Episode 14: Mick Onions

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Mick Onions is an ex-Queenstown local now based in nipaluna/Hobart lutruwita/Tasmania. Mick and I met while he was in town for his High School’s 50th class reunion.

Mick discusses Queenstown in the 50’s, fond memories, father and son relationships, hiding lemonade in cool springs, feeling gratitude, the wild wharfs, living hard, the train run from Queenstown to Strahan, having too much of a good thing (cordial), the lager phone, “bad blood”, a childhood near death experience, childhood freedom, open door policy, the price of copper plummeting and the devastating consequences, change and uncertainty, lingering pain, keeping hope alive, exploring home, what hate means and what it serves, the decisions we make and the choices that are taken away, life lessons, poverty, survival, finding his calling, creating opportunities for yourself, dealing ...