Central Coast: Day Shift: Recent Episodes
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Central Coast Vietnam Veteran Robert Wickes has been denied access to his local RSL in this jacket, The RSL Club claim it's too close to outlaw motorcycle gang leathers and colours. Listen to Robert Wickes story below on 92.5 ABC Central Coast. Have you had trouble with dress codes? Should...
We had so much fun visiting the islands last week that we decided to chart some more island fishing destinations. Gabe has a surprising island fishing spot in Sydney's backyard. Bushy takes us to his favourite island. The Weighmaster visits "Mud" Island, a bit inhospitable but a fishing hot spot....
Beyond Blue's Big Blue Bus is travelling around the country to promote its services. 92.5 Producer Caroline Perryman caught up with Beyond Blue CEO Georgie Harman to find out more about the National Roadshow and how it's helping local communities tackle depression as it travels around NSW. Download audio For...
From the Abrolhos, to Stewart Island, Thursday Island, Fingal Island to Pittwater's Scotland Island which is home to Peter LaBlang, we take you Island hopping today. First up Starlo, who has fished Islands all over the world and right around Australia and has suprisingly selected The Abrolhos group, we will...
Our experts share their sight fishing adventures with us on the Big Fish. Some fish, like Trout, love to show themselves by feeding on the surface, or livingt in crystal clears waters. Pictured, the tell tale rings of the rise and hookup on a clear water stream. Download audio
The fishing kayak set up, simple and effective, bucket full of live bait, nipper pump, sieve, anchor, live keeper bag, small tackle box, rod, long handled landing net, and the result of a session on the sand flats. Also pictured, using up the left over nippers with the kids, fishing...
Our experts have years and years of great fishing experience for you to tap into, drop us a line thebigfish@your.abc.net.au or ask your question below this blog and we can help increase your catch. This week we have Alex Bellisimo answering a question on how to read the beach, Bushy...
Known as the Battle of Broken Hill or the New Years Picnic Day Massacre, this horse drawn ice cream cart in the desert stands as a memorial to the murderous attack that left 4 dead. To find out more listen to Scott Levi speaking with Nicholas Shakespeare author of the...
What's it like being a department store Santa? Show Producer Caroline Perryman caught up with the big man in red to find out. Download audio
(A nice feed of bream, up to a kilo, and summer school whiting taken on live bait by Scott) Do you have a favourite rod or reel? A fly rod with an action that feels like it's part of your arm? You might have changed the trebles and split rings...
For many, Christmas is not the happy time it's expected to be. So what can we do if we are dealing with raw emotions over the 'festive' season? Petrea King is the Founder and CEO of the Quest for Life Foundation and she spoke with 92.5 Producer Caroline Perryman about...
Country music divas Beccy Cole and Melinda Schneider from the Central Coast have just released their new album "Great Women of Country and the songs that made them". Listen here as they talk with Scott Levi and sing a song from the album. Download audio
More and more sea turtles are dying because they are getting caught up in witches hats and wide mouth crab traps. There are turtle friendly alternatives that are just as effective as John 'Stinker' Clarke discusses with Scott Levi. Download audio
(Pictured, Central Coast Fly Rodder Mac Lyall with a Cox's River rainbow) It is amazing how many different species can be taken on fly, tossing surface flies for Bass at this time of year is, possibly, the best fun you can have with a fly rod. When it comes to...
The Small works Art Prize is a dazzling show case of the Central Coast's creativity, take a tour with Scott Levi and some of the artists on 92.5 ABC Central Coast. Download audio
As the head of Coles fuel and convenience store division, with an annual turnover of $7 billion and 5000 staff, Peter Short has been used to getting things done. Changing Australia's laws relating to the rights of people who are dying, is something he is hoping to do, literally, with...
Did you buy a white ribbon to help stop violence against women? With the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women coming to an end next Wednesday (December 10) we thought we’d share the story of local women Nicole who was pregnant with her first child when the violence...
Our 'Fishy Photo' this week features Mick O'Brien with a giant Jewfish from the Hastings. This fishery has gone from strength to strength since the nets were removed and it was declared a recreational fishing haven. The Weighmaster put it on the lie detector and it went a massive 34...
We are so blessed to have more fantastic musicians on the Central Coast, per capita, than any other region in Australia. (official ABS stats!)lol. Rod White is a brilliant pianist and he teamed up with fabulous french singer/songwriter Patricia Segui to melt our musical hearts in the new Gosford Studio....
(Pictured Phil O'Connor President Brewarrina Fishing Club, soaking a bait on the Barwon.) The Big Fish takes you fishing around the State, and first up this week we head to North-West New South Wales with a look at the great work being done by local fishing clubs to help the...
On January 6th this year, the McLaughlin’s world changed forever. 4 ½ year-old Tom ran onto the road outside their rented holiday house at McMasters Beach on the Central Coast – and in the blink of an eye his life was over. His parents Dave and Michelle spoke with Emma...
(Pictured the Glen team in training. Waide Mcguire Central Coast Express Advocate.) When a drug addiction takes hold, it can suck the joy out of your life. A group of Indigenous men from across NSW are rediscovering the simple pleasures of a life without drugs and alcohol at Woongarrah on...
On The Big Fish this week, fishy photo winner James Smith is just back from Lord Howe Island where he caught this huge Kingy off the beach up near the golf course. James gives Scott a blow by blow of this great capture. Peter Morse talks about fly fishing for...
Micro lures may be little, but they catch big fish and look like being the big hit this summer for lure tosser in our NSW estuaries. Rob Paxevanos has had some great sucess on St George's Basin. This Recreational Fishing Haven is teaming with big Flathead, Whiting and Bream and...
This week on The Big Fish we head to lake Eucumbene and catch Bushy trying to tempt a big Brown Trout to take his dry fly. Stinker has a first, for him, a fishing report! He reckons the fish are biting so well, you have to take a stick with...
Being part of a famous historic moment is not something everyone can lay claim to, but not so for Leigh Hatcher. As a 20 year old journalist he found himself on the steps of Parliament House in Canberra with Gough Whitlam and a throng of people to be part of...
Bushy is now sporting the Gummy smile, because the great Gummy chase is over, at long last! Known to be able to catch them on a wet lawn! Bushy met his nemesis in the nocturnal Gummy's of the NSW Far South Coast beaches. Many of our listeners were beginning to...
Dannielle Habib is not a Muslim woman but helps many migrant women in our Central Coast community deal with their day to day issues. Racism has always been present, but of late Muslim women and children have been copping terrible abuse from cowardly racists on the Central Coast, and many...
The fishing scene is really hotting up, the Bream are back in the estuary, and biting their heads off, as you can see from Scott's Sunday morning kayak catch. The Trout season on streams and rivers opens in NSW this weekend and we will give you the latest with Dean...
The majority of NSW anglers, who live along the East Coast, may not be aware of the golden fishing bounty West of the Great Divide. Gold can be found in the vast freshwater lakes and impoundments, like Hume, Blowering, Wyangala, Burrinjuck, Windamere, Keepit and many others. Gold in the form...
This week on The Big Fish another episode of "Know Your Natives" with Fisheries Scientist Dr Stewart Rowland. Stewart, pretty much, wrote the book on many of our popular native species and this week we focus on the Yellow Belly, Golden Perch or Callop as it's called, depending on which...
To quote Rob Paxevanos, "it's like trying to stop a 30lb mangrove jack in a 25 metre wide pool, riddled with snags. If you're worried about losing an entire tackle box full of lures, then don't head up the Fly River chasing Black Bass". (Pictured, the mean set of teeth...
Balladeer Mick Streek, the brother of Big Fish regular Dog Fish Dave has immortalized the stars of the show in song and we kick out with the tune, that's destined to go to number 1! We also talk about sinking line techniques for impoundment Bass with Bushy, Stinker has some...
This week on The Big Fish NSW Fisheries Minister Katrina Hodgkinson talks to Scott Levi about the Eastern King Prawn stocking program for 10 coastal lakes and lagoons for the coming summer. Research Scientist Matt Taylor and his team pioneered the scheme at Wallagoot Lake with outstanding success, the stocking...
Steve Starling is back form a great fishing adventure off the Island of Sumba Indonesia. A light game fishing paradise. We share some sure fire techniques with you this week, Bushy on Blackfish, bait and fly, and we have Gabe to continue his master class on bait fishing for whopping...
24 year old Central Coast Employment Services provider Kendall Hill-Smith has won a major business award for her work with the Central Coast's young job seekers. In a recent employment program run by Kendall at ORS Employment 84 of the 100 people enrolled found a job on the Coast. Listen...
It's worth listening to the Big Fish right to the very end this morning, because, we save the best for last. I almost feel as if we shouldn't reveal this information, it really is so deadly. Gabe will share all of his secrets on how to catch the giant Winter...
Dr Coralie Wales is a pain specialist and President of Chronic Pain Australia and Ben Ross is a former NRL Sharks and Rabbitohs front rower who broke his neck during a game and suffers chronic pain as a consequence. If you suffer from chronic pain or know someone who does...
This week on The Big Fish Al McGlashan takes us 100 km offshore to chase the giant Southern Bluefin Tuna. These fish have just turned up off Sydney, an immense ocean eddy has brought them within range, but, only if you prepare with military precision, and even then things can...