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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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45:40

Interview - Dianna Evans - Podcaster

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2025/10/28

Dianna talks about being a podcaster, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "I'm so curious about so many things, and you just cannot get all the answers by yourself. The other day. I was talking to a friend and she was talking about the noxious gases released by a lake in South Africa, or around that way, and I ended up going on a side quest for several hours researching Noxious Lakes and how they impacted communities in the area. If I didn't have that

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32:09

Interview - Dan Baldwin - parkrun Statesman

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2025/10/21

Dan talks about being a parkrun Statesman, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "And sometimes like we'll have a parkrun coffee. And you go, okay, I've had coffee and then suddenly it's morning tea. And then after morning tea, suddenly, lunches come out. And then it's like after lunch we've left coffee. Right? So at times we up to, sometimes I've had parkrun coffees that have gone for say, five hours, and you can talk a lot about parkrun in five

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47:33

Interview - Ray Jones - Musician

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2025/10/14

Ray talks about being a musician, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "I don't play it because it's too hard for anyone in the audience that has suffered. You know, it, it deals with domestic violence. And a, a lady that worked for me in the early days told me her story, the next day I wrote her song and I wrote her story. And I always say to people, be careful what you tell me, because I can't help it. I might, you know, somehow inadvertently in a

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41:51

Interview - Barry Green - Operating a Radio Station

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2025/10/07

Barry talks about operating a radio station, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "We rely on fundraising. We have two or three raffles a year. And it's very satisfying when you're selling raffle tickets or people come oh, I love listening to you. I don't want a ticket, but here's $50. Now, you know, that's the sort of thing that, that's the feedback we need because, that, that doesn't naturally happen with, with radio as a broadcast format. I get a

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55:13

Interview - Don Phillips - Missionary

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2025/09/30

Don talks about being a missionary, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "This is all the things that I've learned about with it, and these are the things that I go and I teach people how they can lead. That none of us are gonna be perfect, let's face it mate, you know, none of us. But I can go and I can teach these people how they can live more of a sinless life. None of us are gonna make it to perfection. There's only one perfect, and that's

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31:14

Interview - Chris Smith - The Flying Painter

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2025/09/23

Chris talks about being The Flying Painter, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "Oh it's like just a passion I always had since a young teenager. And now we can use this experience and the aircraft that we have to go out and quote where we can and fly into these places. And I'll also use it not just for business, but mainly for recreation because it's something I'm passionate about. And, yeah, I just love aviation in general."

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49:46

Interview - Duncan Booth - Radio Show Host

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2025/09/16

Duncan talks about being a radio show host, what it takes, what it mens and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "The old expression practice makes perfect, is one that I've always said is incorrect. It's perfect practice makes perfect. Because if you keep practicing the mistakes over and over again and not learn from them, you know, it doesn't get you any better at all." https://www.harveycommunityradiofm.com.au/ Community Radio Plus App announced (with store

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47:04

Interview - Karen Crutchlow - Cycle Busselton to Eucla

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2025/09/09

Karen talks about cycling from Busselton Jetty to Eucla and back, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "I think what it highlighted for me is just how powerful community is. And when we create mechanisms to divide community, it's not helpful. But if we can find ways to unite community, that says a lot, it's huge."

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47:30

Interview - Richard Williams - Military Digital Library

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2025/09/02

Richard talks about digitising military history records, what it takes, what it means and how you do it. My favourite quote of the episode is "They got a big three meter by three meter canvas photograph done of that pyramid and he donated it to us. And we've been using that as a backdrop when we go out on site. And, this lady came and said, oh, this person here is my great, great grandfather and, we know that, he had medals, but nobody knows where they are. And we went and looked on our website and

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01:02:30

Interview - Richard Stein - Photographer

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2025/08/26

Richard talks about being an amateur photographer and an employed photographer, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "Will Rogers said that some people can learn by reading. Some people can learn by observing others. And some just have to pee on the electric fence themselves. So in the case of photography, you can watch others be lectured to read about the things that happen, or sometimes you just have to go buy a camera and hunt for the fence."

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38:47

Interview - Dianne Stewart - Adult Ballet

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2025/08/19

Dianne talks about adult ballet, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "There's no pressure to do these little community performances. But I think it is wonderful and we've always gained a lot of respect when we have done a little performance or exhibition somewhere. I think they're amazed, and as I am, on the ability of some of these people that they're seeing in front of them and their ages. So that's always great. You can't be what you can't see. So

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26:55

Interview - Neil McDougall - Adaptive Cyclist

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2025/08/12

Neil talks about being an adaptive cyclist, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "It's all about the enjoyment of getting out there with some friends and having some fun, and just knowing life is sort of, no matter what's happening in the background, life's still enjoyable."

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43:55

Interview - Richard Stein - Scale Modelling

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2025/08/05

Richard talks about scale modelling, what it takes, what it means and how you do it. My favourite quote of the episode is "I've heard it said that there are a number of things that everybody's got inside that they want satisfied. One is a desire to build things, right. One is a desire to collect things. One is a desire for physical activity where you are playing and doing something, and one is a desire for social activity. Now, I don't know whether you get that much playing or physical activity or

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37:07

Interview - Paul van der Mey - Rally Co-Driver

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2025/07/29

Paul talks about being a rally co-driver, what it takes, what it means and how you do it. My favourite quote of the episode is "There's people have a need for really, you know, generating some adrenaline and getting it out of the system, so to speak. And if that's not in society, then it gets down to pent up aggression and that sort of thing. So by allowing it, allowing people to get out there and, and do sports that do put them on the edge and challenge them, and exercise them, so to speak, then

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48:57

Interview - Erik Mellegers - Commentator

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2025/07/22

Erik talks about being a commentator, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "If you are struggling with friendships and mental health and that sort of stuff, get involved in events. It doesn't have to be cycling or mountain biking can be local lawn bowls club. but yeah, building those relationships just great. Great, for you, great for mental health. Someone to talk to, someone to share things with . Yeah."

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47:31

Interview - Dan Gardiner - Ultra-endurance Inline...

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2025/07/15

Dan talks about ultra-endurance in-line skating and fundraising, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.My favourite quote of the eisode is "When we get a new skater and they say to me, look I've done my first 30 kilometer skate. And then they'll qualify that by saying, oh, that's nothing compared to what you've done. But that doesn't matter, that's huge for you. You've never done this before, and you are setting goals to do longer skates, and you are meeting them, and that's absolutely

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45:44

Interview - Helen Punch - Harpist

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2025/07/08

Helen talks about being a harpist, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "And the nursing home, I've been playing at various nursing homes, and one in particular, I've been going regularly for eight years now and I go there once a fortnight. And that's different type of music, that's familiar type music. And often, the residents will start to sing along to the music. I encourage 'em if they want to sing along they just love it. They absolutely love

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27:48

Interview - Nathalie Mitchell - Paint by numbers

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2025/07/01

Nathalie talks about painting by numbers, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "Yeah, I've had people say to me, oh, if I do this, it's not gonna be as good as yours, or I'm thinking just give it a go and you will amaze yourself. I didn't think I would be any good at it. I would not even see my, you know, 10 years ago there's no way I would've said I would be completing these canvases. But yeah, just give it a go. Just see if you've got time. You don't

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37:49

Interview - Sharon Rose - Living Simply

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2025/06/24

Sharon talks about living simply, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of this episode is "I love that concept of the native Americans. That they refer to the natural community as all our relations, and that we are caretakers. And it's our decisions in life that affect all of the other creations on the planet."

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38:05

Interview - Luke Deighton - Business on the road

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2025/06/17

Luke talks about running a business while on the road, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of this episode is "I understand that not a lot of people get the opportunity to take that step either. It's been a choice that we've had to make, regardless of the financial side of things, especially starting out. It was like we're gunna drop a bit here for sure, but we're gonna gain so much more. And it was really making the change, from putting focus on the financial aspect

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