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**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.

Latest Episodes:

Sounds and smells of Macquarie Island [part one] Aug 01, 2020

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Where elephant seals smell like feathers and petrels sound like dragons.

He hitch-hiked with a snake in his hand Jul 25, 2020

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Kevin Budden was only a young bloke when he left Sydney for North Queensland with one goal in mind: to find a coastal taipan and bring it back alive.

Nipple cripples and other nibbles [Incident Report 03] Jul 18, 2020

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Just when you thought it might be safe to get back out into nature, it gets you where you least expect it: your nipples.

Never smile at a crocodile and other fails [Incident Report 02] Jul 11, 2020

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Just when you thought it might be safe to get back out into nature, there’s a bite from a huge, unknown carnivore and a leech on your eyeball. This is the second instalment of Incident Reports with communiques back to base about the worst (ie: best) fieldwork fails.

Fieldwork fails and flops [Incident Report 01] Jul 04, 2020

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Let’s not get too romantic about nature. There’s plenty of times when you end up covered in mud, at the end of your tether and on the receiving end of a love bite from a vampire bat. Hear scientists report back about their worst (ie: best) fieldwork fails.

Live long, little lizard [UPDATE] Jun 27, 2020

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After 35 years, some of the same sleepy lizards are still alive, still with the same lizard partner. This episode was first broadcast in 2017, but has been updated with news of the new sleepy lizard scientists.

A squirrel that glides like a magic carpet in the Himalayas [UPDATE] Jun 20, 2020

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Gliding over a glacier in the Himalayas is a metre long squirrel with a smallish head, silky fur and a fluffy tail - but it's hardly ever been seen alive. Originally aired in 2017, we've got an update on the squirrel story!

All aboard Australia's super science ship [RE-ISSUE] Jun 13, 2020

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It's as if this ship has invisible cat's whiskers extending off her hull - pricked and at the ready, they sense the weather and temperature and map the course ahead.

It was a mulga snake that got him Jun 06, 2020

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If you get bitten by a snake in the middle of the bush don't do what this bloke did

[NATURE TRACK] Water Flow Jun 05, 2020

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No music, no voices, just the sound of a stream and frogs calling on a still, cool night in regional Victoria.