Enjoy this podcast of Southern FM’s live Outside Broadcast from Botanica 2026 at Rippon Lea Estate. Thank you to our wonderful guests and our dedicated team of Southern FM volunteers, both on air and behind-the-scenes. Thanks also to National Trust Victoria for its enduring partnership with 88.3 Southern FM. It helps to keep community radio “local and live”. Broadcast 11
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On Friday 8 May, The Lunch Break with Angus Gill featured special guest Noah Yze from VFL club Sandringham Zebras. In this package, we’ve edited out the music so you can enjoy the banter between Gilly and Yze (old schoolmates). Join Angus Gill for The Lunch Break on 88.3 Southern FM every Friday from midday to 2 PM.
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Two local artists behind the Abba tribute show ‘Babba’ are hoping to take their new show on tour. It’s a celebration of music and friendship between Olivia Newton-John and Karen Carpenter. Susie King and Jacqui Hamilton joined Clare Arthurs and Eadiella to talk about the show, “SING: The Olivia and Karen Show’, being staged at St Kilda for Mothers’ Day.
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In this podcast from the Moorleigh Community Village Hour on Southern FM (5 May 2026, Colin is chatting with Steve Dugdale, the president of East Bentleigh Village Garden. It’s an inclusive and welcoming space that promotes sustainable food production and provides opportunities for learning and sharing of skills and knowledge. The garden is communally tended and encourages community connections, bringing
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Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Australia (TASCA) is a support and advocacy organisation for Australians living with genetic haemoglobin conditions. In this podcast from The Community Block (5 May 2026), Nathan Chong from TASCA talks about the organisation’s 50 years of service, with a special anniversary celebration planned for later in the month. More info: tasca.org.au The Community Block is on 88.3
Read moreMost of us have heard of the bushrangers of Australia’s early days of white settlement. They were outlaws, living in the bush and committing crimes on the local populations. Some were former convicts, driven to bushranging by poverty and the sometimes brutal inequalities of the colonial system. This is what turned them in some people’s eyes into folk heroes. But
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