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English
Australia
101 episodes
since April 14, 2020
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Lake Brambruck

Richard and Max meet by coincidence in the remote Wyperfield National Park in the far north-west of the Wimmera. After an initial moment of embarrassment, the two men realise that they have a lot in common. They arrange to keep in touch.

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Mount Zero - The Wimmera Trilogy is a podcast adaptation of Douglas Gellatly's fictitious eBook series by the same name. You will be introduced to the four main characters, Richard, Max, Rory and Danny...and their dear friend, Ivy. The drama extends over 35 years and is set in the Wimmera district …

Golton Island

Max goes to Golton Island to visit Richard for the first time. They get on well together and Richard explains the unusual Wimmera River. After the entire day together, and some good home-brewed beer, Max ends up staying overnight. They talk of hiking and camping together in the Grampians.

Castle Rock

Richard and Max go shopping for camping gear. They go to The Grampians to hike into Castle Rock and camp overnight there. Along the way they encounter a Koala. On returning home, Richard gets a funeral arrangement appointment for the following day.
Richard does a funeral arrangement at a house where a budgerigar is free to fly around inside. Max goes back to stay with Richard over the next weekend. While Max is there, he gets to meet Richard's friend Lester Coyne.
Cultural advice: This episode contains a scene describing the discovery of human remains that are probably those of an unknown Aboriginal person. Richard and Max drive to Blackfellows' Waterhole in the Barrabool Forest to collect some bags of clean sand. Along the way, they notice an apiarist's cam…
After taking a consignment of tree seedlings to Ararat, Richard stops off on the way home to chat with Lester at his farm gate. Later in the week a surprise photograph turns up. After that revelation, Richard and Max go out for dinner at a Horsham hotel.
Max visits Richard again. They watch a Wimmera sunset. Over dinner they talk about vegetable gardening together. They go for a walk along the Wimmera River and Richard realizes that they could go 'puddling' for fish. The next day they do just that with success and fun.
Max starts shearing at Lester's shearing shed. He takes the excess fish for Lester's family with him. The shed rousabout is Steven. Lester's wife, Ann, is cool toward Max. Steven is keen to learn more about photography from Max.

The Apiarist

Max's possessions are moved out to Golton Island and Max moves in with Richard. They celebrate with bubbles over the dinner table that night. The couple go for a local bush walk and meet Michael the apiarist at his camp. Michael admits to marital problems at home. Max learns that Richard is allergi…
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