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

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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 AustraliaTalks@proton.me

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

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

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

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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 AustraliaTalksPodcast@proton.me

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

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

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalksPodcast@proton.me

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

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

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalksPodcast@proton.me

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