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雪梨的白鸚鵡島（Cockatoo Island）風光明媚，適合一家大小露營玩樂。但原來這個地方也有一段黑暗歷史，曾經是一座專門流放囚犯的監獄島，還吸引不同靈異愛好者探險？

On this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the chilling past of Cockatoo Island, a place where history and mystery collide. Once a brutal convict prison, later a grim industrial school, and eventually a wartime shipyard, the island holds layer upon layer of human suffering. Visitors today report eerie encounters with unseen forces, chilling cold spots, and shadowy apparitions tied to the island's long and haunted past.

On this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the chilling past of Cockatoo Island, a place where history and mystery collide. Once a brutal convict prison, later a grim industrial school, and eventually a wartime shipyard, the island holds layer upon layer of human suffering. Visitors today report eerie encounters with unseen forces, chilling cold spots, and shadowy apparitions tied to the island's long and haunted past.

Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour has a rich Indigenous history, the one-time industrial site is now a nature reserve and function centre.

The seventh edition of the Sydney Harbour Concours d’ Elegance at the end of this month will see possibly the most diverse and exotic range of collector cars in the history of the event. To be staged again on historic Cockatoo Island over the three days from Friday Feb 28 to Sunday March 2 this classic event just gets better year on year. The range of entries this year span from 1905 to 2021 - many extremely rare including a 1930 Bugatti Type 46, 1936 Delahaye Type 135CS and a 1973 Porsche 917. Now internationally recognised as the Southern Hemisphere’s leading concours event it has also drawn a truly international judging jury of seven from all corners of the globe including ex Formula One driver Thierry Boutsen from Belgium. As the Australian judge I very much look forward to this annual event. I’m David BerthonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cockatoo Island is an interesting and history-rich UNESCO World Heritage Site, located in the heart of Sydney harbour at the junction of the Parramatta River and Lane Cove River. - Cockatoo Island merupakan Situs Warisan Dunia UNESCO yang menarik dan kaya dengan sejarah, terletak di jantung Sydney harbour di persimpangan Parramatta River dan Lane Cove River.

In this the final episode of the series, Jane Ison outlines what is contained in the Royal Commission into Public Charities which commenced in Sydney in May 1873, focusing on Biloela, the girls industrial school on Cockatoo Island.

Foundations of Amateur Radio Getting started in our hobby can be a challenge. Even if you've got a shiny new license and you've been taught what the legal requirements are, you might even have your first radio, but after that it might feel like you're all on your own in this bright and shiny new world. It doesn't have to be that way. First thing to know is that you are exactly where all other amateurs have been before you. In other words, don't stress too much about what you don't know or what mistakes you might make. I recently read a comment from a new amateur who was so scared of making a mistake that they hadn't made their first contact. You should know that there is a massive difference between making an accidental mistake and knowingly interfering with another service. Here's some mistakes I've made. My license permits a maximum power level of 10 Watts. I dutifully set-up my radio to do just that, made my first contact on HF using 10 Watts, only to learn later that power levels are set separately for HF, 6m, VHF and UHF on my specific radio. So, the second time I keyed up my microphone, I was using 50 Watts. Not only that, I didn't quite understand how to set-up my radio for repeater use, so I keyed up on the output frequency and happily talked to the other station, blissfully unaware that I wasn't actually using the repeater. It wasn't until several years later that I learnt that the minimum power level was 5 Watts on all bands, except UHF, where it is 2 Watts. And as icing on the cake, one day I managed a 2m contact across about 70 km, from my car. It wasn't until later in the night that I discovered that all the settings on my radio had reset and it was again using 50 Watts. Another time I was in the club radio shack and having some fun with the club station. I tuned to a 2m frequency and called CQ. Didn't hear anything. Then I discovered that I'd missed a decimal point and was actually transmitting on the 20m band, where I'm not permitted with my license. Each of those things are outside the restrictions of my license, but made by mistake, not on purpose. Instead of stressing about it, I went, oops, and carried on with a new lesson learnt. I will point out that I'm certain that there are more, mistakes, feel free to let me know. Those concerns aside, finding people to talk to is another barrier to entry. We have all these bands and there's nobody about. It reminds me of a funny story I've shared before, told by Wally VK6YS, now SK. In his early amateur radio days he operated from Cockatoo Island, an island off the north coast of Western Australia, near Yampi Sound, which is where his callsign came from. With a new radio and transverter for 6m, Wally had been calling CQ for weeks, but nobody would talk to him. Occasionally he'd hear a faint voice in the background. Meanwhile it transpired that amateurs across Japan were getting upset that he wasn't responding to their 20 and 40 over 9 signal reports. His transmission was getting out just fine, his receiver wasn't working nearly as well. Turns out that during manufacturing, a pin on the back of his transverter hadn't been soldered correctly. Oops. Once he fixed that, he worked 150 Japanese stations on the first day and a lifelong love of the 6m band was born. One hard learnt lesson is that the bands are constantly changing. If you cannot hear anything on one band, try another. If the band is quiet, it's likely because the conditions for that band are bad, but generally this is only true on HF. On VHF and UHF, the opposite is often true. Some bands, like 10m and 6m behave more like VHF, but not always. 20m can go from brilliant to abysmal and back in seconds, sometimes during the contact. Each band has its own idiosyncrasies that you'll need to explore before you can hope to improve your chances of success and even years of playing will often get you surprises. I recall trying, for giggles only, to call CQ on a pretty quiet band only to score an unexpected contact with a Central European station on the other side of the globe. A good rule of thumb is to go where the action is. If you can hear others, they're much more likely to hear you. While this is not universally true, it's a good starting point. Of course, you don't need to physically have a radio to experience any of this. There are many websites that provide you with access to radio tuners. If you search for WebSDR or KiwiSDR you'll come across hundreds of online receivers that you can tune and operate on the frequencies they support using just your web browser. Some have the ability to decode digital modes within the web page, so you won't even have to install any extra software to play. You might think that using such a receiver is not really amateur radio, but I'd like to point out that a transceiver is both a transmitter and a receiver. You can get the receiver right there in your web browser. The transmitter is a little more complex, but technically also possible. Many amateur clubs have a remote accessible station which will allow you to get started. That kills two birds with one stone, you get to interact with the people in the club and you get to play on-air without needing to figure out just which radio to get and what antenna to connect it to and where to put either. Other places to find new friends are of course social media, the so-called fediverse, a collection of social networking services that can communicate with each other, has several communities. You can get started at https://mastodon.radio and https://lemmy.radio. There's plenty of other on-air activities like Nets, discussion groups where you can get to know other amateurs. I run a weekly Net for new and returning amateurs called F-troop on Saturday morning midnight UTC for an hour, where you can say hello and ask questions. We pass the microphone around a circle, so everyone gets a go. You'll find more information at https://ftroop.groups.io. Getting started does not have to be a daunting experience. Get on-air, make noise and before you know it, you'll have forgotten just how much you worried about things that really didn't cause any issues in the big picture. If you're still stuck, drop me an email, cq@vk6flab.com and I'll attempt to point you in the right direction. What are you waiting for? I'm Onno VK6FLAB

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1092, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Quite Contrary 1: Lawyers grudgingly call this "witness" who isn't violent, just unfriendly to the case. hostile. 2: As a verb, this car part is the opposite of invigorate. Tire. 3: For a knife, it's the opposite of sharp; for a life, it's the opposite of exciting. Dull. 4: Being the opposite of one of these would make Yankee Doodle a ragamuffin. Dandy. 5: This adjective for anyone who stubbornly refuses to go along could apply to the Minotaur. bullish (or bull-headed). Round 2. Category: At The End Of The Scary Movie 1: "I used to hate the water"--"I can't imagine why". Jaws. 2: "This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off". Alien. 3: "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner". The Silence of the Lambs. 4: Sung: "One, two, Freddy's coming for you...". Nightmare on Elm Street. 5: "Excuse me, I don't mean to bother you, but are you Paul Sheldon... I just want to tell you I'm your No. 1 fan". Misery. Round 3. Category: Island Prisons 1: New York City's main correctional facility, it lies in the East River and consists of 10 separate jails. Riker's Island. 2: Notorious gangster "Machine Gun" Kelly spent 1934 to 1951 in this West Coast lockup. Alcatraz. 3: In the 1950s he did time on Isla de Pinos; since 1959, he's ruled a larger island. Fidel Castro. 4: In the 1840s convicts sent to Australia's Cockatoo Island in this city's harbor had to build their own prison. Sydney. 5: This island between Queens and the Bronx has correctional facilities for men, women and teens. Rikers Island. Round 4. Category: Tv Shows That Bombed 1: In a January 2007 episode of this series, a terrorist detonated a low-yield suitcase nuke in Valencia, California. 24. 2: In a "Twilight Zone" episode, bookworm Henry Bemis survives a nuclear war and finds a library but then breaks these. his eyeglasses. 3: The nuclear blast that caused chaos in Jericho, Kansas was detonated in this state capital to the west. Denver. 4: This series' Peter Petrelli had visions that he would cause a nuclear holocaust in NYC. Heroes. 5: In a 1977 episode of this sitcom, Det. Dietrich notes that a student's physics project is a functional nuke. Barney Miller. Round 5. Category: Camels 1: Contrary to popular belief, it's where a camel stores fat, not water. its hump. 2: Alternate name of the Arabian camel or a brand of cake mix, dates or pimientos. dromedary. 3: Camels were first brought to this continent in 1840 and later transported goods between Adelaide and Perth. Australia. 4: 2 of the 4 New World relatives of the camel. (2 of) the llama, the guanaco, the alpaca and the vicuña. 5: From an earlier occupation, this prophet was known as the "Camel Driver of Mecca". Mohammed. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.After the most gruelling Upfronts season yet, we wrap things up with the people whose verdicts matter - the media agency chief investment officers. Plus, we speak to SBS managing director James Taylor about the series of agenda-setting announcements made by the public broadcaster.The most interesting, most unexpected and most meaningful upfronts - plus, who put on the best show?Upfronts Season finally ends this afternoon, with the ABC announcing its content plans for 2024.It's been the longest one ever, kicking off during the first week of September with Nine's Olympics-focused Upfronts taking over both the Hordern Pavilion and Hall of Industries in Sydney's Moore Park, while Mamamia staked its claim as the primary conduit to reach women at an event at Doltone House in Pyrmont.The next week came Independents Day, organised by the Digital Publishers Alliance with more than 20 members offering rapidfire presentations at The Grounds in Alexandria.The same night it was back to Hordern Pavilion, where Google's YouTube made the case for switching advertising dollars out of television during Brandcast.The following day, magazine house Are Media hosted buyers for a more modest lunchtime event at the new wing of the Art Gallery of NSW, turning on the star power with an appearance from Matilda's penalty scorer Cortnee Vine.Then in October it was on to the Beta events space in Castlereagh Street, as Carsales extended its Open House event from their Melbourne base into Sydney.A few days later, Seven puts its weight behind SXSW Sydney, returning to the ICC for its Upfronts, executive produced by chief marketing and audience officer Melissa Hopkins.The next week saw Ooh Media and Foxtel Media both put their events in the hands of the weather gods.Ooh's Outfronts trip to Sydney's Royal Botanical Gardens was rewarded with a scorching summer's morning. Foxtel's boat ride to Cockatoo Island on Sydney Harbour was a damper affair, although its blockbuster announcement of a breakaway audience measurement project wiped that from the memory.Meanwhile, Paramount took a different approach to its Upfronts this year, taking the lead from its sister network in the United States, CBS, hosting smaller groups to talk about plans for Ten, Paramount+ and Tenplay, followed by Q&A sessions.Between them, the media companies would have spent well in excess of $10m on letting the industry know their plans. So who told their stories best? We asked the media agencies' chief investment officers.GroupM CIO Melissa Hey, Spark Foundry CIO Lucie Jansen and Essencemediacom CIO Nick Thomas offered their takeaways in a special edition of the Unmade podcast hosted by Tim Burrowes.Who exceeded expectations?Foxtel's challenger measurement system for OzTAM drew praise.“I'm pretty excited about what Foxtel's doing, just disrupting the industry and leading from the front, giving our clients and us as an agency so many opportunities to change the way that we've been approaching video,” Thomas shared.“Paramount surprised me the most because I thought that you actually did get a lot more out of it. You go into it wondering how they're going to wow you in this small setting and I walked away very impressed and engaged with what they had to offer and what they're putting on the table because of that intimate setting, and because we were able to ask questions and interact. They were answering questions that were being asked versus just going up on stage,” Hey says.Thomas agrees: “At the big parties, you're never going to get that honest, direct conversation and feedback loop that you're going to have in the smaller groups.”Sport was pegged as one sector of the market that the CIO's were particularly excited about after seeing all the upfronts.“I think next year is going to be a really good, good year for sport. 2023, particularly with the Matildas, will only serve to help audiences in that space as well. Obviously, that probably plays more to the strength of Seven and Nine,” Jansen concludes.Most meaningful technology announcementA selection of new adtech products were rolled out at each network's upfront - Seven's Phoenix, Nine's SME-focused Ad Manager, Paramount's Shoppable TV and SBS Measure.Hey argues that Phoenix “will be really important and a game changer on how we operate with Seven.” She adds: “What is actually interesting and how it's going to roll out and impact for the future is Nine's Ad Manager. Whilst they're saying it's for SMEs, how they're setting that up and using AI feels just the start of the journey.“Thomas was excited about Ooh Media's 2024 prospects and its new retail media screen network solution, Reooh.“I think the premium Sydney product was a good strategic play to compete with the JCDecaux's and QMS's that are playing in the premium Sydney audience already. Everyone's talking retail. I think next year will probably be the year of retail. If you were a business and you wanted to set up a retail network, it's a plug and play product that you can use, which is great.”‘We might be the first moving in this direction. We don't believe we'll be the last'SBS' upfronts came just after the podcast with the CIOs was recorded, so Unmade sat down with managing director James Taylor to get a better understanding of the broadcaster's strategies and content slate for 2024.Key announcements from the SBS Upfront included limitations on betting, booze and fast food ads, progress on sustainability promises, another season of Alone Australia (this time shot in New Zealand) and retaining the men's FIFA World Cup.“We believe the purveyors of all products have a right to access audiences, particularly via a public broadcaster,” says Taylor. “This is, though, about providing value to both audiences and advertisers. If you think about on-demand environments generally, and SBS on-demand specifically, users are able to exhibit complete control over what they watch.“Therefore, we want to extend that capacity to allow audiences to express a view about the advertising component as well. We might be the first moving in this direction. We don't believe we'll be the last.“We think these three categories are a logical place to start. It's great for the audience because they get to provide us with information about their choices as opposed to us determining what we think they want.”Taylor also expanded on long term plans to help bring the entirety of the SBS supply chain to net zero over the next 20 years.“We rely on third parties and their carbon footprint to reach an audience member. So the timeline we've laid out, which is an aggressive timeline actually, and the most ambitious of any media player in the country, is really about us working with our supply chain to assist them in decarbonising their footprint.”SBS Measure, which uses Experian data, was the new adtech product rolled out at the upfront. Taylor explained the product was a way to “reinforce our credentials as a place that is worthy of our customers' investment.”And Taylor also explained why SBS is backing Foxtel's breakaway TV audience measurement project.“There's nothing lacking with Oztam from my perspective, we remain committed and enthusiastic participants in Oztam. We back the currency. We think it's a well-needed and welcome development in free-to-air's capacity to create a compelling offer to advertisers. That said, SBS is not a market maker. It's a market taker. We participated in a market. You should expect us to be inquisitive about other marketplaces that other providers are seeking to establish, so that we can form a view about whether or not SBS has a place in their marketplace.”* The entire podcast can be heard via the player at the top of this page or on the podcatcher of your choice. Special thanks to Abe's Audio for a great job on a complex edit.Message us: letters@unmade.mediaHave a great day.ToodlepipTim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

Foundations of Amateur Radio All antennas have a radiation pattern that charts on a sphere where it radiates more and where it radiates less than the theoretical isotropic radiator. This comparison is expressed as dBi antenna gain. There is a fundamental concept in antenna design called "reciprocity". Essentially it means that transmit and receive behaviour of an antenna is identical. In other words, the radiation pattern of an antenna applies for both transmitting and receiving of signals. Unfortunately, this does not mean that if two stations are communicating and one can hear the other, the reverse is also true. Let me explain why. Let's set the scene. Imagine two stations, me, VK6FLAB at Lake Monger, in Perth, Western Australia and Charles NK8O in the Lake of the Ozarks state park within the Ozark Mountains in central Missouri. We're both on the 10m HF band and in this story I've finally managed to learn Morse code and I'm "talking" to Charles, mind you, Charles apparently does have a microphone, so perhaps this might actually happen one day. To simplify things, we both have the same antenna, the same radio, the same power level, we both love low power or QRP operation, and while we're keeping it simple, we have the same ground conductivity and we're both experiencing the same very low noise levels. While we're constructing this fantasy, the communication paths for both our stations are identical. Note that I said paths, more on that shortly. In that situation, both Charles and I have the same experience. We can hear each other at the same level, our S-meter has the same reading, and apart from my current inability to actually use Morse code, our readability is identical. You might think this is "reciprocity", but it's not as simple as that. I'm parked near a lake in the middle of a city and often other vehicles come and go. One new arrival has a solar panel on the roof with a noisy inverter and suddenly the local noise in my location jumps from S0 to S6. The vehicle arrives whilst I'm transmitting, so at first nothing happens. Charles continues to hear my signal at the same level and at my end I'm blissfully unaware of any change, until I stop transmitting, when I hear the noise. Meanwhile, Charles starts his transmission and I cannot hear him because the local noise in my location is louder than his wanted signal. At this point, Charles still has the ability to hear me, but I can no longer hear him, even though our equipment is identical. The only change is the local noise floor at my location which interferes with my ability to receive the signals coming from Charles. This means that I can still send "again, again, local QRM" and I can do so as often as I want. Charles will hear this without any issue, but I won't hear his reply until the local noise stops. What this highlights is that two-way communication between two stations involves two signal paths. They might, or might not, follow the same journey through the ionosphere and be between two identical antennas, but the experience for either station can be, and almost always is, completely different. Because the ability to transmit isn't affected by local noise at the transmitter, it doesn't figure into the total path loss when you're calculating it for the receiving station. However, when the roles are reversed, it does. So when you're receiving, you need to take into account your local noise, but when you're transmitting, you don't. So, when Charles is transmitting to me, I need to take into account my local noise and ignore his, and when I'm transmitting to Charles, he needs to take into account his local noise, but not mine. This is how you can have so-called "alligator" stations, all mouth, no ears. The station is likely using high power with a high gain antenna in a noisy environment. This means that everyone can hear them, but because their local noise is so high, they can often only hear other alligators, but not the rest of the world who can perfectly hear them. If you encounter a station on-air that keeps calling CQ, regardless of how many people are calling back, that's an "alligator". So, the takeaway is that even if you can hear a station, it doesn't mean that they can hear you and the reverse is also true. You can be transmitting and heard all over the place, but if you're in a high noise environment, you might not be able to hear them. It's one reason that QRP stations prefer to work in low noise environments where they can hear many more stations. It reminds me of a funny story told by Wally VK6YS, now SK. In his early amateur radio days he operated from Cockatoo Island, an island off the north coast of Western Australia, near Yampi Sound, which is where his callsign came from. With a new radio and transverter for 6m, Wally had been calling CQ for weeks, but nobody would talk to him. Occasionally he'd hear a faint voice in the background. Meanwhile it transpired that amateurs across Japan were getting upset that he wasn't responding to their 20 and 40 over 9 signal reports. His transmission was getting out just fine, his receiver wasn't working nearly as well. Turns out that during manufacturing, a pin on the back of his transverter hadn't been soldered correctly. Once he fixed that, he worked 150 Japanese stations on the first day and a lifelong love of the 6m band was born. In other words, just because someone can hear you, doesn't mean that you can hear them, sometimes it's noise and sometimes its a faulty connector. I'm Onno VK6FLAB

The final instalment from the North East Australia Paranormal Society is a doozy. Inspired by a real-life Ghostbusters scenario, Charlie and Ben go on a uniquely Australian adventure into some strange happenings at Cockatoo Island. An American ghost hunter becomes involved to search for the answers and the result takes more than one unexpected twist. Also, Ashley from Norway calls in to discuss his personal experience in a haunted granny flat. See TOFOP live this November: https://linktr.ee/TOFOP See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mezzo-soprano Sian Sharp has been singing with Opera Australia for nearly 20 years. Her significant repertoire includes key roles in seminal operas including Il Trovatore, Otello, The Marriage of Figaro, Rigoletto, and Carmen – most recently late last year performing the title role in the much admired production on Cockatoo Island.  And she's back singing in the open air once again, as the loyal servant and maid Suzuki for the current production of Madama Butterfly on Sydney Harbour. A reviewer from one of her previous portrayals of this role described her performance as “absolute perfection”, and in this conversation Sian talks about the role and her journey to the world of opera, providing us with an understanding of the differences between a mezzo-soprano and soprano voice, and what she loves about being a mezzo.

In this episode, I welcome back a friend of the show, podcaster, and owner of Flower City Ballroom, Dominick who had suggested a documentary called Sir No Face. A story about a ghost said to be haunting Sydney Harbour's Cockatoo Island. There are several eerie videos captured by the local ghost-hunting team but there was one clip in particular that was captured that, in the ghost-hunting world, is equivalent to capturing a unicorn on video! Is it legit? Dominick and I try our best to sort it out!Watch Sir Noface on Tubi:https://tubitv.com/movies/569299/sir-noface?utm_campaign=web-sharingCheck out Flower City Ballroom's upcoming events:https://fcballroom.com/Bigfoot Diaries Available NOW:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQXVZLSCLeave a 5-Star Review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-whaaat-are-you-watching/id1602004925TIP JAR:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/waitwhaaathttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/waitwhaaat

Il mezzosoprano Carmen Topciu ha interpretato Carmen in teatri di ogni tipo, inclusa l'Arena di Verona, ma quello di Cockatoo Island l'ha stupefatta.

Tahu Matheson has worked for Opera Australia since 2007. He became Head of Music for the company in 2017. He studied piano with Kalle Randalu in Germany, and with Oleg Stepanov and Natasha Vlassenko at the Queensland Conservatorium, where he completed his Master of Music. He is a frequent accompanist for international artists including Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Anthony Dean Griffey, Yvonne Kenny and Emma Matthews. His Opera Australia repertoire includes - Conductor of Tosca, L'elisir d'amore, The Magic Flute and The Pearlfishers at Sydney Opera House; Aida on the Beach and tours of Don Giovanni. Tahu was Assistant Conductor of the Ring Cycle, Bliss, Falstaff, Otello, Rigoletto, Carmen, Capriccio, Of Mice and Men, The Barber of Seville, Lucia di Lammermoor, Werther, The Magic Flute, La Bohème, La Traviata, Madama Butterfly, La sonnambula, Orpheus in the Underworld, A Streetcar Named Desire, Billy Budd and Don Giovanni. For other companies Tahu has conducted Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins for Victorian Opera. This work was paired with the premiere of a new work by four Australian Composers, of the same name, but with updated subject matter and music. Tahu has conducted many concerts including a concert performance of a new opera, Nelson, by Stuart Greenbaum in London, and a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for 4MBS Radio in Brisbane. He recently made his debut with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Tahu performed the Rachmaninov Preludes Op 23 and the world premiere of Ten Concert Studies for Piano, written for him by Edwin Carr (New Zealand International Festival of the Arts – recorded on CD for international release by Kiwi Pacific Records). Tahu has been a soloist in the major concert venues throughout Australia and New Zealand, toured for Musica Viva and Chamber Music New Zealand, and been broadcast on New Zealand and Australian radio and television. Through November and December Tahu Matheson conducts Opera Australia's brand new, Sydney-exclusive open-air event, Opera on Cockatoo Island, with a gritty new production of Bizet's much-loved Carmen, giving visitors a thrilling opportunity to experience world-class opera under the stars with stunning harbour views. STAGES caught up with Tahu at his place of work - Opera Australia - to discover what's in store for audiences attending Carmen, and the gateway through which he discovered his passion for telling big stories on the Operatic stage. The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages). www.stagespodcast.com.au

Liesel Badorrek is a Sydney based writer, director and performer with a diverse and wide ranging repertoire. She's a founder of Loose Canon Arts, which has created new work for young people throughout Asia and the Middle East, has directed with the Darlinghurst Theatre and CDP Productions, and keeps thing real as a member of the all-woman comedy cabaret collective Six Quick Chicks. Somehow, she also finds time to work with Opera Australia, and with OA is now directing Carmen on Cockatoo Island, on for a limited season from the 25th of November to the 18th of December. In this conversation, Liesel lifts the lid on what we can expect from this unique event, and shares some fascinating tales and perspectives from the other parts of her career. Her music selections include some treasured favourites from her present and past.

Your hosts Dr. Dean Bertram and Jason McLean venture into the audio-visual wing of the Mysterious Library to consider a trilogy of documentary films from paranormal investigator Chad Caleck: SIR NOFACE, TWO FACE: THE GREY, and PHANTOM RIDER.What begins in the first documentary as an investigation into an alleged video of a "full body apparition", filmed at Sydney, Australia's Cockatoo Island, spirals by the second film into suspicions that the figure captured on film is actually a "Grey" extraterrestrial, before segueing into theories of a massive military industrial conspiracy, which is filled-out in the third installment.Was the original video a ghost, an ET, or a hoax? Is the world on the brink of a fake alien invasion? Or are the ETs themselves standing by to invade the planet?The Mysterious Librarians will consider these questions and more, when they examine Chad Caleck's SIR NOFACE trilogy!

Opera Australia sta completando l'allestimento di una delle più imponenti produzioni liriche all'aperto mai allestite in Australia: la Carmen di George Bizet su un palcoscenico gigante a Cockatoo Island, che prevede anche un inseguimento in motocicletta.

Chad Calek, a producer and director of paranormal documentaries, shares his mind blowing experience of the events that occured after a paranormal investigative team captures an image of a full body apparition that may be an alien on Cockatoo Island in Australia. In this episode, we discuss the story of the "sir no face" apparition, including the events leading up to and following its capture on film. The possibility that the apparition is actually an alien, and the implications thereof, and  the upcoming fourth documentary in the series, which is said to contain the "juicy part" of the storyGuest Info:IG: http://instagram.com/aghchadWebsite: https://www.aghtelevision.com/Documentaries:1st - Sir Noface 2nd - Two Face The Grey (start here) 3rd - Phantom Rider 4th - 74 Minutes (most recent)Watch on Tubi App FREE Chiller Queen Social Media:IG: http://instagram.com/chillerqueenpodcastTwitter: http://twitter.com/chillerpodTik Tok: http://tiktok.com/averydopecookJoin the Community of Weird:Discord:  https://discord.gg/26d823CuHost Social Media Links:IG: http://instagram.com/averydopecookPremium Content Channel:Rokfin: http://rokfin.com/chillerqueenpodcastThanks so much for listening. Stay weird my friends and don't forget to question everything...Support the show

Oh baby hot one incoming this week as the boys discuss all things Mudgee. We recount our beautiful trip to wine country, our experience with one of the surliest vineyard managers and the long trail of reviews he garnered, discuss the potential of buying a country pub, uncover a famous love rat and his dodgy dealings, and tell the tale of two famous bushrangers, and how they plotted an escape from Cockatoo Island prison. Lots of riffs, lots of laughs, lots of love. We also now have merch for sale, get into it via the link below! Give it a listen, send it to your friends, leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. https://linktr.ee/CommunityNoticeboardPodcast  

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Today on Middle Grade Mavens, Julie chats to Yvette Poshoglian, Author of "Dear Greta," which Julie reviewed on episode 103. Yvette Poshoglian is the bestselling author of over 40 books for children and young readers. She writes the wildly popular Ella and Olivia series (30 books + 6 treasuries and counting!), the Puppy Diary books and the Frankie Fox Girl Spy stories, and has written historical fiction including My Australian Story: Escape from Cockatoo Island. Her website: Yvette Poshoglian Published: 1st March 2022 ISBN: 9781761043789 Number Of Pages: 288 For Ages: 9 - 11 years old This was meant to be Alice's year to shine, but things are already going wrong... At school, she's given young environmental activist Greta Thunberg as her pen pal for a fictional writing assignment. Why couldn't Alice get someone easy to write to, like a pop star? Then she's put in charge of taking the Harmony Day Food Fair online, which seems impossible, especially when she is teamed up with the most annoying boy in her school. As if she didn't have enough on her plate, Alice gets kicked out of her bedroom by her grandmother coming to stay. And no matter what Alice does, she'll never be able to live up to her infuriating big sister's achievements, right? Through her letters to Greta, Alice finds herself opening up about her life. And as Alice approaches the hard questions by wondering, 'What would Greta do?', she starts to believe that she can make a difference - a big one. Where to buy Dear Greta by Yvette Poshoglian | 9781761043789 | Booktopia To learn more about the Mavens, head on over to https://www.middlegradepodcast.com Or to find Julie online drop by https://www.julieannegrassobooks.com And for Pamela online find her at https://www.ueckerman.net Have a question or comment? Email us at mavens@middlegradepodcast.com To follow us on Instagram: Middle Grade Mavens (@middle_grade_mavens_podcast) • Instagram photos and videos --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/message

John swore never, ever, ever again to go somewhere "haunted" and subject himself to the trauma. So what did we do? Sent him with a pair of ghost hunters to Cockatoo Island just as the sun was setting, obviously. Will he come away a believer? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you believe in ghosts? That's the question Paul F. Verhoeven asks his ex-cop father, John Verhoeven, in this chilling new season of Loose Units. This week, the boys talk with a police officer who investigates hauntings on the side, and explore a famous ghost story from Cockatoo Island, Sydney. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The ladies pretty much chug a Yellowtail Red Blend (which is evident by the end),…

Per la stagione lirica 2022 Opera Australia inaugura un teatro di tremila posti a Cockatoo Island dove sarà messa in scena all'aperto la Carmen di Bizet, con tanto di inseguimento di camion, auto e moto per le strade dell'isola.

Plus inside Scomo's presser & how to tell if you're a hippie. Moonman's Saturday Special Podcast #Comedy #Sydney See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Located smack bang in the middle of Sydney Harbour, with it's First Nations history lost to time (surely it's mere location would be cause for much significance), Cockatoo Island's first written history dates from 1839, where by the convicts who wound up there, were made to quarry sandstone from the island in order to build their own prison. 1871 saw the island's use change hands from penal colony, to an industrial school for girls, and a reformatory, before turning back to a prison in 1888 for another 10 years prior to goal time on the island ending for good.These days, Cockatoo Island makes use of it's unique, million-dollar setting, hosting high society functions, weddings, and providing a popular backdrop for many T.V shows. Listen on to find out about some of it's lesser-known history, and it's inhabitants who might never have left.Have a spooky story to share, or a haunted location for TOIH to investigate?What are you waiting for? Get in touch!tospsychic@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram@turnsout_itshaunted the podcast@turnsout_shespsychic the podcastFaceboook @TOSPpodcasthttps://www.turnsoutshespsychic.com/Presented by Tracey Dimech & Laura Turner.Produced, edited, & music by Matt Turner.Visit Tracey's website here aAustralian Medium, Psychic & Spiritual Alignment Mentorhttps://www.traceydimech.com.au

Cockatoo Island, situated deep inside Sydney Harbour, has had continual use since time immemorial. Originally a sacred site, the island became a penal colony, a shipyard, and now a tourist location. Join Holly and Matthew as they look into the history of the site, and the stories of ghosts that haunt the island's many buildings.

Cockatoo Island, situated deep inside Sydney Harbour, has had continual use since time immemorial. Originally a sacred site, the island became a penal colony, a shipyard, and now a tourist location. Join Holly and Matthew as they look into the history of the site, and the stories of ghosts that haunt the island's many buildings.

In this episode, we get to know three kids' book creators we've long admired. In fact, we can't BELIEVE it's taken us so long to have them on One More Page! First up, Liz chats to author Yvette Poshoglian about her junior fiction series Ella and Olivia and Puppy Diary, plus middle grade historical novel Escape from Cockatoo Island. Hear her thoughts on writing first chapter books, and the serendipitous kayak landing that led to her exploration of Cockatoo Island! Next, Kate meets the amazing illustrator Liz Anelli. Hear all about her start in the world of illustrating kids' books, a behind the scenes look at her processes, her upcoming books, a very exciting illustration exhibition in Newcastle, and much more. Nat then chats with multi-talented author Felice Arena. From his acting experience to his start in kids' book writing, to more about his books like the Specky Magee series and historical middle grade novels, plus insights into successful school visits, it's a super fascinating interview.  We also review a bunch of new release kids' books, share exciting news about team OMP's upcoming story in CBCA's anthology, announce a bumper book prize thanks to Walker Books and more. Read the show notes: https://www.onemorepagepodcast.com/episode-58 Email us at: onemorepagepodcast@gmail.com Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/onemorepageAU Twitter: www.twitter.com/onemorepageau Instagram: www.instagram.com/onemorepageau

It's 1998, Vernazza Italy, the world cup is playing on TV and the bar is packed with bustling international tourists. Stefano is 14 working at his cousins bar being taught the ropes. His first task is to collect everyone's order and bring them back to the bar. Stefano took a notepad and a pen, and one by one, he took everyone's orders in the bar and came back to his cousin with a massive list of drinks from everyone in the entire bar. His cousin shakes his head and realizes there's a lot of teaching to do. But for Stefano, he was hooked by the buzz of the bar and since then, has never forgotten that night.  Stefano was born in Vernazza, Italy and was surrounded by hospitality all his life. His father owned and ran a restaurant, and by 5 years old, Stefano was in the venue with a tray collecting empty glasses and plates to be cleaned. Fast forward to age 26, and Stefano had found his feet on Sydney shores where he decided to settle in and begin working in the CBD. He started immersing himself within the cocktail culture of Sydney, learning basics like the Lemon, Lime and Bitters and having people scream at him to have a 'wet pussy', but having no idea what that was, being taken aback the first few times. Stefano was forced to learn quick about both the drinks, and about 'shit people' so he says. Stefano soon began working for a hospitality company called 'Flavour', which had an island bar in the middle of Sydney Harbour called Cockatoo Island. Which was famous for it's wild nights, and unloading hundreds of drunk people off the Ferrys back at Circular Quay. Stefano recounts the incredible time they had a New Years Eve party watching the fireworks, which went on for so long, the bartenders had to sleep on the island overnight, then have a shower and get back to work the next day. Come to 2015, and Maybe Frank was in construction with a lot of hype around it and when it opened, this unique pizza and cocktail place has been packed ever since.  So busy in fact, that another Maybe Frank was opened in Randwick. After years of perfecting the pizza culture, Stefano Catino, along with co-owners Vince Lombardo and the creative director of Maybe Frank, Andrea Gualdi, set to step outside of the kitchen and pursue a passion project in the bar. After Andrea won the World Class Australian Bartender of the year in 2017, they knew it would happen sooner or later.In January 2019, the 1950's Hollywood inspired cocktail bar Maybe Sammy, was born and at the end of 2019 when it was announced as the 43rd best bar in the world and the best bar in Australia by the Worlds 50 Best... it was their busiest time on record. Recently in October 2020, Maybe Sammy was awarded the Michter Art of Hospitality award for providing the best hospitality experience in the world as rated by 500 members (250 males, 250 females) around the world. Stefano and the team couldn't have been more chuffed and reminded them of what they had, where they could go and to never stop pushing for their dream in hospitality.  The future of the Maybe Sammy and Maybe Frank team is looking bright, with more venues potentially on the way. So be sure to grab a drink and tune in to this episode of Roots Podcast and follow  @roots_hospitality on Instagram for the latest guest info and soundbites. Music by Charlie Fester. 

In episode twelve Boe yarns with Associate Professor from the University of Tasmania Kristyn Harman author of Aboriginal Convicts: Australian, Khoisan, and Maori Exiles. As a result of the frontier wars fought across parts of Australia (and also at other British colonies' frontiers), Indigenous men ended up being transported as convicts. They served their sentences at places including Van Diemen's Land, Norfolk Island, and several of the penal islands in Sydney Harbour (Goat Island and Cockatoo Island). Several thousand Aboriginal men and boys also ended up being transported to Rottnest Island off the south-west coast of Western Australia.

In episode twelve Boe yarns with Associate Professor from the University of Tasmania Kristyn Harman author of Aboriginal Convicts: Australian, Khoisan, and Maori Exiles. As a result of the frontier wars fought across parts of Australia (and also at other British colonies' frontiers), Indigenous men ended up being transported as convicts. They served their sentences at places including Van Diemen's Land, Norfolk Island, and several of the penal islands in Sydney Harbour (Goat Island and Cockatoo Island). Several thousand Aboriginal men and boys also ended up being transported to Rottnest Island off the south-west coast of Western Australia.

In the time of COVID19 breakout, Three bellybuttons is making special episodes to accompany you with an art community on air, and to entertain you with art-related topics. In this episode, Leanne Waterhouse, Jaime Powell, Julie Gough and I made a conversaion about their ‘real’ physical experiences in visiting the 22nd Biennale of Sydney titled Nirin. Julie and Leanne have generously shared the photos and videos they took in the biennale. Please go to Three Bellybuttons blog to view them. https://threebellybuttonspodcast.blogspot.comThe links:Speakers:Leanne Waterhousehttps://www.leannewaterhouse.comJaime Powellhttp://www.jaimepowell.com.auJulie Goughhttps://juliegough.net/brief-biography/The links to the contents mentioned in the conversation:Nirin - the 22nd Biennale of Sydneyhttps://www.biennaleofsydney.artThe First Nations symposium that Julie participated during Nirin, the biennale of Sydney is:Aabaakwad Symposium. It was convened by Wanda Nainbush and Brook Andrewhttp://events.biennaleofsydney.art/aabaakwadBiennale of Sydney Spotify channelhttps://open.spotify.com/user/ehst2171vge3al8pzunkxyo5qThe learning resources: https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/learn/learning-resources/The exhibitions at AGNSWhttps://www.biennaleofsydney.art/venues/art-gallery-new-south-wales/The exhibitions at MCAhttps://www.biennaleofsydney.art/venues/museum-contemporary-art-australia/Brook Andrewhttp://www.brookandrew.comTony Alberthttps://tonyalbert.com.auKunmanara Mumu Mike Williamshttps://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/kunmanara-mumu-mike-williams/Karla Dickenshttps://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/karla-dickens/Warwick Thorntonhttps://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/warwick-thornton/Tony Albert’s work in Cockatoo Islandhttps://www.biennaleofsydney.art/learn/learning-resources/learning-nirin-home-tony-albert/Mohamed Bourouissahttps://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/mohamed-bourouissa/Aziz Hazara’s work Bow Echohttps://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/aziz-hazara/Latai Taumoepeauhttps://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/latai-taumoepeau/Extra: Jaime’s print is featured in the recent series of Sex Zine along with other 8 artists/illustrators,. This zine is edited by Anngee Neo and can be purchased from Slowburn Books. 

Over the past decade—and especially in the last year—the Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama has swiftly risen to become one of the most prominent African voices in art. At age 32, he has already exhibited at the Biennale of Sydney, on Cockatoo Island (his work “No Friend But the Mountains” is currently on view there through June 8, though that date may change because of the coronavirus pandemic), as well as at the 2019 Frieze Sculpture presentation at Rockefeller Center in New York and the Ghana Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale. He’s created large-scale public installations around the world, including in Milan (with the Trussardi Foundation, also in 2019) and Athens (during Documenta 14, in 2017). Mahama’s work has also been shown at the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester (also in 2019), the Norval Foundation in Cape Town (yet again in 2019), and the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University (2015). He is represented by the highly respected White Cube gallery. The Africa Report, a Paris-based news magazine that focuses on African politics and economics, recently named Mahama one of the 100 most influential Africans today. In addition to his art-making, he is the founder of an artist-run nonprofit cultural institution and exhibition space, the Savannah Center for Contemporary Art (SCCA), which opened a year ago (yes, also in 2019) in Tamale, a city in the north of Ghana.Central to Mahama’s inspiration is a specific material: jute sacks. Working with a team of collaborators to repurpose the burlap bags, which are traditionally used to transport cocoa beans, he sews together installations that range from wall- or room-size to monumental, often draping the fabric on, around, and over prominent architectural sites. Though his pieces have often been compared to the “wrap” work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, that is not necessarily an apt analogy, or at least it’s just a surface-level one. While similar in scale and scope to Christo’s ambitious environmental artworks, Mahama’s creations, like his overall practice, are socially oriented and focused on concerns such as labor, migration, globalization, and economic exchange.On this episode of Time Sensitive, Mahama discusses with Spencer his fascination with jute sacks as a material; his views on “Ghanaian time” and Africa’s global influence; his unorthodox upbringing (he grew up among nine siblings and with a polygamous father who had four wives, and was sent to boarding at age 5); and his dreams for the SCCA.

The Lost Photographers visited Cockatoo Island, located in the middle of the Sydney Harbour with lots of convict history and a boatyard. In the evening we went to the top of the island with views of the harbour bridge to capture the reverse sunset. After a night camping on the island we shot the sunrise and historic machinery. Find us at lostphotographers.com where there are links to podcasts and images on instagram. This podcast was recorded by Stuart and Logan on 17 and 18 of August 2019 https://www.instagram.com/logan_dibble123/ https://www.lostphotographers.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lost-photographers/message

Imagine being a 16-year-old working in a Western Australian gold mine. This was Mark Best's life, straight after high school. It was a tough way to earn money as an electrician, so he eventually left. “I arrived in Sydney and found myself unqualified for above-ground work.” He ended up even deeper underground, claustrophobic and covered in fibreglass and varnish, trying to install battery packs on submarines at Cockatoo Island. “I literally will die if I don't do something with my life,” he told himself. So he decided to cook professionally. Not long after this career path detour, he won the Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year award. In 1999, he opened Marque, where he maintained three chef's hats for 10 consecutive years and was honoured with a Breakthrough Award by The World's 50 Best Restaurants. By the time of Marque's final dinner in 2016, many impressive people had worked in Mark's kitchen: Isaac McHale (now running The Clove Club in London) and Mette Søberg (current research chef at Copenhagen's Noma) spent formative periods there. Of the talented locals (Victor Liong, Daniel Pepperell, Brent Savage, Adam Wolfers, Pasi Petanen, Hanz Gueco, to name a few), three would win the Young Chef of the Year award: Dan Hong, Daniel Puskas and Lauren Eldridge. We talk about "The Pesto Years" of the 1990s, how travelling throughout France inspired Marque's beginning, the history of his calamari risotto dish, trying times in the kitchen ("I may have held a sausage to someone's head"), the memorable last dinner at Marque and why he chose to close the restaurant. We also cover: his current role as a World Restaurant Awards judge, what it's like developing menus for cruiseships (which he does for his Bistro by Mark Best business) and his appearance on The Final Table, Netflix's cooking contest. After getting hate mail from doctors while on Masterchef, he decided to take a different onscreen approach on The Final Table (SPOILER WARNING: we talk about that show's ending, from 53:15 to 58:12 on the podcast). It was also surreal to discover his fellow competitors owned his cookbooks. (Turns out he's quite qualified for above-ground work after all.)

Over 1,300 farmers and other industry stakeholders attended this year’s Farm2Fork event on Cockatoo Island in Sydney. The reason: to celebrate innovation in agriculture. Charlie Clack is joined by Wes Lefroy to discuss his key learnings – and in particular what Farm2Fork told us about the future of the farm. For an in-depth summary and highlights of all things Farm2Fork, please click here.

In the internet culture wars, the ascendant alt-right confronts a complacent left obsessed with identity politics. Has the worst of the internet become reality? Author and writer Angela Nagle presents a keynote at the 2018 Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Cockatoo Island. The talk is chaired by Kym Middleton.

Former law professor Ayelet Waldman saved her marriage and her life by taking LSD. Now she's fighting for microdosing’s wider use. Waldman shares her story and issues a call-to-commonsense at the 2018 Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Cockatoo Island. The session is chaired by Natasha Mitchell.

Around the world, we are seeing the rise of nationalism, racism and authoritarian regimes. Will democracy survive the century? Or has freedom has become too heavy a burden to bear in our uncertain world? Pankaj Mishra, Angela Nagle and Tim Soutphommasane discuss the future of our political societies at the 2018 Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Cockatoo Island. The panel is chaired by Fauziah Ibrahim.

Populist tribes around the world have increasing political sway. Can this movement sustain itself? What comes next? Award-winning author and conservative historian Niall Ferguson presents a keynote at the 2018 Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Cockatoo Island. The session is chaired by Ann Mossop.

Does the arrival of sex robots mean the end of intimacy or the next sex revolution? Will humanoid dolls regulate sexual perversity or provoke greater harm? Rob Brooks, Dr Nikki Goldstein and Xanthe Mallett give their independent take on the issue at the 2018 Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Cockatoo Island. The panel is chaired by Natasha Mitchell.

What we don’t understand often looks dangerous. But if we're going to be able to cope with inevitable and accelerating change, we need to go beyond technophobia and moral panic. Haris Aziz, Khandis Blake, Lee Rollins and Martina Stenzel present a series of short talks at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Cockatoo Island, covering specialist topics from nanoparticles to genome manipulation. The session is hosted by Rob Brooks.

Anarchy, resentment and an urge to smash the system are spreading. What caused this age of anger? How can we understand it? And what kind of transformative thinking will help us find our way out of it? Author and academic Pankaj Mishra presents a keynote at the 2018 Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Cockatoo Island. The session is chaired by Simon Longstaff.

Insights from big data can cure diseases, control epidemics, end congestion in our cities and aid the just distribution of natural resources. If withholding access to personal data undermines these social goods, does that make privacy selfish? Zeynep Tufekci and Seth Stephens-Davidowitz hash it out at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2018 on Cockatoo Island. The panel is chaired by Marc Fennell. 

Australian politics is in a maelstrom, fake news has taken root and increasingly, democracy is looking decidedly unwell. Does this have anything to do with our highly concentrated media ownership and vigorous partisan players? What are the costs of a polarised, opinion-driven media and the 24-hour news cycle? Dee Madigan, John Hewson and Rebecca Huntley discuss at the 2018 Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Cockatoo Island. The panel is chaired by Darren Goodsir.

Addictive technology is on the march – from poker machines to smartphones. And it is stealing something even more valuable – our attention – in order to sell it to the highest bidder. Is it too late to get it back? Techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci presents a keynote at the 2018 Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Cockatoo Island. The talk is chaired by Ann Mossop.

As China’s rise continues and the US retreats, do our strategic interests lie in a positive alignment with our region’s traditional power? Could an alliance between Australia and China be founded on shared interests – despite underlying cultural and political differences? Zhao Hai, Linda Jakobson, Adam Ni put these questions to debate at the 2018 Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Cockatoo Island. The panel was chaired by Jason Yat-sen Li.

AI will bring about a seismic shift in politics, equality, work and the psyche of mankind. How brave is our new world going to be? Australian AI expert Toby Walsh presents a keynote at the 2018 Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Cockatoo Island. The talk was chaired by Lyria Bennett Moses.

Controversial feminist Germaine Greer, LSD advocate Ayelet Waldman and ex-Westboro Baptist Church member Megan Phelps-Roper discuss the ethics of free speech in the age of growing intolerance. Their talk was recorded on Cockatoo Island at the 2018 Festival of Dangerous Ideas. The panel was chaired by Hamish Macdonald.

Author, writer and pop culture expert Chuck Klosterman presents a keynote talk at the 2018 Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Cockatoo Island. If retrospect teaches us how clueless humankind has been over most of its history, he asks, how can we be so sure about anything in the present? The session is chaired by Marc Fennell.

We're back with our second ‘Sunrise Island’ special of Open The Pod Bay Doors. A few weeks ago, the Innovation Bay team along with over 1000 founders, investors, students & enthusiasts, set-sail for the infamous Cockatoo Island, also known as, Sunrise Island.Blackbird Ventures annual conference was back, bigger and better than ever. The day long event featured inspiring keynote speakers, an abundance of workshops (powered by Zambesi), mentor sessions with Startmate, and plenty of opportunities to network. You could feel a real buzz on the island as the best of #startupaus caught up with old and new faces in the ecosystem.Sunrise is the celebration of Australian startup founders. Sunrise organiser and Blackbird Head of Community, Joel Connolly said it best. “It’s time to start celebrating startup founders in the same way we celebrate artists, sports heroes, and politicians.”In that same vein, these two episode strive to highlight and share the successes and learnings of founders and others within the vibrant community. And so, with mics-in-hand, Ian and Phaedon set out to speak with as many people as they could, interviewing the keynote speakers of the day and chatting with a bunch of Sunrise Island dwellers.In this episode we talked to main stage speakers:Sam Scilia: HostPlusPhaedon caught up with Sam Sicilia Chief Investment Officer at Super fund, Hostplus. Hostplus is Australia's biggest tech VC backer, Sam has almost deployed $1Billion into Australian venture capital, including Blackbird Ventures, Brandon Capital Carthona Capital, Main Sequence Ventures, and Square Peg Capital. Sam has developed a reputation as forward-thinking advocate focusing on tech-led innovation for the future prosperity of the Australian economy. Sam was kind enough to share Hostplus' ethos, his predictions for the market, particularly how we should expect to see more Super funds allocating funds to venture capital, as well as what Aussie startups are exciting him. On behalf of #startupaus we'd like to say thank you to Sam for the vote of confidence and for backing the industry!Tobi Pearce, SweatNow this is an incredible founder story. Ian grabbed Tobi Pearce before he hit the main stage to share his founder journey. Tobi and his fiancée Kayla Itsines are the founders of Sweat, a women's health and fitness content company. Tobi and Kayla were both personal trainers in Adelaide but they wanted to reach a larger audience all around the world. They have over 30 million dedicated users worldwide, have raised no external capital, over 100 employees, and are on track for $100 million in annual revenue! Tobi tells us about the tech systems they've built to help scale the business, how they are managing a much larger team, and the challenges of moving from 'hands-on founder' to strategic CEO. An amazing founder and business.Katherine McConnell, BrightKatherine is the founder and CEO of Brighte, Australia's leading on the spot finance platform for solar, batteries & your next home improvement. Brighte's growth and Katherine journey over the past 3 years is impressive, earlier in the year they announced a Series B funding round raised $18.5 million which included high profile investors AirTree, Grok Ventures and Skip Capital. Katherine talks candidly about the highs and lows of being a startup founder, does and don'ts when hiring, and how success changes as a business grows.We also stopped to chat familiar faces in the #startupaus community:Alex McCauley - StartupAusAndrea Gardiner - Jelix VenturesRhett Sampson - GT SystemsAdrian Mullen - NorbyWe hope you enjoy these special episodes from Sunrise Island. Thanks for having us Sunrise and we can't wait to return next year!

Commander Alastair Cooper & his expert panel of Dr Greg Gilbert, Mr John Jeremy & Dr David Stevens concludes their discussion on the significant contribution Cockatoo Island Dockyard made to the RAN.

Commander Alastair Cooper & his expert panel of Dr Greg Gilbert, Mr John Jeremy & Dr David Stevens discuss the significant contribution Cockatoo Island Dockyard made to the Royal Australian Navy.

This week is the first of two ‘Sunrise Island’ special episodes of Open The Pod Bay Doors. A few weeks ago, the Innovation Bay team along with over 1000 founders, investors, students & enthusiasts, set-sail for the infamous Cockatoo Island, also known as, Sunrise Island.Blackbird Ventures annual conference was back, bigger and better than ever. The day long event featured inspiring keynote speakers, an abundance of workshops (powered by Zambesi), mentor sessions with Startmate, and plenty of opportunities to network. You could feel a real buzz on the island as the best of #startupaus caught up with old and new faces in the ecosystem.Sunrise is the celebration of Australian startup founders. Sunrise organiser and Blackbird Head of Community, Joel Connolly said it best. “It’s time to start celebrating startup founders in the same way we celebrate artists, sports heroes, and politicians.”In that same vein, in the next two episodes we strive to highlight and share the successes and learnings of founders and others within the vibrant community. And so, with mics-in-hand, Ian and Phaedon set out to speak with as many people as they could, interviewing the keynote speakers of the day and chatting with a bunch of Sunrise Island dwellers.In this episode we talked to main stage speakers:Laurie Yoler, Zoox:Phaedon caught up with Laurie (and the seagulls!) just before she hit the main stage. All the way from US, Laurie talked about how she became involved with Zoox, eventually joining their board of directors. She also discussed how she served as a founding board member of Tesla Motors, what it was like working with Elon, and shares some advice for founders on how to select their own board members. And most importantly tells us what makes a great founder.Cedar Anderson, FlowHive:With a unique solution to extracting honey, Cedar chatted with Phaedon about their one-of-a-kind beehive and how they’ve tackled their exponential growth and demand. Initially, Flowhive launched a campaign hoping to raise $70,000 for a custom injection mould. Instead, they ended up raising over $12 million and received nearly 25,000 orders from over 130 countries, and have already raised $14+ million for Flowhive 2. Cedar was kind enough to sit down with us for 20 minutes before he hit the main stage and share his amazing story and passion. Niki Scevak, Blackbird Ventures/Startmate:Ian chats with Niki Scevak, partner at Blackbird Ventures, the organisers of Sunrise Island. Blackbird invests in Australians with big ideas who want to be the best in the world. They provide equity capital for Seed, Series A and later stage. No cheque is too early. Hear from Niki how Sunrise is bigger and bolder than ever before, how the Startmate accelerator program was formed, and how the ecosystem is maturing. As well as great advice to all founders “The grander your ambition, the more likelier you are to succeed”.We also stopped to chat with a few favourites in the community:Joel Connolly - Blackbird VenturesRuby Jones - KPMG High Growth VenturesAndrew (teacher) - Mitchell High SchoolAndy Tsao - Silicon Valley BankNicola Farrell - muru-DKarthi Sepulohniam - Partners for GrowthMonica Wulf - Startup MusterJamie Pride - The Founder LabRohan Sood - ReinventureWe hope you enjoy this first episode of our Sunrise Island two-part special. Tune in for more next week.

Everyone loves a good ghost story whether to try and debunk the paranormal, persuade a non-believer, or encourage discussion on the afterlife. For me ghost stories take me back to Cub Scout campfires and sleepovers with torches. Phil Spencer's Hooting and Howling captures this essence of story telling in a delightful and highly entertaining manner as he recounts his own experience of hunting down a ghost, complete with spooky torch light. Performing at The Butterfly Club on a bare stage, Phil conjures up an atmospheric world of senses through words alone, taking us to another time. The story is complemented by the enchanting Julia Johnson, whose soulful voice added an ethereal layer and depth to the performance. Her skill with the banjo enhances the humour and tone of the different plot points. Breaking up the story with song gives the audience time to absorb the content and consider their own opinions. Combining storytelling and stand up comedy conventions, Phil leads us on a journey to cockatoo island in Sydney on a ghost hunt. the simplicity of the plot was created into a spellbinding tale of the different people he met, the emotions he felt, and mundane aspects worthy of inspection. His talent with different impersonations is impressive, transporting the viewer to Cockatoo Island to soak in the atmosphere and Phil's perspective of that night. As the telling continues, Phil has moments of self-awareness and introspection which increases our relationship with him. While predominantly a comedy, Phil intertwines beautiful philosophical thoughts we have all had in the past - such as "What happens after death?" - and in doing so confronts the loss of someone dear to him. This added meaning to an otherwise playful sketch. Overall, Hooting & Howling is a piece that made me happy in a quiet and thoughtful way, something that is overlooked in our crazy world. It had strength in the straightforwardness of the telling and Phil's effervescent stage persona breathed life and depth into creating the world. Hooting & Howling is playing at the Butterfly club until Monday 25th so don't miss it! I would highly recommend for an enjoyable and fun evening out. By Samara BarrSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone loves a good ghost story whether to try and debunk the paranormal, persuade a non-believer, or encourage discussion on the afterlife. For me ghost stories take me back to Cub Scout campfires and sleepovers with torches. Phil Spencer's Hooting and Howling captures this essence of story telling in a delightful and highly entertaining manner as he recounts his own experience of hunting down a ghost, complete with spooky torch light. Performing at The Butterfly Club on a bare stage, Phil conjures up an atmospheric world of senses through words alone, taking us to another time. The story is complemented by the enchanting Julia Johnson, whose soulful voice added an ethereal layer and depth to the performance. Her skill with the banjo enhances the humour and tone of the different plot points. Breaking up the story with song gives the audience time to absorb the content and consider their own opinions. Combining storytelling and stand up comedy conventions, Phil leads us on a journey to cockatoo island in Sydney on a ghost hunt. the simplicity of the plot was created into a spellbinding tale of the different people he met, the emotions he felt, and mundane aspects worthy of inspection. His talent with different impersonations is impressive, transporting the viewer to Cockatoo Island to soak in the atmosphere and Phil's perspective of that night. As the telling continues, Phil has moments of self-awareness and introspection which increases our relationship with him. While predominantly a comedy, Phil intertwines beautiful philosophical thoughts we have all had in the past - such as "What happens after death?" - and in doing so confronts the loss of someone dear to him. This added meaning to an otherwise playful sketch. Overall, Hooting & Howling is a piece that made me happy in a quiet and thoughtful way, something that is overlooked in our crazy world. It had strength in the straightforwardness of the telling and Phil's effervescent stage persona breathed life and depth into creating the world. Hooting & Howling is playing at the Butterfly club until Monday 25th so don't miss it! I would highly recommend for an enjoyable and fun evening out.   By Samara Barr

Synopsis: a journey to Cockatoo Island; bodies in spaces, bodies being led around spaces, bodies being directed through spaces; parallel narratives; some shit about Žižek; layers of reality; the view from Balmain Sailing Club; and, small acts of resistance. Characters (in order of appearance): Stephanie Rosenthal, Kelly Fliedner, Agatha Gothe-Snape and William Forsythe. Biennale of Sydney: Fan Fiction has been written for The Bureau of Writing, a collaborative writing program designed for artists and presented alongside the 20th Biennale in association with Artspace, Sydney.

0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:06:45 The Raw Skeptic Report... with Heidi Robertson An interview with Dylan O'Donnell, an astronomer from Byron Bay who tells of "Star Stuff" where Australia’s leading experts on Space, Cosmology, Astronomy, Astrophsyics, Astrophotgraphy and Science come together for a series of keynote talks on everything from Aboriginal astronomy, space photography, and even the end of the universe. https://starstuff.com.au 0:21:17 The debate about homeopathy is over. These verdicts prove it. Writing at Health Spectator, Prof. Edzard Ernst lists international health organisations that have issued strong statements against Homeopathy. Edzard Ernst, emeritus professor at the University of Exeter, is the author of Homeopathy: The Undiluted Facts and the awardee of the John Maddox Prize 2015 for standing up for science. https://health.spectator.co.uk/the-debate-about-homeopathy-is-over-these-verdicts-prove-it/ edzardernst.com 0:27:25 Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes to order a coffee With Ben Lewis https://www.australiascience.tv/vod/brew-ha-ha-humans-just-got-older-and-wiser/ Recently discovered human fossils in Morocco have just added 100 000 years to the history of homo sapiens. 0:29:05 Ghost Tour with Stranger Things Down Under We join the Stranger Things Down Under group, as they set out for a ghost tour of Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour. With Lara Benham Trish Hann Alethia Dean https://www.facebook.com/StrangerThingsDownUnder http://www.cockatooisland.gov.au/haunted-tours Also... NECSS - New York https://necss.org CSI Con - Las Vagus http://csiconference.org European Skeptics Congress - Wroclaw http://euroscepticscon.org QED - Manchester qedcon.org Skepticon Sydney http://www.skeptics.com.au

Shane and Rodney ride around Cockatoo Island. Topics include: Sydney Harbour, Black and White photographs, All tomorrows parties, glamping, moving house, the annoy-a-tron, the evil-tron, police officers on push bikes, riding safely, pinot noir, sideways, easy applications, job interview, boarding school, aggressive seagulls, common sense. Live shows in Melbourne for the Melbourne Comedy Festival Buy tickets here http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/spokey-blokeys-spokey-blokeys-live-melbourne-victoria-09-04-2016/event/130050359AD849D6  Or here www.spokeyblokeys.com  

An artist, an academic and a media archaeologist walk into a Sydney bar... Ultimate slashie Pia van Gelder was our guest on Out of the Box today. What's a media archaeologist? Want to know more about electrotherapy? Or like ethereal tunes (plus a bit o' pop)? Check out Pia's work next weekend (August 1-2) at Underbelly Arts Festival on Cockatoo Island. What's a media archaeologist? Want to know more about electrotherapy? Or like ethereal tunes (plus a bit o' pop)?