254 - The Sugarbird Lady
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2020
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
No, she's not a comic book hero or a woman who delivers birds and sugar. But Robin Miller is an Australian legend, and one that not many Aussies know about! This is the story of the incredible life of Robin Miller; The Sugarbird lady.
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dicks-robin-elizabeth-10016
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/miller-horatio-clive-horrie-7586
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Miller_(nurse)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powder_Puff_Derby_(1947)
https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/news/sugar-bird-lady/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-08/robin-miller-the-sugar-bird-lady/7010418
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2018/12/the-sugar-bird-lady/
https://www.monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/medicine/display/93353-robin-miller-dicks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Air_Derby
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is part of the Planet Broadcasting Network. |
| 0:03.0 | Visit planet broadcasting.com for more podcasts from our great mates. |
| 0:15.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On! My name is Dave Wanuki |
| 0:20.0 | and as always I'm here with Matt Stewart and Jess Perkins. |
| 0:25.0 | Hello Dave, hello Jess. |
| 0:26.0 | Hello Matt, hello Dave. What a pleasure to be here. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm just making your acquaintance today. |
| 0:31.0 | Oh Matt, we've known each other for years. |
| 0:34.0 | Oh, am I using that phrase wrong? |
| 0:37.0 | I think so, but I could be wrong. |
| 0:39.0 | It's pleasure to re-equaint with you. |
| 0:42.0 | Matt, I talked to you two days ago. |
| 0:45.0 | Oh yeah, I thought you looked familiar. |
| 0:50.0 | How's everyone going? Now Jess and Dave you're both 30. |
| 0:54.0 | You've turned 30 since, well Jess you turned 30. |
| 0:57.0 | That's the last week's episode. So come out Dave, you've turned 30 since. How does it feel? |
| 1:01.0 | I feel old. You look like shit. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm really taking a downward step here. |
| 1:07.0 | So when I was a kid and I'd probably told this at some stage but when I was very small |
| 1:12.0 | I used to wake up in my birthday and look at my feet because I thought I would have grown. |
| 1:18.0 | Right? Because I was like well a five year old is bigger than a four year old obviously. |
| 1:22.0 | I didn't understand how gradual growth was. |
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