Hills Bloke - An Unordinary Life

About a year ago Bevan Orchard suffered a freak accident on a motor bike which quickly become a life threatening situation leading to a ride in the rescue chopper and a four day coma. In this episode he talks about it all for the first time and we laugh and we cry. He talks about facing his leg, literally, what happened, how he should be dead and waking up nearly a week later. We catch up from goi...

James & Josie have a very entertaining and fast growing YouTube travel vlog channel where they travel the world sharing their real life adventures, with a focus on authentic experiences, humour and unfiltered travel content. We talk about... I get emotional when we talk about how I came to find their channel and how they made me, a born and bred Aussie, fall in love with my country again! Wher...

Tim Manger is the founder and Director of BTR Bullion and "Beat the Reset" after realising that there was a niche market within the physical metals and digital assets space, where consumers were largely disconnected from investing through a mismatch in both understanding and knowledge. Tim has amassed a large social media following over the past few years, attracting both local and international a...

Louis Clarke owns Hardened, an Australian Civil Defense (Bunkers) company, which is a partner of Atmas Group, a Finland-based global supplier in over 25 countries. specializing in high-quality bunkers, shelters, safe rooms, air filtration systems and structural hardening components to provide advanced solutions to evolving threats. In this episode he debunks the industry in Australia, who buy's th...

Topher Field is a renowned content creator, public speaker, interviewer, podcaster, writer, satirist, and champion of Human Rights he is Australia’s most recognised Libertarian Political Commentators and Human Rights activists. He is the Director of “Battleground Melbourne“, a multi-award winning and internationally acclaimed documentary and is also the Author of “Good People Break Bad Laws“ Over...

Dr Andrew Morgan PhD is an author and UAP, UFO, NHI technology researcher based in Western Australia where he has been studying the phenomena also known as "min min" lights. He has captured hundreds of these on equipment and so we talk about how he got into this field of research, orb's, rod's min min lights, the link between the Aboriginals, my experience with them, the spiritual side, the whole...

Mia Davies is the the Nationals WA candidate for the federal electorate of Bullwinkel and an Australian politician who was the Leader of the Opposition and leader of the National Party in Western Australia from March 2021 to January 2023. She was a member of the state Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2025, having previously served in the Legislative Council from 2009 to 2013.

Steve is an Aussie YouTuber living in Japan with a wood fired oven in the middle of his house! In this episode I talked to him about growing up in Mount Druitt Sydney, how he came to be in Japan, Japan's 10 million abandoned "Akiya's" homes, why they are so cheap, how to buy one, business basics, the best and worst bits and the reality of living in Japan and the wave of Aussies already relocating...

What does Ai think itself is? Will Ai create job loss? What is the best energy source for Australia? Climate change and energy, renewables, wind farms, Geo thermal, hydro and nuclear The Parliamentary System, should Australia stay in the monarchy or become a republic? The World Freedom Index, which countries are the best to live in? Immigration, why are some countries so ft on it, what works and w...

Lisa Logan is the Nationals Party Candidate for the seat of Kalamunda in the upcoming Western Australian state election and so in this episode I sat with her to talk about growing up The tragic event that started her on the path to Politics The growing market of voters not voting for one of the "big two" and the Nat's move into "city" seats Government over regulation The new draconian gun laws Roa...

Matt Moran is the Australian Liberal Party Candidate for the 2025 National Australian election for the seat of Bullwinkel In this episode I sat down to talk to Matt about growing up in the hills, twelve years of working for Channel 10, joining the Army and working in Canberra. We also talk about what people are telling him are the main issues for the upcoming election, like the cost of living, hou...

Adam Hort is the Western Australian Liberal Party candidate for the seat of Kalamunda in the upcoming 2025 WA State Election. In this episode I sat down to find out about what makes him tick, growing up in the hills, how he found his way to politics, where he thinks the party lost it's way in the past and what they are doing about it. We talk about Pharmacy, Gun Laws, Fishing Licenses, Government...

Peter "Wilko" Wilkinson is a content creator and in some ways the typical middle aged Aussie bloke, but in many ways he is not! In this episode we talk about life, growing up, fishing, creating content, our struggles with mental health, Locked On Lads and how he went from working at Target to working live on stage for some of the biggest gaming companies in the world!

In this episode I talk to Neil Waters from the The Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia about the existence of Tasmania Tigers in Australia! He talks about how a tragic fatal car accident lead to sabbatical in India which lead him to Tasmania and eventually a life changing encounter with a Tasmanian Tiger! We talk about the best evidence so far, print casts, footage including thermal, the WA DNA...

Synjon Anstee-Brook is an Australian hunter and content creator living in one of the most isolated areas of the world, the South West of Western Australia, he is self described as a lover of all things involving the outdoors preferably things that bring home a meal. In this episode we talk about where he grew up, fishing as a kid, a hunting trip to Germany as a teenager that changed his life forev...

Mathew Woods is living a dream with the keys to the Perth Observatory and in this episode he drops a huge amount of knowledge the way any good teacher does. He talks about everything from the history of the Observatory, it's telescopes and tours etc, to UFO's - UAP's, quantum physics, collecting data for NASA, meeting Neil Degrasse Tyson, watching volcano's on moons orbiting planets in our solar s...

Hills Bloke talks about the philosophy behind growing your own produce, often called Permaculture, homesteading or being "self sufficient" it has seen massive growth in the last 5 - 10 years and he discusses how you can lessen your food foot print at the supermarket and how to eat as humanly and as cheaply as possible. Humans have moved away from what we are meant to be, we are in a mental health...

Rochelle Siemienowicz is self described as an editor and arts journo, memoir writer and lover of things beautiful and strange! She is also a highly regarded film critic, journalist, editor and columnist with a PhD in Australian cinema and was the long time film editor for The Big Issue. Her work has been published widely, including in The Age, Kill Your Darlings, The Big Issue, ScreenHub and SBS M...

Matt Miller aka "Tree Kiwi" is a content creator, Bow hunter and hunting guide in Europe and New Zealand, living in Sweden. He is also the former community manager and official streamer at Expansive World's for their hunting simulation The Hunter Call Of The Wild. It's been one year since I caught up with Matt Miller and a lot has happened! In this episode we talk about Day Z, having puppies, the...

Harry Crossley is a you tuber and mad angler with an infectious style who fishes the world using Bang Average methods but at the same time producing some of the best original fishing content! In this episode we talk about how he got into fishing and being a you tuber, traveling the world, his Dad and the massive influence he still has on Harry's life, dealing with grief, drugs, Harry's epiphany, l...

Mike Koroleff is one of the people that started and continues to run OSR which runs Australia's most popular Sim Racing League V8SCOPS. In this episode we talk about how he got started in photography, being a cop, working for Frank Gardiner at what became Norwell, Paul Morris, Shane Van Gisbergen's NASCAR win on debut, how OSR Sim Racing got started and the Australian Sim Racing scene in general.

Jo Starling is an Australian Fishing personality with an incredible story and a passion for fishing that she is all in on. In this episode we talk about growing up with crocs, how a Squidgy night changed her life forever, fishing, how she met Starlo, social media, having to fight for her life at knife point, PTSD and how fishing cured it! We also talk about the Women's Recreational Fishing League,...

Kate Fantinel is Lady Liberty, a Libertarian who describes herself as Liberty lover. Political commentator. Straight shooter. Restless revolutionist. Wanderlust woman living in Western Australia's oligarchy! I would describe her as a critical thinker and so in this episode we talk about where she grew up, how she got into shooting, the new gun laws and what can be done about it, the collectivists...

Pat Cole is a long time friend of mine and a fellow free thinker who consumes an insane amount of Podcasts, in the top 1% of online listeners. In this episode I talk to Pat about his thoughts on life, working, playing Dad, how he has made Sunday's Family days, the black dog, mental health, psychedelics and our psychedelic experience's. Also UAV's - UAP's what are they? Other worlds, Ai, Chat GTP,...

John Corbet The Man Who Predicted The "You Know What" In this episode we talk about Cooper Dog's last days What he has been reading lately, censorship in books. Whats wrong with the world The four day working week study WA's new gun laws The war in Ukraine a year in US politics, the midterm's, the party candidate races, the 2024 election and why the USA is the most undemocratic country on Earth Ou...