The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ outback’
Trouble in Alice & a python for a passenger
24 February 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite, some German tourists get closer than they want to to nature, when a python hitches a ride in their car. We hear how alcohol – driven violence is causing big problems in the outback town of Alice Springs. And wilderness adventures with a difference, we hear about the work of Wild Mob, which takes volunteer teams into the bush, combining amazing sights with wilderness conservation work.
Wildlife, dongas & the first ever map of Australia
3 February 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite, we hear of a new campaign to to bring home an important part of Australia’s cultural heritage – the first map to use the name Australia. We get an insight into a different kind of life when resources worker Trent Hope shows us around his donga – or portable cabin – in the remote pilbara region of Western Australia. And city kids come face to face with nature at the Wangat wildlife refuge.
Life on the mission & reclaiming multiculturalism
21 January 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite summer series, we’ll meet indigenous author Marie Munkara – whose award-winning debut novel Every Secret Thing chronicles life on a remote Catholic Mission. And we’ll hear why Australians are being urged to “reclaim multiculturalism.”
Unfair pay, remote food & dressing up statues
21 October 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, we’ll hear about the challenges involved in getting good healthy food into remote communities. We’ll take a look at why women working in Australia’s financial industry are generally paid way less than men. And we meet two women who have been dressing up some of Sydney’s public statues in colourful costumes – and telling their stories through art.
