Australian Wildlife Education: Wild Chats
Australian Wildlife Education: Wild Chats, is a podcast bringing you interesting conversations about anything and everything to do about our Natural World, specifically Australian Wildlife, Sustainability and Conservation. Jodie Creek is the founder of AWE and believes Education is the Key to Conservation, and in saying that will be bringing you the experts in all fields to arm you with the knowledge and spark a curiosity in you to help make a change for our Natural World.
Enjoy the following Wild Chats!
Your host - Jodie Creek
Episodes
49 episodes
Butterflies with Peter Valentine / Part 3
Episode 48 is part 3 of our series with Peter Valentine, and is a wonderful chat about the life history of Butterflies. What a time I got to spend with Peter and this episode was so beautiful. From the life history to pioneers of the butterfly ...
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Episode 48
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2:09:37
World Heritage Sites / Peter Valentine / Part 2
Welcome back to Australian Wildlife Education: Wild Chats, episode 47..... Todays Wild Chat is the second of a 3 part series and will be a continuation of our chat from part 1 on who is Peter Valentine. We continue the chat about Nati...
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Episode 47
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1:35:15
Who is Peter Valentine? Part 1
Welcome back to Australian Wildlife Education: Wild Chats, episode 46..... Todays Wild Chat is the first of a 3 part series and will be all about the incredible life of Peter Valentine! We talk about his childhood, his student ye...
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Episode 46
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55:12
C.R.O.C with Amanda French & Matt Cornish
The following Wild Chat is with Amanda French and Matt Cornish talking all things CROCODILES, including the latest issues that have surfaced with human/animal interaction, policy and legislation problems and the recent croc...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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1:27:43
Dingo management across Australia | Angus Emmot
Today's Wild Chat is with Angus Emmot a grazier, naturalist and owner of Noonbah Station found within the Longreach Shire, Queensland Australia.Angus is well renowned for being the 3rd generation on Noonbah station and also fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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1:14:54
Wombat Mange | John Creighton - Wombat Care Bundanoon
Today's Wild Chat is with John Creighton from Wombat Care Bundanoon and we talk more about Australia’s Wombats and the current issue of Mange.After the bush fires a lot of Australian animals faced devastating times with lack o...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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1:19:44
What does Wildlife mean to you? | James Boettcher
In this Wild Chat we are joined by James Boettcher from FNQ Nature Tours as we discuss the meaning of ‘Wildlife’ and the benefits of connecting with nature. This is the second chat we have had with the ever capti...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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59:07
2021 In Review with Matt and Jodie
In Episode 41, Matt and Jodie look back at the journey that has been 2021 and how the Wild Chats podcast came to be.Working our way through the good yarns, lots of laughs and craziness, Matt and Jodie discuss the year to come and the hu...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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37:18
Rainforest Rescue | Justin McMahon
Justin McMahon is the Daintree Land Manager for Rainforest Rescue, managing rainforest restoration activities for over 30 seperate properties in the Daintree National Park. Justin is well regarded as one of the most knowledgeable young conserva...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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1:17:26
Platypus with Tahneal Hawke | Platypus Conservation Initiative
The following Wild Chat is with Tahneal Hawke from Platypus Conservation Initiative found down in NSW Australia. Tahneal is a part of this amazing project, conducting field work, research and data collection to help further und...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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1:05:54
Australian Quoll Conservancy | Alberto Vale
Alberto Vale is the President and founding member of the Australian Quoll Conservancy based here in Far North Queensland.Focusing their efforts on the vulnerable and endangered Spotted Tail and Northern Quolls, Alberto has tak...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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1:21:30
Finding your Bat Cave | Jodie Creek & Matt Cornish
The following Wild Chat this week is reversed with Matt chatting to Jodie about her story of becoming a Wildlife Educator, Business owner and how finding your own Bat cave is important for life.Jodie is a mum of 3 who has alwa...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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1:31:26
Aussie Snake Wranglers | Chris Soul
The following Wild Chat is with Chris Soul, an Aussie larrikin who works alongside his mate, Stuart Mckenzie on the TV series, Aussie Snake Wranglers.Chris not only worked at Australia Zoo for 7 years working...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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1:18:01
Let’s Go Buggin' | Bridgette Gower from Aussie Macro Photos
The following Wild Chat is with Bridgette Gower who runs her own nature based tours here in Cairns Queensland called “Let’s Go Buggin!!”. Bridgett also, during our summer wet season, runs another amazing tour called “Let’s go Shroomin!!” and is...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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56:19
Handfish with Jemina Stuart-Smith | Handfish Conservation Project
The following Wild Chat is with Jemina who is a Marine Biologist at the Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania. Currently Jemina coordinates the Handfish Conservation Project working tirelessly researching an...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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59:08
Climate Change with Claire Galvin | Australian Youth Climate Coalition
The following Wild Chat is with 19 year old Claire Galvin, a climate campaigner and organiser, building leadership in young people to advocate for systemic solutions to climate change.Wow what a powerhouse and voice for our na...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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1:00:07
Zoo Keeping with Dan Rumsey | Australian Reptile Park
The following Wild Chat is with Dan Rumsey who is in charge of the reptile section at the Australian Reptile Park in NSW Australia. Today Dan and I talked about zoo keeping and what is involved in a typical day as well as a...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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1:33:16
Frogs and Cane Toads with Dr Martin Cohen
The following Wild Chat is with Dr Martin Cohen from Wild About Australia, who is chatting to us today about Australian Frogs and the introduction of the Cane Toad and what effect it has had on our native species....
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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1:00:09
Agile Project with Shai Ager
The following Wild Chat is with a young woman who, in my opinion, is a powerhouse in the Wildlife Carers world and making some waves within the industry, especially with the relocation of macropods.Shai is only 23 years of age and is the...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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1:08:36
Mangrove Watch Program with Alex Sinchak from CAFNEC
The following Wild Chat is Alex Sinchak who works within the Mangrove Watch Program here in Far North QLD Cairns. Alex works with volunteers and encourages our community to get involved as citizen scientists, where not only do they help...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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59:09
Why Do Fish Have Colours? With Andrew Khalil
The following Wild Chat is with Andrew Khalil and we have him back for the third time. If you have not listened to his other Wild Chats then I highly recommend you head to previous episodes and check them out.This episode w...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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1:16:58
The importance of Keystone Species and How Everything is Connected | Sera Steves
The following Wild Chat is with Sera Steves a Zoologist and advocate for all things Wildlife and an extremely dedicated advisor and spokesperson for our Spectacled Flying Foxes, found right here in North Queensland's Wet Tropics.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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1:19:45
Alex Iozzi - Who would Win?
The following Wild Chat is with Alex Iozzi, a Wildlife Demonstrator and Content creator Educating people, not only about Australian animals but animals found around the world. Alex has used a unique way to spark individual curiosity by cr...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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1:04:39
How Can We Make a Difference with Elizabeth Tov Carva
The following Wild Chat is with Lizzy and today our little chat goes far and wide about how we can make a difference within our Natural World.At times it can be disheartening with what we are doing to our planet however there is hope….. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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1:03:58