Tuna.
We eat it from a can. You might get lucky and eat it as sushi or in a fancy
restaurant. But where does it come from? Is what you’re eating the southern
bluefin tuna we hear about so much in the news, actually Australia’s biggest
fish export and aquaculture sector? In Tails
from the Fish Shop, John explores the current status of the tuna in Australia and internationally and helps to answer some of the
questions on the species you are eating and the possibility of a sustainable
future for these impressive fast swimming pelagics.
Plus we bring you a very special interview with Professor Tim Ealey, aka ‘Dr
Mangrove’. Dr Mangrove has done it all, from pioneering research in Antarctica
in the 1940s to building a career around bushfire ecology, and now,
representing the needs of Western Port and its important mangrove ecosystems
and getting the message out to our conservationists of tomorrow. Don’t miss
this amazing chat with a truly amazing Australian marine research pioneer and
environmentalist.
Enjoy!
Bron, John, Ms 'Touch of an Angelfish' Cathy, and Team RM.
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This week we'll have the three authors of Beneath Our Bay in the studio to talk about their amazing book on our very own Port Phillip Bay. John Gaskell and his mates used simple digital cameras and snorkels (thatís right, no SCUBA) to record the astounding array of wild life we have at our doorstep. Tune in to get fired up about hitting the water this summer and getting (back) in touch with our very own marine paradise...
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Hilary McNevin joins us to talk about innovative ways to get kids to eat sustainable fish. Will she make smiley faces? Employ a bit of creative artwork with a bottle of sauce? Just say ëfryí? Tune in to find out.
Plus Brett, news, and sunny days (sweeping theÖ clouds away!). You know where to find the catch of the day on Sunday!
Catch you then, Bron, Dr Beach, Hilary and team RM.
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Dr Beach, John and Anth swim through another great show this sunday.
Starting with Julie Murphy from DPI Queenscliff talking about their open day on November 8th (next week). Not just the Marine Discovery Centre - but the whole place! Check out www.dpi.vic.gov.au
We will also welcome David Harper, Exec Office of the Victorian Coastal Council (VCC) who is oganising a huge Victorian Marine Forum on Monday November 16th at Zinc. The VCC released a Coastal Strategy for Victoria last year and this day is part of their strategy to raise the profile of just how special our coastal and marine environments are in this beautiful state. See www.vcc.vic.gov.au for details.
Did you see the 350.org news coverage? Wasn't it great but there's so much more. Check out www.350.org and have a look while we wander through the more than 21 000 photos from the more than 4000 actions people did in 175 countries to raise the profile about us getting that carbon down to 350 parts per million in the atmosphere (the safe level according to the IPCC).
Jeff Maynard tells us a yarn about the biggest German warship from world war II - the Tirpitz. And how Australians were responsible for helping sink it in a Norweign fjord.
Kyatt Dixon talks about his PhD studies on crustose red algae - calcified seaweeds that stick to rocks and which are under threat from ocean acidification. Kyatt has slaved for the last few years with all sorts of cool methods to show that these seemingly homogeneous pink crusty things in fact represent a mind-blowing array of different species. Why is this important? - Kyatt will tell us on Lifeís a Beach.
Ever wake up a bit crusty? Dr Gary Poore does every day - he's spent 35 years studying crustacean taxonomy at Museum Victoria, and has just authored a field guide called Crabs, Hermit Crabs and their Allies. He's also just published a book about barnacles called, cryptically, Barnacles. Dr Poore joins us to talk about the wonders of the crusties, and the diversity of our own Australian species - bet you thought if youíve seen one barnacle, youíve seen 'em all!
And Hilary imparts some wisdom on how to get kids to eat fish. Weíre hoping it extends beyond ëFry (insert fish of choice) to make crusty, and smother in tomato sauceí.
Catch you Sunday,
Bron, Dr Beach, Hilary and team RM.
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This week Anth and Angeline are joined by Nicole Allard and Assoc. Professor Simon Goldsworthy.
Nicole Allard and 3 friends started www.350schools.com which links to www.350.org - a global movement to raise the profile for the need for us to ACT NOW to decrease carbon in the atmosphere. There is a movement that suggests that 350 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere - this is the global community expression of this desire for action. Visit www.350.org and plan your own action for October 24th - the international day of action.
Angeline reports on a bizarre invention owned by Bill Gates to stop hurricanes... and we wonder what and why!
Ever thought about occupational health and safety when working with Seals?! Assoc. Professor Simon Goldsworthy from the SA Research & Development Institute does a lot. He tells us about times where they ahve had some very near misses with things that eat seals - great white sharks!
Can you remember what you wanted for your 10th birthday? A bike? The latest CD/vinyl LP of your favourite artist? Pogo stick/hula hoop/roller skates/blades/skateboard? This Sunday we are joined in the Radio Marinara tank by Hina Eyre who wanted for her 10th birthday...are you ready for this... a Triple R subscription. And not only that, she's just become the youngest legally qualified scuba diver in Australia. Tune in to hear our very special chat with someone we think is a very special girl.
Plus Dave Speller brings us the bizarre story of a Bermuda triangle of sorts in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where plastic junk seems to accumulate and, well, stay put.
Plus Dr Beach returns from his surfing safari up the NSW north coast to bring us up to speed with the latest in wet and salty science literature.
Catch you Sunday, Bron, Dr Beach, Dave and Team RM.
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It's an international flavour to this week's Marinara.
John returns from his overseas adventures to talk about the best diving in the world (Brett –it’s not Rye, quelle surprise!) in East Timor, some first hand experience with fish farms in Cambodia, and a unique way of managing Marine Parks in Vietnam.
Hilary continues the SE Asian theme to bring us some tips on simple methods of preparing fish the SE Asian way (vegetarians be warned – maybe a good time to make a cuppa).
We get a review from Dr Surf on a book about surfing called Deep Water by Brendan McAloon. Deep Water follows Brendan McAloon's remarkable journey to the most remote corners of the globe in search of the perfect wave.
Catch you Sunday, Bron, John, Hilary, Dr Surf, and Team RM.
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John and Bron talk algae, seagrass and mangrove in todays show about Port Phillips often unappreciated little sister. The importance of 35 year old studies, the impacts of muddy water on algae and the lessons to be learned from our historic impact on ecosystems are just some of the many topics we cover in today's program.
We bring you an interview with two of the directors of the Western Port Seagrass Partnership, John Clark and Emeritus Professor John Swan. The Westernport Seagrass Partnership has a mission to protect and restore the environment and catchment of Western Port to a state that can sustain a healthy, diverse and naturally productive catchment for future generations to enjoy. Its latest step is the production of a DVD about Western Port's history, current threats and challenges, and some solution for the future. Join us for a very entertaining and informative interview!
To get your copy of the free DVD and to find out all about the Partnership, visit www.seagrass.com.au
Bron and Dr Beach discuss new research on jellyfish and their impact on climate change, have a chat about diving with Brett Illingworth, and Port Phillip Eco-Centre’s ‘Bay Keeper’, Neil Blake, is back in the studio to talk about conservation priorities for Port Phillip Bay. Hear the latest marine conservation news, including the status of the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji. Finally, hang about until the end of the show for a snippet from the new issue of ‘Science’ on deep-sea swimming worms that drop luminous bombs on their predators - what a clever distraction tool!
Radiothon is over for another year, and we're jumping straight back on the (sea)horse. This week We speak with Ian Campbell, former Federal Environment Minister and current adviser to Sea Shepherd, about his prominent role in The Cove, his recent calls for the world to boycott Japan's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, and his view on where the campaign to stop the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji needs to go.
Since our interview with Louie Psihoyos a month ago, The Cove is now front page, mainstream news. We want to know what YOU think about it. Have you seen The Cove? Where do YOU think this campaign needs to go? We open the phone lines for Marinara talkback.
Dave reviews the book Three Ways To Capsize A Boat: an Optimist Afloat by Chris Stewart, the original drummer from Genesis. We promise not to play any Genesis either before or after the review.
Its Radiophone time, when you the subscriber help keep our much loved Triple R and Radio Marinara program on the air. Have a listen to a disco themed show and perhaps you can catch your subscriber disco fish name called out on air.
This week we have the full interview with Louis Psihoyos, director of The Cove, a documentary about the herding of dolphins for the captive dolphin market and the associated slaughter, which screened as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The Cove opens in limited release on Thursday 20 August.
For more information about the movie and how you can help the cause, check out the links on the Radio Marinara page of the 3RRR website at http://www.rrr.org.au/playlist/6413/
It's maritime heritage week (as Bron would say, we were 'getting diggy with it') at Radio Marinara, as Cass escapes the landlocked capital for a fleeting visit to Melbourne. The wet and salty RM girls are joined by Heritage Victoria's Hanna Steyne for a special show discussing the ancient submerged landscape of Port Phillip. Hanna talks us through the submerged landscape reconstruction she has been working on with Monash University GIS gurus, which will be going online in the next couple of weeks. To read about the project and view the digitial reconstruction, visit Heritage Victoria. Other Heritage Victoria news is at the fore, including a new campaign to help preserve wrecks in protected zones from the damage caused by illegal fishing in the zones. Brett surfaces for a quick chat about the weekend's diving action; and we finish as the team discusses the review of the 1976 Historic Shipwrecks Act that is being conducted by the Commonwealth Government with a view to ratifying the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
Dr Beach pulls apart a paper that rejoices in the name of “Top marine predators track Lagrangian coherent structures” - or how big birds use those ripples and patterns on the surface of the sea to figure out where they’re going.
Bec Koss, PhD student from Deakin Uni talks about her PhD studies into Community Capacity Building for Effective Management of Marine Protected Areas – or how the community can take ownership of the marine wonders in their own 'front yard'.
Bron brings Part 1 of an interview recorded with Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, currently screening at the 2009 Melbourne International Film Festival. It exposes a previously well-kept secret by the Japanese government and people – the annual round-up, trafficking and slaughter of thousands of dolphins that return each year to a small Japanese cove. It also exposes a corrupt world-wide multi-billion dollar industry.
* It’s word association time. Word is: Bells Beach. You’re probably thinking surf, sand, maybe towel, togs, sunscreen, surfboard… How about a 25 million year old whale fossil? Yep, us neither, but one has just turned up with astonishing potential evolutionary significance. David Pickering, Collection Manager of Vertebrate Paleontology at Museum Victoria, joins us to talk about this incredible discovery. Who would have thought – all those surfing tournaments, all those summers, all those thousands of people visiting every year, and it’s been there the WHOLE time!
* A Sea Change is the first high profile global documentary about ocean acidification. It follows the journey of retired history teacher Sven Huseby on his quest to discover what is happening to the world's oceans. Angeline has been lucky enough to have seen a preview, and gives us her appraisal, plus details of an important screening and fundraiser.
* And Dr Beach will be pulling apart the paper “Top marine predators track Lagrangian coherent structures”. For the rest of us, that means how big birds use ripples and patterns on the surface of the sea to figure out where they’re going. And we look at how fish are now being put forward as model organisms for the study of all sorts of medical complications – from osteoporosis to blindness. If there’s time he’ll also chat about how bacteria talk to one another to create bioluminescence.
Welcome to a special 'No Surf' edition of Radio Marinara. With no waves to speak of for weeks on end, Dr Surf has had lots of time for other activities, like moaning, swearing and surf culture. After last week's screening of Searching for Michael Peterson at The Espy, Dr Beach & Dr Surf team up to interview the director, Jolyon Hoff, about his experiences making the film and whether he did indeed find the legendary MP. Dr Surf then gets all philosophical on yo ass with a review of the book I Surf Therefore I Am. Written by a 70 year old philosophy professor at Boston Uni, the book discusses why we should surf, according to the great philosophers: Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Jesus, Machiavelli, Freud, and George Morey (inventor of the Boogie Board). And Jeff Maynard joins us with Marine Soundscapes: this month it’s everyone's favorite movie star - John Wayne. Yep, the Duke dons a diving helmet in Reap the Wild Wind. Listen here pilgrim, you and I are going to trade blow(fish)s.
Tribute will be paid to Peter Malcolm, an extraordinary social entrepreneur and supporter of Radio Marinara who tragically passed away recently.
We briefly introduce recent reports of plastic debris that have accumulated in a Pacific gyre to create a plastic garbage patch the size of France. The volume of plastic is now 10 times the volume of plankton. Plastic in the sea can no longer be thought of as plastic bags and bottles that have accidentally come to the end of their life in the sea. The team resolves to cover this alarming subject in detail on an upcoming program.
And Dr Beach peruses the sci-li, specifically how we can now, very coolly, use molecular markers to trace the origins of oceanic weeds back to ballast rocks being shipped across the Atlantic in times of yore. It’s our own take on trans-Atlantic rock-and-roll. Also a brief and glowing report on Searching for Michael Peterson, a film about the life of a 70s surfing icon, that screened at the Espy.
Welcome all and join us for a big show of laughs and fish farms. John talks fish farming in his latest "Tails from the Fish Shop" segment, so listen in to find out how we are going to feed our growing demand for fish by farming them. Dr Tim Dempster then joins us to focus on Australia's biggest fish farming sector, Atlantic salmon, and his experiences working in Norway, the world's biggest producer. It's local, it's fresh, but is it sustainable? The jury is still out. Finally Dr Beach continues the theme as we chat about farming tuna and conclude that it may be yummy but it might not be all that sustainable. Enjoy!
Bron and David host the show today.
They speak to Neil Blake, the Bay Keeper for Port Phillip Bay about
his role. Brett Illingworth calls in with his weekly dive report.
David reviews a book by Scott Millwood, What Ever Happened to
Brenda Hean. The book discusses the disappearance of Brenda Hean
in 1972, a founding member of the Greens party. Anthony Hurst, the
acting Deputy Director of Fisheries Australia, calls in to talk about
the newly formed Recreational Fishing Grants Working Group and
its role in deciding how best to spend the funds collected from the
issuing of fishing licenses.
Bron, John and Hilary McNevin talk squid, calamari and cuttlefish - John from the biology and sustainable fishing perspective, and Hilary gives us a great recipe and some cooking tips from her book, Guide To Fish.
On a more serious note, the team speak with Leo Optinbrauer about Planning Minister Justin Madden's boating channel development at Bastion Point, where environmental and safety recommendations made by an appointed panel of experts have been ignored. We also get the view of Chris Smythe from the Australian Conservation Foundation. On a positive note, Chris informs us that the process is not yet exhausted and that the decision can still be overturned with further lobbying. Chris also tells us about the land transfer at Point Nepean, where a national park is about to be instated.
Bron and Doctor Beach discuss the latest in ocean microbiology, particularly the astounding diversity of organisms being discovered and how studying their biology impacts on our understanding of the environment. Brett calls in with a dive report from Blairgowrie, and we chat with Gail Seddon, CEO of Keep Australia Beautiful, about the Clean Beach Award. We finish with an intriguing report involving the KGB cover-up of the true number of whales slaughtered by the Soviets and the scientist who brought this data to light.
Welcome fellow adventurers of the sea! Join Bron and John as they navigate the treacheries of counting fish, the perils of buying fish and the follies of fast food corporations and eager developers messing about where they're not wanted.
We talk with PhD student Madhavi Colton about her adventures on the Victorian coastline, trying to work our where the fish are, how many there are, and just what is the best way to see them. A diver's eye or a fishy camera? This and more will certainly be revealed.
John runs through what fresh and yummy in Mebourne's fish markets, then we are joined by our second guest, Katrina Humphrey of community action group Rye's Up! Our beautiful Mornington peninsular town of Rye is planning to get invaded by big fast food giants and the people of Rye are not happy about it. Katrina talks to us about the potential impacts of the environment and the local community and business. Visit their we site at http://ourtownrye.blogspot.com/ for more info.
Lastly we talk to Leo Op den Brouw of the group "Save Bastion Point" about recent devlopments at our favourite Malacoota spot, Bastion Point. Plans are afoot to develop a breakwater and harbour in this beautiful part of the world and again locals are not happy about it. We get the update.
Jan Juc artist Tony Wills, a.k.a. T-Bone, talks about his latest exhibition at the Swell Cafe in Torquay, "Something in the Water", which continues his three-dimensional theme of seascapes and local surf breaks. Pieces include scenes of Bells Beach that hang alongside surfer's-eye perspectives of riding inside a wave. Recycled native timbers are used to frame the pieces, adding a unique touch to the finished product.
Sydney diver and underwater photographer Mark Spencer played a key role in the filming of the fab new IMAX feature Under the Sea 3D. We chat with Mark about what it takes to shoot an IMAX film, the joys of working on this one and how he manages to lead a double life as a dentist. Lucky we're not on television, or we couldn't show you his face. Apparently.
And it's crappy movie time on Marine Soundscapes as Jeff Maynard introduces a real sinker - Captain Nemo and the Underwater City. Jeff stumps and shocks the team with this question: which famous underwater personality said, "For reasons of their own, women are suspicious of diving and frown on their menfolk going down"?
Welcome to another thought provoking, informative and thoroughly mad and salty Radio Marinara. This week we have laid back show for you, lots of news about sharks that could swallow you whole, how best to cook those sharks and why should probably not cook and eat those particular sharks. Not only will you find the answers to these puzzling questions but you will also be enlightened by tales of the WW2 bombing of Darwin as Dave reviews the book "An Awkward Truth". We promise there will be no Nicole Kidmans or Hugh Jackmans just crazy tales and some interesting and uncomfortable truths. We have Brett, we have the Victorian finalist of Australia's best beach awards (sadly not in person), we have iron eating bacteria, free caviar and loads more. Enjoy!
Join us for an Easter Sunday celebration full of, well... eggs! Not the lovely chocolate variety but little salty popping fish eggs otherwise known as caviar. Tune in for the history of these little symbols of wealth, power and decadence, find out where they come from and how the lust for fish eggs has led to the near extinction of fish species around the world. You can spit them out like Louis XV at the feet of the Peter the Great, or you can listen in and get some tips from Radio Marinara's resident culinary expert Hilary McNevin about how to enjoy preparing and eating these little treasures. And don't forget to buy sustainably! And in the studio we have the Bongo Brothers, who have finally confirmed Bron's belief that the Marine world is actually funny, and are peforming this year at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Prepared to be dazzled, seranaded and driven to floor in laughter at the musical comedy of Bongo, Drongo and Mongo. Prepare for whales, salinity and some zooxanthellae. Enjoy!
Do you live near the coast? Are you tired of your ‘high maintenance’ wilting hydrangeas and shrivelled up petunias? Are you sick of carting out buckets of shower water? Have you always wanted to flirt with native plants but have been too scared to try? Leanne Scott and Daniel Mansfield talk about how you can make a positive impact on the environment by planting native coastal plants instead of those thirsty English plants of yesteryear.
Dr Chris Walsh from Melbourne University joins us again to pick up where we left off a couple of weeks ago, as we discuss what it theoretically might take to recycle and use stormwater as a viable water source and potential alternative to desalination.
What are your views on the proposed desalination plant? Got some burning questions you’d like to discuss? Dr Chris Walsh and Dr Beach take questions from listeners in Marinara Talkback.
This week we're coming to you from The Festival of The Sea at Barwon Heads. Loads of guests! We speak with Bernard Napthine, President of Friends of Barwon River Bridge; David Littleton, President of the Committee of Friends Of The Sea; John Duthie from Friends of The Bluff about the book, Life On The Edge: A Guide To The Animals and Plants of the Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary; Mark Edmonds, Chair of the Committee of Management for the Barwon Coast region; Cass brings us Crumpled Stanchions; children from Barwon Heads Primary School present their poems about the sea; Lyn McGuinness gives the formal Welcome To Country; Steve Wickham from Save Barwon Heads Alliance; Janelle Thomas from Birds Australia; and we finish with the World Famous (TM) Radio Marinara Quiz. Phew!
Scientists and divers recently completed a detailed dive survey of where the cold Southern Ocean sweeps into the Chain of Bays region on the remote West Coast of South Australia. Dive survey project manager and professional photographer Grant Hobson talks about his team’s amazing underwater discoveries on a unique and remote area of Australia’s coastline.
Dr Chris Walsh is Principal Research Fellow at Melbourne University’s Department of Resource Management and Geography, and is pretty big on the idea of using stormwater as a viable alternative for desalination. Chris joins us for an interesting and provocative interview.
Have you ever wanted your name to go down in scientific history? Would you like the chance to have naming rights to a newly described deep sea species that is completely new to science? Anna McCallum tells us how anyone can have all this and help save our precious ocean wildlife at the same time.
Welcome to International Women's Day 2009! It's an all-girl talk-fest on today's show (well, Jeff Maynard is an exception), when Bron, Angeline and Cass take some time to reflect on some fabulous women and their contribution and legacy to marine science and conservation.
Angeline gives us a bio on the late Dr Isobel Bennett, arguably Australia's number one female marine scientist, who was posthumously honoured by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority who named a reef off McKay after her.
Bron gives us a run-down on Dr Sylvia Earle, yet another fabulous female marine scientist who was named the US International Ambassador to Oceans. And how could a segment on famous women in marine conservation be complete without mentioning Val Taylor and her work with sharks?
Cass chats about 'Chicks that Dig Salty Stuff', moving from Agatha Christie and Lotte Hass (who if morphed, could possibly have been a maritime archaeologist of sorts), onto women who have had a considerable impact on the blokesworld of maritime archaeology over the years. Listen for mentions of Myra Stanbury, Shirley Strachan, Wendy Van Duivenvoorde and Lyndel V. Prott.
Finally, Jeff Maynard pops in with some hilarious audio snippets from historical diving films. The commentary is there, but alas if you weren't listening on the day, you'll have to locate those glorious moments in the archives yourself. Needless to say, we 'chicks' no longer rush to reapply our lippy after diving!
Aspire to be as great as the women we cover on today's show. Blokes watch out - the revolution is coming!
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Join Bron, John and Angeline for our broadcast from the Sustainable Living Festival 09 at Federation Square. We have Luke Taylor from the Festival atlk to us about all the great sustainable gigs going on, covering all aspects of an eco friendly life, including urban eco communities, enviro efficient houses, feeding the suburbs from our own backyards, water saving and so much more! To follow this we have our lovely friend and regular guest of Radio Marinara, Hilary McNevin, and her and John talk about three easy rules of buying good sustainable seafood - buy local, look for freshness, and avoid sharks and long lived species. To pack ever more in to the show we have Leesa Ridley from Conservation Volunteers speaking about all the great projects going on around the country and our local area. Lastly but certainly not leastly we have the amazing Maeva Elliot on stage relating the high, lows and amazements of sailing through the arctic and trying to get to the bottom of what's really happening wuth global warming. An action packed show, get into it!
Angeline reunites with the Team Marinara after a well-publicised 'minor delay' caused a little extension to her Earthwatch trip in Thailand. Angeline tells us about the Reefwatch program in Thailand, where she assisted the group of researchers and volunteers gather data on the health of some of the reef systems in Thai waters.
We're joined by local surfer-photogrpaher Rod Hyett who gives us a promo for his 2009 surf calendar "The Surfer's Coastline". Christmas presents await!
And, finally, we speak with Coastcare's Matt Fox about the 2008 Coastaction Coastcare Awards the 2009 summer coastcare program which runs for two weeks in January.
Tune in for all things wet and salty and visit us at www.radiomarinara.com.
A couple of weeks ago, we discovered to our utmost horror that our favourite BIG thing, the Big Penguin of Penguin (TAS), was reported to have asbestos flowing through its fibreglass veins. Is the rumour true? Have the good folk of Penguin gone fleeing to the hills for their lives? Stephen Bock, our very own Penguin correspondent, gives us the low-down on the apparent perils of our favourite marine icon.
The word of the week is 'malacology' - the study of molluscs. Rebecca van Gelderen is the Secretary of the Australasian Society of Malacology came in to talk about her group and their penchant for all things molluscan...
And we were most honoured to be joined by Kelvin Thomson, Federal Member for Wills, who in his spare time is a fully fledged twitcher with a special passion for migrating coastal birds. We have a great chat with Kelvin about his early days as a field naturalist, and some of his concerns about where we're heading as a nation in looking after our most precious natural assets.
Hand over your booty landlubbers! We have a particularly piratical program lined up for you, full of action, drama, high seas and the many surprising uses for marine algae. After exciting news of pirates, cavaliers and this crazy crazy weather, we are joined in the studio by Dr Alecia Belgrove, prominent phycologist, or expert in all things algal. We catch up about the recent Australasian Society of Phycology and Aquatic Botany conference and all the creative and important uses for marine algae, from shampoo to carbon sinks to biofuels. Jeff Maynard pops in with a surprise Marine Soundscapes segment, talking about the classic (or not so classic) movie Underwater Warrior. Full of big stars who went nowhere, if you want a laugh at the expense of this expensive flop please listen in! We also get a sad update on the true fate of the Gillman from Creature from the Black Lagoon. Until our next high seas adventure!
The Radio Marinara team are privileged to be joined by Mick Sowry, director of the documentary 'Musica Surfica', which tells the story of Derek Hynd and Richard Tognetti (Musical Director, Australian Chamber Orchestra), best mates and afficionados of fin-less surfing. Recently winning First Prize at the New York Surf Film Festival, 'Musica Surfica' covers a week of music and fin-less surfing on King Island and explores the links between Richard's sublime music and the ultimate in friction-free surfing. This is unlike any surf DVD you have ever seen and Mick enlightens us on how this unique film came about, and plays music from the soundtrack.
Dr Beach talks about the recent Nobel Prize for chemistry and what it has to do with jellyfish; and something about green sea slugs and gene transfer (we got lost after the third word, but it is pretty darn interesting anyway).
We have an action packed show for you this week, two very special guests, fish and fish and more fish! Soya sauce fish actually, and we are joined in the studio by artist Gaby Jung, who has put the call out for as many of your little empty soya sacse fish packets as possible. Listen for details of Gaby's amazing artworks and inspiration. The back half of the show is dedictated to sustainable seafood and more particularly how to cook them in delicious and easy ways. We are joined by Hilary McNevin, author of "Guide to Fish - choosing and cooking sustainable seafood". We talk to Hilary about the fish to buy, what to ask the fishmonger and how to delight your tastebuds with some simple cooking tips. If you ever felt reluctant to buy fish you don't know what to do with, simply check out this book, make sure it's sustainable and start cooking! If you have any soya sauce fish for Gaby she'd love to receive them. Please send to 177/16 Cotham Rd Kew 3101 or contact Gaby on gabyjung46@gmail.com Visit http://www.radiomarinara.com for all the gossip on Radio Marinara
Bron & Radio Marinara panelist Cath go gaga over cult 70s surf-film 'Morning of the Earth', which may cause you to wonder if they get out much on Saturday nights... nevertheless, this episode has Cath on-air for the first time in 10 years, so we were excited!
Cass brings us another maritime heritage segment 'Crumpled Staunchions', discussing recent research by a multi-disciplinary team of scientists in Micronesia's Chuuk Lagoon, including a team from Earthwatch. Closer to home, she reviews Heritage Victoria's recent monitoring of the 1990s stabilisation work on the William Salthouse shipwreck in Port Phillip Bay.
John gets sustainable on the Vietnamese Basa Fillet - or Mekong Catfish, in Tales from the Fish Shop. Listen in for John's assessment of one of the most prolific fish found in Australain supermarkets (and Bron's culinary opinion...).
For more on mermaids, surf-culture, diving and wave-power, tune in to Radio Marinara!
We're joined live in the studio by coastal geomorphologist, climate change expert and Melbourne's favourite weatherman Rob Gell, to talk about climate change, what it really means for us all, and predicted impacts on the marine and coastal environments.
We might even ask Rob to do our own weather report (sorry Bron, you've been dumped!!).
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¡Bienvendio a bordo, Marinara amigos! This week's news segment has a channel deepening update and a discussion about seahorses, especially for Father's Day. Brett pops in for his dive report, sporting a jet-skiing injury, but we know that wont stop Brett from donning his gear and exploring the depths of Port Phillip.
We welcome Cass back to the studio after her 2 month adventure in Europe. She teases us with snippets on excavating ancient shipwrecks in the Med, living in the Spanish equivalent of the 'Big Brother' house and being fed miscellaneous animal faces, teeth intact, for lunch. Eeeeewwww!
Diving history and movie afficionado Jeff Maynard plays bytes from Revenge of the Creature, the 1950s sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon, in his latest edition of Soundscapes. This time the 1950s marine biologists take the man in the rubber suit out of the lagoon from the Amazon and stick him in an aquarium in LA. As you do. Standard storyline from there: of course the creature escapes, there's lots of screaming and mayhem, the near-death of a young girl, and plenty of chicks with high ponytails in pencil skirts running around squealing. And it's Big Clint's first ever movie.
This week was week 1 of the 3RRR Radiothon. There is no doubt that radiothon podcasts are for the more dedicated fans! There's is much silliness and little marine and coastal content. Enjoy!
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It's National Science Week, and we celebrate the diverse and wonderful world of Marine Science by broadcasting LIVE from the Queen Vic Market.
Dr Beach covers the latest cutting edge scientific papers that highlight another terrifying effect of more and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: the effect of increasing acidity of the oceans, and what this means for the organisms living it - especially the calcareous one, like corals and many plankton.
John takes a look inside the fishbowl of current marine science research in Victorian academic institutions - the research priorities of Melbourne Uni's marine science researchers, and some very cool projects underway by some of its PhD brainiacs including Melbourne University's Madhavi Colton.
Plus we speak with James Andrews, Statewide Leader Marine Fisheries, from Fisheries Victoria, about the fisheries research science currently underway to ensure our State's fisheries are and continue to be sustainable.
We catch up with Chris Smyth, Marine Campaign Officer for the Australian Conservation Foundation, about where they stand on the latest developments with the Channel Deepening Project, and some very interesting correspondence with the Queen of the Netherlands.....
Dr Surf continues his review of Surfing mags, with the relaunch of Surfing World. The publishers have revamped SW with the aim of producing a high quality surf magazine with a focus on escapism, "to showcase surfing and the ocean beautifully, with well researched and thought out articles", and "to give surfers a magazine they can be proud of". Have they succeeded?
Plus we're thrilled to have as our special guest Professor Jeff McFadden from the University of Melbourne's School of Botany. We catch up with Professor McFadden to discuss his career launching pad of marine botany and his subsequent journey through marine science to hunting down a cure for malaria.
Bron and Dave present a look a this week's quirky marine news - Dee Dee the 10kg 100 year old Canadian crayfish, Johnny Depp's solar powered Caribbean Island, and LA's decision to go Plastic Bag free (does this mean they'll be extraditing aging soapie stars??)
For most of us, a morning routine involves a shower, caffeinated beverage and getting dressed for the day. For the Icebergers, their morning routine includes plunging into Port Phillip Bay, all year round, on warm and icy days alike. We speak with Jason Sammon, Melbourne photographer who has just launched an exhibition of a collection of land-based and underwater images of the brave, unique and some might say barking mad Middle Brighton Baths Icebergers.
We bring to you the first ever Radio Marinara Soundscape quiz - this one only requires a knowledge of tunes and themes from 1960 underwater shows. Piece of cake! Winner received a copy of Jeff Maynard's fabulous book Divers in Time - Australia's Untold History
Dr Surf has a confused and highly biased wrap up of surf magazines. Now that virtually all magazines are wrapped in plastic, you'll just have to listen in to Dr Surf to find out which ones are worth the often outrageous purchase price. Whether you're interested in the specifics of big wave gun design or just want to ogle the pictures of jailbait at the Superbank don't miss this week's Surfing Culture on the Skids.
We launch a new segment for 2008 (so what if we're on the downhill slide to 2009) called 'Life's a Beach', where our own Dr Beach delves into the science journals to see what's cutting the edge of marine science. For the inaugural segment, Dr Beach checks out a new paper on 'algae join the fight to cure malaria'. Whatever it takes!
Scared of confined spaces? Scared of the dark? Scared of being underwater? Don't like being cold?Terri Allen isn't any of the above - she dives in caves for fun, and talks about this extreme variation of recreational diving.
If cave diving isn't your scene, then curling up with a good book in the warm probably is - so to cater for all our listeners, Dave brings us a book review - this one's a big picture book of environments by John Long.
Dave Collins is Squadron Commodore of the Port Phillip Bay Flotilla of the Victorian Coast Guard - sounds impressive? Have a listen to what he has to say about why he volunteers in this edition of Friends of Marinara.
Oh no, it's school holidays. Wondering what to do with the kids over the next fortnight? Sick of the same old DVDs and games and shops and cries of 'I'm BORED'? We come to the rescue - the Marine Discovery Centre in Queenscliff kicks off its school holiday programme this week. They're also recruiting for volunteers. To find out more, we speak with Amy Stephenson from the MDC.
Then...
We were shocked to read that some dolphins have recently been washing up dead on our local beaches, and even more shocked to read that mercury poisoning seems to be reason. Lucky for us, Dr Ross Thompson from Monash University is on the case. We catch up with Ross to find out about his research into what is killing the great dolphins of Melbourne?
Plus news on the mysterious fish market move, and diving news with Brett 'Born to be Wild'.
Dr Surf brings us another edition of Surfing Culture on the Skids, discussing the evolution of board shaping. He talks about two eminent shapers, Bob McTavish and George Greenough, and how their shaping and reduction of boards lengths from nine foot to seven foot bought about a surfing revolution in 1967 and 1968. Rather than just cruising on a wave, surfing became sport, with sharp tight turns leading to adrenalin-pumping rides.
Historian Jill Barnard boards the good ship Marinara to promote her new publication, Jetties and Piers: a History of Maritime Infrastructure in Victoria. The publication, produced on CD-Rom and available online at http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page.asp?ID=465, was released this year by the Heritage Council of Victoria and Heritage Victoria. The publications tells the story of the wide range industrial wharves, piers and defence installations, and recreational bathing boxes, swimming baths and boat harbours constructed around Victoria's diverse coastline, from settlement to the present day. We talk to Jill about how these facilities helped shape the social and economic development of Victoria.
Finally we hear from Greens MLC Sue Pennicuik, who joins us on the phone to discuss her new Bill in the Legislative Council, aimed at preventing the dumping of contaminated material in Port Phillip Bay during and after the Channel Deepening Project.
All aboard for a rollicking ride with the Marinara team on wet wintry Sunday morning.
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Bellarine or Mornington Peninsula? Which one floats your boat and why? Which one annoys you and why? Which one's got the best coffee? Which one's got the most irritating scene setters? Which one has more Toorak Tractors during school holidays? Brett's Spot launches the biggest wet and salty debate of all.
Phoebe Hill is currently completing her Ph. D thesis on the reproductive biology and development of the Shovelnose Ray. Phoebe joins us to talk about her brilliant research, bringing the inaugural edition of new Radio Marinara segment Budding Briny Boffins, where we explore the cutting edge research currently underway by our best and brightest marine post-graduate students.
Jeff Maynard brings us the next funky escape-back-to-the-60s edition of Soundscapes. This week, a 1960's TV show called 'Assignment Underwater'. Lots of daring rescues with old Aqualungs.
Don't come the raw prawn!! John delves into the crusty crate of facts
on what's involved in the prawning industry, both in Australia and with
international markets, in his latest edition of 'Tales from the Fish
Shop'.
Recreational fishing can be a dangerous pasttime,
and not only if you're a fish. Potential pitfalls include everything
from minor cuts, stings, bites, exposure, poisoning and at the extreme
end, death. Bruce Schumacher, Chair of Recfish Australia, joins us to
talk about some of the less pleasurable experiences of recreational
fishing, and his association's development of an educational and
communications strategy to reduce accidents. Check out the study on www.recfish.com.au
And.... we couldn't hold him back any longer - it's time for Brett's Spot. We apologise in advance.
This week Dave, Angeline and Cass cover news on whale populations, submerged historic statutes in France and the paper nautilus shell season.
Angeline's 'Friend's of Marinara' segment features guest Rebecca Koss from People and Parks. Bec talks to Angeline about the award winning 'Seasearch' program, which was honoured with the award for Innovation at the 2008 Victorian Coastal Awards in April. If you want to get involved with Seasearch monitoring programs in Victoria's Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries, email Bec at rkoss@peopleandparks.org.au or for more information go to www.seasearch.org.au.
Cass talks to Craig Bohm from the Australian Marine Conservation Society about disturbing news regarding changes to shark fishing practices in the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Finally Dave covers a couple of book reviews of children's books on pirates. Arrrrgggghhhhhh!
Aye, see you somewhere under the sea. Now shake a leg and get downloading this podcast you scurvy dogs!
Today's show is a delicious buffet of local seafood and coastal culture as we delve into two of Victoria's biggest fisheries and cap it all off with a fascinating discussion of surf and tiki art. John gets his hands wet and salty with talk of the King George Whiting fishery in his latest "Tails from the fish shop". Tune in for the inside word on how one of vistoria's best loved and most sustainable fish ends up on your table, with even a tip or two on cooking and accompanying wines! We talk to Vin Gannon, Executive Officer of the Victorian Abalone Diver's Association, about the spreda of the Abalone virus and the impact it is having on Victoria's most important fishery. Rev up the Sandman, grab your longboard and chill out completely as we talk to Tony Peake and Sam Biodo, organisers of the Kustom Island exhibition at the Kustom Lane gallery in Hawthorn. The exhibition features surf and hotrod art from local and international artists, vintage skateboards and Hawaiian memorabilia. Surfs Up!
This week we spoke with 11 year old Amy Orchard who is the Captain of the Narrawong Primary School which won the Victorian Coastal Awards for Excellence in Education about the program at their school.
Also Shelley Penn, Victoria's Associate Government Architect, joined us to talk about Good Design along the coast. Visit them on www.governmentarchitect.dpc.vic.gov.au.
Finally Cass filled us in on the latest and greatest from Maritime Heritage in Victoria. ___________
Well - we decided to send Bron to Penguin in Tassie to find out what it is all about. She got there as all the news services decided to leave but had the scoop for us live on Marinara. She decided to stay for a holiday and is having a ball!
Cass and Anth continued the fun in the studio with the first Marine Discovery Centre Quiz for 2008! Great prizes, excellent contestants and strange questions really hit the mark.
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Lots of fun stuff this week, mostly with a maritime (cf 'marine') theme. Hosts Bron & Cass broadcast the first 'On the Job', a brand new regular segment where salty types chat with the Radio Marinara team about their jobs and careers in the marine world. The first extra special guest is Matt MacDonald, Captain of the replica tall-ship Enterpize which sails around the coast of southern Australia (mainly Victoria) for most of the year. Matt discusses how he came to captain a tall ship, and how you too can forge a nineteenth century career in the modern world.
With the much-anticipated discovery of the shipwrecks HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran off the coast of Western Australia in March 2008, come the issues of protection, interpretation and commemoration of Australia's longest maritime mystery. The two vessels fought a disastrous battle in the Atlantic Ocean on 19 November 1941, causing the loss of both ships and the deaths of 645 Australian sailors. Cass & Bron cover some of the mystery and history of the wrecks and broach the possibility of extra protection for these sites under Australian law.
Finally the ladies (yes, ladies) talk about the Marine and Coastal Community Network with one of the organisation's hardest workers, Nicola Waldron. Listen in for details of the services provided by the MCCN and what you can do to get involved.
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This week the Radio Marinara team jump back into the water with talk of desalination, the windy weather and Polynesian canoes. Chris Heislers from community group "Your Water, Your Say" tells us the story behind plans for a desal plant in Victoria and discusses the many environmental concerns surrounding it. The irrepressible Brett phones in for his weekly dive report and we cover recent marine news including the current dredging.
Special guests Laura Thomas and Richard MacLean pop into the studio to talk about the fascinating hobby/sport/life that is Polynesian Outrigger Canoeing. The St Kilda based Kai 'Opua Outrigger Canoe Club is holding a cultural night of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Samoan and Cook Islander dance and music on Saturday 5th April at Elwood Beach Community Centre at 63a Ormond Esplanade staring at 7:45pm. For more details call 0403 582 868.
Brewer, Parish, Lopez, Hamilton, BK; - no, not characters from All Saints, these are the names of Hawaiian surfboard shaper demi-gods. This week Dr Surf discussed Hawaiian surfboards - the shapers, the most collectable boards and the cross-pollination between the Islands and Australian shapers. We also caught up with Zoe Hogg, winner of the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Victorian Coastal Council, and founding member of Earthcare St Kilda, and had a yarn about her current work with the Little Penguin colonies on the St Kilda breakwater. And last but never ever least, Chris Smyth, Marine Campaign Co-ordinator of the Australian Conservation Foundation, joined us to talk about BayMonitor, the independent monitoring program of Port Phillip Bay during the Channel Dredging project. Chris also gave us ACF's position on other current topical matters including the desalination plant proposal for Wonthaggi and the sustainability of commercial fisheries
Channel Deepening Special! This week Bron & Cass are joined in the studio by MLC Sue Pennicuik, Independent member for the Southern Metropolitan region. Sue is the parliamentary David in battle with Government Goliath in her views on the Channel Deepening project and speaks to Radio Marinara about the economic viability of the project. During the show she responds to talkback questions and comments. Diver reporter Brett Illingworth makes a return to the airwaves in his first 'Brett's Spot' for 2008, and we all realise why we miss him so much (and avoid the Mornington Peninsula).
A super sweet treat for our listeners involves the Scared Weird Little Guys and their glorious recording especially for Radio Marinara of "The Dredging Song". Enjoy!
We officially welcome John Ford to the Marinara team this week with his new regular segment 'Tales From the Fish Shop' and an impromptu diving report; Chris Smythe from the Australian Conservation Foundation is on the phone to tell us about a new monitoring project the ACF are conducting on Port Phillip Bay; plus plenty of news, including sitings of a rare white killer whale and frankenfish.
This week the Radio Marinara team covered the latest on the possible redevelopment of Bastion Point in east Victoria, the Festival of the Sea and Jeff Maynard was in for the first Marine Soundscape of the 2008.
This week Angeline discussed Crocodiles as the Attack of the Month, we all reviewed some of the recent news and finished up with a review of some of the panel’s report from the Channel Deepening Project SEES. Check out the Victorian Coastal Awards at www.vcc.vic.gov.au.
This week Dave reviewed “The Island of the Lost? by Joan Druitt. Jeff Maynard was in with some great clips from Marine Boy – 60’s manga of the sea. And from 2004 in our monthly 10 in 10, an interview with Redmond O’Hanlon, the author of Trawler.
This week we spoke to Belinda from Smith Family who was half way around Port Phillip Bay heading into the wind to come home in the “Around the Bay in a Day? event. After Brett, there was loads of news and we finish with Leo Opdenbrouw from Save Bastion Point to catch up on the latest weird stuff from the panel hearings about Bastion Point in Eastern Victoria.
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Pete and Anth caught up with some marine news about the place, we chatted with Angeline who was down at the Billabong Girls Get Out There day and finally Dr Jo Samuel King joins us on the way to the Cavalcade and Carnival for the bay to talk Channel Deepening.
Hey all – lots on this week. We talk nurdles with Angeline and the danger that they pose in the marine environment. Dave reviews some great kids books and Anth takes us back to 2003 in this month’s 10 years in 10 months. We replay the classic interview with Ray Sucliffe – famed BBC maritime doco-maker.
Alone in the studio Anth chats with Dave by phone about a booked called “Left for Dead? and later welcomes Megan Clinton from VNPA and Nicola Waldron from MCCN into the studio for a round table natter about what the biggest issues for the marine and coastal environs of Victoria will be in 5 years time.
For two wonderful weeks, we feel your love and have Radiothon shows. This is the annual time where we ask for your support to keep the station going. This year, we had two great musos live in the studio: Matt Walters on August 12th and Rosie Burgess on August 19th. Have a listen on the podcasts for their music. Thanks to both Matt and Rosie for giving us permission to leave their music on the podcasts. And thanks to you for your subscription and support for 3RRR FM!
For two wonderful weeks, we feel your love and have Radiothon shows. This is the annual time where we ask for your support to keep the station going. This year, we had two great musos live in the studio: Matt Walters on August 12th and Rosie Burgess on August 19th. Have a listen on the podcasts for their music. Thanks to both Matt and Rosie for giving us permission to leave their music on the podcasts. And thanks to you for your subscription and support for 3RRR FM!
This week we covered luxury submarines, the work done by community groups in Western Port and 10 years in 10 months - the diver who saw a live giant squid
Today's show covered: Marine inventions and Trivia - Submarines part III How the surf break got its name - local names, places and stories, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - the great old show where the 1970's was the future !
This week we natter about channel deepening, 18th and 19th Century submarines, fish naming and are joined by Leo Opdenbrouw to talk about the proposed development at Bastion Point in Eastern Victoria.
In this weeks show we take a first look at the proposed desalination plant for Victoria, the Japanese Sub's of Sydney Harbour, and go back to the year 2000 and talk to Dick Ziggin - the unelected Mayor of Coney Island, New York
This week we covered, Marine attack of the Month - The brainless, bonless jellyfish, the finding of a new wreck of the coast of Victoria. For more information on the news stories on:
Climate Change Special - Week 2 Over this week and the last, in conjunction with the Marine & Coastal Community Network (MCCN), we bring you part 2 of our special on the impacts and solutions to Climate Change. Today we talk about impacts on the insurance industry and what direction it might need to take with Bruce Thomas Sustainable Business Practices, fisheries and aquaculture with Dr Alistair Hobday from CSIRO and University of Tasmania and the way ahead - some possible solutions to Australia's situation with Chris Smyth from the ACF.
Climate Change Special - Week 1 Over this week and next, in conjunction with the Marine & Coastal Community Network (MCCN), we are bring you a special on the impacts and solutions to Climate Change. Today we talk about impacts on marine and coastal birds with Dr Karl Mallon from Climate Risk Pty Ltd, plankton with Dr Anthony Richardson from CSIRO and University of QLD and Australia's coastline with Professor Colin Woodroffe..
Today we covered loads of stuff. Starting with a big news catch up, then into puppetry - Ian Cuming is an artist who specialises in puppets. he joined us to talk about how and when and why. We also went back to 1999 for this month's episode of 10 years in 10 months. We listened to a snippet of Tim Allen interviewing Dr Sylvia Earle talking about the 65th anniversary of Beebie and Barton's journey to 923m below the sea surface at Bermuda - the first ever such journey.
Another big week. We had a big old chat with Brett Illingworth our dive reporter about how to keep warm as we approach winter. Pete filled us in on the world of submarines from the 16th and 17th century and we finished by catching up on loads of recent marine and coastal news.
Sorry about last week's technical hitch with the podcast. Back to normal this week! This week on Marinara we spoke with Cass Phillipou from the Maritime Heritage Unit about what's on in shipwrecks at the moment. Even Aust Post has released 3 stamps to celebrate National Archaeology Week. Then it was time for the first Marine Discovery Centre Quiz on Marinara. We had a ball with loads of callers. But don't you call as it has all happened!
This week on Marinara we caught up on the news of the week - including the winners of this year's Victorian Coastal Awards. We were joined by Neil Blake from Blue Wedges who spoke of their concern about the proposed channel deepening project. Then it was back to 1998 for 10 years in 10 months whene we played Tim Allen's interview with Tim Winton and Anth's talk with Billy Hurley about Otters.
This week on Marinara we were joined by surfing psychologist and author, Richard Bennett - he has just released a new edition of his book, The Surfers Mind. Rod Jones joined us to talk about the surf culture in the 70s and marine soundscape guy Jeff Maynard showed us some of the best and worst B-grade surf movies.
This week on Marinara we talked about some of the oldest ship wrecks in Port Phillip Heads (the Thetis and the Princess Royal) from the book "Wrecks on the Reef" by Heritage Victoria. Dr Warwick Raverty, Pulping Chemist, joined us to talk about some of the process detail in the proposed Gunns Pulp Mill in the Tamar Valley. Wariwck discussed what can go wrong with some of the plans. Angeline called Chris WIlkinsons from the WA Conservation Council at some ungodly hour in WA to talk about the proposed salt mine near Exmouth, WA.
Today we presented marine Invention of the month - the slightly obscure Thrust Bearing - invented by a man from Maldon before World War II and revolutionised the shippind industry.
Look out for a book review and the a discussion about the news of the day.
This week on Marinara we talked in detail with Brett (our dive reporter) about his (and others in the dive industry) view on the Channel Deepening project. Anth spoke with David Clark from C restaurant in Vancouver about the expansion of the Oceanwise sustainable fish program to Australia. We finished up hearing about Angelineâ??s trip to the wilds of SE Tassie and what the crew had managed to glean from trying to read the 14 or 15 or 17 000 pages in the SEES of the Channel Deepening Project.
This week on Marinara we talked with Matt Edmunds who is the current Master Champion Fin Swimmer about what on earth Fin Swimming is about. Bernard Napthline and Simon joined us to talk about developments in Barwon Heads Victoria and Penguin Tasmania. To finish off we heard an interview from 1997 with David Parer - acclaimed cinematographer - and listened to Anth being chased by an elephant seal...
On this weeks show, we have a chat with Brett about free diving, we talk to Stuart McConnell, Director Science and Technology from EPA Victoria about the toxins found in fish in the lower Yarra and Marybynong Rivers and hear our first episode of 10 Years in 10 months - a celebration of Radio Marinara over the last 10 years.
On this week's show we find out what Anth did over summer on the SV Pelican with a bunch of young people from the Royal Childrens Hospital. We also catch up on where some of the big stories from last year are: the PPB Channel Deepening, the proposed redevelopment at Bastion Point in East Gippsland and that weird Abalone virus killing the abs in Western Vic.
The last show for 2006 was also the first to celebrate our 10th year on 3RRR. Listen out for a preview of an intervoew with the founder of Sea Shepard, some ideas for marine presents for people you love (and a few others), a look at the Victorian fish count ans well as reminiscing about the last 10 years.
This week on Radio Marinara we see what it is like to be a marine scientist as student take a diving trip on a boat in the name of careers advice. This and more
This week we meet Brett's evil diving twin buddy - Barry. We discuss the impact of the recent Victorian State Election on the marine environment. And finish with a review of Killers of Eden. A remarkable story of whalers and Orcas in Eden NSW.
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We eat it from a can. You might get lucky and eat it as sushi or in a fancy
restaurant. But where does it come from? Is what you’re eating the southern
bluefin tuna we hear about so much in the news, actually Australia’s biggest
fish export and aquaculture sector? In Tails
from the Fish Shop, John explores the current status of the tuna in Australia and internationally and helps to answer some of the
questions on the species you are eating and the possibility of a sustainable
future for these impressive fast swimming pelagics.
Plus we bring you a very special interview with Professor Tim Ealey, aka ‘Dr
Mangrove’. Dr Mangrove has done it all, from pioneering research in Antarctica
in the 1940s to building a career around bushfire ecology, and now,
representing the needs of Western Port and its important mangrove ecosystems
and getting the message out to our conservationists of tomorrow. Don’t miss
this amazing chat with a truly amazing Australian marine research pioneer and
environmentalist.
Enjoy!
Bron, John, Ms 'Touch of an Angelfish' Cathy, and Team RM.
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This week we'll have the three authors of Beneath Our Bay in the studio to talk about their amazing book on our very own Port Phillip Bay. John Gaskell and his mates used simple digital cameras and snorkels (thatís right, no SCUBA) to record the astounding array of wild life we have at our doorstep. Tune in to get fired up about hitting the water this summer and getting (back) in touch with our very own marine paradise...
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Hilary McNevin joins us to talk about innovative ways to get kids to eat sustainable fish. Will she make smiley faces? Employ a bit of creative artwork with a bottle of sauce? Just say ëfryí? Tune in to find out.
Plus Brett, news, and sunny days (sweeping theÖ clouds away!). You know where to find the catch of the day on Sunday!
Catch you then, Bron, Dr Beach, Hilary and team RM.
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Dr Beach, John and Anth swim through another great show this sunday.
Starting with Julie Murphy from DPI Queenscliff talking about their open day on November 8th (next week). Not just the Marine Discovery Centre - but the whole place! Check out www.dpi.vic.gov.au
We will also welcome David Harper, Exec Office of the Victorian Coastal Council (VCC) who is oganising a huge Victorian Marine Forum on Monday November 16th at Zinc. The VCC released a Coastal Strategy for Victoria last year and this day is part of their strategy to raise the profile of just how special our coastal and marine environments are in this beautiful state. See www.vcc.vic.gov.au for details.
Did you see the 350.org news coverage? Wasn't it great but there's so much more. Check out www.350.org and have a look while we wander through the more than 21 000 photos from the more than 4000 actions people did in 175 countries to raise the profile about us getting that carbon down to 350 parts per million in the atmosphere (the safe level according to the IPCC).
Jeff Maynard tells us a yarn about the biggest German warship from world war II - the Tirpitz. And how Australians were responsible for helping sink it in a Norweign fjord.
Kyatt Dixon talks about his PhD studies on crustose red algae - calcified seaweeds that stick to rocks and which are under threat from ocean acidification. Kyatt has slaved for the last few years with all sorts of cool methods to show that these seemingly homogeneous pink crusty things in fact represent a mind-blowing array of different species. Why is this important? - Kyatt will tell us on Lifeís a Beach.
Ever wake up a bit crusty? Dr Gary Poore does every day - he's spent 35 years studying crustacean taxonomy at Museum Victoria, and has just authored a field guide called Crabs, Hermit Crabs and their Allies. He's also just published a book about barnacles called, cryptically, Barnacles. Dr Poore joins us to talk about the wonders of the crusties, and the diversity of our own Australian species - bet you thought if youíve seen one barnacle, youíve seen 'em all!
And Hilary imparts some wisdom on how to get kids to eat fish. Weíre hoping it extends beyond ëFry (insert fish of choice) to make crusty, and smother in tomato sauceí.
Catch you Sunday,
Bron, Dr Beach, Hilary and team RM.
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This week Anth and Angeline are joined by Nicole Allard and Assoc. Professor Simon Goldsworthy.
Nicole Allard and 3 friends started www.350schools.com which links to www.350.org - a global movement to raise the profile for the need for us to ACT NOW to decrease carbon in the atmosphere. There is a movement that suggests that 350 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere - this is the global community expression of this desire for action. Visit www.350.org and plan your own action for October 24th - the international day of action.
Angeline reports on a bizarre invention owned by Bill Gates to stop hurricanes... and we wonder what and why!
Ever thought about occupational health and safety when working with Seals?! Assoc. Professor Simon Goldsworthy from the SA Research & Development Institute does a lot. He tells us about times where they ahve had some very near misses with things that eat seals - great white sharks!
Can you remember what you wanted for your 10th birthday? A bike? The latest CD/vinyl LP of your favourite artist? Pogo stick/hula hoop/roller skates/blades/skateboard? This Sunday we are joined in the Radio Marinara tank by Hina Eyre who wanted for her 10th birthday...are you ready for this... a Triple R subscription. And not only that, she's just become the youngest legally qualified scuba diver in Australia. Tune in to hear our very special chat with someone we think is a very special girl.
Plus Dave Speller brings us the bizarre story of a Bermuda triangle of sorts in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where plastic junk seems to accumulate and, well, stay put.
Plus Dr Beach returns from his surfing safari up the NSW north coast to bring us up to speed with the latest in wet and salty science literature.
Catch you Sunday, Bron, Dr Beach, Dave and Team RM.
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It's an international flavour to this week's Marinara.
John returns from his overseas adventures to talk about the best diving in the world (Brett –it’s not Rye, quelle surprise!) in East Timor, some first hand experience with fish farms in Cambodia, and a unique way of managing Marine Parks in Vietnam.
Hilary continues the SE Asian theme to bring us some tips on simple methods of preparing fish the SE Asian way (vegetarians be warned – maybe a good time to make a cuppa).
We get a review from Dr Surf on a book about surfing called Deep Water by Brendan McAloon. Deep Water follows Brendan McAloon's remarkable journey to the most remote corners of the globe in search of the perfect wave.
Catch you Sunday, Bron, John, Hilary, Dr Surf, and Team RM.
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John and Bron talk algae, seagrass and mangrove in todays show about Port Phillips often unappreciated little sister. The importance of 35 year old studies, the impacts of muddy water on algae and the lessons to be learned from our historic impact on ecosystems are just some of the many topics we cover in today's program.
We bring you an interview with two of the directors of the Western Port Seagrass Partnership, John Clark and Emeritus Professor John Swan. The Westernport Seagrass Partnership has a mission to protect and restore the environment and catchment of Western Port to a state that can sustain a healthy, diverse and naturally productive catchment for future generations to enjoy. Its latest step is the production of a DVD about Western Port's history, current threats and challenges, and some solution for the future. Join us for a very entertaining and informative interview!
To get your copy of the free DVD and to find out all about the Partnership, visit www.seagrass.com.au
Bron and Dr Beach discuss new research on jellyfish and their impact on climate change, have a chat about diving with Brett Illingworth, and Port Phillip Eco-Centre’s ‘Bay Keeper’, Neil Blake, is back in the studio to talk about conservation priorities for Port Phillip Bay. Hear the latest marine conservation news, including the status of the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji. Finally, hang about until the end of the show for a snippet from the new issue of ‘Science’ on deep-sea swimming worms that drop luminous bombs on their predators - what a clever distraction tool!
Radiothon is over for another year, and we're jumping straight back on the (sea)horse. This week We speak with Ian Campbell, former Federal Environment Minister and current adviser to Sea Shepherd, about his prominent role in The Cove, his recent calls for the world to boycott Japan's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, and his view on where the campaign to stop the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji needs to go.
Since our interview with Louie Psihoyos a month ago, The Cove is now front page, mainstream news. We want to know what YOU think about it. Have you seen The Cove? Where do YOU think this campaign needs to go? We open the phone lines for Marinara talkback.
Dave reviews the book Three Ways To Capsize A Boat: an Optimist Afloat by Chris Stewart, the original drummer from Genesis. We promise not to play any Genesis either before or after the review.
Its Radiophone time, when you the subscriber help keep our much loved Triple R and Radio Marinara program on the air. Have a listen to a disco themed show and perhaps you can catch your subscriber disco fish name called out on air.
This week we have the full interview with Louis Psihoyos, director of The Cove, a documentary about the herding of dolphins for the captive dolphin market and the associated slaughter, which screened as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The Cove opens in limited release on Thursday 20 August.
For more information about the movie and how you can help the cause, check out the links on the Radio Marinara page of the 3RRR website at http://www.rrr.org.au/playlist/6413/
It's maritime heritage week (as Bron would say, we were 'getting diggy with it') at Radio Marinara, as Cass escapes the landlocked capital for a fleeting visit to Melbourne. The wet and salty RM girls are joined by Heritage Victoria's Hanna Steyne for a special show discussing the ancient submerged landscape of Port Phillip. Hanna talks us through the submerged landscape reconstruction she has been working on with Monash University GIS gurus, which will be going online in the next couple of weeks. To read about the project and view the digitial reconstruction, visit Heritage Victoria. Other Heritage Victoria news is at the fore, including a new campaign to help preserve wrecks in protected zones from the damage caused by illegal fishing in the zones. Brett surfaces for a quick chat about the weekend's diving action; and we finish as the team discusses the review of the 1976 Historic Shipwrecks Act that is being conducted by the Commonwealth Government with a view to ratifying the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
Dr Beach pulls apart a paper that rejoices in the name of “Top marine predators track Lagrangian coherent structures” - or how big birds use those ripples and patterns on the surface of the sea to figure out where they’re going.
Bec Koss, PhD student from Deakin Uni talks about her PhD studies into Community Capacity Building for Effective Management of Marine Protected Areas – or how the community can take ownership of the marine wonders in their own 'front yard'.
Bron brings Part 1 of an interview recorded with Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, currently screening at the 2009 Melbourne International Film Festival. It exposes a previously well-kept secret by the Japanese government and people – the annual round-up, trafficking and slaughter of thousands of dolphins that return each year to a small Japanese cove. It also exposes a corrupt world-wide multi-billion dollar industry.
* It’s word association time. Word is: Bells Beach. You’re probably thinking surf, sand, maybe towel, togs, sunscreen, surfboard… How about a 25 million year old whale fossil? Yep, us neither, but one has just turned up with astonishing potential evolutionary significance. David Pickering, Collection Manager of Vertebrate Paleontology at Museum Victoria, joins us to talk about this incredible discovery. Who would have thought – all those surfing tournaments, all those summers, all those thousands of people visiting every year, and it’s been there the WHOLE time!
* A Sea Change is the first high profile global documentary about ocean acidification. It follows the journey of retired history teacher Sven Huseby on his quest to discover what is happening to the world's oceans. Angeline has been lucky enough to have seen a preview, and gives us her appraisal, plus details of an important screening and fundraiser.
* And Dr Beach will be pulling apart the paper “Top marine predators track Lagrangian coherent structures”. For the rest of us, that means how big birds use ripples and patterns on the surface of the sea to figure out where they’re going. And we look at how fish are now being put forward as model organisms for the study of all sorts of medical complications – from osteoporosis to blindness. If there’s time he’ll also chat about how bacteria talk to one another to create bioluminescence.
Welcome to a special 'No Surf' edition of Radio Marinara. With no waves to speak of for weeks on end, Dr Surf has had lots of time for other activities, like moaning, swearing and surf culture. After last week's screening of Searching for Michael Peterson at The Espy, Dr Beach & Dr Surf team up to interview the director, Jolyon Hoff, about his experiences making the film and whether he did indeed find the legendary MP. Dr Surf then gets all philosophical on yo ass with a review of the book I Surf Therefore I Am. Written by a 70 year old philosophy professor at Boston Uni, the book discusses why we should surf, according to the great philosophers: Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Jesus, Machiavelli, Freud, and George Morey (inventor of the Boogie Board). And Jeff Maynard joins us with Marine Soundscapes: this month it’s everyone's favorite movie star - John Wayne. Yep, the Duke dons a diving helmet in Reap the Wild Wind. Listen here pilgrim, you and I are going to trade blow(fish)s.
Tribute will be paid to Peter Malcolm, an extraordinary social entrepreneur and supporter of Radio Marinara who tragically passed away recently.
We briefly introduce recent reports of plastic debris that have accumulated in a Pacific gyre to create a plastic garbage patch the size of France. The volume of plastic is now 10 times the volume of plankton. Plastic in the sea can no longer be thought of as plastic bags and bottles that have accidentally come to the end of their life in the sea. The team resolves to cover this alarming subject in detail on an upcoming program.
And Dr Beach peruses the sci-li, specifically how we can now, very coolly, use molecular markers to trace the origins of oceanic weeds back to ballast rocks being shipped across the Atlantic in times of yore. It’s our own take on trans-Atlantic rock-and-roll. Also a brief and glowing report on Searching for Michael Peterson, a film about the life of a 70s surfing icon, that screened at the Espy.
Welcome all and join us for a big show of laughs and fish farms. John talks fish farming in his latest "Tails from the Fish Shop" segment, so listen in to find out how we are going to feed our growing demand for fish by farming them. Dr Tim Dempster then joins us to focus on Australia's biggest fish farming sector, Atlantic salmon, and his experiences working in Norway, the world's biggest producer. It's local, it's fresh, but is it sustainable? The jury is still out. Finally Dr Beach continues the theme as we chat about farming tuna and conclude that it may be yummy but it might not be all that sustainable. Enjoy!
Bron and David host the show today.
They speak to Neil Blake, the Bay Keeper for Port Phillip Bay about
his role. Brett Illingworth calls in with his weekly dive report.
David reviews a book by Scott Millwood, What Ever Happened to
Brenda Hean. The book discusses the disappearance of Brenda Hean
in 1972, a founding member of the Greens party. Anthony Hurst, the
acting Deputy Director of Fisheries Australia, calls in to talk about
the newly formed Recreational Fishing Grants Working Group and
its role in deciding how best to spend the funds collected from the
issuing of fishing licenses.
Bron, John and Hilary McNevin talk squid, calamari and cuttlefish - John from the biology and sustainable fishing perspective, and Hilary gives us a great recipe and some cooking tips from her book, Guide To Fish.
On a more serious note, the team speak with Leo Optinbrauer about Planning Minister Justin Madden's boating channel development at Bastion Point, where environmental and safety recommendations made by an appointed panel of experts have been ignored. We also get the view of Chris Smythe from the Australian Conservation Foundation. On a positive note, Chris informs us that the process is not yet exhausted and that the decision can still be overturned with further lobbying. Chris also tells us about the land transfer at Point Nepean, where a national park is about to be instated.
Bron and Doctor Beach discuss the latest in ocean microbiology, particularly the astounding diversity of organisms being discovered and how studying their biology impacts on our understanding of the environment. Brett calls in with a dive report from Blairgowrie, and we chat with Gail Seddon, CEO of Keep Australia Beautiful, about the Clean Beach Award. We finish with an intriguing report involving the KGB cover-up of the true number of whales slaughtered by the Soviets and the scientist who brought this data to light.
Welcome fellow adventurers of the sea! Join Bron and John as they navigate the treacheries of counting fish, the perils of buying fish and the follies of fast food corporations and eager developers messing about where they're not wanted.
We talk with PhD student Madhavi Colton about her adventures on the Victorian coastline, trying to work our where the fish are, how many there are, and just what is the best way to see them. A diver's eye or a fishy camera? This and more will certainly be revealed.
John runs through what fresh and yummy in Mebourne's fish markets, then we are joined by our second guest, Katrina Humphrey of community action group Rye's Up! Our beautiful Mornington peninsular town of Rye is planning to get invaded by big fast food giants and the people of Rye are not happy about it. Katrina talks to us about the potential impacts of the environment and the local community and business. Visit their we site at http://ourtownrye.blogspot.com/ for more info.
Lastly we talk to Leo Op den Brouw of the group "Save Bastion Point" about recent devlopments at our favourite Malacoota spot, Bastion Point. Plans are afoot to develop a breakwater and harbour in this beautiful part of the world and again locals are not happy about it. We get the update.
Jan Juc artist Tony Wills, a.k.a. T-Bone, talks about his latest exhibition at the Swell Cafe in Torquay, "Something in the Water", which continues his three-dimensional theme of seascapes and local surf breaks. Pieces include scenes of Bells Beach that hang alongside surfer's-eye perspectives of riding inside a wave. Recycled native timbers are used to frame the pieces, adding a unique touch to the finished product.
Sydney diver and underwater photographer Mark Spencer played a key role in the filming of the fab new IMAX feature Under the Sea 3D. We chat with Mark about what it takes to shoot an IMAX film, the joys of working on this one and how he manages to lead a double life as a dentist. Lucky we're not on television, or we couldn't show you his face. Apparently.
And it's crappy movie time on Marine Soundscapes as Jeff Maynard introduces a real sinker - Captain Nemo and the Underwater City. Jeff stumps and shocks the team with this question: which famous underwater personality said, "For reasons of their own, women are suspicious of diving and frown on their menfolk going down"?
Welcome to another thought provoking, informative and thoroughly mad and salty Radio Marinara. This week we have laid back show for you, lots of news about sharks that could swallow you whole, how best to cook those sharks and why should probably not cook and eat those particular sharks. Not only will you find the answers to these puzzling questions but you will also be enlightened by tales of the WW2 bombing of Darwin as Dave reviews the book "An Awkward Truth". We promise there will be no Nicole Kidmans or Hugh Jackmans just crazy tales and some interesting and uncomfortable truths. We have Brett, we have the Victorian finalist of Australia's best beach awards (sadly not in person), we have iron eating bacteria, free caviar and loads more. Enjoy!
Join us for an Easter Sunday celebration full of, well... eggs! Not the lovely chocolate variety but little salty popping fish eggs otherwise known as caviar. Tune in for the history of these little symbols of wealth, power and decadence, find out where they come from and how the lust for fish eggs has led to the near extinction of fish species around the world. You can spit them out like Louis XV at the feet of the Peter the Great, or you can listen in and get some tips from Radio Marinara's resident culinary expert Hilary McNevin about how to enjoy preparing and eating these little treasures. And don't forget to buy sustainably! And in the studio we have the Bongo Brothers, who have finally confirmed Bron's belief that the Marine world is actually funny, and are peforming this year at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Prepared to be dazzled, seranaded and driven to floor in laughter at the musical comedy of Bongo, Drongo and Mongo. Prepare for whales, salinity and some zooxanthellae. Enjoy!
Do you live near the coast? Are you tired of your ‘high maintenance’ wilting hydrangeas and shrivelled up petunias? Are you sick of carting out buckets of shower water? Have you always wanted to flirt with native plants but have been too scared to try? Leanne Scott and Daniel Mansfield talk about how you can make a positive impact on the environment by planting native coastal plants instead of those thirsty English plants of yesteryear.
Dr Chris Walsh from Melbourne University joins us again to pick up where we left off a couple of weeks ago, as we discuss what it theoretically might take to recycle and use stormwater as a viable water source and potential alternative to desalination.
What are your views on the proposed desalination plant? Got some burning questions you’d like to discuss? Dr Chris Walsh and Dr Beach take questions from listeners in Marinara Talkback.
This week we're coming to you from The Festival of The Sea at Barwon Heads. Loads of guests! We speak with Bernard Napthine, President of Friends of Barwon River Bridge; David Littleton, President of the Committee of Friends Of The Sea; John Duthie from Friends of The Bluff about the book, Life On The Edge: A Guide To The Animals and Plants of the Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary; Mark Edmonds, Chair of the Committee of Management for the Barwon Coast region; Cass brings us Crumpled Stanchions; children from Barwon Heads Primary School present their poems about the sea; Lyn McGuinness gives the formal Welcome To Country; Steve Wickham from Save Barwon Heads Alliance; Janelle Thomas from Birds Australia; and we finish with the World Famous (TM) Radio Marinara Quiz. Phew!
Scientists and divers recently completed a detailed dive survey of where the cold Southern Ocean sweeps into the Chain of Bays region on the remote West Coast of South Australia. Dive survey project manager and professional photographer Grant Hobson talks about his team’s amazing underwater discoveries on a unique and remote area of Australia’s coastline.
Dr Chris Walsh is Principal Research Fellow at Melbourne University’s Department of Resource Management and Geography, and is pretty big on the idea of using stormwater as a viable alternative for desalination. Chris joins us for an interesting and provocative interview.
Have you ever wanted your name to go down in scientific history? Would you like the chance to have naming rights to a newly described deep sea species that is completely new to science? Anna McCallum tells us how anyone can have all this and help save our precious ocean wildlife at the same time.
Welcome to International Women's Day 2009! It's an all-girl talk-fest on today's show (well, Jeff Maynard is an exception), when Bron, Angeline and Cass take some time to reflect on some fabulous women and their contribution and legacy to marine science and conservation.
Angeline gives us a bio on the late Dr Isobel Bennett, arguably Australia's number one female marine scientist, who was posthumously honoured by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority who named a reef off McKay after her.
Bron gives us a run-down on Dr Sylvia Earle, yet another fabulous female marine scientist who was named the US International Ambassador to Oceans. And how could a segment on famous women in marine conservation be complete without mentioning Val Taylor and her work with sharks?
Cass chats about 'Chicks that Dig Salty Stuff', moving from Agatha Christie and Lotte Hass (who if morphed, could possibly have been a maritime archaeologist of sorts), onto women who have had a considerable impact on the blokesworld of maritime archaeology over the years. Listen for mentions of Myra Stanbury, Shirley Strachan, Wendy Van Duivenvoorde and Lyndel V. Prott.
Finally, Jeff Maynard pops in with some hilarious audio snippets from historical diving films. The commentary is there, but alas if you weren't listening on the day, you'll have to locate those glorious moments in the archives yourself. Needless to say, we 'chicks' no longer rush to reapply our lippy after diving!
Aspire to be as great as the women we cover on today's show. Blokes watch out - the revolution is coming!
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Join Bron, John and Angeline for our broadcast from the Sustainable Living Festival 09 at Federation Square. We have Luke Taylor from the Festival atlk to us about all the great sustainable gigs going on, covering all aspects of an eco friendly life, including urban eco communities, enviro efficient houses, feeding the suburbs from our own backyards, water saving and so much more! To follow this we have our lovely friend and regular guest of Radio Marinara, Hilary McNevin, and her and John talk about three easy rules of buying good sustainable seafood - buy local, look for freshness, and avoid sharks and long lived species. To pack ever more in to the show we have Leesa Ridley from Conservation Volunteers speaking about all the great projects going on around the country and our local area. Lastly but certainly not leastly we have the amazing Maeva Elliot on stage relating the high, lows and amazements of sailing through the arctic and trying to get to the bottom of what's really happening wuth global warming. An action packed show, get into it!
Angeline reunites with the Team Marinara after a well-publicised 'minor delay' caused a little extension to her Earthwatch trip in Thailand. Angeline tells us about the Reefwatch program in Thailand, where she assisted the group of researchers and volunteers gather data on the health of some of the reef systems in Thai waters.
We're joined by local surfer-photogrpaher Rod Hyett who gives us a promo for his 2009 surf calendar "The Surfer's Coastline". Christmas presents await!
And, finally, we speak with Coastcare's Matt Fox about the 2008 Coastaction Coastcare Awards the 2009 summer coastcare program which runs for two weeks in January.
Tune in for all things wet and salty and visit us at www.radiomarinara.com.
A couple of weeks ago, we discovered to our utmost horror that our favourite BIG thing, the Big Penguin of Penguin (TAS), was reported to have asbestos flowing through its fibreglass veins. Is the rumour true? Have the good folk of Penguin gone fleeing to the hills for their lives? Stephen Bock, our very own Penguin correspondent, gives us the low-down on the apparent perils of our favourite marine icon.
The word of the week is 'malacology' - the study of molluscs. Rebecca van Gelderen is the Secretary of the Australasian Society of Malacology came in to talk about her group and their penchant for all things molluscan...
And we were most honoured to be joined by Kelvin Thomson, Federal Member for Wills, who in his spare time is a fully fledged twitcher with a special passion for migrating coastal birds. We have a great chat with Kelvin about his early days as a field naturalist, and some of his concerns about where we're heading as a nation in looking after our most precious natural assets.
Hand over your booty landlubbers! We have a particularly piratical program lined up for you, full of action, drama, high seas and the many surprising uses for marine algae. After exciting news of pirates, cavaliers and this crazy crazy weather, we are joined in the studio by Dr Alecia Belgrove, prominent phycologist, or expert in all things algal. We catch up about the recent Australasian Society of Phycology and Aquatic Botany conference and all the creative and important uses for marine algae, from shampoo to carbon sinks to biofuels. Jeff Maynard pops in with a surprise Marine Soundscapes segment, talking about the classic (or not so classic) movie Underwater Warrior. Full of big stars who went nowhere, if you want a laugh at the expense of this expensive flop please listen in! We also get a sad update on the true fate of the Gillman from Creature from the Black Lagoon. Until our next high seas adventure!
The Radio Marinara team are privileged to be joined by Mick Sowry, director of the documentary 'Musica Surfica', which tells the story of Derek Hynd and Richard Tognetti (Musical Director, Australian Chamber Orchestra), best mates and afficionados of fin-less surfing. Recently winning First Prize at the New York Surf Film Festival, 'Musica Surfica' covers a week of music and fin-less surfing on King Island and explores the links between Richard's sublime music and the ultimate in friction-free surfing. This is unlike any surf DVD you have ever seen and Mick enlightens us on how this unique film came about, and plays music from the soundtrack.
Dr Beach talks about the recent Nobel Prize for chemistry and what it has to do with jellyfish; and something about green sea slugs and gene transfer (we got lost after the third word, but it is pretty darn interesting anyway).
We have an action packed show for you this week, two very special guests, fish and fish and more fish! Soya sauce fish actually, and we are joined in the studio by artist Gaby Jung, who has put the call out for as many of your little empty soya sacse fish packets as possible. Listen for details of Gaby's amazing artworks and inspiration. The back half of the show is dedictated to sustainable seafood and more particularly how to cook them in delicious and easy ways. We are joined by Hilary McNevin, author of "Guide to Fish - choosing and cooking sustainable seafood". We talk to Hilary about the fish to buy, what to ask the fishmonger and how to delight your tastebuds with some simple cooking tips. If you ever felt reluctant to buy fish you don't know what to do with, simply check out this book, make sure it's sustainable and start cooking! If you have any soya sauce fish for Gaby she'd love to receive them. Please send to 177/16 Cotham Rd Kew 3101 or contact Gaby on gabyjung46@gmail.com Visit http://www.radiomarinara.com for all the gossip on Radio Marinara
Bron & Radio Marinara panelist Cath go gaga over cult 70s surf-film 'Morning of the Earth', which may cause you to wonder if they get out much on Saturday nights... nevertheless, this episode has Cath on-air for the first time in 10 years, so we were excited!
Cass brings us another maritime heritage segment 'Crumpled Staunchions', discussing recent research by a multi-disciplinary team of scientists in Micronesia's Chuuk Lagoon, including a team from Earthwatch. Closer to home, she reviews Heritage Victoria's recent monitoring of the 1990s stabilisation work on the William Salthouse shipwreck in Port Phillip Bay.
John gets sustainable on the Vietnamese Basa Fillet - or Mekong Catfish, in Tales from the Fish Shop. Listen in for John's assessment of one of the most prolific fish found in Australain supermarkets (and Bron's culinary opinion...).
For more on mermaids, surf-culture, diving and wave-power, tune in to Radio Marinara!
We're joined live in the studio by coastal geomorphologist, climate change expert and Melbourne's favourite weatherman Rob Gell, to talk about climate change, what it really means for us all, and predicted impacts on the marine and coastal environments.
We might even ask Rob to do our own weather report (sorry Bron, you've been dumped!!).
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¡Bienvendio a bordo, Marinara amigos! This week's news segment has a channel deepening update and a discussion about seahorses, especially for Father's Day. Brett pops in for his dive report, sporting a jet-skiing injury, but we know that wont stop Brett from donning his gear and exploring the depths of Port Phillip.
We welcome Cass back to the studio after her 2 month adventure in Europe. She teases us with snippets on excavating ancient shipwrecks in the Med, living in the Spanish equivalent of the 'Big Brother' house and being fed miscellaneous animal faces, teeth intact, for lunch. Eeeeewwww!
Diving history and movie afficionado Jeff Maynard plays bytes from Revenge of the Creature, the 1950s sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon, in his latest edition of Soundscapes. This time the 1950s marine biologists take the man in the rubber suit out of the lagoon from the Amazon and stick him in an aquarium in LA. As you do. Standard storyline from there: of course the creature escapes, there's lots of screaming and mayhem, the near-death of a young girl, and plenty of chicks with high ponytails in pencil skirts running around squealing. And it's Big Clint's first ever movie.
This week was week 1 of the 3RRR Radiothon. There is no doubt that radiothon podcasts are for the more dedicated fans! There's is much silliness and little marine and coastal content. Enjoy!
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It's National Science Week, and we celebrate the diverse and wonderful world of Marine Science by broadcasting LIVE from the Queen Vic Market.
Dr Beach covers the latest cutting edge scientific papers that highlight another terrifying effect of more and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: the effect of increasing acidity of the oceans, and what this means for the organisms living it - especially the calcareous one, like corals and many plankton.
John takes a look inside the fishbowl of current marine science research in Victorian academic institutions - the research priorities of Melbourne Uni's marine science researchers, and some very cool projects underway by some of its PhD brainiacs including Melbourne University's Madhavi Colton.
Plus we speak with James Andrews, Statewide Leader Marine Fisheries, from Fisheries Victoria, about the fisheries research science currently underway to ensure our State's fisheries are and continue to be sustainable.
We catch up with Chris Smyth, Marine Campaign Officer for the Australian Conservation Foundation, about where they stand on the latest developments with the Channel Deepening Project, and some very interesting correspondence with the Queen of the Netherlands.....
Dr Surf continues his review of Surfing mags, with the relaunch of Surfing World. The publishers have revamped SW with the aim of producing a high quality surf magazine with a focus on escapism, "to showcase surfing and the ocean beautifully, with well researched and thought out articles", and "to give surfers a magazine they can be proud of". Have they succeeded?
Plus we're thrilled to have as our special guest Professor Jeff McFadden from the University of Melbourne's School of Botany. We catch up with Professor McFadden to discuss his career launching pad of marine botany and his subsequent journey through marine science to hunting down a cure for malaria.
Bron and Dave present a look a this week's quirky marine news - Dee Dee the 10kg 100 year old Canadian crayfish, Johnny Depp's solar powered Caribbean Island, and LA's decision to go Plastic Bag free (does this mean they'll be extraditing aging soapie stars??)
For most of us, a morning routine involves a shower, caffeinated beverage and getting dressed for the day. For the Icebergers, their morning routine includes plunging into Port Phillip Bay, all year round, on warm and icy days alike. We speak with Jason Sammon, Melbourne photographer who has just launched an exhibition of a collection of land-based and underwater images of the brave, unique and some might say barking mad Middle Brighton Baths Icebergers.
We bring to you the first ever Radio Marinara Soundscape quiz - this one only requires a knowledge of tunes and themes from 1960 underwater shows. Piece of cake! Winner received a copy of Jeff Maynard's fabulous book Divers in Time - Australia's Untold History
Dr Surf has a confused and highly biased wrap up of surf magazines. Now that virtually all magazines are wrapped in plastic, you'll just have to listen in to Dr Surf to find out which ones are worth the often outrageous purchase price. Whether you're interested in the specifics of big wave gun design or just want to ogle the pictures of jailbait at the Superbank don't miss this week's Surfing Culture on the Skids.
We launch a new segment for 2008 (so what if we're on the downhill slide to 2009) called 'Life's a Beach', where our own Dr Beach delves into the science journals to see what's cutting the edge of marine science. For the inaugural segment, Dr Beach checks out a new paper on 'algae join the fight to cure malaria'. Whatever it takes!
Scared of confined spaces? Scared of the dark? Scared of being underwater? Don't like being cold?Terri Allen isn't any of the above - she dives in caves for fun, and talks about this extreme variation of recreational diving.
If cave diving isn't your scene, then curling up with a good book in the warm probably is - so to cater for all our listeners, Dave brings us a book review - this one's a big picture book of environments by John Long.
Dave Collins is Squadron Commodore of the Port Phillip Bay Flotilla of the Victorian Coast Guard - sounds impressive? Have a listen to what he has to say about why he volunteers in this edition of Friends of Marinara.
Oh no, it's school holidays. Wondering what to do with the kids over the next fortnight? Sick of the same old DVDs and games and shops and cries of 'I'm BORED'? We come to the rescue - the Marine Discovery Centre in Queenscliff kicks off its school holiday programme this week. They're also recruiting for volunteers. To find out more, we speak with Amy Stephenson from the MDC.
Then...
We were shocked to read that some dolphins have recently been washing up dead on our local beaches, and even more shocked to read that mercury poisoning seems to be reason. Lucky for us, Dr Ross Thompson from Monash University is on the case. We catch up with Ross to find out about his research into what is killing the great dolphins of Melbourne?
Plus news on the mysterious fish market move, and diving news with Brett 'Born to be Wild'.
Dr Surf brings us another edition of Surfing Culture on the Skids, discussing the evolution of board shaping. He talks about two eminent shapers, Bob McTavish and George Greenough, and how their shaping and reduction of boards lengths from nine foot to seven foot bought about a surfing revolution in 1967 and 1968. Rather than just cruising on a wave, surfing became sport, with sharp tight turns leading to adrenalin-pumping rides.
Historian Jill Barnard boards the good ship Marinara to promote her new publication, Jetties and Piers: a History of Maritime Infrastructure in Victoria. The publication, produced on CD-Rom and available online at http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page.asp?ID=465, was released this year by the Heritage Council of Victoria and Heritage Victoria. The publications tells the story of the wide range industrial wharves, piers and defence installations, and recreational bathing boxes, swimming baths and boat harbours constructed around Victoria's diverse coastline, from settlement to the present day. We talk to Jill about how these facilities helped shape the social and economic development of Victoria.
Finally we hear from Greens MLC Sue Pennicuik, who joins us on the phone to discuss her new Bill in the Legislative Council, aimed at preventing the dumping of contaminated material in Port Phillip Bay during and after the Channel Deepening Project.
All aboard for a rollicking ride with the Marinara team on wet wintry Sunday morning.
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Bellarine or Mornington Peninsula? Which one floats your boat and why? Which one annoys you and why? Which one's got the best coffee? Which one's got the most irritating scene setters? Which one has more Toorak Tractors during school holidays? Brett's Spot launches the biggest wet and salty debate of all.
Phoebe Hill is currently completing her Ph. D thesis on the reproductive biology and development of the Shovelnose Ray. Phoebe joins us to talk about her brilliant research, bringing the inaugural edition of new Radio Marinara segment Budding Briny Boffins, where we explore the cutting edge research currently underway by our best and brightest marine post-graduate students.
Jeff Maynard brings us the next funky escape-back-to-the-60s edition of Soundscapes. This week, a 1960's TV show called 'Assignment Underwater'. Lots of daring rescues with old Aqualungs.
Don't come the raw prawn!! John delves into the crusty crate of facts
on what's involved in the prawning industry, both in Australia and with
international markets, in his latest edition of 'Tales from the Fish
Shop'.
Recreational fishing can be a dangerous pasttime,
and not only if you're a fish. Potential pitfalls include everything
from minor cuts, stings, bites, exposure, poisoning and at the extreme
end, death. Bruce Schumacher, Chair of Recfish Australia, joins us to
talk about some of the less pleasurable experiences of recreational
fishing, and his association's development of an educational and
communications strategy to reduce accidents. Check out the study on www.recfish.com.au
And.... we couldn't hold him back any longer - it's time for Brett's Spot. We apologise in advance.
This week Dave, Angeline and Cass cover news on whale populations, submerged historic statutes in France and the paper nautilus shell season.
Angeline's 'Friend's of Marinara' segment features guest Rebecca Koss from People and Parks. Bec talks to Angeline about the award winning 'Seasearch' program, which was honoured with the award for Innovation at the 2008 Victorian Coastal Awards in April. If you want to get involved with Seasearch monitoring programs in Victoria's Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries, email Bec at rkoss@peopleandparks.org.au or for more information go to www.seasearch.org.au.
Cass talks to Craig Bohm from the Australian Marine Conservation Society about disturbing news regarding changes to shark fishing practices in the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Finally Dave covers a couple of book reviews of children's books on pirates. Arrrrgggghhhhhh!
Aye, see you somewhere under the sea. Now shake a leg and get downloading this podcast you scurvy dogs!
Today's show is a delicious buffet of local seafood and coastal culture as we delve into two of Victoria's biggest fisheries and cap it all off with a fascinating discussion of surf and tiki art. John gets his hands wet and salty with talk of the King George Whiting fishery in his latest "Tails from the fish shop". Tune in for the inside word on how one of vistoria's best loved and most sustainable fish ends up on your table, with even a tip or two on cooking and accompanying wines! We talk to Vin Gannon, Executive Officer of the Victorian Abalone Diver's Association, about the spreda of the Abalone virus and the impact it is having on Victoria's most important fishery. Rev up the Sandman, grab your longboard and chill out completely as we talk to Tony Peake and Sam Biodo, organisers of the Kustom Island exhibition at the Kustom Lane gallery in Hawthorn. The exhibition features surf and hotrod art from local and international artists, vintage skateboards and Hawaiian memorabilia. Surfs Up!
This week we spoke with 11 year old Amy Orchard who is the Captain of the Narrawong Primary School which won the Victorian Coastal Awards for Excellence in Education about the program at their school.
Also Shelley Penn, Victoria's Associate Government Architect, joined us to talk about Good Design along the coast. Visit them on www.governmentarchitect.dpc.vic.gov.au.
Finally Cass filled us in on the latest and greatest from Maritime Heritage in Victoria. ___________
Well - we decided to send Bron to Penguin in Tassie to find out what it is all about. She got there as all the news services decided to leave but had the scoop for us live on Marinara. She decided to stay for a holiday and is having a ball!
Cass and Anth continued the fun in the studio with the first Marine Discovery Centre Quiz for 2008! Great prizes, excellent contestants and strange questions really hit the mark.
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Lots of fun stuff this week, mostly with a maritime (cf 'marine') theme. Hosts Bron & Cass broadcast the first 'On the Job', a brand new regular segment where salty types chat with the Radio Marinara team about their jobs and careers in the marine world. The first extra special guest is Matt MacDonald, Captain of the replica tall-ship Enterpize which sails around the coast of southern Australia (mainly Victoria) for most of the year. Matt discusses how he came to captain a tall ship, and how you too can forge a nineteenth century career in the modern world.
With the much-anticipated discovery of the shipwrecks HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran off the coast of Western Australia in March 2008, come the issues of protection, interpretation and commemoration of Australia's longest maritime mystery. The two vessels fought a disastrous battle in the Atlantic Ocean on 19 November 1941, causing the loss of both ships and the deaths of 645 Australian sailors. Cass & Bron cover some of the mystery and history of the wrecks and broach the possibility of extra protection for these sites under Australian law.
Finally the ladies (yes, ladies) talk about the Marine and Coastal Community Network with one of the organisation's hardest workers, Nicola Waldron. Listen in for details of the services provided by the MCCN and what you can do to get involved.
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This week the Radio Marinara team jump back into the water with talk of desalination, the windy weather and Polynesian canoes. Chris Heislers from community group "Your Water, Your Say" tells us the story behind plans for a desal plant in Victoria and discusses the many environmental concerns surrounding it. The irrepressible Brett phones in for his weekly dive report and we cover recent marine news including the current dredging.
Special guests Laura Thomas and Richard MacLean pop into the studio to talk about the fascinating hobby/sport/life that is Polynesian Outrigger Canoeing. The St Kilda based Kai 'Opua Outrigger Canoe Club is holding a cultural night of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Samoan and Cook Islander dance and music on Saturday 5th April at Elwood Beach Community Centre at 63a Ormond Esplanade staring at 7:45pm. For more details call 0403 582 868.
Brewer, Parish, Lopez, Hamilton, BK; - no, not characters from All Saints, these are the names of Hawaiian surfboard shaper demi-gods. This week Dr Surf discussed Hawaiian surfboards - the shapers, the most collectable boards and the cross-pollination between the Islands and Australian shapers. We also caught up with Zoe Hogg, winner of the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Victorian Coastal Council, and founding member of Earthcare St Kilda, and had a yarn about her current work with the Little Penguin colonies on the St Kilda breakwater. And last but never ever least, Chris Smyth, Marine Campaign Co-ordinator of the Australian Conservation Foundation, joined us to talk about BayMonitor, the independent monitoring program of Port Phillip Bay during the Channel Dredging project. Chris also gave us ACF's position on other current topical matters including the desalination plant proposal for Wonthaggi and the sustainability of commercial fisheries
Channel Deepening Special! This week Bron & Cass are joined in the studio by MLC Sue Pennicuik, Independent member for the Southern Metropolitan region. Sue is the parliamentary David in battle with Government Goliath in her views on the Channel Deepening project and speaks to Radio Marinara about the economic viability of the project. During the show she responds to talkback questions and comments. Diver reporter Brett Illingworth makes a return to the airwaves in his first 'Brett's Spot' for 2008, and we all realise why we miss him so much (and avoid the Mornington Peninsula).
A super sweet treat for our listeners involves the Scared Weird Little Guys and their glorious recording especially for Radio Marinara of "The Dredging Song". Enjoy!
We officially welcome John Ford to the Marinara team this week with his new regular segment 'Tales From the Fish Shop' and an impromptu diving report; Chris Smythe from the Australian Conservation Foundation is on the phone to tell us about a new monitoring project the ACF are conducting on Port Phillip Bay; plus plenty of news, including sitings of a rare white killer whale and frankenfish.
This week the Radio Marinara team covered the latest on the possible redevelopment of Bastion Point in east Victoria, the Festival of the Sea and Jeff Maynard was in for the first Marine Soundscape of the 2008.
This week Angeline discussed Crocodiles as the Attack of the Month, we all reviewed some of the recent news and finished up with a review of some of the panel’s report from the Channel Deepening Project SEES. Check out the Victorian Coastal Awards at www.vcc.vic.gov.au.
This week Dave reviewed “The Island of the Lost? by Joan Druitt. Jeff Maynard was in with some great clips from Marine Boy – 60’s manga of the sea. And from 2004 in our monthly 10 in 10, an interview with Redmond O’Hanlon, the author of Trawler.
This week we spoke to Belinda from Smith Family who was half way around Port Phillip Bay heading into the wind to come home in the “Around the Bay in a Day? event. After Brett, there was loads of news and we finish with Leo Opdenbrouw from Save Bastion Point to catch up on the latest weird stuff from the panel hearings about Bastion Point in Eastern Victoria.
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Pete and Anth caught up with some marine news about the place, we chatted with Angeline who was down at the Billabong Girls Get Out There day and finally Dr Jo Samuel King joins us on the way to the Cavalcade and Carnival for the bay to talk Channel Deepening.
Hey all – lots on this week. We talk nurdles with Angeline and the danger that they pose in the marine environment. Dave reviews some great kids books and Anth takes us back to 2003 in this month’s 10 years in 10 months. We replay the classic interview with Ray Sucliffe – famed BBC maritime doco-maker.
Alone in the studio Anth chats with Dave by phone about a booked called “Left for Dead? and later welcomes Megan Clinton from VNPA and Nicola Waldron from MCCN into the studio for a round table natter about what the biggest issues for the marine and coastal environs of Victoria will be in 5 years time.
For two wonderful weeks, we feel your love and have Radiothon shows. This is the annual time where we ask for your support to keep the station going. This year, we had two great musos live in the studio: Matt Walters on August 12th and Rosie Burgess on August 19th. Have a listen on the podcasts for their music. Thanks to both Matt and Rosie for giving us permission to leave their music on the podcasts. And thanks to you for your subscription and support for 3RRR FM!
For two wonderful weeks, we feel your love and have Radiothon shows. This is the annual time where we ask for your support to keep the station going. This year, we had two great musos live in the studio: Matt Walters on August 12th and Rosie Burgess on August 19th. Have a listen on the podcasts for their music. Thanks to both Matt and Rosie for giving us permission to leave their music on the podcasts. And thanks to you for your subscription and support for 3RRR FM!
This week we covered luxury submarines, the work done by community groups in Western Port and 10 years in 10 months - the diver who saw a live giant squid
Today's show covered: Marine inventions and Trivia - Submarines part III How the surf break got its name - local names, places and stories, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - the great old show where the 1970's was the future !
This week we natter about channel deepening, 18th and 19th Century submarines, fish naming and are joined by Leo Opdenbrouw to talk about the proposed development at Bastion Point in Eastern Victoria.
In this weeks show we take a first look at the proposed desalination plant for Victoria, the Japanese Sub's of Sydney Harbour, and go back to the year 2000 and talk to Dick Ziggin - the unelected Mayor of Coney Island, New York
This week we covered, Marine attack of the Month - The brainless, bonless jellyfish, the finding of a new wreck of the coast of Victoria. For more information on the news stories on:
Climate Change Special - Week 2 Over this week and the last, in conjunction with the Marine & Coastal Community Network (MCCN), we bring you part 2 of our special on the impacts and solutions to Climate Change. Today we talk about impacts on the insurance industry and what direction it might need to take with Bruce Thomas Sustainable Business Practices, fisheries and aquaculture with Dr Alistair Hobday from CSIRO and University of Tasmania and the way ahead - some possible solutions to Australia's situation with Chris Smyth from the ACF.
Climate Change Special - Week 1 Over this week and next, in conjunction with the Marine & Coastal Community Network (MCCN), we are bring you a special on the impacts and solutions to Climate Change. Today we talk about impacts on marine and coastal birds with Dr Karl Mallon from Climate Risk Pty Ltd, plankton with Dr Anthony Richardson from CSIRO and University of QLD and Australia's coastline with Professor Colin Woodroffe..
Today we covered loads of stuff. Starting with a big news catch up, then into puppetry - Ian Cuming is an artist who specialises in puppets. he joined us to talk about how and when and why. We also went back to 1999 for this month's episode of 10 years in 10 months. We listened to a snippet of Tim Allen interviewing Dr Sylvia Earle talking about the 65th anniversary of Beebie and Barton's journey to 923m below the sea surface at Bermuda - the first ever such journey.
Another big week. We had a big old chat with Brett Illingworth our dive reporter about how to keep warm as we approach winter. Pete filled us in on the world of submarines from the 16th and 17th century and we finished by catching up on loads of recent marine and coastal news.
Sorry about last week's technical hitch with the podcast. Back to normal this week! This week on Marinara we spoke with Cass Phillipou from the Maritime Heritage Unit about what's on in shipwrecks at the moment. Even Aust Post has released 3 stamps to celebrate National Archaeology Week. Then it was time for the first Marine Discovery Centre Quiz on Marinara. We had a ball with loads of callers. But don't you call as it has all happened!
This week on Marinara we caught up on the news of the week - including the winners of this year's Victorian Coastal Awards. We were joined by Neil Blake from Blue Wedges who spoke of their concern about the proposed channel deepening project. Then it was back to 1998 for 10 years in 10 months whene we played Tim Allen's interview with Tim Winton and Anth's talk with Billy Hurley about Otters.
This week on Marinara we were joined by surfing psychologist and author, Richard Bennett - he has just released a new edition of his book, The Surfers Mind. Rod Jones joined us to talk about the surf culture in the 70s and marine soundscape guy Jeff Maynard showed us some of the best and worst B-grade surf movies.
This week on Marinara we talked about some of the oldest ship wrecks in Port Phillip Heads (the Thetis and the Princess Royal) from the book "Wrecks on the Reef" by Heritage Victoria. Dr Warwick Raverty, Pulping Chemist, joined us to talk about some of the process detail in the proposed Gunns Pulp Mill in the Tamar Valley. Wariwck discussed what can go wrong with some of the plans. Angeline called Chris WIlkinsons from the WA Conservation Council at some ungodly hour in WA to talk about the proposed salt mine near Exmouth, WA.
Today we presented marine Invention of the month - the slightly obscure Thrust Bearing - invented by a man from Maldon before World War II and revolutionised the shippind industry.
Look out for a book review and the a discussion about the news of the day.
This week on Marinara we talked in detail with Brett (our dive reporter) about his (and others in the dive industry) view on the Channel Deepening project. Anth spoke with David Clark from C restaurant in Vancouver about the expansion of the Oceanwise sustainable fish program to Australia. We finished up hearing about Angelineâ??s trip to the wilds of SE Tassie and what the crew had managed to glean from trying to read the 14 or 15 or 17 000 pages in the SEES of the Channel Deepening Project.
This week on Marinara we talked with Matt Edmunds who is the current Master Champion Fin Swimmer about what on earth Fin Swimming is about. Bernard Napthline and Simon joined us to talk about developments in Barwon Heads Victoria and Penguin Tasmania. To finish off we heard an interview from 1997 with David Parer - acclaimed cinematographer - and listened to Anth being chased by an elephant seal...
On this weeks show, we have a chat with Brett about free diving, we talk to Stuart McConnell, Director Science and Technology from EPA Victoria about the toxins found in fish in the lower Yarra and Marybynong Rivers and hear our first episode of 10 Years in 10 months - a celebration of Radio Marinara over the last 10 years.
On this week's show we find out what Anth did over summer on the SV Pelican with a bunch of young people from the Royal Childrens Hospital. We also catch up on where some of the big stories from last year are: the PPB Channel Deepening, the proposed redevelopment at Bastion Point in East Gippsland and that weird Abalone virus killing the abs in Western Vic.
The last show for 2006 was also the first to celebrate our 10th year on 3RRR. Listen out for a preview of an intervoew with the founder of Sea Shepard, some ideas for marine presents for people you love (and a few others), a look at the Victorian fish count ans well as reminiscing about the last 10 years.
This week on Radio Marinara we see what it is like to be a marine scientist as student take a diving trip on a boat in the name of careers advice. This and more
This week we meet Brett's evil diving twin buddy - Barry. We discuss the impact of the recent Victorian State Election on the marine environment. And finish with a review of Killers of Eden. A remarkable story of whalers and Orcas in Eden NSW.
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We eat it from a can. You might get lucky and eat it as sushi or in a fancy
restaurant. But where does it come from? Is what you’re eating the southern
bluefin tuna we hear about so much in the news, actually Australia’s biggest
fish export and aquaculture sector? In Tails
from the Fish Shop, John explores the current status of the tuna in Australia and internationally and helps to answer some of the
questions on the species you are eating and the possibility of a sustainable
future for these impressive fast swimming pelagics.
Plus we bring you a very special interview with Professor Tim Ealey, aka ‘Dr
Mangrove’. Dr Mangrove has done it all, from pioneering research in Antarctica
in the 1940s to building a career around bushfire ecology, and now,
representing the needs of Western Port and its important mangrove ecosystems
and getting the message out to our conservationists of tomorrow. Don’t miss
this amazing chat with a truly amazing Australian marine research pioneer and
environmentalist.
Enjoy!
Bron, John, Ms 'Touch of an Angelfish' Cathy, and Team RM.
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This week we'll have the three authors of Beneath Our Bay in the studio to talk about their amazing book on our very own Port Phillip Bay. John Gaskell and his mates used simple digital cameras and snorkels (thatís right, no SCUBA) to record the astounding array of wild life we have at our doorstep. Tune in to get fired up about hitting the water this summer and getting (back) in touch with our very own marine paradise...
PlusÖ
Hilary McNevin joins us to talk about innovative ways to get kids to eat sustainable fish. Will she make smiley faces? Employ a bit of creative artwork with a bottle of sauce? Just say ëfryí? Tune in to find out.
Plus Brett, news, and sunny days (sweeping theÖ clouds away!). You know where to find the catch of the day on Sunday!
Catch you then, Bron, Dr Beach, Hilary and team RM.
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Dr Beach, John and Anth swim through another great show this sunday.
Starting with Julie Murphy from DPI Queenscliff talking about their open day on November 8th (next week). Not just the Marine Discovery Centre - but the whole place! Check out www.dpi.vic.gov.au
We will also welcome David Harper, Exec Office of the Victorian Coastal Council (VCC) who is oganising a huge Victorian Marine Forum on Monday November 16th at Zinc. The VCC released a Coastal Strategy for Victoria last year and this day is part of their strategy to raise the profile of just how special our coastal and marine environments are in this beautiful state. See www.vcc.vic.gov.au for details.
Did you see the 350.org news coverage? Wasn't it great but there's so much more. Check out www.350.org and have a look while we wander through the more than 21 000 photos from the more than 4000 actions people did in 175 countries to raise the profile about us getting that carbon down to 350 parts per million in the atmosphere (the safe level according to the IPCC).
Jeff Maynard tells us a yarn about the biggest German warship from world war II - the Tirpitz. And how Australians were responsible for helping sink it in a Norweign fjord.
Kyatt Dixon talks about his PhD studies on crustose red algae - calcified seaweeds that stick to rocks and which are under threat from ocean acidification. Kyatt has slaved for the last few years with all sorts of cool methods to show that these seemingly homogeneous pink crusty things in fact represent a mind-blowing array of different species. Why is this important? - Kyatt will tell us on Lifeís a Beach.
Ever wake up a bit crusty? Dr Gary Poore does every day - he's spent 35 years studying crustacean taxonomy at Museum Victoria, and has just authored a field guide called Crabs, Hermit Crabs and their Allies. He's also just published a book about barnacles called, cryptically, Barnacles. Dr Poore joins us to talk about the wonders of the crusties, and the diversity of our own Australian species - bet you thought if youíve seen one barnacle, youíve seen 'em all!
And Hilary imparts some wisdom on how to get kids to eat fish. Weíre hoping it extends beyond ëFry (insert fish of choice) to make crusty, and smother in tomato sauceí.
Catch you Sunday,
Bron, Dr Beach, Hilary and team RM.
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This week Anth and Angeline are joined by Nicole Allard and Assoc. Professor Simon Goldsworthy.
Nicole Allard and 3 friends started www.350schools.com which links to www.350.org - a global movement to raise the profile for the need for us to ACT NOW to decrease carbon in the atmosphere. There is a movement that suggests that 350 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere - this is the global community expression of this desire for action. Visit www.350.org and plan your own action for October 24th - the international day of action.
Angeline reports on a bizarre invention owned by Bill Gates to stop hurricanes... and we wonder what and why!
Ever thought about occupational health and safety when working with Seals?! Assoc. Professor Simon Goldsworthy from the SA Research & Development Institute does a lot. He tells us about times where they ahve had some very near misses with things that eat seals - great white sharks!
Can you remember what you wanted for your 10th birthday? A bike? The latest CD/vinyl LP of your favourite artist? Pogo stick/hula hoop/roller skates/blades/skateboard? This Sunday we are joined in the Radio Marinara tank by Hina Eyre who wanted for her 10th birthday...are you ready for this... a Triple R subscription. And not only that, she's just become the youngest legally qualified scuba diver in Australia. Tune in to hear our very special chat with someone we think is a very special girl.
Plus Dave Speller brings us the bizarre story of a Bermuda triangle of sorts in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where plastic junk seems to accumulate and, well, stay put.
Plus Dr Beach returns from his surfing safari up the NSW north coast to bring us up to speed with the latest in wet and salty science literature.
Catch you Sunday, Bron, Dr Beach, Dave and Team RM.
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It's an international flavour to this week's Marinara.
John returns from his overseas adventures to talk about the best diving in the world (Brett –it’s not Rye, quelle surprise!) in East Timor, some first hand experience with fish farms in Cambodia, and a unique way of managing Marine Parks in Vietnam.
Hilary continues the SE Asian theme to bring us some tips on simple methods of preparing fish the SE Asian way (vegetarians be warned – maybe a good time to make a cuppa).
We get a review from Dr Surf on a book about surfing called Deep Water by Brendan McAloon. Deep Water follows Brendan McAloon's remarkable journey to the most remote corners of the globe in search of the perfect wave.
Catch you Sunday, Bron, John, Hilary, Dr Surf, and Team RM.
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John and Bron talk algae, seagrass and mangrove in todays show about Port Phillips often unappreciated little sister. The importance of 35 year old studies, the impacts of muddy water on algae and the lessons to be learned from our historic impact on ecosystems are just some of the many topics we cover in today's program.
We bring you an interview with two of the directors of the Western Port Seagrass Partnership, John Clark and Emeritus Professor John Swan. The Westernport Seagrass Partnership has a mission to protect and restore the environment and catchment of Western Port to a state that can sustain a healthy, diverse and naturally productive catchment for future generations to enjoy. Its latest step is the production of a DVD about Western Port's history, current threats and challenges, and some solution for the future. Join us for a very entertaining and informative interview!
To get your copy of the free DVD and to find out all about the Partnership, visit www.seagrass.com.au
Bron and Dr Beach discuss new research on jellyfish and their impact on climate change, have a chat about diving with Brett Illingworth, and Port Phillip Eco-Centre’s ‘Bay Keeper’, Neil Blake, is back in the studio to talk about conservation priorities for Port Phillip Bay. Hear the latest marine conservation news, including the status of the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji. Finally, hang about until the end of the show for a snippet from the new issue of ‘Science’ on deep-sea swimming worms that drop luminous bombs on their predators - what a clever distraction tool!
Radiothon is over for another year, and we're jumping straight back on the (sea)horse. This week We speak with Ian Campbell, former Federal Environment Minister and current adviser to Sea Shepherd, about his prominent role in The Cove, his recent calls for the world to boycott Japan's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, and his view on where the campaign to stop the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji needs to go.
Since our interview with Louie Psihoyos a month ago, The Cove is now front page, mainstream news. We want to know what YOU think about it. Have you seen The Cove? Where do YOU think this campaign needs to go? We open the phone lines for Marinara talkback.
Dave reviews the book Three Ways To Capsize A Boat: an Optimist Afloat by Chris Stewart, the original drummer from Genesis. We promise not to play any Genesis either before or after the review.
Its Radiophone time, when you the subscriber help keep our much loved Triple R and Radio Marinara program on the air. Have a listen to a disco themed show and perhaps you can catch your subscriber disco fish name called out on air.
This week we have the full interview with Louis Psihoyos, director of The Cove, a documentary about the herding of dolphins for the captive dolphin market and the associated slaughter, which screened as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The Cove opens in limited release on Thursday 20 August.
For more information about the movie and how you can help the cause, check out the links on the Radio Marinara page of the 3RRR website at http://www.rrr.org.au/playlist/6413/
It's maritime heritage week (as Bron would say, we were 'getting diggy with it') at Radio Marinara, as Cass escapes the landlocked capital for a fleeting visit to Melbourne. The wet and salty RM girls are joined by Heritage Victoria's Hanna Steyne for a special show discussing the ancient submerged landscape of Port Phillip. Hanna talks us through the submerged landscape reconstruction she has been working on with Monash University GIS gurus, which will be going online in the next couple of weeks. To read about the project and view the digitial reconstruction, visit Heritage Victoria. Other Heritage Victoria news is at the fore, including a new campaign to help preserve wrecks in protected zones from the damage caused by illegal fishing in the zones. Brett surfaces for a quick chat about the weekend's diving action; and we finish as the team discusses the review of the 1976 Historic Shipwrecks Act that is being conducted by the Commonwealth Government with a view to ratifying the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
Dr Beach pulls apart a paper that rejoices in the name of “Top marine predators track Lagrangian coherent structures” - or how big birds use those ripples and patterns on the surface of the sea to figure out where they’re going.
Bec Koss, PhD student from Deakin Uni talks about her PhD studies into Community Capacity Building for Effective Management of Marine Protected Areas – or how the community can take ownership of the marine wonders in their own 'front yard'.
Bron brings Part 1 of an interview recorded with Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, currently screening at the 2009 Melbourne International Film Festival. It exposes a previously well-kept secret by the Japanese government and people – the annual round-up, trafficking and slaughter of thousands of dolphins that return each year to a small Japanese cove. It also exposes a corrupt world-wide multi-billion dollar industry.
* It’s word association time. Word is: Bells Beach. You’re probably thinking surf, sand, maybe towel, togs, sunscreen, surfboard… How about a 25 million year old whale fossil? Yep, us neither, but one has just turned up with astonishing potential evolutionary significance. David Pickering, Collection Manager of Vertebrate Paleontology at Museum Victoria, joins us to talk about this incredible discovery. Who would have thought – all those surfing tournaments, all those summers, all those thousands of people visiting every year, and it’s been there the WHOLE time!
* A Sea Change is the first high profile global documentary about ocean acidification. It follows the journey of retired history teacher Sven Huseby on his quest to discover what is happening to the world's oceans. Angeline has been lucky enough to have seen a preview, and gives us her appraisal, plus details of an important screening and fundraiser.
* And Dr Beach will be pulling apart the paper “Top marine predators track Lagrangian coherent structures”. For the rest of us, that means how big birds use ripples and patterns on the surface of the sea to figure out where they’re going. And we look at how fish are now being put forward as model organisms for the study of all sorts of medical complications – from osteoporosis to blindness. If there’s time he’ll also chat about how bacteria talk to one another to create bioluminescence.
Welcome to a special 'No Surf' edition of Radio Marinara. With no waves to speak of for weeks on end, Dr Surf has had lots of time for other activities, like moaning, swearing and surf culture. After last week's screening of Searching for Michael Peterson at The Espy, Dr Beach & Dr Surf team up to interview the director, Jolyon Hoff, about his experiences making the film and whether he did indeed find the legendary MP. Dr Surf then gets all philosophical on yo ass with a review of the book I Surf Therefore I Am. Written by a 70 year old philosophy professor at Boston Uni, the book discusses why we should surf, according to the great philosophers: Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Jesus, Machiavelli, Freud, and George Morey (inventor of the Boogie Board). And Jeff Maynard joins us with Marine Soundscapes: this month it’s everyone's favorite movie star - John Wayne. Yep, the Duke dons a diving helmet in Reap the Wild Wind. Listen here pilgrim, you and I are going to trade blow(fish)s.
Tribute will be paid to Peter Malcolm, an extraordinary social entrepreneur and supporter of Radio Marinara who tragically passed away recently.
We briefly introduce recent reports of plastic debris that have accumulated in a Pacific gyre to create a plastic garbage patch the size of France. The volume of plastic is now 10 times the volume of plankton. Plastic in the sea can no longer be thought of as plastic bags and bottles that have accidentally come to the end of their life in the sea. The team resolves to cover this alarming subject in detail on an upcoming program.
And Dr Beach peruses the sci-li, specifically how we can now, very coolly, use molecular markers to trace the origins of oceanic weeds back to ballast rocks being shipped across the Atlantic in times of yore. It’s our own take on trans-Atlantic rock-and-roll. Also a brief and glowing report on Searching for Michael Peterson, a film about the life of a 70s surfing icon, that screened at the Espy.
Welcome all and join us for a big show of laughs and fish farms. John talks fish farming in his latest "Tails from the Fish Shop" segment, so listen in to find out how we are going to feed our growing demand for fish by farming them. Dr Tim Dempster then joins us to focus on Australia's biggest fish farming sector, Atlantic salmon, and his experiences working in Norway, the world's biggest producer. It's local, it's fresh, but is it sustainable? The jury is still out. Finally Dr Beach continues the theme as we chat about farming tuna and conclude that it may be yummy but it might not be all that sustainable. Enjoy!
Bron and David host the show today.
They speak to Neil Blake, the Bay Keeper for Port Phillip Bay about
his role. Brett Illingworth calls in with his weekly dive report.
David reviews a book by Scott Millwood, What Ever Happened to
Brenda Hean. The book discusses the disappearance of Brenda Hean
in 1972, a founding member of the Greens party. Anthony Hurst, the
acting Deputy Director of Fisheries Australia, calls in to talk about
the newly formed Recreational Fishing Grants Working Group and
its role in deciding how best to spend the funds collected from the
issuing of fishing licenses.
Bron, John and Hilary McNevin talk squid, calamari and cuttlefish - John from the biology and sustainable fishing perspective, and Hilary gives us a great recipe and some cooking tips from her book, Guide To Fish.
On a more serious note, the team speak with Leo Optinbrauer about Planning Minister Justin Madden's boating channel development at Bastion Point, where environmental and safety recommendations made by an appointed panel of experts have been ignored. We also get the view of Chris Smythe from the Australian Conservation Foundation. On a positive note, Chris informs us that the process is not yet exhausted and that the decision can still be overturned with further lobbying. Chris also tells us about the land transfer at Point Nepean, where a national park is about to be instated.
Bron and Doctor Beach discuss the latest in ocean microbiology, particularly the astounding diversity of organisms being discovered and how studying their biology impacts on our understanding of the environment. Brett calls in with a dive report from Blairgowrie, and we chat with Gail Seddon, CEO of Keep Australia Beautiful, about the Clean Beach Award. We finish with an intriguing report involving the KGB cover-up of the true number of whales slaughtered by the Soviets and the scientist who brought this data to light.
Welcome fellow adventurers of the sea! Join Bron and John as they navigate the treacheries of counting fish, the perils of buying fish and the follies of fast food corporations and eager developers messing about where they're not wanted.
We talk with PhD student Madhavi Colton about her adventures on the Victorian coastline, trying to work our where the fish are, how many there are, and just what is the best way to see them. A diver's eye or a fishy camera? This and more will certainly be revealed.
John runs through what fresh and yummy in Mebourne's fish markets, then we are joined by our second guest, Katrina Humphrey of community action group Rye's Up! Our beautiful Mornington peninsular town of Rye is planning to get invaded by big fast food giants and the people of Rye are not happy about it. Katrina talks to us about the potential impacts of the environment and the local community and business. Visit their we site at http://ourtownrye.blogspot.com/ for more info.
Lastly we talk to Leo Op den Brouw of the group "Save Bastion Point" about recent devlopments at our favourite Malacoota spot, Bastion Point. Plans are afoot to develop a breakwater and harbour in this beautiful part of the world and again locals are not happy about it. We get the update.
Jan Juc artist Tony Wills, a.k.a. T-Bone, talks about his latest exhibition at the Swell Cafe in Torquay, "Something in the Water", which continues his three-dimensional theme of seascapes and local surf breaks. Pieces include scenes of Bells Beach that hang alongside surfer's-eye perspectives of riding inside a wave. Recycled native timbers are used to frame the pieces, adding a unique touch to the finished product.
Sydney diver and underwater photographer Mark Spencer played a key role in the filming of the fab new IMAX feature Under the Sea 3D. We chat with Mark about what it takes to shoot an IMAX film, the joys of working on this one and how he manages to lead a double life as a dentist. Lucky we're not on television, or we couldn't show you his face. Apparently.
And it's crappy movie time on Marine Soundscapes as Jeff Maynard introduces a real sinker - Captain Nemo and the Underwater City. Jeff stumps and shocks the team with this question: which famous underwater personality said, "For reasons of their own, women are suspicious of diving and frown on their menfolk going down"?
Welcome to another thought provoking, informative and thoroughly mad and salty Radio Marinara. This week we have laid back show for you, lots of news about sharks that could swallow you whole, how best to cook those sharks and why should probably not cook and eat those particular sharks. Not only will you find the answers to these puzzling questions but you will also be enlightened by tales of the WW2 bombing of Darwin as Dave reviews the book "An Awkward Truth". We promise there will be no Nicole Kidmans or Hugh Jackmans just crazy tales and some interesting and uncomfortable truths. We have Brett, we have the Victorian finalist of Australia's best beach awards (sadly not in person), we have iron eating bacteria, free caviar and loads more. Enjoy!
Join us for an Easter Sunday celebration full of, well... eggs! Not the lovely chocolate variety but little salty popping fish eggs otherwise known as caviar. Tune in for the history of these little symbols of wealth, power and decadence, find out where they come from and how the lust for fish eggs has led to the near extinction of fish species around the world. You can spit them out like Louis XV at the feet of the Peter the Great, or you can listen in and get some tips from Radio Marinara's resident culinary expert Hilary McNevin about how to enjoy preparing and eating these little treasures. And don't forget to buy sustainably! And in the studio we have the Bongo Brothers, who have finally confirmed Bron's belief that the Marine world is actually funny, and are peforming this year at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Prepared to be dazzled, seranaded and driven to floor in laughter at the musical comedy of Bongo, Drongo and Mongo. Prepare for whales, salinity and some zooxanthellae. Enjoy!
Do you live near the coast? Are you tired of your ‘high maintenance’ wilting hydrangeas and shrivelled up petunias? Are you sick of carting out buckets of shower water? Have you always wanted to flirt with native plants but have been too scared to try? Leanne Scott and Daniel Mansfield talk about how you can make a positive impact on the environment by planting native coastal plants instead of those thirsty English plants of yesteryear.
Dr Chris Walsh from Melbourne University joins us again to pick up where we left off a couple of weeks ago, as we discuss what it theoretically might take to recycle and use stormwater as a viable water source and potential alternative to desalination.
What are your views on the proposed desalination plant? Got some burning questions you’d like to discuss? Dr Chris Walsh and Dr Beach take questions from listeners in Marinara Talkback.
This week we're coming to you from The Festival of The Sea at Barwon Heads. Loads of guests! We speak with Bernard Napthine, President of Friends of Barwon River Bridge; David Littleton, President of the Committee of Friends Of The Sea; John Duthie from Friends of The Bluff about the book, Life On The Edge: A Guide To The Animals and Plants of the Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary; Mark Edmonds, Chair of the Committee of Management for the Barwon Coast region; Cass brings us Crumpled Stanchions; children from Barwon Heads Primary School present their poems about the sea; Lyn McGuinness gives the formal Welcome To Country; Steve Wickham from Save Barwon Heads Alliance; Janelle Thomas from Birds Australia; and we finish with the World Famous (TM) Radio Marinara Quiz. Phew!
Scientists and divers recently completed a detailed dive survey of where the cold Southern Ocean sweeps into the Chain of Bays region on the remote West Coast of South Australia. Dive survey project manager and professional photographer Grant Hobson talks about his team’s amazing underwater discoveries on a unique and remote area of Australia’s coastline.
Dr Chris Walsh is Principal Research Fellow at Melbourne University’s Department of Resource Management and Geography, and is pretty big on the idea of using stormwater as a viable alternative for desalination. Chris joins us for an interesting and provocative interview.
Have you ever wanted your name to go down in scientific history? Would you like the chance to have naming rights to a newly described deep sea species that is completely new to science? Anna McCallum tells us how anyone can have all this and help save our precious ocean wildlife at the same time.
Welcome to International Women's Day 2009! It's an all-girl talk-fest on today's show (well, Jeff Maynard is an exception), when Bron, Angeline and Cass take some time to reflect on some fabulous women and their contribution and legacy to marine science and conservation.
Angeline gives us a bio on the late Dr Isobel Bennett, arguably Australia's number one female marine scientist, who was posthumously honoured by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority who named a reef off McKay after her.
Bron gives us a run-down on Dr Sylvia Earle, yet another fabulous female marine scientist who was named the US International Ambassador to Oceans. And how could a segment on famous women in marine conservation be complete without mentioning Val Taylor and her work with sharks?
Cass chats about 'Chicks that Dig Salty Stuff', moving from Agatha Christie and Lotte Hass (who if morphed, could possibly have been a maritime archaeologist of sorts), onto women who have had a considerable impact on the blokesworld of maritime archaeology over the years. Listen for mentions of Myra Stanbury, Shirley Strachan, Wendy Van Duivenvoorde and Lyndel V. Prott.
Finally, Jeff Maynard pops in with some hilarious audio snippets from historical diving films. The commentary is there, but alas if you weren't listening on the day, you'll have to locate those glorious moments in the archives yourself. Needless to say, we 'chicks' no longer rush to reapply our lippy after diving!
Aspire to be as great as the women we cover on today's show. Blokes watch out - the revolution is coming!
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Join Bron, John and Angeline for our broadcast from the Sustainable Living Festival 09 at Federation Square. We have Luke Taylor from the Festival atlk to us about all the great sustainable gigs going on, covering all aspects of an eco friendly life, including urban eco communities, enviro efficient houses, feeding the suburbs from our own backyards, water saving and so much more! To follow this we have our lovely friend and regular guest of Radio Marinara, Hilary McNevin, and her and John talk about three easy rules of buying good sustainable seafood - buy local, look for freshness, and avoid sharks and long lived species. To pack ever more in to the show we have Leesa Ridley from Conservation Volunteers speaking about all the great projects going on around the country and our local area. Lastly but certainly not leastly we have the amazing Maeva Elliot on stage relating the high, lows and amazements of sailing through the arctic and trying to get to the bottom of what's really happening wuth global warming. An action packed show, get into it!
Angeline reunites with the Team Marinara after a well-publicised 'minor delay' caused a little extension to her Earthwatch trip in Thailand. Angeline tells us about the Reefwatch program in Thailand, where she assisted the group of researchers and volunteers gather data on the health of some of the reef systems in Thai waters.
We're joined by local surfer-photogrpaher Rod Hyett who gives us a promo for his 2009 surf calendar "The Surfer's Coastline". Christmas presents await!
And, finally, we speak with Coastcare's Matt Fox about the 2008 Coastaction Coastcare Awards the 2009 summer coastcare program which runs for two weeks in January.
Tune in for all things wet and salty and visit us at www.radiomarinara.com.
A couple of weeks ago, we discovered to our utmost horror that our favourite BIG thing, the Big Penguin of Penguin (TAS), was reported to have asbestos flowing through its fibreglass veins. Is the rumour true? Have the good folk of Penguin gone fleeing to the hills for their lives? Stephen Bock, our very own Penguin correspondent, gives us the low-down on the apparent perils of our favourite marine icon.
The word of the week is 'malacology' - the study of molluscs. Rebecca van Gelderen is the Secretary of the Australasian Society of Malacology came in to talk about her group and their penchant for all things molluscan...
And we were most honoured to be joined by Kelvin Thomson, Federal Member for Wills, who in his spare time is a fully fledged twitcher with a special passion for migrating coastal birds. We have a great chat with Kelvin about his early days as a field naturalist, and some of his concerns about where we're heading as a nation in looking after our most precious natural assets.
Hand over your booty landlubbers! We have a particularly piratical program lined up for you, full of action, drama, high seas and the many surprising uses for marine algae. After exciting news of pirates, cavaliers and this crazy crazy weather, we are joined in the studio by Dr Alecia Belgrove, prominent phycologist, or expert in all things algal. We catch up about the recent Australasian Society of Phycology and Aquatic Botany conference and all the creative and important uses for marine algae, from shampoo to carbon sinks to biofuels. Jeff Maynard pops in with a surprise Marine Soundscapes segment, talking about the classic (or not so classic) movie Underwater Warrior. Full of big stars who went nowhere, if you want a laugh at the expense of this expensive flop please listen in! We also get a sad update on the true fate of the Gillman from Creature from the Black Lagoon. Until our next high seas adventure!
The Radio Marinara team are privileged to be joined by Mick Sowry, director of the documentary 'Musica Surfica', which tells the story of Derek Hynd and Richard Tognetti (Musical Director, Australian Chamber Orchestra), best mates and afficionados of fin-less surfing. Recently winning First Prize at the New York Surf Film Festival, 'Musica Surfica' covers a week of music and fin-less surfing on King Island and explores the links between Richard's sublime music and the ultimate in friction-free surfing. This is unlike any surf DVD you have ever seen and Mick enlightens us on how this unique film came about, and plays music from the soundtrack.
Dr Beach talks about the recent Nobel Prize for chemistry and what it has to do with jellyfish; and something about green sea slugs and gene transfer (we got lost after the third word, but it is pretty darn interesting anyway).
We have an action packed show for you this week, two very special guests, fish and fish and more fish! Soya sauce fish actually, and we are joined in the studio by artist Gaby Jung, who has put the call out for as many of your little empty soya sacse fish packets as possible. Listen for details of Gaby's amazing artworks and inspiration. The back half of the show is dedictated to sustainable seafood and more particularly how to cook them in delicious and easy ways. We are joined by Hilary McNevin, author of "Guide to Fish - choosing and cooking sustainable seafood". We talk to Hilary about the fish to buy, what to ask the fishmonger and how to delight your tastebuds with some simple cooking tips. If you ever felt reluctant to buy fish you don't know what to do with, simply check out this book, make sure it's sustainable and start cooking! If you have any soya sauce fish for Gaby she'd love to receive them. Please send to 177/16 Cotham Rd Kew 3101 or contact Gaby on gabyjung46@gmail.com Visit http://www.radiomarinara.com for all the gossip on Radio Marinara
Bron & Radio Marinara panelist Cath go gaga over cult 70s surf-film 'Morning of the Earth', which may cause you to wonder if they get out much on Saturday nights... nevertheless, this episode has Cath on-air for the first time in 10 years, so we were excited!
Cass brings us another maritime heritage segment 'Crumpled Staunchions', discussing recent research by a multi-disciplinary team of scientists in Micronesia's Chuuk Lagoon, including a team from Earthwatch. Closer to home, she reviews Heritage Victoria's recent monitoring of the 1990s stabilisation work on the William Salthouse shipwreck in Port Phillip Bay.
John gets sustainable on the Vietnamese Basa Fillet - or Mekong Catfish, in Tales from the Fish Shop. Listen in for John's assessment of one of the most prolific fish found in Australain supermarkets (and Bron's culinary opinion...).
For more on mermaids, surf-culture, diving and wave-power, tune in to Radio Marinara!
We're joined live in the studio by coastal geomorphologist, climate change expert and Melbourne's favourite weatherman Rob Gell, to talk about climate change, what it really means for us all, and predicted impacts on the marine and coastal environments.
We might even ask Rob to do our own weather report (sorry Bron, you've been dumped!!).
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¡Bienvendio a bordo, Marinara amigos! This week's news segment has a channel deepening update and a discussion about seahorses, especially for Father's Day. Brett pops in for his dive report, sporting a jet-skiing injury, but we know that wont stop Brett from donning his gear and exploring the depths of Port Phillip.
We welcome Cass back to the studio after her 2 month adventure in Europe. She teases us with snippets on excavating ancient shipwrecks in the Med, living in the Spanish equivalent of the 'Big Brother' house and being fed miscellaneous animal faces, teeth intact, for lunch. Eeeeewwww!
Diving history and movie afficionado Jeff Maynard plays bytes from Revenge of the Creature, the 1950s sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon, in his latest edition of Soundscapes. This time the 1950s marine biologists take the man in the rubber suit out of the lagoon from the Amazon and stick him in an aquarium in LA. As you do. Standard storyline from there: of course the creature escapes, there's lots of screaming and mayhem, the near-death of a young girl, and plenty of chicks with high ponytails in pencil skirts running around squealing. And it's Big Clint's first ever movie.
This week was week 1 of the 3RRR Radiothon. There is no doubt that radiothon podcasts are for the more dedicated fans! There's is much silliness and little marine and coastal content. Enjoy!
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It's National Science Week, and we celebrate the diverse and wonderful world of Marine Science by broadcasting LIVE from the Queen Vic Market.
Dr Beach covers the latest cutting edge scientific papers that highlight another terrifying effect of more and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: the effect of increasing acidity of the oceans, and what this means for the organisms living it - especially the calcareous one, like corals and many plankton.
John takes a look inside the fishbowl of current marine science research in Victorian academic institutions - the research priorities of Melbourne Uni's marine science researchers, and some very cool projects underway by some of its PhD brainiacs including Melbourne University's Madhavi Colton.
Plus we speak with James Andrews, Statewide Leader Marine Fisheries, from Fisheries Victoria, about the fisheries research science currently underway to ensure our State's fisheries are and continue to be sustainable.
We catch up with Chris Smyth, Marine Campaign Officer for the Australian Conservation Foundation, about where they stand on the latest developments with the Channel Deepening Project, and some very interesting correspondence with the Queen of the Netherlands.....
Dr Surf continues his review of Surfing mags, with the relaunch of Surfing World. The publishers have revamped SW with the aim of producing a high quality surf magazine with a focus on escapism, "to showcase surfing and the ocean beautifully, with well researched and thought out articles", and "to give surfers a magazine they can be proud of". Have they succeeded?
Plus we're thrilled to have as our special guest Professor Jeff McFadden from the University of Melbourne's School of Botany. We catch up with Professor McFadden to discuss his career launching pad of marine botany and his subsequent journey through marine science to hunting down a cure for malaria.
Bron and Dave present a look a this week's quirky marine news - Dee Dee the 10kg 100 year old Canadian crayfish, Johnny Depp's solar powered Caribbean Island, and LA's decision to go Plastic Bag free (does this mean they'll be extraditing aging soapie stars??)
For most of us, a morning routine involves a shower, caffeinated beverage and getting dressed for the day. For the Icebergers, their morning routine includes plunging into Port Phillip Bay, all year round, on warm and icy days alike. We speak with Jason Sammon, Melbourne photographer who has just launched an exhibition of a collection of land-based and underwater images of the brave, unique and some might say barking mad Middle Brighton Baths Icebergers.
We bring to you the first ever Radio Marinara Soundscape quiz - this one only requires a knowledge of tunes and themes from 1960 underwater shows. Piece of cake! Winner received a copy of Jeff Maynard's fabulous book Divers in Time - Australia's Untold History
Dr Surf has a confused and highly biased wrap up of surf magazines. Now that virtually all magazines are wrapped in plastic, you'll just have to listen in to Dr Surf to find out which ones are worth the often outrageous purchase price. Whether you're interested in the specifics of big wave gun design or just want to ogle the pictures of jailbait at the Superbank don't miss this week's Surfing Culture on the Skids.
We launch a new segment for 2008 (so what if we're on the downhill slide to 2009) called 'Life's a Beach', where our own Dr Beach delves into the science journals to see what's cutting the edge of marine science. For the inaugural segment, Dr Beach checks out a new paper on 'algae join the fight to cure malaria'. Whatever it takes!
Scared of confined spaces? Scared of the dark? Scared of being underwater? Don't like being cold?Terri Allen isn't any of the above - she dives in caves for fun, and talks about this extreme variation of recreational diving.
If cave diving isn't your scene, then curling up with a good book in the warm probably is - so to cater for all our listeners, Dave brings us a book review - this one's a big picture book of environments by John Long.
Dave Collins is Squadron Commodore of the Port Phillip Bay Flotilla of the Victorian Coast Guard - sounds impressive? Have a listen to what he has to say about why he volunteers in this edition of Friends of Marinara.
Oh no, it's school holidays. Wondering what to do with the kids over the next fortnight? Sick of the same old DVDs and games and shops and cries of 'I'm BORED'? We come to the rescue - the Marine Discovery Centre in Queenscliff kicks off its school holiday programme this week. They're also recruiting for volunteers. To find out more, we speak with Amy Stephenson from the MDC.
Then...
We were shocked to read that some dolphins have recently been washing up dead on our local beaches, and even more shocked to read that mercury poisoning seems to be reason. Lucky for us, Dr Ross Thompson from Monash University is on the case. We catch up with Ross to find out about his research into what is killing the great dolphins of Melbourne?
Plus news on the mysterious fish market move, and diving news with Brett 'Born to be Wild'.
Dr Surf brings us another edition of Surfing Culture on the Skids, discussing the evolution of board shaping. He talks about two eminent shapers, Bob McTavish and George Greenough, and how their shaping and reduction of boards lengths from nine foot to seven foot bought about a surfing revolution in 1967 and 1968. Rather than just cruising on a wave, surfing became sport, with sharp tight turns leading to adrenalin-pumping rides.
Historian Jill Barnard boards the good ship Marinara to promote her new publication, Jetties and Piers: a History of Maritime Infrastructure in Victoria. The publication, produced on CD-Rom and available online at http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page.asp?ID=465, was released this year by the Heritage Council of Victoria and Heritage Victoria. The publications tells the story of the wide range industrial wharves, piers and defence installations, and recreational bathing boxes, swimming baths and boat harbours constructed around Victoria's diverse coastline, from settlement to the present day. We talk to Jill about how these facilities helped shape the social and economic development of Victoria.
Finally we hear from Greens MLC Sue Pennicuik, who joins us on the phone to discuss her new Bill in the Legislative Council, aimed at preventing the dumping of contaminated material in Port Phillip Bay during and after the Channel Deepening Project.
All aboard for a rollicking ride with the Marinara team on wet wintry Sunday morning.
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Bellarine or Mornington Peninsula? Which one floats your boat and why? Which one annoys you and why? Which one's got the best coffee? Which one's got the most irritating scene setters? Which one has more Toorak Tractors during school holidays? Brett's Spot launches the biggest wet and salty debate of all.
Phoebe Hill is currently completing her Ph. D thesis on the reproductive biology and development of the Shovelnose Ray. Phoebe joins us to talk about her brilliant research, bringing the inaugural edition of new Radio Marinara segment Budding Briny Boffins, where we explore the cutting edge research currently underway by our best and brightest marine post-graduate students.
Jeff Maynard brings us the next funky escape-back-to-the-60s edition of Soundscapes. This week, a 1960's TV show called 'Assignment Underwater'. Lots of daring rescues with old Aqualungs.
Don't come the raw prawn!! John delves into the crusty crate of facts
on what's involved in the prawning industry, both in Australia and with
international markets, in his latest edition of 'Tales from the Fish
Shop'.
Recreational fishing can be a dangerous pasttime,
and not only if you're a fish. Potential pitfalls include everything
from minor cuts, stings, bites, exposure, poisoning and at the extreme
end, death. Bruce Schumacher, Chair of Recfish Australia, joins us to
talk about some of the less pleasurable experiences of recreational
fishing, and his association's development of an educational and
communications strategy to reduce accidents. Check out the study on www.recfish.com.au
And.... we couldn't hold him back any longer - it's time for Brett's Spot. We apologise in advance.
This week Dave, Angeline and Cass cover news on whale populations, submerged historic statutes in France and the paper nautilus shell season.
Angeline's 'Friend's of Marinara' segment features guest Rebecca Koss from People and Parks. Bec talks to Angeline about the award winning 'Seasearch' program, which was honoured with the award for Innovation at the 2008 Victorian Coastal Awards in April. If you want to get involved with Seasearch monitoring programs in Victoria's Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries, email Bec at rkoss@peopleandparks.org.au or for more information go to www.seasearch.org.au.
Cass talks to Craig Bohm from the Australian Marine Conservation Society about disturbing news regarding changes to shark fishing practices in the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Finally Dave covers a couple of book reviews of children's books on pirates. Arrrrgggghhhhhh!
Aye, see you somewhere under the sea. Now shake a leg and get downloading this podcast you scurvy dogs!
Today's show is a delicious buffet of local seafood and coastal culture as we delve into two of Victoria's biggest fisheries and cap it all off with a fascinating discussion of surf and tiki art. John gets his hands wet and salty with talk of the King George Whiting fishery in his latest "Tails from the fish shop". Tune in for the inside word on how one of vistoria's best loved and most sustainable fish ends up on your table, with even a tip or two on cooking and accompanying wines! We talk to Vin Gannon, Executive Officer of the Victorian Abalone Diver's Association, about the spreda of the Abalone virus and the impact it is having on Victoria's most important fishery. Rev up the Sandman, grab your longboard and chill out completely as we talk to Tony Peake and Sam Biodo, organisers of the Kustom Island exhibition at the Kustom Lane gallery in Hawthorn. The exhibition features surf and hotrod art from local and international artists, vintage skateboards and Hawaiian memorabilia. Surfs Up!
This week we spoke with 11 year old Amy Orchard who is the Captain of the Narrawong Primary School which won the Victorian Coastal Awards for Excellence in Education about the program at their school.
Also Shelley Penn, Victoria's Associate Government Architect, joined us to talk about Good Design along the coast. Visit them on www.governmentarchitect.dpc.vic.gov.au.
Finally Cass filled us in on the latest and greatest from Maritime Heritage in Victoria. ___________
Well - we decided to send Bron to Penguin in Tassie to find out what it is all about. She got there as all the news services decided to leave but had the scoop for us live on Marinara. She decided to stay for a holiday and is having a ball!
Cass and Anth continued the fun in the studio with the first Marine Discovery Centre Quiz for 2008! Great prizes, excellent contestants and strange questions really hit the mark.
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Lots of fun stuff this week, mostly with a maritime (cf 'marine') theme. Hosts Bron & Cass broadcast the first 'On the Job', a brand new regular segment where salty types chat with the Radio Marinara team about their jobs and careers in the marine world. The first extra special guest is Matt MacDonald, Captain of the replica tall-ship Enterpize which sails around the coast of southern Australia (mainly Victoria) for most of the year. Matt discusses how he came to captain a tall ship, and how you too can forge a nineteenth century career in the modern world.
With the much-anticipated discovery of the shipwrecks HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran off the coast of Western Australia in March 2008, come the issues of protection, interpretation and commemoration of Australia's longest maritime mystery. The two vessels fought a disastrous battle in the Atlantic Ocean on 19 November 1941, causing the loss of both ships and the deaths of 645 Australian sailors. Cass & Bron cover some of the mystery and history of the wrecks and broach the possibility of extra protection for these sites under Australian law.
Finally the ladies (yes, ladies) talk about the Marine and Coastal Community Network with one of the organisation's hardest workers, Nicola Waldron. Listen in for details of the services provided by the MCCN and what you can do to get involved.
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This week the Radio Marinara team jump back into the water with talk of desalination, the windy weather and Polynesian canoes. Chris Heislers from community group "Your Water, Your Say" tells us the story behind plans for a desal plant in Victoria and discusses the many environmental concerns surrounding it. The irrepressible Brett phones in for his weekly dive report and we cover recent marine news including the current dredging.
Special guests Laura Thomas and Richard MacLean pop into the studio to talk about the fascinating hobby/sport/life that is Polynesian Outrigger Canoeing. The St Kilda based Kai 'Opua Outrigger Canoe Club is holding a cultural night of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Samoan and Cook Islander dance and music on Saturday 5th April at Elwood Beach Community Centre at 63a Ormond Esplanade staring at 7:45pm. For more details call 0403 582 868.
Brewer, Parish, Lopez, Hamilton, BK; - no, not characters from All Saints, these are the names of Hawaiian surfboard shaper demi-gods. This week Dr Surf discussed Hawaiian surfboards - the shapers, the most collectable boards and the cross-pollination between the Islands and Australian shapers. We also caught up with Zoe Hogg, winner of the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Victorian Coastal Council, and founding member of Earthcare St Kilda, and had a yarn about her current work with the Little Penguin colonies on the St Kilda breakwater. And last but never ever least, Chris Smyth, Marine Campaign Co-ordinator of the Australian Conservation Foundation, joined us to talk about BayMonitor, the independent monitoring program of Port Phillip Bay during the Channel Dredging project. Chris also gave us ACF's position on other current topical matters including the desalination plant proposal for Wonthaggi and the sustainability of commercial fisheries
Channel Deepening Special! This week Bron & Cass are joined in the studio by MLC Sue Pennicuik, Independent member for the Southern Metropolitan region. Sue is the parliamentary David in battle with Government Goliath in her views on the Channel Deepening project and speaks to Radio Marinara about the economic viability of the project. During the show she responds to talkback questions and comments. Diver reporter Brett Illingworth makes a return to the airwaves in his first 'Brett's Spot' for 2008, and we all realise why we miss him so much (and avoid the Mornington Peninsula).
A super sweet treat for our listeners involves the Scared Weird Little Guys and their glorious recording especially for Radio Marinara of "The Dredging Song". Enjoy!
We officially welcome John Ford to the Marinara team this week with his new regular segment 'Tales From the Fish Shop' and an impromptu diving report; Chris Smythe from the Australian Conservation Foundation is on the phone to tell us about a new monitoring project the ACF are conducting on Port Phillip Bay; plus plenty of news, including sitings of a rare white killer whale and frankenfish.
This week the Radio Marinara team covered the latest on the possible redevelopment of Bastion Point in east Victoria, the Festival of the Sea and Jeff Maynard was in for the first Marine Soundscape of the 2008.
This week Angeline discussed Crocodiles as the Attack of the Month, we all reviewed some of the recent news and finished up with a review of some of the panel’s report from the Channel Deepening Project SEES. Check out the Victorian Coastal Awards at www.vcc.vic.gov.au.
This week Dave reviewed “The Island of the Lost? by Joan Druitt. Jeff Maynard was in with some great clips from Marine Boy – 60’s manga of the sea. And from 2004 in our monthly 10 in 10, an interview with Redmond O’Hanlon, the author of Trawler.
This week we spoke to Belinda from Smith Family who was half way around Port Phillip Bay heading into the wind to come home in the “Around the Bay in a Day? event. After Brett, there was loads of news and we finish with Leo Opdenbrouw from Save Bastion Point to catch up on the latest weird stuff from the panel hearings about Bastion Point in Eastern Victoria.
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Pete and Anth caught up with some marine news about the place, we chatted with Angeline who was down at the Billabong Girls Get Out There day and finally Dr Jo Samuel King joins us on the way to the Cavalcade and Carnival for the bay to talk Channel Deepening.
Hey all – lots on this week. We talk nurdles with Angeline and the danger that they pose in the marine environment. Dave reviews some great kids books and Anth takes us back to 2003 in this month’s 10 years in 10 months. We replay the classic interview with Ray Sucliffe – famed BBC maritime doco-maker.
Alone in the studio Anth chats with Dave by phone about a booked called “Left for Dead? and later welcomes Megan Clinton from VNPA and Nicola Waldron from MCCN into the studio for a round table natter about what the biggest issues for the marine and coastal environs of Victoria will be in 5 years time.
For two wonderful weeks, we feel your love and have Radiothon shows. This is the annual time where we ask for your support to keep the station going. This year, we had two great musos live in the studio: Matt Walters on August 12th and Rosie Burgess on August 19th. Have a listen on the podcasts for their music. Thanks to both Matt and Rosie for giving us permission to leave their music on the podcasts. And thanks to you for your subscription and support for 3RRR FM!
For two wonderful weeks, we feel your love and have Radiothon shows. This is the annual time where we ask for your support to keep the station going. This year, we had two great musos live in the studio: Matt Walters on August 12th and Rosie Burgess on August 19th. Have a listen on the podcasts for their music. Thanks to both Matt and Rosie for giving us permission to leave their music on the podcasts. And thanks to you for your subscription and support for 3RRR FM!
This week we covered luxury submarines, the work done by community groups in Western Port and 10 years in 10 months - the diver who saw a live giant squid
Today's show covered: Marine inventions and Trivia - Submarines part III How the surf break got its name - local names, places and stories, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - the great old show where the 1970's was the future !
This week we natter about channel deepening, 18th and 19th Century submarines, fish naming and are joined by Leo Opdenbrouw to talk about the proposed development at Bastion Point in Eastern Victoria.
In this weeks show we take a first look at the proposed desalination plant for Victoria, the Japanese Sub's of Sydney Harbour, and go back to the year 2000 and talk to Dick Ziggin - the unelected Mayor of Coney Island, New York
This week we covered, Marine attack of the Month - The brainless, bonless jellyfish, the finding of a new wreck of the coast of Victoria. For more information on the news stories on:
Climate Change Special - Week 2 Over this week and the last, in conjunction with the Marine & Coastal Community Network (MCCN), we bring you part 2 of our special on the impacts and solutions to Climate Change. Today we talk about impacts on the insurance industry and what direction it might need to take with Bruce Thomas Sustainable Business Practices, fisheries and aquaculture with Dr Alistair Hobday from CSIRO and University of Tasmania and the way ahead - some possible solutions to Australia's situation with Chris Smyth from the ACF.
Climate Change Special - Week 1 Over this week and next, in conjunction with the Marine & Coastal Community Network (MCCN), we are bring you a special on the impacts and solutions to Climate Change. Today we talk about impacts on marine and coastal birds with Dr Karl Mallon from Climate Risk Pty Ltd, plankton with Dr Anthony Richardson from CSIRO and University of QLD and Australia's coastline with Professor Colin Woodroffe..
Today we covered loads of stuff. Starting with a big news catch up, then into puppetry - Ian Cuming is an artist who specialises in puppets. he joined us to talk about how and when and why. We also went back to 1999 for this month's episode of 10 years in 10 months. We listened to a snippet of Tim Allen interviewing Dr Sylvia Earle talking about the 65th anniversary of Beebie and Barton's journey to 923m below the sea surface at Bermuda - the first ever such journey.
Another big week. We had a big old chat with Brett Illingworth our dive reporter about how to keep warm as we approach winter. Pete filled us in on the world of submarines from the 16th and 17th century and we finished by catching up on loads of recent marine and coastal news.
Sorry about last week's technical hitch with the podcast. Back to normal this week! This week on Marinara we spoke with Cass Phillipou from the Maritime Heritage Unit about what's on in shipwrecks at the moment. Even Aust Post has released 3 stamps to celebrate National Archaeology Week. Then it was time for the first Marine Discovery Centre Quiz on Marinara. We had a ball with loads of callers. But don't you call as it has all happened!
This week on Marinara we caught up on the news of the week - including the winners of this year's Victorian Coastal Awards. We were joined by Neil Blake from Blue Wedges who spoke of their concern about the proposed channel deepening project. Then it was back to 1998 for 10 years in 10 months whene we played Tim Allen's interview with Tim Winton and Anth's talk with Billy Hurley about Otters.
This week on Marinara we were joined by surfing psychologist and author, Richard Bennett - he has just released a new edition of his book, The Surfers Mind. Rod Jones joined us to talk about the surf culture in the 70s and marine soundscape guy Jeff Maynard showed us some of the best and worst B-grade surf movies.
This week on Marinara we talked about some of the oldest ship wrecks in Port Phillip Heads (the Thetis and the Princess Royal) from the book "Wrecks on the Reef" by Heritage Victoria. Dr Warwick Raverty, Pulping Chemist, joined us to talk about some of the process detail in the proposed Gunns Pulp Mill in the Tamar Valley. Wariwck discussed what can go wrong with some of the plans. Angeline called Chris WIlkinsons from the WA Conservation Council at some ungodly hour in WA to talk about the proposed salt mine near Exmouth, WA.
Today we presented marine Invention of the month - the slightly obscure Thrust Bearing - invented by a man from Maldon before World War II and revolutionised the shippind industry.
Look out for a book review and the a discussion about the news of the day.
This week on Marinara we talked in detail with Brett (our dive reporter) about his (and others in the dive industry) view on the Channel Deepening project. Anth spoke with David Clark from C restaurant in Vancouver about the expansion of the Oceanwise sustainable fish program to Australia. We finished up hearing about Angelineâ??s trip to the wilds of SE Tassie and what the crew had managed to glean from trying to read the 14 or 15 or 17 000 pages in the SEES of the Channel Deepening Project.
This week on Marinara we talked with Matt Edmunds who is the current Master Champion Fin Swimmer about what on earth Fin Swimming is about. Bernard Napthline and Simon joined us to talk about developments in Barwon Heads Victoria and Penguin Tasmania. To finish off we heard an interview from 1997 with David Parer - acclaimed cinematographer - and listened to Anth being chased by an elephant seal...
On this weeks show, we have a chat with Brett about free diving, we talk to Stuart McConnell, Director Science and Technology from EPA Victoria about the toxins found in fish in the lower Yarra and Marybynong Rivers and hear our first episode of 10 Years in 10 months - a celebration of Radio Marinara over the last 10 years.
On this week's show we find out what Anth did over summer on the SV Pelican with a bunch of young people from the Royal Childrens Hospital. We also catch up on where some of the big stories from last year are: the PPB Channel Deepening, the proposed redevelopment at Bastion Point in East Gippsland and that weird Abalone virus killing the abs in Western Vic.
The last show for 2006 was also the first to celebrate our 10th year on 3RRR. Listen out for a preview of an intervoew with the founder of Sea Shepard, some ideas for marine presents for people you love (and a few others), a look at the Victorian fish count ans well as reminiscing about the last 10 years.
This week on Radio Marinara we see what it is like to be a marine scientist as student take a diving trip on a boat in the name of careers advice. This and more
This week we meet Brett's evil diving twin buddy - Barry. We discuss the impact of the recent Victorian State Election on the marine environment. And finish with a review of Killers of Eden. A remarkable story of whalers and Orcas in Eden NSW.
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We eat it from a can. You might get lucky and eat it as sushi or in a fancy
restaurant. But where does it come from? Is what you’re eating the southern
bluefin tuna we hear about so much in the news, actually Australia’s biggest
fish export and aquaculture sector? In Tails
from the Fish Shop, John explores the current status of the tuna in Australia and internationally and helps to answer some of the
questions on the species you are eating and the possibility of a sustainable
future for these impressive fast swimming pelagics.
Plus we bring you a very special interview with Professor Tim Ealey, aka ‘Dr
Mangrove’. Dr Mangrove has done it all, from pioneering research in Antarctica
in the 1940s to building a career around bushfire ecology, and now,
representing the needs of Western Port and its important mangrove ecosystems
and getting the message out to our conservationists of tomorrow. Don’t miss
this amazing chat with a truly amazing Australian marine research pioneer and
environmentalist.
Enjoy!
Bron, John, Ms 'Touch of an Angelfish' Cathy, and Team RM.
Radio Marinara - For all things wet and salty. 9 to 10 am Sundays on 3RRR-FM
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This week we'll have the three authors of Beneath Our Bay in the studio to talk about their amazing book on our very own Port Phillip Bay. John Gaskell and his mates used simple digital cameras and snorkels (thatís right, no SCUBA) to record the astounding array of wild life we have at our doorstep. Tune in to get fired up about hitting the water this summer and getting (back) in touch with our very own marine paradise...
PlusÖ
Hilary McNevin joins us to talk about innovative ways to get kids to eat sustainable fish. Will she make smiley faces? Employ a bit of creative artwork with a bottle of sauce? Just say ëfryí? Tune in to find out.
Plus Brett, news, and sunny days (sweeping theÖ clouds away!). You know where to find the catch of the day on Sunday!
Catch you then, Bron, Dr Beach, Hilary and team RM.
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Dr Beach, John and Anth swim through another great show this sunday.
Starting with Julie Murphy from DPI Queenscliff talking about their open day on November 8th (next week). Not just the Marine Discovery Centre - but the whole place! Check out www.dpi.vic.gov.au
We will also welcome David Harper, Exec Office of the Victorian Coastal Council (VCC) who is oganising a huge Victorian Marine Forum on Monday November 16th at Zinc. The VCC released a Coastal Strategy for Victoria last year and this day is part of their strategy to raise the profile of just how special our coastal and marine environments are in this beautiful state. See www.vcc.vic.gov.au for details.
Did you see the 350.org news coverage? Wasn't it great but there's so much more. Check out www.350.org and have a look while we wander through the more than 21 000 photos from the more than 4000 actions people did in 175 countries to raise the profile about us getting that carbon down to 350 parts per million in the atmosphere (the safe level according to the IPCC).
Jeff Maynard tells us a yarn about the biggest German warship from world war II - the Tirpitz. And how Australians were responsible for helping sink it in a Norweign fjord.
Kyatt Dixon talks about his PhD studies on crustose red algae - calcified seaweeds that stick to rocks and which are under threat from ocean acidification. Kyatt has slaved for the last few years with all sorts of cool methods to show that these seemingly homogeneous pink crusty things in fact represent a mind-blowing array of different species. Why is this important? - Kyatt will tell us on Lifeís a Beach.
Ever wake up a bit crusty? Dr Gary Poore does every day - he's spent 35 years studying crustacean taxonomy at Museum Victoria, and has just authored a field guide called Crabs, Hermit Crabs and their Allies. He's also just published a book about barnacles called, cryptically, Barnacles. Dr Poore joins us to talk about the wonders of the crusties, and the diversity of our own Australian species - bet you thought if youíve seen one barnacle, youíve seen 'em all!
And Hilary imparts some wisdom on how to get kids to eat fish. Weíre hoping it extends beyond ëFry (insert fish of choice) to make crusty, and smother in tomato sauceí.
Catch you Sunday,
Bron, Dr Beach, Hilary and team RM.
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This week Anth and Angeline are joined by Nicole Allard and Assoc. Professor Simon Goldsworthy.
Nicole Allard and 3 friends started www.350schools.com which links to www.350.org - a global movement to raise the profile for the need for us to ACT NOW to decrease carbon in the atmosphere. There is a movement that suggests that 350 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere - this is the global community expression of this desire for action. Visit www.350.org and plan your own action for October 24th - the international day of action.
Angeline reports on a bizarre invention owned by Bill Gates to stop hurricanes... and we wonder what and why!
Ever thought about occupational health and safety when working with Seals?! Assoc. Professor Simon Goldsworthy from the SA Research & Development Institute does a lot. He tells us about times where they ahve had some very near misses with things that eat seals - great white sharks!
Can you remember what you wanted for your 10th birthday? A bike? The latest CD/vinyl LP of your favourite artist? Pogo stick/hula hoop/roller skates/blades/skateboard? This Sunday we are joined in the Radio Marinara tank by Hina Eyre who wanted for her 10th birthday...are you ready for this... a Triple R subscription. And not only that, she's just become the youngest legally qualified scuba diver in Australia. Tune in to hear our very special chat with someone we think is a very special girl.
Plus Dave Speller brings us the bizarre story of a Bermuda triangle of sorts in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where plastic junk seems to accumulate and, well, stay put.
Plus Dr Beach returns from his surfing safari up the NSW north coast to bring us up to speed with the latest in wet and salty science literature.
Catch you Sunday, Bron, Dr Beach, Dave and Team RM.
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It's an international flavour to this week's Marinara.
John returns from his overseas adventures to talk about the best diving in the world (Brett –it’s not Rye, quelle surprise!) in East Timor, some first hand experience with fish farms in Cambodia, and a unique way of managing Marine Parks in Vietnam.
Hilary continues the SE Asian theme to bring us some tips on simple methods of preparing fish the SE Asian way (vegetarians be warned – maybe a good time to make a cuppa).
We get a review from Dr Surf on a book about surfing called Deep Water by Brendan McAloon. Deep Water follows Brendan McAloon's remarkable journey to the most remote corners of the globe in search of the perfect wave.
Catch you Sunday, Bron, John, Hilary, Dr Surf, and Team RM.
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John and Bron talk algae, seagrass and mangrove in todays show about Port Phillips often unappreciated little sister. The importance of 35 year old studies, the impacts of muddy water on algae and the lessons to be learned from our historic impact on ecosystems are just some of the many topics we cover in today's program.
We bring you an interview with two of the directors of the Western Port Seagrass Partnership, John Clark and Emeritus Professor John Swan. The Westernport Seagrass Partnership has a mission to protect and restore the environment and catchment of Western Port to a state that can sustain a healthy, diverse and naturally productive catchment for future generations to enjoy. Its latest step is the production of a DVD about Western Port's history, current threats and challenges, and some solution for the future. Join us for a very entertaining and informative interview!
To get your copy of the free DVD and to find out all about the Partnership, visit www.seagrass.com.au
Bron and Dr Beach discuss new research on jellyfish and their impact on climate change, have a chat about diving with Brett Illingworth, and Port Phillip Eco-Centre’s ‘Bay Keeper’, Neil Blake, is back in the studio to talk about conservation priorities for Port Phillip Bay. Hear the latest marine conservation news, including the status of the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji. Finally, hang about until the end of the show for a snippet from the new issue of ‘Science’ on deep-sea swimming worms that drop luminous bombs on their predators - what a clever distraction tool!
Radiothon is over for another year, and we're jumping straight back on the (sea)horse. This week We speak with Ian Campbell, former Federal Environment Minister and current adviser to Sea Shepherd, about his prominent role in The Cove, his recent calls for the world to boycott Japan's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, and his view on where the campaign to stop the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji needs to go.
Since our interview with Louie Psihoyos a month ago, The Cove is now front page, mainstream news. We want to know what YOU think about it. Have you seen The Cove? Where do YOU think this campaign needs to go? We open the phone lines for Marinara talkback.
Dave reviews the book Three Ways To Capsize A Boat: an Optimist Afloat by Chris Stewart, the original drummer from Genesis. We promise not to play any Genesis either before or after the review.
Its Radiophone time, when you the subscriber help keep our much loved Triple R and Radio Marinara program on the air. Have a listen to a disco themed show and perhaps you can catch your subscriber disco fish name called out on air.
This week we have the full interview with Louis Psihoyos, director of The Cove, a documentary about the herding of dolphins for the captive dolphin market and the associated slaughter, which screened as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The Cove opens in limited release on Thursday 20 August.
For more information about the movie and how you can help the cause, check out the links on the Radio Marinara page of the 3RRR website at http://www.rrr.org.au/playlist/6413/
It's maritime heritage week (as Bron would say, we were 'getting diggy with it') at Radio Marinara, as Cass escapes the landlocked capital for a fleeting visit to Melbourne. The wet and salty RM girls are joined by Heritage Victoria's Hanna Steyne for a special show discussing the ancient submerged landscape of Port Phillip. Hanna talks us through the submerged landscape reconstruction she has been working on with Monash University GIS gurus, which will be going online in the next couple of weeks. To read about the project and view the digitial reconstruction, visit Heritage Victoria. Other Heritage Victoria news is at the fore, including a new campaign to help preserve wrecks in protected zones from the damage caused by illegal fishing in the zones. Brett surfaces for a quick chat about the weekend's diving action; and we finish as the team discusses the review of the 1976 Historic Shipwrecks Act that is being conducted by the Commonwealth Government with a view to ratifying the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
Dr Beach pulls apart a paper that rejoices in the name of “Top marine predators track Lagrangian coherent structures” - or how big birds use those ripples and patterns on the surface of the sea to figure out where they’re going.
Bec Koss, PhD student from Deakin Uni talks about her PhD studies into Community Capacity Building for Effective Management of Marine Protected Areas – or how the community can take ownership of the marine wonders in their own 'front yard'.
Bron brings Part 1 of an interview recorded with Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, currently screening at the 2009 Melbourne International Film Festival. It exposes a previously well-kept secret by the Japanese government and people – the annual round-up, trafficking and slaughter of thousands of dolphins that return each year to a small Japanese cove. It also exposes a corrupt world-wide multi-billion dollar industry.
* It’s word association time. Word is: Bells Beach. You’re probably thinking surf, sand, maybe towel, togs, sunscreen, surfboard… How about a 25 million year old whale fossil? Yep, us neither, but one has just turned up with astonishing potential evolutionary significance. David Pickering, Collection Manager of Vertebrate Paleontology at Museum Victoria, joins us to talk about this incredible discovery. Who would have thought – all those surfing tournaments, all those summers, all those thousands of people visiting every year, and it’s been there the WHOLE time!
* A Sea Change is the first high profile global documentary about ocean acidification. It follows the journey of retired history teacher Sven Huseby on his quest to discover what is happening to the world's oceans. Angeline has been lucky enough to have seen a preview, and gives us her appraisal, plus details of an important screening and fundraiser.
* And Dr Beach will be pulling apart the paper “Top marine predators track Lagrangian coherent structures”. For the rest of us, that means how big birds use ripples and patterns on the surface of the sea to figure out where they’re going. And we look at how fish are now being put forward as model organisms for the study of all sorts of medical complications – from osteoporosis to blindness. If there’s time he’ll also chat about how bacteria talk to one another to create bioluminescence.
Welcome to a special 'No Surf' edition of Radio Marinara. With no waves to speak of for weeks on end, Dr Surf has had lots of time for other activities, like moaning, swearing and surf culture. After last week's screening of Searching for Michael Peterson at The Espy, Dr Beach & Dr Surf team up to interview the director, Jolyon Hoff, about his experiences making the film and whether he did indeed find the legendary MP. Dr Surf then gets all philosophical on yo ass with a review of the book I Surf Therefore I Am. Written by a 70 year old philosophy professor at Boston Uni, the book discusses why we should surf, according to the great philosophers: Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Jesus, Machiavelli, Freud, and George Morey (inventor of the Boogie Board). And Jeff Maynard joins us with Marine Soundscapes: this month it’s everyone's favorite movie star - John Wayne. Yep, the Duke dons a diving helmet in Reap the Wild Wind. Listen here pilgrim, you and I are going to trade blow(fish)s.
Tribute will be paid to Peter Malcolm, an extraordinary social entrepreneur and supporter of Radio Marinara who tragically passed away recently.
We briefly introduce recent reports of plastic debris that have accumulated in a Pacific gyre to create a plastic garbage patch the size of France. The volume of plastic is now 10 times the volume of plankton. Plastic in the sea can no longer be thought of as plastic bags and bottles that have accidentally come to the end of their life in the sea. The team resolves to cover this alarming subject in detail on an upcoming program.
And Dr Beach peruses the sci-li, specifically how we can now, very coolly, use molecular markers to trace the origins of oceanic weeds back to ballast rocks being shipped across the Atlantic in times of yore. It’s our own take on trans-Atlantic rock-and-roll. Also a brief and glowing report on Searching for Michael Peterson, a film about the life of a 70s surfing icon, that screened at the Espy.
Welcome all and join us for a big show of laughs and fish farms. John talks fish farming in his latest "Tails from the Fish Shop" segment, so listen in to find out how we are going to feed our growing demand for fish by farming them. Dr Tim Dempster then joins us to focus on Australia's biggest fish farming sector, Atlantic salmon, and his experiences working in Norway, the world's biggest producer. It's local, it's fresh, but is it sustainable? The jury is still out. Finally Dr Beach continues the theme as we chat about farming tuna and conclude that it may be yummy but it might not be all that sustainable. Enjoy!
Bron and David host the show today.
They speak to Neil Blake, the Bay Keeper for Port Phillip Bay about
his role. Brett Illingworth calls in with his weekly dive report.
David reviews a book by Scott Millwood, What Ever Happened to
Brenda Hean. The book discusses the disappearance of Brenda Hean
in 1972, a founding member of the Greens party. Anthony Hurst, the
acting Deputy Director of Fisheries Australia, calls in to talk about
the newly formed Recreational Fishing Grants Working Group and
its role in deciding how best to spend the funds collected from the
issuing of fishing licenses.
Bron, John and Hilary McNevin talk squid, calamari and cuttlefish - John from the biology and sustainable fishing perspective, and Hilary gives us a great recipe and some cooking tips from her book, Guide To Fish.
On a more serious note, the team speak with Leo Optinbrauer about Planning Minister Justin Madden's boating channel development at Bastion Point, where environmental and safety recommendations made by an appointed panel of experts have been ignored. We also get the view of Chris Smythe from the Australian Conservation Foundation. On a positive note, Chris informs us that the process is not yet exhausted and that the decision can still be overturned with further lobbying. Chris also tells us about the land transfer at Point Nepean, where a national park is about to be instated.
Bron and Doctor Beach discuss the latest in ocean microbiology, particularly the astounding diversity of organisms being discovered and how studying their biology impacts on our understanding of the environment. Brett calls in with a dive report from Blairgowrie, and we chat with Gail Seddon, CEO of Keep Australia Beautiful, about the Clean Beach Award. We finish with an intriguing report involving the KGB cover-up of the true number of whales slaughtered by the Soviets and the scientist who brought this data to light.
Welcome fellow adventurers of the sea! Join Bron and John as they navigate the treacheries of counting fish, the perils of buying fish and the follies of fast food corporations and eager developers messing about where they're not wanted.
We talk with PhD student Madhavi Colton about her adventures on the Victorian coastline, trying to work our where the fish are, how many there are, and just what is the best way to see them. A diver's eye or a fishy camera? This and more will certainly be revealed.
John runs through what fresh and yummy in Mebourne's fish markets, then we are joined by our second guest, Katrina Humphrey of community action group Rye's Up! Our beautiful Mornington peninsular town of Rye is planning to get invaded by big fast food giants and the people of Rye are not happy about it. Katrina talks to us about the potential impacts of the environment and the local community and business. Visit their we site at http://ourtownrye.blogspot.com/ for more info.
Lastly we talk to Leo Op den Brouw of the group "Save Bastion Point" about recent devlopments at our favourite Malacoota spot, Bastion Point. Plans are afoot to develop a breakwater and harbour in this beautiful part of the world and again locals are not happy about it. We get the update.
Jan Juc artist Tony Wills, a.k.a. T-Bone, talks about his latest exhibition at the Swell Cafe in Torquay, "Something in the Water", which continues his three-dimensional theme of seascapes and local surf breaks. Pieces include scenes of Bells Beach that hang alongside surfer's-eye perspectives of riding inside a wave. Recycled native timbers are used to frame the pieces, adding a unique touch to the finished product.
Sydney diver and underwater photographer Mark Spencer played a key role in the filming of the fab new IMAX feature Under the Sea 3D. We chat with Mark about what it takes to shoot an IMAX film, the joys of working on this one and how he manages to lead a double life as a dentist. Lucky we're not on television, or we couldn't show you his face. Apparently.
And it's crappy movie time on Marine Soundscapes as Jeff Maynard introduces a real sinker - Captain Nemo and the Underwater City. Jeff stumps and shocks the team with this question: which famous underwater personality said, "For reasons of their own, women are suspicious of diving and frown on their menfolk going down"?
Welcome to another thought provoking, informative and thoroughly mad and salty Radio Marinara. This week we have laid back show for you, lots of news about sharks that could swallow you whole, how best to cook those sharks and why should probably not cook and eat those particular sharks. Not only will you find the answers to these puzzling questions but you will also be enlightened by tales of the WW2 bombing of Darwin as Dave reviews the book "An Awkward Truth". We promise there will be no Nicole Kidmans or Hugh Jackmans just crazy tales and some interesting and uncomfortable truths. We have Brett, we have the Victorian finalist of Australia's best beach awards (sadly not in person), we have iron eating bacteria, free caviar and loads more. Enjoy!
Join us for an Easter Sunday celebration full of, well... eggs! Not the lovely chocolate variety but little salty popping fish eggs otherwise known as caviar. Tune in for the history of these little symbols of wealth, power and decadence, find out where they come from and how the lust for fish eggs has led to the near extinction of fish species around the world. You can spit them out like Louis XV at the feet of the Peter the Great, or you can listen in and get some tips from Radio Marinara's resident culinary expert Hilary McNevin about how to enjoy preparing and eating these little treasures. And don't forget to buy sustainably! And in the studio we have the Bongo Brothers, who have finally confirmed Bron's belief that the Marine world is actually funny, and are peforming this year at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Prepared to be dazzled, seranaded and driven to floor in laughter at the musical comedy of Bongo, Drongo and Mongo. Prepare for whales, salinity and some zooxanthellae. Enjoy!
Do you live near the coast? Are you tired of your ‘high maintenance’ wilting hydrangeas and shrivelled up petunias? Are you sick of carting out buckets of shower water? Have you always wanted to flirt with native plants but have been too scared to try? Leanne Scott and Daniel Mansfield talk about how you can make a positive impact on the environment by planting native coastal plants instead of those thirsty English plants of yesteryear.
Dr Chris Walsh from Melbourne University joins us again to pick up where we left off a couple of weeks ago, as we discuss what it theoretically might take to recycle and use stormwater as a viable water source and potential alternative to desalination.
What are your views on the proposed desalination plant? Got some burning questions you’d like to discuss? Dr Chris Walsh and Dr Beach take questions from listeners in Marinara Talkback.
This week we're coming to you from The Festival of The Sea at Barwon Heads. Loads of guests! We speak with Bernard Napthine, President of Friends of Barwon River Bridge; David Littleton, President of the Committee of Friends Of The Sea; John Duthie from Friends of The Bluff about the book, Life On The Edge: A Guide To The Animals and Plants of the Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary; Mark Edmonds, Chair of the Committee of Management for the Barwon Coast region; Cass brings us Crumpled Stanchions; children from Barwon Heads Primary School present their poems about the sea; Lyn McGuinness gives the formal Welcome To Country; Steve Wickham from Save Barwon Heads Alliance; Janelle Thomas from Birds Australia; and we finish with the World Famous (TM) Radio Marinara Quiz. Phew!
Scientists and divers recently completed a detailed dive survey of where the cold Southern Ocean sweeps into the Chain of Bays region on the remote West Coast of South Australia. Dive survey project manager and professional photographer Grant Hobson talks about his team’s amazing underwater discoveries on a unique and remote area of Australia’s coastline.
Dr Chris Walsh is Principal Research Fellow at Melbourne University’s Department of Resource Management and Geography, and is pretty big on the idea of using stormwater as a viable alternative for desalination. Chris joins us for an interesting and provocative interview.
Have you ever wanted your name to go down in scientific history? Would you like the chance to have naming rights to a newly described deep sea species that is completely new to science? Anna McCallum tells us how anyone can have all this and help save our precious ocean wildlife at the same time.
Welcome to International Women's Day 2009! It's an all-girl talk-fest on today's show (well, Jeff Maynard is an exception), when Bron, Angeline and Cass take some time to reflect on some fabulous women and their contribution and legacy to marine science and conservation.
Angeline gives us a bio on the late Dr Isobel Bennett, arguably Australia's number one female marine scientist, who was posthumously honoured by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority who named a reef off McKay after her.
Bron gives us a run-down on Dr Sylvia Earle, yet another fabulous female marine scientist who was named the US International Ambassador to Oceans. And how could a segment on famous women in marine conservation be complete without mentioning Val Taylor and her work with sharks?
Cass chats about 'Chicks that Dig Salty Stuff', moving from Agatha Christie and Lotte Hass (who if morphed, could possibly have been a maritime archaeologist of sorts), onto women who have had a considerable impact on the blokesworld of maritime archaeology over the years. Listen for mentions of Myra Stanbury, Shirley Strachan, Wendy Van Duivenvoorde and Lyndel V. Prott.
Finally, Jeff Maynard pops in with some hilarious audio snippets from historical diving films. The commentary is there, but alas if you weren't listening on the day, you'll have to locate those glorious moments in the archives yourself. Needless to say, we 'chicks' no longer rush to reapply our lippy after diving!
Aspire to be as great as the women we cover on today's show. Blokes watch out - the revolution is coming!
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Join Bron, John and Angeline for our broadcast from the Sustainable Living Festival 09 at Federation Square. We have Luke Taylor from the Festival atlk to us about all the great sustainable gigs going on, covering all aspects of an eco friendly life, including urban eco communities, enviro efficient houses, feeding the suburbs from our own backyards, water saving and so much more! To follow this we have our lovely friend and regular guest of Radio Marinara, Hilary McNevin, and her and John talk about three easy rules of buying good sustainable seafood - buy local, look for freshness, and avoid sharks and long lived species. To pack ever more in to the show we have Leesa Ridley from Conservation Volunteers speaking about all the great projects going on around the country and our local area. Lastly but certainly not leastly we have the amazing Maeva Elliot on stage relating the high, lows and amazements of sailing through the arctic and trying to get to the bottom of what's really happening wuth global warming. An action packed show, get into it!
Angeline reunites with the Team Marinara after a well-publicised 'minor delay' caused a little extension to her Earthwatch trip in Thailand. Angeline tells us about the Reefwatch program in Thailand, where she assisted the group of researchers and volunteers gather data on the health of some of the reef systems in Thai waters.
We're joined by local surfer-photogrpaher Rod Hyett who gives us a promo for his 2009 surf calendar "The Surfer's Coastline". Christmas presents await!
And, finally, we speak with Coastcare's Matt Fox about the 2008 Coastaction Coastcare Awards the 2009 summer coastcare program which runs for two weeks in January.
Tune in for all things wet and salty and visit us at www.radiomarinara.com.
A couple of weeks ago, we discovered to our utmost horror that our favourite BIG thing, the Big Penguin of Penguin (TAS), was reported to have asbestos flowing through its fibreglass veins. Is the rumour true? Have the good folk of Penguin gone fleeing to the hills for their lives? Stephen Bock, our very own Penguin correspondent, gives us the low-down on the apparent perils of our favourite marine icon.
The word of the week is 'malacology' - the study of molluscs. Rebecca van Gelderen is the Secretary of the Australasian Society of Malacology came in to talk about her group and their penchant for all things molluscan...
And we were most honoured to be joined by Kelvin Thomson, Federal Member for Wills, who in his spare time is a fully fledged twitcher with a special passion for migrating coastal birds. We have a great chat with Kelvin about his early days as a field naturalist, and some of his concerns about where we're heading as a nation in looking after our most precious natural assets.
Hand over your booty landlubbers! We have a particularly piratical program lined up for you, full of action, drama, high seas and the many surprising uses for marine algae. After exciting news of pirates, cavaliers and this crazy crazy weather, we are joined in the studio by Dr Alecia Belgrove, prominent phycologist, or expert in all things algal. We catch up about the recent Australasian Society of Phycology and Aquatic Botany conference and all the creative and important uses for marine algae, from shampoo to carbon sinks to biofuels. Jeff Maynard pops in with a surprise Marine Soundscapes segment, talking about the classic (or not so classic) movie Underwater Warrior. Full of big stars who went nowhere, if you want a laugh at the expense of this expensive flop please listen in! We also get a sad update on the true fate of the Gillman from Creature from the Black Lagoon. Until our next high seas adventure!
The Radio Marinara team are privileged to be joined by Mick Sowry, director of the documentary 'Musica Surfica', which tells the story of Derek Hynd and Richard Tognetti (Musical Director, Australian Chamber Orchestra), best mates and afficionados of fin-less surfing. Recently winning First Prize at the New York Surf Film Festival, 'Musica Surfica' covers a week of music and fin-less surfing on King Island and explores the links between Richard's sublime music and the ultimate in friction-free surfing. This is unlike any surf DVD you have ever seen and Mick enlightens us on how this unique film came about, and plays music from the soundtrack.
Dr Beach talks about the recent Nobel Prize for chemistry and what it has to do with jellyfish; and something about green sea slugs and gene transfer (we got lost after the third word, but it is pretty darn interesting anyway).
We have an action packed show for you this week, two very special guests, fish and fish and more fish! Soya sauce fish actually, and we are joined in the studio by artist Gaby Jung, who has put the call out for as many of your little empty soya sacse fish packets as possible. Listen for details of Gaby's amazing artworks and inspiration. The back half of the show is dedictated to sustainable seafood and more particularly how to cook them in delicious and easy ways. We are joined by Hilary McNevin, author of "Guide to Fish - choosing and cooking sustainable seafood". We talk to Hilary about the fish to buy, what to ask the fishmonger and how to delight your tastebuds with some simple cooking tips. If you ever felt reluctant to buy fish you don't know what to do with, simply check out this book, make sure it's sustainable and start cooking! If you have any soya sauce fish for Gaby she'd love to receive them. Please send to 177/16 Cotham Rd Kew 3101 or contact Gaby on gabyjung46@gmail.com Visit http://www.radiomarinara.com for all the gossip on Radio Marinara
Bron & Radio Marinara panelist Cath go gaga over cult 70s surf-film 'Morning of the Earth', which may cause you to wonder if they get out much on Saturday nights... nevertheless, this episode has Cath on-air for the first time in 10 years, so we were excited!
Cass brings us another maritime heritage segment 'Crumpled Staunchions', discussing recent research by a multi-disciplinary team of scientists in Micronesia's Chuuk Lagoon, including a team from Earthwatch. Closer to home, she reviews Heritage Victoria's recent monitoring of the 1990s stabilisation work on the William Salthouse shipwreck in Port Phillip Bay.
John gets sustainable on the Vietnamese Basa Fillet - or Mekong Catfish, in Tales from the Fish Shop. Listen in for John's assessment of one of the most prolific fish found in Australain supermarkets (and Bron's culinary opinion...).
For more on mermaids, surf-culture, diving and wave-power, tune in to Radio Marinara!
We're joined live in the studio by coastal geomorphologist, climate change expert and Melbourne's favourite weatherman Rob Gell, to talk about climate change, what it really means for us all, and predicted impacts on the marine and coastal environments.
We might even ask Rob to do our own weather report (sorry Bron, you've been dumped!!).
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¡Bienvendio a bordo, Marinara amigos! This week's news segment has a channel deepening update and a discussion about seahorses, especially for Father's Day. Brett pops in for his dive report, sporting a jet-skiing injury, but we know that wont stop Brett from donning his gear and exploring the depths of Port Phillip.
We welcome Cass back to the studio after her 2 month adventure in Europe. She teases us with snippets on excavating ancient shipwrecks in the Med, living in the Spanish equivalent of the 'Big Brother' house and being fed miscellaneous animal faces, teeth intact, for lunch. Eeeeewwww!
Diving history and movie afficionado Jeff Maynard plays bytes from Revenge of the Creature, the 1950s sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon, in his latest edition of Soundscapes. This time the 1950s marine biologists take the man in the rubber suit out of the lagoon from the Amazon and stick him in an aquarium in LA. As you do. Standard storyline from there: of course the creature escapes, there's lots of screaming and mayhem, the near-death of a young girl, and plenty of chicks with high ponytails in pencil skirts running around squealing. And it's Big Clint's first ever movie.
This week was week 1 of the 3RRR Radiothon. There is no doubt that radiothon podcasts are for the more dedicated fans! There's is much silliness and little marine and coastal content. Enjoy!
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It's National Science Week, and we celebrate the diverse and wonderful world of Marine Science by broadcasting LIVE from the Queen Vic Market.
Dr Beach covers the latest cutting edge scientific papers that highlight another terrifying effect of more and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: the effect of increasing acidity of the oceans, and what this means for the organisms living it - especially the calcareous one, like corals and many plankton.
John takes a look inside the fishbowl of current marine science research in Victorian academic institutions - the research priorities of Melbourne Uni's marine science researchers, and some very cool projects underway by some of its PhD brainiacs including Melbourne University's Madhavi Colton.
Plus we speak with James Andrews, Statewide Leader Marine Fisheries, from Fisheries Victoria, about the fisheries research science currently underway to ensure our State's fisheries are and continue to be sustainable.
We catch up with Chris Smyth, Marine Campaign Officer for the Australian Conservation Foundation, about where they stand on the latest developments with the Channel Deepening Project, and some very interesting correspondence with the Queen of the Netherlands.....
Dr Surf continues his review of Surfing mags, with the relaunch of Surfing World. The publishers have revamped SW with the aim of producing a high quality surf magazine with a focus on escapism, "to showcase surfing and the ocean beautifully, with well researched and thought out articles", and "to give surfers a magazine they can be proud of". Have they succeeded?
Plus we're thrilled to have as our special guest Professor Jeff McFadden from the University of Melbourne's School of Botany. We catch up with Professor McFadden to discuss his career launching pad of marine botany and his subsequent journey through marine science to hunting down a cure for malaria.
Bron and Dave present a look a this week's quirky marine news - Dee Dee the 10kg 100 year old Canadian crayfish, Johnny Depp's solar powered Caribbean Island, and LA's decision to go Plastic Bag free (does this mean they'll be extraditing aging soapie stars??)
For most of us, a morning routine involves a shower, caffeinated beverage and getting dressed for the day. For the Icebergers, their morning routine includes plunging into Port Phillip Bay, all year round, on warm and icy days alike. We speak with Jason Sammon, Melbourne photographer who has just launched an exhibition of a collection of land-based and underwater images of the brave, unique and some might say barking mad Middle Brighton Baths Icebergers.
We bring to you the first ever Radio Marinara Soundscape quiz - this one only requires a knowledge of tunes and themes from 1960 underwater shows. Piece of cake! Winner received a copy of Jeff Maynard's fabulous book Divers in Time - Australia's Untold History
Dr Surf has a confused and highly biased wrap up of surf magazines. Now that virtually all magazines are wrapped in plastic, you'll just have to listen in to Dr Surf to find out which ones are worth the often outrageous purchase price. Whether you're interested in the specifics of big wave gun design or just want to ogle the pictures of jailbait at the Superbank don't miss this week's Surfing Culture on the Skids.
We launch a new segment for 2008 (so what if we're on the downhill slide to 2009) called 'Life's a Beach', where our own Dr Beach delves into the science journals to see what's cutting the edge of marine science. For the inaugural segment, Dr Beach checks out a new paper on 'algae join the fight to cure malaria'. Whatever it takes!
Scared of confined spaces? Scared of the dark? Scared of being underwater? Don't like being cold?Terri Allen isn't any of the above - she dives in caves for fun, and talks about this extreme variation of recreational diving.
If cave diving isn't your scene, then curling up with a good book in the warm probably is - so to cater for all our listeners, Dave brings us a book review - this one's a big picture book of environments by John Long.
Dave Collins is Squadron Commodore of the Port Phillip Bay Flotilla of the Victorian Coast Guard - sounds impressive? Have a listen to what he has to say about why he volunteers in this edition of Friends of Marinara.
Oh no, it's school holidays. Wondering what to do with the kids over the next fortnight? Sick of the same old DVDs and games and shops and cries of 'I'm BORED'? We come to the rescue - the Marine Discovery Centre in Queenscliff kicks off its school holiday programme this week. They're also recruiting for volunteers. To find out more, we speak with Amy Stephenson from the MDC.
Then...
We were shocked to read that some dolphins have recently been washing up dead on our local beaches, and even more shocked to read that mercury poisoning seems to be reason. Lucky for us, Dr Ross Thompson from Monash University is on the case. We catch up with Ross to find out about his research into what is killing the great dolphins of Melbourne?
Plus news on the mysterious fish market move, and diving news with Brett 'Born to be Wild'.
Dr Surf brings us another edition of Surfing Culture on the Skids, discussing the evolution of board shaping. He talks about two eminent shapers, Bob McTavish and George Greenough, and how their shaping and reduction of boards lengths from nine foot to seven foot bought about a surfing revolution in 1967 and 1968. Rather than just cruising on a wave, surfing became sport, with sharp tight turns leading to adrenalin-pumping rides.
Historian Jill Barnard boards the good ship Marinara to promote her new publication, Jetties and Piers: a History of Maritime Infrastructure in Victoria. The publication, produced on CD-Rom and available online at http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page.asp?ID=465, was released this year by the Heritage Council of Victoria and Heritage Victoria. The publications tells the story of the wide range industrial wharves, piers and defence installations, and recreational bathing boxes, swimming baths and boat harbours constructed around Victoria's diverse coastline, from settlement to the present day. We talk to Jill about how these facilities helped shape the social and economic development of Victoria.
Finally we hear from Greens MLC Sue Pennicuik, who joins us on the phone to discuss her new Bill in the Legislative Council, aimed at preventing the dumping of contaminated material in Port Phillip Bay during and after the Channel Deepening Project.
All aboard for a rollicking ride with the Marinara team on wet wintry Sunday morning.
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Bellarine or Mornington Peninsula? Which one floats your boat and why? Which one annoys you and why? Which one's got the best coffee? Which one's got the most irritating scene setters? Which one has more Toorak Tractors during school holidays? Brett's Spot launches the biggest wet and salty debate of all.
Phoebe Hill is currently completing her Ph. D thesis on the reproductive biology and development of the Shovelnose Ray. Phoebe joins us to talk about her brilliant research, bringing the inaugural edition of new Radio Marinara segment Budding Briny Boffins, where we explore the cutting edge research currently underway by our best and brightest marine post-graduate students.
Jeff Maynard brings us the next funky escape-back-to-the-60s edition of Soundscapes. This week, a 1960's TV show called 'Assignment Underwater'. Lots of daring rescues with old Aqualungs.
Don't come the raw prawn!! John delves into the crusty crate of facts
on what's involved in the prawning industry, both in Australia and with
international markets, in his latest edition of 'Tales from the Fish
Shop'.
Recreational fishing can be a dangerous pasttime,
and not only if you're a fish. Potential pitfalls include everything
from minor cuts, stings, bites, exposure, poisoning and at the extreme
end, death. Bruce Schumacher, Chair of Recfish Australia, joins us to
talk about some of the less pleasurable experiences of recreational
fishing, and his association's development of an educational and
communications strategy to reduce accidents. Check out the study on www.recfish.com.au
And.... we couldn't hold him back any longer - it's time for Brett's Spot. We apologise in advance.
This week Dave, Angeline and Cass cover news on whale populations, submerged historic statutes in France and the paper nautilus shell season.
Angeline's 'Friend's of Marinara' segment features guest Rebecca Koss from People and Parks. Bec talks to Angeline about the award winning 'Seasearch' program, which was honoured with the award for Innovation at the 2008 Victorian Coastal Awards in April. If you want to get involved with Seasearch monitoring programs in Victoria's Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries, email Bec at rkoss@peopleandparks.org.au or for more information go to www.seasearch.org.au.
Cass talks to Craig Bohm from the Australian Marine Conservation Society about disturbing news regarding changes to shark fishing practices in the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Finally Dave covers a couple of book reviews of children's books on pirates. Arrrrgggghhhhhh!
Aye, see you somewhere under the sea. Now shake a leg and get downloading this podcast you scurvy dogs!
Today's show is a delicious buffet of local seafood and coastal culture as we delve into two of Victoria's biggest fisheries and cap it all off with a fascinating discussion of surf and tiki art. John gets his hands wet and salty with talk of the King George Whiting fishery in his latest "Tails from the fish shop". Tune in for the inside word on how one of vistoria's best loved and most sustainable fish ends up on your table, with even a tip or two on cooking and accompanying wines! We talk to Vin Gannon, Executive Officer of the Victorian Abalone Diver's Association, about the spreda of the Abalone virus and the impact it is having on Victoria's most important fishery. Rev up the Sandman, grab your longboard and chill out completely as we talk to Tony Peake and Sam Biodo, organisers of the Kustom Island exhibition at the Kustom Lane gallery in Hawthorn. The exhibition features surf and hotrod art from local and international artists, vintage skateboards and Hawaiian memorabilia. Surfs Up!
This week we spoke with 11 year old Amy Orchard who is the Captain of the Narrawong Primary School which won the Victorian Coastal Awards for Excellence in Education about the program at their school.
Also Shelley Penn, Victoria's Associate Government Architect, joined us to talk about Good Design along the coast. Visit them on www.governmentarchitect.dpc.vic.gov.au.
Finally Cass filled us in on the latest and greatest from Maritime Heritage in Victoria. ___________
Well - we decided to send Bron to Penguin in Tassie to find out what it is all about. She got there as all the news services decided to leave but had the scoop for us live on Marinara. She decided to stay for a holiday and is having a ball!
Cass and Anth continued the fun in the studio with the first Marine Discovery Centre Quiz for 2008! Great prizes, excellent contestants and strange questions really hit the mark.
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Lots of fun stuff this week, mostly with a maritime (cf 'marine') theme. Hosts Bron & Cass broadcast the first 'On the Job', a brand new regular segment where salty types chat with the Radio Marinara team about their jobs and careers in the marine world. The first extra special guest is Matt MacDonald, Captain of the replica tall-ship Enterpize which sails around the coast of southern Australia (mainly Victoria) for most of the year. Matt discusses how he came to captain a tall ship, and how you too can forge a nineteenth century career in the modern world.
With the much-anticipated discovery of the shipwrecks HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran off the coast of Western Australia in March 2008, come the issues of protection, interpretation and commemoration of Australia's longest maritime mystery. The two vessels fought a disastrous battle in the Atlantic Ocean on 19 November 1941, causing the loss of both ships and the deaths of 645 Australian sailors. Cass & Bron cover some of the mystery and history of the wrecks and broach the possibility of extra protection for these sites under Australian law.
Finally the ladies (yes, ladies) talk about the Marine and Coastal Community Network with one of the organisation's hardest workers, Nicola Waldron. Listen in for details of the services provided by the MCCN and what you can do to get involved.
Visit www.radiomarinara.com for all the gossip on Radio Marinara.
This week the Radio Marinara team jump back into the water with talk of desalination, the windy weather and Polynesian canoes. Chris Heislers from community group "Your Water, Your Say" tells us the story behind plans for a desal plant in Victoria and discusses the many environmental concerns surrounding it. The irrepressible Brett phones in for his weekly dive report and we cover recent marine news including the current dredging.
Special guests Laura Thomas and Richard MacLean pop into the studio to talk about the fascinating hobby/sport/life that is Polynesian Outrigger Canoeing. The St Kilda based Kai 'Opua Outrigger Canoe Club is holding a cultural night of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Samoan and Cook Islander dance and music on Saturday 5th April at Elwood Beach Community Centre at 63a Ormond Esplanade staring at 7:45pm. For more details call 0403 582 868.
Brewer, Parish, Lopez, Hamilton, BK; - no, not characters from All Saints, these are the names of Hawaiian surfboard shaper demi-gods. This week Dr Surf discussed Hawaiian surfboards - the shapers, the most collectable boards and the cross-pollination between the Islands and Australian shapers. We also caught up with Zoe Hogg, winner of the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Victorian Coastal Council, and founding member of Earthcare St Kilda, and had a yarn about her current work with the Little Penguin colonies on the St Kilda breakwater. And last but never ever least, Chris Smyth, Marine Campaign Co-ordinator of the Australian Conservation Foundation, joined us to talk about BayMonitor, the independent monitoring program of Port Phillip Bay during the Channel Dredging project. Chris also gave us ACF's position on other current topical matters including the desalination plant proposal for Wonthaggi and the sustainability of commercial fisheries
Channel Deepening Special! This week Bron & Cass are joined in the studio by MLC Sue Pennicuik, Independent member for the Southern Metropolitan region. Sue is the parliamentary David in battle with Government Goliath in her views on the Channel Deepening project and speaks to Radio Marinara about the economic viability of the project. During the show she responds to talkback questions and comments. Diver reporter Brett Illingworth makes a return to the airwaves in his first 'Brett's Spot' for 2008, and we all realise why we miss him so much (and avoid the Mornington Peninsula).
A super sweet treat for our listeners involves the Scared Weird Little Guys and their glorious recording especially for Radio Marinara of "The Dredging Song". Enjoy!
We officially welcome John Ford to the Marinara team this week with his new regular segment 'Tales From the Fish Shop' and an impromptu diving report; Chris Smythe from the Australian Conservation Foundation is on the phone to tell us about a new monitoring project the ACF are conducting on Port Phillip Bay; plus plenty of news, including sitings of a rare white killer whale and frankenfish.
This week the Radio Marinara team covered the latest on the possible redevelopment of Bastion Point in east Victoria, the Festival of the Sea and Jeff Maynard was in for the first Marine Soundscape of the 2008.
This week Angeline discussed Crocodiles as the Attack of the Month, we all reviewed some of the recent news and finished up with a review of some of the panel’s report from the Channel Deepening Project SEES. Check out the Victorian Coastal Awards at www.vcc.vic.gov.au.
This week Dave reviewed “The Island of the Lost? by Joan Druitt. Jeff Maynard was in with some great clips from Marine Boy – 60’s manga of the sea. And from 2004 in our monthly 10 in 10, an interview with Redmond O’Hanlon, the author of Trawler.
This week we spoke to Belinda from Smith Family who was half way around Port Phillip Bay heading into the wind to come home in the “Around the Bay in a Day? event. After Brett, there was loads of news and we finish with Leo Opdenbrouw from Save Bastion Point to catch up on the latest weird stuff from the panel hearings about Bastion Point in Eastern Victoria.
Want to know more? Visit www.radiomarinara.com for all the gossip on Radio Marinara.
Pete and Anth caught up with some marine news about the place, we chatted with Angeline who was down at the Billabong Girls Get Out There day and finally Dr Jo Samuel King joins us on the way to the Cavalcade and Carnival for the bay to talk Channel Deepening.
Hey all – lots on this week. We talk nurdles with Angeline and the danger that they pose in the marine environment. Dave reviews some great kids books and Anth takes us back to 2003 in this month’s 10 years in 10 months. We replay the classic interview with Ray Sucliffe – famed BBC maritime doco-maker.
Alone in the studio Anth chats with Dave by phone about a booked called “Left for Dead? and later welcomes Megan Clinton from VNPA and Nicola Waldron from MCCN into the studio for a round table natter about what the biggest issues for the marine and coastal environs of Victoria will be in 5 years time.
For two wonderful weeks, we feel your love and have Radiothon shows. This is the annual time where we ask for your support to keep the station going. This year, we had two great musos live in the studio: Matt Walters on August 12th and Rosie Burgess on August 19th. Have a listen on the podcasts for their music. Thanks to both Matt and Rosie for giving us permission to leave their music on the podcasts. And thanks to you for your subscription and support for 3RRR FM!
For two wonderful weeks, we feel your love and have Radiothon shows. This is the annual time where we ask for your support to keep the station going. This year, we had two great musos live in the studio: Matt Walters on August 12th and Rosie Burgess on August 19th. Have a listen on the podcasts for their music. Thanks to both Matt and Rosie for giving us permission to leave their music on the podcasts. And thanks to you for your subscription and support for 3RRR FM!
This week we covered luxury submarines, the work done by community groups in Western Port and 10 years in 10 months - the diver who saw a live giant squid
Today's show covered: Marine inventions and Trivia - Submarines part III How the surf break got its name - local names, places and stories, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - the great old show where the 1970's was the future !
This week we natter about channel deepening, 18th and 19th Century submarines, fish naming and are joined by Leo Opdenbrouw to talk about the proposed development at Bastion Point in Eastern Victoria.
In this weeks show we take a first look at the proposed desalination plant for Victoria, the Japanese Sub's of Sydney Harbour, and go back to the year 2000 and talk to Dick Ziggin - the unelected Mayor of Coney Island, New York
This week we covered, Marine attack of the Month - The brainless, bonless jellyfish, the finding of a new wreck of the coast of Victoria. For more information on the news stories on:
Climate Change Special - Week 2 Over this week and the last, in conjunction with the Marine & Coastal Community Network (MCCN), we bring you part 2 of our special on the impacts and solutions to Climate Change. Today we talk about impacts on the insurance industry and what direction it might need to take with Bruce Thomas Sustainable Business Practices, fisheries and aquaculture with Dr Alistair Hobday from CSIRO and University of Tasmania and the way ahead - some possible solutions to Australia's situation with Chris Smyth from the ACF.
Climate Change Special - Week 1 Over this week and next, in conjunction with the Marine & Coastal Community Network (MCCN), we are bring you a special on the impacts and solutions to Climate Change. Today we talk about impacts on marine and coastal birds with Dr Karl Mallon from Climate Risk Pty Ltd, plankton with Dr Anthony Richardson from CSIRO and University of QLD and Australia's coastline with Professor Colin Woodroffe..
Today we covered loads of stuff. Starting with a big news catch up, then into puppetry - Ian Cuming is an artist who specialises in puppets. he joined us to talk about how and when and why. We also went back to 1999 for this month's episode of 10 years in 10 months. We listened to a snippet of Tim Allen interviewing Dr Sylvia Earle talking about the 65th anniversary of Beebie and Barton's journey to 923m below the sea surface at Bermuda - the first ever such journey.
Another big week. We had a big old chat with Brett Illingworth our dive reporter about how to keep warm as we approach winter. Pete filled us in on the world of submarines from the 16th and 17th century and we finished by catching up on loads of recent marine and coastal news.
Sorry about last week's technical hitch with the podcast. Back to normal this week! This week on Marinara we spoke with Cass Phillipou from the Maritime Heritage Unit about what's on in shipwrecks at the moment. Even Aust Post has released 3 stamps to celebrate National Archaeology Week. Then it was time for the first Marine Discovery Centre Quiz on Marinara. We had a ball with loads of callers. But don't you call as it has all happened!
This week on Marinara we caught up on the news of the week - including the winners of this year's Victorian Coastal Awards. We were joined by Neil Blake from Blue Wedges who spoke of their concern about the proposed channel deepening project. Then it was back to 1998 for 10 years in 10 months whene we played Tim Allen's interview with Tim Winton and Anth's talk with Billy Hurley about Otters.
This week on Marinara we were joined by surfing psychologist and author, Richard Bennett - he has just released a new edition of his book, The Surfers Mind. Rod Jones joined us to talk about the surf culture in the 70s and marine soundscape guy Jeff Maynard showed us some of the best and worst B-grade surf movies.
This week on Marinara we talked about some of the oldest ship wrecks in Port Phillip Heads (the Thetis and the Princess Royal) from the book "Wrecks on the Reef" by Heritage Victoria. Dr Warwick Raverty, Pulping Chemist, joined us to talk about some of the process detail in the proposed Gunns Pulp Mill in the Tamar Valley. Wariwck discussed what can go wrong with some of the plans. Angeline called Chris WIlkinsons from the WA Conservation Council at some ungodly hour in WA to talk about the proposed salt mine near Exmouth, WA.
Today we presented marine Invention of the month - the slightly obscure Thrust Bearing - invented by a man from Maldon before World War II and revolutionised the shippind industry.
Look out for a book review and the a discussion about the news of the day.
This week on Marinara we talked in detail with Brett (our dive reporter) about his (and others in the dive industry) view on the Channel Deepening project. Anth spoke with David Clark from C restaurant in Vancouver about the expansion of the Oceanwise sustainable fish program to Australia. We finished up hearing about Angelineâ??s trip to the wilds of SE Tassie and what the crew had managed to glean from trying to read the 14 or 15 or 17 000 pages in the SEES of the Channel Deepening Project.
This week on Marinara we talked with Matt Edmunds who is the current Master Champion Fin Swimmer about what on earth Fin Swimming is about. Bernard Napthline and Simon joined us to talk about developments in Barwon Heads Victoria and Penguin Tasmania. To finish off we heard an interview from 1997 with David Parer - acclaimed cinematographer - and listened to Anth being chased by an elephant seal...
On this weeks show, we have a chat with Brett about free diving, we talk to Stuart McConnell, Director Science and Technology from EPA Victoria about the toxins found in fish in the lower Yarra and Marybynong Rivers and hear our first episode of 10 Years in 10 months - a celebration of Radio Marinara over the last 10 years.
On this week's show we find out what Anth did over summer on the SV Pelican with a bunch of young people from the Royal Childrens Hospital. We also catch up on where some of the big stories from last year are: the PPB Channel Deepening, the proposed redevelopment at Bastion Point in East Gippsland and that weird Abalone virus killing the abs in Western Vic.
The last show for 2006 was also the first to celebrate our 10th year on 3RRR. Listen out for a preview of an intervoew with the founder of Sea Shepard, some ideas for marine presents for people you love (and a few others), a look at the Victorian fish count ans well as reminiscing about the last 10 years.
This week on Radio Marinara we see what it is like to be a marine scientist as student take a diving trip on a boat in the name of careers advice. This and more
This week we meet Brett's evil diving twin buddy - Barry. We discuss the impact of the recent Victorian State Election on the marine environment. And finish with a review of Killers of Eden. A remarkable story of whalers and Orcas in Eden NSW.
Bron and Dr Beach discuss new research on jellyfish and their impact on climate change, have a chat about diving with Brett Illingworth, and Port Phillip Eco-Centre’s ‘Bay Keeper’, Neil Blake, is back in the studio to talk about conservation priorities for Port Phillip Bay. Hear the latest marine conservation news, including the status of the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji. Finally, hang about until the end of the show for a snippet from the new issue of ‘Science’ on deep-sea swimming worms that drop luminous bombs on their predators - what a clever distraction tool!
