Podcast: Episode 47: 40 Years of Van Halen's "Fair Warning"

40 years seems like a long time, not just after the loss of EVH last year. But that's how long has passed since the release of this iconic album. Today we take a look back on some of the great songs spawned by its release, and discuss whether it is as great as some fans believe.

Podcast: Episode 46: Holding the Ball! AFL Round 6

Anzac Day is done and dusted, and there have been some surprising results over recent weeks that has thrown the whole competition into mass confusion - or perhaps that's just me. Today I have a look at where we stand after six rounds of the 2021 premiership. And in today's talking point, I discuss what has happened to Collingwood and GWS, less than two years after they played one of the best preliminary finals ever, to both now looking at a long long season ahead.

Podcast: Episode 45: In League With the NRL Round 7

We've made it almost a third of the way through the season, and the big guns are starting to flex their muscles. We discuss how a few of the teams are travelling and what may be their strengths and weaknesses after round seven. And on today's Talking Point, I rave on about the amount of wasted time that carries on in the modern game, and how some of these aspects are slowly starting to destroy the enjoyment of the game.

Podcast: Episode 44: Album Review: Smith/Kotzen's "Smith/Kotzen"

The pandemic in 2020 has already brought forth a few gems when it comes to new albums, and this pairing from beloved guitar gods Richie Kotzen and Adrian Smith is one of the most unlikely ones. The music is blues-based which may be slightly left of field, but if you come in for the guitar solos, you won't be disappointed. I offer my opinion on what is produced in this episode.

Podcast: Episode 43: What Does the Contract List Say About Australia's Cricket

This week, Trevor Hohns announced the 17 players who have been offered Australian contracts for the next 12 months. And it has raised some questions not only about how Australia's players look going into that 12 months period, but what the selectors see as to our prospects in that time period. None of it appears positive, as we ramble on about in this episode.

Podcast: Episode 42: Album Review: The Offspring's "Let the Bad Times Roll"

The Offspring never left the building, but it seems to have been forever and a day since we got some new material from the band to shine some light on a grey day. Well fear no longer, as the lads are back with their new album. In today's episode I run the rule over the new songs, and decide if the band still has the fire and anger that made it one of the best bands from the 1990's.

Podcast: Episode 41: Does Anzac Day Footy Need a Shakeup?

It's that time of year again when we wake up before dawn, bow our heads silently, knock back an early beer, and settle in for the Anzac Day traditions of footy. But every year we already know who is going to be playing each other. Has that become a tiresome tradition? Is there a need to change this up and see other matches take centre stage on the day? Or should we be happy with what we have and just get on with it. If you have 15 minutes or so, I'd like to give you my opinion on it all.

Podcast: Episode 40: Album Review: Blaze Bayley's "War Within Me"

Blaze Bayley has just released his tenth studio album, entitled "War Within Me". On today's episode we have a listen to a couple of the tracks and give an opinion on whether it makes the grade or heads down the toilet.

Happy Campers News: April 14, 2021

The Australian government has told police to ease up on the fines as over $12,000,000 has been taken out of the pockets of many Australians who haven’t really done something bad. Some have been bad as a man was fined $500 for going over a speed limit of 10km/h and he was only going at 14km/h. And another two men were fined $500 each because they were fighting on a footy field in a game. Another one was when a woman was fined after swearing and the worst was when a woman could have been fined $2,500,000 after not selling her new inventions. Police had this brought to there attention and are now only giving fines to the people who truly disservice them.

Early this morning a young girl ran into a car at Umina beach caravan park. The car stopped at a corner to see if there were cars coming when the little girl turned left straight into the car. She then was upset and went back to her cabin. The 9 year old girls family was told they had to pay for repairs which the man who was driving the car at the time said was about $1200. The mother of the little girl complained about the man as she said he shouldn’t have parked his car there. The man told the caravan park that he was waiting for a car, the girl ran into him he didn’t run in to the girl. The woman who complained was fined $800 for not telling the truth and accusing the man for something he didn’t do. Overall the family was fined $2000 and the woman blames it on her daughter. The 9 year old is now forced to do chores until she has enough pocket money to pay the bills.

Lorikeets have been quite popular to feed in the last 9 days with many children and adults feeding these cute birds all their leftovers. In return the birds perch themselves on the person with food and nibble away. A woman has been fined $2000 after she complained about a little 5 year old girl who apparently stole her bird off her shoulder. The 5 year olds mother said that the woman had no food left and the lorikeet left her to get the food from her daughter. The woman had went to reception and told the manager about this awful thing and the manager didn’t do anything about it. The woman went to the police to put in a complaint but she was fined $800 for her nonsense, at the cost of her fines she could have easily bought her own lorikeet.

A daughter is suffering after her parents took away the light from her window after building an outdoor area right in front of it. The parents have been fined $400 each as they gave both of their other children a window but not their middle child. If you are a middle child and are feeling this pain please visit our website for help.

I'm Ella Yates. Thank you for listening to our news and thank you for a great holiday.

Happy Campers News: April 13, 2021

A new invention

A new invention has been found! A woman who would like to keep her name and age private, has discovered a new and improved way to read in the dark! Using her child’s headlight that they were meant to be using at the time, she securely strapped it to her forehead and flicked on the light. This is now on popular demand in all stores! Her photo has gone viral on the internet and has received more than one billion views. She has already got 50 000 people who want to buy the product, and if she does not deliver she will be fined $500 per person. Leading to a whopping 2,500,000 million dollars.

Gangnam Style!

A young seven year old boy was doing gangnam style while sailing on a ferry to Palm beach when he gangnam styled off the edge of the ferry. The boys family were laughing their heads off when they realised he was struggling to swim. The ferry quickly sailed away and the boat driver jumped off to save the child. Once the child was retrieved he was refused to come back with his family because, as a young general man in a champion hoodie explained, ‘his gangnam style wasn’t good enough.’ The family has been taken into police custody for neglect and the boy has been sent to an orphanage.

Record Broken

A record has been Brocken when a 16 year old boy reached 948 on Crossy road the boy won $1000 for his excellent gaming and has been offered a job at the gaming university on a private island. A 71 year old guy said he will pay the 16 year old $1 for every point he gets on Crossy road which gives the boy a multi million pathway. The boys parents both work in out door places and are not that excited about having there son playing video games for a living. The makers of Crossy road have also decided to give the kid 45 percent of their earnings which is over millions and billions of dollars.

Swearing Fine

A woman has been fined $1000 after swearing in front of 6 kids from the ages 10-16. She was telling her friends some information and instead of saying poo she said another word ouch

New Family

Breaking news a woman has left her family after they asked her if she could come to a family trivia. The woman told the children “ I don’t want to come go find another family” she has been taken to police and fined $2500.

Reported by Ella Yates

Happy Campers News: April 12, 2021

Clumsy one in town

A ten year old girl had a quite clumsy day yesterday. And the question is what have her parents been teaching her considering they are both high school teachers. The child failed to sit on her chair falling straight into the ground. She also managed to trip over some sticks when walking to campsites. She then was sitting in a chair at a camp table, it was at that moment she knelt down to get her friend's shoes but of course instead she got stuck in between the table and chair. Other than that the young girl is extremely smart through her school but just can be clumsy.

Freaking Freak Out

Last night a woman isolated herself in her caravan after she spotted two mice. The woman was sitting with family and friends at her caravan site when she suddenly went silent with a following of ahhh ahhh. She went into a panic at the site of a mouse crawling under the table. She curled up in her chair and didn’t leave until she was Convinced the mice had ran away. The mice had escaped but the woman is stilled worried that they went in her annex although we believe her son who’s sleeping in the annex is the one to be worried.

Dodgy Make Up

A very young looking bloke was spotted the other day with what looks to be some very badly done makeup! NO! A black eye! Should we be worried? Experts say that this will last 3-6 years and there is no cure, what a shame. A video was captured of the man shaking his head in sadness when he was told this news. He looks over to his wife and starts to cry. This is heartbreaking! We were informed that another man was hurt when the black eye man threw a punch at him. But he is assumed to make a full recovery in 2-3 weeks. It happened during a rugby league game, things got fired up when a guy threw a punch and the black eye gave the other player strength to demolish the other guy who should be fine in 2-3 weeks. Both players have been suspended for 6 games and fined $500 each. 

Dopey Teenager Wets Himself

A 17 year old boy got splashed last night when he climbed up a pole with a bucket up the top. He was said to be showing off or being like Tarzan. The boy bumped the bucket and all the water splashed onto him. The spotlight game quickly ended because it was freezing that night let alone being covered in freezing water. Witnesses say it was hilarious because it was a surprise and no one saw it coming.

Happy Wedding Anniversary!

Today we celebrate a milestone of 13 years together. Happy days for Amanda and Chris. Well done guys!

Reported by Ella Yates

Happy Campers News: April 11, 2021

The worst reptile show!!!

A man has been fined by a caravan park after a reptile show he had performed. The man was accused by parents and caught in the act by photos footage for the following reasons, he harmfully threw a fake turtle at a young kid, he then tortured kids into kissing a frog, he screamed in horror voices about snake bites, wrapped a snake around a child’s neck causing breathing issues to the child who had to rush to hospital, he then put a snake down a kids shirt and the worst of all he wrapped a bandage around the head of a young girl named Ella (a different Ella). After more than 20 complaints about this incident the man's manager at the reptile park told the caravan park that he will lose his job and that the man will not step foot in the holiday spot again. After all that was added up the man lost his job and was fined $10,000 for the fees of the families that left the caravan park and the children that got injured. For more information visit our website at happycampernews.carrd.co.

3 year old girl injured on bike track

A 3 year old girl had gone to hospital after a 16 year old boy hit her on a bike track, late this afternoon 3 year old Aliah was walking on a bike track, her parents were talking to friends and not paying attention to their daughter. Suddenly the teenage boy lost control on his bike and hit the child who was standing right in the middle of the jump. The girl had broken her leg and suffered injuries to the head. The parents then accused the boy of hurting their daughter and reported him to the police. The innocent boy had done everything right and the 2 parents were fined for false alarming the police into something that wasn’t true. The little girl should not have been on the track and it was poor supervision from the parents.

MRMA on the bike case then leaves bike on middle of road

Mark’s Roads and Motorists' Association was called to the rescue after a 15 year old girl’s tire on her bike went flat. The Man who fixed it, Mark, taught the 15 year old and her 12 year old best friend how to repair the tire. In payment Mark made the two girls take the rubbish to the bins and once he left the girls found the bike in the middle of the road next to a stranger who was inspecting the bike although the girls believe he was ready to steel it. The girls rated him 3/10 for the poor service and went to the manager of MRMA not for the repairing but for the fact he left the bike in the middle of the road. From this review mark was fined $500 and banned from fixing the 15 year old girls bike.

Woman steels a bike fixing kit from BigW.

Who is this woman?

A woman was caught on security cameras stealing a bike repair kit from BigW. Camera proves that the woman picked up the bike kit, placed it in one of her bags and left the shop. As she left she slipped the bag with the stolen item down her pants and waddled off. The bike kit was worth about $30. If you know this woman please call triple 0 or go to Happycampersnews.carrd.co. BigW is now looking into buying better security cameras to catch the thief next time. The woman was last seen at Big W in Warrawong at 2:45pm.

Reported by Ella Yates

Happy Campers News: April 10, 2021

Dettol Emergency!

An updated symptom for the dettol allergy by a seven year old is the obsession with a song called “I take the world by storm”! The New South Wales health organisation is really urging people to come forward if they have any of these symptoms. For more updates on this terrible case go to happycampersnews.carrd.co.

Science Teacher Breaking Bad

A science teacher has been taken to police for questions after she taught 6 kids from ages 7-15 how to make crack cocaine! The children thought they were partaking in a harmless sherbet making class, when in reality, it was all a plot. The teacher has been taken into police custody and will not be let out until we get to the bottom of this. The children quickly got addicted to the illicit substance and went crazy! They have since calmed down, but are quite shocked to hear the news that they ingested drugs into their systems. Please give your best wishes to their families and hope that the teacher is brought down.

Washing Machines Don't Work Without Power

How many people does it take to fix a washing machine? Early yesterday morning A women brought out her camping washing machine to wash clothes when it suddenly didn’t turn on it took many attempts to get it started but still wouldn’t go. Before the woman could ring up the company to complain about the washing machine a miracle happened when a man from the campsite next to hers came and turned the switch on and the washing machine began. Feeling thankful the woman did her washing. A similar thing happened a few days ago when a man hung up some lights that wouldn’t work. He checked the PowerPoint but nothing turned on, then a miracle occurred when his wife pressed the button on the control. These events tell us to listen to the people around us and ask for help, for more news on this visit our website.

Stealing Wi-Fi

Two teenage boys were caught on a security camera hacking wifi and turning off the electricity at a club. The boys were not going to the club instead they stood outside and got into the account. The boys then disconnected the wifi for all the people at the club, they then turned off the electricity and escaped before being caught. During this small blackout 3 people were injured. The first was a seven year old boy that ran into the edge of a table and split his lip open, he was taken to hospital to get stitches, the next was a 32 year old woman who cut her hand on a glass cup she was taken to a medical centre to get the glass removed, the last was a 3 year old boy, he was in the bathroom when the blackout happened and tripped over landing face first in their toilet bowl, as he tried to get up he by pulled the lid of the toilet and was taken to hospital with a neck injury. The two boys were spotted on security cameras they looked to be the ages of 13-16. One was wearing a blue and yellow jumper while the other was in a black hoodie. If anyone sees these people please call 000.

Old Person Dies

Yesterday was a sad day for the world after Prince Phillip died at the age of 99. The royal family were very sad at this news.

Reported by Ella Yates

Happy Campers News: April 9, 2021

HAND SANITISER CAUSES MOUTH BALDNESS

A young boy in year two found out at school that he was allergic to a certain hand sanitizer. The hand sanitizer made him lose all his teeth. The seven year old also has since had an obsession with farting he has now invested in farting using his arms and legs. For all those who have used Detol watch out for these unusual symptoms. New South Wales health organisation has put in placements to help make a hand sanitizer for everyone to use.

STAR AT THE CAMP GROUNDS

A celebrity was in town when Jessica Peters rocked up to a campsite at Umina beach caravan park. She first performed at a talent show, singing ‘scar’ by Missy Higgins. Then she came to a campsite and sang ‘the sound of White”. After an Autograph and some sticky date pudding the super star left the campers with some massive smiles on their faces.

LOCAL SCOOTER BOY TAKES A FALL

A Father has made a complaint after 2 girls helped a little boy around the age of 4 who stacked on his scooter. The little boy was riding his scooter after dark when he stumbled over on gravel. The 2 girls picked up the kids scooter and the little boy rode home happily. The father saw the scratch on his sons knee and went to the manager. The manager refused to help as she knew that the family should just get over this small issue that was caused by the child and parents who rode in the dark. After this the little boy told his dad “He was all better”. The 2 girls said “we were only trying to help, the kid shouldn’t have been there anyway”!

DON'T-GO-KARTING

A go cart has smashed into a pole late this afternoon at Umina beach caravan park. A mother and her 3 year old daughter was riding a double cart when a car pulled out in front of them, the mother swerved the cart out of the way when they smashed into a pole. The caravan park first aid was called to the seen. The little girl was taken to hospital with a fractured arm while the mother suffered concussion. The 24 year old man who was driving the car was fined $500 because he was going over the speed limit of 10km per hour and he was the one who partly caused.

Reported by Ella Yates

Happy Campers News: April 8, 2021

FREAK BIKE ACCIDENT

A young boy has gone to hospital after hitting a tree on his bike in a caravan park early this morning. The boy heard voices from a tent near by and as he turned his head he went straight into a tree in the middle of the road. This scene had happened previously when another boy had ran into the same tree just about 5-6 years ago although there was a lot less damage made. The boy had minor injuries to the head and right leg, but he was still able to walk back to his campsite. After the incident this morning the young boys mother put in a complaint to the caravan park saying, “A tree in the middle of the road is a dangerous thing and should be taken away”. The caravan park said that the trees in the caravan park are apart of a nature course and can’t be removed, now they have put out warnings to make parents aware of supervising there children while on their bikes and on the road.

FREAK RAIN ACCIDENT

A man was sitting under two gazebos, when water from the rain last night fell through the gap in the gazebo. The man was drenched, and another girl who was standing next to him go wet as well as other objects. The 15 year old girl was accused of starting this as The man said, “She hit the gazebo and therefore made me drenched it’s her fault!” But other witnesses believe it was just the wind.

FREAK CLOTHESLINE ACCIDENT

A clothesline has caused a serious injury, a young girl walked into the corner of a camping clothesline. She was taken to first aid to receive treatment. Her now black eye is urging people to watch out for these helpful but dangerous objects. New South Wales health organisation said “ If you see a clothesline stay at least 1.5 metres away for it as it is a danger hazard. There’s even been plans for a new design that can stop this issue.

Reported by Ella Yates

Happy Campers News: April 7, 2021

BOY FOUND ON TOILET BLOCK

A 15 year old girl who was a part in the spotlight game last night where a boy was found on the roof of an amenities block told Happy camper News to get better in their headlines. The formal complaint was made saying “If there isn’t enough detail don’t say anything about that headline.” Happy camper news is looking into getting a new news reporter to fix this issue.

SPIES FROM GRAMMARLY??

The Grammarly app used to help make pieces of writing better was banned after the designers of the app were accused of stealing an important letter from the Government. It was a letter that was shared throughout multiple social media apps saying that the Government thinks Australia needs more Mc Donald’s to supply for everyone as they have been suspiciously running out.

IS STEADY CALLING YOUR PHONE?

“Calling my phone” the song by Lil Tjay has gone viral through a snap chat feature called snap maps. Through the use of snap maps, young children with the average age of 13 through 18 can share photos or videos titled as snaps. There is also an up and coming feature that allows you to add music to these snaps, a popular song being that of lil tjay’s. This song became viral because the youth has been using it over random pictures ranging from Pepsi cans, to shoes with fake Nike logos. There are many videos on YouTube entitled ‘Calling my phone must stop!’ What do you think?

SLANDO FROM THE AMBO

An Ambulance was needed at Umina beach caravan park when a kid with the name of Sam badly hurt his arm. The boy was taken to hospital and is expected to have X-rays. When the ambulance arrived at the caravan park it was followed by over 20 kids on their bikes.
A Lady that worked at the caravan park was taken to the manager of the holiday spot after a mother named Karen, one of the children that was following the ambulance, said that the lady rudely told her kids to “go home”. The worker said that this was nonsense as she was just trying to get the ambulance to the patient quickly and efficiently.

WHITE VANS ARE NOT JUST SICK KICKS

If you thought the news of Umina Beach caravan park was over you are wrong. A young girl named Mila went missing in the caravan park. A suspicious white van left the caravan park at the time of her disappearance. Security said that the van had no number plate and the people of the caravan park had no booking number for the sketchy person. After the buggy owned by the caravan parked chased the van through to the Main Street of Umina, The cops had caught them in the car park of the local Aldi and found the young girl and her barbie doll scooter in the vehicle. The woman was taken to police for further questions.

Reported by Ella Yates

Podcast: Episode 39: 35 Years of Black Sabbath's (Tony Iommi's) Seventh Star

In today's album review from the past, we look back on the turbulent period of the band Black Sabbath, in a period where legendary guitarist Tony Iommi was looking more to a solo career than a revitalisation of his iconic band, and he recorded and released the "Seventh Star" album. Is it a Sabbath album? Is it a solo project? why not come in and have a listen and decide for yourself.