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 Apr 06, 2025
Sunday Apr 06, 2025
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Hahndorf, South Australia from the 3 Apr 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'
Sources:
Aussietowns - Hahndorf, South Australia
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 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
00:16:02 – Federal Budget winners and losers
00:51:12 – Hahndorf, South Australia
01:07:44 – What happens to Olympic venues once the games wrap up?
01:29:39 - This week in Australian history 28-31 Mar 1-3 Apr
01:38:53 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
Federal budget winners and losers
Types of property a foreign person can buy
What happens to Olympic venues once the games wrap up?
Cost of the Summer Olympic Games from 1996 to 2020, with a forecast for 2024
Aussietowns - Hahndorf, South Australia
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
Sunday Mar 30, 2025
Sunday Mar 30, 2025
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Windsor (Part 2), New South Wales from 27 Mar 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
Wikipedia - Windsor, New South Wales
A handy guide to measuring the sky [with your body]
Hawkesbury Regional Museum - Starry night The world of John Tebbutt
Australian Dictionary of Biography - John Tebbutt
Wikipedia - Parallax in astronomy
Two Ticks Town Talk - Windsor, New South Wales 16 May 2024
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 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
00:01:53– Croc watch
00:18:39 – Bushland the size of New Zealand to be protected under federal budget boost
00:35:35 – Windsor, New South Wales (Part 2)
00:59:22 – As trust in the US collapses, leaders in Australia and around the world are frantically recalibrating
01:25:09 - This week in Australian history 21-27 Mar
01:38:34 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
Grim prediction following rare sighting of 'vagrant' crocodile on southern Queensland beach
Is Australia’s crocodile population moving further down south?
Bushland the size of New Zealand to be protected under federal budget boost
Wikipedia - Windsor, New South Wales
A handy guide to measuring the sky [with your body]
Hawkesbury Regional Museum - Starry night The world of John Tebbutt
Australian Dictionary of Biography - John Tebbutt
Wikipedia - Parallax in astronomy
Two Ticks Town Talk - Windsor, New South Wales 16 May 2024
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Boydtown, New South Wales from the 20 Mar 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
Benjamin (Ben) Boyd (1801–1851)
Wikipedia - Boydtown, New South Wales
#Australia #Australian
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 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
00:09:33 – ‘You have unmet needs’: the psychology behind Australia’s love affair with big cars
00:41:03 – Boydtown, New South Wales
01:02:22 – Instead of wasting more time on the flawed AUKUS submarine program we must go to plan B now
01:31:21 - This week in Australian history 14-20 Mar
01:41:24 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
‘You have unmet needs’: the psychology behind Australia’s love affair with big cars
Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier
Greens leader Adam Bandt says Australia should walk away from AUKUS in wake of Trump's tariffs
Instead of wasting more time on the flawed Aukus submarine program, we must go to plan B now
Visiting nuclear sub commander says US will 'follow through' on AUKUS
Why the AUKUS deal is still a controversial and perplexing issue for most Australians
Benjamin (Ben) Boyd (1801–1851)
Wikipedia - Boydtown, New South Wales
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
Sunday Mar 16, 2025
Sunday Mar 16, 2025
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Bermagui, New South Wales from the 13 Mar 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
Wikipedia - Bermagui, New South Wales
The mysterious disappearance of the Bermagui Five - Graham's blog
What happened to Lamont Young? The Mystery of the Bermagui Five
Sapphire Coast - The Mystery of Bermagui - Solved?
The Sapphire Coast - The mystery of Bermagui
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 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
00:11:29 – ‘Five Eyes alliance’ crumbling after UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada give US the cold shoulder
00:37:19 – Bermagui, New South Wales
00:59:32 – Green hydrogen hopes up in smoke
01:21:51 - This week in Australian history 6-13 Mar
01:33:13 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
‘Five Eyes alliance’ crumbling after UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada give US cold shoulder
As Donald Trump upends geopolitics what happens to Five Eyes and AUKUS?
Trump’s upending of US intelligence: implications for Australia
Green hydrogen hopes up in smoke
Can Australia keep pace in the evolving green iron market?
First-of-its-kind green hydrogen facility begins construction in South Australia
Wikipedia - Bermagui, New South Wales
The mysterious disappearance of the Bermagui Five - Graham's blog
What happened to Lamont Young? The Mystery of the Bermagui Five
Sapphire Coast - The Mystery of Bermagui - Solved?
The Sapphire Coast - The mystery of Bermagui
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian