Music can have a powerful effect on our emotions and create a lasting impact on our memory. Can you remember the last time you got lost in a piece of music?

Maybe it took you back to another moment in time, another place – maybe a time when you were younger - when things seemed a little simpler?

Earlier in the year, ABC Open contributor Robyn Campbell from Toowoomba came in to the studio and shared her story of being lost in music – when she was a young woman living in Johannesburg, South Africa.

(Image: MarcoSelvaggio | Flickr)

'Makeba's Click Song' by Robyn Campbell for 500 Words: Lost in Music

Did you make your social debut at a debutante ball? Ann Alcock, a Toowoomba photographer and writer has spent some time shedding light on the local story of deb balls and country halls. In the process, Ann found a friendship formed around the shared love of the fancy frock.

Ann Alcock - Frocks, Country Halls and Deb Balls

Meet Henry Goodall, a member of the Toowoomba Tornadoes BMX club.

Read Henry's story here: https://open.abc.net.au/explore/102527

Henry: Tornado on the BMX track for Portraits: In the Club

"I’m a psychology student. It wasn’t until last year that my stigma about anxiety came to light.

"I actually had no idea what it was, and that - I actually had it!"
Read the rest of Anastacia's 'Mental Note' here via ABC Open: http://ab.co/1LcIXPo

If you need advice about coping with your situation there are lots of places to get help including 24 hour support available from Lifeline - 13 11 14

'Anastacia: Destigmatise the conversation' for ABC Open's Mental Note

James follows his mental note – everyday.

His story: https://open.abc.net.au/explore/106222

'James: Everyone needs help sometimes' for ABC Open's Mental Note

"You might not feel better all the time, but you learn to enjoy the good days when they last."

Ashleigh's story: https://open.abc.net.au/explore/106223

'Ashleigh: It does get better' for ABC Open's Mental Note

Ellen's talks about her experience with getting breast augmentation.

'Ellen's New Breasts' for ABC Open's Open Drum: Plastic Surgery

I'm a producer with ABC Open based in Toowoomba, QLD.

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