By Rob McCormack
Podcasts about Australia for intermediate learners of English
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 155 – Phar Lap – Australia’s Most Famous Racehorse https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast155.mp3 (This podcast is 14 minutes and 42 seconds long.) Hi, Horse racing is very popular...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 154 – My Local Shopping Centre https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast154.mp3 (This podcast is 11 minutes and 8 seconds long.) Hi, The local shops are where we buy our...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 153 – The Cost of Prescription Medicines in Australia https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast153.mp3 (This podcast is 13 minutes and 42 seconds long.) Hi, We all know that medicines...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 152 – Container Deposit Schemes in Australia https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast152.mp3 (This podcast is 13 minutes and 29 seconds long.) Hi, Litter is a real problem in Australia,...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 151 – How Australians Get to Work https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast151.mp3 (This podcast is 14 minutes and 49 seconds long.) Hi, How you get to work, and how long...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 150 – The Fitness of Australians https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast150.mp3 (This podcast is 13 minutes and 53 seconds long.) Hi, Australians like to think we are a sporting nation. ...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 149 – My Local Public Library https://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast149.mp3 (This podcast is 14 minutes and 28 seconds long.) Hi, In today’s digital and online world, one doesn’t think...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 148 – The Royal Botanic Gardens – Melbourne https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast148.mp3 (This podcast is 11 minutes and 8 seconds long.) Hi, Many Australian cities and towns have a...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 147 – The Aussie Sausage https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast147.mp3 (This podcast is 11 minutes and 3 seconds long.) Hi, One of my favourite meats for a barbeque in the...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 146 – The Emu – Australia’s Flightless Bird https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast146.mp3 (This podcast is 9 minutes and 51 seconds long.) Hi, The government of Australia has a Coat...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 145 – A Day at the Cricket – The Boxing Day Test https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast145.mp3 (This podcast is 15 minutes and 22 seconds long.) Hi, When you think...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 144 – A Trip to Sydney for the Harbour Bridge Climb https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast144.mp3 (This podcast is 13 minutes and 51 seconds long.) Hi, In podcast 51 (https://slowenglish.info/podcast-51-the-sydney-harbour-bridge/),...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 143 – A First Aid Training Course https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast143.mp3 (This podcast is 14 minutes and 38 seconds long.) Hi, Every year many Australians die prematurely following an...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 142 – Going to a Theatre Show at the Arts Centre Melbourne https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast142.mp3 (This podcast is 12 minutes and 40 seconds long.) Hi, My wife and...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 141 – A Rainy Day in Melbourne https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast141.mp3 (This podcast is 11 minutes and 21 seconds long.) Hi, It’s a rainy day in Melbourne. That is...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 140 – The Census – Every Australian Counts https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast140.mp3 (This podcast is 12 minutes and 6 seconds long.) Hi, Every 5 years in Australia, everybody is...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 139 – Preferential Voting in Australian Elections https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast139.mp3 (This podcast is 16 minutes and 54 seconds long.) Hi, We recently had a federal election here in...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 138 – Driving in Australia – Demerit Points https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast138.mp3 (This podcast is 15 minutes and 10 seconds long.) Hi, Australians are a nation of drivers. We...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 137 – Australia’s Comedians https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast137.mp3 (This podcast is 12 minutes and 26 seconds long.) Hi, Australians enjoy a good laugh just like everyone else around the...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 136 – Dame Nellie Melba – Australia’s First Opera Star https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast136.mp3 (This podcast is 16 minutes and 35 seconds long.) Hi, One regional highway that I...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 135 – Riding in Country Victoria – A Trip to Healesville https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast135.mp3 (This podcast is 13 minutes and 28 seconds long.) Hi, I previously explained in...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 134 – The Wool Industry in Australia – The Australian Merino https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast134.mp3 (This podcast is 13 minutes and 19 seconds long.) Hi, One of the early...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 133 – The Platypus https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast133.mp3 (This podcast is 10 minutes and 31 seconds long). Hi, Australia has some really unique animals. The classic example is the...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 132 – Australian Agriculture https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast132.mp3 (This podcast is 12 minutes and 50 seconds long.) Hi, Australia is a nation with a large land area and we...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 131 – Explorers of Australia – Burke and Wills https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast131.mp3 (This podcast is 20 minutes and 8 seconds long.) Hi, When Europeans first arrived in Australia...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 130 – Rabbits in Australia https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast130.mp3 (This podcast is 13 minutes and 13 seconds long) Hi, One of my favourite activities over the 10 years of...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 129 – Community Markets in Australia https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast129.mp3 (This podcast is 10 minutes and 34 seconds long) Hi, Community markets are found in most countries around the...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 128 – Edith Cowan – Early Campaigner for Women’s Rights https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast128.mp3 (This podcast is 14 minutes and 55 seconds long) Hi, Since European colonisation in the...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 127 – My Language Learning Tips https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast127.mp3 (This podcast is 14 minutes and 43 seconds long) Hi, This podcast is a little different. It’s not so...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 126 – Drought in Australia https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast126.mp3 (This podcast is 14 minutes and 4 seconds long) Hi, For those Australians who live and work on the land...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 125 – Lockdown Activities – Baking Scones https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast125.mp3 (This podcast is 11 minutes and 28 seconds long) Hi, Melbourne spent 112 days in lockdown for our...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 124 – Australia Post – Delivering the Mail https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast124.mp3 (This podcast is 14 minutes and 4 seconds long) Hi, I retired from work in 2011, having...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 123 – Surviving the Coronavirus – Second Lockdown in Melbourne https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast123.mp3 (This podcast is 12 minutes and 19 seconds long). Hi, In Podcast 120 (https://slowenglish.info/podcast-120-surviving-the-coronavirus-lockdown/), I...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 122 – Classic Australian Novels – My Brilliant Career https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast122.mp3 (This podcast is 13 minutes and 46 seconds long) Hi, Australia, like other countries, has produced...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 121 – Cyclone Tracy – Christmas Day in Darwin 1974 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast121.mp3 (This podcast is 12 minutes 30 seconds long) Hi, Darwin is the capital of the...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 120 – Surviving the Coronavirus Lockdown https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/slowenglish/podcast120.mp3 (This podcast is 15 minutes 9 seconds long) Hi, The 2020 pandemic of coronavirus has been a life-changing event...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 119 – Animal Welfare in Australia – The RSPCA http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast119.mp3 (This podcast is 11 mins 15 seconds long). Hi, It’s amazing how much people love their...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 118 – Australian Wines http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast118.mp3 (This podcast is 10 minutes 14 seconds long.) Hi, Australians love their beer (see Podcast 69 http://www.slowenglish.info/?p=1877), but they also love...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 117 – Riding in Country Victoria – A Trip to Seymour http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast117.mp3 (This podcast is 10 minutes and 8 seconds long.) Hi, One of my favourite...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 116 – Volunteer Firefighters in Australia http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast116.mp3 Hi, Australia has always been a land of summer bushfires. Our vast areas of bushland and our hot and...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 115 – Having an Operation in Australia – The Recovery http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast115.mp3 Hi, In my last podcast (Podcast 114, https://slowenglish.info/?p=2944), I talked about my recent experience in...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 114 – Having an Operation in Australia – The Preparation http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast114.mp3 Hi, A short time ago I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The doctor who diagnosed...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 113 – Greetings in Australia http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast113.mp3 Hi, Greetings are usually a little different from one country to another. What might be considered acceptable and polite in...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 112 – Renting a Place to Live in Melbourne http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast112.mp3 Hi, Many Australians want to own their own home or apartment. This desire is so common...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 111 – Tennis in Australia http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast111.mp3 Hi, Each year in January, the Australian Open tennis tournament is played in Melbourne. This tournament is one of the...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 110 – The Granny Smith Apple http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast110.mp3 Hi, One of the things I enjoy in Australia is the ready availability of fresh fruit. In particular, I...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 109 – Australia’s National Gemstone – the Opal http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast109.mp3 Hi, The opal is a precious gemstone with wonderful bright rainbow colours which flash with the light....
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 108 – On a Hot Day in Melbourne http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast108.mp3 Hi, I live in Melbourne which is on the south eastern coastline of Australia. Our weather here...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 107 – The Australian National Anthem Hi, The Australian National Anthem is heard in Australia at important ceremonial occasions or at major sporting events. In this...
Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack Podcast Number 106 – The Macquarie Dictionary http://traffic.libsyn.com/slowenglish/podcast106.mp3 Hi, In Australia we speak standard English. There are however some minor differences in the English spoken by Australians, compared...
