Radio Marinara

In this week's episode the team dive into ocean related topics, where Dr Elodie Camprasse joins once again to inform listerns about the spider crabs, and Richard Pensak from Earth Care St Kilda sheds light on sea stars. Dr Alessandro Toffoli also fills the team in about what's happening with the rouge waves in Vistoria and artist Anatol Pitt discusses mollusks which is the focus point of their exhibition 'All these eyes were mine' at Incinerator Gallery.

This week the team speak to Dr Vanessa Pirotta, a self-declared ‘whale addict’ and author of 'Humpback Highway'. Vanessa talks about her initial attraction to whales at a young age, leading to an indepth study of them during her PHD. What started as a fascination for those mysterious animal she had only ever "seen or heard of in children's books" grows into a career where she has gotten to swim alongside them; and get involved with the nitty-gritty of collecting samples from their snot and exrement to better understand marine-life as a whole. The extraordinary fun - and not so fun - facts of these cetaceans are teased during her conversation, including the direct and indirect ways humans are having an insidious effect on whales, and all sea life. This can all be further explored in her most recent novel 'Humpback Highway'.

Unfortunately Josh Kirkman, CEO 'Surfers for Climate' was unable to join the team this week. We hope to have him join us soon to talk about how 'Surfers for Climate' have been honing in on the surf community, in order to try and spread awareness of the different types of human activities causing climate change.

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Dr Beach and Dr Surf are joined by shaper of DMS Surfboards Dillion Milenkovich and Deakin University researcher Brady Hamilton. Milenkovich discusses his mobile surf museum and his podcast called ‘Salt of the Peninsula’. Hamilton explains his nationwide citizen science project called Pesticide Watch, which is aimed at engaging the public to monitor pesticides in our waterways.

Bron and Rachel are joined by Port Phillip Baykeeper Neil Blake, marine scientist Kade Mills and coastal palaeontologist Ben Francischelli. Blake provides information on the predicted sea level rises due to climate change and their implications for our local beaches. Mills details his explorations in San Remo and the discoveries of a type of sea slug called the nudibranch. Francischelli discusses his curation of a fossil exhibition called ‘Prehistoric Bayside,’ which will be taking place in Brighton next June.

This week, Bron and Fam talk to Scott Breschkin from The Nature Conservancy to give an update on their big "Multi-habitat Seascape Restoration" plan. Dr. Elodie Camprasse from Deakin University also joined the team to discuss about the out of season appearance of Spider Crabs in the bay.

The team also discuss about the new award-winning film The Road to Patagonia with its director Matty Hannon, and Jeff Maynard to rank more terrible marine movies as part of his segment.

This week Bron Burton & Dr. Beach are joined by special guests; Cara Hull with diving reports from Jervis Bay, Captain Peter Hammarstedt on Sea Shepherd's latest Australian vessel 'Allankay', and Dr. Elodie Campresse delving into the world of spider crabs. Discover the secrets of the sea on Radio Marinara.

Bron and Kade talk to Zoe Britain about algae, its myths and truths, also a chat about Ocean film fest with founder and chief executive Jemima Robinson. as well as a chat with Paul Thompson, Vice president of Peninsular board riders who celebrate their 50th year.

This week Anthony Boxshall and Dr. Beach talk to Cabin Boy about the classic boat festival in Paynesville, and to guests Dr. Felicity McCormack on ice sheets and climate tipping points in Antarctic, and to Rob Lorenzon about the world of dog surfing. Tune in for all this and more!

Bron Burton and Kade Mills are joined by Port Phillip Baykeeper Neil Blake, Charles Darwin University PhD student Julia Constance, and two surfing ambassadors for Patagonia Australia (Lauren Hill and Dave Rastovich). Blake discusses areas of Port Phillip Bay where Northern Pacific seastars can be removed. Constance details her research into the extinction of the Java stingaree. Hill and Rastovich provide information on Patagonia’s newest short film ‘Kin,’ which from February 29 will be available to stream for free on Patagonia’s website in a bid to motivate other communities to take steps to protect Australia’s marine ecosystems.

Bron and Dr Beach chat with Geoff Naylor, member of the Geelong Skin Divers, who helped discover the Ships' Graveyard 50 years ago, close to Point Lonsdale.

Plus, Prof. Catriona Hurd (University of Tasmania) chats about seaweed's ability (or lack there of) to capture carbon emissions in the environment, and author Jeff Maynard introduces a new segment, The Top Ten Worst Underwater Movies. Curious about the first film off the rank? Tune in and find out.