{"id":1855,"date":"2024-12-06T00:56:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T00:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zfmcountry.com.au\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2024-12-06T00:56:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T00:56:23","slug":"brendon-walmsley-cooladdi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/brendon-walmsley-cooladdi\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendon Walmsley &#8211; Cooladdi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BRENDON WALMSLEY &#8211; NEW SINGLE &#8211; COOLADDI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the much-loved debut single and title track of Brendon Walmsley&#8217;s highly anticipated album &#8216;Road To Riverleigh&#8217;, comes a song whose story is sure to inspire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on actual events, Brendon Walmsley&#8217;s second single takes us out into south-western Queensland to Australia&#8217;s smallest town &#8211; Cooladdi. In the grip of the worst drought in living memory, December brings little merriment to Cooladdi. Is a Christmas miracle for this often overlooked community too much to ask for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Cooladdi&#8217; sees Brendon Walmsley&#8217;s songwriting and storytelling mastery in full flight. Combined with Rod McCormack&#8217;s beautifully perceptive production, we find ourselves in the midst of the Cooladdi locals &#8211; caught in the heat haze of their despair, desperately searching the heavens for any sign of hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brendon recalls that real-life moment. &#8220;What happened that night in Cooladdi went beyond expectation and explanation. To be caught in this story as it unfolded, a song demanded to be written.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For almost a decade, Brendon has joined a team of volunteers passionate about bringing a little bit of Christmas connection to outback communities by providing a free concert and BBQ event known as &#8216;Christmas for the Bush Bash&#8217;. Under the banner of charity organisation &#8216;Care Outreach&#8217;, the team travels to places like Eromanga, Windorah, Augathella, Quilpie and Cooladdi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an amazing privilege to join these communities for an evening of the festive season&#8221;, Brendon said. &#8220;To hear the stories, and in the case of &#8216;Cooladdi&#8217;, to be part of their story &#8211; is an experience I&#8217;ll forever be grateful for.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the countdown to Christmas, spare a thought for those who battle to persevere through the elements and isolation. Like Cooladdi, may they know they&#8217;re not forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRENDON WALMSLEY &#8211; NEW SINGLE &#8211; COOLADDI Following the much-loved debut single and title track of Brendon Walmsley&#8217;s highly anticipated album &#8216;Road To Riverleigh&#8217;, comes a song whose story is sure to inspire. Based on actual events, Brendon Walmsley&#8217;s second single takes us out into south-western Queensland to Australia&#8217;s smallest town &#8211; Cooladdi. In the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/brendon-walmsley-cooladdi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Brendon Walmsley &#8211; Cooladdi&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}