The Bay is our point of departure into the creation of Marine National Parks and Sanctuaries in Victoria. Our first episode looks broadly at at a wider environmental context including the bay's social and geological time -- because Port Phillip Bay is very rich in both.

Graham Patterson, a local historian and avid bushwalker, will talk and walk us around Port Philip Bay. Explaining its geological as well its more recent European Settlement history -- while he introduces us to some of the current environmental threats facing the bay. We also will hear from Sandie Webb speaking about her special connection to the Jawbone Marine Sanctuary, an ecological gem just out of Williamstown in Melbourne.

Interviewees:

- Graham Patterson, local historian and author of "Coastal guide to nature and history: Port Phillip Bay"

- Sandy Webb, Jawbone Marine Sanctuary Care Group

Photo credit: Kade Mills