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Tessa Mapstone

Sunshine Coast
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Tessa Mapstone’s Biography

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Journalist, writer and photographer, currently producing the daily local radio Mornings program on ABC Sunshine Coast.

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The $365 fine that left a boatie Nico Brand baffled on the Sunshine Coast

The $365 fine that left a boatie Nico Brand baffled on the Sunshine Coast

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The Mumpreneur empowering others from the road | Noosa Today

The Mumpreneur empowering others from the road | Noosa Today

By Tessa Mapstone She has forged a unique path, spent three years travelling around Australia in a caravan wi…

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The Aussie adrenaline junkies flying off active Russian volcanoes

The Aussie adrenaline junkies flying off active Russian volcanoes

Flying down the side of a sulphur-breathing volcano, reaching speeds of more than 100kph and melting a parach…

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Divers find 40-year-old KFC bag in 'pristine' Queensland waterway

Divers find 40-year-old KFC bag in 'pristine' Queensland waterway

Covered in silt and tangled among rocks, a single-use plastic bag found under eight metres of water on Queens…

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Plastic bag found in Sunshine Coast waterway could be up to 40 years old | The New Daily

Plastic bag found in Sunshine Coast waterway could be up to 40 years old | The New Daily

Covered in silt and tangled among rocks, a single-use plastic bag found under eight metres of water on Queens…

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Chef's suicide drives mental health campaign for hospitality workers

Chef's suicide drives mental health campaign for hospitality workers

Chef Amber Kaba has struggled with alcoholism, but it was the recent suicide of a mentor and friend that is d…

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From sea to summit, Queensland adventurer embarks on world-first Antarctic expedition

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By Tessa Mapstone
| ABC News (Australia) Verified
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.
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The rooster crowing competition for humans

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By Tessa Mapstone, Dominic Cansdale Verified
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Verified
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.
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Search for Queensland's best rooster crow leaves entrants 'empowered, exhilarated'

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By Tessa Mapstone
| ABC News (Australia) Verified
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.
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