Australia Talks

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera (Part 2), South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.   First British atomic bomb test on Montebello Islands – documentary Operation Hurricane Wikipedia - Operation Hurricane Wikipedia - British nuclear tests at Maralinga Wikipedia - RAAF Woomera range complex Wikipedia - Montebello Islands Two Ticks Town Talk segment o...

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 00:10:36 – ‘If the reef had a voice, it would sing’: could legal personhood help the Great Barrier Reef? 00:31:32 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Woomera (Part 2), South Australia 00:...

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Halls Creek (Part 1), Western Australia from the 7 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.   Sources:   Wikipedia - Halls Creek, Western Australia Purnululu National Park Wikipedia - Purnululu National Park Wikipedia - Bungle Bungle range Bungle Bungle Wikipedia - Wolfe Creek Crater Aussietowns - Halls Creek, WA Wolfe Creek Crater: 2nd largest meteori...

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 00:14:28 – ASIO disrupted 24 'major' espionage operations in three years, spy chief reveals 00:46:58 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Halls Creek (Part 1), Western Australia 01:09:56 –...

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Silverton, New South Wales segment from the 2025 Special Episode 1 of 'Australia Talks'.   Sources:   Aussie Towns - Silverton, NSW Wikipedia - Silverton, NSW Movie Locations - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Wikipedia - The Battle of Broken Hill Museums of History NSW - The battle of Broken Hill Wikipedia - 1992 in Australia   #Australia #Australian

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 00:02:40 – Dangerous Australian animals Part 1 00:35:27 – Silverton, New South Wales 00:49:07 – Dangerous Australian animals Part 2 01:48:55 – This year in Australian history...

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera, South Australia from the 24 Jul 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'. Sources: RAAF Woomera Range Complex Wikipedia - Woomera, South Australia Aussietowns - Woomera, SA Wikipedia - British nuclear tests at Maralinga   #Australia #Australian

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 00:01:24 – Croc watch: Dickhead of the month 00:20:11 – Independent MP to push a lowering of Australian’s voting age after UK decision 00:46:58 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Woomera...

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Burra, South Australia from the 17 Jul 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.   Sources:   Wikipedia - Burra Charter Aussietowns - Burra, SA How Essington Lewis pulled off an industrial miracle Wikipedia - Essington Lewis Essington Lewis (1881–1961) Wikipedia - Breaker Morant (film) Wikipedia - Burra, South Australia Sir John Stanley Storey (1896–1955) W...

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 00:07:57 – Victoria's draconian new anti-protest laws will have a chilling effect on free speech -- and won't keep anyone safe 00:33:40 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Burra, South Au...

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Acland, Queensland from the 10 Jul 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.   Sources: Wikipedia - Acland, Queensland The coal mine's neighbour: Remembering Acland before its ghost town status The last man in Acland: How mining turned a booming community into a ghost town Aussietowns - Oakey QLD Trove New Acland Coal Two Ticks Town Talk on Camden, New Sout...

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 00:11:05 – Calls for an Australia wide crackdown on real estate ads using artificial intelligence to hide faults and falsely lure in renters 00:32:19 – Two Ticks Town Talk – A...

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Marrabel, South Australia from the 3 Jul 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.   Sources: Wikipedia - Marrabel, South Australia APRA Rodeo Event list South Australia, Marrabel Rodeo Bull Ride 2024 Marrabel PBR Bull Ride Monument Australia - Curio Trove - 1946 newspaper article   #Australia #Australian

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 00:12:38 – Australia deepens collaboration with NATO and takes further action to hold Russia to account. Also to deploy 100 soldiers to help keep Ukrain in its bloody ware aga...

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk ACT Part 2, Australian Capital Territory segment from the 26 Jun 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.   Sources:   Wikipedia - Jervis Bay territory Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 (Cth) Museum of Australian Democracy Booderee National Park Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant Jervis Bay Jervis Bay - picture 1 Jervis Bay - Picture 2 Two Ticks Town Talk on Camde...

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 00:00:48 – Croc Watch 00:20:34 – Australia’s first lab-grown meat will be on the menu within weeks 00:51:08 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Australian Capital Territory Part 2, ACT 01...

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Portsea, Victoria from the 19 Jun 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'. Sources: The Death of Harold Holt Mystery of missing PM finally solved How Australia’s PM went swimming 50 years ago and vanished forever From the Archives, 1967: Harold Holt vanishes during Portsea swim Inside the disappearance of Harold Holt — one of the largest search operations...

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 00:08:59 – Northern Territory to trial legal pepper spray for self-defence 00:25:40 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Portsea, Victoria 00:48:44 – Would Gen Z starve if they were left a...

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on the ACT, Australian Capital Territory from the 12 Jun 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.   Sources: Wikipedia - Pine Island Reserve Canberra & District Historical Society Wikipedia - History of Canberra Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee river Parks ACT - Pine Island Wikipedia - Echium plantagineum in Australia   #Australia #Australian

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 00:06:23 – Australian container return schemes are a booming good news story 00:22:37 – Two Ticks Town Talk - ACT, Australian Capital Territory 00:37:52 – Sleep is becoming a...

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Canowindra, New South Wales from the 5 Jun 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.   Sources:   Aussietowns - Canowindra State Library NSW - Ben Hall, Australian Bushranger Australian Dictionary of Biography - Ben Hall (1837-1865) Wikipedia - Ben Hall (bushranger) Ben Hall bushranger   #Australia #Australian

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 00:09:08 – Chinese ambassador blasts Darwin Port lease plan as ‘ethically questionable’ 00:33:54 – Two Ticks Town Talk - Canowindra, New South Wales 00:50:26 – Labor’s second...

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Ball's Pyramid, New South Wales from 29 May 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.   Sources: Diving Ball’s Pyramid … is it all it’s cracked up to be? Lord Howe Island - Points of interest Wikipedia - Ball's pyramid Lord How Island - Return of the tree lobster Giant stick insect rediscovered Dryococelus australis (Lord Howe Island Phasmid) Wikipedia - Dryococelu...

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 00:00:53 – Croc watch 00:11:53 – There’s no country more important to Australia than Indonesia. Trouble is, the feeling isn’t mutual 00:34:16 – Ball’s Pyramid, New South Wales...

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Camden, New South Wales from the 22 May 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.   Sources: John Macarthur (wool pioneer) Wikipedia - Camden, New South Wales Camden Park House Australian Dictionary of Biography - John Macarthur   #Australia #Australian