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 advent...

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...

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 a...

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,...

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

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 s...

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...

“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 Oombulgarri Community, his passion for guiding and his mission to inspire the future generations (and their parents) to get...

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 rang...

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’l...

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...

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 beli...

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 the Australian Recording Industry Ass...

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 t...

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, the...

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...

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 coord...

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....

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 Bu...

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...

There’s a lot of titles that come to mind but Boss Woman is the most fitting we reckon. Larissa Walker is directly responsible for 90% of the Gibb River Roads “scones with jam and cream” consumption. 17000 scones last season which equates to over 100 scones a day going out the door to be exact. From her place on the Gibb, Larissa, Husband Logan and their two kids welcome in visitors from all walks...

Set on the banks of Danggu Gorge on the Fitzroy River, We’ve got two short episodes for you this time. Firstly, Scotty shares a message he’s learned through all the Covid madness about not giving into fear and learning to grow from challenging times. Secondly we have Charlie Evans who’s working as a guide on Danggu alongside some Bunuba rangers who he considers to be the best bushman in the world....

This EP Scotty talks to Boss lady Taminga Connell about her art. What began as art therapy became a form of healing and then lead onto shaping her future hopes and dreams. They discuss her recent collaboration with Luke and Sammy Wyllie’s Corsaire aviation team and the detail behind the eternity painting series. They also reveal their baby’s gender (by accident), they answer some of your questions...

Part 2 of Scotty’s Bush Yarns podcast with Shane Ross is all about his time in Africa. As we’ve learned already, Shane isn’t someone that will follow the rest of the crowd but will instead dive in head first and discover the real and pure side to the great outdoors. Shane spent some incredible time with some of Africa’s most feared and wild animals. Why? He wanted to know them intimately and learn...

Shane Ross is a unique character to say the least. Expedition leader, Tracker, Bushman, Photographer, Writer and more. After growing up in Cape York amongst the indigenous communities his career in the Bush has taken him all over the world. He spent over 5 years in Africa running his own private tours of some of the most wildest terrain know to man. When Covid hit, he returned to Australia and fou...