Brisbane Floods
A documentation of the January 2011 Brisbane floods that caught everyone off-guard.
A walk around North Quay, West End, and Southbank.
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Powderfinger – Riverfire Riverstage 2010
At the start of their farewell tour, my brother Peter and I saw Powderfinger live at Riverstage in Brisbane in 2010, on the night of Riverfire.
We stood midway near the back centre, near what appeared to be the mixing booth area.
Little did we know, they disappeared from the main stage and made their way through the crowd, walking directly past us, and onto the mini stage to knock out my two favourite songs – Like A Dog and Belter.
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Digital Radio Launch
July 1, 2009 – major radio stations joined alliances across Australia to launch Digital Radio.
This is the Brisbane location, where every station broadcast from Reddacliff Place.
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Warner Bros. Movie World (Home video)
Walking around Warner Bros. Movie World with my mate Bevo. Superman Rollercoaster, Batman, Shrek 4D, Looney Tunes River Ride, Scooby Doo Coaster. Home video.
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Get This – Studio Tour
Sitting in on Tony Martin‘s radio show Get This on Triple M Melbourne, October 2007.
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2007 UK and Scotland Trip
July 2007, Alan and I headed to the U.K. for a Contiki tour for 2 weeks.
Fun times were had – new friends were made – memories were created.
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2007 Tokyo Japan Stopover
On the way to the U.K. and Scotland for a Contiki tour in July 2007, Alan, Katrina and I make a stopover in Tokyo, Japan.
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TV Commercial: MIX 106.5 “I Know My Name”
In 2006, I made my one and only acting appearance in a TV commercial for MIX 106.5 FM Sydney.
While I did work at said radio station, I had no idea what the competition was about. One of the staffers was given instructions on recruiting people to appear in the ad, asking for people 30 to 45 age range, preferably female. Out of all the searching to find people available to be paid $150 for a few hours work or standing around and trying to collect fake money falling from the studio ceiling, I was one of the standees. But because I was male and in my mid 20s, I was shoved towards the back… the far back.
The end result was my lanky arms appearing for 1 second around the 17 second mark, popping up behind the presenter at the front.
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First commercial radio shift – The Edge 96.1 – 2005
As someone who for years has been eager to get into commercial radio and be an announcer, I had the opportunity in 2005 on Sydney’s The Edge 96.1.
In 2005, I was studying at AFTRS in North Ryde, and in February 2005 I scored my ‘foot in the door’ job at the Australian Radio Network, Sydney. It was the first role in Production for me – the ‘Cart Boy’ – loading commercials into the system for the network. I became known as “Matt The Cart Boy”.
The Edge were doing a gimmick at the 9am hour Monday to Friday by inviting a staff member to do an hour shift a day. I was lucky enough to have a go. What a thrill ride it was.
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