USYD Rocketry Team Became World Champions at IREC 2025 – 1st Place

Listen to Sahaj Mand, Technical Director of the USYD Rocketry Team talk about their challenges and experiences at IREC Sydney University’s Rocketry team participated in the International Rocket Engineering Competition back in June, where they went up against thousands of university students across 19 different countries in the scorching heat of Midland, Texas in the […]

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ABBIE GALVIN GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT

At long last New South Wales has a female Government Architect. At the same time, the Government Architect’s role has gone from making buildings, like the GPO on Martin Place, to offering Ministerial advice. As Government Architect, Abbie Galvin has promoted Design with Country, low-rise mixed-use development and is generating the much-debated NSW Pattern Book. Abbie Galvin joins Elizabeth Farrelly on The Sydneyist podcast to […]

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Breaking Waves, Episode 201

Today Riley and John talk about simplicity. Riley and John unpack how the word ‘Simple’ varies in definition for everyone and how the word can be used as a noun and as a verb. They discuss how they would define ‘a simple life’ and if they’ve ever been called simple. Don’t miss out on this […]

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Scallywag Showtunes – S2 Ep7

‘Ello! We are Arfur and Charlie Chimbley, the Chimbley Bruvvers, esquire, at your service, here to entertain you with our humorous and delightful cockney banter. In our new segment, Scallywag Showtunes, airing during Virginia Lowe and Eric Gyore’s Wednesday Drive show, we will hexplore in hexcruciating detail (but with our trademark cheeky repartee), all fings […]

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Tuning in: Small city, big dreams

Where dreams blossom About me I’ve grown up in Canberra, just 3 hours away from Sydney, where 15 degrees is late spring and not quite winter! I study at Dickson College, majoring in contemporary music, exercise science and Spanish! I’m very passionate about music and I love to create my own as well as analyse […]

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Neerja Peters – Abstract Artist who Finds Peace and Harmony in Her Works

Interviewed by Lindsey & Caroline Listen in As Neerja Peters talks about her choice of Harmonizing colours and how her presence show both generous and inspiring aspects. Her abstract and geometric works became her form of meditation and joy. The delicate interplay of memory, geometry, and colour in each piece creates their own meticulous narratives […]

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Sydney’s Crime History

Max McRuvie-Burns Sydney’s crime history is endlessly fascinating, not least because it was dominated by women. Hence the nickname, Pussytown. Where were the brothels, speakeasies and hideouts, exactly – and how many were right here in Paddington? On this episode of The Sydneyist podcast Sydney historian and tour guide Max Burns-McRuvie joins Elizabeth Farrelly to […]

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The dreaded three-storey walk up

On this episode of The Sydneyist podcast Elizabeth Farrelly is joined by the erudite and articulate Architect Tone Wheeler. The old three-storey walk-up is one of Sydney’s most despised traditions. But now, as the housing crisis deepens, many are asking whether it is less problem than solution? Architect Tone Wheeler is a big fan and […]

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