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Nicole Curby
Nicole Curby is an audio features reporter at ABC Radio Darwin.
She is an award winning audio maker, who spent two years reporting in Indonesia, and has collaborated with communities around Australia to make sound rich documentary audio that draws audiences into diverse worlds through their ears and hearts.
Her podcast and radio features have broadcast on ABC Radio National, The Guardian's Full Story, Deutsche Welle, and Indonesia's KBR Radio.
Latest by Nicole Curby
Darwin woman forced to fly interstate for a cancer diagnosis, but the NT government denies there's a problem
Late last year, a Darwin woman flew to the Gold Coast for a scan after being told she'd face a 10-week wait locally. Her doctor says it may have saved her breast.
Catamaran, abandoned in mangroves for 25 years, wows former owner after 'spectacular' restoration
Warren Clancy is about to realise a vision formed when he stumbled on a beautifully crafted boat laying abandoned on a Darwin shoreline two and a half years ago.
Simon is an 'extreme introvert' — yet finds pole dancing in front of a crowd surprisingly invigorating
Simon Ferguson wraps himself around a silver pole and performs a horizontal body ripple. As a male pole dancer, he's in the minority and attracts increased attention, but more men are taking up the sport.
NT Australian of the Year winner Blair McFarland recognised for tackling petrol-sniffing epidemic
NT Australian of the Year Blair McFarland has been acknowledged for his decades-long commitment to improving the health and lives of some of Australia's most disadvantaged youth.
'Thank you for celebrating age': Retired ballerinas return to the stage and audiences couldn’t be happier
Professional ballet has traditionally been a domain for the young, but retired dancers in their 40s, 50s and 60s are making a comeback.
How an autism diagnosis at 51 saved Ash's marriage and transformed his career
When Ash Lindner was diagnosed with autism as an adult, he finally understood himself. Now his thriving "bike orphanage" business has become the perfect way to play to his strengths.
Airstrips were built before roads in an outback land where walking was the main mode of transport
Arnhem Land missionaries cleared dense bushland and eventually trained the first Yolngu aviation mechanic and pilot.
Women recreational fishers outpace men in NT as Barra Challenge draws hundreds
The all-women Secret Women's Business Barra Challenge takes place at Corroboree Billabong outside Darwin each year, with government figures revealing more women fish recreationally in the NT than men.
From jamming in an Arnhem Land cave to the National Indigenous Music Awards, this band is one to watch
Combining ancient songlines with punk, metal and rock music influences, Arnhem Land band Wildfire Manwurrk sings in the endangered Kune language to keep it alive.
From mission kid to fashion designer, Larrakia artist Gary Lee's quest to capture masculine beauty
In a series of portraits that range from playful to erotic, artist Gary Lee confronts themes of masculinity and beauty through a lens shaped by his Larrakia, Wardaman, Filipino, Scottish and German origins.
At 68, model Marian Patterson dances her Dreaming on the catwalk
Marian Patterson was scouted while stacking chairs two years ago. Now, she graces the catwalk with her junglefowl Dreaming dance and extraordinarily unique style.
Nude golf day 'not a sex thing' as bodies, scars help players tell their stories
Darwin naturists revealed all on the city's coldest day since 1942 in a celebration of body positivity and amateur golf.
'Can't be that hard': Plan to drive 'rust bucket' LandCruiser 7kms across sea floor in Darwin Harbour
Crocodiles and sharks are the least of these diehard LandCruiser enthusiasts' worries as they prepare a 1978 vehicle for the undersea stunt. Remarkably, it's been attempted before.
How Jesse's dress is overturning the army's gender diversity policy
When Captain Jesse Noble realised they were gender diverse, it felt like being "hit in the face with a truck". Their faith and their career in the army were at stake.
Bulldozers stopped at Lee Point after cultural heritage injunction
Land clearing has paused at a controversial housing development in Darwin after 11 people were arrested and an emergency injunction was sought.
Why people in the NT hold tight the right to blow things up for one wild night each year
This year 228 tonnes of fireworks have been imported and people will detonate them with few rules and regulations — long after cracker nights were banned in every other state and territory.
'I passed away that day': Now David wants to teach CPR to a million people for free
When lifesaver David Winner drowned, four of the 10 people who resuscitated him had learned their CPR skills from him. Now he's on a mission to teach one million Australians the skills that saved his life.
Restoration work at Wollongong's cenotaph reveals unique differences and missing names
Over recent decades, Wollongong's cenotaph has shown its age as it gradually blackened and chipped. Now, after restoration efforts, the memorial's unique Australian stonemasonry has been re-exposed.
Fire and holy water draws Hindu followers to Helensburgh for temple rebuild
Thousands of Hindus have gathered in Helensburgh, south of Sydney, to watch priests scale Sri Venkateswara temple and pour water into five golden pots that sit on its roof.
The 90yo 'gentleman' real estate agent who refuses rent increases and the internet
Bob Onofri arrives at the shop he's been trading from since 1967 in a three-piece Italian suit and relies on nothing but a landline to get the job done.