Bluey's Brisbane – Details, episodes & analysis

We're so excited to have our favourite Bluey YouTuber on the podcast, with Aussie Girl Margie live in the studio!

Margie Thompson is a Queenslander who lived in both North Queensland and Brisbane, before travelling the world and settling in the USA.

For the last few years, Margie has been talking all things Bluey on her YouTube channel - episode recaps, fan theories, news, hidden details and Easter eggs.

In this episode we talk being an Aussie expat in the US, her move back to Australia, how she discovered Bluey and why she loves these talking dogs from Brisbane.

Make sure you check out Aussie Girl Margie on YouTube or follow her on Instagram or TikTok.

Listen to our chat with Anne Kerr (Mrs Retriever) about Bob Bilby here.

Check out our chat with Dan Brumm (Uncle Stripe) about his sound design work on Bluey 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

This is a massive episode because the opening of Bluey's World in the Brisbane riverside suburb of Hamilton has been massive!

We were lucky enough to attend the official opening of Bluey's world, alongside all of the cast and crew of Bluey, as well as the creatives who have brought the interactive experience to (for) real life.

Lou also caught up with Mary and Kate from the Gotta Be Done podcast on the first day Bluey's World was open to the public, and their podcast record was joined by Andrew Kay.

Andrew is the producer of Bluey's World, and is also the producer of Bluey's Big Play: The Stage Show.

Get tickets for Bluey's World here.

Use a ship tracking app like MarineTraffic to help you catch a CityDog to Bluey's World. You just need the vessel names - Gootcha is Bluey and Kuluwin is Bingo.

Make sure you check out Mary and Kate on the Gotta Be Done podcast, for stacks of fun Bluey recaps and analysis, and follow them on Facebook or Instagram.

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 blueysbrisbane@gmail.com with with your thoughts, comments or questions.

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 blueysbrisbane@gmail.com with with your thoughts, comments or questions.

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.
• Blueyfest

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 blueysbrisbane@gmail.com with with your thoughts, comments or questions.

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 blueysbrisbane@gmail.com

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 blueysbrisbane@gmail.com with with your thoughts, comments or questions.

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 blueysbrisbane@gmail.com with with your thoughts, comments or questions.

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 blueysbrisbane@gmail.com with with your thoughts, comments or questions.

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 blueysbrisbane@gmail.com with with your thoughts, comments or questions.

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.

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 blueysbrisbane@gmail.com with with your thoughts, comments or questions.