Radio WA Conversations with Barry Green

A conversation with Professional Speaker, Businesses Coach and Author Graham Harvey from Service EQ about businesses, food, tourism and politics in the Covid era. Our 2015 conversation about Graham's book Seducing the Vigilante Customer is also on podcast. 

A conversation with Partice Newell, recorded on July 2019 about her book " Who's Minding the Farm? In this climate emergency "  and the place that tourism has in reconnecting farmers and eaters. This was written before the 2019 fires and the pandemic that has demonstrated the problems of a system that has decimated regional communities to the point where we lack the people with the skill and...

Linda Bettenay tells the story behind her book Wishes For Starlight,  Starlight is a mixed blood, deaf mute Aboriginal  who lived over the period 1889 - 1930s. The plight of the Aboriginal is shown through the prism of the discrimination and racism of the time; the imposition of the 1905 Aborigines Act, the establishment of Aboriginal reserves and the gradual removal of rights from Abori...

A conversation recorded in February 2020 with David McFall & David Martin, about the organisation Certified Organic and Biodynamic WA, ( COBWA   ) created to promote such production methods in Western Australia. For more about organic food and farming in WA visit www.organicfoodwa.net.au

A conversation recorded with Jodie Richards in April 2017, shortly after she became CEO of the Busselton CCI . 

Conversation recorded in February 2016 with Trevor Fitzgerald about the efforts of the Busselton community to save the Busselton Jetty after Cyclone Albany in 1978. The Busselton Jetty www.busseltonjetty.com.au is now a major tourism draw card for the South West of WA and a great community asset enjoyed by the whole community.  To find out more things to do, places to eat and places to stay v...

A May 2105 interview with Graham Harvey on Western Tourist Radio's Local Talent Time segment, about his book Seducing the Vigilante Customer. In his book, Graham, talks about the law of reciprocity, which he explains as the best way to get a smile is to smile at someone, and the best way to get a punch in the mouth is to punch someone in the mouth.  Western Tourist Radio programs tell stories...

A conversation recorded in April 2018 with Johan Smit from Sarvaga Light provides an inspiring insight into the ideas behind his holistic coaching and well-being businesses. The world has changed since this recording, but the principals that Johan talks about are now coming into sharper focus.  The conversation includes reference to the Geographe Businesses Referral Group in Busselton. 

Iggy Tan from the Rotary Club of Matilda Bay talks about the success of the first year of Pioneer Challenge pioneerchallenge.com.au along route 120 in Western Australia, and the appointment of Peter Kenyon as Patron. To hear more about why the challenge was created listen to the conversation we recorded last year with Chris Oakeley for the launch of the project : Radiowa – Pioneer-challenge-route-...

A Community Radio documentary I made in 2018, based on an interview with Charles Massy, Author of "Call of the Reed Warbler, a New Agriculture, a New Earth" and others involved in regenerative agriculture and public health.  In the middle of a global pandemic, when apparently healthy people are succumbing  to the disease, and others not, could it be the difference lies in the quality of...

A conversation, recorded in July 2020,  with  Linda Stanley for our "Local Talent Time" segment. Linda talks about her book Grandy's Long Walk, a children's book about walking the Bibbulmun Track in Western Australia. Visit the Bibbulmun Track website www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au To hear interviews with other West Australian, authors, poets , musicians, and other artisans visit www.touristr...

Conversation recorded in July 2020, when we were on our "Wonder out Yonder", with Gary Coumbe, Chair of the Nungarin Heritage Machinery and Army Museum nungarinmuseum.com.au . We  talk about this fascinating attraction and the military and agriculture history on show in the small wheat belt town of Nungarin. For more about Nungarin visit www.touristradio.com.au/nungarin To find out more about...

A conversation recorded in July 2020 with Louise Stokes about the Southern Forests and Valleys tourism region in Western Australia southernforestsandvalleys.com The region is at the Southern end of the Harvest Highway www.harvesthighway.com.au . Visit this site to be connected with attractions and accommodation all along the highway.

A conversation recorded in June 2019 with Eco Psychologist, John Thompson ( thenaturecode.com ) who practices in the Perth Hills. We are talking about the place for tourism in reconnecting people with nature, and what we can learn from indigenous Australians . We also discuss how food effects not just physical health but also mental health and the places that Western Tourist Radio’s website www.to...

Geoff Anderson-Hord from Cellar d'Or Tours www.cellardortours.com.au explains the affordable, boutique winery tours in the Margaret River wine region his businesses provides . From Busselton to Margaret River, Dunsborough and Yallingup.

Conversation recorded in March 2020 with General John Hartley, CEO of Future Directions International (FDI www.futuredirections.org.au ) ,an independent, not-for-profit Research Institute, about the organisation and its work. FDI was established in 2000, by Major General (Retd) the Honourable Michael Jeffery (former Governor General of Australia) and Sir Charles Court, together with a small group...

Conversation with Terrence Dewar, the founder of the The Australian Biome , recorded in December 2019. Terrence is a man with a vision for a major new attraction for Perth. The Australian Biome Project is designed to showcase Western Australia to the world, with a focus on the extraordinary culture and history of first nation peoples. Perth orchardist Anthony Ballato is also involved in the conver...

Malcolm Lee from the Balingup Rail Group, a subcommittee of the Balingup Progress Association Inc www.balingup.asn.au discusses the case for the restoration of rail line from Bunbury to Bridgetown to get heavy mineral traffic of the South Western Highway / Harvest Highway www.harvesthighway.com.au  tourism drive.

Frances Pollock tells the story of how she came to Wooleen station ( www.wooleen.com.au ) in the Murchison region of Western Australia, and the journey she and husband David have been on to restore the landscape for all Australians. You can hear David's side of the story, at : https://anchor.fm/radio-wa/episodes/David-Pollock---Wooleen-Station---A-Conversation-e15g3lt  To find other farms and...

A conversation with David Pollock from Wooleen Station www.wooleen.com.au about the journey he and wife Frances have been on to regenerate the landscape on their 153,000 Hectare station. To hear Frances's side of the story click on Radiowa – Conversations-frances-pollock-wooleen To find other farms and stations to visit on your travels around Western Australia visit www.farmstaywest.com.au To expl...

Conversation recorded in October 2016 with then  Governor of Western Australia, Her Excellency, The Honorable Kerry Sanderson AC , who has had a distinguished career in government and business, and has been a driving force behind the creation of the WA Parks Foundation www.ourwaparks.org.au Western Australian’s National Parks and nature reserves cover an area bigger than the state of Victoria...

A conversation recorded in December 2020 with Kiernan Noonan from the Friends of The Gelorup Corridor Inc www.friendsofgelorup.com talk about the unique area of bush, proposed to be destroyed and the large volume of Basalt that will be lost by the Southern section of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road. In this conversation comparison is made to the save the Ningaloo Reef Campaign , which Tim Winton spoke...

Conversation recorded in November 2018 with Fiona David, Research Chair of Minderoo ( www.minderoo.com.au ), Mining Magnate, Andrews Forrest's Philanthropic foundation. We discuss his contribution to ocean research and what we can all do to help. Since then, plastic shopping bags have been banned in WA, a drink container recycling program has been established and  and there is a move to ban s...

A conversation with Jen Merigan, editor of Have a Go News, www.haveagonews.com.au , the" Lifestyle Paper for the Mature West Australian". We discuss how the paper if bucking the trend and increasing print runs in this its 30th year by providing content that its readers want to see. To hear conversations with other movers and shakers in Western Australia visit www.touristradio.com.au/conversations...

We talk to Ken Bailey, an Animal, Plant and Soil Nutritional Consultant about declining nutrition in our food and the importance of eating food as soon as possible after it is harvested. Ken can be contacted on 0427 166 655. Ken talks about the importance of buying food at Farmers Markets, you can find Farmers Markets in WA via www.touristradio.com.au/markets . We met Ken in March 2020, at an even...