Western Australia Projects

Playmakers is an opportunity for instrument makers to gather to discuss techniques and directions and to play music together.

A community forum in Cunderin, W.A. to discuss the future for country football which is threatened by social and economic changes in the region.

This project is a series of 20 poems from Elise Batchelor.

The third in this series of concerts for 2006 was held at Karratha.

Short but moving stories about the human condition, to be broadcast on Local Radio.

Corin Linch has loved bush poems for 44 years, - he shares 10 with us.

Stories from the Goldfield as told by the locals.

triple j is heading to the last major Australian outpost to receive a transmitter.

This March Local Radio will be going on tour into regional Western Australia.

Indigenous band Fitzroy Xpress are about to release their third album "Home Sweet Home". This project looks at the sounds and stories that explain the lyrics, feelings and attitudes of the band.

The Bibbulman track is a internationally recognised walking trail in southwest WA. This series features stories from people who have attempted to walk it - the challenge, isolation and dedication that it takes.

A live concert at the Albany Town Hall featuring local and National artists.

A documentary on the life experiences of 88-year-old Don Birch, an indigenous man from the NE Kimberly.

A project focusing on two Kimberley events - the Kimberley Carnival and the Derby Crab Races.

Stories from a 3-day event which brought together members of the Stolen Generation of Kimberley people.

Ever wanted to find the perfect book to escape from the world. This series looked at 15 books over 15 weeks.

A story of an annual six-day trek into the Great Victorian Desert outside Kalgoorlie - one of mateship, sunsets, greasy meals and beers at the end of the day.

Stories documenting what draws people to live in Broome and why the Kimberley coast is a magnet for jaded souls.

Belly dancing in Kalgoorlie - not something the town is usually known for.

A series of Chamber Music concerts recorded live in the south-west of WA for ABC Classic FM.

A piece following a four-day meeting of Aboriginal elders in Esperance WA to discuss current indigenous issues.

Kalgoorlie used to have a seedy reputation due to its goldrush history - this story shows how the town has matured and evolved beyond the 'pubs and prostitutes' image.

Sharing the first six months of moving from a small farm to a huge sheep station, this series explores the fact that human nature is similar in both the city and the country.