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Big Sky Country
Join conservation organisation Bush Heritage Australia to travel the vast Australian continent: from the flanks of the Mighty Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales where over 40,000 trees have been planted, to the ‘Galapagos of the Kimberley’ where some slimy snails have scientists extremely excited, and across to the ancestral lands of Waanyi and Garawa people where they are keeping culture and biodiversity alive. Meet experts in conservation and Country who are on the ground working to address some of our most pressing environmental threats. Theme music by The Orbweavers. Sign up to our newsletter at www.bushheritage.org.au or follow us on socials @bushheritageaus
Episodes
14 episodes
Learning Garawa
It’s a two-day drive from Darwin to Robinson River, on Garawa Country in the NT, just south of the Gulf of Carpentaria. While the road there can be long, the destination is worth it. The annual Waanyi Garawa Biodiversity and Culture Camp brings...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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16:40
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The return of the right-way burn
In 2021, Wiradjuri Elder Uncle James Ingram and Bush Heritage’s Aboriginal Partnerships Manager and Yuin Walbunja woman, Vikki Parsley, walked across Tarcutta Hills Reserve in southern NSW in search of cultural artefacts. Immediately, they call...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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20:00
Farmer wants some biodiversity
It might seem strange for an ecologist to spend time on pastoral lands, but that’s exactly what Imogen Semmler does. She ‘meanders’ across paddocks to measure the health of their ecosystems and quantify their biodiverse value. With ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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22:22
People have the power
What does it take to restore a native woodland? A bucket, hammer, trowel, seedlings and a whole heap of people power. These ingredients are abundant at Scottsdale Reserve on Ngarigo and Ngunnawal Country in New South Wales where for over seven ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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19:26
A snail of a time
Amongst inland wulo (rainforest) and on islands in the North Kimberley, Wunambal Gaambera Country, lives an unassuming group of animals. The species slime their way along the forest floor eating decaying leaf litter and are part of why...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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24:34
Call me by your birdsong
Can you imagine nature without sound? No bellbirds, or lyrebirds. No bleating frogs or whispering leaves. No nature’s call to tell the story of the wonder of the forest. For some scientists seeing is believing, but for Bush Heritag...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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22:07
Big Sky Country Season Two Trailer
Join us in April 2023 for season two of Big Sky Country, bringing stories from the bush to wherever you get your podcasts.Join conservation organisation Bush Heritage Australia to travel the vast Australian continent:...
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2:18
The sandalwood tree
If every scent tells a story, the Australian Sandalwood Tree (Santalum Spicatum) must be a library; rich with ecological, cultural and economic history books. But today, much of this history is at risk, with unsustainable ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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18:27
Clouds build up, fruits flower, Indigenous seasons change
When you think of the seasons, does Spring begin on the first day of September? Summer on the first of December? Or is it the Wet season on the first of November? The Dry season on the first of May? Unlike Gregorian or Western Cale...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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19:15
Red fins, blue eyes, can't lose
When there's one single population of a species left in the world, what do you do? Do you let it go extinct? Or do you do everything you can to save it? In central Queensland, a collective effort is bringing one teeny, tiny fish ba...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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17:13
Where there's water, there's life
Naree Station Reserve on Budjiti country in New South Wales might look dry on most days of the year, but when the water arrives, by rain or flood, the landscape comes alive. Dry soil transforms into wetlands full of frogs singing, waterbirds fl...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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23:13
The secret life of phascogales
Climb up the tree. Open the nest box. And look inside the lives of Red-tailed Phascogales. These small arboreal marsupials - with their big ears, big eyes and fluffy red tails - are just as loveable as koalas and kangaroos,...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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19:52
From little trees, climate resilience grows
The climate has always changed. But in recent years, these changes have gotten drastically faster and more noticeable. So much so that, in some cases, they are causing trees to die. Grey Box and Yellow Box trees form the eucalypt b...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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