Discover The North Lakes Community Through Local Voices

Emma Dean is a Sandgate-based singer, songwriter, and storyteller. Music has been a part of Emma’s life since she was a small child, and she has performed in off-Broadway theatre in New York, as well as at the opening of the Commonwealth Games in 2018. Emma talks to us about Community Choir: The Musical, which went on to become the fastest selling show at this year’s Brisbane Festival.

This month on GuideCast, we’re joined by Australian country music star and fourth-generation truckie, Travis Sinclair who is headlining at Redcliffe’s Convoy for Kids.

Redcliffe-based band Vixens of Fall comprises three sisters, Nina, Wren and Lulu and today on Guidecast we are excited to chat with one of the Vixen sisters, Nina, about the band and their recent performance on the Voice.

This month on GuideCast, we’re joined by Kallangur’s Greg Potent, also known as the Downunder Pez Hunter. Greg is a longtime collector and the host of Get Dispensed the Pez Podcast, which has reached listeners in nearly 30 countries.

On this month’s GuideCast, we have North Lakes musical comedian EJ Mann, who’s gearing up for the 2025 Variety Postie Bike Dash—a six-day ride across rural New South Wales to raise money for kids who need it most.

On this month’s Guidecast, I’m thrilled to welcome an inspiring local voice: Anton Clifford-Motopi. Anton is a Nundah-based children’s author whose debut middle-grade novel, To and Fro, has just been shortlisted for the 2025 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award in the Younger Readers category.

This month, we’re excited to welcome Robyn Ridings, the owner of Baaia Café on Flinders Parade in Sandgate, to the podcast. Robyn, alongside café manager Donna Mayo, has teamed up with local businesses to launch a new initiative called Shoes, Books, and Breakfast in select schools.

On this month’s Guidecast, I’m excited to speak with Dylan Stumer, a north Brisbane local who has been making waves in the entertainment world. He has just made his television debut in the Stan original series Good Cop/Bad Cop.

On this month’s Guidecast, I’m thrilled to be speaking with Anne Jenkins, the vice-president of the Sandgate branch of the Country Women’s Association.
Anne and her team are spearheading the local effort to bring the 5000 Poppies Project to our community in honour of ANZAC Day.

This month on GuideCast, I’m thrilled to welcome Alex Osborn, a triathlete from Wavell Heights who’s headed to New Zealand this month to compete in the Ironman 70.3 World Championship.

This month I talk to Catherine Radbourne, director of Sandgate Theatre’s new production, Gaslight, a production that dives deep into themes of coercive control.

This month I talk to Misty Johnson, a North Lakes-based social media self-care coach who is on a mission to help women redefine their relationship with social media.

This month I talk to 21 year old Sandgate local, Angus, who is gearing up for a very special challenge. He will compete in a half Ironman to honour his late grandfather and to raise funds for Karuna Hospice Care, the not-for-profit organisation that provided palliative care for his grandfather in his final days.

This month I talk to Fitzgibbon resident and First Nations artist, Lisa Anne Caruana ‘Gilinggilingba’. She recently unveiled the Fitzgibbon Bush Trail, a cultural project collaboration with Brisbane City Council.

This month I talk to Rachel Acres, founder of the Freedom Room in Strathpine, where she helps everyday people suffering from drug and alcohol addiction get the help they need.