Radio Marinara

This week, Bron and Kade brush off the dry suits … • Rex tells us about the wreck of the small ketch Water Witch lost off Red Bluff in 1870, with the loss of two lives. Rex and his mates have been searching for this site since 2009 and he will talk about their quest to find it. • We catch up with AJ Morton for a dive report, a check in on the spider crabs, and to talk about the news of the week -...

Dr Beach and Anth are floating the marinara lilo out this week. Live on Sunday 9.00 AM. Poddie anytime after that. Dr Beach will kick of with a beauty of a LaB by looking at Neuston – the understudied animals and plants that live on or near the surface of the oceans. Ever wondered about them and what they do and how? Now is the time to listen and learn. Prof John Donald from Deakin Uni will join u...

This week, Bron and Fam go beachcombing… • We continue our chat with Dave Donnelly (Killer Whales Australia, Dolphin Research Institute), live on location for the ORRCA whale census day. We’ll find out what ORRCA is all about, and pick up where we left off last week about the start of the whale watching season, and some interesting research Dave’s been doing into Bubble Net feeding. • Then we cros...

his week, Bron and Kade grab the bucket & spade… •Baykeeper Neil Blake has been looking at the known habitats of thin-ribbed cockles after thousands of freshly dead shells were cast up by last week’s storm. Neil will talk about his observations, and potential connection to the recent increase in sightings of Northern Pacific Seastars on the eastern side of Port Phillip Bay •Johno Rudge is the...

This week, Bron and Kade don the virtual mask and snorkel and go exploring… • Baykeeper Neil Blake talks up the concept of a rapid response community taskforce to report and remove newly arrived pest species like Asian Shore Crabs, and existing established pests like Northern Pacific Seastars. • Shannon Hurley from the Victorian National Parks Association brings us this week’s report on the spider...

This week, Bron and Dr Beach grab the bucket and spade and head to the sand… •Dr Beach brings a card-carrying seafarer into the studio to talk about the plight and tribulations of seafarers around the world, especially in covid times. •It’s late May and the next full moon is on its way, which means… Melbourne’s Spider Crabs are on the march! We’ll catch up with AJ Morton and Jacqui Younger about t...

This week, Bron and Dr Beach head into the marine lab (to see what’s on the slab), and will peer down the microscope to examine... • Pint of Science 2021! Are you feeling thirsty for some marine science and perhaps a bevvy to boot? Then Pint of Science is for you! Chanel Egan is Chief of Staff (or should that be Head Bartender?) at Pint of Science and will tell us about the wonderful two weeks of...

Fam and Anth are on deck Sunday with a diverse rock pool of marine and coastal stuff! Fam been watching Seaspiracy - yep - and like all of us has some views. Join for an RM TV review (with a difference). This weekend is Sharing the Love #5 - the amazing 5th time that Parks Victoria and others have run the Victorian Marine Volunteers Forum - Sharing the Love 5. Time they are in Anglesea. We will be...

This week, Bron and Kade are in the beach house: •Cabin Boy joins us for a sailing report, taking a look at places to sail if you don’t live by the sea. •We’re speak with Bellarine Peninsula artist Chelsea Gustafsson, who frequently uses washed up beach debris to create stunning art that expresses her worries about the health of our oceans and questions the role we as individuals play in making th...

Bron and Fam catch up with •Rex Hunter about exciting news about the discovery of the Tommy Dodd in Port Phillip Bay •Ben Francischelli (Museums Victoria), to explore the ethics of fossil hunting, and what you should do if you think you’ve found a fossil, and •Jeff Maynard with Soundwaves Seaquels: this week we ask the burning question… how many Seaquels does it take to sink a franchise?

Dr Beach and Kade bring you a diverse hour of all things wet and salty, including: •an update on Save Cape Bridgewater campaign with campaign spokesperson Mary Picard •a fascinating new science paper describing how a species of nudibranch literally loses its head (or body, depending on your perspective), only to grow itself whole again. •evidence that once upon a time, there was a species of now e...

Anth and Bron And Cabin Boy bring you all things wet and salty this week - really very interesting updates on killer whales included.

Bron and Dr Beach bring you this week’s hour of all things wet ‘n salty, including: • Baykeeper Neil Blake calls creeks and rivers the ‘skinny bits of the bay’, so with that in mind, Neil joins forces with Werribee Riverkeeper John Forrester to talk about platypus, and their connection to the sea. Neil also reports on his recent work with Darebin Creek Sweepers, and John will tell us about a clean...

Bron, Fam and Kade bring you this week’s hour of all things wet ‘n salty, including: • Brett-the-Cabin-Boy, from somewhere in the middle of Port Phillip Bay, who’ll talk us through the logistics of planning a sailing voyage. • We’ll then catch up with Mary Picard, member of ‘Save Cape Bridgewater’ about a private proposal to build a 240 bed resort on the cliffs of the currently undeveloped magnifi...

Oh so much on the show this week! Bron, Anth and Rex are in the studio. Rex is hunting a new shipwreck - the wreck of the 17 ton ketch, Tommy Dodd lost off St Leonards in May 1877. He'll fill us in on the recent surveys and have located a small target... which may or may not be the site. Tune in to find out. Q: What do you get when you cross Russell Coight with AFL Essendon legend Terry Daniher? A...

Well ahoy there! The Marinara crew has polished the decks, hoisted the sails, and we're ready to embark on 2021 – the year of all things wet n salty! For our first show back, tomorrow 9am: • Bron, Kade and Fam bring some of the summer news. Or maybe that should be ‘extended-spring’ news as summer’s mostly taking some time out this year. Kade brings news of the Antarctic krill mission. And some upc...

Wrapping-Up 2020

Anth, Bron and Kade are (virtually and actually) in the house/ship Sunday and streaming online and in your pods anytime! Lots of news and views and secret live musos (that even Anth pressing the buttons does not know who they are - Bron will reveal all live onair!). BayKeeper - Neil Blake is in and will talk about the flexibility of the Baykeeper beach microplastics audit method in all beach condi...

The Smooth Handfish was once so plentiful in Tasmania, it was one of the first Australian fish species to be documented in scientific literature. In July this year, it was declared extinct, representing another significant and devastating loss of a species. Tomorrow afternoon (Sunday 22.11) The Smooth Handfish Vigil will provide a space and time for anyone, anywhere in the world to pause, congrega...

We speak with Dr Deborah Osterhage, Tasmania-based marine scientist, about some incredible recent footage of Bigfin Squid 'Magnapinna sp'. in the Great Australian Bight from the 2017 research voyage of the CSIRO vessel ‘Investigator’. We’ll speak with Deb about Bigfin Squid, this particular sighting, and the global significance of this sighting for Bigfin Squid distribution. ·Fam and Bron bring a...

Remembering Ecologist Joe Connell, Waterbears and all that's wet and salty

Rex Hunter teaches us all about the former ballast trade, carried out during the 19th century, and its vital role in enabling ships to leave Melbourne. · ‘Blast Off’ is a fantastic surfing coaching program and competition for kids. In a great example of local leading to national leading to global, Blast Off is now celebrating its 15th year, and young surfers from all over the world are being encou...

Baykeeper Neil Blake joins us to talk about the Aequorea jellyfish that arrived in the mouth of Port Phillip Bay during the week. These jellies are pelagic, but their natural range is the east Pacific Ocean, so it’s quite unusual to find them this far west. Neil will speak to the potential connection of their presence to climate change and the easterly winds associated with our new La Nina cycle....

All kinds of cool stuff to kick off Daylights Savings! Yep - they are taking our hour of sleep for 6 months again... Bron, Anth, Fam and Rex Hunter will all be in (virtually) for the show. Bron and Fam will be catching us up on all the news currently - including some great events around the Bay and via the Yarra Riverkeeper Association. And they will be reviewing My Octopus Teacher as a Netflix fi...

Whales and Puffer Fish and a whole lot more with Bron and Kade