Peter Kenyon - Ace Storyteller (Part 1)

 I want you to meet a remarkable man. Peter Kenyon has probably done more to resurrect dying towns in Australia than anyone I know. His early years were spent in remote areas of Western Australia where he witnessed the exodus of young people to the cities and the shrinkage of Australia’s small Inland towns. He estimates seventy per cent are dying.    Peter's passion is to act as a community builder, reigniting hope by getting locals to open their eyes to the human and physical resources they have on hand.   READ and WATCH  to hear more of  Peter's story ... 
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I want you to meet a remarkable man. Peter Kenyon has probably done more to resurrect dying towns in Australia than anyone I know. His early years were spent in remote areas of Western Australia where he witnessed the exodus of young people to the cities and the shrinkage of Australia’s small Inland towns. He estimates seventy per cent are dying.
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Peter’s passion is to act as a community builder, reigniting hope by getting locals to open their eyes to the human and physical resources they have on hand. This vision has taken him all over our country and to remote towns across the world. I know how effective he’s been because his visit to Bourke in the early 1990’s triggered regeneration in our community that had almost given up hope.

​Peter inspired me and I’m sure he’ll do the same for you. I caught up with him at Dubbo Airport in transit from a ten-day program in Coonabarabran. I found he’d lost none of his drive after 40-plus years on the road. Here in Part One, he explains his basic strategy of hosting conversations, as he did when he visited Bourke. He’s one of the best storytellers I’ve heard.