Episodi

  • Two Ticks Town Talk – Toowoomba, Queensland (from 16 Apr 2026 Australia Talks)
    Apr 18 2026

    This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Toowoomba, Queensland from the 16 April 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

    Sources:

    18 May 2012 - Multuggerah - Monument Australia (www.monumentaustralia.org.au) - Trove

    Battle of One Tree Hill - Wikipedia

    Multuggerah - Wikipedia

    Toowoomba, QLD - Aussie Towns

    Toowoomba - Wikipedia

    Toowoomba — Grokipedia

    Battle of One Tree Hill: remembering an Indigenous victory and a warrior who routed the whites | Frontier wars | The Guardian

    Battle of One Tree Hill, Australian Frontier Wars - History Guild

    Multuggerah and the Battle of One Tree Hill - Australian Geographic

    Biography - Multuggerah - Indigenous Australia

    #Australia #Australian

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    19 min
  • Australia Talks - 16 Apr 2026: Seeking urea & BYD's big Aussie month
    Apr 17 2026

    A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

    Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

    DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

    00:00:00 – Introduction

    00:12:30 – Australia Establishes Fertilizer Coordination Body, Seeks New Urea Supply Sources

    00:42:05 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Toowoomba, Queensland

    01:00:45 – BYD and EV truck imports increase

    01:29:03 – This week in Australian history 10-16 April

    01:37:54 – XXXX bottle top quiz

    Sources:

    Australia Establishes Fertilizer Coordination Body, Seeks New Urea Supply Sources :: Content :: Tập đoàn Hoá chất Việt Nam (Vinachem)

    Australia turns to less-established urea origins

    Why Australia turned to Brunei to shore up supplies of critical crop fertiliser during Middle East war - ABC News

    Visit to Brunei and Malaysia | Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs

    Virgin to trim domestic flights ahead of fuel costs rising by up to $40 million - ABC News

    BYD tripling shipment volumes to Australia to 30,000 cars amid fuel price surge | CarExpert

    18 May 2012 - Multuggerah - Monument Australia (www.monumentaustralia.org.au) - Trove

    Battle of One Tree Hill - Wikipedia

    Multuggerah - Wikipedia

    Toowoomba, QLD - Aussie Towns

    Toowoomba - Wikipedia

    Toowoomba — Grokipedia

    Battle of One Tree Hill: remembering an Indigenous victory and a warrior who routed the whites | Frontier wars | The Guardian

    Battle of One Tree Hill, Australian Frontier Wars - History Guild

    Multuggerah and the Battle of One Tree Hill - Australian Geographic

    Biography - Multuggerah - Indigenous Australia

    Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

    #Australia #Australian

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    1 ora e 46 min
  • Two Ticks Town Talk – Mallee Cliffs National Park, New South Wales (from 9 Apr 2026 Australia Talks)
    Apr 11 2026

    This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Mallee Cliffs National Park, New South Wales from the 9 April 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

    Sources:

    Numbats reintroduced to NSW National Park | Australian Wildlife Conservancy

    Mallee Cliffs National Park | NSW National Parks

    Review of Environmental Factors

    Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

    Mallee Cliffs National Park Review of Environmental Factors for the Reintroduction of Locally Extinct Mammals | Environment and Heritage

    Numbat - Wikipedia

    #Australia #Australian

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    21 min
  • Australia Talks – 9 Apr 2026: Bilby increase & Ebikes and the Straight of Hormuz
    Apr 10 2026

    A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

    Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

    DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

    00:00:00 – Introduction

    00:13:39 – Bilby populations

    00:39:13 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Mallee Cliffs National Park, New South Wales

    01:00:07 – Ebikes and the Straight of Hormuz

    01:20:41 – This week in Australian history 3-9 April

    01:30:38 – XXXX bottle top quiz

    Sources:

    'Easter bilby' populations quadruple across Australian sanctuaries - ABC News

    Macrotis - Wikipedia

    Easter Bilby - Wikipedia

    Commuters swap the car for e-bikes as fuel prices soar amid Middle East war - ABC News

    Australia given fuel supply assurances as plans in works for visit by Japan's prime minister - ABC News

    Defence Minister says Australia may support measures to provide safe passage in the Straits of Hormuz

    Numbats reintroduced to NSW National Park | Australian Wildlife Conservancy

    Mallee Cliffs National Park | NSW National Parks

    Review of Environmental Factors

    Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

    Mallee Cliffs National Park Review of Environmental Factors for the Reintroduction of Locally Extinct Mammals | Environment and Heritage

    Numbat - Wikipedia

    Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

    #Australia #Australian

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    1 ora e 43 min
  • Two Ticks Town Talk – Leeton, New South Wales (from 2 Apr 2026 Australia Talks)
    Apr 8 2026

    This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Leeton, New South Wales from the 2 April 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

    Sources:

    Wikipedia - Leeton, New South Wales: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeton,_New_South_Wales

    Wikipedia - Riverina: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverina

    Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrumbidgee_Irrigation_Area

    About Leeton | Visit Leeton: https://www.visitleeton.com.au/about/leeton/

    A complete guide to Leeton, NSW - Australian Geographic: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/travel/2023/11/a-complete-guide-to-leeton-nsw/

    Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee River: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrumbidgee_River

    #Australia #Australian

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    20 min
  • Australia Talks – 2 Apr 2026: Aussie fuel security & Pauline Hanson’s ABC plan
    Apr 3 2026

    A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

    Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

    DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

    00:00:00 – Introduction

    00:07:53 – Fuel security

    00:35:37 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Leeton, New South Wales

    00:55:22 – Pauline Hanson’s ABC plan

    01:22:21 – This week in Australian history 27-31 March & 1-2 April

    01:32:25 – XXXX bottle top quiz

    Sources:

    Labor to use new fuel security powers to underwrite extra shipments to Australia

    Securing Australia’s future fuel supply and critical minerals strategic reserve | Minister for Trade and Tourism

    Labor cuts fuel excise for three months, saving Australians 26c a litre on petrol and diesel

    Minimum stockholding obligation (MSO) for liquid fuels: statistics - DCCEEW

    Pauline Hanson’s plan to ‘defund’ ABC, introduce subscriptions

    ‘Defund it’: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson calls for ABC to be stripped of taxpayer funding and go subscriber-based

    ABC Transparency portal

    What would – and should – happen to the ABC under the next federal government?

    Wikipedia - Leeton, New South Wales

    Wikipedia - Riverina

    Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

    About Leeton | Visit Leeton

    A complete guide to Leeton, NSW - Australian Geographic

    Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee River

    Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

    #Australia #Australian

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    1 ora e 45 min
  • Two Ticks Town Talk – Gawler Ranges, South Australia (from 22 Mar 2026 Australia Talks)
    Mar 28 2026

    This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Gawler Ranges from the 22 Mar 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

    Sources:

    Gawler Ranges National Park - Gawler Ranges

    Gawler Ranges - Wikipedia

    Gawler Ranges… - National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia

    Gawler Ranges National Park Management Plan 2017

    Gawler Ranges National Park

    #Australia #Australian

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    24 min
  • Australia Talks – 22 Mar 2026: Police drones & $1B unused medical research funds
    Mar 27 2026

    A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

    Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

    DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

    00:00:00 – Introduction

    00:00:53 – Croc watch

    00:15:10 – Police drones in Australia

    00:40:32 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Gawler Ranges, South Australia

    01:04:29 – $1B medical research fund unused

    01:21:11 – This week in Australian history 20-26 March

    01:31:19 – XXXX bottle top quiz

    Sources:

    Catching Sweetheart: Australia’s Most Notorious Boat-Flipping Crocodile | Part 1 Documentary

    Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

    Sweetheart the crocodile was famous for attacking fishing boats. But was another croc to blame?

    Australia sitting on over $1 billion of unused medical research funding as scientists abandon the field

    Sydney police are using drones to chase suspects 500km away. Is a vulnerable town being targeted?

    NSW Police’s drone trial: questions of risk, governance and resilience

    Police commissioner claims drones over Moree will not be used for surveillance

    Gawler Ranges National Park - Gawler Ranges

    Gawler Ranges - Wikipedia

    Gawler Ranges… - National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia

    Gawler Ranges National Park Management Plan 2017

    Gawler Ranges National Park

    Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

    #Australia #Australian

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    1 ora e 42 min