Pinky & Macca For Breakfast

We asked why people are plonking their chrissy tree's up so bloody early? Turns out, one of our listeners better half keeps it up for a very good reason...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After the Australian Financial Review posted an opinion piece defending regional bank closures, CEO of The Capricornian Dale Grounds sent an open letter to the AFR discussing the issues plaguing banking in regional Australia. Dale spent some time discussing his letter and how The Capricornian is actually opening MORE branches.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THERE WAS A SUN HALO! Not like the gaming classics... seriously OG Halo was da BOMB, nonetheless - senior meteorologist at the real BOM Sarah Scully told us all about the halo across CQ skies over the weekend :DSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gladstone Mayor and all around nice bloke Matt Burnett suprised... suprised? ...no, it's 'surprised' us with a very special announcement for Clubhouse RescueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After reading an article about emailing love letters to the tree's of Melbourne (how malbs is that) - Pinky and Macca decided to reach out to Rockhampton councillor Cherie Rutherford to find out how we can express our fondness for local trees... and it turns out, we learned something!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Pinky's daughter finishing her schooling, Pinky is planning on taking some time for herself but she is not buying into this bloody Mooli trend, what ever that carry on is.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Hiscox from Opposite Lock Rocky joined us to chat about the Cap Coast Clean Up, where collective action can make a real difference!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pinky's Family come to town for an early Christmas, and she had a retro gaming throw back with Sega classic Alex Kidd - and taught her nephew a few lessons at the same time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

JL joins us for his weekly sports wrap and another red hot weird sportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lou from CQ Healthy Families joins us to talk about and the No Excuse for Online Abuse campaign with a new installation at the South Rocky Library; along with a huge fundraising effort!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Grinch has come to Rocky early to nick Santa's letterbox! Rockhampton Mayor Tony Williams joins us on our hunt to recover the letter box! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Santa's letterbox has been stolen from in front of Customs House in Rocky, and detectives Pinky and Macca are on the case. First suspect; serial poster and Member for Rockhampton - Donna Kirkland, photographed at the scene of the crime on Saturday.  Pinky played good cop, Macca played dumb cop, as they asked the hard questions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Don't worry about blue collar crimes, white plugger crimes have hit Rocky!It raises a lot of questions, including why do Kiwi's call them jandals? Well don't worry, we found them answers!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wind Farms. Topical. Controversial. Eco-Economical. Many Words; Many Opinions; Many Turbines. SO! With controversy once more about a local wind farm project, we talked to a wind farmers neighbour to find out the goss.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the Brisbrain's trust prepare themselves to host the Olympics, Rocky mayor Tony Williams joined us to talk about the drive to get the Olympic medals made in Mount Morgan! 🤘Mount Morgan Wottttt🤘See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pinky has a dog. A very cute dog. Dogs need walking. When dog's go walking, nature calls. When nature called, there were no bags... NO BAGS!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the back of Triple M's Clubhouse Rescue, Gladstone Mayor Matt 'Dadstone' Burnett gave us a buzz to announce who he and his fellow councillors have decided to grant a very helpful $10,000! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Leader of the Opposition Steven Miles dropped into the studio, he noticed something peculiar written on our in studio whiteboard...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leader of the Opposition and Former Queensland Premier Steven Miles rolled into CQ to learn what mistakes were made in their last term and to spend some time learning about local issues.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Macca was fortunate enough to chat with one of his FAVOURITE artists, Aussie legend Troy Cassar-Daley as he heads up to Great Keppel for Dayz on the Sand. Troy shares his life on the road, creating new music and working with his amazingly talented daughter, Jem Cassar-DaleySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Norths Chargers and Norths Knights being announced as Clubhouse Rescue winners, we have their president Pete a buzz to let him know they got quite the biccie! Clubhouse Rescue is made possible thanks to Harvey Norman Rockhampton - Shop with Confidence at Harvey Norman Rockhampton, Your Local StoreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The big day has finally arrived, we get to ring up a very deserving Central Queensland sporting club to share the good news - that they get a schweet $10k toward giving their sporting club a bit of love. It's Norths Chargers and Norths Knights, and we shared the good news with Trudi who has volunteered at the club for over 25 years! All thanks to Harvey Norman Rockhampton - Shop with Confidence at Harvey Norman Rockhampton, Your Local Store!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With World Kindness Day on the Horizon, Angie and Dave from HumanKind have started their search to find Australia's Kindest Person! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Macca is new to town and is being encouraged to put himself out there to make some new friends. Yet, he deeply struggles with the being 'out there' part.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, local schools took up the challenge to spread awareness by decorating the gates to their schools to encourage important conversations about the importance of regular breast screenings. Pinky had the task of judging the winner :DSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Member for Rockhampton, Donna Kirkland, is reaching out the the Central Queensland community for feedback on how the state government can improve regional aviation services into and out of Rockhampton Airport.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10 time Golden Guitar winner Lyn Bowtell called in for a yarn about her song writing workshop over on Keppell Island as part of Dayz on the SandSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Pinky going in for a bit of surgery, she confessed her love for the Green Whistle.  However, turns out the old Green Whis is a bit more potent than we thought...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Great Jon Stevens is heading along to Dayz on the Sand over on Great Keppel Island, Saturday 22nd Nov. Pinky had the BRILLIANT idea, get listener of the show and Jon Stevens Super Fan Jan to interview the legend himself! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An uncluttered life leads to an uncluttered life. Spending more than 30 seconds with Macca proves there isn't much cluttering that mind. While they say simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, I don't think sitting on your floor alone in the dark eating roast chicken is very sophisticated... Buy a chair, mate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After the Pride of the National Rugby League - The Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs unveiled their new logo, its been called a bit Paw Patrol-ish. With JL in the Studio, we thought we'd ask about crappy team branding and bring up some of the best/worst team names.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We called our first contestant for Spiderbaits BAM-BA-LAM and our boy China unfortunately coughed at the chance of VIP tickets. Wouldn't it had been Tariff...ic if he'd won?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After we both had frankly very unproductive weekends, listen to us justify ourselves and probably do a bit of self soothing...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gavin Shuker is a touch footy legend, and a legend of a bloke! As a Rocky Redbacks junior, and still very active with the club - he shared with us the importance of local sports clubs and why you should nominate your team for the Clubhouse Rescue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We had a yarn with Whitey, CEO of the CQ Capra's about their upcoming Fun Day on Saturday October 25th - including the Capra's v Comet's Legends Match! 🐑☄️See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With all these warnings about summer blackouts, it raises the question - didn't we have more power outages back in the 90's? They were a bloody EVENT!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The RACQ has released research findings that point to young drivers still not heeding the warning and still performing dangerous habits while behind the wheel. So we caught up with Dr Michael Caine from the RACQ about young drivers reducing the risk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rockhampton Flexi School needed a bit of help funding their School Formal for their year 12 students; well we've backed up the good luck truck to share the love - plus, our friends at TBMM Be Kind matched the funds!Good Luck Truck is made possible thanks to Madloch Property - your sales and property management experts in Gladstone!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Busby has been flying solo and is coming home to his old stomping ground to entertain the St Brendan's Old Boys Luncheon this Friday! He also happened to drop his new album name and the details!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Brian got in touch with us about his wife Bellesherrie, we knew we had to treat her to some well deserved pampering and time out!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coming up for the Sportman's Lunch this Friday, Pinky checked in with the Bronco great post 2 Grand Final wins over the weekend!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yeah, Nah. After losing the clinkers challenge, and waxing poetically about his nose hair, Macca's nose finally got the attention it demands from Krystle and the team at Evernew Hair and Beauty.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Macca worrying about his massive schnoz starting to sprout such big, long follicles; Krystle from Evernew Hair in Red Hill raised her hand to raise hell with Mac's nose. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After hearing us do the Clinkers Challenge on the air, the Most Fab Ab from our crew of Roadies decided she wanted to have a crack of the Clinks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After hunting across CQ for a bag of those little chocolatey bad boys, WE FOUND THEM! We FINALLY got a hold of some Clinkers for the Clinkers Challenge, but bad news for our resident hot guy Macca - for the Clinkers were not assorted in his favour...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Proof it even happens to the best of us. Pinky got the late night notifications as well to see that someone had been logging into her accounts as well; and she serves up some genuinely helpful advice to avoid it happening to you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Macca woke up the other morning before work to find notification after notification that people over the world had hacked him! While someone using his HJ's app was kinda bad, our caller Hope got it much worse when someone asked to buy pics of her feet; only to be tricked into paying someone to buy her feet pics! 💀🤢See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ana is a single mum, and she reached out for some help with her daughters medical costs, and catching up on the bills. We gave Ana a call to offer a bit of a helping hand, all thanks to Madloch Property - your sales and property management experts in Gladstone!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our own resident sporting expert and local ledge JL joins us to preview the inevitable defeat of the imposters via the Sunny Coast, The Melbourne Storm; against this centuries greatest redemption story - the 2025 Brisbane Broncos. As a Doggies fan, UP DA BRONXSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charlene nominated her dad Paul for the Good Luck Truck - a hard working bloke who always helps out and puts others first. Paul needs an eye test, and has been walking around in the cheap $10 glasses. Well, we got Paul some help with the eye test and the specs, all thanks to Madloch Property - your sales and property management experts in Gladstone!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.