Treading Lightly Podcast

EP45 A walk along Yila Healing Trail with Cate Peterson Description In this episode we meet Cate Peterson, a Manyana resident and Jervis Bay born legend who has been quietly working on bringing Yuin community and culture to a wider audience since she was a wee kiddo on Bowen Island in Booderee (Jervis Bay). Cate is a foundational yoga teacher in Australia, particularly in Sydney and is the founder...

Step behind the curtain and meet your podcast hosts Dean and Moni who are interviewed by (and introducing) new co-host, Jimmy Woodriff. After just over a 12 months the Treading Lightly podcast is back and overflowing with fresh energy, ideas and a long list of guests to chat to about their awesome lives, work and initiatives in our community here on Yuin Country also known as the South Coast of NS...

In our latest episode of Treading Lightly , we are honoured to have Judie and Doug Nyholm, visionary advocates for mental health awareness and suicide prevention. Join us as they share the incredible journey behind the transformation of Ulladulla lighthouse into a beacon of hope and healing. Their powerful motivation to address mental health challenges through this iconic revamp sheds light on the...

Dane is president of Nature Coast Marine Group a passionate and active community organisation promoting the protection, enjoyment, and understanding of coastal, estuarine, and marine environments on the far south coast of NSW. They work hard campaigning to protect sanctuary zones and spread awareness of environmental issues and it's great we can work together to really drive change. Big thank...

Meet the TL Crew ep1 Miffy is our current vice president of Treading Lightly and a force to be reckoned with! She’s always a major contributor to events and initiatives and was the first brave soul to get behind the mic for a quick Q&A sesh for our first Meet the TL Crew episode,  a series to get to know our Treading Lightly committee, what drives them and a little of their life stories. A gre...

Al is a community development and bushfire recovery coordinator for St Vincents and Webby is a local legend with his own experience with bushfires. They came on to discuss the upcoming free community-led resilience forum for southern Shoalhaven. It's an excellent opportunity to have your voice heard and there will be keynote speakers who will share what actions other communities are taking an...

Johnny, Ben, and I jumped on to talk about the course that we've created. Young Change Makers is a 10-week permaculture-based learning program for young people aged 12-16 years that arms them with practical skills to get through tomorrow. The program has 15 grant-funded positions. This means each position in the course is free and paid for. ☀️🌱🙌🏼 Spots are limited so jump on the list if yo...

Mark came on to share a bit about himself and also spread the word about his latest offerings to the community. I first met Mark at a didgeridoo workshop when I wanted to learn the didge, and we've been friends ever since. This legend has an infectious personality and his high vibes are always a joy to be around and make him a great teacher. He has an online learn-to-play didgeridoo course an...

Please sign the petition below Do you know there is logging happening in our Brooman State Forest? Most people are completely unaware of what's happening to our forests, that existing logging cannot continue, and that post fire logging presents a risk of "serious or irreversible harm" to native forests. We had a great panel of guest speakers to discuss the issue from their experienc...

In today's episode, we have a fantastic young artist Kimberly Klau.  Kimberly is a local artist based down Termeil who has an extraordinary ability to turn salvaged, rescued, and recycled pieces of timber from spaces like old logging areas and turn them into inspiring pieces of art. She not only creates beautiful pieces of art but also has a unique ability to also create functional pieces lik...

Our Town is a not-for-profit organisation aimed at providing festivals for the future that are waste free and that support local communities. Haley and Matt came on to share their story on how Ourtown came to be, the dream behind it, and the upcoming event on the 4th June 3 PM-10 PM.  Support this awesome crew who donate so much of their time to organise these events for the community by heading t...

We had Dylan and Lara from Woebegone Freedive on the podcast.  An amazing couple who run their dive outfit from our beautiful Jervis Bay. They share their beginnings adventuring through Mexico where they really saw the advantages of ecotourism and where their passion grew for giving people the opportunity to connect to nature. From my own dive experience, the moment I stepped on the boat and heard...

This episode is with Marita Smith who has an amazing amount of passion and knowledge when it comes to mushrooms. She gives us a brief background on how she became to be in our town then we dive deep into all thing’s mushrooms. They’re such an amazing thing to look into! Humans have co-evolved with fungi and all animals are more closely related to fungi than we are plants. They produce all these co...

In this episode, we have Australian singer-song writer Hein Cooper on to share where he's at now that he's planted some roots here on the South Coast NSW after so much time touring abroad.     Speaking to the highs and lows that a demanding touring schedule brings, to now where Covid has forced him to take a step back and actually relax which has triggered more of a creative flow for him...

It took 3 months to release this episode! We originally recorded this episode way back in June and since then I've been in a little bit of "filling my own cup" mode, spending extra time with the kids, getting into nature, and slowly digesting what's going down in the world...which is a good reminder to all to monitor where your energy going and focus on keeping your VIBES UP! B...

Johnny is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to permaculture and regeneration and we're lucky to have this man's influence in our community! He has been the head of the Greenhouse park project based at the industrial area in Port Kembla NSW, to restore the old industrial wasteland and has demonstrated that the land can be healed and proved this by creating a healthy food forest in a onc...

It's Bowel Cancer awareness month so absolutely fitting to have Anta on to share his story and give advice from what he's learned along the way. Take a moment to acknowledge Anta Supomo and the path he's been walking. For many years now, Anta's been having to face cancer with all the hardship it brings on a daily basis, and the tremendous ability with how he handles it blew me...

Listeners discretion advised. Adult topics discussed. I loved this episode and it was one of my favorites. I met Rob Sinclair down by the water after a swim, we got chatting and I immediately loved what he was about. To be open, raw, and honest about his life, his achievements, his shortcomings and to share stories of overcoming his own trauma from the get-go spoke volumes of his strength and cour...

Welcome back tribe! So good to be back speaking with inspirational people again after a little break from podcasting. Big things have been happening in the background of Treading Lightly, the main one being the opening of our new headquarters or the TLHub as it's been affectionately nicknamed. A place where like-minded individuals can collaborate, brainstorm new ideas, and initiate plans to r...

School. Who can say they enjoyed every moment of it?    I don’t know man kids who are thrilled to be going to school. What is it that makes it such a drag and does it have to be that way?   In an ever-changing world and with an unprecedented challenge that school age kids and parents alike have to deal with these days with social media and other technology, maybe there’s a different way of educati...

In today's episode, we have three local legends who are hugely passionate about conservation and sustainability in the building industry.      First off we have legend Wombat which you may know from The Block and who originally went into the show with a desire to show people how we can have a more eco-friendly approach to building and continues to spread the same message in all his endeavors....

Melissa is a marine biologist and wildlife educator with a BA (Hons) in Marine Ecology and Conservation degree from New College of Florida, USA and an MSc in Marine Biology from Victoria University of Wellington, NZ. She is a freelance environmental contributor, and founder of The Fins United Initiative (TFUI) , a program that brings attention to the unusual and diverse sharks (and their relatives...

On today's episode, we have Dani and Tom Jacobson from Catching Paradise who spearhead the Jervis Bay Clean Up Crew. They organise marine debris removal events within our community, trekking up and down stretches of beach collecting washed up trash to diving the bay to clean up what’s under the water, the passion they have for keeping our environment pristine is infectious and the footage the...

Welcome back to Part 2 of our chat with Nadia Squires! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nadia is a ranger for the National Parks and Wildlife NSW and we were super privileged to have Nadia on for this Treading Lightly episode! A proud Yuin woman, she spoke candidly about her life, what obstacles she has faced, and what drove her to become the woman she is today....

Nadia is a ranger for the National Parks and Wildlife NSW and we were super privileged to have Nadia on for this Treading Lightly episode! A proud Yuin woman, she spoke candidly about her life, what obstacles she has faced, and what drove her to become the woman she is today. You'll be sure to enjoy it! We have divided this into two parts for ease of listening. The first being much of her per...