This morning I was kindly invited to the studios of ABC Western Victoria in Horsham, to appear on the Dan Glover Breakfast Show. Thanks to Dan for his enthusiastic interview and to all at ABC. You can listen to the interview on ABC Western Victoria’s website .
The following video of the interview was filmed by Stuart Scott
After the vibrant cities of Sydney and Melbourne, we headed into the great Victorian countryside, past fields and little townships. Although bush fires have blazed through the Grampians National Park earlier this year, none of the destruction was visible on the beautiful drive from Dunkeld, via Halls Gap to Horsham. We met Time Twin Jock in the Victorian Hotel in Horsham, a tranquil city of 14,000 in the Wimmera Region: the principle breadbasket of Victoria. Over lunch we learnt about the freedom of country life, the differences between urban and rural Australia, Jock’s life as a family man, managing director of Small Aire, speedway driver and his passion for fishing and country pursuits. Huge thanks to Jock for his time and also thanks to the Horsham and Grampians Visitor Information Centre for giving us a great insight into the city and its surroundings.
Horsham is at heart an agricultural city, and Jock comes from a farming family himself. It is a tough environment to farm, however, with fifteen successive years of droughts, followed by severe floods in 2011 and just 3mm of rainfall last winter. However, despite these challenges, the city appears to be prospering, with more families escaping Melbourne and the big cities, opting for the country life and setting up their homes here.
This morning started with a visit to the ABC South West Victoria studios in Warrnambool Victoria, where DJ Jeremy Lee had invited me to discuss the Time Twins project on air and see if we could find a Time Twin in Warrnambool or South West Victoria.
Thanks to Jeremy for his interest in the project, and for his top tips for a scenic route from Warrnambool to Horsham, where we are now heading to meet another Time Twin. Also thanks to Warrnambool mayor Michael Neoh for tweeting about the project and trying to find a Time Twin in Warrbambool.
Listen to the interview here.
Today I conducted a phone interview for ABC Mildura-Swan Hill.
Please listen to the interview on Sound Cloud here
Thanks to Anthony Gerace for his interest in the Time Twins project and for informing his colleagues in Horsham and Warrnambool about it.
Early Sunday morning saw us heading out of central Melbourne to meet up with Time Twin #20, Emilie, at a coffee shop in Camberwell. Had fascinating discussions about science, free will, politics, identity, travel and much more over coffees and lunch and then exploring the eclectic stalls at Camberwell Sunday Market. Huge thanks to Emilie for her hospitality.
I’m in the heat of Melbourne looking for my Time Twins.
Video directed by Stuart Scott/Culturpology
If you were born on 1 December 1974, contact me at richard@timetwins.info
Saturday evening saw us meeting Time Twin #19: Ladélle and her husband, Warren, at Starbucks in Melbourne CBD. The Sydney Morning Herald was responsible, again, for the meeting. Warren had read the article and had excitedly passed on the news to Ladélle. It was genuinely touching to see how excited they both were about participating in the project and it was a lovely evening chatting with them both.
Goodbye Sydney and hello to Melbourne. This evening Stuart and I met Time Twin Chris at the very English sounding Mitre Tavern in the CBD. Chris had also heard of the project from the Sydney Morning Herald article – although second-hand, as it was a friend in Sydney who read it and then let him know. Had a really fun chat about Melbournian’s love of sport, Australian identity, travel and success over a few beers.
In advance of my visit to Adelaide to try and find Time Twins, I conducted a phone interview for 891 ABC Adelaide today.
You can listen to the interview here:
Thanks to Michael Smyth and everyone at ABC Adelaide for their interest in the project.
Two days after meeting three Time Twins at the Opera House, I visited Burwood Heights in Western Sydney to meet Time Twin Mary Anne, who also heard about the project from the Sydney Morning Herald. We met at Killa Burger Grill – one of the companies that Mary Anne and her husband run. Alas, my gluten intolerance did not allow me to sample the burgers, but Stuart was a valiant stand-in and attempted (and to be honest, narrowly failed) to win the Killa Challenge! Jess Husband accompanied Stuart and I to meet Mary Anne – and took this great picture
