Australia Talks

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk – Tennant Creek (part 2) Northern Territory segment from the 12 Feb 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.   Sources: In the Australian outback, we're listening for nuclear tests. What we hear matters more than ever Warramunga Seismic and Infrasound Research Station Wikipedia - Tennant Creek  Wikipedia - Warumungu  The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty The International Monitoring System (IMS) map Aussietowns - Tennant Creek, NT Two Ticks Town Talk – Tennant Creek, NT (from 4 Jul 2023 Australia Talks)   #Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions with your hosts DK and Ardeet.   Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me   DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:   00:00:00 – Introduction 00:10:01 – Australian firearms laws developments 00:38:53 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Tennant Creek (part 2), Northern Territory 00:53:48 – Fortescue’s electric locomotives 01:17:37 – This week in Australian history 13-19 February 01:30:28 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: Shooters Union Australia Gun licence applications explode after Bondi terror attack crackdown Firearms Collection  New hope for national gun register 30 years after it was first proposed Gun licence applications in NSW up 7000 per cent in some categories Fortescue launches its first electric locomotives – with batteries the size of more than 200 Tesla EVs Fortescue trials battery-electric locomotives in Pilbara as decarbonisation race tightens In the Australian outback, we're listening for nuclear tests. What we hear matters more than ever Warramunga Seismic and Infrasound Research Station Wikipedia - Tennant Creek  Wikipedia - Warumungu  The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty The International Monitoring System (IMS) map Aussietowns - Tennant Creek, NT Two Ticks Town Talk – Tennant Creek, NT (from 4 Jul 2023 Australia Talks) Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Mount Coolum, Queensland from the 12 Feb 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.   Sources: Wikipedia - Mount Coolum, Queensland Trove - Mt Coolun Ore samples go to Melbourne Trove - No uranium at Mount Coolum  Climb Mount Coolum  Wikipedia - Laccolith Mount Coolum National Park Coolum Advertiser Australia's nuclear age & the unsettling truth about Mt Coolum Australia's nuclear age & the unsettling truth about Mt Coolum Australia Talks - 28 Nov 2024: Bunnings breaches privacy   #Australia #Australian  

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions with your hosts DK and Ardeet.   Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me   DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:   00:00:00 – Introduction 00:07:35 – Albanese government fire sale of Defence properties 00:36:57 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Mount Coolum, Queensland 00:53:59 – Bunnings given green light to use facial recognition tech on customers to combat crime 01:23:12 – This week in Australian history 6-12 February 01:33:01 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: National Defence: Defence Strategic Review 2023 Government eyes off fire sale of historic defence properties around Australia  Albanese government to sell off $3bn worth of historic defence sites amid push to free up space for new homes Bunnings decision may open door to facial recognition surveillance free-for-all Bunnings Group Limited and Privacy Commissioner (Guidance and Appeals Panel) [2026] ARTA 130 (4 February 2026) PRIVACY ACT 1988 - SECT 16A Bunnings given green light to use facial recognition tech on customers to combat crime 'Worth the squeeze': Bunnings vows to minimise store crime after approval to use facial recognition technology Wikipedia - Mount Coolum, Queensland Trove - Mt Coolun Ore samples go to Melbourne Trove - No uranium at Mount Coolum  Climb Mount Coolum  Wikipedia - Laccolith Mount Coolum National Park Coolum Advertiser Australia's nuclear age & the unsettling truth about Mt Coolum Australia's nuclear age & the unsettling truth about Mt Coolum Australia Talks - 28 Nov 2024: Bunnings breaches privacy Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Humpty Doo, Northern Territory from the 5 Feb 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.   Sources: Aussietowns - Humpty Doo, NT The only way is up? The northern Australian food bowl fantasy Aussietowns Facebook - Humpty Doo  YouTube - The Darwin Stubby drinking competition (1988)  Norman the beer drinking bull Darwin Stubby wake held in Alice Springs as Carlton United Breweries pulls pin on production Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions with your hosts DK and Ardeet.   Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me   DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:   00:00:00 – Introduction 00:07:08 – China’s ambassador warns Albanese reclaiming Port of Darwin will force Beijing to intervene 00:30:54 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Humpty Doo, Northern Territory 00:47:52 – Albanese government will not join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace amid diplomatic caution 01:22:11 – This week in Australian history 30-31 January and 1-5 February 01:35:00 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: China’s ambassador warns Albanese reclaiming Port of Darwin will force Beijing to intervene National security review of Darwin Port to remain secret, but Defence releases 'talking points'  Albanese government urged to use careful diplomacy to defuse Darwin Port row with China Albanese government will not join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace amid diplomatic caution Should Australia join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’? Here are 5 key points to consider Labor stalls on Trump’s board of peace invitation as Trump envoy issues warning Board of Peace logo Boulder Two Ticks Town Talk (near Kalgoorlie) Aussietowns - Humpty Doo, NT The only way is up? The northern Australian food bowl fantasy Aussietowns Facebook - Humpty Doo  YouTube - The Darwin Stubby drinking competition (1988)  Norman the beer drinking bull Darwin Stubby wake held in Alice Springs as Carlton United Breweries pulls pin on production Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Lightning Ridge, New South Wales from the 29 Jan 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.   Sources:   Personal histories/collective biography: ideas for a biography of place suggested by two local exhibitions of personal migration histories The history of the black soil plains Lightning Ridge Opal company  Lightning Ridge Bore Baths  Car Door Tours Lightning Ridge Digging up the rarest fossils of Lightning Ridge Outback opal tours Fossils in Lightning Ridge, NSW Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions with your hosts DK and Ardeet.   Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me   DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:   00:00:00 – Introduction 00:00:59 – Croc watch 00:13:26 – Coalition splits for second time since election after Nationals quit shadow cabinet 00:38:46 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Lightning Ridge, New South Wales 01:12:15 – Fighting crown of thorns starfish with ox bile and vinegar 01:29:50 – This week in Australian history 23-29 January 01:40:56 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: Queensland crocodile capture rates double as removal zones expand Coalition splits for second time since election after Nationals quit shadow cabinet  From ultimatum to implosion: How the Coalition went its separate ways Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor hold talks as shadow ministers rally behind Sussan Ley as leader of the Liberal Party Divers use ox bile to battle new crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak threatening Great Barrier Reef Worst crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak in decades emerging on Great Barrier Reef Personal histories/collective biography: ideas for a biography of place suggested by two local exhibitions of personal migration histories The history of the black soil plains Lightning Ridge Opal company  Lightning Ridge Bore Baths  Car Door Tours Lightning Ridge Digging up the rarest fossils of Lightning Ridge Outback opal tours Fossils in Lightning Ridge, NSW Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Geeveston, Tasmania from the 22 Jan 2026 full episode of Australia Talks with your hosts DK and Ardeet.   Sources   Aussietowns - Geeveston, TAS Tahune Adventures Geeveston Gateway to the southern forests  Geeveston  Wikipedia - Geeveston Grokipedia - Geeveston     #Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions with your hosts DK and Ardeet.   Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me   DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:   00:00:00 - Introduction 00:07:45 – AI Blackface 00:53:25 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Geeveston, Tasmania 01:15:29 – Reconsidering our US alliance 01:42:38 – This week in Australian history 16-22 January 01:52:30 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: No Mob, No Country: the social media account profiting with an AI Indigenous avatar ‘It’s AI blackface’: social media account hailed as the Aboriginal Steve Irwin is an AI character created in New Zealand  This TikTok star sharing Australian animal stories doesn’t exist – it’s AI Blakface Australia’s confidence in Trump’s US has evaporated. What will it take for the alliance to rupture? Can Australia still rely on the US after Trump’s latest moves? Aussietowns - Geeveston, TAS Tahune Adventures Geeveston Gateway to the southern forests  Geeveston  Wikipedia - Geeveston Grokipedia - Geeveston Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Rainbow Beach, Queensland from the 15 Jan 2026 full episode of Australia Talks with your hosts DK and Ardeet. Sources:   Wikipedia - Rainbow beach, Queensland  History of Cooloola Rainbow Beach Coloured Sands Legend Welcome to Rainbow Beach and Gympie Gympie regional memories     #Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions with your hosts DK and Ardeet.   Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me   DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:   00:00:00 - Introduction 00:12:31 – Victorian bushfires 00:31:15 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Rainbow Beach, Queensland 00:52:55 – A nation of rich cowards’: Australia needs its dreamers but the arts are underfunded, undervalued and despised 01:18:03 – This week in Australian history 9-15 January 01:30:53 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: One person dead as PM visits bushfire-ravaged towns with 300 structures destroyed and 350,000 hectares burned Tens of thousands of livestock confirmed dead as Victorians return to bushfire-ravaged communities  Victoria's bushfires more than five times the size of Singapore January 2026 Victorian bushfires Vic Emergency Services Australia - Victoria Bushfires, January 2026 A nation of rich cowards’: Australia needs its dreamers but the arts are underfunded, undervalued and despised Ben Quilty  Wikipedia - Rainbow beach, Queensland  History of Cooloola Rainbow Beach Coloured Sands Legend Welcome to Rainbow Beach and Gympie Gympie regional memories Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Northam, Western Australia (from the 8 Jan 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks'. Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me Sources: Australia your way A Guide to the Best Silo Art Locations in the Outback Loop Australian Silo Art Trail  The Australian Silo Art Trail – Ultimate Guide  Australian Silo Art Wikipedia - Northam, Western Australia Public silo trail - Northam AussieTowns - Northam, WA   #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 00:08:10 – NSW gun laws 00:46:54 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Northam, Western Australia 01:01:39 – Once the great Australian dream, backyards are vanishing from suburban homes 01:29:33 – This week in Australian history 1-8 January 01:38:55 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: Shooters Union Australia NSW parliament passes tougher laws on guns and protests after Bondi Beach attack  NSW Police commissioner extends restrictions on Sydney protests for another fortnight Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Once the great Australian dream, backyards are vanishing from suburban homes Australia your way A Guide to the Best Silo Art Locations in the Outback Loop Australian Silo Art Trail  The Australian Silo Art Trail – Ultimate Guide  Australian Silo Art Wikipedia - Northam, Western Australia Public silo trail - Northam AussieTowns - Northam, WA Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk - New Year Repeat 2025 on Mittagong, New South Wales from 16 Jan 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.   Sources: The 19th century Iron Making Process Aussie Towns - Mittagong, NSW Fitzroy Iron Works Highlands Market Place Wikipedia - Fitzroy Iron Works Newcastle Industrial Heritage Association - Fitz Roy Iron Works Wikipedia - Mittagong   #Australian #Australia

DarkestKnight and Ardeet wish all of our gracious listeners a Happy and Successful New Year. We'll resume our regular programming on 8 Jan 2026.

This is the Christmas Repeat of the Two Ticks Town Talk on Woomera , South Australia from the 24 Jul 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'. Podbean links (or simply search for 'Woomera' in your podcast player: Woomera Part 2 Woomera Part 3 Woomera Part 4 Woomera Part 5 Woomera Part 6   Sources: RAAF Woomera Range Complex Wikipedia - Woomera, South Australia Aussietowns - Woomera, SA Wikipedia - British nuclear tests at Maralinga   #Australia #Australian

Australia Talks - 25 Dec 2025: Merry Christmas and see you 8 Jan 2026 DarkestKnight and Ardeet wish all of our listeners a Merry Christmas. We really appreciate the support over the year.      We'll be back on deck for regular programming 8 Jan 2026. #Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Christmas Island, Christmas Island Territory from the 18 Dec 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.   Sources: Wikipedia - Christmas Island  Christmas Island  The birds of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean: A review North West Point Immigration Detention Centre Christmas Island - A natural wonder Guide to Christmas Island     #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 00:10:23 – US plans to order foreign tourists, including Australians, to disclose social media histories 00:36:34 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Christmas Island, Territory of Christmas Island 01:06:04 – Australia’s senior politicians can claim ‘unlimited’ travel expenses for their spouse, watchdog rules say 01:29:31 – This week in Australian history 5-11 Dec 01:41:24 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: US plans to order foreign tourists, including Australians, to disclose social media histories  Tech workers face new H-1B scrutiny as Trump targets ‘censorship’ U.S. Visa Services ‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declared Australia’s senior politicians can claim ‘unlimited’ travel expenses for their spouse, watchdog rules say Attorney-General Michelle Rowland to repay family travel expenses after independent review Trade Minister Don Farrell flies family using $90,000 of taxpayer funds Wikipedia - Christmas Island  Christmas Island  The birds of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean: A review North West Point Immigration Detention Centre Christmas Island - A natural wonder Guide to Christmas Island Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian