Kiama Community Radio's Podcast
Kiama Community Radio is a 24 hour streaming service dedicated to communities in the Kiama Local Government Area. Our goal is to be the voice of the community from Minnamurra in the north to Gerroa in the south and Jamberoo in the west. You can listen live via our website www.kcr.org.au, via I Heart Radio or the Kiama Community Radio App.
Kiama Community Radio's Podcast
Fiona Kennedy and the Orangutan Foundation
With the recent sad passing of acclaimed primatologist Jane Goodall, humanity lost a precious connection to our natural world. In this interview Lee Cordner meets a local friend of the primates, Fiona Kennedy, and hears of her experiences with orangutans. As a child she lived in Borneo, the orangutans’ native habitat, and saw first-hand how orphaned animals were kept in nappies and not raised to survive in the wild. She has since sponsored baby orangutans and seen them re-enter the jungle through the work of the Orangutan Care Centre.
Fiona visited Indonesian Borneo earlier this year with another Kiama naturalist, Rachael Peedom of Bee Inspired. Fiona tells Lee about their jungle adventure and explains how we can all help the cause. Fiona is hosting a fundraiser for the Orangutan Foundation International Australia at Kiama Surf Club on 16th November 2025.
This is part of KCR's morning program 7am-9am, of which Lee Cordner is the host on Thursdays.
Recorded 16.10.25