Radio Marinara

Allyson O’Brien from the Australian Marine Sciences Association talks about the upcoming event ‘Showcasing Victoria’s Marine Science: Spotlight on early careers researchers'; Celebrated Melbourne-based artist and curator Lisa Waup and her colleague Paul Bishop discuss the creation of ‘Seaing Country’, a public art project soon to be paragliding around the Ninch as part of the 'Front Beach Back Beach' extravaganza; Jeff Maynard continues to explain the history of diving according to Bond (James Bond!), diving into Agent 077 (not a typo). Remember, when the movies get worse, Soundwaves gets better. With presenters Bron and Dr Beach.

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Baykeeper Neil Blake reports on the 20th anniversary celebrations of Victoria’s Marine National Parks and Sanctuaries. Dr Tim O’Hara, Museums Victoria Research Institute’s senior curator of marine invertebrates, chats about CSIRO’s research vessel ‘The Investigator’ returning from a voyage mapping the Indian Ocean seafloor; and Dave Donnelly from Killer Whales Australia and PhD researcher Isabella Reeves discuss the genetic links between the renowned orca ‘Old Tom’ and today's killer whale populations all over Australia. With presenters Bron Burton and Dr. Beach.

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Rex Hunter talks about Port Phillip Heads and the work of the Port Phillip Sea Pilots; Dr Kim Reid is a researcher in the Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes at Monash University, and explains how oceans drive our weather and our climate; and Dr Paul Carnell chats about how sea urchins and kelp interact. With presenters Dr Beach and Anth.

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Cabin Boy recounts the tale of the ‘Edwina May’, a Ghost Ship that you may have seen from the South Gippsland Highway. Then, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery and Deakin University's Public Art Commission present Front Beach Back Beach (FBBB) – a massive public art project that celebrates the 'Ninch' in all its glory. The team chat to Danny Lacy, Co-Director of FBBB and Director of Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery about the project’s origins, and then to artists Lisa Waup and Katie Lee, who have works on show at the Festival. With presenters Bron Burton and Cabin Boy.

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Presenters Bron and Dr Beach talk to coastal paleontologist Ben Francischelli about Naarm’s very own giant seabird dinosaurs known as ‘pelagornithids’, the largest flying bird that ever existed; Dr Nigel Bradly, CEO of Envirostrat, NZ, explains an exciting development in a huge aquaculture start-up program that not only regenerates algae in the waters off the Coromandel peninsula, but has all the hallmarks of a huge new sustainable seaweed industry; and Dr Beach reports on a new insight into water bears - or tardigrades as they are officially known - and their incredible ability to withstand environmental extremes.

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Presenters Bron and Fam catch up with Matt Crawley and Suzanne Hudgell from the Bellarine Catchment Network about the launch of an exciting new Coastcare group on the Bellarine Peninsula; Caitlyn O’Dea, Master’s student at Edith Cowan University, talks about the seagrasses of seven WA estuaries that are part of the Healthy Estuaries WA program, a WA State Government initiative; and Melbourne cabaret artist Amanda Buckley chats about her faaaabulous one-woman show called ‘Ethel Mermaid - Songs in the Key of Sea’ which is on as part of Melbourne Fringe. She's Barbra meets Liza meets Patti meets Jaws. She does it all. Just underwater!

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Presenters Bron, Anth and Kade chat to Dave Donnelly about killer whales and recent mass strandings; Kade asks... What do we know about our Marine National Parks? Sure, they were created 20 years ago to protect representative areas of Victoria’s unique and diverse marine environments. But have they worked? And what have we learnt from marine protection in Victoria? Parks Victoria’s Marine & Coastal Science Manager Dr Michael Sams answers these questions and shares some of the awesome research done over the past 20 years. And UK correspondent Dr Bryce Stewart from the University of York, speaks about how the UK Offshore Wind farms manage their interactions with fisheries.

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Baykeeper Neil Blake talks about his brilliant new penguin-proof plant guards that support the nests of the resident penguins from the St Kilda penguin colony; the brilliant work of Brighton Sea Scouts, plus some coastal planting Neil is leading at Middle Park dunes. Then, Nicole Mertens from Victorian National Parks Association discusses the 14th Sea Slug Census, which has just started; and Dr Beach explains the cetacean retia mirabilia, or wondrous network, which researchers now believe protects the brains of whales and dolphins from the pressures brought about by swimming at depth. With presenters Bron, Dr. Beach, and Kade.

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Michael Brady (not the Up There Cazaly one!), Maritime researcher and illustrator joins Cabin Boy, Jeff and Kade to talk about his business Oceanliner Designs and the work that goes into creating large scale, detailed drawings of famous ships from history. Then the team talk to Sue Crowe, the convener responsible for bringing the OZTek Advanced Diving Conference & OZDive Show to Melbourne. The conference has over 50 presenters highlighting the adventure and excitement of diving and the technologies which transform and push back the boundaries of underwater knowledge. And Jeff Maynard continues his series on the history of diving using James Bond movies. This week he explains the history of submarine propulsion and Pierce Brosnan finally gets a look in.

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The Beach is back! Fresh from his summering in Europe, Dr Beach joins Bron and Rex for this week’s Marinara to talk about the value of decomposing whales, new tech for deep dives, the transforming power of dolphins and the beginning of the 2022 whale migration season. Rex brings us the latest techniques for diving deep wrecks using mixed gases and re-breathers. This is the new cutting edge of diving, enabling divers to dive wrecks off the coast of Australia. The 2022 east coast whale migration season has begun! Humpbacks and southern right whales are beginning their annual epic journeys down the east coast of Australia to Antarctica for the summer. Dave Donnelly from the Dolphin Research Institute brings us the latest. The gang speak with award winning journalist, documentary producer and author Melody Horrill, about her memoir ‘A Dolphin Called Jock’, in which her volunteer research work and experiences with an injured solitary Port River dolphin led to multiple life changing events. 

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