This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Shepparton, Victoria from the 3 Sep 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Sources:

Shepparton, VIC - Aussie Towns: https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/shepparton-vic

Goulburn Valley - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goulburn_Valley

Shepparton - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepparton

Shepparton | Victorian Places: https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/shepparton

RiverConnect in Action - RiverConnect: https://riverconnect.com.au/about/history

History of Shepparton: A Cultural Journey - ToMelbourne.com: https://tomelbourne.com/history-of-shepparton/

Australian manufacturing icon Furphy marks 150-year milestone in Shepparton - ABC News: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-26/furphy-australian-manufacturing-icon-150-years-in-shepparton/103134596

History - Furphy Story: https://web.archive.org/web/20251115041309/https://www.furphystory.com.au/history/

John Monash's engineering to 1914. Shepparton Bridge.: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111045451/http://www.aholgate.com/girdertexts/shepparton.html

John Monash - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monash

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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

00:11:15 – Licencing e-bikes in Queensland

00:37:37 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Shepparton, Victoria

00:58:33 – Taxing sugary drinks

01:30:19 – This week in Australian history 28-31 August & 1-3 Sep

01:40:56 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

E-Bike rules in Queensland - qld.gov.au

Driver's licence mandatory to ride e-bikes and e-scooters, under 16s banned from riding solo under new Queensland laws - ABC News

Push for new e-bike laws in Queensland after 13yo left fighting for life in horror crash | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines

Sugar tax on drinks may improve oral health in Australia, study suggests - ABC News

Impact of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax on dental caries, periodontitis and edentulism in Australia: a modelling study | BMJ Public Health

Estimated effects of food taxes and subsidies on health, economics, and equity in Australia: a modelling study - The Lancet Public Health

77% of Australians want government intervention as common drinks found to have more than double recommended sugar limit - Food For Health Alliance

D. Parliamentary Budget Office costing: 20% tax on sugar sweetened beverages – Parliament of Australia

Sugar tax could improve oral health - Griffith News

Case for a tax on sweetened sugary drinks | Obesity Evidence Hub

Shepparton, VIC - Aussie Towns

Goulburn Valley - Wikipedia

Shepparton - Wikipedia

Shepparton | Victorian Places

RiverConnect in Action - RiverConnect

History of Shepparton: A Cultural Journey - ToMelbourne.com

Australian manufacturing icon Furphy marks 150-year milestone in Shepparton - ABC News

History - Furphy Story

John Monash's engineering to 1914. Shepparton Bridge.

John Monash - Wikipedia

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Mount Bartle Frere, Queensland from the 27 Aug 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Sources:

Mount Bartle Frere - Wikipedia

Nature, culture and history | Bartle Frere trail, Wooroonooran National Park | Parks and forests | Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Taxon - Eucryphia wilkiei (Wilkie's leatherwood) | WildNet

Techmarscincus - Wikipedia

Queensland mountain tied to African history - The Junction

Camping | Bartle Frere trail, Wooroonooran National Park | Parks and forests | Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Bartle Frere trail | Parks and forests | Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

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

00:01:02 – Croc watch

00:18:20 – El Niño and its impact on Australia

00:41:27 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Mount Bartle Frere, Queensland

01:07:06 – AI data centre energy rules

01:33:45 – This week in Australian history 21-27 August

01:39:47 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Climbing crocs survey territory from above - Australian Geographic

Climbing behaviour in extant crocodilians

Why the phrase ‘Super El Niño’ makes Australian climate scientists roll their eyes

Why Australia's weather is seeing a soaking while a record El Niño is forming - ABC News

El Niño–Southern Oscillation - Wikipedia

Southern hemisphere monitoring

Albanese to settle AI data centre energy rules, overriding defiant Queensland - ABC News

Energy prices are falling but the rise of data centres could push them back up - ABC News

Proposed Qld data centre to challenge renewable-only rules

Mount Bartle Frere - Wikipedia

Nature, culture and history | Bartle Frere trail, Wooroonooran National Park | Parks and forests | Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Taxon - Eucryphia wilkiei (Wilkie's leatherwood) | WildNet

Techmarscincus - Wikipedia

Queensland mountain tied to African history - The Junction

Camping | Bartle Frere trail, Wooroonooran National Park | Parks and forests | Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Bartle Frere trail | Parks and forests | Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Two Ticks Town Talk - Christmas Repeat 2025 Woomera , South Australia (from 24 Jul 2025 Australia Talks).mp3 | Australia Talks

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Pukatja (Part 2), South Australia from the 20 Aug 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Sources:

John Friedrich (fraudster) - Wikipedia

Biography - John Friedrich - Australian Dictionary of Biography

Australia’s Greatest Conman?: Marc Fennell investigates John Friedrich and the National Safety Council of Australia fraud

27 Jul 1991 - John Friedrich, 41, takes his secrets to the grave - Trove

John Friedrich and the National Safety Council | Graham's Blog

Two Ticks Town Talk – Pukatja, South Australia Part 1 (from 5 Aug 2026 Australia Talks) | Australia Talks

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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

00:14:11 – EV trucks as fuel security

00:51:07 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Pukatja (Part 2), South Australia

01:16:08 – China “researching” Palau

01:41:58 – This week in Australian history 14-20 August

01:50:26 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Australia is spending billions on fuel security. What if some of that went to electric trucks? - ABC News

Australia's fuel security - DCCEEW

AECOM – Electrifying Road Freight Report - Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

Diesel nation: Australia is still pumping billions in the wrong direction as oil hyperinflation hits

Australia’s fuel crisis needs electric vehicle subsidies, tax breaks and more domestic oil production

Chinese research vessel sparks alarm in Palau after repeated incursions - ABC News

John Friedrich (fraudster) - Wikipedia

Biography - John Friedrich - Australian Dictionary of Biography

Australia’s Greatest Conman?: Marc Fennell investigates John Friedrich and the National Safety Council of Australia fraud

27 Jul 1991 - John Friedrich, 41, takes his secrets to the grave - Trove

John Friedrich and the National Safety Council | Graham's Blog

Two Ticks Town Talk – Pukatja, South Australia Part 1 (from 5 Aug 2026 Australia Talks) | Australia Talks

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Tantanoola, South Australia from the 12 Aug 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Tantanoola, South Australia - Wikipedia

Questions remain over Tantanoola tiger 130 years after it was shot dead - ABC News

Tantanoola Tiger: The mystery of murderous Australian animal | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines

Tantanoola | Wattle Range Council

#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

00:10:41 – Excise duty rates for alcohol

00:29:55 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Tantanoola, South Australia

00:49:50 – The risks of bird flu to Australia

01:06:00 – This week in Australian history 7-13 August

01:20:12 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

If we scrap the 'beer tax' for five years, will pub culture and live music thrive again? - ABC News

Excise duty rates for alcohol | Australian Taxation Office

Australians brace for alcohol tax hike blow

Australia confirms first mass death of seabirds from H5N1 bird flu | Reuters

Threat to thousands of Australian birds and animals outlined as bird flu spreads - ABC News

Understanding the risk to native species - DCCEEW

National risk scores for H5 bird flu for native birds and mammals

Everything you need to know about Australia's bird flu surge - ABC News

I feel deep sadness about bird flu and environmental loss. Is this normal?

Tantanoola, South Australia - Wikipedia

Questions remain over Tantanoola tiger 130 years after it was shot dead - ABC News

Tantanoola Tiger: The mystery of murderous Australian animal | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines

Tantanoola | Wattle Range Council

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

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