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Forrest Chat

Paul van der Mey

Interviews exploring individual endeavour in Western Australia. What it takes, what it means and how to do it.

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05:23

Forrest-Chat-New-Year-2025

Forrest Chat ·

2024/12/31

Wishing you all the best for 2025 and looking forward to 2025 episodes.

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05:10

Forrest.Chat Christmas 2024 message

Forrest Chat ·

2024/12/24

Christmas blessings from Forrest.Chat

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29:46

Interview - Wayne Turner - Rallying a Classic Rally Car

Forrest Chat ·

2024/12/17

Wayne talks about classic rally cars, what it takes to have one, what it means to share the experience and how to do it. My favourite quote of the episode is "So it might sound silly that we get into a race car and go belting through the forest with big trees at 200 Ks plus an hour and feels relaxed. But, I guess if you ask anyone who does any type of speed event, everything slows down. You get used to it very quick, and it's, I don't play golf, so it is an out, for me, it's a way of relaxing and

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01:00:33

Interview - Jon Pendse - 100 Raced Marathons

Forrest Chat ·

2024/12/10

Jon talks about raced marathons, what it took him to complete 100 raced marathons, what it means and how to do it. My favourite quote of the episode is "To me, failure is essential really. So I've had several did not finishes in races where I've actually so a couple of ultra marathons. One of the races the Delirious West I went back a second time. So this is a 200 mile race and it was probably within the first 10km I rolled my ankle to the point where I couldn't run on it, so I had to pull out of

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29:35

Interview - Theo Grant - U17 National Road Cycling...

Forrest Chat ·

2024/12/03

Theo travels to South Australia (and Italy) to contest the Under 17 Australian Cycling Championship and talks about what it takes, what it means and how to do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "Yeah, it can be training load, it could be the places you're riding, it could be the food you're eating. A lot of it is wash, rinse, repeat. Like it is in many sports, you have to practice and practice and practice. So, I feel like just having the knowledge that in the end it'll work out, it really

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38:09

Interview - Sue-Maree Wilks - Walking the Cape to Cape

Forrest Chat ·

2024/11/26

Sue-Maree hikes the cape to cape and shares with us what it takes, what it means and how to do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "We know that hiking really promotes mental and physical health and wellbeing. And I think not just for me, but I think for everyone who does hike, that must be quite a large part of it. And there's that natural ebb and flow, I think, when you're hiking. And I think we spoke about it earlier, where there are the really good moments of hiking and that, that joy and

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30:13

Interview - Nathalie Mitchell - Open Water Swimming

Forrest Chat ·

2024/11/19

Nathalie talks about what it takes to swim in the open waters, what it means and how to do it. My favourite quote of this episode is "I think the open water swimming for me is really good for my mental health. It helps me unwind at the end of the day or even at the beginning of the day. It's a great start to the day. I find the salt water, especially in the ocean, really invigorating and it has a lot of health benefits as well. Yeah, so it means a lot to me. Apart from me being a competitive person

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24:25

Interview - Laura Firth - Bravehearts

Forrest Chat ·

2024/11/12

Laura talks about Bravehearts, what it takes to raise funds for them, what it means and how to do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "A lot of people have always come up to me and asked me about it, what it is. And I've even had a couple of people even open up to me, adults saying that they were abused and wished they had known about something that was out there at the time, which I feel shouldn't have taken us this long to actually have a charity that does that. I mean, I first found out

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21:27

Interview - Caroline van der Mey - Making Skin Care...

Forrest Chat ·

2024/11/05

Caroline talks about what it takes to make her own skin care products, what it means and how she does it. My favourite quote of the episode is "On another level I also like being able to teach people and for me that's always been a big thing with anything I do, with what I make. I love being able to share it with others and I also love being able to teach others how to do it. And so I often run courses on how to make your own moisturizer so people can go home with a moisturizer and also the

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28:13

Interview - Aisha Valenti - Painting Murals

Forrest Chat ·

2024/10/29

Aisha talks about painting murals, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "I think sometimes we forget about how important and what a big role the arts play in our life, whether it's, entertainment, music, visual art. It is so important because a world without it would be a very boring and depressing place, I imagine. And we have both kinds of people, you know, they say that we have the right side of the left side of our brain. One is creative and

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21:16

Interview - Heath Bennett - Motorsport Volunteering

Forrest Chat ·

2024/10/22

Heath talks about volunteering at grassroots motorsport events, what it takes, what it means and how to do it. My favourite quote of the episode is "If you're new to motorsport and you want to get involved in motorsport, this is probably the best way to do it. You haven't got to be jumping straight into competition. Go along to an event, watch an event, volunteer, because when you volunteer, you understand how the events work more. So if you then go to, to be a competitor, you actually have that

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37:27

Interview - Caroline Parkin - Geocaching

Forrest Chat ·

2024/10/15

Caroline talks about geocaching, finding things in the environment, what it takes, the special meaning it has for her and how you can find things too. My favourite quote of the episode is "There are events as well, which are really good fun. Didn't know anything about those at first. Then events put out there for... or people to come together and talk geocaching. And as a beginner, those are things to go to because you can pick up some tips, some advice. It's quite handy. Although I think some

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44:12

Interview - Sandy De La Mare - Solo Motorcycle Tour

Forrest Chat ·

2024/10/08

Sandy talks about what it takes to ride solo across across Australia on a motorbike, what it means and how she did it. My favourite quote of the episode is "I think sometimes you can hopefully inspire other people to do just a few crazy things. And you know, that's kind of fun if you're the one inspiring people to do crazy things. And it might just give someone who's always wanted to go for a motorbike ride to say, hey, maybe I could do

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44:34

Interview - Jaysen Miguel - City of Bunbury Mayor

Forrest Chat ·

2024/10/01

Jaysen talks about the being the City of Bunbury Mayor, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "You generally hear from it when you when you've made a mistake where in the other forms of politics, if you are this, quite often people might make decisions based and they're obviously might be affecting a lot of people that, you know, they've got to make the decision. And but they might be not aware of the impacts where. Don't worry, you make a decision here,

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29:08

Interview - Oliver Robertson - Running in Events

Forrest Chat ·

2024/09/24

Oliver runs in events, he shares what it takes, what it means and how he does it. My favourite quote of the episode is "And I guess the understanding that Dad won't be around forever and it's good to do these things while we both can. And I think that's quite special. And that's actually something we have. spoke about on a run before when we were in New Zealand last year. We ran up the Ben Lomond mountain in Queenstown and while we were on the top looking out with the 360 view of mountains

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26:03

Interview - Tamsin Emmett - Community Supporter

Forrest Chat ·

2024/09/17

Tamsin talks about being involved in her community, what it takes, what it mans and how you do it. My favourite quote of the episode is "I think it's just being involved in your community. I think coming together with other people for a common good, trying to do things in a positive manner puts you in a great place to meet like-minded people and have a positive effect on your own life as well as the community's." parkrun.com.au/collierivertrail Community Bank Collie & Districts Shire of Collie -

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23:17

Interview - Russell van der Mey - Speedway Team Owner

Forrest Chat ·

2024/09/10

Russell talks about the fast-paced life of a speedway team owner, what it takes, what it means and how you do it. My favourite quote of this episode is "Well, Wyatt, he just wants to win. He is, he is getting better at, I suppose, getting better at not winning, you know, cause he can't win all the time, especially now that he's moved up into a higher division with faster kids. He's not at the front anymore. I think that's done him really well. He really enjoys the racing more now than the actual

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24:41

Interview - Steffan White - Motorsport Photographer

Forrest Chat ·

2024/09/03

Steffan talks about what it takes for him to take motorsport photos, what it means to him and competitors and how to do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "I had a driver from the autocross explaining to me, oh, those photos of that sequence, we actually worked out there was something wrong with the rear wheel. Their braking system or suspension or something along those lines, I can't recall now. And yeah, that makes me feel good, you know, being able to help in that way." Inacast Images South

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24:17

Interview - Jenny Gerdei - Womens Autocross Competitor

Forrest Chat ·

2024/08/27

Jenny embraces friendly competition and family sport as she explains what it takes to compete in autocross, what it means to her, her family and the community and how you can do it too.My favourite quote of this episode is "It's great being part of a bigger thing that's just me but then by saying that too, I lose the nana, the mum and the wife and the sister thing and I'm actually a person. who's racing as well. So you're not sort of labeled. And the boys treat you like an equal. There's no sexism

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58:09

Interview - Daniel + Lauren Cole - Run Directors at...

Forrest Chat ·

2024/08/20

Daniel and Lauren talk about what it takes to be a Run Director at parkrun, what it means to them and the community and how you can become a Run Director too.My favourite quiote of the episode is "I think even from a community perspective, there'd be meaning there for other people that we aren't aware of. There's a group of four of us that are Run Directors now, so I'm the first female that's stepped up and done it, so hopefully other young ladies or girls that are down there see that and think, oh

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