{"id":3422,"date":"2019-12-10T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2025-04-06T00:58:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:58:40","slug":"yarrabug-radio-show-573-monday-9th-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2019\/12\/10\/yarrabug-radio-show-573-monday-9th-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"YarraBUG Radio Show #573 Monday 9th December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"370\" data-attachment-id=\"3423\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2019\/12\/10\/yarrabug-radio-show-573-monday-9th-december-2019\/reclaimourmerricreek\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ReclaimOurMerriCreek.jpg?fit=916%2C502&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"916,502\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ReclaimOurMerriCreek\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ReclaimOurMerriCreek.jpg?fit=250%2C137&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ReclaimOurMerriCreek.jpg?fit=676%2C370&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ReclaimOurMerriCreek.jpg?resize=676%2C370&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ReclaimOurMerriCreek.jpg?w=916&amp;ssl=1 916w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ReclaimOurMerriCreek.jpg?resize=250%2C137&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ReclaimOurMerriCreek.jpg?resize=150%2C82&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ReclaimOurMerriCreek.jpg?resize=768%2C421&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ReclaimOurMerriCreek.jpg?resize=600%2C329&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption>Reclaim Our Merri Creek walking along Normanby Road to Harding Street Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/yarrabug\/episode-201912091000\/reclaim-our-merri-creek-hunt-1000\">Reclaim Our Merri Creek + Hunt 1000<\/a>:  Chris welcomes long term YarraBUG Radio presenter Steve back into the studio after a lengthly break doing bicycle adventures including the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hunt1000.huntbikes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">2019 Hunt 1000<\/a>.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B51MtyWlWCm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steve chats about the amazing alpine landscape<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/352981951816063\/\" target=\"_blank\">riding the trails<\/a>, making his own bikepacking gear and adventures along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This weeks interviews are from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/602754360265701\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reclaim Our Merri Creek walk<\/a>, a community event organised in response to last weeks&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-12-05\/woman-jogger-allegedly-raped-nearly-drowned-coburg-joel-russo\/11771450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleged assault<\/a>&nbsp;on the trail in Coburg.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-12-09\/reclaim-our-merri-creek-walk-from-thornbury-to-coburg\/11778572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hundreds of locals walked along the Merri Creek trail on Sunday evening in response<\/a>&nbsp;to concerns about using public space, preventing attacks against women and reclaiming the area for everyone. Interviews included&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FionaPattenMP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fiona Patten, MLC&nbsp;for the Northern Metropolitan region<\/a>&nbsp;and two women expressing their concerns, including dealing with ripple effects from the attack, public perception about safety, changing societal expectations rather than kneejerk law and order responses and confronting microaggressions from men while riding.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ExpressiveWomensChoir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Expressive Women&#8217;s Choir<\/a>&nbsp;sung&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.milckmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MILCK<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zsEz0jA4_pc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quiet<\/a>&nbsp;as part of the walk that finished at Harding Street Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local news includes heads up from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/gleneirabug\/permalink\/2968100303214005\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glen Eira Bicycle Users Group<\/a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;Thursday 12th December 8am- 9am &#8220;thumbs up&#8221; pop-up at a secret location to be revealed Wednesday PM as they need as many people as possible to help bring the message home&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gleneira.vic.gov.au\/get-involved\/active-engagements\/safe-cycling-corridor-pilot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supporting safe bike paths<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/angry-butcher-drought-relief-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angry Butcher bikeshop in Sunbury kicks off their Drought relief fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6922\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3422-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2019\/12\/09\/1000\/201912091000_yarrabug_64.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2019\/12\/09\/1000\/201912091000_yarrabug_64.mp3\">https:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2019\/12\/09\/1000\/201912091000_yarrabug_64.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2019\/12\/09\/1000\/201912091000_yarrabug_64.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"201912091000_yarrabug_64.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 28:37 &#8212; 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