The South Western Highway in Western Australia runs from Armadale, near Perth to Walpole in the Great Southern region of the state. Much of the fresh food that feeds the population is grown along the highway, which is becoming known as the Harvest Highway. http://www.harvesthighway.com.au has been created to promote tourism and producers along the Highway and byways, to provide a connectivity of community and small business in the region and to help travellers connect direct with those businesses so you can connect direct

Harvest Highway

Barry Green, Owner of Western Tourist Radio,  presented this talk as part of the Future Farming Voices at the Donnybrook Apple Festival in 2021. https://donnybrookapplefestival.com.au/2021/02/17/whats-happening-at-the-new-future-farming-pavilion/

The Synopsis: Barry will explain the place he sees for local media as part of a diverse self-organising economic ecosystem, akin to regenerative agriculture which is about developing diverse self-organising biological ecosystems. 

Check out our podcast : https://anchor.fm/radio-wa  :  Conversations with innovative Western Australians that connect the dots between, agriculture, food, the soil, human health ( physical and mental), tourism, indigenous culture and the media 

The Healthy Soil, Healthy Community radio documentary is at : cbaa.org.au/article/nfds-2018-healthy-soils-healthy-communities 

and Barry's  take on regen ag : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXFn5eGywps 

Adrian William's talk about Minerals in food : https://soundcloud.com/westerntouristradio/adrian-williams-mineral-deficiencies-in-food-and-how-that-is-linked-to-agriculture

Visit www.touristradio.com.au,   https://soundcloud.com/westerntouristradio   or https://soundcloud.com/radiowa to learn more.

Regenerating Local Media. Future Farming Voices - Donnybrook Apple Festival 2021

Malcolm Lee from the Balingup Rail Group,  http://www.balingup.asn.au//Balingup_Rail_Group/introduction.html  a subcommittee of the Balingup Progress Association Inc http://www.balingup.asn.au  discusses the case for the restoration of rail line from Bunbury to Bridgetown to get heavy mineral traffic of the South Western Highway / Harvest Highway ( www.harvesthighway.com.au )  tourism drive.

Conversations - Balingup Rail Group

Graham Ladyman tells the story of DonnyBooks  https://donnybooks.com.au/  in Donnybrook.

For more about tings to do, places to eat and places to stay in Donnybrook visit www.touristradio.com.au/donnybrook.

DonnyBooks

A conversation with Hon. David Templeman, Western Australian Minister for Tourism, Culture and the Arts and Heritage, about all of those subjects.

Western Tourists Radio's website connects our listeners direct with local businesses through our website www.touristradio.com.au .  we feature local artists on : http://www.touristradio.com.au/localtalent . Local history : http://www.touristradio.com.au/wa_history . Aboriginal culture : http://www.touristradio.com.au/pages/indigenous_experiences.htm .

 In addition we operate niche WA accommodation directories like   www.farmstaywest.com.au , www.petfriendlywa.com.au , https://bandbwa.com.au .

Listen to conversations with other movers and shakers in Western Australia via :  http://www.touristradio.com.au/conversations 


Recorded 27 May 2021 .

Conversations - David Templeman

Jon Doust talks about his books and other stuff http://www.jondoust.iinet.net.au
Jon Doust has written quite a few books, including Boy on a Wire, 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award long listed and last year's Return Ticket. He's also one of the first voices ever heard on Tourist Radio stations, along with ex GWN personality Hovea Grant. In this episode of Local Talent, Barry Green attempts to get him to focus and answer some hard questions, not an easy task because he worked as a comedian for about fifteen years. Jon born in Bridgetown and has brothers and cousins scattered throughout the south west and great southern.

To hear conversations with other authors, poets, singers and other creative people, visit www.touristradio.com.au/localtalent

Local Talent Time Jon Doust

A conversation with Peta Goodwin, one of the founders of Nannas For Native Forests https://www.facebook.com/Nannas4NativeForests/   in Margaret River

Conversations - Nannas for Native Forests -  Peta Goodwin

Paul Hinton the owner of Runamuk Cider Co   https://www.runamukciderco.com.au tells the Runamuk story.    We're not here to follow others. We don't play by their rules. we're here to disrupt; to craft our kind of cider.
That means, local Donnybrook apples hand crushed, smashed and brewed down the road at Capel. The way it should be done, but not the way it i usually done.  We're mischief makers.

Runamuk Cider Co

A story about the South West Rail and Heritage Centre  http://swrhc.org.au at Boyanup .

For more about local attractions and things to do along the South Western Highway, visit www.harvesthighway.com.au

South West Rail and Heritage Centre

Conversations - Sandra Hill

A conversation between Barry Green  and 2017 WA Senior Citizen of the year and  "Community Enthusiast and Social Capitalist" , Peter Kenyon from the Bank of Ideas , https://bankofideas.com.au . 
Peter talks about the importance of collaboration among and within regional communities. 
Western Tourist Radio embraces this concept with our network of radio stations in Perth and the South West of WA  and associated websites:
http://www.touristradio.com.au
http://www.farmstaywest.com.au
http://www.harvesthighway.com.au
http://www.agritourismwa.com.au
http://www.organicfoodwa.net.au
http://www.petfriendlywa.com.au
https://bandbwa.com.au
http://www.countrypubswa.com.au
http://www.caravanparkswa.net.au
www.gardeningwest.com.au 
www.toursWA.com.au

Peter Kenyon - Community Enthusiast and Social Capitalist

The Makers and Shakers talk about the Fuller CO-OP at 9 Dodson Rd, Glen Iris, Bunbury.
Visit them on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/thefullercoop
Website :  https://fullers.net.au/pages/coop

The Fuller CO+OP - Bunbury

A Community Radio documentary produced by Barry Green in 2018 with Charles Massy, Author of "Call of the Reed Warbler, a New Agriculture, a New Earth" and other involved in regen ag and human health. The CBAA version is at https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/nfds-2018-healthy-soils-healthy-communities

National Features and Documentary Series

Charles Massy - Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities

This is the audio version of Smartsoil Media's  video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXFn5eGywps . 
In this episode of ground cover Smartsoil took a trip out to Boronia Farm to catch up with Barry Green. Barry is the owner of Western Tourist Radio a platform he has been using to spread the message of Regenerative Agriculture for the last 30 years. 

Video & Audio: Smartsoil Media 

If you or anyone you know is practicing biological/regenerative farming methods and think they would like to share their story, please connect : media@smartsoil.com.au

Smartsoil -  Ground Cover 

The Future of Food with Barry Green -  Regenerative Agriculture

Susan Broomhall talks about the creation of a podcast telling the story of the Lady Williams Apple Story.  
The story is on the State Library of WA website : https://slwa.wa.gov.au/stories/podcasts/shell-be-apples .
We discuss the importance of story telling,  with Susan first hearing about  this story with an interview with Bob Williams on Western Tourist Radio : https://soundcloud.com/westerntouristradio/lady-williams-story

Susan Broomhall - Lady Williams Apple Story  - Talk of Our Shire  18 Jan 2023

Dr Christine Jones talking on the subject of Resilience through diversity at Bridgetown on 7 February 2023 https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/dr-christine-jones-regenerative-farming-systems-workshops .

The Day was organised by  Murray & Raquel Johnson from Galloway Springs, at Bridgetown    www.gallowaysprings.com.au

Dr Christine Jones - Resilience through diversity

A conversation with John Stanley about Agritourism in Western Australia. The conversation includes reference to the following associated websites :

http://www.agritourismwa.com.au

http://www.farmstaywest.com.au

http://www.harvesthighway.com.au/

Agritourism in WA with  John Stanley

John Stanley from Chestnut Brae https://www.chestnutbrae.com.au  at Nannup on the Harvest Highway http://www.harvesthighway.com.au   talks about their produce and the need for collaboration between local producers.

Chestnut Brae on the Harvest Highway

Raquel Johnson from Galloway Springs at Bridgetown talks about their farm shop and accommodation and new farming model. https://www.instagram.com/gallowaysprings

Galloway Springs is located 10Km south of Bridgetown on theHarvest Highway www.harvesthighway.com.au

Galloway Springs Farm Shop

John Lucey from the Cidery (http://thecidery.com.au) at Bridgetown (www.touristradio.com.au/bridgetown) and Barry Green from Boronia Farm (www.boroniafarm.com.au) at Donnybrook (www.touristradio.com.au/donnybrook) talk about the Harvest Highway (www.harvesthighway.com.au) 

We talk to Bel Stephenson about Donnybrook Artisans https://www.facebook.com/DonnybrookArtisans/ and to Kevin Elkington, the creator of Pebble Heads and the Immortality Project   www.pebbleheads.net  

to find more about Donnybrook visit www.touristradio.com.au/donnybrook

And to find galleries and other arts establishments and artists in Western Australia, visit www.gallerieswa.net.au

Donnybrook Artisans

Western Tourist Radio operates stations in the South West of WA. Our programs tell the stories of the area through interviews with local people. We aim to help visitors and locals learn more about the area and help them to discover unique local attractions and businesses. 