Tessa Mapstone

Nov 3, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tessa Mapstone

On an average weekend on Queensland's balmy Sunshine Coast, you might spot James McAlloon striding along the beach, dragging a car tyre tethered to his waist. For three years, the 32-year-old adventurer has been training to pull a 100kg sled across snow and ice, in preparation for the journey of a lifetime.

Aug 27, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tessa Mapstone |Dominic Cansdale

The Queensland Garden Expo hosted what's believed to be Australia's first-ever crowing competition — for humans. But like their avian counterparts, these people are crowing for different reasons. Tessa Mapstone has the story. Additional production by Dominic Cansdale.

Jul 8, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tessa Mapstone

The Queensland Garden Expo at Nambour has held a rooster crowing competition for humans. A poultry steward behind the event says "a bit of self expression" is the key to a good rooster crow. Competition champion John Coram hopes the win is the start of something bigger. The search to find Queensland's best rooster crow has been held on the Sunshine Coast. But there's a catch: not a single chook was involved.

Nov 12, 2023 | abc.net.au | Tessa Mapstone

On a bush property in south-east Queensland, dozens of brumbies have gathered, but these are no longer wild horses. These brumbies have been tamed and trained, some as recently as two months ago. Now they have returned to the place where they first learned to trust humans, to take part in a horse show just for brumbies.

Nov 11, 2023 | abc.net.au | Tessa Mapstone |Michael Black

Loading... Elliot and Daren Styles are heroes in their community for clearing rubbish and debris from the Noosa River on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. But when the father and son rescued a $30,000 vintage watch from the bottom of the waterway, they became the personal heroes of its grateful owner. Elliot, Daren, and their friend Michael Whitehead have been snorkelling together in the Noosa River for years.