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We taste the famous "Old Pulteney" whisky, from the very north of Scotland. Co-Host, Erin MacGillivray-O'Neill talks to us from the Isle of Mull where she visits the beautifully set Mausoleum of former NSW Colonial Governor, Lachlan Macquarie.

Then Erin is off to MacGillivray country around Inverness, Loch Ness, and Culloden where she traces the ruins of houses destroyed when Clan MacGillivray crofters were evicted from their ancestral lands only 130 years ago.

And then to the fabled "Stone of Swords" the Clach an Airm revered in Clan Folklore. Erin was first on-the-spot to report that the stone came literally within inches of destruction as giant trees fell each side of it during the fierce Storm Amy.

The Tartan Trail: From Scotland To Australia. A trail of heritage, heart, and Highland pride!

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In this episode we talk to Co-Host, Dr Erin MacGillivray-O'Neill, who is off to Scotland to hunt, eerr, track down her ancestors around Culloden. In the upcoming episodes we'll be "crossing live" to Erin from different locations in Scotland.

Back in Australia we go to the Bonnie Wingham Highland Gathering and talk to representatives of Clans Buchanan, Lindsay, and Davidson as well as the Wingham Museum and Manning Valley Historical Society members. We also talk to Linda and Andrew from the Hunter Valley Scots Club which is powering forward with a fusion of modern and ancient.

The Tartan Trail: From Scotland To Australia. A trail of heritage, heart, and Highland pride!

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Can I wear a clan tartan if I'm not a member of that clan? Is it bad form to wear the Balmoral tartan if I'm not a King? And does Hello Kitty actually have a tartan!!???

We answer these "Tartanic" mysteries as well as taste a wonderful whisky from Headlands Distillery in NSW.

We also talk with Peter MacLeod, President of the NSW, QLD and ACT Clan MacLeod Society, on the clan's rowdy island history and its journey to Australia.

Plus we look at what's on in Scottish-Australian cultural scene in the upcoming weeks. So join us on the Tartan Trail!

The Tartan Trail: From Scotland To Australia. A trail of heritage, heart, and Highland pride!