Latitude 40: Stories from the Edge: Flinders Island, Tasmania
Latitude 40 : Stories from the Edge: is a podcast from the Furneaux Collective Inc, sharing conversations from Flinders Island at 40 degrees south. Through honest dialogue and local voices, the podcast explores what it means to live, lead and belong on a small island community navigating change.
Born from the Islander Way regenerative tourism journey, Latitude 40 has grown into something more — a space where community members reflect on leadership, resilience, enterprise, inclusion and the evolving relationship between people, place and visitors.
Each episode captures lived experience. Real conversations about how a remote island community shapes its own future — socially, economically and environmentally.
Podcasting since 2022 • 9 episodes
Latitude 40: Stories from the Edge: Flinders Island, Tasmania
Latest Episodes
What Makes A Life Worth Building - Guy Ireland
In Episode 2 of Latitude 40 Season 2, Jamie West sits down with long-time island builder Guy Ireland for a warm and thoughtful conversation about life, resilience and community on Flinders Island.From an une...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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38:27
This is the place for me, this is home - Rachel Summers
In the first episode of Latitude 40 Season 2, Jacqui Cooper sits down with Flinders Mayor Rachel Summers for an honest and heartfelt conversation about community, leadership and life on a remote island.From accidentally moving to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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33:11
Smell the Island air - Ben Backhaus
Debbie and Josie speak with Ben Backhaus about his family business, Bush Pharmacy, where Ben distills essential oils grown and harvested on Flinders Island. You can almost smell the aromas as Ben describes the range of oils. Ben attribute...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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26:29
Beyond the Purple Swamphen: Creating is living - Mel Telfer
In this espisode, Josie and Debbie talk with Mel Telfer: dental assistant, ambulance service volunteer, school teacher, truck driver, and a maker and the driving force behind The Purple Swamphen, the makers' co-op on Flinders Island.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:52