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Darren Rix is a Gunditjmara, Gunaikurai, and bloodline to the Ngarigo people.

Darren cares for his family and extended family members living with mental health, chronic health, and navigates the aged care system for his family and himself.

In this episode, we have a yarn with Darren as he shares his stories about his song lines and connections.

Darren yarns about his journey as a carer including his challenges in his caring role. He talks about how he uses his music and painting to give him focus and purpose and to heal himself out on country to help himself and others around him.

This is raw and real. No scripts.

Take a listen and connect to Darren’s stories, his strengths, and how he uses our cultural connections, as we have in the past and present, as he shares his common grounds of caring.

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