Dear Webster, Thanks for checking out the Go Earthcare show page on our new website.. what do you reckon about it?? Give us some feed back as we want to make our website as user-friendly as possible.

Today we honour Peter Hamilton on the show, long time environmental activist and Earth Champion, who passed away on October 23^rd.

We also pay our respects and thanks for the Music to Robbie Mc Gready whose funeral was held last week . Robbie was a founding member of BayFM and brought much wonderful energy and music to the airwaves, not only at BayFM in his retirement but throughout his whole life on radio and TV in Australia.

Next week I will be in Alice Springs attending the National Community Radio Conference as the delegate for BayFM and Gayle Cue will bring you the show.

Peter Hamilton-Earth Champion

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/history/verbatim/stories/s1232257.htm

http://folkstream.com/reviews/hamilton/

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/history/hindsight/stories/s1157792.htm

from The Wire

www.thewire.org.au

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Produced by Samantha Marks

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