All Aussie Hour

Sick of crying in every episode, Josie decides to take a different approach, telling Mel some of the weird stories of how iconic Aussie treats were invented. CREDITS: Good Food by Besha Rodell https://www.goodfood.com.au/recipes/news/the-history-of-the-lamington-an-australian-icon-20171219-h07f36 Mashable by Johnny Lieu https://mashable.com/2017/01/05/chicken-salt-history-australia/ News.com.au by "Staff writer" https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/three-regional-mps-at-war-over-the-origin-of-the-chiko-roll/news-story/e4658438cfd224a1b0fbb3ff51ee8e92 Australian Food History Timeline: https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/chiko-roll/ Mitani official site: https://www.mitani.com.au/why-were-loved Milo official site: https://milo.com.au/all-about-milo/history Victoria Bitter official site: https://www.victoriabitter.com.au/pages/history Heaps of Wikipedia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Mel gets all zoological (??) on Josie, telling her about the Centennial Park eels - disgusting ocean slugs who travel all the way from Sydney to... New Caledonia to breed. Confused? Listen up for the story of the sex eels.CREDITS:Centennial Parklands website, by Sam Crosbyhttps://www.centennialparklands.com.au/SMH, Heath Aston, 2011https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/a-very-fast-drain-to-the-south-pacific-20111105-1n11j.htmlAustralian Geographic, 2019https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2019/01/the-remarkable-eels-of-sydneys-centennial-park/As always, love us please:Join our Patreon Fan Club at https://www.patreon.com/thezestishistoryJoin The Zest Is History Podcast group on FB by searching for "The Zest Is History Podcast" on Facebook.Send us mail! The Zest Is History, PO Box 453, Rose Bay NSW 2029.Follow us on Instagram @thezestishistory and Twitter @ZestHistory.Follow Mel on Instagram @melissamason_ and Josie on Instagram @josierozeHooroo! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week for Spin Us A Yarn, Mel's dad Bill Mason guest stars (against his will) to tell us all about the time he lived next door to an Aussie rock icon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Josie surprises Mel with the story of the incredible rise and horribly tragic fall of Australia's sexiest ever, bonafide rock god Michael Hutchence, frontman of iconic band INXS. Wine pairing: Chateau de Roquefort Corail Rosé, from the south of France where Michael had a house. Want to avoid the zest? Skip straight to 15:18. CREDITS: The Guardian by Jenny Valentish: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/26/his-personality-changed-michael-hutchences-sister-on-his-traumatic-brain-injury Mamamia by Ali Moore: https://www.mamamia.com.au/kylie-minogue-michael/ The Independent by Robert Milliken: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-death-of-a-rock-star-1154565.html ABC PM program, reported by Mark Tamhane: https://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s44843.htm Official Website of Michael Hutchence: http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/biography.htm Channel 7 telemovie 'INXS: Never Tear Us Apart': https://www.stan.com.au/watch/never-tear-us-apart-the-untold-story-of-inxs 'Mystify: Michael Hutchence' documentary directed by Richard Lowenstein, I watched on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Mystify-Michael-Hutchence/dp/B082FXH9PW See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Mel surprises Josie with the story of Schapelle Corby, a regular Gold Coast gal who became one of the most famous Aussies of the 00s when she was arrested, then jailed for allegedly smuggling drugs. Wine pairing: Not wine this week! Instead, we sipped the signature cocktail from Laneway Bar & Dining (sadly closed), Mercedes Corby's restaurant - vodka, lime and kombucha. 100% would drink again. Want to avoid the zest? Skip to 18.00. Credits: SMH https://www.smh.com.au/world/weighing-the-evidence-20050305-gdkv39.html Daily Telegraph, Kathryn Bonella https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/my-life-mercedes-corby/news-story/1484381d77145fa761215e6b0e2f6990 Cairns Post, Cindy Wockner, 2014 https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/national/bali-customs-officer-who-arrested-schapelle-corby-disappointed-over-release/news-story/d6e56e8de52f18ae304844e5ffd923c5 News.com.au, Cindy Wockner, 2013 https://www.news.com.au/national/how-schapelle-corby-will-live-after-bali-parole/news-story/330b253056982964f98b13c064a38846 The Age, Carolyn Webb https://www.theage.com.au/national/corby-clans-growing-list-of-misadventures-20060120-ge1ls1.html 2005, The AGe https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/luggage-fears-prompt-flyers-to-lock-up-20050601-ge09q1.html ABC, 2006 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-01-19/half-brothers-trial-may-aid-corby/781606 The Weekend Edition https://theweekendedition.com.au/gold-coast/food-drink/laneway-bar-and-dining-coolangatta/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's our first minisode! Spin Us A Yarn is the place for YOUR stories. This week, Rikki tells us about her great-great-grandad (we think), who wandered into a marshy bog and got stuck there - for days.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aquatic mystery enthusiast Josie talks Mel through the nightmarish story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, two American divers who were left behind by their dive tour boat on QLD's Great Barrier Reef in 1998. Wine pairing: a not-tart rosé from The Hidden Sea Wines. Want to avoid the zest? Skip to 32:30 Credits: All That’s Interesting by Kara Goldfarb https://allthatsinteresting.com/tom-eileen-lonergan The Baton Rouge Advocate by John Wirt http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2022842.html The Guardian by David Fickling https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jul/23/2 The New York Times by Tony Horwitz https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/01/movies/film-dying-at-sea-probably.html The Spokesman-Review by Keith O’Brien https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/aug/25/open-water-brings-kins-pain-to-surface/ The Brisbane Times by Drew Cratchley and Paul Osborne https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/ten-years-on-reef-mystery-remains-20080123-ge9l6l.html Reddit post in r/UnresolvedMysteries by MythicSquirrel1 https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/9kxjur/unresolved_disappearance_tom_eileen_lonergan_lost/ Casefile Case 133: Tom & Eileen Lonergan https://casefilepodcast.com/case-133-tom-eileen-lonergan/ 20/20 on Investigation Discovery: Vanished Down Under https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-faZE1ZJ6QSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Mel explains the Cowra Breakout to Josie - when hundreds of Japanese POWs escaped an Aussie prison and ended up on the run in the bush. Wanna skip le zest? Skip straight to 17:00. CREDITS: Cowra Fact Sheet, National Archives Of Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20081010165202/http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs198.aspx Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C389505?fbclid=IwAR3YxfLjK88heWybpXbS1MtXDsTcR_ojgI0eUUK7StAKnyBjyhYqvo1hAaY News.com.au, LJ Charleston, 2019 https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/cowra-prison-break-the-biggest-bloodiest-prison-breakout-in-wwii/news-story/640b85c799702a341c98b656f74f2911?fbclid=IwAR0ZMzQrqadmxCpYyPmSC6Z2xBx0JJ2Stayw_nkpvRaiO-XxAmroXbkdEwE Touched With Fire, Eric Bergerud. Japans Imperial Army, Edward J Drea 2009 Cowra Breakout Site Information Stands From Consideration to Contempt: The Changing Nature of Japanese Military and Popular Perceptions of Prisoners of War Through the Ages (in Prisoners of War and Their Captors in World War II. Oxford: Berg, 1996, Ikuhiko Hata West Coast Sentinel, Max Blenkin, 2019See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josie and Mel (via Zoom) discuss the life story of Captain Moonlite (aka Andrew Scott), an 1800s Irish-born larrikin who may or may not have been Australia's first gay bushranger. Wanna skip le zest? Skip straight to 21:22. CREDITS: A Guide To Australian Bushranging https://aguidetoaustralianbushranging.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/captain-moonlite-an-overview/ The Monthly by Jeff Sparrow https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2015/november/1446296400/jeff-sparrow/queer-bushranger Australian Geographic by Jared Richards (we know him!) https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/on-this-day/2017/01/on-this-day-captain-moonlite-hanged/ Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/scott-andrew-george-4546 You, Me and Junee https://www.youmeandjunee.com.au/explore/self-guided-drives/bushrangers.aspx NSW State Archives and Records: https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/stories/bushranger-captain-moonlight Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Moonlite See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Alisha Aitken-Radburn joins us as a special guest! The Bachelor In Paradise hero and friend of the podcast tells Josie and Mel about the disappearance of Paddy Moriarty from Larrimah in the Northern Territory. CREDITS Lost In Larrimah Podcast, Kylie Stevenson & Caroline Graham https://www.theaustralian.com.au/podcasts/lost-in-larrimah/news-story/b1903af0830eaca37ed6173a5e6763da A Dog Act Documentary, ABC News https://iview.abc.net.au/show/dog-act-the-disappearance-of-paddy-moriarty The Kerryman, Tadgh Evans https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/lost-in-the-outback-what-became-of-paddy-moriarty-38823462.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week is all about Mel and Josie's favourite Aussie group - the Country Women's Association. Not only do these ladies make a mean scone, they've also contributed heaps to the nation - and have some hectic rules for their fruit cake competition. Credits: The Week, 1922 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/192982648 The Telegraph, 1922 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177884213 CWA website https://www.cwaa.org.au/ CWA NSW https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au ABC, 2017, Jessica Hinchcliffe https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/what-does-the-cwa-smell-like/8780430 The Silver Years https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/visageimages/Silver_Years-web.pdf The Golden Years https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/visageimages/The_Golden_Years-web.pdf SMH, Melissa Singer, 2020 https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/cake-without-the-calories-cwa-s-scone-sale-goes-virtual-20200402-p54ghp.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tasmania tragic Josie takes Mel to her favourite state as she recounts the incredible story of the Beaconsfield mine collapse and rescue mission that gripped Australia for two weeks back in 2006. To skip the zest, head straight to 26:50. Credits: Sydney Morning Herald, 2006 https://www.smh.com.au/national/timeline-of-beaconsfield-mine-disaster-20060501-gdnggy.html Australian Geographic, 2013 by Karen Young https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/on-this-day/2013/11/on-this-day-beaconsfield-miners-rescued/ Gympie Times, 2012 by Nev McArg https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/beaconsfield-rescuer-relives-drama/1356501/ News Corp, 2016 by Megan Palin https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/mining/beaconsfield-miners-struggling-10-years-after-disaster/news-story/600b2de0c182bfd72dfdf70d2d066643 The Australian, 2006 by Matthew Denholm http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18983465-2702,00.html The Examiner, 2017 by Tarlia Jordan https://www.examiner.com.au/story/4507588/rescuers-real-heroes/ News Corp 2016, AAP https://www.news.com.au/national/beaconsfield-mine-survivors-brant-webb-and-todd-russell-no-longer-mates/news-story/01176c7b3bcc77c5119d9aef4aa95c51 Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaconsfield_Mine_collapseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Mel takes Josie through the Wittenoom disaster, where asbestos mining turned deadly for generations and left a town at critical contamination levels - and completely abandoned. Wanna skip the zest? Head to 18:00. Credits: ABC Pilbara, Gian De Poloni, 2018 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-12/australias-deadliest-ghost-town-wittenoom-a-tourist-hotspot/9987328 The West Australian, Tom Zaunmayr, 2018 https://thewest.com.au/news/pilbara-news/group-gives-rare-glimpse-into-wittenooms-heyday-ng-b88728531z ABC Pilbara, Karen Michelmore, 2019 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-20/final-wittenoom-residents-to-be-forced-out/10917928 ABC Pilbara, Ben Collins, 2015 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/scientists-and-victims-unite-to-find-a-cure-for-asbestos-related/6963752 ABC Radio National, Kirsti Melville, 2019 https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/the-ghosts-of-wittenoom-part-2/10747390 Department of Commerce WA https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/worksafe/wittenoom-images WA Today, AAP Reporters, 2012 https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/deadly-asbestos-mine-takes-toll-for-wittenoom-kids-20120904-25bkg.html The Doom Of Wittenoom, Andrew Fieldes, 2006 https://www.pbase.com/afildes/wittenoomdoom The West Australian, Liam Croy, 2017 https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/it-may-be-a-ghost-town-but-for-some-wittenoom-is-home-ng-b88341296z 9 Honey, Katherine Scott, 2019 https://travel.nine.com.au/latest/australias-most-contaminated-town-wittenoon-abandoned/b7752071-b209-452a-bdfb-442a73b66c25 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you thought Waltzing Matilda was just an old timey bush ballad, think again! Josie tells Mel all about the spicy love triangle that inspired Banjo Paterson's iconic tune. Wanna skip the zest? Head to 29:07. Credits: Slim Dusty - "Waltzing Matilda": https://youtu.be/FqtttbbYfSM ABC Conversations - "Waltzing Matilda - The Story Behind the Song": https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/07/15/4046331.htm The Capricornian newspaper from 14 Dec 1901: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/68258559 ABC Radio National 2014: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/rarecollections/2014-01-26/5222120 ABC News 2010: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-02-12/waltzing-matilda-an-old-cold-case/329506 The Daily Telegraph excerpt from the book "Mistress, The True Stories of Mistresses And Their Men" by Matthew Benns and Terry Smyth: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/mistress-the-true-story-of-mistresses-and-their-men-chapter-8-the-love-triangle-behind-waltzing-matilda/news-story/a8804da5d3df91db3c2cde9f16b5eb13 Australian Poetry Library: https://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/paterson-a-b-banjo Trishan’s Oz: https://trishansoz.com/trishansoz/waltzing-matilda/waltz.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Mel tells Josie the story of Rodney Fox, a South Australian spear fisherman who, after being horrifically mauled by a great white shark wound up making a whole business out of diving with the creatures themselves. Wanna skip the zest? Head to 17:35. CREDITS: Traveller.com.au, 2006 https://www.traveller.com.au/great-white-fever-5zfw ABC interview, 2002 produced by Peter Lindon https://web.archive.org/web/20131114194437/http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_in_time/Transcripts/s518746.htm Rodney Fox.com.au https://www.rodneyfox.com.au/about-us/rodney-fox/ The Advertiser, Nathan Davies, 2019 https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/rodney-foxs-stolen-signed-jaws-book-returned-after-25-years/news-story/f01efcf744c24fd4411d14b8ce500abf Kids News, Claire Peddie, 2018 https://www.kidsnews.com.au/environment/honour-for-shark-victim-rodney-fox-who-overcame-his-fear-to-become-a-shark-saviour/news-story/19f3c726a3feae9ddfb11367353fdd13 The Guardian, James Stewart, 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jun/07/jaws-40-years-shark-diving-australia Onya Magazine, Caitlin Jones, 2013 https://www.onyamagazine.com/australian-affairs/history/the-great-white-sharks-best-friend/ ABC Adelaide, Brett Williamson, 2012 https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/02/17/2493781.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josie loves a crime, and goes (not very far back) in time to 2011, telling Mel all the gritty details of the insane Mosman collar bomb attack on 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver. Credits: Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 2011 with reporting from AAP, Glenda Kwek and Nick Ralston https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bomb-device-attached-to-mosman-schoolgirl-was-a-very-very-elaborate-hoax-20110804-1icbe.html Sydney Morning Herald, 5 August 2011 with reporting from Saffron Howden, Nick Ralston, Rachel Olding, Kim Arlington and Gareth Hutchens https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/nsw/novel-signature-adds-to-bomb-hoax-mystery-20110804-1idms.html ABC 4 August 2011 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-04/police-free-girl-mosman-bomb-incident/2823730?nw=0 Australian Financial Review, August 17 2011 compiled by Ben Woodhead https://www.afr.com/world/us-bomb-hoax-suspect-to-fight-charges-20110817-i4bs0 News Corp, October 2012 by Amy Dale https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/inside-the-confused-dark-world-of-collar-bomb-hoaxer-paul-douglas-peters-ng-0b9b9de379ae0bb37cc20ceef527f6ea Sydney Morning Herald, 20 November 2012 by Paul Bibby https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/fake-collar-bomber-jailed-for-minimum-10-years-20121120-29n9d.html Daily Telegraph, 13 September 2017 by Danielle Gusmaroli https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/maddie-pulver-shocked-to-win-courage-award-after-bomb-hoax-ordeal/news-story/cb33ef4cdf2cebbda9b81bb8ce3c048d Daily Mail, 30 Oct 2019 by Nic White and Brittany Chain https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7632951/Sydney-collar-bomb-victim-Maddie-Pulver-26-interior-designer.html Readers Digest by Simon Bouda https://www.rd.com/true-stories/survival/bomb-collar/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mel tells Josie all about The Hydro Majestic Hotel, the fanciest place in the NSW Blue Mountains area with a quirky history of being a sanatorium, WWII soldier respite centre and... home of 25,000 crabs? Credits: The Hydro Majestic Hotel website https://www.hydromajestic.com.au/ Dictionary Of Sydney https://dictionaryofsydney.org/ In Daily, Caroline Berdon https://indaily.com.au/eat-drink-explore/travel/2017/06/06/hydro-majestic-feels-creaks-time/ SMH, Tim Barlass https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/blue-mountains-hydro-majestic-makes-a-30m-return-to-former-glory-20141025-11bren.html The Atlantic, Sarah Zhang https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/12/dark-history-of-showering/577636/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aquatic Tale Enthusiast/Whale Fearer Josie tells Mel about a pod of killer whales who worked for a company of human whalers in Eden, NSW back in the 1800s. Credits: 2014 Scientific American blog by Bec Crew https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-legend-of-old-tom-and-the-gruesome-law-of-the-tongue/ 2010 Sydney Morning Herald article the King of the Killers by Steve Meacham https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/the-king-of-the-killers-20100916-15er7.html 2017 History Cooperative article by Meghan No Surname https://historycooperative.org/history-whaling-twofold-bay/ Geneaology website Monaro Pioneers, a 2016 post by Cheryl Moore http://www.monaropioneers.com/davidsonaw.htm 2010 ABC South East NSW article by Bill Brown http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/09/17/3014987.htm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mel and Josie are back, babey! In the first episode of their brand new podcast (you might remember them from their first podcast All Aussie Mystery Hour), Mel dives straight into one of the spiciest tales from Australian politics - that time our sexy Prime Minister Gough Whitlam got himself dismissed. Whoopsie!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.