Forrest Chat

Interview - Heath Bennett - Motorsport Volunteering

Heath talks about volunteering at grassroots motorsport events, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "If you're new to motorsport and you want to get involved in motorsport, this is probably the best way to do it. You haven't got to be jumping straight into competition. Go along to an event, watch an event, volunteer, because when you volunteer, you understand how the events work more. So if you then go to, to be a competitor, you actually have that experience and knowledge of being an official."
Links
Motorsport Australia, WA calendar of events: https://motorsport.org.au/events/championships/state/western-australia
Mini Car Club of WA conducting the 2024 Australian Motorkhana Championship incorporating the WA State Championship Motorkhana at Carco Wanneroo Raceway: https://www.facebook.com/MiniCarClubOfWA/
South West Touring Car Club: https://swtcc.com.au

Interview - Caroline Parkin - Geocaching

Caroline talks about geocaching, finding things in the environment, what it takes, the special meaning it has for her and how you can find things too.
My favourite quote of the episode is "There are events as well, which are really good fun. Didn't know anything about those at first. Then events put out there for... or people to come together and talk geocaching. And as a beginner, those are things to go to because you can pick up some tips, some advice. It's quite handy. Although I think some beginners feel a bit nervous about going to them. They think, oh, you know, I won't be as knowledgeable as everybody else. No, that's the whole point. You come and we can help you."
geocaching.com

Interview - Sandy De La Mare - Solo Motorcycle Tour

Sandy talks about what it takes to ride solo across across Australia on a motorbike, what it means and how she did it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "I think sometimes you can hopefully inspire other people to do just a few crazy things. And you know, that's kind of fun if you're the one inspiring people to do crazy things. And it might just give someone who's always wanted to go for a motorbike ride to say, hey, maybe I could do that."
https://dragginjeans.comhttps://transport.wa.gov.au/licensing/get-my-licence-to-ride-a-motorcycle.asp

Interview - Jaysen Miguel - City of Bunbury Mayor

Jaysen talks about the being the City of Bunbury Mayor, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "You generally hear from it when you when you've made a mistake where in the other forms of politics, if you are this, quite often people might make decisions based and they're obviously might be affecting a lot of people that, you know, they've got to make the decision. And but they might be not aware of the impacts where. Don't worry, you make a decision here, your next door neighbor comes and knocks on your door and tells you all about it. And on the other side of the coin, obviously, we feel that I can have those conversations with people and say, hey, look, this is coming along to council. What do you think? And it helps you judge your views".

Interview - Oliver Robertson - Running in Events

Oliver runs in events, he shares what it takes, what it means and how he does it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "And I guess the understanding that Dad won't be around forever and it's good to do these things while we both can. And I think that's quite special. And that's actually something we have. spoke about on a run before when we were in New Zealand last year. We ran up the Ben Lomond mountain in Queenstown and while we were on the top looking out with the 360 view of mountains everywhere, we sort of talked about that. It's amazing that we can do this together because there probably will come a time where you can't do that together."
Collie Trail Fest
True Blue Ultra

Interview - Tamsin Emmett - Community Supporter

Tamsin talks about being involved in her community, what it takes, what it mans and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "I think it's just being involved in your community. I think coming together with other people for a common good, trying to do things in a positive manner puts you in a great place to meet like-minded people and have a positive effect on your own life as well as the community's."
parkrun.com.au/collierivertrail
Community Bank Collie & Districts
Shire of Collie - Arts & Culture

Interview - Russell van der Mey - Speedway Team Owner

Russell talks about the fast-paced life of a speedway team owner, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of this episode is "Well, Wyatt, he just wants to win. He is, he is getting better at, I suppose, getting better at not winning, you know, cause he can't win all the time, especially now that he's moved up into a higher division with faster kids. He's not at the front anymore. I think that's done him really well. He really enjoys the racing more now than the actual winning. It's actually really good."
Rollover Racing on FaceBook

Interview - Steffan White - Motorsport Photographer

Steffan talks about what it takes for him to take motorsport photos, what it means to him and competitors and how to do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "I had a driver from the autocross explaining to me, oh, those photos of that sequence, we actually worked out there was something wrong with the rear wheel. Their braking system or suspension or something along those lines, I can't recall now. And yeah, that makes me feel good, you know, being able to help in that way."
Inacast Images
South West Touring Car Club
Bunbury Motorcyle Club
Collie Motorplex

Interview - Jenny Gerdei - Womens Autocross Competitor

Jenny embraces friendly competition and family sport as she explains what it takes to compete in autocross, what it means to her, her family and the community and how you can do it too.
My favourite quote of this episode is "It's great being part of a bigger thing that's just me but then by saying that too, I lose the nana, the mum and the wife and the sister thing and I'm actually a person. who's racing as well. So you're not sort of labeled. And the boys treat you like an equal. There's no sexism at autocross. It's wonderful. It's really good."
The club mentioned in this episode is South West Touring Car Club (SWTCC)
See images from autocross events Inacast Images

Interview - Daniel + Lauren Cole - Run Directors at parkrun

Daniel and Lauren talk about what it takes to be a Run Director at parkrun, what it means to them and the community and how you can become a Run Director too.
My favourite quiote of the episode is "I think even from a community perspective, there'd be meaning there for other people that we aren't aware of. There's a group of four of us that are Run Directors now, so I'm the first female that's stepped up and done it, so hopefully other young ladies or girls that are down there see that and think, oh well I can do that too and want to put their hand up and give it a go. So I think it's such a good forum to be able to do that, even if you wanted to improve public speaking. if you had to give a speech at school or something like that or at work, it's a great opportunity to come down in a really friendly and supportive group and give it a go."