Days Like These

One evening, a team of scientists realise that a tracking device they'd attached to a bull shark off the coast of NSW has come ashore and is now leaving a GPS trail all over Wollongong and surrounds. This tag, once attached to a bull shark's dorsal fin, contains valuable scientific data that could help unlock the secrets of the deep, and of the apex predators who call it home. But will a team of researchers, citizen scientists and a social media frenzy be enough to track down a lost shark tag before the signal goes dead?

Cut Copy. Evermore. Bliss n Esso. British India. Tame Impala!

You've got your tickets. Your favourite band is headlining and your mates are by your side.

A music festival in amongst the wild animals at a South Australian Zoo ... it could have been so right.

So how did everything go so, so wrong?

Singer-songwriter Shellie Morris still remembers the first time she heard Yothu Yindi's Treaty. She had left her adopted white family in Sydney when "Treaty yeah, Treaty now" blared through her car radio, and changed her forever. 

The song would become part of the soundtrack of her incredible journey to find her Aboriginal birth family in the Northern Territory and to work out where, and what, home really is.

Tai Snaith has always loved animals, especially horses. After growing up on a farm, she thought she was used to the practical cycles of life and death that Australian country life can throw at you.

But when her beloved horse Ziffy dies, she shares an unbelievable moment with him… it’s on the very boundary of the known and the unknown. She knows this bond will last forever.

How do you orchestrate a meeting with your hero? For Tate Sheridan it was simple: a clandestine operation involving a long and heartfelt letter, a demo CD, some wrapping paper and sneaky dash backstage at a big Elton John gig.

Two years later, Tate was to join his now mentor on tour, performing in front of 38,000 Elton John fans playing the actual piano of a real life rock and roll god. Thanks to Tate Sheridan for scoring this episode and for allowing us to use his music. Tracks in the episode are 'Life Was Lonely', 'Fade to Black' and 'Angel Man'

Jason grows up with saltwater in his veins and adventure in his bones. In a little seaside Queensland town with the Coral Sea as their playground, Jason and the locals tie up mud crabs for sport ... with their toes. When opportunity calls him to a seafaring job in Thailand, he leaves home behind — the crabs, the family, the quiet fishing life he knows. He couldn’t imagine the mayhem ahead and what it would cost him. Jason’s journey home to Stanage Bay is long and difficult ... but ultimately triumphant.

Narelle Grech was a teenager when she first discovered that she'd been conceived using donor sperm. As her shock turned to deep curiosity, Narelle decided — she had to meet this man.

All she has to go on is his donor code, T5.

It leads her on a search that spans two decades, take her across continents and results in a landmark law that allows donor-conceived people to learn the identity of their donor — and vice versa.

Thanks to the ABC's Damien Carrick and Sarah Dingle for the use of archival interviews in this episode.

An actor's life can be punishing. It's competitive, unpredictable and, no matter how hard you work, success is often down to dumb luck. There are no guarantees, and maintaining a thick skin is essential.

When actor Kate McNamara wins an award that could potentially transform her career, her life does change. Just not in the way she expected. From a miserable night in Sydney to an energy healer in Bali, how will she make peace with what could have been?