The 7XS Breaky Show

The Independent Member for Murchison Ruth Forrest is visiting the West Coast this week and Ruth always pops into the studio for a chat. She was in the studio this morning with Skirvo and you can listen to it right here.

Skirvo chatted to Toby Lutwyche from the Queenstown Crows Football Club. Toby is one of many volunteers who put hours of service to the club and their volunteers are certainly a major key to the crows success in recent years. Being the recipient of the west coast spirit awards in 2022 is a great recognition to all those volunteers who contribute so much to the club both on and off the field. Co...

Today on the Breaky Show Skirvo was joined by Vicki Knowles from Strahan who was a recipient of the West Coast Spirit Award for 2022. Congratulations to Vicki and thank you for all the many hours of voluntary service you have undertaken over many years. Tomorrow Skirvo will be chatting to Toby Lutwyche from the Queenstown Crows Football club . The Crows have also received a West Coast Spirit aw...

Former test cricketer and National Captain Steve Waugh was in Queenstown, taking photos of the Queenstown Oval yesterday. The photos are going to be included in a book Steve is currently working on about Unique Australian cricket grounds, ones that tell a story and epitomizes the spirit of cricket in Australia. A friendly T20 cricket match between a Queenstown side and a Ridgley side was held w...

Leigh was in the studio this morning with Skirvo chatting about the 125th Mount Lyell Strahan Australia Day picnic on the 26th January. They are in need of new volunteers. They will be holding a working bee on the 25th January. They are also seeking stories of past picnics. Listen here to find out all the details.

Skirvo chatted this morning with the winner of the 7XS Volunteer emergency services award. Congratulations to 3rd officer Paul Edwards from the Queenstown Fire Brigade.

With the large amount of snake sightings and visitors in backyards this summer, it was time to have a chat with Scott from Snake catchers join Skirvo on the Breakfast Show this morning. Scott talked about what we should do if we find a snake in our backyard, why there have been a lot of sightings this summer, what do we need to do if someone is bitten and how we can prevent our pets from being ...

Today on the Breakfast show Skirvo spoke to The General Manager of New South Wales'  People2People  Catherine Kennedy. Catherine gave us tips and advice in making 2023 your best year in your career.

Yesterday, Skirvo attended the official opening of the new Avebury Nickel Mine at Zeehan and while he was there, he caught up with the Managing Director of Mallee Resources (who own the mine) John Lamb, State Resources Minister Felix Ellis and West Coast Mayor Shane Pitt on this historic day. Congratulations to all involved. You can hear that chat right here.

Today Skirvo chatted to local Gordon Sutton about celebrate tasmania day and the history of it on the west coast.

Skirvo was joined by Callam Thompson from the Strahan Fire Brigade to talk about their up-and-coming Family Christmas Gala on Friday 2nd December.

Today on the Breaky Show Skirvo caught up with Sherri Mcintyre, the owner of Storm Haven Pet Supplies. Stores in Strahan and Queenstown

Today Skirvo was joined by Federal Labour Senator for Braddon Anne Urqhart to discuss the recently handed down federal budget and specifically what is in it for the west coast.

Skirvo caught up with Special Programs Coordiator at Community Care Tasmania Susan Aykut for another interesting discussion.

Today Skirvo was talking to Professor Ego Seaman about fractures. Professor Seaman is a strong supporter of the Healthy Bones Australia organisation who celebrated their 21st Birthday yesterday

The Independent member of Murchison the Honourable Ruth Forrest has been here on the west coast this week and caught up with Skirvo this morning ,discussing heavily the housing situation

The Unconformity is holding an epic movie drive in event from 28th-30th October here on the west coast and Skirvo spoke with the Unconformity's artistic director Travis Tiddy about this fantastic event

Today on XS Sport, Skirvo caught up with Brodie, the co ordinator of the Bruce Woodley memorial fishing competition once again. There have been some changes to the compm due to the weather and Brodie walked us through that. The competition kicks off tomorrow and continues until sunday. We are sure fishermen will attend rain, hail or shine.

Today is World Homelessness day and Skirvo was speaking to the Operations Manager at Orange Sky Daniel Glaubert this morning. Orange Sky provides Laundry Services to people who find themselves in a homeless situation or are in need. The organisation is undergoing upgrades to their vehicle projects and Daniel spoke about the positive impact to the services they provide

On XS Sport this morning, Skirvo spoke to the Co ordinator of the Charles Woodley memorial fishing competition (happening this coming Friday-sunday in Tullah) Brodie Jastremski. It was a great event last year and this year is going to be bigger and better than ever !!! Listen here to find out all your need to know about this year's competition

After many years service to 7xs and many of the radio stations across Tasmania, our Regional Manager Tim Holder is retiring to go in a different direction with his life. Tim joined Skirvo in the studio this morning to highlight his passion for 7xs and and his love for the west coast. Everyone at 7xs past and present thanks Tim his many years of service and wish him all the very best in his new ...

Last Friday, Skirvo chatted with artist Mandy Hunniford who has an exhibition at Soggy Brolly in Orr street, Queenstown right now. Entitled "These are the years that we share," it's a culmination of a decade of artistic focus on the West Coast's mining industry.

It was great to catch up this week with Independent Member for Murchison the Hon Ruth Forrest. You can listen to the interview here

On the breaky show, Skirvo was joined by two students from Mountain Heights School, Jarrad and Chelsea who chatted about the ice bucket challenge taking place on 29th September to raise funds for MND. The teachers are being dunked !!! They are also holding a sausage sizzle this Friday for the same cause as well. Well done to everyone involved. Skirvo hopes the teachers won't get too cold !!!

Skirvo was talking to Flavia Young, Communications and Project Officer for Mental Health Families and Friends.  They are holding a free Five hour workshop at the Queenstown Library this Friday

Queenstown Crows are in the finals!!!! Both Senior and Reserves teams - Skirvo had a chat with Toby Lutwyche ahead of the big games this weekend. From the team at 7xs - GO CROWS !!!

Today is the start of National Asthma week. Skirvo was joined by the General Manager of Asthma Australia Nigel Cooper, discussing the misconceptions, uncertainty and stigma surrounding Asthma.

Skirvo caught up with Toby Lutwyche from the Queenstown Crows Football Club. Queenstown are into the Preliminary Final in the DFA again in both seniors and reserves and the teams are quietly confidant going into the game on saturday at Wivenhoe park

It was also great to speak to John Lamb, the General Manager of Avebury Nickel mine, Zeehan and the Managing Director of Malee Resources who own the mine. Exciting times ahead at the mine. Listen here for the latest

It was great to once again catch up with Susan from Community Care Tasmania who are in need of more workers on the west coast. Listen here

Today on XS Sport, Skirvo caught up with Sam Mawer, coach of the Rosebery Toorak Football club. At the beginning of the year, the hawks began a huge recruitment compaign with the aim to a more competitive outfit and to have two separate seniors and reserves teams in order for players not to double up. I think they would have exceeded their own expectations by ending up with 4 wins in the senior...

Today Skirvo was joined by the CEO of the National Stroke Foundation Sharon Mcgowan. Its National Stroke week so Sharon outlined how we can make those who have suffered from a stroke to enjoy special moments during the recovery period, the symptoms and what we should watch out for.

On Wednesday last week , Skirvo caught up with Dr Colin Chia from the Launceston respiratory clinic who spoke about emphysema and the current research being undertaken. Researchers are calling on the community for support and Dr Chia discussed all that as well

It's Homelessness week this week and this morning on the breakfast show Skirvo was joined by co finder of Orange Sky Nic Marchesi.  homelessness is on the rise, with a staggering one in five Australians having experienced homelessness at some point in their lives. To raise further awareness, Orange Sky is holding their annual Sudsy Challenge which was covered in the interview.

On XS Sport this morning, Skirvo caught up with Toby Lutwyche, coach of the Queenstown Crows.  Some insightful thoughts from Toby on the Crows Season this year 

Tomorrow is National Pyjama Day Raising funds for the Pyjama Foundation who assist kids in Foster Care. Wear your PJ's to work this Friday 21st July to help the Pyjama Foundation continue to assist these kids. To sign up or donate log onto fundraise.thepyjamafoundation.com

Sarah from Silver Hills Motel and Skirvo have  announced the winner for June and set the question for July in our Meal on Air competition. Congratulations to Joanne Gaspersic who has won a voucher to a fabulous meal at Smelters Restaurant at Silver Hills Motel. Joanne, the voucher is ready to pick up from our Cutten Street studio in Queenstown.  

On the breaky show this morning, Skirvo was joined in the studio by Sherri from Storm Haven Pet Supplies who has been in business in Strahan since 2019, however they have now opened up shop in Queenstown during May this year. 

It's Naidoc Week this week and Skirvo had a lovely chat with Aunty Rhonda Collard , co author of the children's book Bobtail's friend which deals with racial bullying. Aunty Rhonda has a great heart and passion for teaching children about the harm and hurt racial bullying causes 

On the Breaky show this week , Skirvo spoke to retired GP and survivor of Heart Valve Disease Doctor Neville Ludbey. There is a new non surgical treatment available for those who suffer from Heart Valve disease and Doctor Ludbey talked about that.

The studio was visited by two students from Mountain Heights School Mia and Mataya along with teacher Kirsty to let us know about the fundraising cafe they are opening up for monday 4th July - Heights cafe its called. Menu is in the community switch section of the website and on our facebook page.

Deputy Leader of The Tasmanian Labor party and Member for Braddon Anita Dow is visiting Rosbery today . Her mobile office will be situated at the Rosebery takeaway shop from 12:15,  for those who have any questions. Skirvo caught up with Anita this morning in lieu of her visit

Today Skirvo was joined by Singer/songwriter Colin Lillie who is perfoming tomorrow night at the Paragone Theatre in Queenstown at 7 PM. Congratulations to Katrina and Bob Young who have won a double pass to the show tomorrow night as well as copies of Colin's music

Today on the breakie show, Skirvo caught up with Susan and Sharon from Community Care Tasmania. Exciting times for the crew, and that involves the West Coast too. All the details in the interview.

Today on XS Sport Skirvo was joined by Adam and Shannon from Queenstown Golf Club. They are holding a fantastic Sportsman night on Saturday 16th July. Guest speaker will be Carlton legend David Rhys Jones !!!

Today is the Second Shorts today. It is a fundraiser for the Speak up, stay Chatty organisation, reaching out to people to support our mental health. For more info go to staychatty.com.au Yesterday on Tasmania Talks, Mike caught up with the organisation's founding member Mitch Mcpherson You can listen to that interview right here 

Skirvo was joined by Sam Cameron from Hippy West Coast. Listen here to find out about Hippy West Coast

To coincide with Men's Health week, Skirvo caught up with veteran and Veteran nurse Brodie Bush about men's mental health and specifically mental health amongst veterans

Today on the Breaky show, Skirvo had the pleasure of chatting to Lee Kernaghan this morning. Lee is currently on his 30th anniversary tour and he will finish the tour right here in Tasmania, at the Bridge hotel in Fourth and Tolosa Park in Glenorchy in November.