Ricki‑Lee & Tim

A Sunshine Coast bloke got a council notice after neighbours complained his boat was an eyesore, so he moved it behind the fence and hired an artist to paint a hyper-realistic mural of the boat on the fence instead—such a brilliant payback that even a council staffer came by to congratulate him. We've all been there with neighbour wars, including Ricki whose Avalon neighbours banged on the door asking her and Sam Smith to stop belting Whitney Houston on the deck because "the whole neighbourhood is talking about the terrible singing."

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Maeve from the North Sydney Cricket Centre called in to tell us about Tom Hanks shopping for cricket gear with his son, and she revealed he wasn't keeping a low profile at all—he was loud, enthusiastic, and very American tourist about the whole thing. It took her a minute to recognise him despite being one of the biggest movie stars of all time, and Tim's surprised he didn't walk in with his head down and a cap on like most celebrities would.

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British backpacker Hattie Sheppard, 21, walked into Gold Coast emergency with what she thought was a stomach flu and left 10 hours later with a healthy baby girl named Isla-Grace—having had no bump, no morning sickness, and being on the pill the entire time. Turns out the baby was growing toward her spine in what's known as a cryptic pregnancy, which affects about 1 in 2,500 pregnancies in Australia.

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Sydney at 6 tackled the run club culture taking over Bondi at 6am which some are calling un-Australian, plus we covered the X-rated Sydney stories including the explicit lawn art and the Barangaroo cinema incident. New Zealand hosting the first ever State of Origin sparked debate, Joe Hildebrand joined us For The Record to explain the new Anzac Day public holiday, and we heard about cryptic pregnancies after a British backpacker walked into Gold Coast emergency with a stomach bug and left with a baby. Tom Hanks got spotted at a Sydney cricket store, and country superstar Lainey Wilson showed up after her massive Qudos show having only gone to sleep at 2am to chat Dolly Parton, Australian crowds, and play Sing with us.

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Country superstar Lainey Wilson joined us fresh off her massive Qudos Bank Arena show, revealing she didn't go to sleep until 2am because the energy exchange with the crowd was so intense she couldn't come down. She opened up about working with her dear friend Dolly Parton (who has a custom one-sided headphone so she doesn't mess up her hair), why Australian crowds feel special because country isn't oversaturated here, and how her band leader wrote "Can't Sit Still" about her because he's watched her chase this dream for 10 years—and we made her prove she can actually sit still long enough to play Sing with us.

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