Hunter musicians come together for 2024 Christmas Collaboration
It’s not Christmas without a bit of musical cheer! 🎄🎶
Newcastle musician Matt Cross has pulled together an impressive team of Hunter creatives to make this incredible festive mashup.
All to raise money for local charity Survivor's R Us Incorporated 👉 https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-christmas-collab-2024
Merry Musical Christmas! 🎅
Choir provides social connection for people with dementia and their carers
#ICYMI This Newcastle based choir meets each week, providing a creative outlet for people with dementia, as well as support and friendship for them and their carers 💗🎶
Whether it's sunny or stormy today, there's no better time to prepare.
A bushfire survival kit gives you easy access to the things you'll need if you must evacuate due to a fire or other emergencies
What to pack in your bushfire survival kit ➡️ https://ab.co/BushfireSurvivalKit
What to pack in your cyclone survival kit ➡️ https://ab.co/CycloneSurvivalKit
#ABCEmergency
TGIF with Richard Glover on ABC Radio Sydney
Don’t miss this special edition of TGIF! featuring Tommy Dean, Alex Lee and Tahir, with music from the Backsliders.
Marine pilots swap big Newcastle Harbour shipping for miniature boats 🚢
On a man-made lake in the Hunter region, marine pilots can test their skills on a miniature scale 🚢
Read more 👉 https://ab.co/3K7F1YL
Anzac Day Sydney March 2024
Join us at 9am for the Anzac Day Sydney March.
DOT TURNS 109 🥳🎂
DOT TURNS 109 🥳🎂
Nine days before the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli came the arrival of Newcastle's Dorothy Vine.
On this day, 109 years ago Dot was delivered.
She is ranked the ninth oldest woman in Australia and celebrated in her nursing home with high tea and a visit from the City of Newcastle RSL Pipe Band, Australia.
The oldest woman in Australia is Victoria's Marija Ruljancich who turns 111 on June 14.
Ken Weeks is Australia's oldest man and turns 111 in October.
📹: Peta Winney-Baartz
HAPPY GRAVY DAY
HAPPY GRAVY DAY! 💖
To celebrate, here's Paul Kelly giving us *most* of his famous recipe on ABC's Recovery back in 1996.
Just don't forget the dollop of tomato sauce... 🍅😉
What makes a great Santa Claus?
What qualities make a great Santa Claus? 🎅
This professional Father Christmas, aka Charles W. Howard, suggested in 1964 that it's all about being able to spread real joy and happiness.
He established his Santa Claus School in the US in 1937, and travelled to Sydney seven years later to train Australian Saint Nicks.
🎥 ABC News archives, 1964
What you'll need in your bushfire survival kit
A bushfire survival kit will save you time whether you're packing to leave or preparing to stay and defend.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4aoClll
Know your ABCs in an emergency ➡ abc.net.au/emergency
The Muswellbrook Eagles have their first women's soccer team in five years
"I want to really play for my country — that's also my next big dream." 🩷⚽🏆
How incredible! The Muswellbrook Eagles have their first women's soccer team in five years, a ripple effect of the Matildas' incredible feats at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
MORE: https://bit.ly/3RaAAj1
How the CSIRO is building bushfire knowledge through simulated burns
Australian scientists have a secret weapon in the fight to understand bushfire behavior 🥼🔥🍂
While fires can't be removed as a threat to our landscape, there is an opportunity to better understand how they behave and the factors that influence them.
That's why researchers at the CSIRO in Canberra built the Pyrotron, to test fire behavior and conduct experiments with a level of control that can't be achieved outdoors.
🎥: Donal Sheil and Luke Radford
