Did You Receive Your Love Letter?
July 14, 2026
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A love letter from Team Nowra — delivered to over 8,000 homes across the community. A mission statement, an introduction, and a call to action.
What if the answer to youth anxiety started with a two-week ban on smartphones? Find out what happened when young Nowra residents swapped their smartphones for flip phones. Barron Hanson speaks with Avalon Bourne, CEO and Founder of Sonder Youth, about mental health, prevention, and how young people are being empowered to drive change in their own communities.
Avalon Bourne is the CEO and Founder of Sonder Youth, a purpose-driven organisation improving youth mental health through positive action. Sonder Youth won the 2024 NSW Youth Work Award for Outstanding Youth Participation. In 2025, Avalon was awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship, recognising her commitment to youth wellbeing and community-led change.
Learn more: Sonder Youth
A love letter from Team Nowra — delivered to over 8,000 homes across the community. A mission statement, an introduction, and a call to action.
Barron Hanson sits down with Yuin rapper, Triple J Blak Out host and Nowra local Nooky (Corey Webster) for an honest conversation about growing up in Nowra, hip-hop, identity, and coming home.
The microphone is turned back around on host Barron Hanson in this final episode of Season 1. After living in New York City for 14 years, what was it like to move back to Nowra? What are the most underrated
A vacant Junction Street shopfront, a renovation, and a commitment to hiring only locals. Learn what it looks like to back a town with your own money — and why it matters. Barron Hanson speaks with Ory Purhonen, founder and
Three generations. One family. And somehow, four years of aerobics classes in the middle of Junction Street. Discover how one name has quietly woven itself into the fabric of Nowra over decades. Barron Hanson speaks with Chance Hanlon of Hanlon
Hear about the free Sunday lunches bringing 150 people together each week, and the unlikely partnership between a local MP and Nowra’s Sikh community making it happen. Barron Hanson speaks with NSW Member for South Coast, Liza Butler MP, about
