Going Wild in the Highlands
Two crazy nature lovers in the Highlands of NSW aiming to inspire everyone to get out there and enjoy the bush.
Episodes
25 episodes
Bonus: Colourful Characters
Some of our highlands birds have outrageous colouring! This Bonus is best viewed on our YouTube channel so you can see the beautiful images that accompany the audio. But if you only have time to listen here it is!
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5:14
Bonus! Glossy Black-cockatoo Nest Hunting
Once again Floss is out in the cold and dark. This time she's joined a group hunting for the nest of the endangered Glossy Black-cockatoo. But will they have success?
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5:17
Bonus: Penrose Powerful Owl
September BONUS! A friend of the podcast has recorded a Powerful Owl in Penrose! Floss and Lou investigate these magnificent creatures.
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5:39
Welcome to Spring!
The girls had a month off so there's lots of catching up to do! Floss has been investigating Cold Plunging...will she brave it? And there are all sorts of shenanigans after dark in both their households. Find out all about it ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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29:50
Ep 2.1 Spring has Sprung!
Nature thinks that spring has arrived in the highlands and romance (and pollen!) is in the air.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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29:50
Ep 11 BONUS Winter Solstice - is it really Good News?
Floss and Lou ponder the mixed implications of the winter solstice, contemplate massive moths in their hair, sort out our ibises and advise us what to do with our excess autumn leaves.
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21:52
Ep 11 "They Explode!".
Floss and Lou visit Wonderland, Lou has a drama at the end of a very long day, Lou talks about the explosive consequences of frost, and so much more!
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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29:50
Ep 10 BONUS Autumn in the highlands - Lou gets philosophical
Floss and Lou wade into the thorny territory of feeding wild birds - the rewards and the risks. They also talk about some amazing eight-legged engineers and Lou explains why certain leaves change colour in autumn.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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29:20
Ep 10 Befuddled
Floss gets lost in a paddock and Lou gets lost in the week but nevertheless they've both learnt a thing or two.
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29:50
Ep 9.5 DON'T EAT THE FUNGI!
The girls fossick for fungi to photograph (say that three times quickly), compare local herons and investigate who's laying eggs in your garden.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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29:50
Ep 9 A Bird, a Bee and the Rainforest
Floss and Lou visit Roberson Rainforest. They discover some rainforest secrets and Lou inadvertently collects an unexpected guest! They also meet a very special group of budding local naturalists.
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29:50
Ep 8.5 As summer Slips Away
Teenagers being kicked out of home, gangs of youths developing, brand management for insects...it all somehow makes an appearance in this episode.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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29:50
Ep 8: Breaking News!!
Floss and Lou announce breaking news, get a lesson about caring for injured wildlife, and go gaga over Gang Gangs.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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29:50
Ep 7.5 The World's Best Kept Secret
Don't know your magpie from your currawong? Don't know a Myna from a Miner? Don't know a butterfly from a moth? Floss and Lou have got it all sorted...or have they?
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:50
Ep 7 Feb Who Put the Scribbles on the Scribbly Gum?
Who put the scribbles on the scribbly gum? One of the great mysteries of Australian life - solved by Floss and Lou! As well, the girls visit a winery, Lou saves a life, and they both play possum.Thank you to all...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:50
Ep 6.5 "Fascinating! Well done Floss!"
The girls venture out in search of the best Highlands spots to cool your heels in summer, Floss worries about Bell Miners encroaching on her garden, Lou surveys swifts and much more! Thank you to our wonderful photographers:&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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22:05
Ep 6 "The bonobos of the insect world"
Floss and Lou venture into their own backyards and are bedazzled by what they find there. Lou laments the challenges of keeping the garden watered while you’re away enjoying the summer. Enquiries about Glossy Black-cockatoo ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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29:50
Ep 5.5 Christmas Special!
Christmas bush, Christmas beetles, Christmas prezzies, Mistletoe - we've got Christmas in the highlands covered! Link to mistletoe video: https://youtu.be/YOl-P9XNFd...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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28:48
Ep 5 In Defence of Flies
The girls engage in lively discussions about blue-tongue lizards, explore the surprising perks of flies and Lou keeps us posted on her intriguing pursuit of the elusive Highlands Cypress Killer.
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Episode 5
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29:50
Ep 4.5 The day Floss saved Lou's life
Floss and Lou gossip about Jezabels, cuddle a platypus and have very different memories of how Floss saved Lou's life.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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23:08
Ep 4 "They always do it at night"
The girls go hunting rakali, investigate the love life of funnel-web spiders, poke their noses into turtle nests, are driven crazy by a lovelorn pigeon and more! Thank you to Kailash Adhikari, Challenge Southern ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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29:50
Ep 3.5 BONUS episode! "People used to eat bogong moth pie."
Special BONUS show! Bogong moth pie anyone? Floss and Lou have so much to say that they had to sneak in an extra show. This time they’re listening out for seasonal visitors, checking out rodenticides, talking Latin and conside...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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26:37
Ep 3 🎶Koala-la-la-🎶
In this Going Wild in the Highlands Podcast, the gals dive into koala karaoke, venture into an after dark search party, discover bushfire home protection and discuss the exciting springtime happenings in the Southern Highlands.With a whi...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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29:50
Ep 2 "Tell everyone about lerps Lou"
Floss and Lou venture into Joadja Flora Reserve, investigate nests, argue about migrant birds and generally witter on. Channel-billed cuckoo recording: Marc Anderson, XC172003. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/172003
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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29:58
Ep 1. We all just screamed!
Introducing Floss and Lou, two good friends who love getting out into the Australian bush. In this episode they talk about the bush recovering from the 2019/2020 fires, superb lyrebirds, echinda trains (what's that?!), what's happening to...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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29:59