Off Track

Latest Episodes:

Tiny floof with a sweet tooth Dec 08, 2018

Show notes

With a taste for the nectar of Australian flowers, the Western Pygmy Possum is the sweetest little thing you'll hear about today.

Pipis and prejudice Dec 01, 2018

Show notes

Tensions in the small town grow, and 'piss off pipi hunters' is written across a public toilet wall. And all the while, under the sand at the beach, a small clam opens up its gills and filters its phytoplankton dinner off the incoming tide. [Repeat]

Earworms from Planet Earth VII Nov 24, 2018

Show notes

Sounds from around Australia featuring the Peron’s Tree Frog, Cat Birds, Mystery birds and boobooks.

Penguins Little by name, but not by nature Nov 17, 2018

Show notes

Off Track explores the Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) colony on Bowen Island in NSW. [Repeat]

Hit the frog and toad Nov 10, 2018

Show notes

It was thought that cane toads couldn't survive, and certainly couldn't breed as far south as Sydney. That thought was spectacularly wrong. [repeat]

He's been through the desert Nov 03, 2018

Show notes

His business card says 'desert walker' and he's not afraid of death.

The bitter taste of the monarch butterfly Oct 27, 2018

Show notes

Native to North America, it was an extraordinary string of luck including a gold rush, cyclones, the rise of ornamental gardening that led to the naturalisation of the monarch butterfly in Australia.

The butterfly and its goldilocks ant Oct 20, 2018

Show notes

The survival of one of the rarest butterflies in the world is entirely reliant on a ant.

Earworms from Planet Earth VI Oct 13, 2018

Show notes

Can you hear the buzz of a bee? The trill of a whistler? Spring has arrived in Australia, and this is what it sounds like.

Born to be wild Oct 09, 2018

Show notes

After growing up in captivity, three young birds take their first free flight.