Cristy-Lee Macqueen

Oct 24, 2024 | abc.net.au | Cristy-Lee Macqueen

Peter Jacob may have taken his final breath this year, but his daughter can still feel his spirit whispering through the sails of the 13-metre yacht he built by hand. As Sabine Lambert climbs aboard the deck of the sunburnt orange PEBS, memories of her father building it in the 1970s surface. "This was his dream," she said.

Sep 28, 2024 | abc.net.au | Cristy-Lee Macqueen

When Tim Molloy and Rose Brady bought a strawberry farm, they weren't expecting hosting a music festival to be on their jobs list. But just months after getting the keys to the property, they found themselves agreeing to become the future organisers of the North Queensland Wintermoon festival. The festival is hosted on a property in the picturesque Cameron's Pocket, a popular camping and swimming spot near Mackay, and has consistently drawn acts from all over Australia in its 30-year history.

Jul 28, 2024 | abc.net.au | Cristy-Lee Macqueen

Australia's living kidney donation rates are much lower than the US, UK and New Zealand. Patients, families, and healthcare providers say we need a better understanding of living donation as well as deceased donation. Advocacy work by living kidney donors and recipients is helping to increase awareness. Moments before receiving a new kidney, Samantha Girgenti-Scott's anxiousness wasn't for her own welfare but that of her living donor — her mother, Jenny.

Jul 7, 2024 | abc.net.au | Cristy-Lee Macqueen |Elsa Silberstein

While raising her young children in a new country, Barbara Hutcheon was hiding a secret. She had been diagnosed with a debilitating type of inflammatory bowel disease and was trying her best to save face.

Jun 9, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jasmine Hines |Cristy-Lee Macqueen |Ollie Wykeham

Driving an electric vehicle (EV) in regional Australia used to be a feat of planning and logistics, but country owners say range anxiety is now a thing of the past. "It's a fear in people's minds that it can run out of charge anytime and you will not find any charging stations. It's not like that," said Mackay-based mining engineer Samial Hasnat. Mr Hasnat is one of a growing number of country Australians who have made the switch to an EV in an effort to save on fuel and maintenance costs.