This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Woomera Part 3, South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Wikipedia - High Explosive research

Wikipedia - Operation Hurricane

Mirror - Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - Operation Mosaic

Wikipedia - McClelland Royal Commission

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera (Part 2), South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

#Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

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DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:06– Croc watch

00:12:50 – Chevron boss’s gripe about Australia: be more like the US or the Middle East

00:35:40 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Woomera Part 3, South Australia

01:04:05 – Australia blames Iran for antisemitic arson attacks, expels envoy

01:25:16 – This week in Australian history 22-28 Aug

01:33:35 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Tourist shares harrowing story after waking up to crocodile bite at beach: 'The force of a sledgehammer'

Tourist speaks out after crocodile bit him on the feet while he slept on a Queensland beach

What we know about Iran's involvement in antisemitic attacks in Australia

Iran's alleged sponsoring of antisemitic attacks in Australia may be a 'power projection exercise'

Australia blames Iran for antisemitic arson attacks, expels envoy

Chevron boss’s gripe about Australia: be more like the US or the Middle East

Chevron delivers gas warning to Labor with Australian investment souring

Wikipedia - High Explosive research

Wikipedia - Operation Hurricane

Mirror - Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - Operation Mosaic

Wikipedia - McClelland Royal Commission

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera (Part 2), South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Halls Creek Part 2, Western Australia from the 21 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Wikipedia - Canning Stock Route

Australia's North West - Canning stock route

Canning Stock Route Road Trip

Key Aboriginal Trade Routes of Ancient Australia

Canning Stock Route art project

This article is more than 9 years old A dark chapter of history is tied up in the name of the Canning electorate

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Halls Creek (Part 1), Western Australia from the 7 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'. 

Song lines - Oodnadatta episode

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

Contact us at [email protected]

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:12:21 – The government has asked for bold proposals. Maybe it’s time to tax the family home.

00:46:52 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Halls Creek Part 2, Western Australia

01:07:12 – $100 billion Nullarbor energy project sparks outrage

01:32:35 – This week in Australian history 15-21 Aug

01:40:58 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

The government has asked for bold proposals. Maybe it’s time to consider taxing the family home

Australia is now a 'home owners' welfare state', and income inequality is worse than we think

Housing, Income Inequality and Progressivity of Taxes and Transfers

Implications of declining home ownership

Tax rates – Australian resident

$100bn Nullarbor energy project sparks outrage

Western Green Energy Hub

Beneath the plains of the Nullarbor lies an underground world formed over millions of years

Western Green Energy Hub proposal would transform the Nullarbor. What are the odds of it going ahead?

Wikipedia - Canning Stock Route

Australia's North West - Canning stock route

Canning Stock Route Road Trip

Key Aboriginal Trade Routes of Ancient Australia

Canning Stock Route art project

This article is more than 9 years old A dark chapter of history is tied up in the name of the Canning electorate

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Halls Creek (Part 1), Western Australia from the 7 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'. 

Song lines - Oodnadatta episode

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera (Part 2), South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

First British atomic bomb test on Montebello Islands – documentary

Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - British nuclear tests at Maralinga

Wikipedia - RAAF Woomera range complex

Wikipedia - Montebello Islands

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera Part 1, South Australia from 24 Jul 2025

#Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

Contact us at [email protected]

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:10:36 – ‘If the reef had a voice, it would sing’: could legal personhood help the Great Barrier Reef?

00:31:32 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Woomera (Part 2), South Australia

00:59:58 – Sydney Uni students will use ChatGPT, so let’s teach them how

01:20:29 – This week in Australian history 8-14 Aug

01:30:39 - XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Sydney Uni students will use ChatGPT, so let’s teach them how

Sydney Uni - Academic Integrity

 ‘If the reef had a voice, it would sing’: could legal personhood help the Great Barrier Reef?

World’s biggest coral survey confirms sharp decline in Great Barrier Reef after heatwave

First British atomic bomb test on Montebello Islands – documentary

Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - British nuclear tests at Maralinga

Wikipedia - RAAF Woomera range complex

Wikipedia - Montebello Islands

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera Part 1, South Australia from 24 Jul 2025

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Halls Creek (Part 1), Western Australia from the 7 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Wikipedia - Halls Creek, Western Australia

Purnululu National Park

Wikipedia - Purnululu National Park

Wikipedia - Bungle Bungle range

Bungle Bungle

Wikipedia - Wolfe Creek Crater

Aussietowns - Halls Creek, WA

Wolfe Creek Crater: 2nd largest meteorite impact crater in the world!

Wolfe Creek Crater National Park

#Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

Contact us at [email protected]

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:14:28 – ASIO disrupted 24 'major' espionage operations in three years, spy chief reveals

00:46:58 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Halls Creek (Part 1), Western Australia

01:09:56 – Albanese government backflip on YouTube social media ban is one of Olympic proportions

01:37:34 – This week in Australian history 28-31 July & 1-7 Aug

01:50:45 - XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

ASIO disrupted 24 'major espionage and foreign interference' operations in three years

‘Spying at unprecedented levels’: ASIO boss sounds alarm on espionage threat

Children to be banned from having YouTube accounts as Albanese government backflips on exemption

Gen Z grew up on YouTube. They say a ban is a blow to culture and community

Government backflip on YouTube social media ban is one of Olympic proportions

Wikipedia - Halls Creek, Western Australia

Purnululu National Park

Wikipedia - Purnululu National Park

Wikipedia - Bungle Bungle range

Bungle Bungle

Wikipedia - Wolfe Creek Crater

Aussietowns - Halls Creek, WA

Wolfe Creek Crater National Park

Wolfe Creek Crater: 2nd largest meteorite impact crater in the world!

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Silverton, New South Wales segment from the 2025 Special Episode 1 of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Aussie Towns - Silverton, NSW

Wikipedia - Silverton, NSW

Movie Locations - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Wikipedia - The Battle of Broken Hill

Museums of History NSW - The battle of Broken Hill

Wikipedia - 1992 in Australia

#Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

Contact us at [email protected]

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:02:40 – Dangerous Australian animals Part 1

00:35:27 – Silverton, New South Wales

00:49:07 – Dangerous Australian animals Part 2

01:48:55 – This year in Australian history 1992

02:09:37 - XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Australian Museum - Dangerous Australian Animals

Australian Geographic - Australia’s dangerous animals: the top 30

St John WA - DRSABCD Action Plan

Australian Magpies Singing Compilation - one of the most beautiful bird calls

My Doctor - First aid for bites and stings: Stonefish and other stinging fish

My Doctor - First aid for bites and stings: Snakes

Australia Wide First Aid - Shark Attack First Aid

Australia Wide First Aid - Funnel Web Spider Bites

Outback Australia Travel Guide - Saltwater Crocodile Attacks In Australia

NT Government - Crocodile safety

Aussie Towns - Silverton, NSW

Wikipedia - Silverton, NSW

Movie Locations - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Wikipedia - The Battle of Broken Hill

Museums of History NSW - The battle of Broken Hill

Wikipedia - 1992 in Australia

#Australia #Australian