Love Your Work

If you’re listening to this in South Gippsland or Bass Coast, you’re most likely aware of the significant beach erosion that’s occurring at Inverloch.   Over the past 10 years or so, the shoreline’s retreated by more than 70 metres, and the Surf Life Saving Club’s now under threat from storms, high tides, and powerful surges. And it’s causing a great deal of anxiety among locals .     Well, I’ve j...

Looking for some help with motivation and mindset? … Today's guest is Olympic athlete Drew Ginn, who lives part-time on their family farm in Cape Paterson. You might remember Drew as part of the famous ‘Oarsome Foursome’ ….. they became household names - and we watched them on TV when in 1996 they won the Olympic Gold Medal for rowing. Drew’s a triple Olympic Gold medalist and a five-time World Ch...

Let’s not talk about palliative care! Palliative care, death and dying is a subject that’s taboo in Australia. So, why should we learn about it? Today’s guest answers that question in an informative, elevating, and beneficial way. On the eve of her retirement, Mary Ross-Heazlewood from Gippsland Southern Health Service in Leongatha, believes palliative care is misunderstood in the community. Havin...

Here are some sneaky highlights from my Love Your Work interviews - some of the best advice from South Gippsland and Bass Coast locals! Enjoying this podcast? Follow this page! 😀 If you have a recommendation for a really interesting local to interview, let us know in the Comments! 😀 Cathie

Saving the world for 81 year old Betty McLaughlin was a very good thing, she says, but it wasn’t much fun! That is, not until she found her song in South Gippsland.   Betty and her partner certainly had some reservations about leaving their spacious five acre block in the hills of Thorpdale South, to move into a retirement village. It was a pretty big change, but now in their 80s, the property had...

Catherine Watson is the Editor and Publisher of The Bass Coast Post. She’s had a long career in journalism, and is well known for giving us this alternative source of news and commentary. It’s an online magazine written by and for residents of the Bass Coast. The Post strives to deliver a balanced perspective of the issues we have here. It tends to attract left-leaning people, however in this inte...

In healthcare, often mighty achievements happen under the surface, beyond our sight. Andrea Curtis, a Diabetes Educator in Leongatha, is driven by the need for regional communities to have access to excellent care. Andrea has created unique programs to support local children, their families, and pregnant mothers with diabetes. Meanwhile, "AI technology is now exceeding what we can do as humans to...

How can we best look after ourselves as we age? In this conversation, highly experienced Myotherapist, Marsha Livingstone provides advice as well as exercises we can follow along to, in order to improve our posture, and balance our strength. She also has some great motivational words to help keep us all moving. Marsha has treated musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction for nearly 30 years. Based in L...

The first thing that strikes me about Sandy Ryan is his humility. He’s a self-confessed water addict, in particular for surfing massive waves. Well known on Phillip Island and to surfers around the world as a big wave surfer, Sandy’s always been drawn to a great surf break. In his humble style, he’s uncomfortable to put a size on the waves (but confesses they’d be up to 60 feet high). You see, to...

Marty has the magic sauce to help transform a regional town. It's an insightful and personal conversation with the wonderful Marty 'Moo', widely known as the Unofficial Mayor of Meeniyan. He's just an extraordinary community builder. In Meeniyan and beyond, Marty ‘Moo’ Thomas is a household name. In fact, it’s hard for me to think about the Meeniyan community without thinking of Marty. His kind, s...

How do you start kids on a positive, healthy pathway? Walking into Steve's house, I immediately see two scuba tanks. It’s funny how sometimes inanimate things represent so much passion. Steve is a born teacher, driven to protect our marine environment. He's a fervent scuba diver and marine expert whose beautiful images on social media show our stunning sea life here on Bass Coast. As a for...

Jane Coker is a community gatherer, a confidence booster, and a talented enabler of everyone's vocal chords ... including mine! It's not about performance, it's just about the simple joy of singing and getting together with others. Can you sing? I love singing but I can't sing in tune. Sometimes I think I sound ok when I'm singing with gusto ... but my family never agree. Well,...

As the research suggests, your values can be a great guide to finding fulfilling work. With each guest in this series, I ask them about their personal values and whether they relate to the work they do. So when mental health counsellor Wendy agreed to do this interview, I jumped at the opportunity to ask her what personal values are. She provides depth and also excellent tips on how to identify yo...

What does it take to be a snake catcher? If you’ve seen snakes on your property, this conversation is for you. Not a job for everyone, but he has a great story about how he got into it. A little tip is although he handles snakes, he's scared of dogs!! And he provides you with some excellent safety advice. Get to know Jake the Snake Catcher. A SNEAK PEAK Jake's values are: "Protecting...

Grant has spent his career travelling the world as a sound recordist for film and tv. In Australia, he worked on programs such as ‘Beyond 2000’ with Amanda Keller. Overseas, Grant’s work was focused on creating human interest stories with Australian journalist John Pilger, who was known as a champion for justice. Working with John and a small crew, their documentaries captured stories of local peo...

As anyone who’s seen a local theatre performance will know, we have very talented people at theatre groups across South Gippaland and Bass Coast. In this conversation we take a look behind the scenes at the audition process, the background roles, the musicians, and the whole team that do what it takes to bring a performance to life. After speaking with Bron Beach and learning what community theatr...