Episodes
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Brisbane's iconic CityCats (named so as they are a catamaran) carry locals and visitors up and down the Brisbane River everyday. You've seen the CityCats in the Bluey episodes Spy Game and Ice Cream (and also in our pod artwork).
To celebrate the opening of Bluey's World this week, 2 of the Brisbane CityCats have been transformed into City Dogs, with Bluey and Bingo now sailing up and down the Brisbane River.
A few years ago we spoke to a Brisbane mum who had been petitioning the council to create CityDogs following the devastating Brisbane floods of 2022.
Even though they've been created for a different reason, we cought up with Madonna Stephens to gauge her reaction to the CityDogs!
We also hear from Brisbane Lord Mayor, Adrian Schrinner, as well as Kate O'Conner who is the Director of Brands and Commercial for BBC Studios Australia and New Zealand.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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The third Bluey album 'Rug Island' is out now and to celebrate we sat down with Daniel O'Brien who is part of the Bluey music team.
'Rug Island' is themed around play, imagination, adventure and friendship so it was only appropriate the Rug Island became the title track - an episode that sums up all of those ideas.
In this episode we take a dive into the album, and find out more about how the Bluey music team works together.
Dan is a Brisbane based composer whose main focus is music for the screen, but who also writes for choirs and orchestras.
You can stream 'Rug Island' on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you listen to your music, or you can visit your favourite record store to pick up the album on orange vinyl!
In Australia, JB Hi-Fi is carrying both the orange vinyl and special edition picture disc.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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There's been a ton of Bluey related stuff in the news recently - from the news that Bluey is now the number one show in the US, from Kelly Clarkson giving her entire audience a trip to Brisbane to visit Bluey's world - even the news that American Express named Brisbane as one of their trending travel locations for 2025.
Much of the growth of the show has been driven by adult Bluey fans, many of whom don't even have kids!
How has a (supposedly) show for kids resonated so well with grown ups?
Sarina Petersen will be one of the speakers at the upcoming TEDxQUT event on October 27th.
Sarina is a student of Law and Behavioural Science (Psychology) at QUT and works as part of the in-house legal team of one of Queensland’s largest not-for-profit organisations. She is most interested in social psychology and human behaviour - particularly, the way that these interact and influence one another.
Sarina is a fond viewer of the Brisbane-produced cartoon Bluey and is enthusiastic about analysing its enormous worldwide appeal and cultural impact - particularly its impact on adults.
Find out more about the TEDxQUT event here.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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It's Father's Day in Australia this weekend!
To celebrate we spoke to Dr Justin Coulson about Bandit's parenting style, and the importance of a positive role model for dads being portrayed on our TV screens.
Dr Justin Coulson is the founder of Happy Families, host of the Happy Families Podcast, has six daughters, has written a stack of books on parenting, and is also the parenting expert on Channel 9's 'Parental Guidance'.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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We're back after our post 'The Sign' break, recapping all the Bluey news from the last few months, and we've set up in Davies Park, home of the West End Markets, as shown in the episode 'Markets'.
In this episode we're joined by Mary Bolling from the Gotta Be Done podcast (and also the voice of the librarian in 'Promises').
Topics up for discussion include:
Mary's first time at the West End Markets - does it live up to the hype of the ep?Possible mascots for the Brisbane Olympics in 2032.Thoughts on 'The Sign'.Bluey dollarbucks released by the Royal Australian Mint.Re-release of Bunnings/Hammerbarn gnomes.New Bluey album 'Rug Island'.Bluey's World.Find the Gotta Be Done podcast wherever you listen to podcasts, and check out their recent chat with Joe Brumm.
Listen to the brand new Bluey single 'Octopus' on Spotify.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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The Bluey 28 minute special 'The Sign' was everything we hoped it would be; plot twists, a wedding, some great Brisbane locations and a heap of gags for the grown ups.
To celebrate 'The Sign' we spoke to Meg Washington, voice of Bluey's teacher Calypso. Meg is also featured in the special with her song 'Lazarus Drug' bringing the episode to its epic crescendo.
Meg is one of Brisbane's favourite singer songwriters and most versatile vocalists, and has just recently completed a run of shows with Australian symphony orchestras.
Check out the Bluey x Meg Washington music video for 'Lazarus Drug'.
You can also listen to the original version of 'Lazarus Drug' from the album 'Batflowers'.
Follow Meg on Instagram to keep up to date with news, release and tour dates.
One of our favourite articles about 'The Sign' was the piece that Mary Bolling from the Gotta Be Done podcast wrote for the ABC.
Massive props to Brendan from The Hammerbarn Project podcast, who snagged a voice role in 'The Sign'.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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It was the cliffhanger that has left Bluey fans shocked and with a ton of questions.
In the episode Ghost Basket, which aired globally on the weekend, it was revealed that the Heelers have put their heritage Queenslander on the market.
In classic Bluey style though, the very next day a listing appeared on the Domain website for the Heeler house, describing it as a 'quaint, animated family home'.
"“Illustrated lovingly at the end of a cul-de-sac, this house sits atop a hill with views of Mount Coot-tha. This 3 bedroom, 4 (ish) bathroom home boasts of work from home spaces, lovely period floorboards and mysterious hallways that don’t logically seem to join spaces together but always feel cohesive and purposeful. Perfect for endless play and games with the family.”
Ludo Studio said in a statement: “Bluey’s home is where our story begins and we’re excited to share next week if it’s where our story ends. The Heeler’s home is another character that we love and care about as much as The Heeler’s themselves."
To find out if it's a good time to sell in Brisbane, and what kind of price tag the Heeler home would fetch, we spoke to Von Barnes of Pinnacle Properties, based in Brisbane's inner north-west.
So all will be revealed this weekend with the feature length, 28 minute episode 'The Sign', which airs at 8am on ABC Kids and ABC iview in Australia, Sunday April 14.
'The Sign' also will be available to view globally on Disney+.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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We've been fascinated by the success of Bluey in the United States - how did a show about talking dogs from Brisbane become one of the most viewed shows in the US?
Kyle Thompson got in touch with us after he met Dave McCormack (Bandit) and Melanie Zanetti (Chilli) at the Twin Cities Con.
Ahead of the very first global Bluey release dates, and Bluey's feature length episode The Sign, we thought we'd sit down with Kyle to find out more about what our American friends think about the juggernaut from down under!
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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This February it's the Bluey and Bunnings crossover with Bunnings stores across Australia and New Zealand diving into the Hammerbarn spirit!
Select stores will rebrand as Hammerbarn, with all stores offering up free Bluey-themed kids D.I.Y workshops every weekend in February. You just need to book in here.
A big thanks to Bunnings and BBC Studios who had us out to the launch at the for real life Hammerbarn - the Bunnings store on Settlement Road in Keperra which featured in the episode.
While we were there we caught up with Claire, the DIY Mum who runs the @renowayoflife Instagram page, who was indulging her two passions of Bluey and Bunnings!
Bunnings stores across the country will host free Bluey-themed kids D.I.Y workshops every Saturday and Sunday in February. The workshop themes include:
Workshop 1 (3-4 February): Bluey Sand Art and Decorating
Workshop 2 (10-11 February): D.I.Y. Bluey Kaleidoscope
Workshop 3 (17-18 February): Bluey and Bingo Plaster Character Painting
Workshop 4 (24-25 February): D.I.Y. Hecuba Pot Plant
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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It's that time of year when we look back at the year that was, and highlight some of our classic catches - our absolute favourite podcast moments of 2023.
It's been another massive year for Bluey, with the show going from strength to strength internationally, the second album 'Dance Mode' being released, the announcement of 'The Sign', a 28 minute special coming in 2024, Blueyfest counting down the top 100 episodes and a teaser of 'Bluey's World' coming to Brisbane in August.
Our favourite bits of 2023 included:
Bluey composer Jazz D'Arcy talking about the 'Dance Mode' album and her song 'Rain (Boldly in the Pretend).Sound designer/Uncle Stripe Dan Brumm discussing how he did the sound design for the rugby league inspired episode 'The Decider'.Hamilton creator and voice of Major Tom, Lin-Manuel Miranda visiting Brisbane and in conversation with fellow Bluey cast member Leigh Sales.Julia Quinn, author of the Netflix romance series 'Bridgerton', also visiting Brisbane and talking to us about how she discovered and fell in love with Bluey.Marianne Taylor AKA The House Detective chatting about the little details of the Heeler house and Queenslander houses.Bluey editor David Peterson on what he thought when an episode called 'Dad Baby' came across his desk.BlueyfestBluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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To celebrate five years of Bluey on Australian TV, the ABC has been running Blueyfest, which will culminate on November 19th, with a countdown of the top 100 Bluey episodes.
The order of the top 100 will be decided by fan votes, with ABC Kids having asked all of us to vote for our top 5 episodes.
The ABC also decked out a retro ice cream van in full Bluey kit, and drove it from Sydney to Brisbane, stopping at towns along the way and culminating at the South Bank Parklands in Brisbane, home of the episode Ice Cream.
So we grabbed the card table, and wound our way down to record a podcast ep at South Bank, right near the van!
In this edition of Bluey's Brisbane, we run through what we voted for as our respective top 5's of Bluey.
Click here to find out more about the Blueyfest countdown on November 19th.
Let us know what your top 5 episodes are at our socials, or by emailing [email protected]
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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In the space of five years, Bluey has gone from a new kid on the animation block, to being lauded as one of the greatest ever shows on TV.
Aside from the critical acclaim, Bluey has set new viewing records both in Australia and in the USA, and has picked up a swag of awards including an Emmy, a BAFTA Award, Logie Awards....and the list goes on.
David Peterson is a Brisbane based editor and screenwriter who mostly worked on season two of Bluey, but also come in to help production of season one at the very beginning.
David's credits include Dance Mode, Flat Pack, Dad Baby, Hammerbarn, Bingo, Army and more, and he sat down to talk about the early years of Bluey, what the role of editor entails in an animation series, and just what goes through your head when you are handed a script like Dad Baby!
You can find out more about David's work at the Random Photons website.
Check out David's editing handiwork on the Bluey short - Guide to the Outdoors.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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On this episode we're joined by Marianne Taylor, AKA The House Detective to talk about the Heeler House, Queenslanders, and some of the other architectural styles that have popped up in Bluey.
If you've looked at Bluey's house and asked, what exactly is this type of house that Bluey lives in, this is the episode for you!
Marianne Taylor is an architectural historian who investigates the history of houses and reveals the secrets of the people who lived there. She is a wealth of knowledge on the different styles of architecture that have appeared in Brisbane across the decades.
Marianne has also led the Brisbane Retro Project; documenting the post-war houses of Brisbane, and has been the President of the National Trust of Australia (Queensland).
You can follow and keep up to date with Marianne via Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest.
Check out Shutter Fails on Instagram with @thecraftsmanblog
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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It's the Father's Day Weekend here in Australia and to celebrate we're chatting to the ultimate TV dad...well the voice of Bandit Heeler in Dave McCormack.
In this conversation we talk to Dave about his musical journey with Custard, what it's like being in a band now, and of course his role as Bandit.
You can keep up to date with Custard at their Facebook page.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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After wowing international audiences for the best part of 12 months, Bluey's Big Play: The Stage Show returns to Australia, with a season beginning on December 30th at the QPAC Playhouse in Brisbane.
To celebrate the return of the show to Bluey's hometown, and the theatre that played host to the world premiere, Justin spoke to Bluey's Big Play director Rose Myers.
We'll hear about the reaction to the show from Bluey fans around the world, and how much the team is looking forward to its Australian homecoming.
Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), in association with BBC Studios, Andrew Kay and Windmill Theatre Co., is thrilled to announce that the original live show Bluey’s Big Play will return to QPAC’s Playhouse in Brisbane for an exclusive season from 30 December 2023 to 20 January 2024.
Tickets go on sale for all performances on Friday 4 August at 9.00am. To book go to qpac.com.au or phone 136 246.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
About QPAC:
The Queensland Performing Arts Centre welcomes over 1.5 million local, interstate and overseas visitors annually to more than 1,200 performances embracing the best in live performance: the world-renowned alongsidethe emerging, local and new.
It is a public cultural institution where people, performance and ideas connect. QPAC aims to amplify the voices of diverse communities to provoke thought and reflection and deliver remarkable live arts experiences to audiences.
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It's that time of year when the fierce rivalry between Queensland and New South Wales comes to a head with the annual State of Origin rugby league series.
You'd know Dan Brumm's voice - he plays Uncle Stripe on Bluey, but he's also been the show's sound designer across all three seasons.
With the Queensland Maroons taking on the New South Wales Blues tonight, Dan sat down for a chat about how the game of rugby league was depicted in Bluey.
Dan unpacks some of his sound design, and some of the little things that you might have missed in the layers of sounds that make up 'The Decider'.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
Email us at [email protected] with with your thoughts, comments or questions.
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Bluey's latest episode 'Cricket', has fast become a new favourite amongst Australian Bluey fans, capturing in 7 minutes the essence of the national sport.
In this special bonus bit, Justin and Lou discuss some of the nuances and the storytelling in 'Cricket', the life lessons that the game can teach you, and why cricket is such an important feature of an Australian summer.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
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It's Record Store Day in Australia, with the hot ticket item being the brand-new Bluey album Dance Mode dropping in two different versions on vinyl.
Lou went down to her local record store - Relove Vinyl in Oxley to grab a copy of the new Bluey album.
While she was there she spoke to owners Jason and James about the craziness that is Record Store Day, and just why their customers were lining up to get their hands on Dance Mode!
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
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It's almost peak Bluey season at the moment, with new episodes starting to air in Australia, a new album only days away, and the release of Bluey's first ever music video.
Jazz D'Arcy is a member of the Bluey music team who has worked on the music for episodes like Born Yesterday, Family Meeting, Pass the Parcel and Copycat.
But it's on the episode Rain that Jazz's work really shines, composing the score for the almost dialogue free episode, as well as a vocal version - Rain (Boldly in the Pretend).
The vocal version has just been released as Bluey's first ever music video ahead of the brand's second album Dance Mode, which releases on April 21st.
To celebrate all the things Justin sat down with Jazz in the Bluey music studio to chat Dance Mode, the music video, new Bluey episodes and more.
Bluey: Dance Mode is available on April 21, with first single Dance Mode and latest single Rain (Boldly in the Pretend) both available to stream now.
If you’re a vinyl lover, a special edition of the new Bluey album will be available exclusively for Record Store Day 2023 (April 22) as a zoetrope vinyl picture disc.
The zoetrope effect will be featured on side A of the vinyl and will show the Heeler family dancing along to brand new tracks such as “The BeeeeeOOP Walk“, “Chatterbox” and “Lollipop Yum Yum Yum!“, when viewed via a stroboscope app.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
BLUEY: DANCE MODE TRACK LISTING (with corresponding episode)
Bluey Theme Tune (Dance Remix)Dance Mode (Dance Mode, S2 E1)Doo-ba-Zoo (Housework, S3 E13)The BeeeeeOOP Walk (Housework, S3 E13)Chattermax (Hide & Seek, S1 E42)Copycat (Copycat, S1 E38)Lollipop Yum Yum Yum (Bad Mood, S2 E40)Cat Squad! (Library, S2 E30)Omelette (Omelette, S3 E5)Sticky Gecko (Sticky Gecko, S2 E12)The Gnome Song – Feat. Meg Washington (Calypso, S1 E17)Army (Army, S2 E12)Grandad (Grandad, S2 E42)It Was Yesterday (Grandad, S2 E42)Rain (Instrumental) (Rain, S3 E18)Rainbow (Rain, S3 E18)Rain (Boldly in the Pretend) – Feat. Jazz D’Arcy (Rain, S3 E18)
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As this podcast drops, there's only a week left until new Bluey episodes start airing in Australia.
So to celebrate we sat down to have a chat about some of the stuff that's been taking place in the real life Bluey-verse.
In this episode we chat too much Lin-Manuel Miranda (Major Tom the talking horse and Hamilton creator) and his visit to Brisbane, including popping up at a Hamilton show, and touring Ludo Studio, the home of Bluey.
You can watch Leigh Sales' interview with Lin-Manuel here.
Other items on the agenda were the new video clip for Rain (Boldly in the Pretend) featuring the Bluey music team, and a fun holiday craft idea - granny crocheting.
New Bluey episodes begin from Sunday 9th April to Sunday 7th June at 8am and 6.20pm on ABC Kids and ABC iview.
Bluey's Brisbane is the podcast that explores the real life world of your favourite Heeler family.
Hosted by Justin Rouillon and Lou Bromley - follow us on Facebook and Instagram - @blueysbrisbane
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