Sydney Harbour Whale Watching and Taronga Zoo (2023)
Spending a sunny Saturday whale watching off Sydney Harbour with Captain Cook Cruises, then visiting Taronga Zoo in the afternoon.
Logie Awards (2023)
On behalf of MyGeekCulture.com.au – I attempt to get celebrities to do their best Daryl Somers ‘shocked’ win look at the TV Week Logie Awards.
Located At The Star Sydney, 2023.
Produced and edited by me.
Interview: Director Rodrigo Gudino (2023)
On behalf of MyGeekCulture.com.au, I spoke to Movie Director Rodrigo Gudino about his horror film ‘The Breach’ (2022) based on the story by Nick Cutter, with the film score by Slash of Guns N Roses – thanks to Lightbulb Film Distribution.
Produced and edited by me.
Supanova Sydney (2023)
On behalf of MyGeekCulture.com.au I visit Supanova Pop Culture Comic and Gaming Expo, at The Dome – Sydney Olympic Park, June 2023. Big thanks to Supanova.
Produced and edited by myself.
Interview: Boris Conley for The Champagne Comedy Podcast (2023)
Throughout the run of Frontline, Elliot Rhodes performed a catchy jingle at the end of the week, making the audience laugh and annoying the heck out of Mike Moore. In conjunction with MyGeekCulture.com.au, The Champagne Comedy Podcast managed to convince the man behind Elliot – Boris Conley – a highly talented pianist and performer – to come on the podcast and chat about behind the scenes, how he got the role, and what makes the humourist tick.
Produced and edited by myself, alongside the Champagne Comedy Podcast Team.
Grab a snack in Barangaroo (2023)
During my lunch break, I had a walk around Barangaroo in Sydney. The newishly built business and industrial area has given Darling Harbour a much-needed facelift, with beautiful scenery.
Sydney Scenic Walk (2023)
Sunday May 14, 2023. My wife competed in the Mothers Day Classic to raise money for breast cancer, with the event starting and ending at The Domain, Sydney.
I wandered around the area while some of the roads were closed, exploring a bit of Woolloomooloo and the streets surrounding.
Social Media Samples to promote your Podcast
One of the ways of promoting your podcast is to be savvy on social media and adjust your content to various ways said social media site allows you to do so.
A common way of getting the content out there visually is creating an Audiogram, where you combine text and imagery together. You can be limited to timelength, so you need to be selective with the content and make it a ‘hook’ to compel others to be interested.
Here is a sample of what I created for the Champagne Comedy Podcast. Because of limitations for footage, I used screenshots to illustrate the point. I then posted these videos on TikTok, instagram, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, with the idea of viewing on a mobile phone.
Each video runs for under a minute, which keeps any distractions at bay.
Moving On Back
Back in my hometown, and I’m visiting my old local neighbourhood store where I grew up.
I’m now 40, and I used to stand at this counter (well, not THIS exact counter, but the counter that was designed there at the time) when I was 10 years old+ eyeing off the 5c lollies, candy cigarettes, and order $2 worth chips. You used to could rent Sega Master System then.
The original owner / operator was a man with a maltese background called Michael. The store has been running as a mixed business, cooking hot food, groceries that are at full RRP or more, and was at one stage offering video and game rentals. He ran the place when it first was built in the early 1990s.
He sold it after five years to a husband & wife team from Poland (I think), who were in their mid 50s who were going to use the business to retire on. I still remember running up to the store from home as a teenager, needing to buy a bottle of cola. The lady asked me if it was a “Hot or Cold” cola. Confused, she was refering to the fact if I got it out of the fridge or from the shelf. They were charging an extra 30 cents for refrigerated cola. There was another time when I was about ten years, and I wanted to ‘hang out’ with friends without supervision. So I ran to the store with my pocket money and thought to buy a chocolate Bounty for Mum to ‘gift’ to her to suck up. The Bounty was 95c at the supermarket, but they were selling if for $1.10, and all I had was $1 in 20 and 10 cent coins. The lady gave it to me for 90 cents. Sadly, a few years into them running the takeaway store, the husband died of a heart attack. I remember that she ended up running it with her son or nephew, and she was miserable… understandably.
When I moved away from the area in my early 20s, I popped in one day to see an Asian family running it. I haven’t visited for over 20 years, and now after visiting today, an Arabic family are in charge. Going by photos on Google, I think there was another family running the store before them. Every person who I’ve interacted with there are extremely friendly, and I’ve seen it go from VHS / Game rental, to DVD, to just groceries – but always serving various hot foods and fruit / veg grown in the backyard of the store.
FYI – I ordered minimum chips – which is now $5.50, and a pineapple fritter for $2.20. But I’ve never had a ‘double’ fritter before. I’ll take it as a “Welcome back to the neighbourhood”.
Sydney Vivid Light Festival (2022)
Between May and June, Vivid shines on Sydney.
The festival of light displays visually stunning designs of art on buildings, decor, and other surroundings between the stretch of Ultimo to the Sydney Opera House.
It is best viewed at night – for obvious reasons…
A walk-around of Vivid Sydney festival of light on June 17, 2022. It continues through Barangaroo to the Sydney Opera House, but we stopped at King Street Wharf. Music by myself.