Nambour Variety Show

A gritty, colourful and loving portrait of a town Nambour at a crossroad in time.  Compiled over 16 months, this five parter series is the brainchild of award winning radio producer, Hamish Sewell and made in collaboration with local artists and locals at the Audio Ambo Studios in Nambour. A unique and intergalactic audio snapshot of a town gently prying open the painful, compelling and wonder of what it means to belong. 

In episode one we meet the NVS family, try to figure out what it is about Nambour that incubates world leaders, and grapple over whether we need border protection in the face of a southern onslaught. Then there's several first hand accounts of Nambour's very own Prime Ministers, the trolley boy ballad and  a steamy piece on Nambour babies.  Like television for your ears, it's all here! 

This week we're all malt and molasses, pondering over whether or not to bring back the Miss Sugar and fascinated with cane trains.  We're off on a long and eloquent ride in Under Bagasse and hearing from the unofficial Queen of Nambour on Nambour's beautiful girls . Tipping our cap and doffing our daks to our white granulated  past, this week the Nambour Variety Show is Searching for Sugartown. 

So we don't have a beach, but we do have Petrie Creek. Beyond the surf shops and marketing, there must be something for us to learn from our coastal neighbours. 

Yes, there is a pulse. Uncle Samyo gets out there with his fluffy microphone to find it.

The last episode in our first series. This week Uncle Howie and Cousie Cassie are hanging out at the Nambour railway station, avoiding brawls, annoying commuters, and gleaning stories past and present. From the newly minted homeless to the entrepreneurs moving to town: Nambour, the End of the Line. But it's the start for me!