
Adrienne Francis
@adifrancisabc
Communities Reporter & TV News Anchor. Previously Saturday Breakfast Host. @abccanberra Views mine. E: [email protected] | MC & Presenter @RabbLion |
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https://www.abc.net.au/radio/canberra/programs/saturdaybreakfast/ 07-07-2011 03:53:35
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6 years ago a group of #veteran mates from #Canberra & #Sydney decided they wanted to make #wine We Happy Few Wines has since become an award winning social enterprise. Listen back: ab.co/35mrLLY Hilltops Wine Region Canberra Wines CanberraWine ABC Canberra


Need a break from cricket? Join me 4-6:30pm for NSW & ACT Drive on ABC Radio via the ABC Listen App or your Digital Radio. Talking Christmas leftovers, saving wombats, preparations for NYE, medication for blood cancer & the first harvest from an underwater vineyard! ABC Canberra

Are you considering #volunteering outdoors? The Friends of Stranger Pond care for this beautiful #Tuggeranong #Canberra waterway above the Murrumbidgee River. It was great to visit the group in action for ABC Canberra #ICYMI listen back: ab.co/2MwgdPQ Tuggeranong Community Council


Check out this new 60m long #mural taking flight in Weston. #Canberra #artists BYRD & Stylised Impact have been #painting together for more than 20 yrs. BYRD spoke to me about "(People) Love Birds" for ABC Canberra ab.co/3pOEQFL #VisualArt #graffitiart Songland Records


Therese Canty started volunteering with Vinnies at age 16 and she spoke to Adrienne Francis on ABC Canberra about helping people by providing drinks, food, clothing, sleeping bags, blankets and hygiene packs from the Canberra Night Patrol van #CEOSleepoutAU ab.co/35iUKPZ

My brain is still absorbing what I experienced today with two incredible young #Canberra #STEM leaders! After 10am tom. Saturday Kitchen ABC Canberra put away the #gardening gloves & apron. Don a lab jacket & protective glasses & join our laboratory tour. ANU Media ANU Research School of Chemistry

Weaving stories of war 🇦🇫 Striking Afghan war rugs, like those featured in a new exhibition at @drill_hall, are one of the most significant forms of war art of the last 40 years, #ANUExpert Tim Bonyhady tells Adrienne Francis. 🎧 Listen: abc.net.au/radio/canberra…

The little-known story of the efforts of Dayak tribes and Australian troops to resist Japanese occupation of Borneo during WWII is revealed in a new book by #ANUExpert Christine Helliwell. She joins Adrienne Francis to discuss her book 'Semut'. abc.net.au/radio/canberra…

ABC Canberra shining a 💡on our "potential to revolutionise the flavour and #sustainability of #plantbased foods". Thank you Adrienne Francis Penny McLintock 🙏 abc.net.au/news/2021-07-1…

Nominations are open for ABC Canberra Community Spirit Awards. Get yours in now! ab.co/3jB5OPx Cindy Mitchell from The Mill House Ventures Limited University of Canberra has some suggestions: ab.co/3jmnpKQ Canberra Innovation Network Hands Across Canberra Social Traders @SERVICEONEhq

Do you know a deadly community leader like Annette Christou? The retired schoolteacher just completed her first #marathon Listen: ab.co/3lLuasr Nominate now for the ABC Canberra Community Spirit Awards – text NOMINATE to 0467 922 666 More here: ab.co/3CwJOOi


Have you made a nomination for the ABC Canberra Community Spirit Awards? Dr Madhumita Iyengar is the Chair of Initiatives For Women In Need Inc. She shared some of her experiences & ideas during a visit to #Gungahlin: ab.co/2VGIR4W More here: ab.co/3AxrDpX


🪐Saturn, Jupiter, and the Jewel Box cluster🌌. Our amazing #SuperstarofSTEM Clare Kenyon 🌟💋 spoke to Adrienne Francis about what you can spy in the Canberra skies this week🔭. abc.net.au/radio/canberra…

When was the last time you emptied your bins? Camille de Burgh hasn't emptied her red bin in 6 mnths. She just emptied her recycling for the first time in 3 mnths! Here’s how ab.co/2WnE09p ABC Canberra #RedCycle #terracycling #bokashi #circulareconomy #recycling


How familiar are you with the #language of Canberra's custodians? #Ngunnawal elder Caroline Hughes is a member of the Winanggaay Ngunnawal Language Group & director of @Canberra_CIT Yurauna Centre. LISTEN to her lesson ABC Canberra: ab.co/3B6i7dF #IndigenousLanguage


Looking for a #lockdown project? Have you considered upcycling a fish tank into a miniature #garden under glass? #Gardening guru Graham 'Willow' Williams shared DIY #terrarium tips. Listen: ab.co/3gEpXmO Join us tomorrow 8:30am-10am ABC Canberra for beginner’s #Bonsai

A project to add articles on Indigenous subjects is making a start on decolonising the Australian Dictionary of Biography, #ANUExpert Melanie Nolan tells Adrienne Francis. "Indigenous people have not been represented in the @NCB_ANU as they should." abc.net.au/radio/canberra…

Listening to Adrienne Francis on #666 #ABC, and thought you heard something about the #Canberra launch of Dr Nilofar Ebrahimi's ZamZam Foundation, which helps fatherless women wanting uni education & vulnerable families throughout #Afghanistan? You did. zamzam.org.au