COVER PROFILE

NAME: Davina Jones
DECADE YOU WERE BORN IN:
70’s… late 70’s
STAR SIGN: Sagittarius
NICKNAME: Dave, Dav, D
LIVES: I’m onto my 12th… kidding. Moorooka.
DREAM JOB: Photographer, or travel writer.
DREAM HOLIDAY:
I’d love to live in Cinque Terre, Italy for 6 months
IDEAL PARTNER: I’ve got a pretty good one, but Natalie Portman is pretty hot…
IDEAL DATE: Great food, great wine, an amazing view and no one else but us.
FAV FOOD: Anything home cooked, or picked from the garden.
FAV TV SHOW: Bear Grylls’ Man Vs Wild, and I’ve just discovered No Heroics.
BIGGEST FASHION MISTAKE: Crocs should be banned. I don’t care if they only weigh 4g.
FAV ITEM OF CLOTHING: Jeans
PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT: Life. I’m happy.
CHILDHOOD ROLE MODEL: Lynda Carter
SUPERSTITIONS: I try not to have them, but I still don’t walk under ladders.
BEST ATTRIBUTE: Patience
FAV SUPER HERO: Wonder Woman
WHAT MAKES A GIRL SEXY:
Intelligence and independence
WHAT DOES THE WORLD NEED MORE? self-awareness, environmental awareness
and empathy
WHO WOULD YOU TURN STRAIGHT FOR? Johnny Depp.
LIFE MOTTO: Life’s too short to watch golf on TV.
FAV SPORT: To watch? Tennis. To do? swimming.
RADIO LISTENERS CAN TUNE INTO 4ZZZ EACH WEDNESDAY EVENING TO HEAR YOU ON DYKES ON MYKES, HOW DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED WITH DYKES ON MYKES & WHAT IS YOUR ROLE ON THE SHOW?
I am one of the presenters and panellists on the show and have been doing it since 2003. I became involved while teaching out at Wellington Point, where another Arts teacher asked me if I’d like to be involved (Les Mannering, an ex-announcer). I went for one week and never left.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE YET TO COME ACROSS THE SHOW, WHAT IS DYKES ON MYKES ALL ABOUT? Dykes on Mykes is so much fun. It’s a chance for Me, Ruth and KK to get together and talk sh*t for two hours. We love discovering new music, and talk about things that are happening in the community, and to performers and artists too. We’ve spoken to some amazing people like Leisha Haley, Tegan Quinn from Tegan and Sara, Mia Dyson, Jen Cloher, Deb Conway, and heaps of local acts.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT YOU ARE QUITE MUSICAL TOO, PERFORMING AT DIFFERENT EVENTS AROUND TOWN. WHAT INSTRUMENTS DO YOU PLAY AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BEST PLACES YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM? I play a couple, guitar, piano, flute and ukulele, but my favourite at the moment is definitely the ukulele. The most fun I think though was doing a couple of backing vocals on Kristy Apps’ new album ‘Pour Me Out’. I also had the opportunity to produce ‘The Vagina Monologues’ a few years ago, and that was a definite highlight.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL GIGS COMING UP?
I’ve just started a group with Melissa J Evans (from LSG) called ‘Ukulele Sisters’, so keep an eye out for that. It’ll be a comedy thing, I mean, who doesn’t laugh when they hear a ukulele?
ANY PARTING WORDS? Eagles may soar but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.
Oh… And The Ukulele Sisters are playing with L.S.G. at the L.S.G. Easter Bash, on Sat 3rd April from 2-6pm at the Esk Lyceum Hall. BYO Esky. Please come along!