Australia Talks
A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
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Contact - AustraliaTalksPodcast@proton.me
DarkestKnight and Ardeet have a weekly relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a trivia question.
Episodes
Sunday May 04, 2025
Sunday May 04, 2025
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Budj Bim, Victoria from the 1 May 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
World heritage Places - Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
Wikipedia - Budj Bim National Park
Parks Victoria - Budj Bim National Park
Two Ticks Town Talk on Mt Gambier, South Australia from the 6 Feb 2024 episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Two Ticks Town Talk on Warrnambool, Victoria from the 10 Apr 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
Friday May 02, 2025
Friday May 02, 2025
A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:08:34 – China has halted rare earth exports, can Australia step up. Critical minerals in hot demand but governments have a hard time getting industry off the ground
00:30:11 – Budj Bim, Victoria
00:50:55 – The startling reason Australia is shooting koalas out of trees from helicopters
01:14:01 – This week in Australian history 25-30 April & 1 May
01:30:21 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
China has halted rare earth exports, can Australia step up?
Critical minerals in hot demand but governments have hard time getting industry off the ground
The startling reason Australia is shooting koalas out of trees from helicopters
Sniping koalas from helicopters: here’s what’s wrong with Victoria’s unprecedented cull
Bob’s Map – Koala populations then and now
World heritage Places - Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
Wikipedia - Budj Bim National Park
Parks Victoria - Budj Bim National Park
Two Ticks Town Talk on Mt Gambier, South Australia from the 6 Feb 2024 episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Two Ticks Town Talk on Warrnambool, Victoria from the 10 Apr 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Geraldton Part 2, Western Australia from the 24 Apr 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
National museum Australia - Wreck of the Batavia
Australian National Maritime Museum - The Batavia shipwreck disaster
Wikipedia - Batavia (1628 ship)
Western Australian Museum - Batavia's history
Australian Geographic - The wallaby that drinks sea water
State Library of Western Australia - Francisco Pelsaert's journal
Geraldton Part 1, Western Australia (from 18 Jul 2024 Australia Talks)
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
Friday Apr 25, 2025
Friday Apr 25, 2025
A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:15 – Croc watch
00:06:09 – Catchup
00:11:30 – Australian neighbours’ defence decisions (Indonesia and Timor-Leste)
00:35:59 – Geraldton Part 2, Western Australia
00:57:22 – Australian PM, policticians took $147,000 of match tickets while weighing sports betting ban
01:14:11 – This week in Australian history 18-24 April
01:23:51 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
Australia PM, politicians took $147,000 of match tickets while weighing sports betting ban
Register of Members' Interests – 47th Parliament
Timor-Leste open to participating in Chinese military exercises
Canberra confirms Indonesia won't host Russian planes at air force base
Russia responds to claims it sought access to Indonesian air base
National museum Australia - Wreck of the Batavia
Australian National Maritime Museum - The Batavia shipwreck disaster
Wikipedia - Batavia (1628 ship)
Western Australian Museum - Batavia's history
Australian Geographic - The wallaby that drinks sea water
State Library of Western Australia - Francisco Pelsaert's journal
Geraldton Part 1, Western Australia
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Simpson, Northern Territory from the 17 Apr 2025' full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
Wikipedia - Simpson, Northern Territory
Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park
Australia Talks - Birdsville, Queensland 20 Feb 2025
#Australia #Australian
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Friday Apr 18, 2025
A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:06:10 – Donald Trump’s tariff war with China could see Australians pay less for Chinese-made products
00:24:06 – Simpson, Northern Territory
00:41:49 – Zombie ants found in Top End
00:56:20 - This week in Australian history 11-17 Apr
01:05:05 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
Donald Trump's tariff war with China could see Australians pay less for Chinese-made products
Will iPhones cost more because of Trump's tariffs on China?
Trump’s crisis is only beginning. It will make you question everything
Could fungi actually cause a zombie apocalypse?
Wikipedia - Simpson, Northern Territory
Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park
Australia Talks - Birdsville, Queensland 20 Feb 2025
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
This the Two Ticks Town Talk on Warrnambool, Victoria from the 10 Apr 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
Aussie Towns - Warrnambool, Victoria
An Australian Town’s Identity Rests on a Ship That May Not Exist
#Australia #Australian
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at AustraliaTalksPodcast@proton.me
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:09:48 – Trump’s tariffs and the impact on Australia
00:38:49 – Warrnambool, Victoria
01:03:12 – Strategic warning on Australia’s food security
01:27:32 - This week in Australian history 4-10 Apr
01:35:51 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
Here's what Australia sells overseas, who buys it, and how much we sell to the US
DFAT Country Economic and Trade Data - United States
National food security preparedness Green Paper
Australia’s food security needs national-security frameworks
Feeding Australia: Albanese Labor Government's plan to secure our food future
Aussie Towns - Warrnambool, Victoria
An Australian Town’s Identity Rests on a Ship That May Not Exist
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian