Radio Marinara

Bron's away....Dr Beach and Kade at play in the Marinara fish bowl.

Rex Hunter gives us an update from the Maritime Archaeology Association of Victoria, plus some wrecks you can dive from the shore in Port Phillip. Terri gives us a dive report, plus a report on a diving tech conference she attended last week in Sydney. We then are joined by Surfrider Melbourne President Marvin Barker and Vice President Jonathan Taylor, and Fight for the Bight Campaigner Sean Doher...

Dr Beach joins us for his first Marinara for 2019, exploring the latest in marine science in Lifes a Beach. Baykeeper Neil Blake talks about the Grey to Green reef at Point Richards, installed 12 months ago by the City of Greater Geelong to address 15 years of Beach erosion. Neil has been busy looking at the effects of the reef, including doing some surveys to examine the intertidal sediment mollu...

Fam Charkos Plastic Litteracy, when well dive into some shocking new revelations about plastic in the deepest parts of the worlds oceans. Then we catch up with Sean Doherty about Fight for the Bight its been a big week since we caught up with Sean last Sunday with growing awareness and nationwide paddleout protests last weekend. Then Nicole Mertens from the VNPA will bring us up to speed on the Se...

Just when we all thought the prospect of drilling in the Great Australian Bight was a thing of the past, Norwegian company Equinor have formally released their draft environmental plan for deep water oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight. Equinor intends to commence drilling later this year and industry regulator NOPSEMA is already assessingModelling indicates in the event of a spill, the out...

We catch up with whale researcher Dave Donnelly on location in Antarctica on board the CSIRO research vessel The Investigator'. Well be asking Dave about what has transpired over the past 3 weeks of the epic research trip. Then from Antarctica to the Great Ocean Road, we speak with Sam Suendermann about next weekends 'Wild Women on Water' - an annual event of the Surf Coast Longboarders Club that...

We welcome back Dr Maddy McAllister from Heritage Victorias Maritime Heritage Unit at Heritage Victoria for an update on the excavation of the wreck of the Amazon, discovered last year on the beach at Inverloch. Then our Baykeeper Neil Blake joins us to report on the great Nurdle Hunt that took place around Port Phillip Bay last weekend. Neil will also update us on some interesting trends from the...

This weekend, hundreds of wooden boats from all around the world have converged upon beautiful Hobart for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival - an exciting celebration of rich maritime culture. Well cross Bass Strait to speak with Brett Ditchfield, live on location in Hobart to tell us all about it. Then Hilary McNevin joins us in studio to talk about Conversations in the Littoral - a panel-based...

We're Back. First Show for 2019 and it's Bron, Anth and Dr Surf. Guests: Lisa Hunter talking about her research into women in surf, Heidi Talyor talking about the Nirdle Hunt and Dave Donenelly all the way from Antarctica.

Neil Blake, our Baykeeper joins us for the last time in 2018 to talk about what he'll be doing with the upcoming annual Summer by the Sea holiday program, January's mega-Seaside Scavenge in Rye, and recent reports of By-the-Wind Sailors in Port Phillip Bay. We'll play Bron's interview with Philippe Cousteau Jnr, grandson of Jacques Cousteau, about EarthEcho International, a global education progra...

Dr Beach and Anth are back in the studio together for tomorrow's RM. And they have a hugely diverse show. Terri is over in SA just about to heading into a Cave to dive - she will join us from the water's edge for a diving update. Anth is back from OS and survived the floods in Venice - he is wondering how we will bounce back to big tides and storm surges. Dr Rebecca McKintosh and Ross Holmberg fro...

Fam Charko from the Port Phillip EcoCentre returns to talk about Plastic Litteracy - a concept of how much we really understand the recyclability of plastics. Fam will talk about the differences between degradable, biodegradable and compostible plastics. Then we're joined by Dr Angela Murphy from Federation University and Gary McPike from Barwon Coast Committee of Management to talk about a great...

Dr Surf is joined by Dr Garbage to talk about the Kazzie Awards, financial grants for women who are working to protect the environment through litter prevention. We discuss the 2018 winners and what you can do to apply for the 2019 grants. Then Bron and Dr Beach catch up with Dr Ben Radford from the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences to talk about how modelling points towards a troubled futur...

Research into the future of Australia's great Southern Reef shows that our kelp forest habitats are in trouble. Even under the most optimistic scenarios, ocean warming is likely to case substantial kelp loss by 2100. What does this mean for the fish, invertebrates and other marine life that depend on kelp forests for their existence? Is there any hope at all? Bron and Dr Beach speak with ecologica...

Over the last week some of the world's heavy hitters in marine conservation gathered at the 2018 'Our Ocean' Conference in Bali, where a very exciting announcement was made that our own Wilson's Promontory Marine National Park was awarded a Platinum Global Ocean Refuge status. We'll speak with Parks Victoria Marine Science Manager Steffan Howe and Scuba Divers Federation of Victoria spokesperson J...

Over the last week folks around the world have gone a bit ga-ga over extremely rare footage of a creature known as the 'headless chicken seamonster'. The Australian Antarctic Division says this is the first time the unusual variety of sea cucumber has been filmed in the Southern Ocean, and only the second sighting in history. We'll catch up with Dr Dirk Welsford from the Australian Antarctic Divis...

Anote Tong is the former president of Kiribati (pronounced 'Kiribas'), a nation in Micronesia on the brink of disappearing from continually rising sea levels. Now an acclaimed environmental campaigner, Anote Tong fronts an international campaign to highlight the impending catastrophe for his nation. His incredible efforts are captured in 'Anote's Ark', a powerful new documentary directed by Matthi...

We cross live to our Baykeeper Neil Blake for a live-on-location report and update from the Moonee Ponds Creek Paddle Against Plastic below the Bolte bridge. Then Darren Cottam from EPA Victoria joins us to talk about 'Drain Detectives', a new program where you can play a role in monitoring beaches in Sandringham, Mentone, Mordialloc, Dromana and Rye, and maybe even help solve the mysteries of wha...

Tangaroa Blue are coming to Melbourne! Over the next week they'll be running a series of workshops on litter reduction initiatives. Director Heidi Taylor joins Bron and Dr Beach to talk about what Tangaroa Blue is all about, the Australian Marine Debris Initiative, this week's workshops and how you can get amongst it, and Tangaroa Blue's brand spanking new data collection app. Then Deakin Uni Law/...

Wow - after that whirlwind of a radiothon fortnight (for us) Dr Beach and Anth will be in with some old fashioned, calm chatter about all things sciency, marine and coastal. First up we will catch up on the all interesting marine news and views from the last week or two.... from a possibly new island in the Gulf of Arabia to Russian nuclear power plants to the upcoming Pacific Island forum. Then w...

Dr Beach and Dr Surf in the fishbowl....

Dr Beach and Anth in for a biggie Sunday - lots of news and views - including what the hell IS a Wholphin... if anything at all. Simon J Karis from Melbourne experimental label Nice Music joins the program to talk about Moshka, his co-curated event at Winter Wild Festival in Apollo Bay, which sees artists Various Asses, Nina Buchanan, Golden Syrup and more from the label come together for one nigh...

Kade and Rex Hunter in the Fish Bowl....

We spend an hour 'Sharing the Love', celebrating the annual coming together of Victoria's wonderful marine and coastal volunteer groups. We'll be crossing to Somers for the entire show, when we'll speak with our own Kade Mills and Parks Victoria organiser Mark Rodrigue to get an overview of the weekend. Then we'll have a concentrated chat with Mel Wells about her year on Macquarie Island studying...

Our Baykeeper Neil Blake joins Bron and Kade to talk beach profiles, mollusc surveying in Portarlington and the potential merits of alternative coastal protection methods. Craig Sherman from Deakin Uni enlightens us about eDNA - what it is and how it can be used to understand our own marine environment in Victoria. And Jeff brings us his latest find in the 2018 Australian TV that you might not kno...