The Biggest Little Farm is a mostly uplifting but occasionally dispiriting documentary about people trying to live and run a farm in an environmentally sustainable way. In 2010, Molly and John Chester were living in a small apartment with their rescue dog Todd. When Todd’s barking and tendency to chew everything in sight earned the landlord’s displeasure and saw them
Read moreThe latest cinema incarnation of Dr Dolittle begins promisingly. Through an old school animated montage, we learn of the Victorian-era vet, Dr John Dolittle’s unique ability to talk to animals, his global quest to free them from suffering, his marriage to the love of his life, Lily and his retreat behind the walls of his animal sanctuary following her death.
Read moreThis podcast from the premiere edition of “Hear and There” with Nathan Reynolds showcases the talents of Bayside artist Pamela Irving. Pamela’s works include paintings, mosaics and sculptures. Info: pamelairving.com.au
Read moreAllowing rural-residential housing on the edge of towns is putting lives at risk from bushfires according to Professor Michael Buxton from RMIT University. In this podcast from “A Newsman and his Music” (20 January 2020), he tells Colin Tyrus that the failure to enforce recommendations from previous bushfire Royal Commissions is a “time-bomb of catastrophic proportions”.
Read moreTune to “A Newsman and his Music” every Monday from 9 AM to 11 AM for a look back at the week in history with Historic John who emerges from the dungeon beneath Southern FM’s Bayside headquarters.
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at two animal-related films, the latest cinema incarnation of the vet who talks to animals in ‘Dolittle’ and a documentary about the fight to maintain a fully organic environmentally friendly farm in ‘The biggest little farm’. There’ll be plenty of fine music with more favourites from 2019, new Aussie tracks
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