As part of my work day yesterday I had the task of commentating a goat fashion parade at the Perth Royal Show.
There was Little Red Riding Hood, a ‘Dancing with the Stars’ couple, a Nanny Goat, a West Coast Eagles goat and even a goat being ridden by a tiny, little jockey.
I have such an exciting job.
It’s on again.
The Perth Royal Show began at the Claremont Showgrounds on Saturday and runs until this Saturday the 2nd of October.
The Perth Royal Show is Perth’s biggest community event attracting 400 000 visitors from the city and the country every year. It has a history spanning over 170 years and serves to showcase WA agriculture, small business and entertainment.
An interesting element of this year’s show is that it’ll be smoke free for the second year. Smokers will have one area within the showgrounds where they can light up while the rest of the event will be free of second hand cigarette smoke. It’s a great move forward.
98.5 Sonshine FM is broadcasting live from the show each day.
I’m really looking forward to presenting my morning programme, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., from the show each day this week as well as hosting this Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
I’ll have a range of interesting guests and will probably get involved in some weird situations.
If you’re thinking of heading to the show this year, make sure you drop in to our broadcast centre and say hello. We’re be overlooking the main arena in a direct line from the train station entry.
Broadcasting from the show instead of our Como studios will almost double the distance I’ll have to cycle which will be great training for our cancer ride coming up in November.
How do you teach a child to trust again when her own family has sold her into prostitution? How do you give hope to a child who has been forced to kill others, perhaps members of his own family, as a child soldier? How do you rescue a child who has been trafficked into slavery, exploited and abused?
Most of us couldn’t even begin to imagine our own children facing such horrific circumstances but maybe we need to try so that we can get a sense of the urgency and desperation of the situations that millions of children are facing.
Over many years Tim Costello has been the voice of social conscience for many Australians, having led debates on issues such as gambling, urban poverty, homelessness, reconciliation and substance abuse. He’s someone who takes the often talked about Aussie value of ‘giving everyone a fair go’ and gives it a practical expression.
As CEO of World Vision Australia, Tim leads an organisation of almost 600 staff, with an annual income of about $350 million.
Through World Vision, Australians are sponsoring a staggering 400 000 overseas children.
I phoned Tim during my radio program on 98.5 Sonshine FM today to talk about some of the children that regular sponsorship can’t reach. We talked about World Vision Child Rescue and how it is having an amazing effect for some of the world’s most vulnerable children.
Can I urge you to listen to our discussion and let your heart be touched by the need? Just click the play button on the audio player at the bottom of this post.
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I need to apologise to my radio listeners for sounding a little croaky on air today and to the people in the rows in front of me at Subiaco Oval yesterday who may now be coming to terms with some kind of permanent hearing loss. I yelled myself hoarse as I experienced an absolutely thrilling game of Australian Rules Football.
It took them 20 years, but Swan Districts Football Club finally grabbed another premiership. The last one was back in 1990.
The Swans played an amazing game to overcome Claremont, the most dominant side of 2010. Despite only losing two games this season, having an extra week’s break before the big game, and being red hot favourites for the win, the Tigers fell just short of taking the 2010 flag.
In a game that saw the lead change six times in the final quarter, Andrew Krakouer was a standout player with 40 possessions and four goals that saw him be the clear winner of the Simpson Medal. It was Krakouer who kicked the final score of the match, a goal, to win the game for the black and whites by just one point.
There was a crowd of almost 25 000 at Subiaco yesterday afternoon and by the sheer volume of noise coming from the crowd it would seem that the majority were backing the Swans. There was certainly a roar from the crowd whenever Claremont hit the front, but whenever the Swans got the better of them, it was almost deafening.
I cannot describe the feeling of elation as the siren blew and the Swans theme song started playing across the ground. I do wish that it hadn’t been such a long time between flags but I guess that just made the victory a little sweeter.
Swan Districts 14.16 (100) – Claremont 14.15 (99)
Would you like the opportunity to have your blog promoted? Have you published a post that you’d like read by a wider audience?
I’m having some friends drop in to my faith blog, Beyond Belief, this week for the next Christian Carnival. They’ll be visiting from all over the world and you’re invited to join us.
The weekly Christian Carnival is an opportunity for Christian blog writers to share their best posts from the previous week. The topic of the post doesn’t necessarily have to focus on Christianity but it must reflect a Christian worldview, and the writer must be Christian to qualify. You may wish to consider that the readership of the Christian Carnival will be more varied than your usual readership, and you might do better contributing a post with broad appeal.
I’ve already received a number of contributions and I’m looking forward to offering readers of Beyond Belief some great links when the carnival is published.
If you’re a Christian and you’ve never contributed before, or if it’s been a while since you have, how about having a look through your posts for this week and choosing something to contribute. It doesn’t have to be a masterpiece, just a post that outlines your point of view or is designed to get others thinking. Being part of the carnival could be a great way to gain a little extra traffic at your blog.
The easiest way to get involved is to submit your article through the Blog Carnival Submission Form. Otherwise, you can email the submission address.
The deadline for submissions is Tuesday evening at midnight, Eastern (US) Standard Time. That means it’s midday Wednesday here in Perth, Western Australia.
I’ll let you now when the carnival is published at Beyond Belief.
