Podcasts about coorong

South Australia experiences a record number of ATV deaths in the past 12 months, rural customers with concerns about mobile coverage urged to take the issue further, and ecologists concerned over the state of the Coorong as waterbird numbers significantly decline.

Rural Aid schedules four hay drops to SA at the end of January to help still-struggling graziers, exports of South Australian tuna to China increase by 708%, and an aerial survey finds waterbird numbers halved across Eastern Australia in the past 12 months.

Send us a textEpisode 121: Ben GibbsThis week we are joined by Ben Gibbs, Tournament Director at Bream Master SA and all around gun Fisho. Ben loves fishing from his tinny in The Coorong and targeting Mulloway off the beach at Salt Creek, but his real passion is for fishing from his kayak. He shares with us all of his kayak fishing exploits, both here and interstate, including the lead up to the 2024 Hobie Fishing Australian Championships that he is competing in. We also have all the latest news in SA fishing:PIRSA have cracked down on the illegal taking of crabs in the lead up to Summer.Upcoming RecFish Clinics for women and kids.Coast 2 Coast Tuna Comp canceled.An obscure looking item washes up at Port Elliott.Crayfish (Northern zone) and Cockle seasons are opening up.Plus we have a wrap up of the boat show, discuss the new and improved, smaller fish de hooker from The Fishing Guru as our tackle item of the week and as always have the latest fishing reports.

There's a statue of an ostrich wearing a saddle in Meningie, South Australia.The large bird statue is dedicated to the legend of "John Francis Peggotty", the Birdman of the Coorong. He loved gold, robbed stagecoaches, and used an ostrich as a getaway car. OR DID HE?! Featuring:Denice Mason, teacher and Meningie resident.Associate Professor Rohan Clarke, Monash University and co-author of the Australian Bird Guide.Jacob Fiebig, Meningie resident and composer of "The ballad of John Peggotty". Production:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.Petria Ladgrove, Producer.Joel Werner, Script Editor. Additional mastering: Angie Grant.This episode of What the Duck?! was first broadcast in Feb 2022 and is produced on the land of the Wadawarrung, Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna people.If you want to hear more "What the Duck?" episodes- please like and subscribe here.

Questions, comments, feedback? Tap here to send us a message!37% of Australia's freshwater species are facing extinction in the next century. In the words of today's guest, Dr. Nick Whiterod, "it is now a conscious decision not to act."Native fish populations in Australia are estimated to be less than 10% of their size pre-colonisation. This country has experienced one of the worst records of recent extinctions worldwide, and many more of our species are predicted to be lost in the near future – not unless we act now. Freshwater species have a disproportionately higher risk of extinction compared to terrestrial and marine counterparts, but are often overlooked, with few aware of how much trouble they're really in. Dr. Nick Whiterod is a leading expert in the field of freshwater species conservation and recovery, and there's no one better to speak with about this great challenge than him.Nick is the driving force behind the Science Program at the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (CLLMM) Research Centre based in Goolwa, South Australia. He is an ecologist with over two decades of experience, conserving and researching freshwater species and ecosystems across South Australia and Australia-side. He has conducted several successful reintroduction projects, contributed to the national listing of more than 50 freshwater fish and crayfish, and actively worked to understand and conserve freshwater fish across Australia, including in the Mt Lofty Ranges and the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth region. Nick was a 2018 Churchill Fellow and recently received the 2023 Unsung Hero of South Australian Science.In today's show, we unravel the ecological treasures of this breathtaking Ramsar site at the Murray-Darling Basin's end. Nick opens up about the region's unique freshwater ecosystems and the pressing challenges they face, from reduced water flows due to upstream extraction to the historical necessity of barrages that protect the freshwater supply. We discuss the significance of environmental water flows and the complexities of managing water resources across jurisdictional boundaries; dive deep into the urgent need for conservation and the threats faced by Australia's native freshwater species; highlight the importance of First Nations collaboration in conservation efforts, and more.If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a rating and review wherever you listen to your podcasts.✉️ Subscribe to our newsletter (no spam, we promise!) to keep up with new episodes of the show!

Send us a textEpisode 118: Dom ThornelyThis week we are joined by Dom Thornely, the Content & Brand Marketing Manager at Shimano. A former professional cricketer who had a keen interest in fishing during his playing days, before moving into the marketing world, Dom is now kept very busy promoting all things Shimano Fishing. He tells us about what his job entails, wraps up the recent AFTA event and new products Shimano has launched as well as shares some of his own fishing stories, including dishing plenty of dirt on his good mate Brett Lee. We also have plenty of SA fishing news including:A wrap up of the key priorities identified at RecFish SA's Forums across the state. Gone Fishing Day is coming up on October 13. New rules around how you can mark recreationally caught Crayfish. Some data around seals and Mulloway in the Coorong and why RecFish SA are pushing for an increased size limit to protect the species. Plus we announce winners to our Winter Photo Comp: Jack Schiller, Shane Lock, Luke Chamings and Mark Wenman. As always we have all the fishing reports from right across the state and feature the Shimano Sienna 1000 as our tackle item of the week, an affordable, lightweight reel that we have both been testing out with our young kids!

Livestock SA calls on the Federal Government to commit more funding to finish replacing the dog fence, Woolworths announces it will only purchase "deforestation-free" beef from the end of next year, and strong winds and high swells lead to the closure of five barrages along the Lower Murray.

Episode 115: Asher Dezsery, RecFish SAThis week we are joined by RecFish SA's Executive Officer Asher Dezsery for an update on all things going on in recreational fishing in South Australia. There are plenty of big issues to discuss including:$200k of funding for kids and womens fishing programs with RecFish SA looking to employ project support staff to help run these programs.Cod Pods are up and running in Myponga and Happy Valley Reservoirs.A wrap up of the Fishos Forums that have been held across the state recently.An update on the Snapper buyback program.A push for Mulloway size limits to be increased in the Coorong to protect the species across the state. Plus we have plenty of other news including:80 more Murray river Crayfish restocked into a secret location.Australian Marine Wildlife Rescue & Research  Organisation are on the lookout for an entangled Fur Seal in the Coffin Bay Region.Coorong Black Bream and Murray Cod fishing is now closed.Plus we review our disappointing fishing efforts at North Haven over the weekend and discuss the ‘Drone Insurance' that we nearly needed to use as our tackle item of the week. Plus we have all the states fishing reports including winter Whiting, Salmon fishing across the state, an update on the barrels and a Rainbow Trout caught from Happy Valley Reservoir.Finally a big congratulations to Jai Baxter who was announced as our winner of the July photo competition thanks to Shimano, for his ripper PB Murray Cod - a huge effort for a 10 year old!

Episode 112 - Faith ColemanThis week we are joined by Faith Coleman, an ecologist, who knows more about the Coorong than just about anyone! She is a wealth of knowledge about how the system works and is able to shed some light on the recent fish kills in the Coorong's South Lagoon which has made news in recent months. We also chat about the Coorong's health overall, the shrinking sand dunes and hear what she thinks needs to be done to better manage the ecosystem. We also have plenty of news to discuss, including:PIRSA are developing an app that will potentially incorporate mandatory reporting and RecFish SA are looking for some representatives for its development. RecFish SA have formally requested to Tom Koutsantonis for a restructure including free boat launching for recreational anglers across the state. A couple of interesting shark encounters - A Tiger Shark coughed up a Echidna in Queensland and a dicey shark release by a KI fisho!Our tackle item of the week is the Zodias range of rods from Shimano, which we used recently when targeting Whiting over the long weekend. Plus all the latest fishing reports including barrel size Tuna off Port Lincoln, Marion Bay and Port MacDonnell, offshore Samson Fish across the state and plenty of Murray Cod still around for the last month of the season!

The RSPCA reports a dramatic increase in reports of starving livestock across South Australia, Vietnam emerges as a potentially significant market for Australian wool, and a call for action as thousands of dead fish rot away in the Coorong's South Lagoon.

Coorong fisherman say an estimated 200 tonnes of fish are rotting in the wetland's South Lagoon after a recent fish kill.

Kangaroo Island farmers call for the island to get a more consistent transport service by the ferry provider, the Coorong District Council votes to no longer to refer to wind or solar projects as "farms", and a parliamentary inquiry into regional bank closures hears how a lack of access to services is hurting agricultural expansion.

Susannah Begbie grew up in rural New South Wales on a sheep farm and is now a GP who has worked all over Australia. She is the winner of Hachette's Richell Prize for 2022.  The Deed is her first novel. Tom Edwards has spent most of his life running the farm by himself. He's not well pleased that his kids never came back to take their place on the land as he wanted. Tom's also dying and so he's come up with a plan. His kids will return to the farm and build him a coffin, in four days no less. They build him a coffin and they'll do it right, or he'll disinherit the lot of them.   Jenny is the first back to Ellersly. She never really left the area and is the one to find Tom's body. Christine is reliably prompt, Dave hurries because as the only son he thinks he's getting it all and Sophie gets there, as she always does in her own time. The conditions on Tom's will at first puzzle then infuriate the siblings. Worse, the local lawyer stands to benefit from their disorganization and works to sow confusion in the ranks. The Deed is a tremendous family drama that variously shocks, delights and intrigues the reader with the machinations of the town of Coorong. The novel is told from the varying and contradictory points of view of the four Edwards siblings and their father Tom. Tom's view is hard bitten and uncompromising. He feels he never got any favours and so he's not about to start handing them out himself.  As we flit between each of the children we see what this has meant through their lives. Jenny as eldest feels almost invisible and just wants someone who can see her for herself. Dave's role as the only son ultimately drove him away from the pressure. Christine feels noone ever appreciated her work keeping everything together, a role she's continued in her own family. And Sophie as youngest always tried to keep Tom smiling and perhaps never learned that she could be serious. The interplay of the siblings and the obvious tension arising from the reading of the will lights the fuse that plays out in a kind of battle between allies. As readers we are poised to choose sides but ultimately root for the four to come together and overcome. It's an interesting tension and hard to escape that for many people managing wealth transfer following the death of a parent is a macabre journey into bitterness and avarice. The conceit of building the coffin is brilliantly set to allow us to discover something of the landscape around Ellersly. For mine I had no idea about how this might be achieved and still imagine a rough hewn box not unlike the pencil boxes we all made at school writ large. The journey itself is set up to trouble the power dynamics and drive forward the characters. The Deed is a strange journey that is carried by the strength of its characters. I thoroughly enjoyed the pacing and energy of the narrative opening up parts of greater Australian life outside of my day to day.  Loved this review? You can get more books, writing and literary culture every week on the Final Draft Great Conversations podcast. Hear interviews with authors and discover your next favourite read! Book Club is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser. Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading! Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2ser  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

Pat Brown joined the Flow Friday Sports Show and recapped a thrilling round 3 in River Murray Netball action, headlined by the Coorong Cats' upset win over the reigning premiers. Pat dubbed Mypolonga and the Mallee Storm's clash the best of the upcoming round 4 action, as both sides look to bounce back from a loss.

Pastoralists remain wary over recent changes to legislation to encourage renewable energy projects on South Australian pastoral land, drone technology trialled as a way to detect bushfires at much earlier stages, and Ngarrindjeri Elder and Kuti Co CEO Uncle Derek Walker named a Sustainable Fishing Hero by the Marine Stewardship Council.

Elevated levels of a type of blue green algae found in Lake Alexandrina and the Goolwa channel of the River Murray, a new SA study shows heat stress is causing the loss of millions of lambs during the breeding cycle each year, and Agriculture Minister Murray Watt to bring forward the review the national dairy industry code.

The Federal Water Minister has struck a deal with the Greens to pass an extension of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, dredging will resume at the Murray River mouth only a year after flooding caused high natural flows, and a new report shows an ongoing trend of below average levels in bores in the state's South East.

It's no secret that in some parts of the world, fisheries vacuum the seabed to harvest shellfish. Whilst it might be economically efficient, it lacks a sense of connection and thats before we even look into the ethics of it.  The folks at Goolwa Pipi Co don't have that issue though as they are harvesting a resource that has been sustainably picked at their location for tens of thousands of years by Australia's first people. Fast Forward to 2023 and Goolwa Pipi Co continue to harvest in the same way it has always been done. With their fishers braving the cold clear waters and wild waves of the Coorong all year round to carefully hand harvest the finest quality produce. Steeped in tradition, harvesting is a slow and deliberate process, that's as careful with nature itself as it is for the precious Pipi's.Applying modern business practices to the traditional harvesting method sees Goolwa Pipi Co leading the way in sustainability, and they are now proud owners of a Marine Stewardship Council "Blue Tick of Approval". We talk to Tom about his journey from corporate marketer, to budding Pipi farmer and how Goolwa Pipi Co has brought a collective of people together that truly highlights that "together everyone achieves more", taking the Australian Pipi industry from solely supplying to the bait industry to now seeing pipi's on menus in the best restaurants in Australia. Goolwa Pipi Co is testament to finding the sweet spot of having a great product, respecting tradition, farming sustainably and building value around the product that they work with. Hosts: Jayde Timms & Sam Baff from Grown Not FlownGuest: Tom Robinson - Managing Director - Goolwa Pipi CoWebsite: www.goolwapipico.comInstagram: @goolwapipco 

What a CreepSeason 22, Episode 5The Salt Creek Kidnappings (Real-Life Wolf Creek) In 2016, two backpackers traveling through Australia teamed up to check out the Salt Creek region of South Australia through the Gumtree website (kind of like Craig's List for ride shares). They didn't know that the 6'6” man who agreed to drive them to the Coorong beach was a violent offender who preyed on women looking for adventure. This is a story about Creep Roman Heinze and the resiliency of two women who survived his attacks and helped this loser be sent to prison. Sources for this episode:· Triple M.com· The Guardian· MamaMia.com· New Zealand Herald· 60 Minutes Australia· The Adelaide Advertiser· Thought Catalog· Salt Creek Wikipedia· HuffPost.comNew South Wales Backpack Murders (1989-1993)Ivan Milat Trigger warning: Kidnapping, Sexual Assault, and rape. Be sure to follow us on social media. But don't follow us too closely … don't be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple PodcastsTwitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPodFacebook: Join the private group!Instagram @WhatACreepPodcastVisit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreepEmail: WhatACreepPodcast@gmail.comWe've got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/#Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.comOur logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez. Follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloudThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5394615/advertisement

Farmers, irrigators and environmental groups digest changes that will be made to the $13billion Murray Darling Basin Plan, Water and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says its appropriate to now introduce water buybacks to the Basin Plan, with "all options on the table", and South Australia's crop season is "on track" to produce an estimated 8.8million tonne in 2023-24.

Emy Kane (pictured), the managing director of Lonely Whale, a non-profit organization that develops data-driven campaigns and program to prevent plastic from entering the ocean was a guest on one the many panels in the Economist's Impact event, the third annual Sustainability Week in the U.S. "‘It's actually a human person, undergoing real emotions': how podcasts can impact attitudes around mental health"; "Climate Change Is Causing The Upper Atmosphere To Cool, And The Side Effects Are Terrifying"; "Three Australian regions that will become unlivable within a lifetime due to climate change"; "This World Environment Day join us in the global effort to #BeatPlasticPollution"; "World set to add ‘record-breaking' levels of renewables this year"; "Australia Tries to Break Its Dependence on China for Lithium Mining"; "By century-end, farm numbers will halve and farm size will double. How will biodiversity fare?"; "Curbside recycling turns out to be a surprisingly good climate investment"; "Fossil fuel industry sees the future in hard-to-recycle plastic"; "No 'sweetheart deals' for sports-loving energy giants"; "It's not just climate – we've already breached most of the Earth's limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly"; "Columbia Climate School Leadership Announcement"; "Charges laid after ‘fake gas leak' forces evacuation of Woodside's Perth headquarters"; "ACT unveils state-of-the-art electric fire truck – first of its kind in southern hemisphere"; "Health report card for the planet: These are the boundaries scientists say we need to watch"; "With El Niño looming, urgent environmental action is needed to protect sites like the Coorong, experts warn"; "Why all businesses should embrace sustainability"; "Inspired Climate Conscious Leadership alum takes initiative to change WA state law"; "Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles"; "Warmer and drier winter conditions for much of Australia"; "Woolworths charges ahead as home delivery fleet goes electric"; "What next for NZ's big emitters?"; "Why every new garden should be a ‘carbon garden'"; "Yarra Council Considers Expanded 30kmh Neighbourhood"; "Food: Abundant for How Long?" "The Ocean Is Looking More Menacing"; "How Commerce Can Save the Climate"; "4 Shifts Needed to Create a Carbon-free Power System"; "Orica backs Europe's carbon tariffs, says Australia needs some"; "What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered"; "Congress Is Turning Climate Gaslighting Into Law"; "How Companies Can Use Voluntary Carbon Markets to Help Protect Tropical Forests"; "California's Snow Is Melting, and It's a Beautiful Thing"; "In India, New Solar Parks Can Either Uproot or Uplift Landless Workers"; "DeSantis accused of ‘catastrophic' climate approach after campaign launch"; "Charging Up: A chat with Katie Rae, CEO of The Engine"; "Up to 70% of California beaches could disappear by end of the century"; "Heat pumps: more than 80% of households in Great Britain ‘satisfied with system'". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

The Australian Wool Industry is edging closer to a vaccine for fly strike, the freight industry supports an increase in container charges in tomorrow's budget, to help fund biosecurity and new research into the flushing of the Coorong system with floodwaters shows an amazing increase in both plants and animals.

Coorong Council CEO Bridgette Mather appeared on the Country Viewpoint program to outline some of the reasons for declining volunteer numbers among Coorong District Council community groups and sporting clubs. According to the council's 2022-23 Annual Business Plan, there is a succession plan for the implementation and sustainability of long-term community volunteer programs.

Theatre First Episode 378 Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.biteszhq.com (mobile friendly). When The Rain Stops Falling – (Theatre Works, Melbourne, Australia) When the Rain Stops Falling is a magnificently rendered, complex work that continually shocks and surprises. Its drip feed narrative comes together to form a most disturbing picture. It's only when the full truth outs that you come to realise the true mastery of the art form. This is a multi-generational production concerning two families that spans London, the Coorong in South Australia and Alice Springs over 80 years from 1959. For more details on this production visit https://www.theatreworks.org.au/program/when-the-rain-stops-falling For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc. If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you. Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://biteszhq.com #podcast #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia #review #theatreworks #whentherainstopsfalling

Episode 75: Wil RichardsThis week we are joined by Will Richards, who won the Grand Champion prize at the Coast 2 Coast Tuna Comp for the largest fish in a boat over 6m, with his boat weighing in at 16.95kg gutted. Will and his team ‘Team Unreel' travelled a long way out to Sanders Bank in the rough weather on the Saturday for only a few small fish, before fishing closer to home on the Sunday and landing the winning fish quite closer to the boat ramp! Will is a Kingston local, with lots of experience fishing for big Kingfish in the area and even hooked a barrel when the fish came through that area a few years ago. Wills family runs the local Ampol Roadhouse turned tackle shop and have scales to weigh in big Mulloway from the Coorong as well as all your  bait, tackle and local fishing advice. We are heading down that way next weekend and hoping to get out with Will for a fish if the weather plays the game!As always we also discuss all the big news in SA fishing including:·      A wrap up from another hugely successful Coast 2 Coast Tuna Comp last weekend·      Talk of a buyout of pro Snapper licenses in the gulf·      Active Club Funding now available for fishing clubs.·      Some concerning stats around flake being sold in local fish and chip shops·      The Murray River Flood Declaration officially lifted Plus we have a  full wrap of our  day out fishing with Want To Fish Charters in the Coast 2 Coast, while we didn't win, we did catch 30+ good size Tuna and had a ripper day out with Tyson! We also have all your fishing reports including discussing how to target the local metro Tuna + our tackle item of the week is a daisy chain from Troll So Hard lures which did the damage on heaps of tuna in the comp!

This week we bring you another evokeAG x Humans of Agriculture collaboration podcast, with Oli Le Lievre.Oli chats with Dr Penny Schulz, the owner of a beef and sheep farm in Field, in the Coorong region of South Australia, who never thought she'd end up working in ag.Fast forward a few decades and Penny has become a champion for the sector - researcher, university lecturer, industry advocate, agritech entrepreneur and most recently, evokeAG Steering Committee member.  Penny is a previous winner of the Rural Women's Award (South Australia, 2014) and has a PhD in Rural Science from the University of New England (UNE) where she investigated the adoption of app technology by livestock producers. She is now the Livestock Production Specialist Adoption Officer for the University of Adelaide.Penny credits her broad career to the fact that the ag sector by definition is not "set in stone, it's not prescriptive. In technology development it's called being agile, and with careers in ag you can change and build skills and take up opportunities". Listen to her chat with Oli about the trajectory of her career, how she got into the agriculture sector, and how her home state is becoming the epicentre of agritech innovation. Learn more about the Humans of Agriculture podcast and read Oli's stories, here.We hope you enjoy this conversation.

How has flooding on the Murray Darling River system changed the ecology of the land around the rivers, especially at the Murray's mouth and surrounding area, the Coorong?

South Australians are being encouraged to visit a great part of their own ‘backyard' in SA Murray River Lakes & Coorong region.  Diverse and vast, with so many experiences will still be available over the holiday period including good pub food with magnificent views and safely see the mighty Murray River during an amazing natural phenomenon of high water flows. Tourism Development Manager Bill Nehmy joins Jennie Lenman to share some inspiration.

Episode 67: Tom Di Vittorio - Go Get Em Fishing ChartersThis week we are joined by Tom from Go Get Em Charters, one of the most highly regarded charter businesses in SA. Tom is probably best known for his tuna charters out of Victor Harbour, but he also has lots of success on other species, fishing both in metro waters and the Fleurieu peninsula. Tom tells us his story about the business, gives us some tuna tips and tells us about a typical day out with him. As always we discuss all the big news in SA Fishing including:·       The commercial fishing sectors response to the potential snapper opening·       Shark attack on a lifesaver·       Updated river flood estimates and what is being done to protect native fish·       A few jetties closed around the state·       New funding for research into the Coorong +new speed limit for Goolwa beach.·       The Reeling in Junior Anglers fishing boat simulator is ready to go·       The Swan Reach Yabby compWe also recap on a hugely successful SA Boat and Fishing show, discuss Rohdey's recent trip to Port Douglas, tell you where the fish are biting around SA and discuss the super cool fish shaped downrigger bomb from Savage Tackle

Australia's wine exports are starting to stabilise after almost two years of declines in volume and value following the imposition of tariffs by China, Lower Lakes and Coorong spring monitoring has begun and native fish species are being found in large numbers and recent wet and humid conditions have raised the risk of downy mildew for fruit and grape crops in parts of the state.

The Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth  is getting an $8 million boost with an upcoming water research institute planned for Goolwa. Federal Member for Mayo Rebekha Sharkie has been campaigning for the investment.  She joins Jennie Lenman in this podcast to discuss the news, along with her thoughts on the use of water buy-backs to get 450GL for environmental flows for the River Murray in SA.

There are few 5th generation fishermen in Australia, fewer still who can claim they are fishing using the same methods for the same catch as their forefathers. Gary Hera-Singh is one such fisherman, who's tireless commitment to the environmental protection of his beloved Coorong is as impressive as the delicious Yellow Eye Mullet he catches. Follow Fishtales, a Seafood Podcast on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fishtalesseafoodpodcast/ Follow John Susman  https://www.instagram.com/fisheads/?hl=en Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

There are few 5th generation fishermen in Australia, fewer still who can claim they are fishing using the same methods for the same catch as their forefathers. Gary Hera-Singh is one such fisherman, who's tireless commitment to the environmental protection of his beloved Coorong is as impressive as the delicious Yellow Eye Mullet he catches. Follow Fishtales, a Seafood Podcast on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fishtalesseafoodpodcast/ Follow John Susman  https://www.instagram.com/fisheads/?hl=en Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Alexandrina Mayor Keith Parkes joins Jennie Lenman in this podcast to talk about the latest in the district. Public consultation is now open for the controversial  Sugars Beach Murray Mouth upgrades via mysay.alexandrina.sa.gov.au/sugarsbeach (Consultation closes Sunday, 4 September 2022.) The Beacon 19 Boat Ramp will soon be upgraded to provide an improved and safer boat launching point for those accessing the Coorong. And Council Elections are coming up with Nominations opening for Council positions from Tuesday 23 August.

A wild tale of John Francis Peggotty, born in Ireland in 1864 and went on to become an infamous South Australian Bushranger in the craziest circumstances. True tale or tourist trap? You decide.   Recorded at The Austral for the 2022 Adelaide Fringe Festival. 

The Mid Murray community has come together to make a large-scale public art project possible along 60 metres of water pipelines. Internationally acclaimed SA-based artist Jack Fran has been commissioned to paint SA Water pipelines near Apamurra (the road to silos off main Palmer to Mannum road). Jack joins Jennie Lenman on the line along with one of the project coordinators, Bill Nehmy Tourism Development Manager at Murray River, Lakes & Coorong.

The Coorong is a unique and beautiful wilderness. For that reason it is of inestimable value to South Australia It is an elemental region, a place of wind and water and vast skies, of sandhill and tussock, lagoon and waterweed, stone and scrub.Fishing in the lower Murray Lakes and Coorong region has been documented from as early as 1846.From a peak of some 150 fishers in the mid 20th century, currently there are 37 licenses. The fishery retains an owner operator policy to ensure that those who understand the fishery and the environment are the ones who catch the fish. It is this that makes the Lakes and Coorong Fishery in South Australia so unique.Today the Coorong also has a 47,000 hectare National Park which is not only wild but isolated and remote, the same could be said of the small group of artisan fishers working these waters.Husband and wife team, Glen and Tracey Hill operate Coorong Wild Seafoods, they fish using low impact methods and are truly committed to working with the environment they are in.https://www.coorongwildseafood.com.auFollow Fishtales, a Seafood Podcast on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/fishtalesseafoodpodcast/Follow John Susman https://www.instagram.com/fisheads/?hl=enFollow Rob Locke (Executive Producer)https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/Follow Huck (Executive Producer)https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTShttps://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

The Coorong is a unique and beautiful wilderness. For that reason it is of inestimable value to South Australia It is an elemental region, a place of wind and water and vast skies, of sandhill and tussock, lagoon and waterweed, stone and scrub. Fishing in the lower Murray Lakes and Coorong region has been documented from as early as 1846. From a peak of some 150 fishers in the mid 20th century, currently there are 37 licenses. The fishery retains an owner operator policy to ensure that those who understand the fishery and the environment are the ones who catch the fish. It is this that makes the Lakes and Coorong Fishery in South Australia so unique. Today the Coorong also has a 47,000 hectare National Park which is not only wild but isolated and remote, the same could be said of the small group of artisan fishers working these waters. Husband and wife team, Glen and Tracey Hill operate Coorong Wild Seafoods, they fish using low impact methods and are truly committed to working with the environment they are in. https://www.coorongwildseafood.com.au Follow Fishtales, a Seafood Podcast on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fishtalesseafoodpodcast/ Follow John Susman https://www.instagram.com/fisheads/?hl=en Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

In an isolated coastal wilderness known as The Coorong, a young boy called Mike forges an unlikely bond with a pelican named Mr Percival.  We're re-examining director Henri Safran's acclaimed 1976 film adaption of Storm Boy. We explore whether the film's environmental messages still have application today, and consider why the story has continued to resonate more than half a century since it first appeared. In this discussion:Senior lecturer in film and screen studies at Swinburne University of Technology, Dr Jess Balanzategui.And associate Professor Emily O'Gorman from Macquarie University, whose work focuses on environmental history.

Exploring music from the soul to the screen in South Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners and readers are advised that this episode and its show notes may contains images, names, and voices of people who have died. This is a very special episode if you enjoy music and "screens" in manifold ways. Firstly, we chat with Director/Producer/Writer, Philippa Bateman, who's just released a visually stunning and deeply moving documentary, Wash My Soul in the River's Flow. It's about two of Australia's greatest songwriters, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter, and was filmed here in South Australia in Hunter's Ngarrindjeri country. I will follow that interview with a few snippets from a humble documentary I made in 2003 called, Sorry Proof Country, which featured Doris Pilkington, the late author of Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence. In the Musical Pilgrimage, we feature the latest song from Kyan Burns - a singer songwriter from Gawler and SA Music Awards nominee, thanks to the radionotes podcast with John Murch. We were atttracted to it because the song lives on the "screen" through its vivacious video clip! And for the SA Drink Of The Week, we blend wine with the screen. It's an Eight At The Gate drop, which features in a Stan TV show based in Adelaide called, Wolf Like Me. PS A reminder that Steve Davis and Ekkia Evans have been reviewing Fringe shows again this year. Read the Adelaide Fringe reviews here, throughout the Fringe. You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of wine? You can click next to jump to the next chapter in the show. We're here to serve! The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for News and Current Affairs in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards. And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It's an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking question ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we'll add you to the list: podcast@theadelaideshow.com.au If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review in iTunes or other podcast sites, or buy some great merch from our Red Bubble store - The Adelaide Show Shop. We'd greatly appreciate it. And please talk about us and share our episodes on social media, it really helps build our community. Oh, and here's our index of all episode in one concise page Running Sheet: Music from the soul to the screen 00:00:00 Intro Introduction to the show. 00:03:28 SA Drink Of The Week This week's SA Drink Of The Week is a 2016 Eight At The Gate Shiraz Cabernet, as featured in this scene from Wolf Like Me. This TV show on Stan is set in South Australia. In the scene, Isla Fischer is moving in on Josh Gad and supplies an "expensive" bottle of wine. Psst, it's not really expensive but it is REALLY good. 00:04:55 Philippa Bateman Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter would be considered by many to be two of Australia's great songwriters. Their music has a depth and authority that aligns in my mind with the likes of BB King, Bessie Smith, and Miles Davis, while also having a unique honesty, sadness, and resiliance due to their lives as First Nations people deeply connected to the land we call Australia. In 2004, they performed with Paul Grabowsky and the 22-piece Australian Art Orchestra after a collaboration that created a special musical event, Kura Tungar — Songs from the River. The river in question is our beloved River Murray, which flows through the late Ruby Hunter's Ngarrindjeri country, here in South Australia. Director/Producer/Writer, Philippa Bateman, has just released a truly awe-inspiring documentary that brings that event to life. It's called Wash My Soul in the River's Flow, and she joins us now. Philippa, firstly, congratulations. This is a stunning and moving documentary and one of the things that struck me was your courage and fortitude as a filmmaker in this era of fast-paced cuts where scenes are timed to the second, to give us passages of minutes in which we can dwell quietly with the beautiful footage of the Murraylands and Coorong. What was the creative reasoning behind this? When was the seed planted for this documentary because if we're talking about an almost 20-year project, then that puts you in the same league as Stanley Kubrick who was renowned for not rushing projects in his quest for perfection? At the Adelaide Show, we put South Australian passion on centre stage, and aside from Archie and Ruby, the South Australian landscape has star billing in your documentary. Can you share some of your experiences in capturing Ngarrindjeri country on film - the river and the wildlife. I'd love to know if it spoke to you in some way and has affected you at all? The documentary gives voice to Archie and Ruby's retelling of their first hand experience of being among the Stolen Generations. It's emblematic of this production; we see great love and great hurt and we also see river time juxtaposed against city time, especially when the song Down City Streets is performed. Can you describe the weight of the responsibility as a filmmaker in honouring these extremes while maintaining layers of nuance. What are the musical highlights for you? And what mindset would you suggest audiences adopt when they go to see this in cinemas? We'll have links in the show notes and, as my partner said while we were viewing the documentary - we must buy this, I'll want to watch it again and again and again. 00:32:39 Sorry Proof Country Exceprts from Sorry Proof Country documentary. This is a documentary I made in 2003, in response to the then government's inability to say "sorry" in the wake of the Bringing Them Home Report into the stolen generations. In this episode, we play three snippets from these guests: Doris Pilkington Garimura AM, author, Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence Brian Butler, former ATSIC Commissioner for SA Sir Ronald Wilson AC  KBE CMG QC, Co-author, Bringing Them Home Report And here is the documentary, which was uploaded at a time when YouTube had a 10-minute limit on videos, so it has been split into parts one, two, and three. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-HsxTqKZJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roSGpPncn5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2MWLrYKLxQ 00:37:02 Musical Pilgrimage In the musical pilgrimage, we have a song called Guess by Kyan Burns, pronounced (Kye-Ann). We discovered this SA Music Awards nominee via the radionotes podcast with John Murch. Click through to hear his expansive and excellent interview with Kyan. Thankfully, as a fellow South Australian podcaster, John generously lets us share snippets from his interviews, which we've done in this episode. Support the show: https://theadelaideshow.com.au/listen-or-download-the-podcast/adelaide-in-crowd/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are now four possible design options for the Goolwa Wharf Precinct Redevelopment. The cost of the project has significantly jumped from the original $7.5M to between $10.2M-$16M depending on which design Alexandrina Councillors decide on, following final public consulations. Mayor Keith Parkes joins Jennie Lenman in this podcast to field some queries about the project, including concerns from the Friends of the Oscar W about a proposed relocation of their historic paddle steamer.  The pair also discuss the Coorong region, including a visitor experience plan for more sustainable nature-based attractions in the region.

Sustained river flows have seen a significant increase in the bird life on the Lower Lakes and Coorong, the brewing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been causing volatility in the grain and oilseeds market for a few weeks and after a unicorn vintage in 2021, some Riverland growers say they're considering dumping their red wines grapes due to low prices.

Sustained river flows have seen a significant increase in the bird life on the Lower Lakes and Coorong, the brewing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been causing volatility in the grain and oilseeds market for a few weeks and after a unicorn vintage in 2021, some Riverland growers say they're considering dumping their red wines grapes due to low prices.

Federal funding for deer control in his electorate needs to be doubled, the member for the SA south-east seat of Barker says, and the state government needs to rethink its approach on culling fur seals in the Coorong and on mandating vaccination, Mr Pasin discusses with Rikki on Flow

The Murray River, Lakes and Coorong Tourism Alliance (MRLCTA) has been recognised for their work in promoting the exceptional region at the 2021 SA Tourism Awards. The win this month signals back-to-back success for the alliance, after taking home gold the same category back at the last Tourism Awards in 2019. There is a lot the region has to offer Australian and international visitors alike now and into the future when borders reopen. MRLC Tourism Development Manager Bill Nehmy joins Jennie Lenman for a chat about it.

Episode 43: Andrew Wright This week we come to you from the deck at Streaky Bay to discuss our stay on the Eyre Peninsula so far. Shark cage diving, exploring the Port Lincoln National Park, whiting fishing at Streaky Bay, Great seafood and exploring the local regions have made for a great trip so far. We are joined by Andrew Wright, who is the General Manager of Calypso Star Charters who took us out to the North Neptune Island, where we were lucky enough to dive with a number of Great White Sharks. Andrew tells us about the business, the region, and the growth in shark cage diving over the years, as well as talking about his own fishing and boating experiences.As always, we also talk about the big news items in SA fishing, including the opening up of Snapper fishing in the South East, Seal drama in the Coorong and tell you where the fish are biting. We also give a report on our own fishing around Streaky Bay so far and feature a local Eyre Peninsula product, the original ‘Tumbler' Fish Scaling Bag as our tackle item of the week. 

For several years long nosed fur seal numbers have been devastating the fishing industry in the Coorong region. While the species is an apex predator and not native to the region, it is protected by the Commonwealth. There is a renewed call to cull the species in Parliament this week. Joining Jennie Lenman to share his views in this podcast is fisherman and President of the Southern Fishers Association, Zane Skrypek.

From the Archives:Comedian Kevin Kropinyeri is a Ngarrindjeri man from the River Murray, Lakes and Coorong region in South Australia. He never met his dad, but he had 2 mums, and he's so very glad he failed at his suicide attempts.Lifeline 13 11 14 Thank you to Uncle Jack Charles for the acknowledgement of country. Instagrammers! (Meaning everyone on the internet) Follow us for more Calm Ya Farm tips, and send us a message saying you came from the show notes, I need to know people read these! instagram.com/calmyafarm_/calmyafarm.com.au Subscribe to BRAVE, your new favourite free monthly newsletter here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 41 - Reef Encounters Fishing CharterThis week we are joined by Ryan and Nadine, who have just taken over Reef Encounters Fishing Charters, from the bottom end of Yorke Peninsula. We chat about their fishing experiences, journey to owning the business, how COVID and the snapper ban are effecting charter fishing and what they plan to do new or differently going forward! This is one of SA's great charters and we are sure these two will do a great job to keep the standard as high as ever!As always we bring you all the big news in SA fishing, including the upcoming Boat show, the MRFAC vote, West Beach Boat Ramp closures and the unfortunate closure of Absolute Charters which was another of the states best fishing charter experiences.  We also discuss our recent rescue of a group of kayakers from the Coorong and discuss some important learnings that all SA Fishos can take from this!

The Murray Mallee Community Passenger Network (MMCPN) is expanding to the Rural City of Murray Bridge and Jervois. The Tailem Bend Community Centre offers the Coorong Coaches bus for people who need to get to medical appointments from the Mid Murray, Coorong, Southern Mallee, Karoonda East Murray, Tatiara, Murray Bridge and Jervois regions. CEO at Tailem Bend Community Centre, Tammy Shepherd, joins Jennie Lenman to talk about the service and put a call out for volunteer drivers. Call  8572 3513 to get in touch or find out more at tbcc.org.au.

Mentara Park is a 6,000 ha mixed cropping and self-replacing flock of 3,200 Merino ewes, near the Coorong. David Eckert discusses the businesses recent adaptation of technology for livestock management including use of SafeAg software and scanning for multiples. 

Major ‘Moogy' Sumner, from the Coorong region recently won the 2021 Premier's NAIDOC Award for his significant service to the Indigenous community and environment. The proud Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna man joins Jennie Lenman in this podcast to talk about his work, the significance of ancestors, cultural ceremonies and carving a canoe in a traditional style for the first time in 100 years.

THE 'MURRAY DELTA JUKE JOINT', (formerly 'The Wreckers'), has undergone an amazing transformation since David Lloyd and Greg Button decided to take on the Live Music Venue in 2020. When I interviewed David for The Engine Room (S2E8), he talked a bit about the venue and I wanted to see what it was like, as my band had played at there in 2019. I decided to check it out on the same weekend that "The Fallen Saints" were playing there, I attended the gig on the Saturday night (footage available from gig on my Facebook page and YouTube), and went back on the Sunday to chat with the new venues owners. I would like to thank my partner Nick for being my cameraman for most of the interview, listeners have the choice of podcast or vodcast (video). If you would like to watch this interview please head over to my Band It About YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/h1b1jG-BA1k Background: Greg and David had their eyes on this venue for a while, having said that if it ever became available they should get it. The opportunity came along at a time when venue owners worldwide were bracing themselves for the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. About half of the world's population was under some form of lockdown by April 2020, government's implemented measures to attempt to slow the spread of the Coronavirus and flatten the curve. Venues were closed, and with no way of knowing how long for, many feared permanent closure. With the C-19 Pandemic crippling the Music Industry overnight, the last thing on most people's minds would be to take on and renovate a Venue, but for Greg and David it was perfect timing, as I discovered during my recent visit to the MDJJ. The Murray Delta Juke Joint is on the Fleurieu Peninsula, in Australia's first Cittaslow Town, Goolwa. Once a thriving River Port – the last on the Murray River before it reached the Southern Ocean, and the only place in Australia where paddle steamers and steam trains met to carry produce inland for shipping overseas. Greg and David fill me in on some of Goolwa's colourful River Port history; the Goolwa Hotel where the figurehead from the Mozambique, (a ship wrecked off the Coorong coast in 1854) can be seen, and other information leading to me finding out why they named the venue (which is modelled on the juke joints of Louisiana and New Orleans) the Murray Delta Juke Joint! Music: "Band It About" written and recorded for the Band It About - podcast series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Murray Delta Juke Joint: 4 Dowdodd Cres, Goolwa, South Australia. Licensed from Thursday till Sunday, beer, wine, spirits and soft drinks available. Events are advertised on the Murray Delta Juke Joint Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/Mdjukejoint/ A mailing list is available for those wishing to receive upcoming events info. Enquiries and bookings Phone: 0413 160 922 Friendly staff, cosy atmosphere, and Superior Sound, the Murray Delta is sailing towards a Best Live Music Venue Award! #murraydeltajukejoint #Goolwa #livemusicvenue #banditabout #SouthAustralia --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dianne-spillane/message

Episode 35: Levi NashThis week we are joined by another great guest Levi Nash who is a director of both RecFish SA and Saftag Fish Tagging. He is super passionate about catch and release fishing and tagging fish to give us greater knowledge about a range of important South Australian species. We chat with Levi about all things fishing in SA, including Black Bream in the Coorong, the current Yellow Tail Kingfish debate and some monster swims by some tagged Mulloway. Levi also explains how our listeners can get involved in tagging fish, which is a great way to contribute to the data collection of the fishing sector. As always we also discuss all of the big news in SA fishing, tell you where the fish are biting and give an update on the jumpers we have all been waiting for!

Heading back once again to South Australia, this episode we're once again exploring the Coorong area, but this time in search of the large and very cagey black bream that take up residence in the system. With us is Ben Gibbs, co-founder of the Bream Master SA tournament circuit and Coorong fishing regular who's put plenty of time and effort into figuring out the bream and the system. ____________________________________ Attention Team Doc Lures Members! New feature on the TDL site: "Ask An Expert"! Now you can post questions for our panel of experts or other community members to answer. Log in or join up at: https://team.doclures.com ____________________________________ Show notes for this episode: https://doclures.com/coorong-bream-ben-gibbs/

FlowNews24 spoke on Monday morning with Labor's shadow minister for water, Terri Butler MHR, about Labor's concerns about reaching 2024 water recovery targets in the Murray-Darling Basin, amid the Coalition government's declaration that it would not use buybacks or on-farm water recovery to reach the targets. Read more at FlowNews24.com.au - https://www.flownews24.com.au/article/basin-plan-must-be-more-flexible-victorian-government-nsw-irrigators

Comedian Kevin Kropinyeri is a Ngarrindjeri man from the River Murray, Lakes and Coorong region in South Australia. He never met his dad, but he had 2 mums, and he's so very glad he failed at his suicide attempts.Lifeline 13 11 14Thank you to Uncle Jack Charles for the acknowledgement of country.For more calming ideas head to our website.Subscribe to BRAVE, your new favourite free monthly newsletter here.Follow us on the socials.FacebookInstagramHow do YOU #CalmYaFarm? Leave us a voice message via our Speakpipe! It's free! And we'll share our favourites in upcoming podcasts / newsletters. Record your message here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wayne 'the Flowman' Phillips analyses the very broad reactions to the Coalition government's decision to ban buybacks of water on farms in the Murray-Darling Basin, including one northern Victorian MP's perspective that is sure to get pulses racing.

South Australian anglers may keep a fairly low profile, but there is some quality fishing to be had in the southern state if you take some time to figure it out. Scotty Tarasenko is a thinking angler and hand-made lure nut who has turned his attention to taking Mulloway (jewfish) off the surface in shallow water. In this ALF Episode he shares hat we need to know to target the silver ghosts of the estuaries ourselves. _________________________ If you enjoy listening to the ALF podcast and find it helps your fishing, please consider becoming part of Team Doc Lures. You'll not only be supporting the Podcast but will be able to get some next-level members only audio masterclasses too! https://team.doclures.com _________________________ Shoe notes for this episode: https://doclures.com/coorong-surface-mulloway-scotty-tarasenko/

Mark de Jong, Senior Environmental Officer in the SA Department for Environment and Water and Phil Staniford, Manager for KBR’s Water & Environment consulting business in SA and WA speak with Peter Dredge about the South East Flows Restoration Project which was established after the Millennium Drought to manage salinity levels in the Coorong South Lagoon and prevent further ecological degradation. They discuss the question if local ideas and collaboration will secure the future of the internationally significant Coorong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new high-tech rescue boat has been christened ahead of its deployment in the  Coorong, Lower Lakes region. 'The Freemason', a purpose-built vessel funded by Masonic Charities, will allow the newly formed Milang Marine Search and Rescue Squadron (MMSARS) to quickly respond to incidents on Lake Alexandrina, rather than waiting for assistance to arrive from Goolwa and Victor Harbor. MMSARS Commodore Nick Wotton joins Jennie Lenman in this podcast for a chat about it.

Wayne Champion is the Chief Executive Officer of the Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network. Prior to joining Riverland Mallee Coorong LHN, Wayne was the Acting Chief Operating Officer at Country Health SA and Regional Director for Riverland after moving to Australia from Christchurch, New Zealand.   View interview transcript here   Ccentric is a market-leading executive search firm in Australia with an exclusive focus on healthcare, academic healthcare, digital health, and not-for-profit and human services – industries that improve the quality of life. Ccentric has four division including Ccentric Executive Search, CcSelection, CcInterim and CcLeadership which allow Ccentric to assist clients with their needs ranging from mid-level leadership to c-suite executive search, interim management, leadership assessment and succession planning. To keep up-to-date with the latest news from Ccentric subscribe here today

The future of SA's Coorong is in the hands of the community. A cross-section of South Australians with a broad range of interests and expertise have formed the Coorong Partnership (https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/coorong/coorong-partnership)  this year in a bid to restore its health and vitality and boost eco-tourism in the region. Chair of the Coorong Partnership, the Honorable Dean Brown AO joins Jennie Lenman to discuss the project and how it is progressing.

Tourism in the Murray River Lakes and Coorong region was on a real high pre-COVID. While its incredible trajectory has been impacted by global travel restrictions, Chief Executive of SA Tourism Commission (SATC (https://tourism.sa.gov.au/) ) Rodney Harrex is optimistic for the region's future. He joins Jennie Lenman for a chat about it.

Coorong District Council (https://www.coorong.sa.gov.au/) is also seeking feedback (https://audioboom.com/posts/news/local-news/40-local-news/103671-coorong-council-surveys-primary-producers-on-gm-crops) from primary producers and residents on whether to  apply with State Government to remain Genetically Modification (GM) free for marketing purposes. The Council has also just endorsed its annual Business Plan and Budget for 2020-2021 with a vision for the years ahead including $9 million worth of capital works planned. Joining Jennie Lenman to discuss is Coorong Mayor Paul Simmons.

Reading of a the revised 3rd draft.

The Murray River, Lakes and Coorong tourism sector was experiencing significant growth before COVID-19 brought international travel to a grinding halt. Joining Jennie Lenman to reflect on the past couple of months and look to a brighter future is co-owner of River Shack Rentals (https://www.rivershackrentals.com.au/) and the Mannum Motel (https://www.mannummotel.com.au/) , David Hartley. Photo of night sky along the River Murray SA by Dave Hartley, supplied.

Protesters who trespass on farms will now face tougher penalties in South Australia, the President of the Local Government Authority explains how Councils will evaluate whether their area will remain GM free and researchers have developed a new method to detect and map floating green algae in the Coorong by using satellite images.

The tiny Yarra pygmy perch has been pushed to extinction in the Murray Darling Basin. Now, all hopes for its return are focussed on a couple of farm dams. For RN Summer we're bringing you Off Track highlights from 2019.

The tiny Yarra pygmy perch has been pushed to extinction in the Murray Darling Basin. Now, all hopes for its return are focussed on a couple of farm dams. For RN Summer we're bringing you Off Track highlights from 2019.

The Ngarrindjeri people - traditional owners of the Lower Lakes and Coorong - are launching a commercial pipi venture known as Kuti Co as part of Goolwa Pipi Co; there needs to be major changes to dairy lobby groups like Australian Dairyfarmers, according to the new draft dairy plan; and students at a rural NSW school are organising a rain dance called 'Bust the Dust'.

OzFish Unlimited is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping the millions of Aussie recreational fishers take control of the health of their rivers, lakes and estuaries and shore up the future of the sport they love. OzFish Unlimited partners with fishers and the broader community to invest time and money into the protection and restoration of our waterways, counteracting decades of degradation. Cassie is driven by a passion for sustainable resources, a love of fishing and her farming background. Her career spans more than 15 years in aquatic habitat restoration and sustainable agriculture projects, predominantly in NSW and Queensland. Cass has a keen understanding of community driven conservation from her experience working with WetlandCare Australia as a Program Manager and more recently with Landcare NSW as Operations Manager. Based in Ballina, Northern NSW, Cass is a keen recreational fisher, taking time when she can to enjoy ocean fishing the east coast and occasionally getting back to her childhood home in South Australia to fish the Gulfs or the Coorong beach. As the habitat director of Oz Fish she speaks to Geoff about making recreational fishing sustainable. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/environmental-as-anything/message

The Yorke Peninsula and the Coorong are among 13 new councils to receive $1 million from the Federal Government; the State Government rejected the SA Royal Commission suggestion that more water be taken from irrigators through buybacks to protect the environment; and a horse in Western Australia has just given birth to twin foals.

The heads of a dozen horticultural industries have co-written a letter to federal water minister David Littleproud regarding irrigation water prices, demand for carp in the Coorong region is increasing but with the carp herpes virus looming over the Murray fishers say no big markets want to touch it and Australia's chief vet is warning he expects several Asian countries to report detections of African Swine Fever imminently.

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 205Storm Boy (MTC, Melbourne Australia)In a wild and remote area of coastline on South Australia’s Coorong, Storm Boy and his reclusive father live in a secluded shack, hidden away from the harsh realities of city life. After befriending a local Ngarrindjeri man, Storm Boy discovers three orphaned pelican chicks and decides to take them in. What follows is a remarkable journey of discovery that will change his life forever.For more information visit  https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/season-2019/storm-boy/ Theatre First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ivetheatrereviews  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia #mtc #stormboy #asutralia #australiantheatre #livetheatre  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The tiny Yarra pygmy perch, with golden sheen and teardrop eye, has been pushed to extinction in the Murray Darling Basin. Now, all hopes for its return are focussed on a couple of farm dams.

The tiny Yarra pygmy perch, with golden sheen and teardrop eye, has been pushed to extinction in the Murray Darling Basin. Now, all hopes for its return are focussed on a couple of farm dams.

Now they want to ban it all, Mayor Pete is Phishy, fart rape and more! To support the show, please subscribe on Podbean, iTunes or Patreon Follow on Twitter @BoogieBumper Show links; Consider a live streaming ban, says former Facebook CEO Hundreds of hotel guests were secretly filmed and live-streamed online China bans 'erotic' banana-eating live streams It Doesn't Sound Like Mayor Pete Is Really a Phish Fan, Guys Huge fish found washed up along the Coorong near mouth of the Murray River Anger as Jesus reference removed from New Zealand parliamentary prayer What will family life be like in the future? 'Obscene' beer label causes row in Russia Dux Regionis' Tweet  

Dreamtime entities, mysterious creatures and spooky tales are just some of the things we talk about in this episode. Chris Koolmatrie grew up in the Coorong, learning the traditional ways of life including bush foods, hunting, bush medicines as well as the fascinating stories passed down through time from his Ngarrindjeri ancestors. Chris works for the Natural Resources SA Murray Darling Basin where he helps to protect and conserve the natural and cultural assets of the region as well as sharing his cultural knowledge to future generations.

The Australian Senate passed an amendment to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan this week. This means that remaining water recovery, more than 600 billion litres, for the environment will not go ahead. Reporter Sarah Dingle and executive producer Alice Brennan cover this and other developments since our investigation went to air. Update: A Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin Plan has concluded with a scathing report accusing the Commonwealth government authorities of maladministration, negligence, and unlawful actions. You can read it here: https://www.mdbrc.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/murray-darling-basin-royal-commission-report.pdf?v=1548898371 Media Award: Background Briefing's two-part investigation into the declining health of Australia's largest river system won the UN Day Media award for Promotion of Responsible Consumption and Production. See all the winners here: https://unaavictoria.org.au/media-awards/winners-finalists/current-winners-and-finalists/ Earlier: This story is subject to an editorial complaint. Please refer to this statement: https://about.abc.net.au/complaints/background-briefing-29-april-6-may-2018-abc-news-facebook-26-april-2018/. 

The Federal Senate is due to vote on major changes to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan– if it passes, it will effectively end further water recovery for the environment in the river system. The Basin States claim we can stop water recovery now, because they have 36 engineering projects throughout the Basin which can achieve similar outcomes. But critics hotly dispute that. In part two of our investigation into the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, reporter Sarah Dingle reveals the politicking going on behind the scenes for Australia's most expensive environmental program. Note: Professor John Sheehan is now a former Commission of the Land and Environment Court, not Acting. Update: A Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin Plan has concluded with a scathing report accusing the Commonwealth government authorities of maladministration, negligence, and unlawful actions. You can read it here: https://www.mdbrc.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/murray-darling-basin-royal-commission-report.pdf?v=1548898371 Media Award: Background Briefing's two-part investigation into the declining health of Australia's largest river system won the UN Day Media award for Promotion of Responsible Consumption and Production. See all the winners here: https://unaavictoria.org.au/media-awards/winners-finalists/current-winners-and-finalists/ Earlier: This story is subject to an editorial complaint. Please refer to this statement: https://about.abc.net.au/complaints/background-briefing-29-april-6-may-2018-abc-news-facebook-26-april-2018/.  Editor's note: An investigation by the ABC's independent complaints handling body has concluded that undue weight was given to the research paper by Grafton & Williams cited in the program and included two factual errors. References to the SDL Adjustment Mechanism, which was the subject of a Senate vote, and the statement “The Federal Senate is due to vote on major changes to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan – if it passes, it will effectively end further water recovery for the environment in the river system”, should have included reference to the potential recovery of 450 GL through additional efficiency measures. While the likelihood of the recovery of the 450GL is disputed, this was required material context. Further, it was misleading to suggest that the creation of licences given to the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder as a direct result of the infrastructure subsidies are equivalent to “printing notes” and are not underpinned by real water, without pointing out that the scheme involves transferring existing water entitlements and no new entitlement is created. A summary of the finding is available here.

Australia is halfway into the most expensive environmental program ever mounted—the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

Each year, approximately 80 000 unweaned seal pups are clubbed to death on the beaches of Namibia.  It's regarded as one of the cruellest hunts on Earth and one Australian citizen profits hugely from it. We chat with South African activists Pat Dickens, founder of The Seals of Nam, and Nikki Botha who are campaigning against the slaughter.  We also hear from Peter Shaughnessy of the South Australian Museum and Phil Cornelius of Animal Liberation South Australia about the proposed seal cull in South Australia's Coorong.http://www.antifurcoalition.org/namibian-seal-hunt.htmlhttp://www.thesealsofnam.org/seal-hunt-petitions/ 

Sophie Laguna follows up from an earlier interview on Published or Not having won the Miles Franklin Award for her novel, 'The Eye of the Sheep'.The South Australian coastal area of Coorong, is the location of this family drama 'Salt Creek' set  over 100 years ago. Lucy Treloar has her characters, both European and Ngarrindjeri, question what it is to be civilised.

Ep 19. Flight pollution, Beverly uranium mine... This week we speak to Erland Howden from NSW Nature Conservation Council about flight pollution and alternative travel routes. Also: -James Hitchcock catches up with Peter Burdon from Friends of the Earth Adelaide to get the low-down on Peter Garrett's approval of the expansion of the Beverly Uranium mine. -The fate of the Coorong and Lower Murray hangs in the air, Libby King reports. -Anne von Fehrn gave us an insight into media coverage of climate change and climate change scepticism. Presenters: Nick Hollins and Jessica Minshall