Forrest Chat

Interview - Ethan Kavanagh - Digital creator

Ethan talks about being a digital creator, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "And it really worked, and people really appreciated it, and I was like, "Well, maybe I have more skills than I realise." So that was a real highlight. Taking these projects that I'd spent years figuring out how to- what to do with them and, finding just creative solutions and ways to share them with people in, in ways I would have never thought. So it was a... That, that would be the overarching highlight, is just, using these skills that I've built up over time in ways that I'd, I'd might not have had the confidence to or would have thought was, was possible for me. But I just had a crack and it, and it worked out, and it makes you realise what, what you can do versus what you're doing now. Like, you can always make the leap."
https://www.facebook.com/noisepilotau Noise Pilot on Facebook

Interview - Jez Watts - Comedian

Jez talks about being a comedian, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "Less experienced comics are, are, are really actively learning from older comedians, more experienced comedians, sometimes to their detriment. Like, a lot of people will have an instinct of like, "Oh, I want someone to tell me how to do this," right? And that ends up becoming this blind alley of growth because, a more experienced comedian can only teach you how to be a worse version of them, and then ultimately you actually have to find your own path. And there's all infinite variation in comedy, and then what works for you will be different than what works for someone else. And so almost everyone who starts is, like, begging, 'cause it hurts so much to bomb on stage, they are begging people who don't bomb or don't bomb as much, right? 'Cause u-ultimately you should bomb to be growing."
https://jezwatts.comhttps://linktr.ee/jezwattshttps://www.instagram.com/jezwattscomedyhttps://www.youtube.com/@jezwattscomedyhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jezwattscomedyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73a97L8C8E - Jez Watts: White-Rice Supreme | FULL COMEDY SPECIAL

Interview - Tony Tucknott - Mountain Bike Course Design

Tony talks about Mountain Bike Course Design, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "Typically by the time the event's come around you've put so much work into it, you know, you're kinda thinking, "Wow, is this all worth it?" You know, by the time you get there. But then when you see the riders on the day and it all comes together on the day and you see how much it means to the riders, you know, to anyone there. Whether they're doing it for the first time or whether they're there for the 18th time, you know. Whether they're doing the 20K, the 40, the 70 this year or the 100, you know, everyone's still putting in the same amount of effort, and regardless of the distance they're doing and they're still getting that, reward for their efforts. And yes, when you see the riders enjoy it and what they get out of it, that's what makes it worthwhile for us as event organizers."
https://www.theeventteam.com.au/d100 Dwellingup 100https://www.perthmtb.asn.au/ Perth Mountain Bike Clubhttps://ridewithgps.com/ Ride with GPShttps://www.volcanicepic.co.nz/ Volcanic Epic NZhttps://wpfg2027.com/ 2027 World Police & Fire Games

Interview - Ash Boyle - Competition Gliding

Ash talks about being competition gliding, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "Racing other gliders and seeing 'em out in front of you in thermals and having them, chasing you around, it's,  that to me is good fun."
https://www.soaringspot.com/en_gb/search/?q=ashley+boyle

Interview - John Ablett - Featured Wood Gallery and Museum

John talks about the Featured Wood Gallery and Museum, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
BioJohn came to a Australind, over 30 years ago, and he's had the Featured Wood Gallery and Museum operating for about 30 years now.
My favourite quote of the episode is "Oh yeah. It's, look, what, what do they say? If you've got a job that you love, you'll never do a hard day's work in your life. And that's the way I. And, and look, it's, it's, it's lovely to get the accolades too. When people come in. It's nice to people to walk in and say, I visited, wow. And that was the main thing that I wanted was the wow factor. Very important."
https://www.featuredwoodgallery.com.au

Interview - David Blacker - Physician and Patient

David talks about being both physician and patient, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "Hope is the exact ingredient that is, one of the famous, Neurologists from the Netherlands, named Bastiaan Bloem. He had a patient who talked about, we talk about dopamine replacement in Parkinson's, and Bas's patient, coined the term hopamine. If you give people hope, that really, can open up the world for them."
Parkinson’s Australia https://www.parkinsons.org.auParkinson’s Western Australia https://www.parkinsonswa.org.auPerron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science https://www.facebook.com/perroninstitute/Perron Institute https://www.perroninstitute.org

Interview - Dave Budge - The Event Team

Dave talks about The Event Team, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is " That's where the responsibility is on, you know, people that, deliver events, to make sure that, people will be talking about that experience, whether it's good or, you know, maybe they didn't achieve what they wanted to achieve in terms of goals, but they'll still be talking about it, you know, next year, in five years, in 10 years, or when they're having a beer with their mates in 30 or 40 year time."
https://www.theeventteam.com.au/

Interview - Nicole Watson - parkrun Challenges

Nicole talks about parkrun challenges, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "It's like a family, with so many different people that, yeah, and they're all, they're all happy to support you and I just love going and seeing all my friends that I'll probably have never met if I hadn't not gone to parkrun. That's incredible, you show up at parkrun, and can you. Pretty much you got 300 different friends then. Yeah, that's it. Conversation And then you see them down the street and you stop and have a conversation with them. And it's like, how do you know them? Oh, from parkrun?  Don't know anything about them,  like history wise or whatever, they work wise, but I know they're parkrun and we can have a full on conversation because we know each other. It's, you know, they're just your other friends, so you only see them once a week, but, they're your friends."

Interview - Gabby Holt - Imperfect Painter

Gabby talks about being the Imperfect Painter, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "Lots, lots of everything. A lot of persistence. That's I think, the most important thing actually. As I'm sure any artist or any small business owner knows, it's not always  steady.  It goes up and down, and the downs can be very down and the ups can be very high, but  you need to just keep going. So there has been many times in my Imperfect Painter life where I have wanted to give up and I've come very close to giving up.  The most important thing was just to keep going.  Someone told me a few years ago to push yourself just past the point that you think you can take. When you, you get to the point where you think it's unbearable, just push yourself that little bit further, and that's been a very valuable life lesson."
https://www.imperfectpainter.com/

Interview - Lynette Milne - Set-up a parkrun

Lynette talks about setting up Black Swan Lake parkrun, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "I'm gonna do it this week. I'm like, oh yeah, okay, you can run.  Okay. And this is the first time I'd run it officially,  with like the people, the community. I'm like, oh yeah. Okay. And I remember starting up onto the path and just as I'm going round the concrete bend and all these crowds of people in front of me and I just, I remember looking going,  I did that. I did this and I remember going, don't cry. Don't cry, Lynette. Don't cry. 'cause if you start crying and you're not gonna be able to breathe properly and it's gonna be a struggle, and you go  and I'm like, oh, I did this, I did this. And it's just,  it, even though it's really hard. It is hard work. You've gotta be willing to,  they've said no to me. No, no, no. I'm, I'm ignoring you. You don't tell me I can't do it. I'm gonna do it."
https://www.parkrun.com.au/blackswanlake/