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The Dorrigo Podcast · Jul 28, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min

Episode 48 - VOTP - Sean and Sophie Leathers (Part 1)

We're back and bringing our new segment Voices of the Plateau, a new series that dives into the lives and legends of the people who call this beautiful place home. We kick off with none other than local top bloke Sean Leathers. Sean moved to Australia at the age of four, left home by 14, and spent his youth ranchin’ and ridin’ across North Queensland. From wrangling cattle to leaping into helicopters to battle bushfires, Sean’s life has been anything but ordinary. Oh – and did we mention he’s also a big wave surfer? Also featured is an interview with his daughter, Sophie Leathers, who recently took out the top spot at the Shark Island Bodyboarding Challenge. Find out how a kid from a small country town up on a mountain took on the world to become the first ever female champ! All of this and plenty of other rubbish on the week's episode of TDP.

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We're back and bringing our new segment Voices of the Plateau, a new series that dives into the lives and legends of the people who call this beautiful place home.

We kick off with none other than local top bloke Sean Leathers. Sean moved to Australia at the age of four, left home by 14, and spent his youth ranchin’ and ridin’ across North Queensland. From wrangling cattle to leaping into helicopters to battle bushfires, Sean’s life has been anything but ordinary. Oh – and did we mention he’s also a big wave surfer?

Also featured is an interview with his daughter, Sophie Leathers, who recently took out the top spot at the Shark Island Bodyboarding Challenge. Find out how a kid from a small country town up on a mountain took on the world to become the first ever female champ!

All of this and plenty of other rubbish on the week's episode of TDP.

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