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Media Queen, rail travel, movie stunts and vaudeville

Season 2025, Ep. 5

In this episode:

We catch up with media queen, show business journalist and former Australian youth champion table tennis player Aldwyn Altuney. 

We chat with Ben Roberts from Queensland Rail about an epic 650 kilometre rail journey from Gladstone at the start of the Great Barrier Reef, south to Brisbane and about the other great trains available in the huge state of Queensland, Australia.

We meet with one of the legendary stuntmen of Australia who has appeared in a number of Hollywood movies, including the Matrix, Star Wars and others, Dar Davies. We talk to one of Australia’s premier show business authors and vaudeville expert, Jacqx Melilli.

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