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The team continues the great Marinara tradition of bringing you a quirky but informative look at all that is marine. Get to know all things wet and salty.


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So You Wanna Be a Surfie, Do Ya? from 2023-12-04T13:41:08

Dr Beach is joined by Dr Surf, who gives us some surfing tips for newbies ahead of summer: everything from classes, to surf shops, boards and wetsuits.

Then, author Phil Jarratt talks abo...

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History of Antarctic Whaling, Clever Cephalopods, Daughters of the Deep and Future-Predicting Films from 2023-11-27T14:15:43

Bron and Fam chat to Scottish Author Sandy Winterbottom, about the journey to Antarctica that inspired her new book, ‘ Listen

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Recreating Ancient Bayside Animals, Dr Rip's Essential Beach Book, and Cooking with Seaweed from 2023-11-12T10:15

Join Bron and Kade as they speak with five special guests in this episode: coastal paleontologist Ben Francschelli guides us through recreating ancient bayside animals; Myra Kelly delivers this ...

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Protecting Australia's Ocean For Good, Manta Ray Cleaning Stations, How to Safely Swim in a Rip, and Climate Law! from 2023-11-05T09:00

The team are joined by Patagonia Surf Ambassador, Dave Rastovich, to discuss Patagonia's 'Protect Australia's Ocean For Good' event that will be taking place at The Capitol Theatre on the 8th of...

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Sea Slug Census, World Jelly Fish Day, and The Vintage Surf Fundraiser! from 2023-10-29T09:00

The team catch up with Myra Kelly who joins the show over the phone from Sorrento Back Beach where she and the team celebrate World Jellyfish Day! Myra also gives an extended dive report. Austra...

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Horrible Ship Cooks, How to Recognise Undaria, and Old Tom The Killer Whale! from 2023-10-22T09:00

The team are joined in the studio by Dr Rex who tells us all about what it was like to be a cook on a ship back in the 1800's. David Donolly from Killer Whales Australia chats with Bron and Dr B...

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Ocean Grooves, Prehistoric Sealife and Training Jellyfish from 2023-10-08T10:00

On World Octopus Day, musical guests Mal Webb and Kylie Morrigan join us live for a special sea-renade. Coastal palaeontologist Ben Francischelli geeks out on megafauna and eastern quolls. Dive ...

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Dive conditions, Beach Patrol litter Update&Andrea Rowe from 2023-10-01T10:00

Anthony Boxshall and Fam Charko dive straight into weather, The Voice and the latest marine news before they are joined for a dive condition update from Myra Kelly. Listen

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Seagrass Propagation; New Shark Species; and Oceania Education from 2023-09-28T13:38:05

Fam and Kade talk to Dr Beth Strain on seagrass propogation in Tasmania; speak with Dr Will White from CSIRO on finding a new species of shark; and finally, talk with Catia Freitas on her thesis...

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Last Day of Radiothon 2023, Peninsula Bingo, Fish Names from 2023-09-03T10:00

In this final Radiothon 2023 special, the team remind listeners of the importance of community radio and Triple R. Subscriber donations are spun with fish names and bingo.

The team also sp...

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Radiothon 2023, Peninsula Bingo Begins, Fish Names from 2023-08-27T10:00

In this special Radiothon 2023 edition of Radio Marinara, the team reminds listeners of what it means to subscribe to Triple R and, not only thanks listeners for supporting the station, but give...

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Whale Swim Industry, Kelp Restoration, University of Melbourne Open Day from 2023-08-20T10:00

Dave Donelly from Killer Whales Australia and Dolphin Research Australia speaks about the disruptive impacts of the Whale Swim Industry on the killer whale population.

Dr Beach joins the t...

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Remembering Luke English from 2023-08-13T10:00

The team pay tribute Luke English, the founder of scuba diving charter service Red Boats who passed away last week. Anthony speaks to ecosystem engineer Dr Mardi McNeil, discussing the ecologica...

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Mark Blanch, Wonders of the Deep Sea, Sea Slug Census from 2023-08-06T10:00

Mark Blanch discusses his adventure onboard a sea vessel from Dubai through to Colombo. Chief Scientist Dr Tim O'Hara introduces Wonders of the Deep Sea at Museums Victoria. Kade Mills on the Se...

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Foiling, Everyday Oceans, Macquarie Island Marine Park from 2023-06-25T10:00

Cabin Boy talks the science of getting a large object out of the water: from surfboards to maxi yachts, everyone’s getting up on the foil; Dive Reporter Myra Kelly talks back beach diving in win...

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Pelagornis, Spider Crabs, The Great Southern Reef In Print from 2023-06-18T10:00

Ben Francischelli brings news of discovery: a wing bone of local ancient dino-bird ‘Pelagornis’, discovered by expert local diver Steven Kuiter; Whale migration has commenced, and with it, whale...

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Port Cluster Theory, Flinders Pier, Threatening Cephalopods from 2023-06-11T10:00

This week Dr Rex Hunter discusses his recently completed PhD ‘Understanding the gold rushes port of Melbourne through port cluster theory’; Marinara Dive Reporter Cara Hull talks about things to...

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Spider Crab Migration, Mermaids Reviewed, 2023's Conservation Focus from 2023-06-04T10:00

We catch up with Elodie Camprasse from Deakin University about the annual spider crab migration into Port Phillip Bay; Myra Kelly brings us a dive report; Fam has been binge watching mermaid-rel...

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Diving The Great Southern Reef, Antarctica: 'All to Lose', Great Northerly Whale Migrations from 2023-05-28T10:00

Marinara Dive Reporters Cara Hull and Myra Kelly geographically bookend the start of the show, calling in from Perth and the Mornington Peninsula. Cara and Myra give their respective perspective...

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Tim Winton's Ningaloo Nyinggulu, The SeaDragon Search, Diving On The West Coast from 2023-05-21T10:00

Tim Winton joins Bron in the studio to chat about the natural phenomenon that is Western Australia's Ningaloo Nyinggulu, Exmouth Gulf and Cape Range, and shares some frightening facts about its ...

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Re-enactment Voyages, Neuroecology, Valuable Kelp Forests from 2023-05-07T10:00

This week Rex Hunter is dressed to impress as the gang discuss re-enactment voyages; Myra Kelly brings us this week's dive report; PhD neuroecology scholar Hope Robins joins the crew to talk sha...

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Ocean Aesthetics, Golden Kelp Restoration, Crabbapalooza! from 2023-04-30T10:00

This week we’ll speak with ocean historian and author Dr Killian Quigley about 'Melbourne Now', and what it means to be an oceans aesthetics specialist; Myra Kelly brings us this week’s Dive rep...

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SS Central America, The Great Egg Case Hunt, Asian Shore Crabs from 2023-04-23T10:00

The SS Central America sank 200 miles off the east coast of North America in 1857. It was carrying, in today’s money, approximately $800 million in gold. Rex Hunter joins the show to chat about ...

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17 Million Year Old Sharks, Spider Crabs, Helping The Kelp from 2023-04-16T10:00

Join us as we jump in a hole to search for 17 million year old shark and whale fossils with our Marine Palaeontologist Ben Franciscelli; We discuss spider crabs that are already being spotted ag...

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Australias South-Eastern Seashores, Isabella Nichols, Barnacle Biology from 2023-04-02T10:00

We chat with Isabella Nichols about this year's Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach; Myra Kelly brings us the latest dive report and news about the upcoming Nudibranch sensis; John Lewis is in the studi...

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Ancient Whale Teeth, Plastic In Melbourne's Stormwater, Spike Surfs from 2023-03-26T10:00

Our Coastal Paleontologist Ben Francischelli talks sperm whales – from the ancient to the modern; We catch up with Heidi Tait from Tangaroa Blue, who has exciting news to share about their brand...

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Keep It Clean, Microbial Shipwrecks, Soundwaves Through Time from 2023-03-19T10:00

Jacqui Younger brings us ‘Keep it Clean’ detailing the incredible work done by community groups and volunteers cleaning the seas; Live from Flinders Pier, Cara Hull delivers this week’s dive rep...

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Seaweed Symposiums&Digesting The Food Webs Of Whales from 2023-03-12T10:00

This week we speak with Deakin University's Dr Alecia Bellgrove about the 2023 International Seaweed Symposium, and the future of seaweed research; Myra Kelly brings us this week’s dive report, ...

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First Nations Sea Rights, Piping Hot Oceans and Algae Fabrics, Youth Changemakers from 2023-03-05T10:00

The latest ocean and coastal news; Amy Low, Head of Branding and Marketing for Piping Hot, on creating new textiles from algae and the role of businesses in making change; Kal Glanznig, a young ...

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Help Our Kelp, Shellfish Reef Restoration, and Keep It Clean from 2023-02-26T10:00

The team speak with Kelp Forest Alliance founder and program director Aaron Eger about the “Kelp Forest Challenge''; Cara Hull provides a dive report; The Nature Conservancy has expanded its res...

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Bottomless Sea Spiders, The World's Crustaceans, Crabby Eye Glitter, Women Marine Biologists in Film from 2023-02-19T10:00

Museums Victoria Principal Curator Emeritus (Marine Biology) Gary Poore has co-written the book ‘Marine Decapod Crustacea’ - the definitive guide for all marine decapod crustacea, and he explain...

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Coastal Fossils, Melbourne's Shipping History, Australian Wooden Boat Festival, Summer Diving from 2023-02-12T15:47:03

Rex Hunter talks about how the Yarra River was altered from a meandering stream to a river handling 20,000 tonne container ships; Dive reporter Cara Hull provides an update on summer diving; coa...

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Parasites in Puget Sound, Coastal Summer Stories, and Scallop Disco from 2023-02-05T10:00

Dr Beach and Anth have pulled up their stand-up paddle boards, taken off their sunnies, and entered the studio for the start of Radio Marinara 2023! Dr Beach discusses a recent study that docum...

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A New Vic Coastal Fossil Site, Surveying Shipwrecks, and Port Phillip Sea Pilots from 2022-12-11T10:00

Coastal paleontologist Ben Francischelli fills us in on Summer by the Sea and a new coastal fossil site; Rex Hunter talks about surveying shipwrecks in 2023; Dr Beach joins the Port Phillip Sea ...

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Jawbone Marine Sanctuary, Protecting the Great Barrier Reef, Plastic Pirates from 2022-12-04T11:00

Baykeeper Neil Blake explains recent citizen science programs happening in Victoria’s coastal and marine environments, and he tells us about Sandy Webb's hot-off-the-press book about Jawbone Mar...

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Port Phillip Bay's Ship Graveyard, Victorian Coastal Treasures, Ancient Giant Sharks from 2022-11-27T10:00

Rex Hunter talks about fifty years of diving the Ships Graveyard on Port Phillip Bay, and Jim Anderson, one of the original Graveyard divers from a group known as the ‘Geelong Skindivers’, expla...

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Marine Science Early Career Researchers and Seaing Country with Lisa Waup from 2022-11-20T10:00

Allyson O’Brien from the Australian Marine Sciences Association talks about the upcoming event ‘Showcasing Victoria’s Marine Science: Spotlight on early careers researchers'; Celebrated Melbourn...

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Baykeeping, Mapping the Seafloor, Orcas Circa 1930 from 2022-11-13T10:00

Baykeeper Neil Blake reports on the 20th anniversary celebrations of Victoria’s Marine National Parks and Sanctuaries. Dr Tim O’Hara, Museums Victoria Research Institute’s senior curator of mari...

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Port Phillip Sea Pilots, Oceans and Climate, and The Sea Urchin Problem from 2022-11-06T11:00

Rex Hunter talks about Port Phillip Heads and the work of the Port Phillip Sea Pilots; Dr Kim Reid is a researcher in the Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes at Monash University, and expl...

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Western Port Bay's Ghost Ship, and Front Beach, Back Beach from 2022-10-30T10:00

Cabin Boy recounts the tale of the ‘Edwina May’, a Ghost Ship that you may have seen from the South Gippsland Highway. Then, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery and Deakin University's Public ...

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Giant Prehistoric Seabirds, NZ's Sustainable Seaweed Aquaculture, and Frozen Water Bears from 2022-10-23T11:00

Presenters Bron and Dr Beach talk to coastal paleontologist Ben Francischelli about Naarm’s very own giant seabird dinosaurs known as ‘pelagornithids’, the largest flying bird that ever existed;...

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Bellarine Coastcare, Seagrasses of WA, and Ethel Mermaid from 2022-10-16T12:00

Presenters Bron and Fam catch up with Matt Crawley and Suzanne Hudgell from the Bellarine Catchment Network about the launch of an exciting new Coastcare group on the Bellarine Peninsula; Caitly...

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Stranded Whales, 20 Years of Marine National Parks, UK Wind Farms from 2022-10-09T12:00

Presenters Bron, Anth and Kade chat to Dave Donnelly about killer whales and recent mass strandings; Kade asks... What do we know about our Marine National Parks? Sure, they were created 20 year...

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Pesky Penguins, The Sea Slug Sensus, Whales' Wonderful 'New' Nets from 2022-10-02T12:30

Baykeeper Neil Blake talks about his brilliant new penguin-proof plant guards that support the nests of the resident penguins from the St Kilda penguin colony; the brilliant work of Brighton Sea...

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Titanic Myths and Ocean Liner Design, OZ Dive and the Advanced Diving Conference, Bond Villains and their Nuclear Submarines from 2022-09-25T12:00

Michael Brady (not the Up There Cazaly one!), Maritime researcher and illustrator joins Cabin Boy, Jeff and Kade to talk about his business Oceanliner Designs and the work that goes into creatin...

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A Dolphin Named Jock and whales - from exploding carcasses to migration season from 2022-09-18T12:00

The Beach is back! Fresh from his summering in Europe, Dr Beach joins Bron and Rex for this week’s Marinara to talk about the value of decomposing whales, new tech for deep dives, the transformi...

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Baywide Data Pioneers, Spider Crabs Zooniverse, Demon Ducks From Hell, Swans&Seagrass from 2022-09-11T12:00

Baykeeper Neil Blake explains the EcoCentre’s brand new project ‘Baywide Data Pioneers’, partnering with community groups to record coastal sand surface profiles including plants and molluscs at...

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Dolphin Population Dynamics, Ocean Literacy, and Seaweed Sustainability Research from 2022-08-21T12:00

Presenters Bron and Kade talk to Dave Donnelly from the Dolphin Research Institute about exciting news from the Port Phillip Common Dolphin community, with the first evidence of transitional mov...

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Spider Crabs, Hulks and Lighters, and Bond, James Bond from 2022-08-14T12:00

Rex Hunter talks about the reuse and recycling of old ships in the Port of Melbourne during the 19th to mid-20th centuries – Rex covers the use of coal hulks and lighters, some of them famous cl...

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Spider Crab Update, UN Oceans Conference,&Corals from 2022-08-07T12:30

Dr Elodie Camprasse from Deakin Uni provides an update on the latest Spider Crab news - including her trip to the museum to see ancient crabs; Jas Chambers is an ocean advocate and the Chair and...

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Stingrays, Seadragons and Medusa from 2022-07-31T11:45

Joni Pini-Fitzsimmons, marine scientist and expert in fish behaviour and ecology, conservation and human-wildlife interactions, talks about the first documented accounts of stingrays making nois...

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Parks Victoria, Lung Fish&Baykeeper Neil Blake from 2022-07-24T12:12:27

Mark Rodrigue from Parks Victoria joins us to celebrate 20 years of Marine Parks in Victoria and talk about urchin culling as part of Bay pest management. And then... lung fish! Whaaaat... fish ...

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Hobsons Bay Wetlands, Great Southern Reef,&Whitsundays Sailing from 2022-07-17T11:45:34

Presenters Cabin Boy and Kade speak to Dr. Marilyn Olliff, Founder and Chair of the Hobsons Bay Wetlands Centre, and learn about the groups vision to build a community hub for all things wetland...

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Philip Island Whale Festival, Spider Crab Update, and Southern Oceans from 2022-07-03T12:09:54

Sheree Marris, marine biologist and Adjunct at James Cook University, talks about her involvement with ABC doc 'Southern Oceans Live'; Dolphin Research Inst...

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Tugboat Jim, The Misson to Seafarers and Werribee River Association from 2022-06-26T12:12:33

Sailors have done it hard during the pandemic with many not visiting shore for over a year. The Marinara team talk about the often terrible plight of seamen with Jim (tugboat) Walsh and Phillip ...

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The Community Cup Episode from 2022-06-19T11:25:09

Dr Beach, Fam, Kade and Cabin Boy for Marinara The Community Cup Edition

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SS Queensland, Queensland marine news, internationally acclaimed sailor and NEW world record breaker Lisa Blair from 2022-06-12T11:23:37

It’s Queen’s Birthday weekend, and Bron, Cabin Boy, Rex and Dr Beach talk SS Queensland, Queensland marine news (live from Queensland), and… yeah that’s enough. We speak with internationally acc...

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Bron&Anth in the pond this week with lots on... from 2022-06-05T11:51:06

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‘Ocean Mind’, the imminent arrival of the Giant Spider Crabs, effects of floods on marine ecosystems, and the impact of commonly used sunscreens to tropical corals. from 2022-05-29T12:28:26

Bron and Dr Beach explore ‘Ocean Mind’, the imminent arrival of the Giant Spider Crabs, effects of floods on marine ecosystems, and the impact of commonly used sunscreens to tropical corals.
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Surprising celeb sailors, A Cleaner Coast, Sea Creatures podcast, and the history of medieval diving techniques according to James Bond ... from 2022-05-22T12:30

Bron, Fam Cabin Boy and Jeff talk surprising celeb sailors, A Cleaner Coast, Sea Creatures podcast, and the history of medieval diving techniques according to James Bond ...

• Cabin Boy br...

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Caspian terns, 50 years of diving the Ships Graveyard, Spider Crabs, cleaning up the Surf Coast, and some brilliant citizen science work on the Great Barrier Reef.. from 2022-05-15T12:38:02

Bron, Dr Beach, Kade and Rex talk Caspian terns, 50 years of diving the Ships Graveyard, Spider Crabs, cleaning up the Surf Coast, and some brilliant citizen science work on the Great Barrier Re...

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Bellarine Catchment Network, Spider Crabs 2022, Baykeeper from 2022-05-08T12:00

Bron and Fam check out the Bellarine Catchment Network, Spider Crabs 2022 (will they or won’t they), approaches to managing coastal erosion, and community rapid response to outbreaks of the Nort...

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Election Policy Platforms, Friends of Hobson's Bay, Filmaker Tim Bonython&Life's A Beach from 2022-05-01T12:11:09

Happy May Day on Sunday. Bron, Anth and Dr Beach are in the good ship Marinara!

Anth has been looking at the election platforms of the 4 main parties and looking for anything marine... yaw...

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Spider Crabs, Marine fauna of Port Phillip,&Baykeeper Neil Blake from 2022-04-24T12:00

Kade, Bron and Fam will talk with Dr Elodie Camprasse from Deakin Uni about Spider Crab Watch, a new citizen science project to help solve one of the most mysterious natural phenomena of the Bay...

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Kade&Anth, Bells Beach surfing, Eggs of The Sea and Jeff with diving in James Bond Films from 2022-04-17T12:00:58

Happy Easter People. Kade and Anth are on air this weekend. We will start with an update on the Bells Beach comp and a special surprise guest. Radio Surfarama!

Then we Marinarians are goin...

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The past and to the future of marine and coastal management, Bob Kearny, Chris Symth,&Mechelle Cheers from 2022-04-10T11:22:48

Bron and Kade get out the crystal ball and look to the past and to the future of marine and coastal management – perspectives from 60 years of recreational fishing, 20 years of Marine Protected ...

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1850s Seabathing, Friendly Jellyfish&Arctic Research from 2022-04-03T12:00

Bron, Dr Beach and Rex talk seabathing in the 1850s, friendly jellyfish and current problems with Arctic research…

• Rex Hunter talks sea bathing in Port Melbourne during the gold rush er...

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Lano&Woodly do Moby Dick, Dog Surfing, and Law of the Sea for Russian Oligarchs from 2022-03-27T12:30

Beloved comedians Lano and Woodley tell presenter Bron Burton about their Melbourne Comedy Fest re-imagining of 'Moby Dick'; the team catch up with Rob Lorenzon about Spike, his national champio...

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Baykeeping with Neil Blake, Ocean Literacy with Dr Prue Francis from 2022-03-20T11:20:12

Bron and Kade talk Baykeeping with Neil Blake, Ocean Literacy with Dr Prue Francis, and the history of diving with Maynard...Jeff Maynard.

• Baykeeper Neil Blake talks about the ‘City Natu...

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Ocean Film Festival, 'I Am Ocean' from 2022-03-13T12:30

It’s a long weekend in Victoria, which means it’s ocean festival season! Bron and Dr Beach check out the Ocean Film Festival, one of its short films ‘I am Ocean’ about Melbourne’s mermaid PT Hir...

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The Endeavour Discovery, Ocean Literacy, Sunfish from 2022-02-20T11:58:25

Bron and Fam cover the announcement of the Endeavour discovery, developments in Ocean Literacy, and the science of sunfish:

• Marinara’s maritime archaeology guru Rex Hunter discusses the ...

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Women of The Great Barrier Reef, Killer Whales, National Dog Surfing Champion from 2022-02-13T12:15

Bron and Dr Beach bring you an hour of all things wet and salty.

• This Wednesday, the State Library of Queensland hosts a free in-person and online event called ‘The Women of the Great...

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20 years of Marine Parks, The Great Barrier Reef and Jeff does James Bond on Soundwaves from 2022-02-06T12:00

Bron, Anth and Kade in the good ship RM.

In November we celebrate 20 years of marine parks in Victoria. Meaning, 20 years ago there were no marine parks in the state! Which begs the questi...

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Big jellies, little coastal snails, beach clean-ups, standup paddleboarding and seaslugs, as Bron and the Cabin Boy set sail from 2022-02-01T00:00

Hey there Marinara friends - we’re back, and we’re excited for a big year ahead of all things wet and salty! Hope you’re having a good summer, and getting some sweet sea goodness. 2022 is set to...

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Anth and Dr Beach Bring The Wet and Salty from 2021-11-08T00:00

n a week where we saw a lot about COP26 Dr Beach and Anth thought they'd delve into what it all means for the oceans.
What actually is a COP and why have there been 26 of them? And what does ...

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WW11 Submarines, Marine Debris, Bay Protection from 2021-10-24T10:36:11

As so often happens with Marinara, a theme has emerged for this week's show - defence - against WWII submarines, the rising influx of plastics on our coastlines, and introduced marine pest speci...

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Ocean Plastics, Hyperallometry, Port Phillip Dolphins from 2021-10-17T11:31:49

Bron and Dr Beach steer the good ship Marinara – we’ll start and finish with plastics in the ocean, and in between navigate hyperallometry and, a new catalogue of Port Phillip Bay’s magnificent ...

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Yacht racing, whales migrating, fish counting, Flinders Community campaigning, and Yarra monsters spooking... from 2021-10-10T11:16:56

Bron and Kade wade in to the world of yacht racing, whales migrating, fish counting, Flinders Community campaigning, and Yarra monsters spooking...
• Cabin Boy opens up his 1983 diary, and ta...

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850s Hobson’s Bay, plastics in the oceans (yep it hasn’t gone away), and pay tribute to the late, great Bob Whiteway, OAM. from 2021-09-26T10:33:59

Bron, Fam and Rex look at 1850s Hobson’s Bay, plastics in the oceans (yep it hasn’t gone away), and pay tribute to the late, great Bob Whiteway, OAM.

• Maritime Heritage guru Rex Hunter ta...

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Flinders Pier, Ningaloo Reef, and will try to not talk like pirates for a solid harrrrrgggh!* from 2021-09-19T11:23:36

This week Bron, Kade and Captain Trash take you to Flinders Pier, Ningaloo Reef, and will try to not talk like pirates for a solid harrrrrgggh!*…
• Jo Richards and Michael Sams join us from P...

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Bron, Beach and Cabin Boy in the fishbowl from 2021-09-12T11:47:22

Bron, Beach and Cabin Boy in the fishbowl

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Cabin Boy Brett, Edie's plan to save endangered sharks&trout addicted to meth from 2021-07-18T11:27:18

This week, Bron and Dr Beach take out their sorting brushes and see what’s what in the Marinara petri dish…
• Our Cabin Boy Brett Ditchfield talks about three different mooring systems – jett...

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Rex Hunter, Dive Report. Shellfish Restoration Project and Jeff with Soundwaves from 2021-07-11T11:32:39

This week, Bron and Kade brush off the dry suits …
• Rex tells us about the wreck of the small ketch Water Witch lost off Red Bluff in 1870, with the loss of two lives. Rex and his mates have...

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Neuston, New Deakin U Centre for all things marine from 2021-07-04T11:46:01

Dr Beach and Anth are floating the marinara lilo out this week. Live on Sunday 9.00 AM. Poddie anytime after that.

Dr Beach will kick of with a beauty of a LaB by looking at Neuston – the ...

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Killer Whales, Spider Crabs,&Our Antarctica Correspondent from 2021-06-27T11:57:39

This week, Bron and Fam go beachcombing…
• We continue our chat with Dave Donnelly (Killer Whales Australia, Dolphin Research Institute), live on location for the ORRCA whale census day. We’l...

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Baykeeping, King Diving, Killer Whales from 2021-06-20T11:24:22

his week, Bron and Kade grab the bucket & spade…
•Baykeeper Neil Blake has been looking at the known habitats of thin-ribbed cockles after thousands of freshly dead shells were cast up by...

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Baykeeper Neil, Spider Crabs, Kathryn Heyman as Deck Hand on Timor Sea, and Community Grants from 2021-06-06T09:17:37

This week, Bron and Kade don the virtual mask and snorkel and go exploring…
• Baykeeper Neil Blake talks up the concept of a rapid response community taskforce to report and remove newly arri...

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Seafaring during COVID, Spider Crabs and All Things Wet&Salty from 2021-05-23T11:45:43

This week, Bron and Dr Beach grab the bucket and spade and head to the sand…

•Dr Beach brings a card-carrying seafarer into the studio to talk about the plight and tribulations of seafarer...

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Pint of Science&Jeff with Soundwaves from 2021-05-09T10:27:26

This week, Bron and Dr Beach head into the marine lab (to see what’s on the slab), and will peer down the microscope to examine...
• Pint of Science 2021! Are you feeling thirsty for some mar...

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Seaspiracy, Parks Victoria and Marine Vertibrates from 2021-05-02T11:28:52

Fam and Anth are on deck Sunday with a diverse rock pool of marine and coastal stuff!

Fam been watching Seaspiracy - yep - and like all of us has some views. Join for an RM TV review (with...

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Cabin Boy, Baykeeper, Bellerine Art&Flinders Pier Demolision from 2021-04-25T11:22:03

This week, Bron and Kade are in the beach house:
•Cabin Boy joins us for a sailing report, taking a look at places to sail if you don’t live by the sea.
•We’re speak with Bellarine Peninsu...

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Tommy Dodd, Ethic of Fossil Hunting, Soundwaves from 2021-04-11T10:24:47

Bron and Fam catch up with
•Rex Hunter about exciting news about the discovery of the Tommy Dodd in Port Phillip Bay
•Ben Francischelli (Museums Victoria), to explore the ethics of fossil ...

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Cape Bridgewater, Nudibranch, Vegetarian Sharks and Little Penguins of Middle Island from 2021-04-04T12:05:53

Dr Beach and Kade bring you a diverse hour of all things wet and salty, including:

•an update on Save Cape Bridgewater campaign with campaign spokesperson Mary Picard
•a fascinating new...

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Whales - All Killer... from 2021-04-04T11:44:15

Anth and Bron And Cabin Boy bring you all things wet and salty this week - really very interesting updates on killer whales included.

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Baykeepers, Platypus, Spidercrabs and Life's A Beach from 2021-02-28T11:24:20

Bron and Dr Beach bring you this week’s hour of all things wet ‘n salty, including:
• Baykeeper Neil Blake calls creeks and rivers the ‘skinny bits of the bay’, so with that in mind, Neil joi...

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Cabin Boy, Save Cape Bridgewater&Mt Martha Beach Patrol from 2021-02-21T11:59:34

Bron, Fam and Kade bring you this week’s hour of all things wet ‘n salty, including:
• Brett-the-Cabin-Boy, from somewhere in the middle of Port Phillip Bay, who’ll talk us through the logist...

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Shipwrecks, The Idiots Guide to Anglin' and Danglin'&Climate Adaptations from 2021-02-07T11:45:08

Oh so much on the show this week!

Bron, Anth and Rex are in the studio.

Rex is hunting a new shipwreck - the wreck of the 17 ton ketch, Tommy Dodd lost off St Leonards in May 1877. H...

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Antarctic Krill Mission, Conservation Biology, EcoCentre Microplastics Research from 2021-01-31T11:32:51

Well ahoy there! The Marinara crew has polished the decks, hoisted the sails, and we're ready to embark on 2021 – the year of all things wet n salty!

For our first show back, tomorrow 9am:...

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Wrapping up 2020 from 2020-12-13T11:34:34

Wrapping-Up 2020

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Baykeeper Neil, The Banda Sea, Birds and Beaches from 2020-12-06T12:00:14

Anth, Bron and Kade are (virtually and actually) in the house/ship Sunday and streaming online and in your pods anytime!

Lots of news and views and secret live musos (that even Anth press...

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Smooth Handfish, Noumea Fisheries and all the wet and salty news from 2020-11-22T12:38:26

The Smooth Handfish was once so plentiful in Tasmania, it was one of the first Australian fish species to be documented in scientific literature. In July this year, it was declared extinct, re...

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Bigfin Squid, 'Seacreatures' Podcast&Port Phillip Bay reef health. from 2020-11-15T14:31:41

We speak with Dr Deborah Osterhage, Tasmania-based marine scientist, about some incredible recent footage of Bigfin Squid 'Magnapinna sp'. in the Great Australian Bight from the 2017 research ...

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Remembering Ecologist Joe Connell, Waterbears and all that's wet and salty from 2020-11-01T11:55:15

Remembering Ecologist Joe Connell, Waterbears and all that's wet and salty

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Ballast Trade, Blast Off Surfing&Spider Crabs from 2020-10-18T11:38:57

Rex Hunter teaches us all about the former ballast trade, carried out during the 19th century, and its vital role in enabling ships to leave Melbourne.

· ‘Blast Off’ is a fantasti...

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Aequorea Jelly FIsh, Orcas, Seafood and Unidentified Marine Objects from 2020-10-11T13:22:57

Baykeeper Neil Blake joins us to talk about the Aequorea jellyfish that arrived in the mouth of Port Phillip Bay during the week. These jellies are pelagic, but their natural range is the east P...

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Bron, Anth, Fam and Rex Hunter from 2020-10-04T15:07:48

All kinds of cool stuff to kick off Daylights Savings! Yep - they are taking our hour of sleep for 6 months again...

Bron, Anth, Fam and Rex Hunter will all be in (virtually) for the show....

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Radio Marinara - 27 Sept 2020 from 2020-09-27T11:30:08

Whales and Puffer Fish and a whole lot more with Bron and Kade

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Radio Marinara - 13 September 2020 from 2020-09-13T13:51:14

Fam and our Baykeeper Neil Blake talk about new legislation in South Australia that bans single use plastics, making SA the first state in Australia to do so. SA for the win!
Also some ne...

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Dr Beach, Dr Surf, And The Latest From Great Ocean Quarterly from 2020-08-16T13:18:24

The Beach is back! Dr Beach looks at mesocosm predictions of what marine life might be like in elevated CO2 future.

Then we catch up with Dr Surf to talk about what surfers do when they ca...

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Vertebrate Fossils, Spidercrabs, Living Plastic free&Rex Hunter from 2020-08-09T12:39:15

•Ben Francischelli, vertebrate paleontologist, joins us to talk about some recent marine vertebrate fossils found made before Melbourne’s lockdown, plus an exploration of the ethics of fossil ...

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Tidal Flows, Spider Carbs and Coastal Erosion from 2020-08-02T10:48:22

Big show with Anth, Bron and Kade in the house(boat).

After watching the recent ABC doco on East Australian Current young Brett D, will explain how currents and tidal flows influence boa...

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Baykeeper Update and Antarctic Macquarie Island Tales from 2020-07-26T13:01:52

Our Baykeeper Neil Blake reports on Street2Bay’s Project Scouts, including their push for state and local government support for their ongoing hard work in reducing plastic pollution on our st...

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Spider Crabs, Artifical Reefs&Jeff with Soundwaves from 2020-07-19T11:53:36

It’s been about a month since the 2020 spider crab aggregation ended and the crabs headed back out to sea. With 9 months until they return, the clock is already ticking and the campaigns to i...

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Vertebrate Paleontology, Migrating Whales&The Cuttlefish Alliance from 2020-07-12T13:28:55

Ben Francischelli, a Vertebrate Palaeontologist with a background in prehistoric ancient marine organisms of Australia's southern coastline. We’ll catch up with Ben to talk about life as a verte...

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‘The Walrus and the Whistleblower, Dr Surf, Killer Whales Australia and Dolphin Research Institute from 2020-07-05T11:15:04

We speak with Canadian film maker Nathalie Bibeau about her incredible new documentary ‘The Walrus and the Whistleblower’. Focusing on efforts of former trainer Phil Demers to draw attention t...

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Rex Hunter, Whale Watch, Social Dolphins and Cabin Boy Diaries from 2020-06-28T12:18:24

Rex Hunter, Whale Watch, Social Dolphins and Cabin Boy Diaries

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Whales and Spide Crabs from 2020-06-21T14:26:07

We’ll play an interview Bron recently recorded with currently London-based author Dr Rebecca Giggs about her new book 'The World in the Whale'. Bron speaks with Rebecca about her indepth expl...

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Crabapalooza 2020 and Plastic Free July challenge. from 2020-06-14T12:45

Party’s over folks – the annual migration of the spider crabs is done and dusted for another year. So what were the highlights and lowlights of Crabapalooza 2020? We’ll speak with PT Hirschfie...

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Costal Defences, Killer Whales&Winter By The Sea from 2020-06-07T11:26:15

Dr Beach and Anth in the pond this week with lots on... squeezed as we are between World Environment Day and World Oceans Day!

Wait for Life's a Beach and hear the latest marine science o...

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Charismatic Megafauna!! from 2020-05-31T12:23:08

Ok folks, It’s time for some charismatic megafauna!!
•First up, Bec Wellard tells us about a fascinating new line of cetacean communication research – bioacoustics of Orcas in Australian w...

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Plastic Literacy, Spider Crabs and Cabin Boy Diaries from 2020-05-24T12:12:31

In our next instalment of Plastic Litteracy, we’ll be talking company-wide behaviour change around plastic use, with the Executive Director of Plastic Oceans Australiasia Ricki Hersburgh

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Agin Whale Sharks and Jeff's Soundwaves from 2020-05-17T12:21:21

If you were ever to get two activities that were diametrically opposed, it would be surfing and painting. We’ll speak with artist and surfer Henry Jock Walker about how he has managed to combi...

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Volunteering The Waterways During Covid-19 from 2020-05-10T10:43:58

Bron and Fam present a special volunteer focused edition of Radio Marinara. With marine and coastal volunteers in covid-19 isolation, staying connected to the coast has been a big challenge wh...

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Sharks, Sting-Rays, Climate Resilient Algae and Life's A Beach from 2020-05-03T12:02:05

Dr Victoria Camilieri-Asch, researcher at QLD University of Technology will join us from sunny BrisVegas discussing her reseach into how Sharks and Rays smell - and don't say "terrible...". Sh...

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Radio Marinara - 26 Apriol 2020 from 2020-04-26T12:07:20

In his April chapter of Cabin Boy Diaries, Brett talks about the Plimsoll Line, a vessel marking which has saved thousands of sailors from a watery grave, and has had some controversy to make ...

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Radio Marinara - 19 Apr 2020 from 2020-04-19T12:10:30

Estuaries in NSW are warming at twice the rate of oceans! Elliot Scanes from Sydney University joins us to talk about his recent research that uncovered this unnerving information. Then from ...

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Radio Marainara - 29 March 2020 from 2020-03-29T11:51:01

With cabin fever setting in for many of us, Brett’s March edition of Cabin Boy Diaries couldn’t be better timed. Stuck in his own cabin, Brett explores the etymology of the yacht, and the soci...

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Radio Marinara 22 March 2020 from 2020-03-22T12:36:32

For our March edition of ‘Coastal Recovery’, we speak with Surf School Surf and SUP coach Rob in Broulee on the NSW South Coast. Coming up to nearly 3 months after the massive bushfires on New...

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Radio Marinara 15 March 2020 from 2020-03-15T10:29:06

Bron’s flying solo this week! Join her as she catches up with
• Rex Hunter, Marinara’s maritime archaeologist and historian, about Hobson’s Bay on fire during the gold rush of the 1850...

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Radio Marinara - 08 March 2020 from 2020-03-08T11:38:57

It’s International Women’s Day, and Bron and Fam are acknowledging and celebrating this day with a focus on some extraordinary women doing extraordinarily good things to care for, understand, ...

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Radio Marinara - 01 Mar 2020 from 2020-03-01T11:34:44

Dr Beach and Anth are in the Marinara Fishbowl.

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Radio Marinara - 23 February 2020 from 2020-02-23T13:02:54

Dr Paul Carnell (Deakin University’s Blue Carbon Lab) will update us on sea urchin culling trials in Port Phillip Bay, plus seagrass loss at Corner Inlet and the implication(our Baykeeper) rep...

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Radio Marinara - 16 February 2020 from 2020-02-16T13:46:17

Marinara’s own Cabin Boy Brett Ditchfield brings us his latest diary entry – Sail Cargo emission free cargo ships, Williamstown Seaport Festival, and the latest on the rebuild of the Alma Doep...

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Radio Marinara - 09 February 2020 from 2020-02-09T11:47:34

Bron and Kade catch up with Hilary McNevin about next weekend’s Apollo Bay Seafood Festival, 3 days of celebrating Victoria’s greatest marine produce surrounded by the stunning sea view backdr...

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Radio Marinara - 02 February 2020 from 2020-02-02T11:44:28

We're back for 2020!! Marinara returns in our 25th (chronolocial) year (24th full year of broadcasting!).

Bron, Dr Beach and Anth will be in talking 2020, and many things wet and salty. Listen

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Radio Marinara - 24 November 2019 from 2019-11-24T10:48:37

our Baykeeper Neil Blake is doing beach microplastics audits around the Bay this weekend. He'll join us by phone to summarise findings of audits over 2 years, and mention other studies underw...

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Radio Marinara - 17 November 2019 from 2019-11-17T14:31:03

VNPA's Nicole Mertens tells us all about the 15th annual Great Victorian Fish Count – kicking off this weekend, the statewide ‘Our Marine Life Rocks’ citizen science project highlights the man...

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Radio Marinara 10 November 2019 from 2019-11-10T12:22:25

Fam Charko brings us her next instalment of ‘Plastic Litteracy’ – this month, plastic roads.

Kerrie Goodall and Priya Cooper from Sea Shepherd Australia join us to talk about the MV Ste...

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Radio Marinara - 03 November 2019 from 2019-11-03T11:38:58

Brett Ditchfield brings us Chapter 2 of Cabin Boy Diaries – are you thinking about getting into sailing, and best way to go about it. Should you start on a keel boat or get in a dinghy? And wh...

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Radio Marinara - 13 October 2019 from 2019-10-13T12:19:38

Fam Charko brings us ‘Plastic Litteracy’ – this month, nano and microplastics in the human body (there's a marine hook we promise!), some exciting new research that’s being done this year by r...

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Radio Marinara - 06 October 2019 from 2019-10-06T12:35:30

Big Show! Bron, Kade and Anth are in the good ship Marinara. And don't forget to put your clocks forward on Sunday morning...

How many uses of seaweed are you aware of? Zoe Brittan will f...

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Radio Marinara - 29 September 2019 from 2019-09-29T11:34:54

Eleven years ago ‘Beached Az’ was born - a 90-second animation series featuring random conversations between a Kiwi seagull and his mate the whale who is, well, beached as. Next week Beached ...

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Radio Marinara - 15 September 2019 from 2019-09-15T11:56:51

Did you see the footage of the Sunfish just cruising around Port Phillip Bay this week? Just when we think we’ve seen everything PPB has to offer! Baykeeper Neil Blake notes his observations o...

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Radio Marinara - 08 Sept 2019 from 2019-09-08T11:51:52

Hoist the sails! Our brand new sailing reporter Brett Ditchfield brings us his inaugural segment ‘Cabin Boy Diaries’. Brett will talk about the myths and mysteries of crossing Bass Strait in a...

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Radio Marinara - 01 September 2019 from 2019-09-01T10:00

The Beachster and Anth are piloting the good ship marinara this week as we reflect on the excitement that was Radiothon.

Dr Bryce Stewart all the way from the University of York in the UK...

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Radio Marinara - 4 August 2019 from 2019-08-04T12:00

Marine Protection meets Marine Science!

Have you ever seen a sea creature and wondered ‘What on earth is that?’ If the animal or plant is from Port Phillip Bay, the answer to that question...

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Radio Marinara - 28 July 2019 from 2019-07-28T12:00

Radio Marinara turns 1000! Way back in December 1996, Tim Allen, Dave Speller and Anthony Boxshall launched a summer fill on RRR that still has not gone away...

Bron will talk with Tim, Da...

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Radio Marinara - 21 July 2019 from 2019-07-21T12:00

We’re somewhere near the half-way point in the annual whale migrations along Australia’s east coast, and Dave Donnelly (Killer Whales Australia) gives us a mid-season review of what’s been spott...

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Radio Marinara - 14 July 2019 from 2019-07-14T12:00

Fam Charko brings us the next installment of ‘Plastic Litteracy’, Fam’s monthly segment focusing on the problems caused by plastics in the marine environment, and what we can all do to address t...

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Radio Marinara - 7 July 2019 from 2019-07-07T12:00

It's Kade and Dr Beach in the fishbowl with Dr Surf phoning in the surf report

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Radio Marinara - 30 June 2019 from 2019-06-30T12:00

Big Week! Bron and Anth are joined by a huge line up of guests.

Fam Charko from Port Phillip Eco-Centre and her next in the series on plastics and our oceans.

Dave Donnelly from Kill...

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Radio Marinara - 16 June 2019 from 2019-06-16T12:00

Bron and Dr Beach catch up with Port Phillip Baykeeper Neil Blake about the ‘native wells’ on the beach between Beaumaris and Brighton, there due to local sandstone layers that seep groundwater ...

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Radio Marinara - 9 June 2019 from 2019-06-09T12:00

Bron and Dr Surf talk eco-friendly surf wax, orcas in the bay, and cleaning up Frankston Beach. We’ll speak with Bianca Julicher, young local surfer who has has created and set up a market for e...

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Radio Marinara - 26 May 2019 from 2019-05-26T12:00

Fam Charko presents ‘Plastic Litteracy’, a monthly exploration of the impact of plastics on our oceans, and some alternatives to their production and use. Tomorrow Fam will talk about how mushro...

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Radio Marinara - 19 May 2019 from 2019-05-19T12:00

Rex Hunter runs through the recent finding of the Iron Throne (oops Iron Crown) and the circumstances surrounding torpedoing. Well catch up with Jacqui Younger from Dive2U about the results of t...

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Radio Marinara - 12 May 2019 from 2019-05-12T12:00

Neil Blake brings us the latest of marine citizen science around Port Phillip Bay, including some observations about those pesky Northern Pacific Seastars (yep they're still around!), and Neil's...

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Radio Marinara - 14 Apr 2019 from 2019-04-14T12:00

Bron's away so it's Dr Beach, Dr Surf and guest Web Webster steering the good ship Marinara.

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Radio Marinara - 31 March 2019 from 2019-03-31T13:00

Bron's away....Dr Beach and Kade at play in the Marinara fish bowl.

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Radio Marinara - 24 March 2019 from 2019-03-24T13:00

Rex Hunter gives us an update from the Maritime Archaeology Association of Victoria, plus some wrecks you can dive from the shore in Port Phillip. Terri gives us a dive report, plus a report on ...

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Radio Marinara - 17 March 2019 from 2019-03-17T13:00

Dr Beach joins us for his first Marinara for 2019, exploring the latest in marine science in Lifes a Beach. Baykeeper Neil Blake talks about the Grey to Green reef at Point Richards, installed 1...

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Radio Marinara - 10 Mar 2019 from 2019-03-10T13:00

Fam Charkos Plastic Litteracy, when well dive into some shocking new revelations about plastic in the deepest parts of the worlds oceans. Then we catch up with Sean Doherty about Fight for the B...

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Radio Marinara - 03 March 2019 from 2019-03-03T13:00

Just when we all thought the prospect of drilling in the Great Australian Bight was a thing of the past, Norwegian company Equinor have formally released their draft environmental plan for deep ...

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Radio Marinara - 24 Feb 2019 from 2019-02-24T13:00

We catch up with whale researcher Dave Donnelly on location in Antarctica on board the CSIRO research vessel The Investigator'. Well be asking Dave about what has transpired over the past 3 week...

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Radio Marinara - 17 Feb 2019 from 2019-02-17T13:00

We welcome back Dr Maddy McAllister from Heritage Victorias Maritime Heritage Unit at Heritage Victoria for an update on the excavation of the wreck of the Amazon, discovered last year on the be...

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Radio Marinara - 10 Feb 2019 from 2019-02-10T13:00

This weekend, hundreds of wooden boats from all around the world have converged upon beautiful Hobart for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival - an exciting celebration of rich maritime culture. ...

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Radio Marinara - 3 February 2019 from 2019-02-03T13:00

We're Back. First Show for 2019 and it's Bron, Anth and Dr Surf. Guests: Lisa Hunter talking about her research into women in surf, Heidi Talyor talking about the Nirdle Hunt and Dave Donenelly ...

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Radio Marinara - 9 December 2018 from 2018-12-09T13:00

Neil Blake, our Baykeeper joins us for the last time in 2018 to talk about what he'll be doing with the upcoming annual Summer by the Sea holiday program, January's mega-Seaside Scavenge in Rye,...

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Radio Marinara - 2 December 2018 from 2018-12-02T13:00

Dr Beach and Anth are back in the studio together for tomorrow's RM. And they have a hugely diverse show.

Terri is over in SA just about to heading into a Cave to dive - she will join us f...

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Radio Marinara - 25 November 2018 from 2018-11-25T13:00

Fam Charko from the Port Phillip EcoCentre returns to talk about Plastic Litteracy - a concept of how much we really understand the recyclability of plastics. Fam will talk about the differences...

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Radio Marinara - 18 November 2018 from 2018-11-18T13:00

Dr Surf is joined by Dr Garbage to talk about the Kazzie Awards, financial grants for women who are working to protect the environment through litter prevention. We discuss the 2018 winners and ...

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Radio Marinara - 11 November 2018 from 2018-11-11T13:00

Research into the future of Australia's great Southern Reef shows that our kelp forest habitats are in trouble. Even under the most optimistic scenarios, ocean warming is likely to case substant...

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Radio Marinara - 4 November 2018 from 2018-11-04T13:00

Over the last week some of the world's heavy hitters in marine conservation gathered at the 2018 'Our Ocean' Conference in Bali, where a very exciting announcement was made that our own Wilson's...

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Radio Marinara - 28 October 2018 from 2018-10-28T13:00

Over the last week folks around the world have gone a bit ga-ga over extremely rare footage of a creature known as the 'headless chicken seamonster'. The Australian Antarctic Division says this ...

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Radio Marinara - 7 October 2018 from 2018-10-07T13:00

Anote Tong is the former president of Kiribati (pronounced 'Kiribas'), a nation in Micronesia on the brink of disappearing from continually rising sea levels. Now an acclaimed environmental camp...

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Radio Marinara - 23 September 2018 from 2018-09-23T12:00

We cross live to our Baykeeper Neil Blake for a live-on-location report and update from the Moonee Ponds Creek Paddle Against Plastic below the Bolte bridge. Then Darren Cottam from EPA Victoria...

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Radio Marinara - 16 September 2018 from 2018-09-16T12:00

Tangaroa Blue are coming to Melbourne! Over the next week they'll be running a series of workshops on litter reduction initiatives. Director Heidi Taylor joins Bron and Dr Beach to talk about wh...

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Radio Marinara - 2 September 2018 from 2018-09-02T12:00

Wow - after that whirlwind of a radiothon fortnight (for us) Dr Beach and Anth will be in with some old fashioned, calm chatter about all things sciency, marine and coastal.

First up we wi...

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Radio Marinara - 12 August 2018 from 2018-08-12T12:00

Dr Beach and Dr Surf in the fishbowl....

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Radio Marinara - 5 August 2018 from 2018-08-05T12:00

Dr Beach and Anth in for a biggie Sunday - lots of news and views - including what the hell IS a Wholphin... if anything at all.

Simon J Karis from Melbourne experimental label Nice Music ...

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Radio Marinara - 29 July 2018 from 2018-07-29T12:00

Kade and Rex Hunter in the Fish Bowl....

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Radio Marinara - 22 July 2018 from 2018-07-22T12:00

We spend an hour 'Sharing the Love', celebrating the annual coming together of Victoria's wonderful marine and coastal volunteer groups. We'll be crossing to Somers for the entire show, when we'...

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Radio Marinara - 15 July 2018 from 2018-07-15T12:00

Our Baykeeper Neil Blake joins Bron and Kade to talk beach profiles, mollusc surveying in Portarlington and the potential merits of alternative coastal protection methods. Craig Sherman from Dea...

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Radio Marinara - 8 July 2018 from 2018-07-08T12:00

It's a surfing extravaganza with Dr Beach and Dr Surf...

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Radio Marinara - 1 July 2018 from 2018-07-01T12:00

Rex and Anth in the shop Sunday!

After a news round up of the things that matter, Wrecks (Rex) Hunter will join us to talk about ships' tonnage. This might sound like a simple idea but the...

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Radio Marinara - 10 June 2018 from 2018-06-10T12:00

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Radio Marinara - 27 May 2018 from 2018-05-27T12:00

Dr Surf and Bron speak with champion kneeboarder Greg Bugden about the World Titles in Spain, and why kneelos are much tougher than your average bear. Then Dave Donnelly from Killer Whales Austr...

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Radio Marinara - 20 May 2018 from 2018-05-20T12:00

It's John and Bron in the fish bowl talking VCC Awards, and on the ph with Diego Barneche with his research on fish reproductivbe energey and relationship to body size. Dr Surf gets on the phone...

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Radio Marinara - 13 May 2018 from 2018-05-13T12:00

Paul Carnell from Deakin University talks about recent efforts to reduce excessive numbers of sea urchins in Port Phillip Bay, including why this has been a problem, his group's approach, and wh...

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Radio Marinara - 29 April 2018 from 2018-04-29T12:00

Kade Mills returns to report back on last week's inaugural Victorian Sea Slug Census, with some amazing early indications of great nudibranch diversity and abundance in Port Phillip and Westernp...

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Radio Marinara - 22 April 2018 from 2018-04-22T12:00

This edition of All things wet and salty is brought to you by Dr Beach and John in the fishbowl with Dr Surf on the phone.

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Radio Marinara - 15 April 2018 from 2018-04-15T12:00

We see sea slugs by the sea shore - Kade Mills (VNPA) and Professor Steve Smith (National Marine Science Centre) join us to talk about next weekend's first ever Sea Slug Census in Port Phillip B...

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Radio Marinara - 8 April 2018 from 2018-04-08T12:00

Bron, Anth and Rex Hunter will be in Sunday with a huge range of marine and coastal delights.

First Dr Bryce Stewart - Marinara's emerging UK reporter - joins us live from York in the UK t...

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Radio Marinara - 1 April 2018 from 2018-04-01T12:00

Bron and Dr Surf are joined by Rob Curnow (Dr Trash) talking about World Clean-up Day. Also in the fish bowl are guests from 2 Comedy fest Acts - Attack of the Plastic Time Monsters, and, Dead M...

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Radio Marinara - 25 March 2018 from 2018-03-25T13:00

Jade Mills joins Bron and Dr Beach to talk about a survey looking at the health of Port Phillip Bay. Then the University of Melbourne's Rebecca Morris and Teresa Konlechner will be in to talk ab...

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Radio Marinara - 18 March 2018 from 2018-03-18T13:00

Dr Beach, Dr Surf and Rex Hunter running amok in the Radio Marinara Fish Bowl.

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Radio Marinara - 11 March 2018 from 2018-03-11T13:00

Jemima Robinson, Director of the Ocean Film Festival joins us to talk about the amazing lineup coming up next week in Melbourne, Geelong, Rosebud and Halls Gap (and many other venues if you're n...

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Radio Marinara - 4 March 2018 from 2018-03-04T13:00

What a big week!

Dr Beach and Anth are in with Kent on the poddies and phones. We are talking about the latest news and views from marine and coastal stuff, including the new Environmental...

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Radio Marinara - 25 February 2018 from 2018-02-25T13:00

Rex Hunter talks the Ships Graveyard off Port Phillip Heads plus the latest in marine archaeology news. We'll have Kade Mills in to give us a report on this week's national conference on shellfi...

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Radio Marinara - 18 February 2018 from 2018-02-18T13:00

Hilary McNevin joins us from Apollo Bay to talk about the Sustainable Seafood Festival on this weekend, and an event she's moderating called 'Conversations on the Edge'. Neil Blake brings the fi...

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Radio Marinara - 11 February 2018 from 2018-02-11T13:00

Bron and John. White NIght Melbourne - Underwater, Antonia Cooper - IMAS REd Handfish and JOhntalks about his summer trip to Arnham Land

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Radio Marinara - 4 February 2018 from 2018-02-04T13:00

We're BACK! At 9AM Sunday. Radio Marinara show #931 and the first for 2018

Bron and Anth in the good ship Marinara to kcik off the new year with a huge show.

Rex Hunter's in with m...

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Radio Marinara - 17 December 2017 from 2017-12-17T13:00

our final show of 2017: we're celebRAYting a fantastic end to the year - changes in Victorian law to protect the rays, skates and banjo sharks of Victoria. Joining us will be Minister for Agricu...

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Radio Marinara - 10 December 2017 from 2017-12-10T13:00

It's Angeline's very last show!!!

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Radio Marinara - 3 December 2017 from 2017-12-03T13:00

Dr Surf, Dr Beach, Jay Power and Anth all in for the good ship Marinara Sunday.

We talk penguins and gillnets, micronesian islands, the perfect wave and later in the show we will hear all ...

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Radio Marinara - 26 November 2017 from 2017-11-26T13:00

Phil Jarratt is well known in surfing circles, first making his name as editor of Tracks magazine in the mid 1970s, and later on penning more than thirty books including award-winning surf histo...

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Radio Marinara - 19 November 2017 from 2017-11-19T13:00

Bron and JOhn are in the fish bowl talking with Terri on the phone regarding crabs at Christmas Island.

Special Guest Margaret Wertheim is in to talk about Crotchet Coral Reef project Listen

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Radio Marinara - 12 November 2017 from 2017-11-12T13:00

It's Bron and Angeline in the Fish Bowl.

(Very) Young (and Very) Smart Harlan and Jamie are in again this time to talk about the Sea Bin Project. and Kade Mils talks The Great Victorian Fi...

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Radio Marinara - 5 November 2017 from 2017-11-05T13:00

Anth and Dr Beach are joined in the fish tank by Jeff Maynard and a good time was well had!

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Radio Marinara - 29 October 2017 from 2017-10-29T13:00

Bron, and Dr Surf, and Sun of Surf are joined by Neil The Baykeeper.

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Radio Marinara - 22 October 2017 from 2017-10-22T13:00

Radio Marinara - 22 October 2017

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Radio Marinara - 15 October 2017 from 2017-10-15T13:00

Bron's Finally Back after a bit of an absence! and is join by Terri and Rex.

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Radio Marinara - 1 October 2017 from 2017-10-01T13:00

It's Anth and Rex Hunter in the Fish Bowl delivering on all things wet and salty!

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Radio Marinara - 24 September 2017 from 2017-09-24T12:00

Dr Beach and John are joined by Baykeeper Neil BLake, Amy Foster talks Plastics and Simon Branigan is on the phone discussing Reef Cam at Pope's Eye.

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Radio Marinara - 3 September 2017 from 2017-09-03T12:00

Dr Beach and Anth are in with a shirt load of marine news Sunday at 9AM. Anth has been looking in something the Einstieners pointed us to about the Shark Netting trials in northern NSW. Dr Beach...

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Radio Marinara - 6 August 2017 from 2017-08-06T12:00

Rex Hunter joins us to talk about when David Mearns found the HMAS Sydney in 2008 when no one could for many many years. Dave Donnelly talks live in the studio about the 50th Humpback Whale bein...

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Radio Marinara - 17 July 2017 from 2017-07-17T12:00

It's the John and Bron show this week...talking with Gabrielle McCorkell regarding the Stop Adani Campaign, Dianne Bay and Facelles FIsh plus all the usual news in all things wet and salty.

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Radio Marinara - 9 July 2017 from 2017-07-09T12:00

Bron and Dr Beach sail the good ship Marinara with Capt Windshift, Dr Surf and Special Guest David Hirst talking about his upcoming exhibition 'Wet Feet' addressing climate change and rising sea...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 25 June 2017 from 2017-06-25T12:00

The Reclink Community Cup Edition of Radio Marinara.

Bron & Dr Beach in the Fish Tank.

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 18 June 2017 from 2017-06-18T12:00

Radio Marinara - 18 June 2017

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 4 June 2017 from 2017-06-04T12:00

Bron and Anth sail the good ship marinara with a dive report from Terri Allen and loads of the latest news and views. We are joined by Oceanographer Dr David Provis talking about the recent NOna...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 28 May 2017 from 2017-05-28T12:00

Dr Surf returns to the Rs and shortly will be doing a wetty review. Dr Beach talks about the oldest red algae fossil in the world. Tim O'Hara joins us from the deep seas off the east Australian ...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 14 May 2017 from 2017-05-14T12:00

Scientist Tim O'Hara will be coming in to talk about leading the first deep-sea exploration voyage upon The Investigator (the CSIRO's marine research vessel) from Launceston to Brisbane. On this...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 7 May 2017 from 2017-05-07T12:00

Anth and John will don the mark and snorkel and range across a wide ocean of ideas... from the extent of Australian marine debris to Indo plastic and loadsa other news to Dr Travis Park joining ...

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Radio Marinara - 23 April 2017 from 2017-04-23T12:00

It's Bron and Angeline in the fishbowl today.

PT is on the phone with an update on the Ray's Awareness campaign we discussed last week.

Visits from Dr Rebecca Spindler talking coral ...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 16 April 2017 from 2017-04-16T12:00

Who is killing the great rays of the bays? PT Hirschfield joins us to explore a trend of growing concern - horrific killing and dumping of local rays in Port Phillip and Westernport and particul...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 9 April 2017 from 2017-04-09T12:00

Join Anth and Angeline for show #894 (!) when we talk salmon farming, a bunch of news, barramundi life cycles and aquaculture with Dr Michael Salini, and Captain Windshift rides the winds of Bru...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 2 April 2017 from 2017-04-02T12:00

It's Dr Beach and Anth in the fishbowl.

Travis Park talks his research and BLue Whales. David Provis on recent NOAA on climate and Quinn Oliver chats Blue Carbon with the crew.

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 26 March 2017 from 2017-03-26T13:00

Bron & Angeline are in the fish bowl. Guests this episode are Adam Shalekof from the Mornington Peninsula Council talking about the Clean and GReen Peninsula Program, Anne Gabriel from the M...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 19 March 2017 from 2017-03-19T13:00

Bron and John take a call fropm Mark Rodrique down a Festival of The Sea. Glenda Nichols comes into the studio to talk about her exhibition 'Weaving the Waterways'. Malcolm Nicholson is in to tl...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 12 March 2017 from 2017-03-12T13:00

Bron and Dr Beach in the Triple R Fishbowl for all things wet and salty this week.

Joined by Terri Allen for the diver report, Mark Rodrigue and Jon Duthrie talking The Festival on The S...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 19 February 2017 from 2017-02-19T13:00

Bron and Angeline are in the Fish Tank. Carl Gardniner comes in talk about his upcoming exhinbition 'Beats Working'. Bron is on the phone with Lizzie Doyle talking about 'Wild Women On Water' an...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 12 February 2017 from 2017-02-12T13:00

Bron & Dr Beach are in the Fishbowl...with guests Tim Smith talking Sea Grass, an update on sea travels from Teri Allen along with a phone in from Mark Rodrigue.

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 5 February 2017 from 2017-02-05T13:00

We're Back.. Radio Marinara 2017 Ep. 1.

Bron, Dr Beach and Angeline are in the fish bowl. Talking all things wet and salty.

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 20 December 2016 from 2016-12-20T13:00

Bron, Dr Surf, Terri, Rex and Jeff bring 2015 Radio Marinara to a close with a look forward to summer. Rex Hunter takes a look at World War 1 Australian Submarines and then loss of AE1 and AE2, ...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 10 December 2016 from 2016-12-10T13:00

Bron, Dr Beach and Rex are bringing you all things wet and salty for the 2 to last show of 2016...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 4 December 2016 from 2016-12-04T13:00

On this RRR BBQ day a diverse and intriguing show with Bron, Anth and Terri in the tank.

We talk to Paul Shannon from Surf Life Saving Victoria about every swimmer's nightmare, getting cau...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 27 November 2016 from 2016-11-27T13:00

John covers the power and politics of recreational fishing. Chango Tree delight us all with some fantastic live music. And we play an interview recorded with Greg French, author of a wonderful b...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 6 November 2016 from 2016-11-06T13:00

Now sit right back and hear some tales of marine birds and the deep deep sea... Anth and Dr Beach will be on the good ship Marinara chatting about the latest news and views form the marine envir...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 30 October 2016 from 2016-10-30T13:00

The Mariners chat with author Graeme Henderson about his book Swallowed By The Sea.

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Radio Marinara - 23 October 2016 from 2016-10-23T13:00

This week the Mariners talk to Thomas Peschak, National Geographic photographer and Director of Conservation for the Save Our Seas Foundation about appearing live on stage in 'Wild Seas, Secret ...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 9 October 2016 from 2016-10-09T13:00

We present our interview with 2016 Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner William Finnegan - Bill's memoir A Barbarian Life documents his life as a surfer through the ...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 2 October 2016 from 2016-10-02T13:00

John Ford and Anth are in the studio in a new weird timezone that it will be. Terri Allen joins us live from just near the water somewhere in SA to talk diving diving and more diving. Oliver Edw...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 18 September 2016 from 2016-09-18T12:00

The Environmental Film Festival kicks off in Melbourne on the 29th of September, and one of the headline films is Sonic Sea, a gripping documentary about the very...

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Radio Marinara - 15 September 2016 from 2016-09-15T12:00

Dr Beach & Dr Surf are joined by Ian Lording and Jeff Vockler to tales of passion for collecting surf boards and a whole lot more surfing good stuff!

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Radio Marinara - 11 September 2016 from 2016-09-11T12:00

Murray Walding joins Dr Surf and Bron to discuss the new edition of Surf-O-Rama - a must for every collector of Australian surf memorabilia, or anyone interested in surf culture, from boards to ...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 4 September 2016 from 2016-09-04T12:00

It's Anth and Dr Beach in the Fishbowl this week. Their guests in today are Anna McCallum telling us about a great event at Museum Victoria that showcases Victoria's marina science and Geoff Wes...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 14 August 2016 from 2016-08-14T12:00

This weekend, marine protection volunteers across the state are gathering in Warrnambool for the third Sharing the Love forum. Friends of Merri Marine Sanctuary and Parks Victoria are hosting th...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 7 August 2016 from 2016-08-07T12:00

Sean Willmore and John Fleming from the Thin Green Line talk about the 2016 International World Ranger Day, and a cracker comedy night at the Gaso to raise funds to support the rangers of the wo...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 31 July 2016 from 2016-07-31T12:00

Dr Richard Reina from Monash University talks about the sea turtles of Costa Rica, and how the problem of poaching has been turned around to the point where the former poachers have become the t...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 24 July 2016 from 2016-07-24T12:00

Blairgowrie Pier is set to get possibly the world's largest marine sponge transplant - in replacing the massive breakwall, not only do the damaging infestations of shipworm need to be removed, ...

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Radio Marinara - 17 July 2016 from 2016-07-17T12:00

David Griffin from CSIRO talks about the adventures of IMOS - a torpedo shaped underwater research glider that has just completed a 74-day journey through 1,800km of the waters of the Great Aust...

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Radio Marinara - 10 July 2016 from 2016-07-10T12:00

Radio Marinara - 10 July 2016

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Radio Marinara - 3 July 2016 from 2016-07-03T12:00

Radio Marinara - 3 July 2016

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Radio Marinara - 26 June 2016 from 2016-06-26T12:00

Terri Allen brings us Bowiebranchia - the result of the combined passions of someone who is utterly devoted to both Bowie and nudibranchs, and has realised a startling connection between the two...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 19 June 2016 from 2016-06-19T12:00

Bron and Angeline working the Marinara magic.

PT Hirschfield on the phone to talk Spider Crabs in the Bay, Erica McLernon talking Sea Shepard news and events and Bronwyn Pringle talking ...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 5 June 2016 from 2016-06-05T12:00

It's World Environment Day and then World Oceans Day on Tuesday 8th June, with a theme of 'Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet' - with a big focus on plastics in the oceans and the catastrophic impac...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 22 May 2016 from 2016-05-22T12:00

Bron's away! That leaves Dr Beach and Dr Surf to run amok with Capt'n Windshift, Perron Cook on Big Algae in Gipps Lakes and Jeff's in the house with more of his snippets from the Best of B Grad...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 15 May 2016 from 2016-05-15T12:00

Bron and Angeline in the Fishbowl Studio for chats with Skip Woolley from Museum Victoria on the first ever map of the deep sea floor, with Mark Keenan, the Marine Response Unit Coordinator at ...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 6 March 2016 from 2016-03-06T13:00

Setting sail on Sudnay are Anth and Bron. Joining them to talk diving in caves is our Marinara Dive Reporter - Terri Allen from some cave in some far away state!

Mark Rodrigue will be join...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 6 December 2015 from 2015-12-06T13:00

What a mixed and diverse show... Bron and Anth will cover topics as wide as Saving the Sea Eagle by maintaining wetlands, the amount of the ocean floor is actually mapped and at what resolution,...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 8 November 2015 from 2015-11-08T13:00

Dr Beach reviews a new science paper about mercury build-up in sea mammals.

Our dive reporter Terri Allen gives us the lowdown on what's involved in learning to dive - what to look for, wh...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 1 November 2015 from 2015-11-01T13:00

o we all know that male seahorses get pregnant but new research from University of Sydney is telling us much more about what happens in that pouch on the dad... this is just one of the bits of n...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 18 October 2015 from 2015-10-18T13:00

Straight from the 2015 Australian Fish Biology conference, John brings the lowdown the current trends in fisheries and coastal management, and the latest science on artificial reefs stock enhanc...

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Radio Marinara - 6 September 2015 from 2015-09-06T12:00

PhD student Derek Dapp, and his supervisor Associate Professor Richard Reina talk about their research into different shark breathing modes, and how they may affect survival after accidental cap...

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Radio Marinara - 2 August 2015 from 2015-08-02T12:00

Rex Hunter takes us on an underwater exploration of the shipwrecks of World War 2 in Victoria. PhD students Lauren and Laetitia will entertain us with stories of Gannets at Pope's Eye, and Fur S...

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Radio Marinara - 26 July 2015 from 2015-07-26T12:00

Cecelia Whitton is the Executive Officer of the Westernport Biosphere and joins us to talk about Biosphere Reserves in a global context, why and how Westernport is considered as one, and some of...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 19 July 2015 from 2015-07-19T12:00

goodness me where to start... With Bron having a weekend down the coast, Anth and John will be joined by Jeff Maynard for SoundWaves in a packed show. On a cold Monday evening on July 6th in Gee...

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Radio Marinara - 5 July 2015 from 2015-07-05T12:00

We've been bringing you up to date the last few Sundays about the annual amassing of the spider crabs in Port Phillip Bay. Local underwater photographer and diving enthusiast PT Hirschfield has ...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 27 June 2015 from 2015-06-27T12:00

Hilary McNevin gives us the lowdown on the humble oyster - what's around, what to go for, what to avoid. And seasonal fish and the cold - does weather matter to fish in the marketplace? Dr Aleci...

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Radio Marinara - 14 June 2015 from 2015-06-14T12:00

Warm-blooded fish: Dr Beach to discuss and dissect (metaphorically!). Dr Surf's annual winter wetsuit review. Back zip, chest zip, no zip? 3/2, 4/3, 5/4? Rip Curl, O'Neill, Patagonia, Excel? Wha...

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Radio Marinara - 7 June 2015 from 2015-06-07T12:00

celebrating World Oceans Day on Monday we will bring you up to date on all the latest marine news and views. Dr Adam Pope, President of the Victorian branch of the Australian Marine Sciences Ass...

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Radio Marinara - 31 May 2015 from 2015-05-31T12:00

  • The CEO of Australia for Dolphins, Sarah Lucas, joins us to talk about a landmark decision by Japan's peak zoo association to stop members purchasing dolphins captured in Taiji.
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Radio Marinara - 24 May 2015 from 2015-05-24T12:00

Drs Surf and Beach discuss the origins of swell (the surf type) prediction and grill Dr Tim Smith about seagrasses in PPB and the mysterious Chilean connexion.

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Radio Marinara - 17 May 2015 from 2015-05-17T12:00

We cross to Japan to speak with Dr Jacqui Pocklington (aka Dr Pocko) - she's over there doing post-doctoral research into Japanese marine life following her PhD in Melbourne. John Ford talks us ...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 10 May 2015 from 2015-05-10T12:00

We cross to Japan to speak with Dr Jacqui Pocklington (aka Dr Pocko) - she's over there doing post-doctoral research into Japanese marine life following her PhD in Melbourne. John Ford talks us ...

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Radio Marinara - 3 May 2015 from 2015-05-03T12:00

Bron and Anth pop in to talk news and views, and how marine snow is part of the story about the impact of the Deep Horizon oil spill. Chris Smyth from the VNPA will be in to talk about managing ...

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Radio Marinara - 12 April 2015 from 2015-04-12T12:00

We speak with Sea Shepherd Managing Director Jeff Hansen about their hard work over summer, including 'Operation Icefish' - investigating and preventing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishi...

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Radio Marinara - 5 April 2015 from 2015-04-05T12:00

This Sunday Daylight Savings ends. Anth and John will be in to cover marine urbanisation, maritime territory expansion as two linked but very different topics about how we use the sea now and ho...

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Radio Marinara - 29 March 2015 from 2015-03-29T13:00

Drs Beach and Surf will be joined by Perran Cook (Monash Uni) to talk about worm holes - not the cosmological kind, but actual worm holes - and how, as Charlie Darwin suspected, they are really,...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 15 March 2015 from 2015-03-15T13:00

Mark Rodrigue talks about the 2015 Festival of the Sea - lots of great stuff happening in Barwon Heads this weekend for all of us who love the brilliant briny. Then Dr Giovanni Turchini joins us...

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Radio Marinara - 8 March 2015 from 2015-03-08T13:00

Dr Julie Mondon from Deakin University has just come back from a stint in Antarctica doing research into impact of sewage produced by researchers and staff on Australia's Antarctic bases. She'll...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 1 March 2015 from 2015-03-01T13:00

Lots and lots on in the marine and coastal world a the moment! John, Bron and Anth will be in to chat about it! Prue Addison from the AMSA Victoria branch about the upcoming ""Showcasing Marine ...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 22 February 2015 from 2015-02-22T13:00

Terri Allen is Radio Marinara's new Dive Reporter, and on Sunday brings her inaugural dive report, including her pick of where to dive this Sunday. Tim Silverwood gives us the lowdown on a marin...

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Radio Marinara
Radio Marinara - 15 February 2015 from 2015-02-15T13:00

ast week, Dr Erich Fitzgerald from Museum Victoria spoke about the uniquely precious marine fossil record along the Beaumaris coastline - if you didn't catch the show. Erich brought some extraor...

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Radio Marinara - 4 October 2014 from 2014-10-04T12:00

Bron and Anth will be in with a bumper show. Loads of news and views including Bron's review of Oddball - not often that a Radio Marinara story is made into a feature film! Concerned about all t...

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