and had to do “Australia’s Longest Shortcut.” Over 1000kms of dirt on their 6000 kms + road trip home. They break down the 5 day trip to the beach that turned into a 5 week holiday/mission, Talk about Tamingas latest art projects including the full run down on the Troopy colour change and artworks, Gibb River Road/ Great Northern Highway 2023 happenings and plenty more. We trust you’ll enjoy! Cheers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bushyarns/message

Ron Freestone has had one of the most interesting lives out of anyone Scotty has ever met. Whilst on safari around the Kimberley for the second round, Scotty and Ron sat down at Aunauyu (Surveyors Pool) to yarn about a few of Ron’s adventures. There’s so many standouts, like pushing a track into Jim Jim Falls for the first time that any vehicle got through with nothing but a compass and some coordinates from a Heli pilot, paddling the Croc infested Douglas Daly River then walking over land back to the highway and then picking their vehicle up 2 months later after the wet season was over and lots more. Unfortunately you can’t bottle these yarns and as much as Scotty tried to raise some of the crackers he heard over the 10 days, he only managed to get a smidgen of what he could to share. We trust you’ll enjoy! Cheers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bushyarns/message

This is our first couples podcast and it’s a ripper. Matty and Faith are parked up in the remote North Kimberley at a luxury wilderness lodge where they were caretakers in the last month of the monsoon. From an early age they’ve both travelled extensively throughout Australia and the World. Their journeys and experiences are both challenging and exciting and make for another ripper Bush Yarns EP. We trust you’ll enjoy! Cheers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bushyarns/message

Thank you to all you listeners for the feedback on part 1. Now it’s time for part 2. We trust you’ll enjoy! Cheers Kolya Sampi is a Woolah/Kija man born and raised in the East Kimberley aboriginal community, Doon Doon. He’s grown up working the cattle aspect of the land with his family and is now involved in showcasing his culture alongside his mum Bec within the Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungles) and broader Kimberley. In this EP he shares stories from the land and his family that will be sure to expand all of our understanding and knowledge on indigenous culture in the Kimberley. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bushyarns/message

Kolya Sampi is a Woolah/Kija man born and raised in the East Kimberley aboriginal community, Doon Doon. He’s grown up working the cattle aspect of the land with his family and is now involved in showcasing his culture alongside his mum Bec within the Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungles) and broader Kimberley. In this EP he tells us the dreaming stories behind the beehive shaped domes and also the scientific version. He shares stories from the land and his family that will be sure to expand all of our understanding and knowledge on indigenous culture in the Kimberley. This is a sneak peak with so much more. Part 2 to this EP will drop next. We trust you’ll enjoy! Cheers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bushyarns/message