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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 – Introduction

00:01:34 – Croc watch – mystery ring found in enormous crocodile poo

00:18:14 – Defence roundup – Ghost Shark, Recruitment numbers and PNG recruiting

00:54:34 – Port Essington, Northern Territory

01:12:14 – Nightlife changing due to falling alcohol consumption

01:27:42 – This week in Australian history 23-29 Oct

01:45:00 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Gatorland Expert Finds Ring in Crocodile Droppings, Orlando

Nightlife venues embrace 'experience economy' as alcohol consumption falls - ABC News

Flinders University reveals Gen Z is drinking less alcohol - Flinders University

Queensland night-life tsar John Collins recommends liquor law overhaul - ABC News

Ghost Sharks get 'teeth' as secret drone subs unveiled | St George & Sutherland Shire Leader | St George, NSW

'Ghost Shark' sea drone shows off attachments

Ghost Shark and other drones get teeth – CONTACT magazine

Speartooth LUUV - C2 Robotics Pty Ltd

Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV): Ocius™

We want you! ADF recruitment rates are growing, even as the odds of conflict rise. Why are people signing up? | Aukus | The Guardian

Australian Defence Force opening recruitment to PNG university students under $65 million trial - ABC News

After years of backsliding, the ADF is growing again. What’s behind the recruitment uptick?

Port Essington, NT - Aussie Towns

Historical Australian Towns: Victoria Settlement, Port Essington, Northern Territory: Remote Ruins

The History of Victoria Settlement, Port Essington

Port Essington - Wikipedia

The doomed attempt to claim Australia's north for the British Empire - ABC News

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Cairns, Queensland from the 22 Oct 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Sources:

Rock balancing - Wikipedia

Balancing Rocks: Gatz Piles in Cairns | The Travel Tart Blog

Cairns Adventure Tours - The Gatz Balancing Rocks

Two Ticks Town Talk - Cape Otway, Victoria (from 30 Oct 2025 Australia Talks) | Australia Talks

#Australian

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 – Introduction

00:11:34 – Greens propose a plan to license landlords

00:33:08 – Cairns, Queensland

00:45:47 – Dingoes eating feral cats

01:02:26 – This week in Australian history 16-22 Oct

01:13:24 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Housing and Homelessness Policy | Australian Greens Victoria

Victoria’s three strikes landlord proposal would make life harder for renters

Landlord licence: Victoria Greens’ ‘three strikes’ rental plan | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines

Research shows dingoes in WA's Great Sandy Desert protect native wildlife by eating feral cats - ABC News

Traditional owner-led wartaji (dingo) research in Pirra Country (Great Sandy Desert): a case study from the Nyangumarta Warrarn Indigenous Protected Area | Wildlife Research | ConnectSci

Rock balancing - Wikipedia

Balancing Rocks: Gatz Piles in Cairns | The Travel Tart Blog

Cairns Adventure Tours - The Gatz Balancing Rocks

Two Ticks Town Talk - Cape Otway, Victoria (from 30 Oct 2025 Australia Talks) | Australia Talks

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Deloraine, Tasmania from the 15 Oct 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Sources:

Deloraine, TAS - Aussie Towns

Deloraine | Discover Tasmania

Deloraine, Tasmania – Wikipedia

Australia-Japan Society of Tasmania Inc. - 2026 Hanami Trail

The surprising origin of Tasmania's cherry blossom festival - ABC News

Tommeginne language – Wikipedia

Buckwheat exports to Japan |2024

Australia's soba noodle source | SBS Food

Two Ticks Town Talk - Bermagui, New South Wales (from 13 Mar 2025 Australia Talks) |

#Australian

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 – Introduction

00:11:53 – Hunter coal mine’s Green High Court decision

00:38:01 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Deloraine, Tasmania

00:50:10 – Forcibly nationalising Australian supermarkets

01:22:15 – This week in Australian history 9-15 Oct

01:30:30 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

High Court rules in favour of climate group in Hunter Valley coalmine case - ABC News

Muswellbrook mine gets six more years despite High Court stoush | Newcastle Weekly

Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

World Court climate decision lights match under Australia's fossil fuel industry - ABC News

Max Chandler-Mather pitches Mamdani-style $25bn plan to nationalise 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets | Australian Greens | The Guardian

Greens think tank proposes publicly owned supermarkets to challenge Coles-Woolworths 'duopoly' - ABC News

The Green Institute

Fair Go Grocers The plan to smash the supermarket duopoly

I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read

Deloraine, TAS - Aussie Towns

Deloraine | Discover Tasmania

Deloraine, Tasmania – Wikipedia

Australia-Japan Society of Tasmania Inc. - 2026 Hanami Trail

The surprising origin of Tasmania's cherry blossom festival - ABC News

Tommeginne language – Wikipedia

Buckwheat exports to Japan |2024

Soba – Wikipedia

Australia's soba noodle source | SBS Food

Two Ticks Town Talk - Bermagui, New South Wales (from 13 Mar 2025 Australia Talks) | Australia Talks

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Laura (part 2), Queensland from the 8 Oct 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Sources:

Two Ticks Town Talk - Laura, Queensland (from 7 Nov 2023 Australia Talks) | Australia Talks

Edmund Kennedy - Wikipedia

Jackey Jackey - Wikipedia

Jackey Jackey – Harry Gentle Resource Centre

Biography - Jackey Jackey - Australian Dictionary of Biography

Our Global Neighbours: Galmarra’s Breast Plate - The Australian Museum Blog

Queensland Places - Cape York - Edmund Kennedy Expedition | State Library of Queensland

Edmund Kennedy Expedition | Monument Australia

Biography - Edmund Besley Kennedy - Australian Dictionary of Biography

Essay - Surveyors: Mapping the Distance, Early Surveying in Australia - Australian Dictionary of Biography

Laura, Queensland - Wikipedia

Laura - qld.gov.au

Laura, QLD - Aussie Towns

Measuring angles | Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development

#Australian

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 – Introduction

00:10:56 – Amazon considering drone deliveries for Australia

00:38:52 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Laura (part 2), Queensland

01:00:32 – Bushfire control with irrigated green zones

01:17:07 – This week in Australian history 2-8 Oct

01:30:32 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Amazon evaluating drone deliveries in Australia, Asia

Head of Regulatory Approvals, Australia, Prime Air - Job ID: 10545558 | Amazon.jobs

Amazon takes first step to launch drone delivery service in Australia | 7NEWS

Amazon’s delivery drones heading Down Under | Information Age | ACS

Bushfire simulation reveals green strategy that could cut Australia’s fire threat | UniSC | University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

A Preliminary Assessment of Irrigated Green Firebreaks for Reducing Fire Spread and Intensity in Wildland–Urban Interface Landscapes: Noosa Shire, Australia

Bushfire simulation reveals green strategy that could cut Australia's fire threat

Two Ticks Town Talk - Laura, Queensland (from 7 Nov 2023 Australia Talks) | Australia Talks

Edmund Kennedy - Wikipedia

Jackey Jackey - Wikipedia

Jackey Jackey – Harry Gentle Resource Centre

Biography - Jackey Jackey - Australian Dictionary of Biography

Our Global Neighbours: Galmarra’s Breast Plate - The Australian Museum Blog

Queensland Places - Cape York - Edmund Kennedy Expedition | State Library of Queensland

Edmund Kennedy Expedition | Monument Australia

Biography - Edmund Besley Kennedy - Australian Dictionary of Biography

Essay - Surveyors: Mapping the Distance, Early Surveying in Australia - Australian Dictionary of Biography

Laura, Queensland - Wikipedia

Laura - qld.gov.au

Laura, QLD - Aussie Towns

Measuring angles | Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Gwalia (part 2), Western Australia from the 1 Oct 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Sources:

Home » Gwalia Ghost Town & Museum

Land You Stand On | Discover the Heritage and History of Indigenous Lands

Gwalia, Western Australia - Wikipedia

Gwalia Gold Mine - Wikipedia

Outback WA ghost town of Gwalia to live on thanks to multi-million dollar preservation effort - ABC News

A Brief History Of Gwalia And The Sons Of Gwalia Mine » Shire of Leonora

Hoover House » Gwalia Ghost Town & Museum

Gwalia Operations - Genesis Minerals Limited

Inside Australia's deepest gold mine — how deep can history go at Gwalia? - ABC News

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