This week Graham shares a poem written by local Yuin man Bruce Pascoe. Before writing his number one best seller Pascoe edited magazines, wrote articles and collections of poems. Graham found one of Bruce’s poems in a recently released collection of Australia Indigenous poetry.

Also in this episode we meet Michelle Martin. Michelle grew up in Bega and then raised a family of her own. Now the kids are grown and the grand kids have arrived she has started a new life as bodybuilder. At 54 Michelle has taken out a national competition and is currently #1 in the country in her category and age range. She’s also competed in an international comp, placing 5th over all.

 

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Aside from the bodybuilding work Michelle has qualifications in nutrition. You’ll find the details of her services on her website here. Covid allowing, Michelle plans on  opening up her home gym to offer training to women in the community in the near future.

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