Bob Neville arrived in Hedland in the mid 1970's, the day after Cyclone Joan struck the coastal community.  His passion for community sport began with the local softball association

Colin Peter Matheson is best remembered as one of the prime movers in establishing aussie rules football in Port Hedland.  His eldest daughter Julie looks back at those early days in this episode

Historic Hedland S02 Ep10_Colin Matheson - Football Pioneer

We caught up with Denise Bevins for this episode of the podcast series to look at the history of the Hedland Well Women's Centre

Historic Hedland S02 Ep09_Well Womens

Julie Matheson was born in Hedland in the early 1960's and she shares some of her memories on this episode of our podcast series

Historic Hedland S02 Ep08_Julie Matheson Remembers

The Port Hedland Rovers footy club celebrated their fifty year anniversary a few years ago, so it's only natural we catch up with Bev Hockey who, together with Deb Daccache, put together a terrific "coffee table book" of the history of the Bulldogs.

Historic Hedland S02 Ep07_Port Hedland Rovers FC

After our recent chat with Bob Neville on the history of softball, we thought it only wise to get him back to look back over the history of baseball in the town

Historic Hedland S02 Ep06_Baseball

Historic Hedland S02 Ep04_Softball

After our conversation with "Rowie" recently from the Port Hedland Netball Association, we thought we'd like to talk with one of the trailblazers in volunteering and officiating, in "KB"

Historic Hedland S02 Ep05_Netball Volunteering

In this episode we catch up again with Terry Joyce to look at an amazing engineering feat, the Rhodes Ridley

Historic Hedland S02 Ep03_Rhodes Ridley

The Port Hedland Netball Association celebrated their 50th year in 2022, and, as part of this series, we caught up with a Life Member and "pioneer" of the sport in Hedland in Rowena Burnham (nee Kennedy)

Historic Hedland S02 Ep02_Netballs Early Days

Terry Joyce brings us the story of the first bulk export of mineral ore from the port of Port Hedland in 1953, and it WASN'T iron ore....

Historic Hedland S02 Ep01_First Mineral Export

Brendon Julian moved to Port Hedland as a young lad when his father accepted a job with Mt Newman Mining on the trains.  From Hedland playing cricket against men, he went on to play Test and ODI cricket for Australia

Historic Hedland Ep.23_From Hedland to the World Stage

In this episode of our look at the history of Hedland we talk rubbish with Kelly Howlett - specifically the growing trend towards recycling of materials that are destined to clog up our streets, oceans and landfill

Historic Hedland Ep.22_Cash for Trash

From the concept of the British "allotment" to a fully sustainable community garden that helps to educate and feed the community, we talk gardens and growing fruit and vegetables in the harsh climate of the north west coast of Western Australia in this episode

Historic Hedland Ep.21_Community Garden

For almost twenty years a dedicated group of volunteers has been collecting scientific data on the flatback turtles and their nesting and hatching habits on the north west coast of Western Australia

Historic Hedland Ep.20_Turtles

The Historic Hedland podcast series revisits Graeme Squires to continue the conversation about the relocated Port Hedland Golf Course, and how it has evolved with the assistance of industry to it's current shape and feel

Historic Hedland Ep.19_The New Course Evolves

Now that there is an environmental group in Hedland, what's next in the push for sustainability and recycling?  This topic is the focus for this episode of the "Historic Hedland" podcast as we continue our conversation with Kelly Howlett

Historic Hedland Ep.18_Sustainability and The Next Steps

Kelly Howlett is back this episode on our "Historic Hedland" podcast series and we talk about her role in the development of sustainability in Hedland, and the ultimate "birth" of the Care for Hedland organisation

Historic Hedland Ep.17_Sustainability and Care for Hedland

Once again we catch up with Graeme Squires on the "birth" of the Port Hedland Golf Club, and it's move from the spinifex fairways on the coast, to a purpose built area in South Hedland

Historic Hedland Ep.16_Moving Golf to South

Graeme Squires was one of the "pioneers" of the Port Hedland Golf Club.  On our Historic Hedland podcast series we speak with Graeme about how he got involved in golf in Hedland in the 1970's

Historic Hedland Ep.15_Hedland Golf_The Early Years

In this episode of our podcast series we catch up with "lady scientist" Kelly Howlett again, and talk about early environmentalism in the NW Coastal town of Port Hedland, in Western Australia

Historic Hedland Ep.14_Early Environmentalism

Continuing our look at the history of the North West Western Australian town of Port Hedland, we catch up with Kelly Howlett, one of the pioneers of environmental sustainability

Historic Hedland Ep.13_Meet Kelly Howlett

One of the most frightening weather events is a category five tropical cyclone.  In this episode we talk with Shane Starling about his recollections of one such event that struck the Hedland community in 1975

Historic Hedland_Shane Starling_Cyclones

What was it like going to school in the early days of South Hedland?  Shane Starling was one of the very first pupils at South Hedland Primary School in 1972

Historic Hedland_Shane Starling_School Days

Shane Starling was part of one of the very first families to move into the new housing subdivision of South Hedland...we catch up with Shane and test his memory of those early years on this episode

Historic Hedland_Shane Starling_Early Years

Australia "stops" on the first Tuesday in November each year for the running of the Melbourne Cup horse race.  This episode in our series looks at the history of horse racing in Hedland....

Historic Hedland_Horse Racing

Arnold Carter has been in Hedland longer than most of us, and in today's episode he recalls the Black Rock Stakes event from it's inception to it's somewhat sad conclusion....

Historic Hedland_Black Rock Stakes

On a recent episode we learned of the Radburn Principle of town design, involving "cells".  In this episode we look a bit deeper into the cell design.

Historic Hedland_The Cells

The town planning design of the new townsite is "interesting" to say the least.  On this episode we take a look at the Radburn Principle behind the layout of the early residential areas of South Hedland.

Historic Hedland_The Radburn Principle

After the land had been acquired, the task to come up with a "suitable" name arose...were there choices available, other than SOUTH HEDLAND?

Historic Hedland_The Beginnings of South Hedland

Given the recent passing of the longest serving British Monarch, on this week's episode we look at the visits to Port Hedland by members of the British Royal Family over the years

Historic Hedland_Royal Visits

Iron Ore is the principal resource in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, and the port of Port Hedland is one of the largest export ports in the world.  But there's more to our history of resources in the region than just iron ore

Historic Hedland_It's Not Just Iron Ore Out There

In our podcast series this week we take a look at the native vegetation unique to the site where the planners wanted to develop the townsite of South Hedland

Historic Hedland_Pundul Trees

South Hedland townsite was officially gazetted in April 1973, but when were residents and services located there?  In the first episode of our new podcast series, Historic Hedland, we catch up with local historian Julie Arif

In the aftermath of severe tropical cyclone Ilsa's direct impact last Friday morning, we caught up with Viru at Pardoo Roadhouse this morning

[pic credit: WA Newspapers]

Cyclone Update - Viru Bhatt (Pardoo RH)

Jess from the Bureau of Meteorology joins Dave for the latest update on severe tropical cyclone Ilsa

Cyclone Update - Jessica Lingard (BOM)

As TC Ilsa continues her trek towards the Pilbara coast we caught up with Michelle from Horizon Power

Cyclone Update - Michelle South (Horizon Power)

What is the go for flights in and out of the airport with the prospect of severe tropical cyclone Ilsa on our doorstep?  Let's check with Dave Batic from the Port Hedland International Airport

Cyclone Update - Dave Batic (PHIA)

We caught up with duty meteorologist with the BOM this morning for the latest on TC Ilsa

DFES District Superintendant, Peter McCarthy spoke with Ecky about the latest tropical cyclone in WA's northern waters

Cyclone Update - Peter McCarthy (DFES)

With the impending arrival of a potential category four cyclone later this week, we caught up with the Mayor of the Town of Port Hedland

Cyclone Update - Mayor Carter

Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, will be bringing his Federal Cabinet to Port Hedland and Dave caught up with him on the morning of his visit

PM Visit to Hedland - Feb 21

The refurbished South Hedland skatepark will be officially reopened this Friday, and we caught up with Jack from Build Up Skate on who is coming up to showcase the venue

Skate Park - Nov 22

Brad Ness, a five-time Paralympian in wheelchair basketball, Paralympic Gold Medalist, World Championships Gold Medalist, Order of Australia Medalist, joined Dave in the studio to talk about the importance of sport in regional communities....

Brad Ness - Nov 07

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

On the show today...
we get a look at the results from the A grade games in Port Hedland Baseball last night;
we catch up with Jess from the Hedland Touch Association;
Jeff Brockman with the results from the Port Hedland Golf Club;
Wazza from the Port Hedland Game Fishing Club has another shout for #Pilbarra22;
we'll have an update from the Hedland Water Polo Association after week two of competition last night at the SHAC;
and Troy is back with a look at some potential money earners on Derby Day.

SSS Complete 20221029

Hedland Psychologists recently were named as the overall Business of the Year at the Port Hedland Chamber of Commerce awards and now they have been shortlisted for the Rinehart Development of Northern Regional WA award at the Community Achievement Awards.  We caught up with Principal psychologist Caroline Rodgers for a chat

WA Community Achievement Awards 2022_Caroline Rodgers

The Care for Hedland Environmental Association is a multi-award winning local not for profit group that has been listed as a finalist in the Woolworths Community Group of the Year category for the Community Achievement Awards this year.  We caught up with Peter Pope, the Containers for Change coordinator for a chat about the latest nomination....

WA Community Achievement Awards 2022_Care for Hedland

Hedland has four finalists for this year's Community Achievement Awards.  We caught up with Nathan Swayne, a finalist in the Stumpy's Roadhouse Local Legend Award

WA Community Achievement Awards 2022_Nathan Swayne

The Multicultural Comedy Gala, featuring English comedian Georgie Carroll is coming to the Matt Dann this weekend....we caught up with Georgie ahead of her arrival in Hedland

Georgie Carroll - Sept 08

An artwork embodying the past, present and future identity of Port Hedland created by local artist, Samantha Boon on behalf of Portside Town Team and The Junction Co., has been selected as the local entry for submission into WALGA’s statewide 2022 Showcase in Pixels Competition.  We caught up with Sam on the breaky show....

Sam Boon - Sept 06

A life in football covered in a new book, authored by Anson Cameron, is available now.  We caught up with Neil Balme for a chat on the Saturday Sports Show.

Neil Balme - A Tale of Two Men - Aug 27

This week we look at one of the daily segments on the Dave for Breakfast show - the "Are You Kidding Me" file....

Georgia On My Mind

Finances take a battering over the summer?  We've got news on a financial planning course coming up.  Is our beloved Police Sergeant on the move?  Say it isn't so, Steve

Say It Isn't So, Steve

We have a few questions for the Mayor and the senior Police Officers of the town in this edition.

Question Time

Today we meet Bear, we catch up with the constabulary and Elliott Margin from The Rubens tells all about their new single

Waste A Day

"There's so much more to life than walking", powerful words from Chris Easter in this edition of the Dave for Breakfast podcast

So Much More To Life Than Walking

Samuel L Jackson was NOT impressed by snakes on a plane, but we've got snakes in a local pool!!

Snakes in a Pool!

In the lead up to the "wet season" we catch up with Todd Smith from the Bureau of Meteorology in WA and Superintendent Peter McCarthy from DFES WA

The Wet Season Cometh

Is there room out there for a 5-year-old Siamese cat named Kahlua?

Anyone for Kahlua?

In this edition of the Dave for Breakfast podcast, we "get physical" and look at off the shelf joint braces vs strapping...

Let's Get Physical

The school holidays are here in Western Australia and they form the focus of this podcast

Shool Holidays Are Here

The Town of Port Hedland is celebrating it's 125th year in 2021

Let's Celebrate 125 Years

Welcome to the latest podcast from the Alan Clement studio at Triple M in Port Hedland, Western Australia - the wait is over, after almost twenty years.....

The Wait Is Over

Welcome to the latest Dave for Breakfast podcast from the Alan Clement studios at Triple M Port Hedland

Cooking Up A Storm

Catch up on the latest on the podcast and see if you know where old mate is....

Has Anybody Seen Old Mate

Welcome back to the latest Dave for Breakfast podcast from the Alan Clement studio in Port Hedland

It's a Two for One Kinda Deal

In this episode we catch up with the Constabulary, talk "the yartz" and look at upcoming events for the PHCCI

Let's Talk The Arts

On the podcast today we look back at the artists that graced the stage over the weekend of August 21 and 22 at the premier music festival in the Pilbara

North West Fest 2021

Listen out for our catch up with Thornbird, one of the headliners at this year's NWF

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