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2 weeks ago | 
96five.com | Justin Rouillon
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2 weeks ago | 
96five.com | Justin Rouillon
It all started out so simply – a one-minute pilot with Bandit pushing Bluey on a swing while playing Salad Dodger on his phone. A modest production studio, that despite picking up a couple of Emmy Awards in its pre-Bluey days, wasn’t widely known. Initial scepticism from TV executives that the show was “too edgy”. Fast forward almost 10 years from that 2016 pilot, and Bluey isn’t just the biggest TV show in the world, she’s also one of the biggest entertainment brands on the planet.
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4 weeks ago | 
pulse941.com.au | Justin Rouillon
By: Justin RouillonThe Bluey’s World season has been officially extended through to February 2026, with fans of the hit TV show travelling from all corners of the globe to visit. Since opening in November 2024, Bluey’s World has already welcomed 200,000 visitors, a significant milestone that reflects the attraction’s popularity with families, fans and travellers alike.
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1 month ago | 
wayfm.org.au | Justin Rouillon
By: Justin RouillonThe Bluey’s World season has been officially extended through to February 2026, with fans of the hit TV show travelling from all corners of the globe to visit. Since opening in November 2024, Bluey’s World has already welcomed 200,000 visitors, a significant milestone that reflects the attraction’s popularity with families, fans and travellers alike.
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1 month ago | 
96five.com | Justin Rouillon
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1 month ago | 
96five.com | Justin Rouillon
As Australians pause this Anzac Day to remember the fallen and honour those who served, the role of military chaplains will be on full display, leading Anzac services at schools, memorials and in the community. James Hall is an Australian Army Chaplain and spoke to 96five’s Alex Milne about the role of the modern-day defence force chaplain.
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2 months ago | 
wayfm.org.au | Justin Rouillon
By: Justin RouillonIf you’ve been around Christian music for a while, you’ll no doubt remember the era of Easterfest. Originally named the Australian Gospel Music Festival for its first nine years, Easterfest was a Christian music festival that ran in Toowoomba, from 1999 until 2015. This year marks a decade since the last ever Easterfest event, and a series of interviews in the brand-new podcast, The Rise and Fall of Easterfest, explores the incredible Easterfest story.
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2 months ago | 
96five.com | Justin Rouillon
If you were a fan of the annual Easterfest festival in Toowoomba, there’s a new, (although much smaller) event you might be interested in checking out. The Open Heavens – Live Music Under the Stars event will see a number of local Toowoomba artists bringing together a collection of songs that explore life’s great big, deep, magnificent questions. Leading the event will be local musicians Megan King and Raquelle Pedler.
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2 months ago | 
96five.com | Justin Rouillon
Main Image: Fans watching a BMX demonstration from JC Epidemic at Easterfest 2011 (Trent Rouillon). If you were one of the tens of thousands of people who would make the annual Easter pilgrimage up the range to Toowoomba, it was a sure bet you had community at the forefront of your mind. The experience of Easterfest was more than just a music festival, it was really a unity movement that gave festivalgoers a weekend spent with their peers.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
96five.com | Justin Rouillon
If you’re new to this whole Easterfest thing, Easterfest (the Australian Gospel Music Festival until 2007) was an Australian Christian music festival that ran in Toowoomba from 1999 until 2015. This year marks a decade since the last ever event. The new 96five podcast ‘The Rise & Fall of Easterfest’ tells the story of that event. Over the course of 17 festivals, thousands of artists graced the stages of the Australian Gospel Music Festival and Easterfest.
