It was a mulga snake that got him
If you get bitten by a snake in the middle of the bush don't do what this bloke did
Jun 05, 2020•25 min
Off Track
Off Track, with Ann Jones, is an Australian radio show and podcast which combines the relaxing sounds of nature with awesome stories of wildlife and environmental science, all recorded in the outdoors.
Episodes
[NATURE TRACK] Water Flow
No music, no voices, just the sound of a stream and frogs calling on a still, cool night in regional Victoria.
Jun 05, 2020•3 hr 58 min
[NATURE TRACK] Shore Sounds
No music, no voices, just the sound of the Roebuck Bay mudflats near Broome, WA. Hear breeze across the water, crabs and mudskippers flipping and flopping, and a tide that slowly comes in.
Jun 03, 2020•3 hr 30 min
[NATURE TRACK] Forest Songs
No music, no voices, just the sing of the forest coming to life early one morning near Canberra.
Jun 03, 2020•2 hr
[NATURE TRACK] Mountain Music
No music, no voices, just the sound of a valley halfway up a Tasmanian Mountain. This soundscape is full of birds and breeze echoing backwards and forwards across a reservoir.
Jun 02, 2020•2 hr 30 min
Off Track presents Nature Track
Right now, more than ever, it’s important to stay in touch with nature.
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 2 min
How to be a bat
Is it ok to squabble over watermelon?
May 29, 2020•25 min
Western whips and a ruff duet [Earworms from Planet Earth xiii]
Right now, finding joy in nature is just the ticket.
May 22, 2020•25 min
The perfect little rock
A piece of pumice floats across the ocean like a school bus picking up young organisms – tiny planktonic corals, some barnacles, maybe a crab, an oyster, perhaps a nudibranch.
May 15, 2020•25 min
Barking gecko, boop-ing emu
Every evening at homes in Northern Australia, a tiny yip yip yip can be heard. And, on the other end of the spectrum, a boop boop boop can be heard in more arid zones. This week is a adventure into the big and small sounds of Australia.
May 08, 2020•25 min
The banteng paradox
Banteng are an introduced species in Arnhem Land, but in their home range, they are in danger of complete extinction. So, what to do?
May 01, 2020•25 min
PREVIEW RN Presents — Hot Mess: Why haven’t we fixed climate change?
If you are here in the Off Track feed, then, we're thinking you're probably a person who is engaged with the natural world. So, it follows that you might be interested in this series from RN Presenter Richard Aedy called 'Hot Mess.'
Apr 30, 2020•5 min
PREVIEW RN Presents — Hot Mess: Why haven’t we fixed climate change?
If you are here in the Off Track feed, then, we're thinking you're probably a person who is engaged with the natural world. So, it follows that you might be interested in this series from RN Presenter Richard Aedy called 'Hot Mess.'
Apr 30, 2020•5 min
Whip it good [Earworms from Planet Earth xii]
Whipbirds are a favourite in the Aussie bush – secretive little fellows with flat top haircuts and a cutting call. This episode is chokka-block full of whippy (and other) recordings sent in from the audience members of Off Track.
Apr 24, 2020•25 min
Echidna indigestion and other eating tails [Re-issue]
It’s a bat eat mouse, lizard eat possum, wallaby eat bird world out there. Animals are always eating weird stuff.
Apr 17, 2020•25 min
Magical and misunderstood sea snakes [Re-issue]
These curious coral reef inhabitants have evolved some remarkable adaptations to thrive in the underwater realm.
Apr 10, 2020•25 min
When Jamie fell in love with the mountains [Re-issue]
Distinguished Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick has been crawling across lawns for more than 70 years, it's just that this one is on the top of a mountain and is full of plants from the cretaceous.
Apr 03, 2020•25 min
Intimate aliens [Re-issue]
Robert Adlard says that parasites are intimate aliens, and that our dislike for them stems from their ability to surprise us with their closeness.
Mar 27, 2020•25 min
Hobart Airport lets sleeping echidnas lie [Re-issue]
Despite all the noise of planes coming and going, the echidnas at Hobart airport are digging in to hibernate.
Mar 20, 2020•25 min
Seagrass [Re-issue]
Understanding the power of seagrass in a research laboratory 18m under the sea.
Mar 13, 2020•25 min
Flora fatale, the plants with a thirst for blood [Re-issue]
With an aggressive mass-murder-then-compost strategy, these tiny plants are the most heinous of herbs.
Mar 06, 2020•25 min
Ravenous star-shaped mouths
Sea urchins are making a meal of south-eastern Australia’s rocky reefs and kelp forests. Can they be stopped?
Feb 28, 2020•25 min
Sea urchin solo in a coral reef choir [re-issue]
Under the sea it isn’t all relaxing whale noise. The sound of the reef creatures is actually more like a percussive static with some grinding teeth on rock thrown in.
Feb 21, 2020•25 min
And your bug can sing
The underwater sounds in this creek near Brisbane are like an eclectic jam session. There are sweet beetles (that sing), lonely bugs (on percussion), fishy grunters (think Jay-Z) and a punk-rocking rakali that just trashes the joint. This musical soundscape is the PhD homeland of eco-acoustician Emilia Decker.
Feb 14, 2020•25 min
Grandmother tree, the fire and me
Vanessa thought 'it's ok, the people are safe... It's ok, the house is safe...' But nothing prepared her for returning home.
Feb 07, 2020•25 min
Yackandandah's angel of the bush [UPDATE]
Glenda Elliott can't say no to an animal in need - she wants to save them all. A few years back when fire ripped through Kangaloola Wildlife Shelter, she and the animals hid in a mineshaft. This show aired in 2018 and we've been back in touch with Glenda for an update following the bushfires of 2019-20.
Jan 31, 2020•25 min
The burning bush is talking
Just before the fire hit, the trees' leaves turned red and fell to the ground, and it left Adrian wondering - did they know they were just about to burn?
Jan 24, 2020•25 min
The bilby, the moon and the Birriliburu Rangers
A bilby dreaming story guides a mother with a sick child to an outback town. Decades later, the child returns to repay the favour and look after the bilby. For RN Summer we're bringing you Off Track highlights from 2019.
Jan 17, 2020•25 min
Where giants nest
Albatross expert Dr Jaimie Cleeland listens to the gurgles and bellows of albatross as they nest on a tiny Atlantic island called Gough. For RN Summer we're bringing you Off Track highlights from 2019.
Jan 10, 2020•25 min
Gone fish — pygmy perch pushed too far
The tiny Yarra pygmy perch has been pushed to extinction in the Murray Darling Basin. Now, all hopes for its return are focussed on a couple of farm dams. For RN Summer we're bringing you Off Track highlights from 2019.
Jan 03, 2020•25 min