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Chiah Mayne, Team Leader Library and Customer Services, reads the news from the Gawler Civic Centre and Gawler Library for January  Recorded in Gawler 06/01/21 To find out what exciting events are happening at our local library and civic centre this month listen to the podcast. For more information about the events listed in this […]

Special Podcast; 2020 A Review Welcome to the Classic Cult TV Club, (CCtvC), with Lisa, Mackenzie Alex, Angus, Gypsy, Janette, and Justin. The “Culters” discuss the best and worst shows that they watched in 2020 and look forward to the cult classics or otherwise that they will watch in 2021. Podcast recorded 29-12-2020 at Gawler […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 23rd December 2020. 150 years ago the Bunyip reported on a Strange occurrence involving horses, 100 years ago an article on Cox’s Lane was printed, 50 years ago the paper reported on a Christmas Shopping rush in […]

Adelaide Plains Chapter and Verse monthly podcast recorded Monday 21st December, Gawler South. Welcome to our Christmas Special, writing podcast with Carolyn, Michelle, Marie and Janette. Happy Christmas to all and the very best for 2021 Opening music courtesy of Matt Oakely at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Matt_Oakley/ Hope you enjoy our podcast.

Welcome to the Classic Cult TV Club, (CCtvC), with Lisa, Mackenzie Alex, Angus, Gypsy, Janette, and Justin. The “Culters” watch seasonal Classic, or is it? The Muppets take on the traditional story, A Christmas Carol. This may not be the story as Charles Dickens envisioned it but does it maintain the essential elements of the […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 16th December 2020. 150 years ago the paper reported on a New Gawler market, 100 years ago the bunyip printed s story with the headline Educating soldiers’ children, 50 years ago the paper published a story titled […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 9th December 2020. 150 years ago The Bunyip printed an article about The Barossa main road… 100 years ago The Mayoral allowance was a hot topic, 50 years ago the bunyip printed a story on Gala Sunday […]

Dr Who; Tomb of the Cybermen. Welcome to the Classic Cult TV Club, (CCtvC), with Lisa, Alex, Angus, Gypsy, Janette and Justin The “Culters” watch Classic Second Doctor story, Tomb of the Cyberman How well does it hold up, can it compare to Star Wars and many other cult favourites, The four-part story was first […]

Welcome to the Classic Cult TV Club, (CCtvC), with Lisa, Alex, Angus, Gypsy, Janette and Justin The “Culters” watch Classic Second Doctor story, Tomb of the Cyberman How well does it hold up, can it compare to Star Wars and many other cult favourites, The four-part story was first broadcast from the 2nd to the […]

Adelaide Plains Chapter and Verse monthly podcast recorded Wednesday 25st November, Gawler South. Welcome to our monthly writing podcast with Carolyn, Michelle, Marie and Janette. The topic of discussion for the month is Crime and Conflict from the BBC “Novels that Shaped our World” list. The word of the month is “quockerwodger” which is not […]

This month we are all ears about corn. The only vegetable that could possibly drag Trevor away from his beloved beans is corn, corn and more corn. There are few plants that grow as fast, as luscious and feel as decadent to harvest as corn- except perhaps pumpkins?  Trevor will help you grow the best […]

Growing food for the heart and the soul. Planting your own Mediterranean garden will not only go a long way to improving your physical health but feed your emotional health as well. As much as they passionately love gardening the Two Peas passionately believe in growing for health. What better way to eat your Mediterranean […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 2nd December 2020. 150 years ago the Bunyip reported on Railway firing and fires…100 years ago a Transfiguration fete was reported on…50 years ago a local lad was in a yacht drama…25 years ago there is a […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 25th November 2020. 150 years ago The Bunyip reported on a destructive fire caused by a railway engine 100 years ago the paper reported on Gawler students’ successes… 50 years ago a story on Canvassing for youth […]

Adelaide Plains Chapter and Verse monthly podcast recorded Wednesday 21st October, Gawler South. Welcome to our monthly writing podcast with Carolyn, Michelle, Marie and Janette. There is a lively discussion about books featuring family and friendship, an argument (almost) about the importance or otherwise of detail in writing and reading of samples of own works […]

Welcome to the Classic Cult TV Club, (CCtvC), with Lisa, Alex, Angus, Gypsy, Janette, and Justin. The Culters go back to the early days of Cyberpunk with an encounter with the 80s cult TV figure Max Headroom, but who is what is Max Headroom. A car park sign, a TV personality advertising coke or a […]

Adelaide Plains Chapter and Verse monthly podcast recorded Wednesday 12th September, Gawler South. Welcome to our monthly writing podcast with Carolyn, Michelle, Marie and Janette. The topic of discussion is “coming of age” and the listener’s challenge is to write what you are passionate about. The word of the month is “quizziness”. If you want […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 25th November 2020. 150 years ago The Bunyip reported on a destructive fire caused by a railway engine 100 years ago the paper reported on Gawler students’ successes… 50 years ago a story on Canvassing for youth […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 18th November 2020. 150 years ago The Bunyip reported on a municipal election. Fruit crops were making news 100 years ago, 50 years ago the proposed re development of the heart of Gawler was featured again and […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 11th November 2020. 150 years ago The Bunyip reported on a local tragedy. 100 years ago the paper reported on handing over of a German field gun…50 years ago hay fire was making news… 25 years ago […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 4th October 2020. 150 years ago The Bunyip reported on a tree fire. 100 years ago the paper reported on the Gawler bowling green…50 years ago a $40,000 clubhouse had its plans approved… 25 years ago the […]

Classic Cult TV Club Special Podcast; The Room Welcome to the Classic Cult TV Club, (CCtvC), with Lisa, Alex, Angus, Gypsy, Janette, and Justin. The “Culters” have a night out, to see the critically panned film, The Room. Is it as bad as expected and will Justin survive the torture? The Room, an independent movie […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 4th October 2020. 150 years ago The Bunyip reported on a tree fire. 100 years ago the paper reported on the Gawler bowling green…50 years ago a $40,000 clubhouse had its plans approved… 25 years ago the […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 28th October 2020. Floods were making the news again this week in the past. 150 years ago The Bunyip reported on an unprecedented River Flood…100 years ago the community was calling for a Hospital at Angaston.*. 50 […]

Trying to keep Spring planting to one podcast is a challenging feat, but Trevor and Michelle have managed to squeeze lots of information and enthusiasm into this month’s Spring planting adventure. They even manage to throw in a few bits about flowers! Music; Shift of Currents by Blue Dot Sessions

Monthly Podcast; September Quantum Leap; Series 2 episode 4, “What Price Gloria”. Welcome to the Classic Cult TV Club, (CCtvC), with Lisa, Alex, Angus, Gypsy, Janette, and Justin. The Culters leap to the past with nineties cult classic Quantum Leap. Does the series deserve its Cult Classic Status? Is the IMDB rating of 8.1 justified? […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 21st October 2020. 150 years ago the bunyip featured a story on preparing for harvest… 100 years ago an article with the intriguing headline Routing the bookmaker was printed. 50 years ago the Bunyip reported on nine […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 14th October 2020. 150 years ago the bunyip featured a story on the Sandy Creek institute… 100 years ago an article about Alleged pilfering otherwise known as stealing was printed, 50 years ago The bunyip reported on […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 7th October 2020. This week’s big stories are from 150 years ago, a gathering of a Friendly Society, 100 years ago the Bunyip was reporting on a fire at Two Wells, 50 years ago an interesting story […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 30th September 2020. So 150 years ago the big story was a sale of reaping machines which created quite a stir in Gawler, 100 years ago the Bunyip was reporting on an automotive show in Adelaide, 50 […]

Gawler Gallery Exhibitions, Spring to Life, Gem Congdon and From the Attic Joanne Hughes. Judy Gillet-Fergusson talks about the current exhibition at the Gallery which features the work of Joanne Hughes and Gem Congdon, two remarkably talented textile artists. Gem and Joanne both started their studies with Julia Mannix in 2000 at Para West Adult […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 23rd September 2020. This week’s items of interest include another near-drowning, a memorial service, the outcome of the Friday night shopping referendum, the reunion of two sisters and more football, and it being finals season. Read more […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 16th September 2020. This week’s items of interest include a near-drowning, a memorial service, questions about Friday night shopping and the age of the gum tree in Commercial Lane and the opening of the Northern Expressway. Read […]

Classic Cult TV Club Monthly Podcast; August Freaks and Geeks; “Kim Kelly is my Friend”. Welcome to the Classic Cult TV Club, (CCtvC), with Lisa, Alex, Angus, Gypsy, Janette, and Justin. Back to School for the “Culters” with U.S comedy/drama series from 1999, Freaks and Geeks. Often listed as one of the best TV series […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 9th September 2020. The looking back stories for this week feature football, and more football, bad weather, magpies and soap; signs of spring in Gawler. Read more local news at the Bunyip Website here https://bunyippress.com.au/ Opening and […]

Trevor gets down to the true nitty gritty of brilliant gardening-creating compost. No rubbish ! He explains how you can convert the most incredible array of greens and browns and, maybe a little colour, just for glam, into viable rich and luscious soil that will have your plants leaping from the ground with sheer green joy. […]

Special Podcast Galaxy Quest Welcome to the Classic Cult TV Club, (CCtvC), with Lisa, Alex, Angus, Gypsy, Janette, and Justin By Grabthar’s Hammer! The Culters are watching the ultimate movie about Cult TV and the fans. A loving parody or a homage or a bit of both, the 1999 film, Galaxy Quest is a cult […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 2nd September 2020. This week 150 years ago a pioneering band was entertaining the locals, 100 years ago road accidents were making news and both 50 and 10 years ago the Gawler Show was hitting the headlines. […]

Looking Back with the Bunyip Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 26th August 2020. This week the news stories include a complaint about the railway lines, two stories about the Gawler Show and a Champion Win. Read more local news at the Bunyip […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 19 August 2020. This week the stories cover issues with damaged railway freight, a concert at the Institute, rate increases and complaints about road safety in the vicinity of Gawler Primary School. Could all be stories in […]

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 12 August 2020. Read more local news at the Bunyip Website here https://bunyippress.com.au/ Opening and closing music taken from A Tribute to Robbie Burns by Dougie Mathieson and Mags Macfarlane https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dougie_Mathieson__Mags_Macfarlane/A_Tribute_to_Rabbie_Burns

August Podcast Adelaide Plains Chapter and Verse monthly podcast recorded Wednesday 12th August, Gawler South. Welcome to our monthly writing podcast with Carolyn, Michelle, Marie and Janette. Carolyn, Janette, Michelle and Marie discuss the monthly news and the titles in the next category on the BBC “Novels that Shaped the World list. The theme for […]

Classic Cult TV Club Monthly Podcast; July The Adventures of Lano and Woodley; the Wall Welcome to the Classic Cult TV Club, (CCtvC), with Lisa, Alex, Angus, Gypsy, Janette, and Justin. This month the “culters” are watching an Aussie comedy series, The Adventures of Lano and Woodley. Does it stand up to the test of […]

Trevor has allowed his favourite old chook, Michelle, to be chatting about chooks so she is ‘egg’ceptionally ‘egg’cited this podcast. Not just for eggs, these amazing creatures are an ‘egg’cellent addition to any productive garden. If chooks are not your thing then let Michelle convince you how owning ducks is the road to quacky happiness.  Failing that Trevor […]

Classic Cult TV Club Monthly Podcast; June The Greatest American Hero; Episode nine; The Best Desk Scenario. Welcome to the Classic Cult TV Club, (CCtvC), with Lisa, Alex, Angus, Gypsy, Janette, Justin and very special guest, Mackenzie. Believe it or not the “culters” are watching a classic from the early eighties, The Greatest American Hero. […]

July Podcast Adelaide Plains Chapter and Verse monthly podcast recorded Thursday 9th July, Gawler South. Welcome to our monthly writing podcast with Carolyn, Michelle and Janette. Carolyn, Janette, Michelle discuss the deferring of the Festival of Words because of Covid 19, the monthly news and the titles in the next category on the BBC “Novels […]

Micro on size but not micro on taste and nutrition. Move over Microsoft, there is a new giant in town- microgreens. Trevor waxes lyrical about the benefits of fresh micro greens and how anyone, anywhere, with any space can grow these amazing greens. However, it is still Winter and now is also the time to […]

Adelaide Plains Chapter and Verse monthly podcast recorded Tuesday 26th May, Gawler South. Welcome to our monthly writing podcast with Carolyn, Michelle and Janette. Still mindful of social distancing guidelines Carolyn, Janette, Michelle discuss writing during a pandemic, the monthly news and the titles in the next category on the BBC “Novels that Shaped the […]

Imagine you could soon be plonking a few of your own home-grown strawberries in a flute of champagne, harvesting an embarrassment of asparagus and enjoying the inspiration of what autumn planning can do for your planting. Trevor and Michelle lockdown the decadence of autumn plantings in a podcast that reminds us social distancing doesn’t have […]

Monthly Podcast: May The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; Episode One, Welcome to the Classic Cult TV Club, (CCtvC), with Lisa, Alex, Angus, Gypsy, Janette, Justin and Mackenzie. Towels at the ready!! The “culters” are back in person this month to watch and discuss the 1980s TV adaptation of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and […]