My Birth Year

I grew up in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne which was semi rural with orchards or the remnants of orchards around the area. I studied at Tafe in Clothing Studies and worked in the clothing industry in the early years, then somehow ended up in banking and admin. I now have a creative micro business/side hustle called Merton Made which my main product is aprons. I’ve married for the second t...

Born in 1970, a teen of the 80s. Duran Duran, synth pop, the pastel revolution, the America’s Cup win, Jonathan Sceats sunglasses and wagging school by imbibing cod liver oil. Lived in Perth WA during the 80s and survived the 90s with brows intact. Still wistful of simple, summer days in beer gardens thanks to the worst fake paper ID. My favourite day of the year these days is Eurovision Sunday wi...

My name is Robert Cameron and my life has certainly been an interesting journey so far. Born into a farming family at Wurdi Boluc, which is more of an area than a town, famous for the large Barwon Water Reservoir that supplies the South Western suburbs of Geelong. It was a wonderful childhood with so much fun and activity on limited resources, but a 365 acre playground. I was one of 8 children and...

Birth Location:   Young, New South Wales Current Location:   Hillston, New South Wales About Our Guest Over the past 40yrs I have worked in many different industries including aged care, WH&S, education and real estate. I have worked in outback mines, outback Local Government from far western Qld to outback NSW. Marrying an Indigenous man, I have researched Indigenous genealogy and local histo...

Birth Location:   Geelong, Victoria Current Location:   Geelong, Victoria About Our Guest Mitchell was born in 1991, and grew up in Geelong, Victoria. He lived overseas for nearly four years and returned at 11 years old. He hosted a current affairs program for over seven years on Geelong radio and now works in marketing and communications. He has a keen interest in travel and photography.

Birth Location:   Geraldton, Western Australia Current Location:   Northam, Western Australia About Our Guest Born and grew up in Geraldton WA when the baker still delivered the bread by horse and cart and the milk man left the milk in a billy on the mail box. Married at 18 to a farmer, had four daughters. After 20 years farming ran different businesses from a cafe to a charter boat to the Abrolho...

Birth Location:   Geraldton, Western Australia Current Location:   Northam, Western Australia About Our Guest I am a ‘71 baby, born in Geraldton WA. I grew up on a farm east of town, the oldest of four girls. Mum and Dad also had a sheep station about 250km further east. We grew cereal crops, including wheat, barley and lupins. We also had sheep for wool and meat. I went to boarding school in Pert...

Birth Location:   Coburg, Victoria Current Location:   Echuca, Victoria About Our Guest Hi, I am Paul Hooper. Born in 1967, father of 4 children and grandfather of 8. I am a Funeral Director and in the past was a full-time musician / singer and have played around 4,200 gigs. Sport mad and a life member at Box Hill Hawks Football Club and Blackburn North Cricket Club. Have worked and presented at R...

Birth Location:   Cowra, New South Wales Current Location:   Young, New South Wales / Willaura, Victoria About Our Guest I was born in Cowra and raised on the family farm. I had the privilege of working with farmers in three states of Australia. Commenced when corporates were smaller and integrated personal companies. Met and worked with a host of wonderful salt of the earth people. Married and ra...

Birth Location:   Young, New South Wales Current Location:   Young, New South Wales About Our Guest I was born in Young NSW, and grew up on a large commercial poultry farm. I completed all my schooling in the small town of Young, and was privileged to attend University at Charles Stuart University to study Veterinary Science. After graduating in 2018, I commenced working as a Poultry Veterinarian...

Birth Location:   Penrith, New South Wales Current Location:   Caramut, Victoria About Our Guest Hi, I’m Kirsten. For most of my life. I have lived “west” of somewhere. I grew up in western Sydney, in a typical working class/lower middle class, 3 bedroom, brick home. My childhood was pleasant (although we did experience family tragedy, when my Dad died). And I enjoyed my teenage years, which centr...

Birth Location:   Hobart, Tasmania Current Location:   Ballarat, Victoria About Our Guest Born in Hobart, Tasmania I’ve spent most of my life in Victoria. Happily married to Mark, with the 3 adult children, 2 daughter-in-laws and 7 grandchildren (atm). I love to travel and watch our beloved AFL team Richmond. Life can be pretty hectic but retirement is fab especially when enjoying a red or 2 with...

Birth Location:   Echuca, Victoria Current Location:   Byaduk, Victoria About Our Guest Jackie was the second born to her parents Will & Christine, and is the fifth generation of the Elliott farming family. Raised on the land, her childhood was full of fun, with all the animals, motorbikes and adventures with her two siblings. School holidays were spent helping Will on the farm, learning from...

Guest Name: Alyce Tzotzis Birth Location:   Moonee Ponds, Victoria Current Location:   Pascoe Vale, Victoria About Our Guest Alyce is the Women’s Sport Correspondent on the 2 Blokes Chatting Radio Show on 94.7 The Pulse Geelong community radio. She is passionate about sport-related topics and enjoys a well-run Trivia event.

Guest Name: Joshua Antonio Birth Location:   Northam, Western Australia Current Location:   Bunbury, Western Australia About Our Guest I’m a country boy, born and raised. In my early years, my brothers and I helped out on the family farm (mostly in feeding the sheep, but also in climbing the header). In high school, I had a really passionate teacher in physics, so I decided to study it at uni (Cur...

Birth Location:   Kew, Victoria Current Location:   Ashburton, Victoria About Our Guest Born and bred in Melbourne, I’m an avid animal lover and Demons supporter (so 2021 was a cracking year)! Musically, I’m drawn to two of the best decades – 80’s and 90’s – especially Bros, Aha, Backstreet Boys, Nine Inch Nails and Smashing Pumpkins. I grew up playing tennis and live for the Aussie Open every Jan...

Guest Name: Michelle Hendrie Birth Location:   Ferntree Gully, Victoria Current Location:   East Malvern, Victoria About Our Guest An artist who loves painting animals, I took up painting when a car accident forced me to retire as an IT professional. I am a domestic violence survivor with several physical and mental health challenges who lived for many years in Canada and the USA. Severely optimis...

Guest Name: Kelly Day Birth Location:   Melbourne, Victoria Current Location:   Kamerunga, Queensland About Our Guest Hi I’m Kelly and I’m a 1980 baby! I was born in Melbourne and after 42 years, I have recently moved to join my extended family in Cairns. We live in Kamerunga, in the rainforest and we couldn’t love it more. I do miss the football though, I’m a huge Lions fan. I’m a Mum of two and...

Guest Name: Dione Howard Birth Location:   Wagga Wagga, New South Wales Current Location:   Lockhart, New South Wales About Our Guest I grew up on my family’s sheep & cropping farm – 6th generation on the farm. I realised how much I loved agriculture and rural communities while at high school and decided to study at university locally (Charles Sturt Uni in Wagga Wagga). I work as a district ve...

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