The Sapphire Coast's own Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin is a champion snowboarder who competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver, Canada. 

Check out his fabulous blog

Carol moved to Eden 3 years ago, after falling in love with the place while on holidays.   

See Eden through her eyes here. 

http://www.livinginedenaustralia.blogspot.com/       

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Tamika Townsend

Toothdale, NSW.

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Read & listen to Tamika's story at 

http://blogs.abc.net.au/heywire/winners.html#townsend

Who: Tamika has just finished year 12 and is headed off to university to complete a Bachelor of Arts, with her sights set on a career in journalism. When she's not ploughing through books or writing, she's indulging in her favourite music - or headed off to the golden beaches of Bega for a swim with friends.

Where: Toothdale is  a tiny town inland from Bega on New South Wales' southern coast; it's in Yuin-Monaro country, which are the two major Aboriginal tribes who'd been there for tens of thousands of years until 1829, when a white bloke thought he'd take a wander through the area. These days it's a big dairy and beef farming area.

What is Heywire? It's a competition, open to young people aged 16 - 22 years of age who create their own story about life in Australia outside the major cities. Successful stories are presented on the ABC through ABC Radio, triple j and abc.net.au and winners also attend the Heywire Forum in Canberra in February.

But Heywire is more than just a competition. Read more about Heywire and the opportunities it presents.