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The Bunyip is a swamp dwelling creature found in Aboriginal oral traditions. But is it also really found in the swamps of South-Eastern Australia? Athena and Tiernan explore all the murky evidence and then its up to you chief detectives to solve the case. Brought to you by Small Wardour, makers of some of the best podcasts for kids. *** If your chief detectives want to hear more from the investigations, including more compelling evidence and extra fun facts, then you can become a paid subscriber of the show. Just click Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or visit patreon.com/bustortrustpodcast to get access to weekly bonus episodes, ad-free and early listening and exclusive extras. Your support will help us to investigate even more amazing mysteries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, our blind-tasting duo explore uncharted wine, at least for the show. Shiraz is the most planted and #1 grape from Australia. Shiraz is the same grape and wine as Syrah, but for some reason, Australia and South Africa call it Shiraz. It is a big, bold, full-body wine with high levels of tannin and acid. Because of the tannins, it is normally oaked and is a great pair with red meats.In France, Syrah is a single variety wine from the northern Rhone Valley, and is popular in the southern Rhone where it is part of the GSM blend wines. GSM stands for Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre.Syrah is also a popular grape grown in the US, mostly in the State of Washington and California. Some of the most popular Shiraz regions of Australia include Barossa Valley, Eden Valley, Clare Valley, Heathcote, Hunter Valley, McLaren Vale, Yarra Valley, Grampians, and Adelaide Hills.While Syrah and Shiraz wines will have many similarities, they will also have some differences. Syrah wines from France, Chile and Washington (State) are more of a cooler climate wine. Australian Shiraz and California, Spain, Italy, and Argentina Syrah are warm-weather wines. Syrah from cooler climates will be lighter in body, with more earthiness and floral notes. Warm weather Syrah/Shiraz will be fruit forward full-body higher alcohol wines. Tonight, we taste: 2021 Yalumba Barossa Shiraz. I purchased this wine at Wall to Wall Wine for $19.99. It comes from the Barossa Valley, Australia. It is plump and fruity, with lucid aromas of black cherry, plum, mint and ground pepper. A full body gentle frame of spicy tannins frames everything, and a nice level of acidity helps wash it all down. Winery is Vegan and started in 1849. 2019 Greg Norman, Limestone Coast Shiraz, $15.50 at Wall to Wall Wine. This wine comes from Coonawarra, McClaren Flat, Argentina. Nose: Bright aromas of ripe black and blue fruits, spice notes. Palate: Medium to full-bodied. Cola, black cherry, mixed berry jam and cloves. Other notes: plum and cherry. Peppercorn, mint, oak. Firm structure and balanced acidity. Area is known for having poor well draining soils. 2022 Yellow Tail Shiraz purchased at Walmart for $5.99. Rich and smooth, with juicy red berries and hints of vanilla and spice. Hints of mocha. Bold and smooth. South Eastern Australia includes all of Victoria and parts of South Australia and New South Wales. Next week The wines we will taste include: 2022 Bourgonge – Maconaise – Macon Villages. This is a Burgundy white made from the Chardonnay grape. Purchased from Costco for $12.79. 2022 Porta 6 Red from Lisbon Region of Portugal. Purchased at Trader Joes for $4.99. 2022 Ruggero Di Bardo from Puglia, Italy. Purchased at Trader Joes for $9.99.

Far East Gold Ltd (ASX:FEG) CEO Shane Menere joins Jonathan Jackson in the Proactive studio to discuss a Binding Term Sheet (BTS) with PT Iriana Mutiara Idenburg (IMI) to acquire up to 100% of the Idenburg Gold Project in Papua, Indonesia. The 95,280-hectare Contract of Work (CoW) is in a region known for significant gold and copper deposits, such as Grasberg and Porgera. Historical exploration worth more than US$25 million, including 5,531 metres of diamond drilling, indicates the project's advanced status. The deposit is orogenic, akin to notable goldfields like Kalgoorlie and South Eastern Australia. Noteworthy is that major gold producers, including Barrick, Newmont and Newcrest, have previously explored the site. Despite extensive exploration, only 30% of the CoW has been detailed and metallurgical testing shows promising gold recoverability. An independent report by SMGC suggests an exploration target of up to 7.2 million ounces at 6.1 g/t gold, though this remains conceptual. The project benefits from excellent logistics, being just 120 kilometres south of Jayapura and intersected by the Trans Papua Highway. The deal terms include staged earn-in and minimal cash payments. FEG's acquisition is facilitated by the removal of previous forestry restrictions that hindered development. The company sees this as an endorsement of its exploration capabilities and looks forward to further developing the Idenburg project. The company has also appointed non-executive chair Justin Werner with immediate effect. #ProctiveInvestors #FarEastGold #ASX #IdenburgProject, #GoldMining, #PapuaIndonesia, #MiningAcquisition, #GoldExploration, #ContractOfWork, #GoldDeposit, #MetallurgicalTesting, #OrogenicGold, #MiningDeal, #ExplorationTargets, #SMGCReport, #BarrickGold, #Newmont, #Newcrest, #TransPapuaHighway, #HistoricalExploration, #GoldRecovery, #MiningDevelopment #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Hollie Wildëthorn lives on the ancestral land of the Dhurga speaking people of the Walbunja Yuin nation in South Eastern Australia. Hollie is a Psychotherapist, Clinical Counsellor and Coach with a background in natural and ancestral health, witchcraft and magick, altered states and sacred space, martial arts and natural movement, Women's Mysteries and conscious Wild Living. Her mission is to support people who know life can be so much more; to craft the best self-version so far. She is ever-energised by the process of people becoming more empowered to live unlimited and unbound.Hollie's Website: https://www.instituteforselfcrafting.com/Instagram @hollie.wildethornBecome a Patreon Member today! Get access to podcast bonus segments, ask questions to podcast guests, and even suggest future podcast guests while supporting Warwick: https://www.patreon.com/journeyonpodcastWarwick has over 650 Online Training Videos that are designed to create a relaxed, connected, and skilled equine partner. Start your horse training journey today!https://videos.warwickschiller.com/Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarwickschillerfanpageWatch hundreds of free Youtube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/warwickschillerFollow us on Instagram: @warwickschiller

In this episode, we talk to Dr Jeff Tullberg and Dr Chris Bluett about the results of a five-year project titled “Application of CTF in the Low Rainfall Zone (LRZ)” funded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and co-funded by participating partners. Jeff is an Australian agricultural engineer with broad experience in research, teaching, extension and consulting on technical and economic aspects of farm machinery and its impact on soil, cropping systems and the environment. Chris is an agriculturist with broad experience in grain crop agronomy and farming systems, primarily in the High Rainfall Zone of Southern Victoria. His work includes new crop development ie canola, raised bed farming and controlled traffic farming. This podcast was funded by ACTFA's National Landcare Program Smart Farms Project 4-EALL5X: “Resilient mixed farming systems in Victoria and New South Wales through controlled traffic farming. A workshop Series.”

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Members of the Pacific Climate Warriors Mary Maselina Harm and Guy Ritani joined us to reflect on their campaigning for Pacific climate justice and a fossil fuel free future within and outside of last week's Labor national conference, which was held in Meanjin/Brisbane. Mary is a proud Samoan/Chinese-Fijian born in Canada and raised on Turrbal country, Brisbane, Australia. Passionate about the power of storytelling in creating social change, Mary enjoys working in multidisciplinary spaces, in particular with young people, to co-design initiatives and projects that are of value to them and their communities. Mary serves as the Pacific Climate Warriors' Queensland coordinator. Guy (ia/they/them) is a proud takatāpui Māori artist, climate justice and food systems sovereignty advocate. Guy is passionate about our relationship to country/whenua and the role creativity and storytelling plays in overcoming our climate crisis. You can find out more about the Pacific-led initiative for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty here.// Naomi Hodgson, a founding member of the Rising Tide movement of civil resistance for climate defence, joined us to discuss Rising Tide's campaign - DISRUPTION TO END THE CLIMATE DESTRUCTION. Naomi will talk to us about and promote Rising Tide's climate justice forum to be held next week at Vic Trades Hall, 6pm Wednesday August 30. Naomi will also tell us how the 16 day Rising Tide speaking tour of South Eastern Australia is going and the planned action for early November. You can check out Rising Tide's events calendar here.// Jay Coonan from the Antipoverty Centre and anti-poverty advocate Alex joined us in studio to unpack the Centre's recently-released report 'Punishment for Profit: How private providers became the only winners in Australia's cruel employment services system', which was published with support from GetUp! last week. The report, co-authored by Jay and Kristin O'Connell and incorporating the lived expertise of contributors including Alex, presents a critical analysis of the use of "mutual obligations" in Australia's social security system. Jay and Alex will be speaking about the rationale behind, impacts of and expenditure on employment services providers, as well as the structural changes required to centre the dignity, agency and wellbeing of people living below the poverty line. Head to the Punishment for Profit site to find out more and take the mutual obligations survey.//Australian Services Union member and Brotherhood of St Laurence employee Alex Kakafikas talked to 3CR about the 24-hour industrial action taken by workers against the not-for-profit on Thursday the 14th of August. BSL workers are campaigning to improve their enterprise agreement (workers are unhappy with current pay and reproductive leave entitlements), this is the first time in 93 years that workers at the not-for-profit have taken strike action. BSL  have not been" charitable" with their employees who are 2 or 3 paychecks away from poverty. Support BSL workers' action today at 67 Brunswick Street from 12PM.//

In this latest Hindi bulletin: Dozens of flood warnings remain in place as wild weather continues across New South Wales; Ukraine's President says the Kremlin is preparing the Russian public for the use of nuclear weapons; In India, Indian Air Force celebrates its 90th-anniversary and more news.

Wagga Wagga: World War 1 Stories On commemorative occasion such as Anzac and Memorial Day, we inevitably reflect on the service of prior generations in The First World War as well as other conflicts. But while these service men and women fought bravely during the conflict, how did the war fit in with their broader lives? Its a topic that Historian Ian Hodges of The Australian Department of Veteran's affairs has been exploring with regard to World War I. The conflict that saw Australia forge a national identity distinct from the broader British Empire and one that saw the creation of The Australian Imperial Force the nation's first military force equipped for overseas conflict. To show the affect of the war he focused on one particular city located about 300 miles inland from Australia. It's somewhat off the beaten bath and a name few outside South Eastern Australia are probably familiar with. Is it pronounced Wagga Wagga? Guest Expert: Ian Hodges of The Australian Department of Veteran's Affairs Picture: Dept of Lands, Sydney - cropped from old map "County of Wynyard, New South Wales, 1897" at the National Library of Australia, located here Wagga Wagga in 1897 Public Domain File:Wagga Wagga map 1897.jpg Created: 1 January 1897 Music: English: Elgar; Enigma variations, Theme IX. Nimrod Date 1 January 1947 Source https://archive.org/details/EdwardElgar-EnigmaVariations/01ThemeI.C.a.e..mp3 Author John Barbirolli Halle Orchestra, Public Domain --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daniel-mainwaring5/message

Der er blå tænder for alle pengene når vi ved hjælp af Shiraz kigger nærmere på hvordan pris og kvalitet egentlig hænger sammen i vinens verden: Bliver vinen altid bedre jo dyrere den er eller kan man købe katten i sækken? Det undersøger vi i denne uges episode, som er endnu en i rækken af korte afsnit... eller er det nu også det, for begrænsningens kunst er vist ikke os forundt. Lyt med når vi smager os igennem vinens svar på bland-selv slik, en vin der måske gemmer på en hemmelighed og en flaske med store armbevægelser, seriøs big d*ck energy og en overraskelse indeni. Som man siger. Skål - og rigtig god lyttelyst. Vine smagt i denne episode:

Lindeman's Bin 65 Chardonnay 2021-The Best Wine Value?Cheapwinefinder has reviewed every vintage of the  Lindeman's Bin 65 Chardonnay since the 2015 vintage except for the 2020 vintage (not sure how we missed this one).This is a Chardonnay that I buy for $3.99 and it beats Chardonnays that sell for three times as much!This wine from South Eastern Australia has been around for 38 years and it isn't slowing down.Find out why with the www.cheapwinefinder.com website and listen to the PODCAST for all the important details.

In this episode, Amber covers the incredible survival story of Donna Palomba. On a September night in 1993, in Waterbury, Connecticut; Donna Palomba was attacked in her home by a masked man while her husband was out of town and her 2 young children slept down the hall. Donna's story is one of courage, hope, perseverance and a fight for justice. Amber was drinking a luscious Red from Alinta Ranch Winery, from South Eastern Australia. Amber pulled her sources from:Dateline "Evil Paid A Visit," Season 30, Episode 13www.wikipedia.orgwww.newsunzip.comwww.thecinemaholic.com / "Where is Donna Palomba Now" Kriti Mehrotra / January 21, 2022www.nbcnews.com /"The Man Behind The Mask," / Sara James / April 30, 2007 You can check out Donna Palomba's non-profit organization at www.janedoenomore.orgThen Erika covers the famous story of how 3 inmates attempted and managed to escape the most secure prison in the world.  Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin, were all serving their prison sentences on the Rock a.k.a. Alcatraz.  With Morris in charge they planned their escape for months before finally executing the very well thought out plan.   THe whole thing was beyond creative and its incredible how they pulled this stunt off.  The even crazier thing is that once they escaped, they just vanished.  Still to this day the question is did the 3 men, die in the San Francisco Bay or did they manage to just blend in to the world without being noticed and live their best lives, no one knows.  So listen in while Erika goes over one of the most famous prison escapes and the men who got away with it.Erika was drinking 19 Crimes Martha's Chard - Chardonnay, its very good but a little sweet for her taste.Erika pulled her sources from:www.webmd.comwww.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escapewww.history.com / Was the Escape from Alcatraz Successful?Natasha Frost / August 31, 2018www.en.wikipedia.org

Jai and Ben are life long friends with a deep connection to the ocean. Originally from South Eastern Australia, they both relocated to the North East Coast to study and follow their careers in marine science. Both Jai and Ben are experienced spearfisherman who have plenty of good stories to share. Ayden Doumtsis also jumps in to touch on his recently found love of the sport.  Hope y'all enjoy! Wade

Frost is a part of the climate that many agriculture industries observe and monitor. For the stone fruit industry chill time is required, but for other like grains, wine and avocados, frost can have devastating consequences.In this episode Agriculture Victoria Seasonal Risk Agronomist, Dale Grey, and SARDI Science Leader in Climate Adaptions, Peter Hayman, take us through the fundamentals of frost, how damage occurs and what the future holds for frost in south eastern Australia.Resources and information from the GRDC frost initiative can be helpful for managing frost risk.Please get in touch with any further questions or feedback at the.break@agriculture.vic.gov.au.

Frost is a part of the climate that many agriculture industries observe and monitor. For the stone fruit industry chill time is required, but for other like grains, wine and avocados, frost can have devastating consequences. In this episode Agriculture Victoria Seasonal Risk Agronomist, Dale Grey, and SARDI Science Leader in Climate Adaptions, Peter Hayman, take us through the fundamentals of frost, how damage occurs and what the future holds for frost in south eastern Australia. Resources and information from the GRDC frost initiative can be helpful for managing frost risk. Please get in touch with any further questions or feedback at the.break@agriculture.vic.gov.au.

You've heard from us before that soil amelioration can be a game changer - it can bury up to 90% of weed seeds!  this edition of the podcast, we're getting a snapshot into how soil amelioration saved the day for Warakirri's Condingup farm manager, Con Murphy, as well as getting an overview of what other Big 6 principles they're using.We'll be visiting Con at Warakirri for WeedSmart Week in Esperance, so this interview gives a great snapshot into what to expect!New contentOur next Regional Update will come out next Monday and we'll be heading to the Northern Region. Make sure you're subscribed on your podcast app of choice so you don't miss it! You can find us by searching "WeedSmart Podcast" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Castbox and any other podcast platform. Make sure you check out our latest Ask an Expert. This month Dr Chris Preston answers the question How does ryegrass adapt so readily to farming practices and environmental changes?We've also got a new Case Study for June on Elton and Pam Petersen from Moonie in Queensland.A SwarmFarm robot, ‘Oscar', has added another dimension to their integrated weed management program, which features the majority of the WeedSmart Big 6 tactics.In two summer fallows the Petersens have regained control of glyphosate resistant feathertop Rhodes grass and awnless barnyard grass that was threatening their 2000 ha dryland cropping operation. Be sure to check it out.Webinar Join us to and hear how the WeedSmart's Big 6 strategies are best utilised to combat annual ryegrass in the High Rainfall Zones of South Eastern Australia. Presented by University of Adelaide's Chris Preston, followed by a Q&A with James Manson from Southern Farming Systems. Register here.WeedSmart Week Just a reminder that tickets are now able to be purchased for Esperance WeedSmart Week. It's the first time in 5 years the event will be back in WA. It's happening from the 17th to the 19th of August 2021. WeedSmart Week is designed to engage growers and advisors on WeedSmart's Big 6 messages. You can get your tickets here.    

Welcome back to Part Two of a conversation with permaculture co-originator David Holmgren. In which David continues sharing significant milestones from his many decades as a practicing permaculture designer. Thanks to this project's wonderful patrons, I was once again able to have the audio professionally transcribed. The text below then received significant edits for clarity from patron Jon Buttery (thanks Jon!), myself, and most importantly David. Thanks also to David for kindly sharing relevant photos that help bring the text to life. Don't miss Part One if you haven't yet heard/read it, and given the quality of thinking David shares in this continuation, I hope you'll leave a comment. I anticipate a follow up conversation with David exploring questions and reflections from your comments, so please make the most of the opportunity. Finally, given this conversation again touches on the core skill of reading landscape, please check out and consider supporting the documentary film David, myself, and videographer Dave Meagher are currently endeavouring to bring into the world. Starting Holmgren Design Services Dan Palmer: All right. Well, here I am for the continuation of the discussion we started earlier. After a bit of a break, must have been, I don’t know, six weeks or something.    David Holmgren: Yeah. It’s been a busy time.  Dan Palmer: I’ll say! - a busy and very interesting time. It turned out the first recording was about an hour, and we got to the point where you'd started Holmgren Design Services, so that seems like a great place to start. You’d told us a lot about the project at your mother’s place in New South Wales and the learning you’d been doing from Hakai Tane about strategic planning, and then shrinking that down to apply to a site level. It’d be awesome to hear about the experience of moving into the space of permaculture design consultancy.    David Holmgren:  In 1983 I started a business and registered a business name. There were lot of things that were going on in my life, which I can also correlate with things that were happening in the wider world: that led me to getting serious earning a living, personal relationships, and also living in the city. The consultancy work I did, was primarily advising and designing for people who were moving onto rural properties; what these days people call a ‘tree-change’.   Consulting on a Central Victorian property in 2020 (as part of the Reading Landscape film project) That work fell into sort of two broad types. One-day verbal onsite advisory, walking around the property and suggesting things with clients. Then there was a more limited number of clients where I was providing reports and plans that gave me the opportunity to reflect. There were a lot of constraints on how to make a viable business in that, especially if your work wasn’t focused on affluent people, but instead empowering people who were going to get out and do these things themselves, often starting from scratch, and often making big mistakes. My advice and design drew on a combination of my own experience as well as observing how others had tackled the back to land process over the previous decade. By then I also had a very strong commitment to Victoria and South Eastern Australia of landscapes and ecologies and design issues that I was familiar with in that territory.   Dan Palmer: Was that where all or the majority of your professional work happened?    David Holmgren: Yeah, it was. There was occasional work further-afield - certainly into the dry Mediterranean country in South Australia and into New South Wales, Sydney region, but most of it was in Victoria.  Dan Palmer: Permaculture was a new thing so in a sense you were defining the industry or making it up as you went along.   David Holmgren: Yeah. It was also a time of very strong backlash against alternative ideas. When I set up the business, I had mixed feelings about whether I would descri...

This week, you'll learn how and when to do an ‘acknowledgement of Country', with a particular focus on the Sydney area. Your teacher is Jakelin Troy, a Ngarigu woman from the Snowy Mountains of South Eastern Australia and Director of Indigenous Research at the University of Sydney.

This week, you'll learn how and when to do an ‘acknowledgement of Country', with a particular focus on the Sydney area. Your teacher is Jakelin Troy, a Ngarigu woman from the Snowy Mountains of South Eastern Australia and Director of Indigenous Research at the University of Sydney.

This week, you'll learn how and when to do an ‘acknowledgement of Country’, with a particular focus on the Sydney area. Your teacher is Jakelin Troy, a Ngarigu woman from the Snowy Mountains of South Eastern Australia and Director of Indigenous Research at the University of Sydney.

This week, you'll learn how and when to do an ‘acknowledgement of Country’, with a particular focus on the Sydney area. Your teacher is Jakelin Troy, a Ngarigu woman from the Snowy Mountains of South Eastern Australia and Director of Indigenous Research at the University of Sydney.

The last time the plight of our planet featured on NAKED REFLECTIONS we began with a clip about fires in the Amazon. Since then there have been reports that parts of that rainforest are losing their ability to store carbon. And in South Eastern Australia, huge swathes of land have been burning in the most alarming way. With Ed Kessler to discuss the fate of our sick planet are Tobias Mueller, Freya Jephcott and Luke Kemp... Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review

With bushfires still burning out of control in South Eastern Australia, the nation's capital Canberra was hit by an ice storm, damaging thousands of cars and buildings. Wildlife and trees have also been pounded.

Small Biz Matters – a half hour program each week where you can work ON your business rather than IN it.with Alexi Boyd, broadcaster, advocate and small business owner.Date: 14 January 2020 In all this sadness and concern over the current and ongoing crisis facing Australia, it’s reassuring to know Small Business has on our side an advocacy group in COSBOA (the Council for Small Business Organisations Australia). The upheaval for SMBs caused by the catastrophic conditions in a huge area of South Eastern Australia should not be underestimated and whilst those in the political space may argue about whether or not the climate changes (which are undeniable) are caused by human impact or natural causes the change is here. There can be no more debate that drought, is here. The most devastating fires since records began, are here. Climate change, is here. The question only remains, what are we going to do about it? Welcome to the show Mark McKenzie, Chairman of COSBOA. Topics we’ll be covering: Let’s remind the listeners again of the role of COSBOA and why as the peak advocacy group for small business in Australia you are perfectly positioned to relay the impact on small businesses of these recent climate changes to the Australian Government? Small business is a barometer of the economy both locally and nationally How do your members – the professional associations & their members – communicate their concerns to you as an organisation What are your top line objectives for 2020? Those of us fortunate to live in the cities around Australia may not really understand what impact these fires are having on Small business in regional Australia. Sure, we might have to pay more for food but we can largely continue on unimpeded with our own businesses. In the real world what have been the impacts of drought and these massive fires? In your report as the Chairman of COSBOA you state you’d like to see the Australian Government “promoting actions that support the capacity of our population to adapt to the new reality created by climate change.” In terms of policy, what would you see change in the short term for support? Rethinking water management Energy usage Industrial relations law What are COSBOA’s suggestions for 2020 and beyond of other support for small business in these changing times? Does this support look like grants to boost certain sectors of the economy, a loosening of regulations & red tape, or changes to procurement processes? To find out more go to their website /www.cosboa.org.au and to read their 2020 vision https://www.cosboa.org.au/post/what-do-we-want-from-2020-and-beyond

In this episode of Wine & Wisdom, Thomas, Cam and Chris are joined by Richard Martinesi who owns Wiseberry Five Dock. They discuss the Annual Wiseberry Awards Night which is held in Sydney this Saturday, an exciting event. If you do not ‘win', you are still a winner if you can take a lesson from it. They discuss what one needs to do in order to win the award and whether winning shows as much of someone as losing does. This episode, Thomas brings a 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon from Simi Winery, Alexander Valley in California. Cam brings ‘Cricket Pitch' (2017), a Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Shiraz blend from Brokenwood in the Hunter Valley and Chris brings ‘Up Rising', a 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon from South Eastern Australia.

I want your feedback. What are you doing while listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast? This week, I'm gonna share a bunch of feedback from the past couple o'years. Poisoned Dwarf, Seldom Sober, Songs For Ceilidh, Mitchell & Vincent, Ciunas, Kennedy's Kitchen, Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus, Kellswater Bridge, Captain John Stout, The Jig Is Up! from First Steps, Brobdingnagian Bards, Dylan Walshe, Sylvia Woods, The Jackdaws, Claire Roche, Black Market Haggis, Crepuscule, The Round Table, Tartanic, The Celtic Kitchen Party, Moch Pryderi, Teton Skye, Alexander James Adams, Molly's Revenge, Celtic Woman, O'hanleigh, Ciana, Vintage Wildflower, Katherine Nagy, Bellow Bridge, Jil Chambless I hope you enjoyed this week's show. If you did, please share the show with ONE friend. The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is dedicated to growing our community and helping the incredible artists who so generously share their music. If you find music you love, buy their albums, shirts, and songbooks, follow them on Spotify, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Remember also to Subscribe to the Celtic Music Magazine. Every week, I'll send you a few cool bits of Celtic music news. It's a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Plus, you'll get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free, just for signing up today. Thank you again for being a Celt of Kindness. THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:05 - "Bolt The Door" by Poisoned Dwarf from Bolt The Door 5:58 - WELCOME 7:25 - "The Ferryman / Mason's Apron" by Seldom Sober from Six Months of Confession 11:24 - "Rothsea-0" by Songs For Ceilidh from Falling Forward 14:36 - Alexis Fickes emailed: "Hey Marc, I am Alexis and I just wanted to tell you that I love the podcast, especially #426. I listen to the podcast on the bus and while I paint. Absolutely amazing. I love that there’s someone who appreciates the artists and music like this. Keep doing you!!" Simon Dillon emailed a photo: "Hello Marc. Although over month ago, this photo shows me driving back from Canberra to my home town Bendigo (700km) while listening to your podcast.   Myself and my friend, and fellow musician, Keven McCarthy had just spent the Easter long weekend at the Australian National Folk Festival presenting “Songs From The Australian Tradition” session on each day of the festival.  Australia has many traditional songs. Many of these songs use traditional Irish melodies or are even parodies of traditional Irish songs. The Nation Folk Festival was one of 3 festivals the Kevin and I attended in South Eastern Australia over 17 days around Easter.  We started at the Lake Cullulleraine Music Festival, then the National Folk Festival and ended up at the Koroit Irish Festival. By the time I arrived back home, we had covered 2800 km and listened to many Irish and Celtic Music Podcasts, the quintessential road trip podcast. Keep up the great work. 16:13 - "Seven Stars, The Sloe" by Mitchell & Vincent from The Preservation of Fire 19:18 - "Celtic Tiger" by Ciunas from High Time 22:59 - Ruben Lopez emailed a photo: "I heard the podcast #393, and was drawing. Here's the drawing. Have a good one." Alexander Randall 5th emailed a photo: "Hey Marc: I put your sticker on my car... I should put one on the boat, but only fish and mermaids would see it..." Conor Coll emailed: "Hey Marc, Just replying to let you know I received the music you sent and I am currently listening to them, still trying to decide between my favourite! As an Irish man I have been hearing Celtic music all my life and it takes me back to a lovely atmosphere when I listen to these tracks. Recently, I have been following a band which I had done a little camera work with in the past, The Ronan Gallagher Band. They are very talented and are from the region I come from, so I am a big fan of their music. They are what inspired me to look for more traditional music which lead me to this newsletter." Submit music to the podcast at 4celts.com. 25:00 - "Eoin O'neill Has Gone To Clare" by Kennedy's Kitchen from The Whiskey of Truth 30:25 - "Lady Louisa Gordon's Strathspey / The Highlands of Banffshire / The Merrymaking" by Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus from Return to Kintail 34:50 - Marshall Blosser emailed: "Greetings Celtfather, I've been listening to your podcast for well over a decade.  We've circled around nearby cities, but never met. You moved to New Orleans just as I moved from there to the Mississippi gulf coast. And now you are in my old stomping grounds of Atlanta. My family is moving from the Mississippi gulf coast to the eastern most  city in North America (St John's NL) so my wife can get her PhD in analytical chemistry. (I know you understand about moving to support your wife) We will be driving there mid December (all 54 hours of it).  Apart from episode 421 the long drive - that's an understatement - we would like to have a few  CDs to pass the time on the road. I know there is a large Celtic music scene up there. Do you know of any St John's or Newfoundland Celtic artists that we could buy to support and listen to on the way there? Thanks muchly, P.S. I am an aspiring writer and your podcasts have inspired several stories (now if I could just get published) Txs again. Keep the Celtic light burning, in all its colors" Marshall Blosser emailed: "Marc, I have enjoyed your podcast for over 12 years. The variety of music you bring to this show never fails to inspire and amaze me. The fact that you follow the roots of the music and the tendrils of its influence show just how connected the world is and how music is one of those things that can unite everyone. You understand and respect that musically there is no one Celtic musical voice. But rather that it is a rich and varied chorus of voices that make up that sound. I applaud the fact that you are seeking musicians and tunes for a Celtic LGBTQIA+ Pride special next year. The fact that you stand for the diversity that makes this music so touching and valuable is wonderful and so needed everywhere. Peace and may you never lose your laughter, your joy or your autoharp Marshall Blosser" 38:08 - "Keys to the Castle" by Kellswater Bridge from The Proof Is in the Pudding 42:32 - "Hail to the Autumn" by Captain John Stout from Love Abides 46:35 - James Cope emailed: "Hi Marc,Your ebook is a wonderful gift, thank you. I see the changes in the music business, some beneficial, some not so much. Your ideas and knowledge help me as a long time, and older generation musician “unpaid Professional” (mostly) to find where I can land and have the best impact on the art form. Being upbeat in these changing times is a choice and you are an inspiration. As a friend of mine once said, “Damn! Jim you have made something from nothing!” So…. Damn Marc!! you have made something from nothing. Thanks again." Melinda emailed: "Marc, I have subscribed to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast - I am still listening to shows from years ago, which was where you played the Joss song, and the "Don't Drink with Hobbits" song, which I LOVE!  Shared it with my son who just cracked up with me. We are in El Paso - as far West as you can get!  Have not been to any of the festivals in Texas, but go to Phoenix each year to enjoy the Ren Fest there.  Have been to the Ren Fest in Bonner Springs, KS, in MD (think they shut that one down, but it was huge and wonderful!), and AZ.  Actually, I am still listening to your podcasts when you still lived in Austin, so didn't know that's not where you lived now :) Would love to see you live.  Will have to make sure to listen to the more up to date podcasts to get your latest events - or check your website. Keep up the great work! Slan Agat! 49:33 - "There's Worse Then That Around - Polka Niall - John Walsh" by The Jig Is Up! from First Steps 55:33 - "The Prettiest Hobbit" by Brobdingnagian Bards from I Will Not Sing Along 55:54 - Todd Thorne emailed photos: "Hello Mark, From the attached few pictures, I’ll bet you can instantly figure out where I took the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast this past month. For ages my wife and I aspired to visit Australia and New Zealand. Being two unabashed geeks, we could not make a trip Down Under without dropping in for a tour of Hobbiton. What an amazing day it was conjuring up the feeling that, at any moment, Sam, Frodo or Bilbo might emerge to challenge all of us interlopers in The Shire. While that particular encounter didn’t happen, I did get to talk up the podcast to fellow tourists plus our guide in response to their questions regarding my catchy and quite fetching t-shirt. Hopefully, you’ll pick up a few new worldly fans as a result. I’ve been a devoted listener to the podcast for many years and credit multiple episodes for enriching and expanding my collection of Celtic music. At last count, some 15 artists have joined my growing mix, which all came about only because you featured them in an episode after they submitted their hopes, ambitions and livelihood for consideration. Thanks to you and all the incredible indie Celtic artists for providing us a way to connect and support what we love. In closing, here’s an idea to ponder. What about a future Celtic Invasion Vacation to New Zealand? After all, Dunedin in the South Island has a mighty strong Scottish heritage and the Celtic spirit is alive and well I hear. Not to mention Hobbiton beckoning away on the North Island. A bit ambitious perhaps but it would be up there in the Trip of a Lifetime category, which I can definitely vouch for. My best to you, your family and all the fans in the 2019 new year. Sláinte! More about A Long Expected Party, next one is in 2020 58:38 - "Cut It Down" by Dylan Walshe from All Manner of Ways 1:02:56 - "Metamorphosis" by Sylvia Woods from The Harp of Brandiswhiere 1:05:37 - Margaret Zavala emailed: "Mark I just want to say thank you for the podcast that you put on. When I travel the world I can still listen to my celtic music. A few shows back, you featured Bangers and mash. well they’re playing near my hometown. in fact playing for two weeks just a five minute drive from my house. thank you for keeping me a contact such wonderful bands" Rachel Bryant emailed: "Marc, Just dropping you a line to say how much I'm enjoying all your podcasts!! This time of year, I especially appreciate holiday music that is different (and better) than what I'm forced to hear in public. Today, I am cleaning the house ahead of company, and enjoying the music and a very thematic beer, pic attached. I wish I could mail you some... maybe it's available in your area? I highly recommend this beer. I try to wear my podcast shirt so I can spread the word! I made a new group of friends that way just a week ago, and we swapped stories of our favorite music venues and Irish/Celtic festivals. Happy Holidays to you and your family!" Subscribe to Celtic Christmas Podcast. It starts back up in November! 1:07:14 - "Erin's Revenge" by The Jackdaws from Colors 1:10:59 - "My Mother" by Claire Roche from From Then Until the Here and Now 1:14:58 - Darius emailed photos: "Hello Marc, I came across your wonderful podcast recently & subscribed! Regarding voting, although all your featured musicians are wonderful, when asked to vote for a specific episode's featured musician, perhaps asking to vote for that particular/featured song would be more appropriate? By that I mean, I have gone back & searched the bands featured but found 2 or 3 songs as my personal favourites. Absolutely no offence to the great bands but I wouldn't go as far as voting them as my favourite bands, rather songs :) Also, what do you think about either as the final episode of the year or the first episode of the year, featuring the top rated songs of the year, voted by the listeners? Anyway thank you again and I promise to become a paid subscriber once I have some income. Currently in the process of starting a sustainable, holistic, self sufficient & off-grid Ecovillage in Canada. More on that if you are interested. Namaste" Vote in the Celtic Top 20. Begum Unveroglu emailed a photo: "Hello there! I am listening to Scarborough fair episode on a train trip from Ankara to Istanbul. I am loving your show! By chance, I had opportunity to hear my favorite American Irish Music group the Gothard Sisters!!! Much love" 1:17:26 - "4 Concertina Reel Set" by Black Market Haggis from Better Than It Sounds 1:20:14 - "Rob Roy MacGregor" by Crepuscule from Hap and Rowe 1:23:15 - Dan Kulhanek emailed: "Marc,I was able to receive the downloads. Thank you so much!  I use them on my running playlist. I have your podcast to thank for where I am today. My wife’s family is Scottish and Irish. I am of German heritage. After attending several St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with them, I really started to listen to the music. I stumbled upon your podcast shortly thereafter. I was a casual listener for a number of years. After the economic collapse of 2008, I found myself without a job. I went back to school to become a nurse and found that I needed to learn how to speed read in order to keep up with the assignments. I used the jigs and reels in your podcast to help keep me on tempo and keep my speed up. Fast forward several years later.... My daughter wanted to take dance lessons. My mother in law told her that if we enrolled her in Irish or Highland Dance she would pay for lessons. My daughter settled on Highland Dance and we found a group that offered lessons. It was a pipe and drum band with a dance troop. They also offered bagpipe lessons for free. After listening to your podcast for several years, my love for the music had grown so much that I jumped on the opportunity to learn the bagpipes. I now have become an active member of the band, performing for gigs and the competition team, but I also have branched out on my own as a solo piper. I look forward to your podcast every week. Please keep up the great work and we’ll keep listening!” 1:25:14 - "Love Is Ever the Strongest Spell" by The Round Table from Tales from the Turning Leaf 1:29:44 - "Jiggy Biddy's Slur Horn" by Tartanic from Uncharted 1:32:46 - Gerry Corr emailed a video: "Marc, Had a great evening listening to your Podcasts…….sitting on the deck on a cool, late summer evening enjoying sweet Uisce Beatha" GERRY CORR VIDEO Mike Coombs emailed a photo: "Dear Marc, I really love your podcasts! Thank you so much for introducing me to loads of superb bands and singers that otherwise I wouldn’t have heard. I listen mostly in my car. I’m a peripatetic guitar/bass/banjo teacher in the UK. I also play in a barn dance band and compose mostly acoustic guitar based instrumental music. I hope to be recording my first solo album with a couple of Celtic style tracks in the next few months." 1:34:05 - "Pride of Newfoundland" by The Celtic Kitchen Party from Sociable 1:37:42 - "Welsh Medley" by Moch Pryderi from Jig Moch 1:41:39 - André Paz emailed: "Hey Marc Gunn! I'm a brasilian biologist, musician and flute player. I love your Podcasts, and I always listen to you, mainly while working/studying. I've started with the Celtic music because of a brasilian band called Tuatha de Danann. I'd like to indicate them for you. I just listened to the "Summer Road Trip #361", and I heard a Brasilian band, Braia! They have almost the same musicians of the band I mentioned. Here follows some other names I remembered, mainly with flute or Whistles on their songs: Kernunna (BR), Tuatha de Danann (BR) , Braia (BR) , Flook, Luar na Lubre, MuteFish, Thanks for your very nice mood, always, and for  your inspiration! Enjoy the summer there! Hugs from Brasil" 1:43:04 - "I'll Neither Spin Nor Weave" by Teton Skye from Teton Skye 1:45:55 - "Harvest Season - Second Cutting" by Alexander James Adams from Harvest Season - Second Cutting 1:48:47 - Erika Burkhardt tweeted: "Thanks for episode #371 of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Putting it to good use this morning planning lessons at the park." Sasha, the Travelin' Quaker emailed a photo: "Hi Marc, I saved up several episodes of the show for us to listen to as we hiked part of the Barrow Way on our trip to Ireland (we are still here). It has been great catching live music and recognizing many of the songs I have heard on the show. Thanks again for an amazing show!" 1:49:30 - "Emmet's Hedgehog" by Molly's Revenge With Moira Smiley from The Western Shore 1:54:10 - "Ae Fond Kiss" by Celtic Woman from Ancient Land Deluxe 1:58:03 - Bonfilio Acencio emailed: "Hi Marc. I have been loving the podcast for like 3 years. I work outside landscaping so the music fits the surroundings, although Tennessee hills are not as great as Ireland it will do. But right now I have the great luck to go back and pick some of my favorite episodes, my girlfriend and I are going to the beach and I get to DJ the road trip (well really you do) Give my love to the family and ill let you know how the trip go's. Keep up the amazing work." Annie Moisan emailed: "Allo Marc, I am from Québec, Canada. I am french so sorry for my english!!! Just for tell you that I love your podcast. I listen it during I'm working (I'm a IT programmer at home). We love Irish music. My husband and I have a duo and we play Irish music not professionnaly but we did a "home CD" two years ago and went to Ireland 4 times now. We like to sing Irish songs in French, English and Irish. We do little show with the projection of our photos of Ireland during we are playing for transmit our love of this country. I specially like harmony voices like The Selkie Girls, Lumiere, Sora, High Kings, Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer. But also Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Caladh Nua, Barrule. Thanks a lot to promote Irish music. We discovered on your podcast many signers and groups that we love. Still continue! With great regards! Annie" 2:00:10 - "Town of Strabane" by O'hanleigh from Of Irish Crossings Told 2:04:19 - "Tom McElvogue's / The Monaghan Twig / Woman of the House" by Ciana from Loneliest Road 2:07:40 - Daniel L emailed photos: "Hey mark! I love the podcast, thanks for being such a dedicated collector and distributer of Celtic music. I listen through Mixcloud, and love to dig into old episodes daily. My father was a piper and flute player. your podcast is a great way to keep the traditional music I was raised on, in my life. Here's a pic of me at work (I'm on the left side of the left rig) we rig suspended scaffolding and then paint beautiful signs and advertisements. This one is for Gucci in downtown manhattan. If you zoom I've got my headphones in, listening to your podcast of course! An (almost) finished picture. And one more of our truck once we packed it all up. Keep doing your thing! Much love from nyc" 2:08:37 - "Sweet Bride" by Vintage Wildflowers from Lovely Madness 2:12:27 - "Gypsy Lady" by Katherine Nagy from Single 2:15:35 - "An Buachillin Ban" by Bellow Bridge from Cautionary Tales 2:19:28 - Jay Martin emailed from San Francisco: "Marc, All right, I Spotified. The first song I heard was "Last Gift" by Marys Lane. That song answers a question from Michael Truman Kavanaugh in show 376. How did that happen? Thanks for the music." Listen to the Irish & Celtic Music Playlist on Spotify 2:21:46 - "When First I Came to Caledonia" by Jil Chambless from The Ladies Go Dancing The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. To subscribe, go to Apple Podcasts or to our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/.   CELTIC PODCAST NEWS * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. My name is Marc Gunn. I am a Celtic musician and podcaster. This show is dedicated to the indie Celtic musicians. I want to ask you to support these artists. Share the show with your friends. And find more episodes at celticmusicpodcast.com. You can also support this podcast on Patreon. New to the show? Listen for free Each episode list the showing times for each song played on the show. This makes it easy for you to skip around or find an artist you love Vote for each of your favorite artist in each episode of the show Tell a friend Listen to the next episode of the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast every week TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through it's culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos. Join the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com! VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 With the new year comes a new votes in the Celtic Top 20. This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. Just list the show number, and the name of as many bands in the episode as you like. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2019 episode.  Vote Now! THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST! Because of Your kind and generous support, this show comes out every week and has done so since 2014. You can pledge a dollar or more per episode and cap how much you want to spend each month over on Patreon. Your generosity funds the creation, promotion and production of the show. It allows us to attract new listeners and to help our community grow. Plus, you get to hear episodes before regular listeners. When we hit a milestone, you get an extra-long episode. We are super close to getting a two-hour instrumental special. I want to thank our Patrons of the Podcast: You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast at http://patreon.com/celticpodcast.   I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can send a written comment along with a picture of what you're doing while listening. Email a voicemail message to celticpodcast@gmail.com     #irishmusic #celticmusic #irishcelticmusic

In this podcast we sit down with our great friend Brian Murphy, CEO of the Quality Deer Management Association in the USA. Brian joined us in Australia in August in conversations across South Eastern Australia about wild deer management and the positive role that hunters and hunting can play. We discuss the Quality Deer Management Association and its mission, QDM in Tasmania, recruiting new hunters, venison diplomacy and hunters for the hungry, the wild harvest initiative, the threat of chronic wasting disease, how these are the best of times for Australian deer hunters and how the future might look for us.

South eastern Australia is being warned to prepare for the year's coldest weather so far.Freezing conditions, blizzards and damaging winds are forecast. - Південно-східну частину Австралії попереджено, щоб підготуватися до найхолоднішої погоди на сьогоднішній період.Прогнозуються умови замерзання, хуртовини та руйнівний вітер.

South eastern Australia is being warned to prepare for the year's coldest weather so far.Freezing conditions, blizzards and damaging winds are forecast. - Stanovnicima jugoistočne Australije upućeno je upozorenje da se pripreme na najhladnije vrijeme ove godine. Naime, prema vremenskoj prognozi taj dio zemlje očekuju vrlo niske temperature, olujno nevrijeme i vrlo jaki vjetar.

In this week's episode of Blood & Wine, Brittany and Tyler dive into the world of murder by poison and introduce two female killers who knew their way around a toxin: Vera Renczi and Genene Jones. Featured Wine: 2017 19 Crimes The Uprising Red from South Eastern Australia, Australia

The large gas and oil sectors in Australia are dominated by global companies. In the last few years, they have launched an offensive against workers in Australia to slash wages and conditions.Longford in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria is the latest flashpoint of this battle. Esso is trying to force its maintenance workers to be employed by a shelf company which would pay them up to 40% less in wages and introduce brutal shifts that would see workers working up to 4 weeks straight.We talk to Dane Colman, a maintenance workers with the Electrical Trades Union of Victoria, about their 5 months long community assembly and the dynamics and impacts of their struggle.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia

Hollie is a Mama and Wife who has learned the value and ancient power of Being keeper of her own home (both inside and out). She is a path-maker, and never a follower. Hollie lives on a 100 acre property of bush forest in the ranges of South Eastern Australia. Her family is building their homestead by hand from mostly recycled materials. Eventually she plans to build a spiritual retreat on this land but in the meantime she runs workshops on various topics, like visioning and journalling, for females of all ages from young to old who have retain the urge to learn.

Astrophiz 31 is out now on iTunes and Soundcloud. Our feature interview is with Dr Elisabetta Barberio who explains a new Dark matter Experiment deep in a goldmine in South Eastern Australia. Elisabetta is a member of the Experimental Particle Physics Group at the University of Melbourne. Previously, she was a staff researcher at CERN, the European laboratory of Particle Physics. She was involved with data analysis in the OPAL experiment at the Large Electron Positron Collider at CERN, and has worked on the Higgs Boson and ATLAS, which is a particle physics experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Dr Ian Musgrave in our regular feature, ‘What’s up Doc?’ tells us what to look for in the night sky this week using naked eye, binoculars or telescopes, and Jupiter is ruling our skies. In the news: Dr Brad Tucker and ANU astronomers launch a Citizen Science project and public search of the southern skies for the elusive 'Planet Nine’ using data from the Skymapper telescope at Siding Springs in Australia. 2.The largest magnetic fields ever found in the universe are caused by collisions between immense galaxy clusters, and these giant magnetic fields are millions of light years across and 100 times larger than the Milky Way. 3. How to hunt for a black hole with a telescope the size of Earth. How do you photograph a black hole? Impossible you say? Inventive researchers have plans to do exactly that, and hope to grab the first images of an event horizon — the point of no return from the black hole at the centre of our Milky Way. 4. Using the Australian AAOmega+2dF Spectrograph and the Southern African Large Telescope astronomers have just discovered one of the most massive superclusters in the universe hiding behind the Milky Way in the constellation of Vela. This is a massive group of several galaxy clusters, each one containing hundreds or thousands of galaxies. The researchers estimate that this Vela supercluster could contain somewhere between 1,000 and 10,000 trillion stars. Their calculations also show Vela is about 800 million light-years distant and zooming farther and farther away from us at a speed of about 40 million mph (18,000 kilometers per second).

Ever wondered what histamines are, and why some people are anti-histamine? Stu finds out why histamines are actually important and why stopping them permanently might be a bad idea. Chris looks at a new review questioning the very existence of the placebo effect. And Claire discovers that South Eastern Australia is undergoing a mosquito plague of biblical proportions, and wonders if it's a bad thing or not.  

On today’s show I taste three wines made from the Gewurztraminer grape from around the world, provide background on the grape, talk about matching food with wine, play a clip from Podcast411’s interview with Senator John Edwards and announce the wines for the next virtual tasting. Wines featured: - Cuvee Anne-Laure, Gewurztraminer 2003, Alsace ($10.55) - Columbia Crest, “2-Vines”, Gewurztraminer 2003, Washington ($5.55) - Rosemount Estate, Traminer-Riesling 2004, South Eastern Australia ($4.95)

A special edition of the show devoted to sparkling wine, just in time for the New Year! I talk about the history of sparkling wine, how it's made, Champagne glass types and taste three wines from around the world: - Seaview Brut, 2001, South Eastern Australia ($9) - Mumm Napa Blanc de Noirs, NV, Napa Valley ($16) - Taittinger Champagne Brut, NV, Reims, France ($30)

The drift history of Gondwana following the break-up of Rodinia (or perhaps Pannotia) to the amalgamation into Pangaea has great implications in many disciplines in Earth sciences, but remains largely unknown. Among the apparent polar wander (APW) paths published for Gondwana in the last few decades, large discrepancies exist (sometimes up to thousands of kilometres). The mid Palaeozoic segment of the APW path is particularly problematic, and two primary schools of thought arise. Some authors favour a Silurian – Devonian loop in their APW path passing through southern South America (on a reconstruction of Gondwana), whereas others draw a path directly through Africa during this period. The main controversy stems essentially from whether or not palaeomagnetic data from eastern Australia are incorporated in order to compensate for the lack of mid Palaeozoic data. Determining whether the terranes of the Southern Tasmanides are (para-)autochthonous or allochthonous in origin is therefore of crucial importance and a matter of intense debate. The aim of the work presented herein is to palaeomagnetically define the positions of these terranes throughout the Palaeozoic in order to better constrain the complex tectonic history of this region and to help clarifying the APW path of Gondwana. The construction of an APW path is discussed herein. An attempt is made to determine whether only “objective” criteria can be employed to select data used to draw an APW path. However, it is shown that the palaeomagnetic database has not enough entries. Subjective data selection must be introduced leading to two end-members: the X-type and the Y-type, thought to be best illustrated by the X-path proposed by Bachtadse & Briden (1991) and the Y-path proposed by Schmidt et al. (1990). These two models are, therefore, used in the discussion of the results obtained for this study. The Southern Tasmanides had a complex tectonic history with several orogenic events throughout the Palaeozoic. The sampling coverage carried out for this study comprises fifty localities (289 sites, 1576 cores, 3969 specimens; see table 1, pages 54-55) distributed along an east-west transect across most of the subdivisions of the Southern Tasmanides. The sampled localities are gathered in three main areas: the Broken Hill area, the Mount Bowen area, and the Molong area, which are situated where no published palaeomagnetic studies were previously available providing, therefore, new information. Sampling and laboratory procedures have been carried out using standard techniques. In particular, detailed stepwise thermal demagnetisation, principal component analysis, anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and rock magnetic measurements have been systematically employed. The routine measurement of the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility allowed drawing the first maps of the magnetic fabrics throughout the region. A strong correlation between the magnetic fabrics and the main tectonic structures corroborates the existence of cross-structures (E-W) in the Southern Tasmanides. The directions of magnetisation obtained yielded much information, despite poor quality. The effects of weathering are deep, intense and widespread. For example, most of the samples from the Mount Arrowsmith Formation (localities ARR & ARO) and the Funeral Creek Limestone (FUN) in the Broken Hill area (western New South Wales) are totally remagnetised, as well as some from the Mitchell Formation (MIT) in the Molong area (eastern New South Wales). Secondary magnetisations are also largely responsible for the bad results obtained in most of the fifty localities studied. Intermediate directions of magnetisation are common and often result in significant data scattering, as illustrated for instance by results from the Kandie Tank Limestone (KAN; Broken Hill area) or the Ambone and Ural Volcanics (HOP, BOW, SHE; Mount Bowen area). In general, it has not been possible to precise the remagnetisation process leading to those scattering. Nevertheless, a major remagnetisation event, probably thermo-chemical in origin, has been also recognised. This event is thought to be Oligocene in age and triggered by changes in geothermal gradient prior to the onset of hot spot volcanism in the Molong area. The existence of Jurassic overprints are also suggested, in particular in the Broken Hill area, possibly in association of intrusion of mafic dykes. All other magnetic components described herein are considered Palaeozoic in age, but further constraints on age are very difficult to establish since field tests are most often not significant. Palaeopoles obtained from three localities, however, are believed to correspond to primary magnetisations. The pole from the Late Cambrian Cupala Creek Formation (CUP), confirmed by a positive unconformity test, implies that this zone can be regarded fixed relative to the craton since the Late Cambrian. In the Early Devonian Mount Daubeny Formation (DAU), the applied fold test, contact test and conglomerate test indicate the primary origin of the magnetisation carried by haematite. The corresponding pole (DAU) is, however, significantly distinct from the VGP deduced from the Early Devonian Ural Volcanics (MER) showing that at least one of the two localities has been rotated. The MER pole agrees with the remagnetisation pole associated with the Cupala Creek Formation, and favours the X-type of APW path proposed by Bachtadse & Briden (1991) for Gondwana. The outcome of this agreement contradicts the Y-type path and the existence of a Silurian – Devonian loop mainly anchored on the Early Devonian Snowy River Volcanics pole obtained by Schmidt et al. (1987). Invocation of terrane rotation, arising possibly from a pull-apart basin, may explain the discrepancy between the pole from Mount Daubeny Formation and the X-path. The most significant finding of this study is the widespread terrane rotation. This conclusion is based upon the inability of intermediate directions of magnetisation, alternate APW path for Gondwana, true polar wander or non-dipole field contribution to correctly explain the distribution of these new data. Consequently, one has to admit that block translation and rotation occurred in the Southern Tasmanides in the first half of the Palaeozoic Era and perhaps up to the Early Carboniferous. A possible scenario concerning the tectonic arrangement of blocks in the Southern Tasmanides is presented in conclusion. This palinspastic model involves block translation in the Siluro-Devonian, and rotation in the Early and more probably Middle Devonian, with late tectonic displacements and rotations in the South-Western Belt of the Lachlan Orogen in the Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous.