The Australian Bite
Surf and love-heart strawberries
4 February 2010
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Australian beaches are beautiful, but they can also be dangerous – especially to people who aren’t experienced in the water. In fact Australian surf lifesavers rescue tens of thousands of people from potentially life threatening situations at the beach every year. Well a program called Migration 2 Surf, being run by the Coogee Lifesaving Club in Sydney, is teaching adult migrants beach and water safety skills, and we hear more about the program on this week’s Australian Bite. Also on the program, John Barrington drops by to talk to the residents of Hall’s Creek in remote Western Australia, which has been dubbed Australia’s worst place to live. And heart-shaped strawberries may be all the rage as this year’s hot Valentine’s Day Gift.
Internet laws & feral foxes
31 January 2010
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Yes the Bite has returned after a lazy summer break, and this week we’ll be taking a look at some of the arguments for and against proposed new federal laws to filter ( in other words censor) what Australians are able to access on the internet . We’ll hear why feral foxes are growing in numers and becoming a pest not just in rural Australia, but in major cities like Adelaide. And speaking of the South Australian capital, there’s new music from Adelaide-born singer Sia.
Taking a summer break . . .
23 December 2009
It’s summertime here in Oz, which means everything from long summer holidays, to Christmas and New Year celebrations, catching up with friends and family, camping at the beach, long balmy evenings on the verandah, hanging out at the local pool, or even just napping on the couch at home. I hope to be doing all those things and more as I take a break for a few weeks – but while I’m gone you can still tune in to the Australian Bite on Radio Australia for a special summer season of longer feature interviews.
The Australian Bite program, along with the usual blog posts and podcasts, will return on 30 January. Until then, take care, season’s greetings and a Happy New Year to you!
Adelaide trials a tour with a difference
17 December 2009
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If you were thinking about visiting Australia and going on an Aboriginal cultural tour, what would come to mind? Would you immediately think of visiting Uluru, or remote communities in the top end? If you did, you wouldn’t be alone. But Australian cities are also full of Aboriginal history and culture, and this week on the Australian Bite we accompany Kaurna elder Uncle Frank Wanganeen on an a very special tour of Adelaide’s CBD. We also meet a couple who like to share the Christmas spirit with the lonely and the marginalised, and look at the where things are at with private educational colleges in Australia.