Seeking Sydney

What to do with a hippopotamus skull? One month ago, four rare animal skeletons were nabbed from The University of Sydney's Haswell Teaching Museum. Despite the best efforts of police, the thieves have yet to be caught. In the latest episode of Seeking Sydney, Max Tillman looked into how such a crime could have occurred and where the missing bones could be.

For years, town hall steps was notorious for being the hangout spot for Sydney’s emo kids...but today, they are nowhere to be seen. Nadine Silva took to the Sydney streets to answer a question sent in by Ellen: “Where did all the emo kids that used to hang out at town hall steps go?”

Just outside Gosford in Kariong, there are almost 300 engravings on two sandstone walls.

Some believe these carvings are an example of an early form of Egyptian writing, and signify early Egyptians visited Australia years and years ago.

But an Egyptologist from Sydney’s Macquarie University has rejected any new claims about one of the most mysterious and controversial sites on the New South Wales Central Coast, known as the ‘Gosford Hieroglyphs’.

Ever since Captain Cook set foot at Kurnell in 1770, the land now known as Australia has been completely turned on its head.

The impact of colonisation in Australia is a hot button political issue, and one that Australia has consistently struggled to gain a consensus on.

Adding to this earlier in the year, The Federal Government announced $50 million tax-payer dollars for a revamp of Cook’s 1770 landing place, to turn it into a major tourist attraction and include a $3 million statue of Cook himself.

So is why is the Government doing this?

After Sydney was inundated with Share Bikes last year. Many of which ended up in trees and rivers.

One of our 2SER listeners wanted to know:

Where have all the bikes gone?

So we got to work to find out.

Have you ever been down at the local park and been hit with an unpleasant, wafting odor that reminded you of your last trip to the toilet?

Well, at least one of you has.

This week on Seeking Sydney, you guys wanted to know. Why it is that our parks and urban environments can sometimes smell like sewerage?

On the 19th of November 1941, the Royal Australian Navy’s greatest warship, and Sydney’s namesake, the HMAS Sydney was sunk by the German ship, the Kormoran.

More than 600 crew members aboard the Sydney were lost at sea, and with no survivors alive to give their account, many Australians do not believe the German account of the battle.

Today on Seeking Sydney, our listeners want to know – what really happened to the Sydney?

What do you want to happen to your body when you die? If you’re hoping for a burial in Sydney, you might look to Rookwood, Australia’s largest cemetery, and the largest necropolis in the southern hemisphere. We look into Rookwood’s history, how it came to span an area bigger than the Sydney CBD- and why all that space might not be enough

This week on Seeking Sydney...why does Sydney have a building height limit, and how might our skyline look if our buildings had no limitations?

Nigel Love was one of Australia’s most famous aviators, but his name is rarely mentioned in schools and textbooks.

Two years ago, Sydney Airport unveiled a bridge with his name on it in a quest by a proud son to honour his late great father’s achievements.