This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Coolgardie, Western Australia from the 13 Nov 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Aussietowns - Coolgardie, WA

Wikipedia - Ernest Giles

Australian Dictionary of Biography - Ernest Giles

Internet Archive - The Roaring Nineties Katherine Susannah Prichard

Trove - Geographic travels in central Australia from 1872 to 1874

Trove - The journal of a forgotten expedition

Gutenberg - Australia twice traversed

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:09:10 – Australians to get three hours of free electricity every day under solar scheme

00:33:59 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Coolgardie, Western Australia

00:55:14 – Queensland considers allowing dingoes to be kept as pets

01:19:19 – This week in Australian history 7-13 Nov

01:30:06 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Australians to get three hours of free electricity every day under solar scheme

Renters to tap into solar boom with government's 'free power' plan

Three hours of free power sounds great – but it could raise other costs and hamstring rooftop solar

Queensland considers allowing dingoes to be kept as pets

Dingo populations more closely related to ancient ancestors than modern dogs, DNA study suggests

Ancient genomes reveal over two thousand years of dingo population structure

‘Dingoes are not dogs’: Queensland could soon allow dingoes as pets under new biosecurity rules

Aussietowns - Coolgardie, WA

Wikipedia - Ernest Giles

Australian Dictionary of Biography - Ernest Giles

Internet Archive - The Roaring Nineties Katherine Susannah Prichard

Trove - Geographic travels in central Australia from 1872 to 1874

Trove - The journal of a forgotten expedition

Gutenberg - Australia twice traversed

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Heard Islands and McDonald Island, Australian external territory from the 6 Nov 2025 full episode of Australia Talks.

Sources:

Wikipedia - Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Wikipedia - Big Ben (Heard Island)

ANARE research notes

#Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:07:38 – Anduril opens Australian factory to build undersea 'Ghost Shark' drones

00:37:50 – Two Ticks Town Talk– Heard Islands and McDonald Island, Australian external territory

01:09:37 – Bureau of Meteorology ordered to fix new website after torrent of complaints

01:29:11 – This week in Australian history 31 Oct & 1-6 Nov

01:40:39 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Anduril opens Australian factory to build undersea 'Ghost Shark' drones

Anduril Australia to Build Ghost Shark Factory

Plans for $1.7 billion underwater 'Ghost Shark' drone fleet unveiled

Bureau of Meteorology ordered to fix new website after torrent of complaints

Cost of BoM’s website revamp revealed after deluge of public criticism

Is the new BOM site really a disaster? We don’t know (yet)

Wikipedia - Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Wikipedia - Big Ben (Heard Island)

ANARE research notes

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Cape Otway, Victoria from the 30 Oct 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Competition a key to VPP development: ACCC report

Wikipedia - Cape Otway

Trove - Extermination of the Cape Otway tribe of Aborigines

Wikipedia - Disappearance of Frederick Valentich

Mystery or Tragedy: The Frederick Valentich Disappearance

Frederick Valentich disappearance: How UFO helped inspire The Kettering Incident

The Audio of the Frederick Valentich Disappearance

Snopes - Frederick Valentich's 'UFO' Sighting and Disappearance

Frederick Valentich Memorial Plaque

Roy Manifold Cape Otway photo

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:11:43 – 'Castle Law' petition closes with record support in Queensland

00:41:07 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Cape Otway, Victoria

01:00:14 – Households are making their own power, but they don’t want to share it

01:29:55 – This week in Australian history 24-30 Oct

01:39:22 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

'Castle Law' petition closes with record support in Queensland

Queeensland Rum Day

Queensland parliament Castle Law petition

Petition calls for law allowing homeowners to defend their property with ‘whatever force is deemed appropriate’ against invaders

Households are making their own power, but they don’t want to share it

Competition a key to VPP development: ACCC report

Wikipedia - Cape Otway

Trove - Extermination of the Cape Otway tribe of Aborigines

Wikipedia - Disappearance of Frederick Valentich

Mystery or Tragedy: The Frederick Valentich Disappearance

Frederick Valentich disappearance: How UFO helped inspire The Kettering Incident

The Audio of the Frederick Valentich Disappearance

Snopes - Frederick Valentich's 'UFO' Sighting and Disappearance

Frederick Valentich Memorial Plaque

Roy Manifold Cape Otway photo

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Cowra, New South Wales segment from the 23 Oct 2025 full episode of Australia Talks.

Sources:

Cowra - The great escape

The National Library of Australia

Wikipedia - Cowra

Wikipedia - Cowra breakout

Frank Murray - My early pioneers and their lives

Cowra Council

Perth mint - world's largest gold coin

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:54:56 – Croc watch

00:09:40 – Albanese-Trump meeting at White House

00:32:58 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Cowra, New South Wales

01:00:37 – High Court of Australia denies Candace Owens visa appeal against Immigration Minister Tony Burke

01:22:49 – This week in Australian history 17-23 Oct

01:33:05 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Boat Guide Comes Across Crocodile Playing With A Delicate 'Toy' In The River

High Court of Australia denies Candace Owens visa appeal against Immigration Minister Tony Burke

High Court upholds minister's decision to block visa for American commentator Candace Owens

VIDEO: IN FULL: Albanese-Trump meeting at White House

Trump tells Rudd 'I don't like you', reportedly offers forgiveness off-camera

Trump praises Australia and takes swipe at Rudd during White House meeting with Albanese

Cowra - The great escape

The National Library of Australia

Wikipedia - Cowra

Wikipedia - Cowra breakout

Frank Murray - My early pioneers and their lives

Cowra Council

Perth mint - world's largest gold coin

Australia Talks - 2 Oct 2025: Albanese, Trump, AUKUS & Covid Vax injury

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian