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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Camden, New South Wales from the 22 May 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
Wikipedia - Camden, New South Wales
Camden Park House
Australian Dictionary of Biography - John Macarthur
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A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at [email protected]
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:08:52 – The Albanese government will accelerate the development of loitering munitions
00:29:40 – Camden, New South Wales
00:51:57 – Australians enticed by premium rivals as McDonald’s records fall in sales
01:11:28 – This week in Australian history 16-22 May
01:18:51 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
Albanese Government to accelerate development of loitering munitions
Australia accelerates development of homegrown loitering munitions
Australia boosts defence with PLM initiative
Not lovin’ it: Australians enticed by premium rivals as McDonald’s records rare fall in sales
McDonald's sales fall as inflation-weary customers turn away from fast food
McDonald's sales drop as diners face 'uncertainty'
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
Wikipedia - Camden, New South Wales
Camden Park House
Australian Dictionary of Biography - John Macarthur
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
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A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at [email protected]
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:09:57 – Regional city of Orange is planning on becoming the next Silicon Valley
00:27:21 – South West Tasmania, Tasmania
00:48:45 – Ross Garnaut says Labor’s historic victory could change the global energy trade
01:12:33 – This week in Australian history 9-15May
01:22:22 - XXXX bottle top quiz
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The regional Australian city of Orange is hoping to become the next Silicon Valley
Ross Garnaut says Labor's historic victory could change global energy trade
After the 2025 election: Energy transition and restoration of Australian growth
The New Energy Trade: Harnessing Australian renewables for global development
Ross Garnaut: Prophet with a sunny vision of our glorious future
Wikipedia - Lomatia tasmanica
Botanists' bid to save King's Holly, 'world's oldest living plant', from extinction
Geoscience Australia - Cooper basin region
National Museum of Australia - Iron Ore Exports
Two Ticks Town Talk on Windsor (Part 2), New South Wales from 27 Mar 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Junee, New South Wales from the 8 May 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
Aussietowns - Junee, New South Wales
The Little house of Horrors - Monte Cristo homestead
Ghost tour operator vows to continue legacy after famous Junee ‘haunted house’ closes to public
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A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at [email protected]
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:07:55 – Australian Federal elections 2025
00:29:44 – Junee, New South Wales
00:52:58 – The fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
01:17:40 – This week in Australian history 2-8 May
01:27:37 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
Federal Election 2025 - Australia Votes
AEC 2025 Federal Election
How Peter Dutton’s Wile E Coyote campaign flew off the cliff
Fire ants found in new south-east Queensland housing development
Sting operation: the fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
Aussietowns - Junee, New South Wales
The Little house of Horrors - Monte Cristo homestead
Ghost tour operator vows to continue legacy after famous Junee ‘haunted house’ closes to public
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Budj Bim, Victoria from the 1 May 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
World heritage Places - Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
Wikipedia - Budj Bim National Park
Parks Victoria - Budj Bim National Park
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
Two Ticks Town Talk on Mt Gambier, South Australia from the 6 Feb 2024 episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Two Ticks Town Talk on Warrnambool, Victoria from the 10 Apr 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
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A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at [email protected]
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:08:34 – China has halted rare earth exports, can Australia step up. Critical minerals in hot demand but governments have a hard time getting industry off the ground
00:30:11 – Budj Bim, Victoria
00:50:55 – The startling reason Australia is shooting koalas out of trees from helicopters
01:14:01 – This week in Australian history 25-30 April & 1 May
01:30:21 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
China has halted rare earth exports, can Australia step up?
Critical minerals in hot demand but governments have hard time getting industry off the ground
The startling reason Australia is shooting koalas out of trees from helicopters
Sniping koalas from helicopters: here’s what’s wrong with Victoria’s unprecedented cull
Bob’s Map – Koala populations then and now
World heritage Places - Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
Wikipedia - Budj Bim National Park
Parks Victoria - Budj Bim National Park
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
Two Ticks Town Talk on Mt Gambier, South Australia from the 6 Feb 2024 episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Two Ticks Town Talk on Warrnambool, Victoria from the 10 Apr 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Geraldton Part 2, Western Australia from the 24 Apr 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
National museum Australia - Wreck of the Batavia
Australian National Maritime Museum - The Batavia shipwreck disaster
Wikipedia - Batavia (1628 ship)
Western Australian Museum - Batavia's history
Australian Geographic - The wallaby that drinks sea water
State Library of Western Australia - Francisco Pelsaert's journal
Geraldton Part 1, Western Australia (from 18 Jul 2024 Australia Talks)
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
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A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at [email protected]
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:15 – Croc watch
00:06:09 – Catchup
00:11:30 – Australian neighbours’ defence decisions (Indonesia and Timor-Leste)
00:35:59 – Geraldton Part 2, Western Australia
00:57:22 – Australian PM, policticians took $147,000 of match tickets while weighing sports betting ban
01:14:11 – This week in Australian history 18-24 April
01:23:51 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
Australia PM, politicians took $147,000 of match tickets while weighing sports betting ban
Register of Members' Interests – 47th Parliament
Timor-Leste open to participating in Chinese military exercises
Canberra confirms Indonesia won't host Russian planes at air force base
Russia responds to claims it sought access to Indonesian air base
National museum Australia - Wreck of the Batavia
Australian National Maritime Museum - The Batavia shipwreck disaster
Wikipedia - Batavia (1628 ship)
Western Australian Museum - Batavia's history
Australian Geographic - The wallaby that drinks sea water
State Library of Western Australia - Francisco Pelsaert's journal
Geraldton Part 1, Western Australia
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Simpson, Northern Territory from the 17 Apr 2025' full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
Wikipedia - Poeppel Corner
Wikipedia - Simpson, Northern Territory
Wikipedia - Simpson desert
Simpson desert
ABS - Simpson, NT
Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park
Australia Talks - Birdsville, Queensland 20 Feb 2025
#Australia #Australian
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A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at [email protected]
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:06:10 – Donald Trump’s tariff war with China could see Australians pay less for Chinese-made products
00:24:06 – Simpson, Northern Territory
00:41:49 – Zombie ants found in Top End
00:56:20 - This week in Australian history 11-17 Apr
01:05:05 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
Donald Trump's tariff war with China could see Australians pay less for Chinese-made products
Will iPhones cost more because of Trump's tariffs on China?
Trump’s crisis is only beginning. It will make you question everything
Zombie ants found in Top End
'A relationship that could horrify Darwin': Mindy Weisberger on the skin-crawling reality of insect zombification
Could fungi actually cause a zombie apocalypse?
Wikipedia - Poeppel Corner
Wikipedia - Simpson, Northern Territory
Wikipedia - Simpson desert
Simpson desert
ABS - Simpson, NT
Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park
Australia Talks - Birdsville, Queensland 20 Feb 2025
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
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This the Two Ticks Town Talk on Warrnambool, Victoria from the 10 Apr 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
Aussie Towns - Warrnambool, Victoria
Middle island penguins
Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog
An Australian Town’s Identity Rests on a Ship That May Not Exist
Wikipedia - Mahogany ship
Wikipedia - Pierre Desceliers
#Australia #Australian
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A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at [email protected]
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:09:48 – Trump’s tariffs and the impact on Australia
00:38:49 – Warrnambool, Victoria
01:03:12 – Strategic warning on Australia’s food security
01:27:32 - This week in Australian history 4-10 Apr
01:35:51 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
Here's what Australia sells overseas, who buys it, and how much we sell to the US
DFAT Country Economic and Trade Data - United States
Australia-United States FTA
National food security preparedness Green Paper
Australia’s food security needs national-security frameworks
Labor is promising a national food security strategy – but there’s no mention of Australians who are going hungry
Feeding Australia: Albanese Labor Government's plan to secure our food future
Aussie Towns - Warrnambool, Victoria
Middle island penguins
Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog
An Australian Town’s Identity Rests on a Ship That May Not Exist
Wikipedia - Mahogany ship
Wikipedia - Pierre Desceliers
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Hahndorf, South Australia from the 3 Apr 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'
Sources:
Hahndorf State Heritage Area
Hahndorf
Aussietowns - Hahndorf, South Australia
Peramangk
Wikipedia - Hans Heysen
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
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A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at [email protected]
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:16:02 – Federal Budget winners and losers
00:51:12 – Hahndorf, South Australia
01:07:44 – What happens to Olympic venues once the games wrap up?
01:29:39 - This week in Australian history 28-31 Mar 1-3 Apr
01:38:53 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
Budget 2025-2026
Federal budget winners and losers
Types of property a foreign person can buy
Welcome to Australian made
What happens to Olympic venues once the games wrap up?
Cost of the Summer Olympic Games from 1996 to 2020, with a forecast for 2024
Hahndorf State Heritage Area
Hahndorf
Aussietowns - Hahndorf, South Australia
Peramangk
Wikipedia - Hans Heysen
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Windsor (Part 2), New South Wales from 27 Mar 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
Sources:
Aussietowns - Windsor, NSW
Wikipedia - Windsor, New South Wales
Windsor Heritage Walk map
A handy guide to measuring the sky [with your body]
Hawkesbury Regional Museum - Starry night The world of John Tebbutt
Wikipedia - John Tebbutt
Australian Dictionary of Biography - John Tebbutt
Wikipedia - Parallax in astronomy
Two Ticks Town Talk - Windsor, New South Wales 16 May 2024
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
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A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at [email protected]
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:53– Croc watch
00:18:39 – Bushland the size of New Zealand to be protected under federal budget boost
00:35:35 – Windsor, New South Wales (Part 2)
00:59:22 – As trust in the US collapses, leaders in Australia and around the world are frantically recalibrating
01:25:09 - This week in Australian history 21-27 Mar
01:38:34 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
Grim prediction following rare sighting of 'vagrant' crocodile on southern Queensland beach
Is Australia’s crocodile population moving further down south?
Bushland the size of New Zealand to be protected under federal budget boost
Bush Heritage Australia
As trust in the US collapses, leaders in Australia and around the world are frantically recalibrating
The US-Australia alliance has created a unique kind of subservience. What if we don’t need the US to come to our rescue?
Instead of wasting more time on the European favourability of the USA falls following the return of Donald Trumpflawed Aukus submarine program, we must go to plan B now
Aussietowns - Windsor, NSW
Wikipedia - Windsor, New South Wales
Windsor Heritage Walk map
A handy guide to measuring the sky [with your body]
Hawkesbury Regional Museum - Starry night The world of John Tebbutt
Wikipedia - John Tebbutt
Australian Dictionary of Biography - John Tebbutt
Wikipedia - Parallax in astronomy
Two Ticks Town Talk - Windsor, New South Wales 16 May 2024
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
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A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at [email protected]
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:09:33 – ‘You have unmet needs’: the psychology behind Australia’s love affair with big cars
00:41:03 – Boydtown, New South Wales
01:02:22 – Instead of wasting more time on the flawed AUKUS submarine program we must go to plan B now
01:31:21 - This week in Australian history 14-20 Mar
01:41:24 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
‘You have unmet needs’: the psychology behind Australia’s love affair with big cars
Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier
Utes are useless: They may be popular but modern utes such as the Toyota HiLux, Isuzu D-Max, Mitsubishi Triton, Ford Ranger and BYD Shark 6 seem less practical than ever before
Greens leader Adam Bandt says Australia should walk away from AUKUS in wake of Trump's tariffs
Instead of wasting more time on the flawed Aukus submarine program, we must go to plan B now
Visiting nuclear sub commander says US will 'follow through' on AUKUS
Why the AUKUS deal is still a controversial and perplexing issue for most Australians
Benjamin (Ben) Boyd (1801–1851)
Wikipedia - Boydtown, New South Wales
Aussietowns - Boydtown
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
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