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On the highway down to Alice Springs there are very few places to stop and refuel. A couple of small towns, a few roadhouses.
But then you have Wycliffe Well.
This week All The Best is disappearing into the desert and bringing back stories from campfires, state borders and Alien themed roadhouses.
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‘Red Sand Country’ by Joe Koning
Ali is a poet, living in her caravan in suburban Adelaide. She does not see her living situation as “a minimisation of life”, rather, she sees the caravan as a place of safety, somewhere to escape from a society that considers her as an other.
Recently, Ali got a surprise announcement that she’d won Yale University’s prestigious Wyndham-Campbell literature prize. The prize is for $165,000 US.
Music: ‘Smoke’ by Shelda, ‘Love is Everywhere’ by Pharaoh Sanders, ‘Maid of the Moon’ by Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo
Supervising producer: Selena Shannon
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‘Daddy Emu’ by May Jasper
This story takes us south, where three nineteen year old girls jump in a tiny car and drive longways across the country. What could possibly go wrong? (Emus, that’s what.)
Editor: Bec Fary
Music: ‘Just a Little Bit’ by Digger and the Pussycats (The Purple Hearts cover), ‘Australian Wasteland’ by Eva Shlegel, ‘Lies Lies Lies’ by The Stabs (The Chimney Sweeps cover)
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All The Best credits:
Executive Producer: Selena Shannon
Host: Jess Hamilton
Episode Compiler: Selena Shannon
Vic State Coordinator: Bec Fary
SYN production manager: Beth Gibson
Community Coordinator: Chloe Gillespie
Social Media: Louisa Thurn
Image by Selena Shannon