Australian author Tim Winton joins the Blue Room podcast host Sabra Lane for a long chat about his obsession with the ocean. Tim is admired the world-over for his salt water stories. Nearly all of his novels are love letters to the sea. As Tim says in his dedication in “Land's Edge" - For my family and for those who know that a bad day's fishing is always better than a good day's work.

Tim says swimming is family culture and ‘pretty precious' for his tribe. We talk about swimming, what it means, what it does for the mind and explore some of his work including his TV documentary 'Ningaloo' where he swims with whale sharks and opens the window on that part of the West Australian coast. The author also talks about the struggle of writing Juice, while making Ningaloo, as well as fighting for its protection and sharks.

Features:

Tim Winton/Author and conservationist

Sabra Lane - The Blue Room

Resources:

Penguin Australia's Tim Winton page:

https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/tim-winton

Three-part TV documentary series Ningaloo Nyinggulu:

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/ningaloo-nyinggulu

Cape Range National Park

https://exploreparks.dbca.wa.gov.au/park/cape-range-national-park

Themes:

Author Tim Winton, Oceans, swimming, spearfishing, surfing, coastal life, open water swimming, pool swimming, writing, novels, Miles Franklin Award, Booker Prize, marine protection, environmental protection, marine parks, Whale Sharks, Great White sharks, conservation, environmental protection, Western Australia, mining, petro-state, beaches, beachcombing, diving, ocean obsession.