The IMAX documentary Rocky Mountain Express details the development of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the late 1800’s, a massive project that was and still is vital to Canada’s development as a nation. The film describes how the erratic but ingenious railway entrepreneur William Van Horne sort a path through the treacherous Rocky and Selkirk mountain ranges that would allow
Read moreListen again to the Songs of Hope Anzac special broadcast on Southern Fm 88.3 on Sunday 19 April 2015. Play time is one hour. This program is a tribute to the Australian fallen during WW1 and later wars. It contains Anzac hymns and songs and the story of Henry Dunant who founded the Red Cross charity. Our Anzac hymns podcast
Read moreInsurgent is the second instalment in that other dystopian, post-apocalyptic young adult series, Divergent. For those unfamiliar with the saga, it follows the standard template for the young adult adventure genre: sensitive but feisty teen girl Triss (Shailene Woodley) becomes a freedom fighter battling an oppressive government and it’s smug leader, the ice cold Jeanine (Kate Winslet) and hooks up
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist Friday 17th April 2015 RADIO BIRDMAN – What gives? (Aus) THE HUMMINGBIRDS – Word gets around. (Aus) YOU AM I – Wally Raffles. (Aus) THE KILLS – Baby Says. AC/DC – Let there be rock. (Aus) BRITISH INDIA – Wrong direction. (Aus) HOLE – Miss World. JIM LAWRIE – Good old days. THE BEATLES –
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist Friday 10th April 2015 THE VIEW – Superstar Tradesman. THE MURLOCS – Adolescence. (Aus) BEN GEL AND THE BONEYARD SAINTS – Coup d’état. (Aus) MAKE UP – (Make me a) feelin’ man. PAPA VS PRETTY – One of the animals. (Aus) DETROIT COBRAS – Out of this world. HOWLING BELLS – Original sin. (Aus) THE
Read moreTomorrow, Sunday 19 April, Songs of Hope will do a special Anzac program to remember Australian men and women fallen in war. Features will be Anzac hymns, and the story of Henry Dunant the founder of the Red Cross agency and initiator of the Geneva conventions to give soldiers some protection during war time. Time to air 8am to 9am
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