December 16, 2025 • 7 mins
We’re still in our first week of breakfast in Sydney, and today is all about saying thank you and getting to know you. We share some of the incredibly kind messages and surprise gifts we’ve received so far, including a Bakewell tart and a cake that made our day. We chat with listeners about the things that matter to them, from pesky seagulls to the legendary Sydney panther, and throw around a fun idea to celebrate HSC students with a billboard.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
iHeart podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
You can hear more Gold one I four point three
podcast playlist and listen live on the free iHeart.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
App Got anything good?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
So I'm aware that some of you might be tuning
in right now going who is this? Please tell me
the radios broke it. This is not an English guys.
That's the last thing we need this week is an
uninvited englishman suddenly on the radio. I'm Christian O'Connell and
we are the show that is going to be replacing
(00:48):
Jones inn Amanda. And the good news to you guys
is you're going to have two great shows come January
on this radio station. We're going to be waking you
up and then Jones Amanda is going to be taking
you home. This is going to be some radio station
for Australia. It's a radio station for grown ups. Obviously,
you love Jones Amanda, an incredible show for twenty odd
years together. It's in honor to take over their show.
(01:08):
So we're here this week to get to know you.
And obviously we flew in Sunday and then Sunday Night happens.
So I'm aware that you're dealing with a lot. Sydney
is going through a lot. And then obviously suddenly there's
a radio show. There's a brand new radio show that
you've not heard before. But I just want to say
the reaction we've had over the last two days I
was just saying to Rio during the song has been
(01:30):
nothing but humbling.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
People have been so kind.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Someone has just dropped off a bakewell tart at reception
at six a m. Someone has made me a cake.
I'm just in awe of so thank you very much.
Everyone has been sending a message and taking part of
the show. We've got a load of great stuff that
I lined up for you guys today as well. Thank
you Andrew for dropping off the cake. You god, it
(01:53):
does look really nice. And your lovely letter as well.
It was really moving Andrew, thank you very much. Christian,
don't eat it for another hour. It's just come out
the fridge. Welcome to Sydney, Christian. You assumed yesterday I
was an old woman.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
I just thought I did.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
I just couldn't help but think I didn't know. I'm sorry, however,
it does it lot. You've got the writing of a child.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Also, there's about eighteen f words. Well that together, the
cake and the f words. Granny's not writing this.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Some of the other messages that came in off the
show yesterday, Christian, will you be moving up to the
big smoking Sydney or staying there in Mexico?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Mexican? Yeah, there was a.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Lot of that during COVID, wasn't it referring to us
dirty Mexicans?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Not a nice slur on many counts the south of
the border.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah, yeah, Christian Edge here in Sydney, been listening to
your show on the catch up show in the evening,
Lovely to hear you guys live.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
I think I heard you say that you're in Manly.
Be careful those mega seagirls.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
One once I was having an extra large kebab and
a mega seagull.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Just a kebab is just enoughing It sounds who needs
an excel? I didn't know you could order it. I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Too much meat and onion down there on the beach
in the sun. I think the seagulls are trying to intervene.
It's an intervention there, the mega seagulls. They took the
whole thing from.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Christian.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Great things doing Manly hire a kayak and kayak out
to a secret beach called Store Beach. It's beautiful. I
tell you what the weather today Tomorrow Friday. I am
not kayaking out to a secret beach. Otherwise, Irb in
Patsy's News, I'll be stranded out there about become an incident.
One thing we're doing a part two off on today's
(03:43):
show is the Weird and Wonderful Guy to Sydney as
we gets to know Sydney. I want to know the
real Sydney and not the stuff that Chatchypete or Google
is going to throw up.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
The things that you know.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Yesterday, one of the big shock things that we found
out was about the panther. Sydney has a mythical, mystical
beast of a panther, and we had a guy on yesterday, Bob,
who claims to have seen it for three point five
seconds in a drain.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
The size of a German shepherd, apparently very muscular buffead.
Yes his words escape from the circus yep.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
And Alex seems to think it's it's from the nineteen
twenty So we're dealing with one hundred and five year
old panther.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
And thank you Bob for valadading my claim too.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
If Boby is you Valedictia Christian. In relation to the
panther story, there are several panthers of Sydney.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
We're not doing with one. It's a whole gang of them.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Apparently one of them came to Sydney on an American
naval ship sailed into Sydney Harbor. But they weren't allowed
to take their mascot back, so they took it and
they just dropped it off at the Blue Mountains and
let it go.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Why did they have a panther? Maybe a mascot. The
other panther was set free from a private zoo. Well,
people is so confident about this? Yeah, the legend historical fact. Yep.
And Christian, I do win a billboard today? Yes we are.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
We have access to these big billboards all over Sydney
and you can have your message whenever you want to
say to Sydney Live this morning, Christian, I'm jasmine. Tomorrow,
thousand of you to twelve students get their results, the
HRC results tomorrow. Could we do a billboard that says
proud of you HRC class of twenty twenty five. Your
(05:18):
mark doesn't define your worth or future. You've already achieved
so much from all your teachers, Jasmine. That is a
lovely idea.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Christian O'Connell Show Gone Podcast.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I love getting your emails. If you ever want to
email the show about anythink my inbox is always wide open.
It's Christian at christiano'connell dot com dot au. Got a
lovely one that came in yesterday. I think you already
enjoy hearing so a man called Brad Stokes here in Sydney,
Christian enjoying the show and getting to know you and
your team this week.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Just I want to share this.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Yesterday my wife and I went to Paramatta to donate blood.
When we arrived, the queue was huge. It took us
an hour and a half just to get to reception.
We've been saying this, it's incredible. There are literally thousands
of people queuing up to give blood. In the queue
was almost every nationality and occupation represented, Arabic, Indian, Korean,
young Aussi, tradees, girls and active weear executives. Folks from
(06:14):
all walks of life were there together. There was a
short elderly couple when the husband was proudly wearing his
yamuka and had been unable to give blood at Bondai,
so driven all the way.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
To wait in a queue again. Wow, this is incredible.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
My wife had a young Chinese dad behind her, also waiting,
and as we slowly proceeded up the stair one by one,
it was a case of oneness and camaraderie developed amongst everybody.
The man in front of me had taken time off
work to donate and was wearing an indigenous printed sloppy
joe over his work clothes, which were clearly a police officer.
I asked him how he was traveling, particularly due to
his line of work this week. Yeah, we were talking
(06:49):
about checking in. If you see any police or first
responders this week, just ask how they are. And he
quietly said, the rabbi that died was our chaplain.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Ah oh oh, incredible. Queuing up to give blood.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
It just it breaks your heart, it really doesn't, but
it also someone just this is almost the hiness around
the last couple of days. It's just really worth remembering
in these tough times. After waiting in the queue, the
officer was told you'd have to come back tomorrow at
seven am.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Here applied, no problem to see then, just quietly walked off.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
This to memize is just from so many different callings.
Everyone's benefected by this and how we all stand together
and how we all act is the most important thing Australia.
This is a lovely line, Brad.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
What a lovely email.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
This is Brad's last line is something so beautiful invites
saying Australia is a wonderful.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Country and I'm proud to be Australian. Brad. That is lovely.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Thank you for saying that your words will help so
many this morning. We'll read it out again later and
let's see if Brad's okay.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Maybe we should put up on our website as well.
That is a lovely letter.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Who are Christian O'Connell Show Podcast
iHeart podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
You can hear more Gold one I four point three
podcast playlist and listen live on the free iHeart.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
App Got anything good?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
So I'm aware that some of you might be tuning
in right now going who is this? Please tell me
the radios broke it. This is not an English guys.
That's the last thing we need this week is an
uninvited englishman suddenly on the radio. I'm Christian O'Connell and
we are the show that is going to be replacing
(00:48):
Jones inn Amanda. And the good news to you guys
is you're going to have two great shows come January
on this radio station. We're going to be waking you
up and then Jones Amanda is going to be taking
you home. This is going to be some radio station
for Australia. It's a radio station for grown ups. Obviously,
you love Jones Amanda, an incredible show for twenty odd
years together. It's in honor to take over their show.
(01:08):
So we're here this week to get to know you.
And obviously we flew in Sunday and then Sunday Night happens.
So I'm aware that you're dealing with a lot. Sydney
is going through a lot. And then obviously suddenly there's
a radio show. There's a brand new radio show that
you've not heard before. But I just want to say
the reaction we've had over the last two days I
was just saying to Rio during the song has been
(01:30):
nothing but humbling.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
People have been so kind.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Someone has just dropped off a bakewell tart at reception
at six a m. Someone has made me a cake.
I'm just in awe of so thank you very much.
Everyone has been sending a message and taking part of
the show. We've got a load of great stuff that
I lined up for you guys today as well. Thank
you Andrew for dropping off the cake. You god, it
(01:53):
does look really nice. And your lovely letter as well.
It was really moving Andrew, thank you very much. Christian,
don't eat it for another hour. It's just come out
the fridge. Welcome to Sydney, Christian. You assumed yesterday I
was an old woman.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
I just thought I did.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
I just couldn't help but think I didn't know. I'm sorry, however,
it does it lot. You've got the writing of a child.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Also, there's about eighteen f words. Well that together, the
cake and the f words. Granny's not writing this.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Some of the other messages that came in off the
show yesterday, Christian, will you be moving up to the
big smoking Sydney or staying there in Mexico?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Mexican? Yeah, there was a.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Lot of that during COVID, wasn't it referring to us
dirty Mexicans?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Not a nice slur on many counts the south of
the border.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah, yeah, Christian Edge here in Sydney, been listening to
your show on the catch up show in the evening,
Lovely to hear you guys live.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
I think I heard you say that you're in Manly.
Be careful those mega seagirls.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
One once I was having an extra large kebab and
a mega seagull.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Just a kebab is just enoughing It sounds who needs
an excel? I didn't know you could order it. I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Too much meat and onion down there on the beach
in the sun. I think the seagulls are trying to intervene.
It's an intervention there, the mega seagulls. They took the
whole thing from.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Christian.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Great things doing Manly hire a kayak and kayak out
to a secret beach called Store Beach. It's beautiful. I
tell you what the weather today Tomorrow Friday. I am
not kayaking out to a secret beach. Otherwise, Irb in
Patsy's News, I'll be stranded out there about become an incident.
One thing we're doing a part two off on today's
(03:43):
show is the Weird and Wonderful Guy to Sydney as
we gets to know Sydney. I want to know the
real Sydney and not the stuff that Chatchypete or Google
is going to throw up.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
The things that you know.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Yesterday, one of the big shock things that we found
out was about the panther. Sydney has a mythical, mystical
beast of a panther, and we had a guy on yesterday, Bob,
who claims to have seen it for three point five
seconds in a drain.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
The size of a German shepherd, apparently very muscular buffead.
Yes his words escape from the circus yep.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
And Alex seems to think it's it's from the nineteen
twenty So we're dealing with one hundred and five year
old panther.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
And thank you Bob for valadading my claim too.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
If Boby is you Valedictia Christian. In relation to the
panther story, there are several panthers of Sydney.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
We're not doing with one. It's a whole gang of them.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Apparently one of them came to Sydney on an American
naval ship sailed into Sydney Harbor. But they weren't allowed
to take their mascot back, so they took it and
they just dropped it off at the Blue Mountains and
let it go.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Why did they have a panther? Maybe a mascot. The
other panther was set free from a private zoo. Well,
people is so confident about this? Yeah, the legend historical fact. Yep.
And Christian, I do win a billboard today? Yes we are.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
We have access to these big billboards all over Sydney
and you can have your message whenever you want to
say to Sydney Live this morning, Christian, I'm jasmine. Tomorrow,
thousand of you to twelve students get their results, the
HRC results tomorrow. Could we do a billboard that says
proud of you HRC class of twenty twenty five. Your
(05:18):
mark doesn't define your worth or future. You've already achieved
so much from all your teachers, Jasmine. That is a
lovely idea.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Christian O'Connell Show Gone Podcast.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I love getting your emails. If you ever want to
email the show about anythink my inbox is always wide open.
It's Christian at christiano'connell dot com dot au. Got a
lovely one that came in yesterday. I think you already
enjoy hearing so a man called Brad Stokes here in Sydney,
Christian enjoying the show and getting to know you and
your team this week.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Just I want to share this.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Yesterday my wife and I went to Paramatta to donate blood.
When we arrived, the queue was huge. It took us
an hour and a half just to get to reception.
We've been saying this, it's incredible. There are literally thousands
of people queuing up to give blood. In the queue
was almost every nationality and occupation represented, Arabic, Indian, Korean,
young Aussi, tradees, girls and active weear executives. Folks from
(06:14):
all walks of life were there together. There was a
short elderly couple when the husband was proudly wearing his
yamuka and had been unable to give blood at Bondai,
so driven all the way.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
To wait in a queue again. Wow, this is incredible.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
My wife had a young Chinese dad behind her, also waiting,
and as we slowly proceeded up the stair one by one,
it was a case of oneness and camaraderie developed amongst everybody.
The man in front of me had taken time off
work to donate and was wearing an indigenous printed sloppy
joe over his work clothes, which were clearly a police officer.
I asked him how he was traveling, particularly due to
his line of work this week. Yeah, we were talking
(06:49):
about checking in. If you see any police or first
responders this week, just ask how they are. And he
quietly said, the rabbi that died was our chaplain.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Ah oh oh, incredible. Queuing up to give blood.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
It just it breaks your heart, it really doesn't, but
it also someone just this is almost the hiness around
the last couple of days. It's just really worth remembering
in these tough times. After waiting in the queue, the
officer was told you'd have to come back tomorrow at
seven am.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Here applied, no problem to see then, just quietly walked off.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
This to memize is just from so many different callings.
Everyone's benefected by this and how we all stand together
and how we all act is the most important thing Australia.
This is a lovely line, Brad.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
What a lovely email.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
This is Brad's last line is something so beautiful invites
saying Australia is a wonderful.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Country and I'm proud to be Australian. Brad. That is lovely.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Thank you for saying that your words will help so
many this morning. We'll read it out again later and
let's see if Brad's okay.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Maybe we should put up on our website as well.
That is a lovely letter.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Who are Christian O'Connell Show Podcast
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