This week the team speak to Dr Vanessa Pirotta, a self-declared ‘whale addict’ and author of 'Humpback Highway'. Vanessa talks about her initial attraction to whales at a young age, leading to an indepth study of them during her PHD. What started as a fascination for those mysterious animal she had only ever "seen or heard of in children's books" grows into a career where she has gotten to swim alongside them; and get involved with the nitty-gritty of collecting samples from their snot and exrement to better understand marine-life as a whole. The extraordinary fun - and not so fun - facts of these cetaceans are teased during her conversation, including the direct and indirect ways humans are having an insidious effect on whales, and all sea life. This can all be further explored in her most recent novel 'Humpback Highway'.
Unfortunately Josh Kirkman, CEO 'Surfers for Climate' was unable to join the team this week. We hope to have him join us soon to talk about how 'Surfers for Climate' have been honing in on the surf community, in order to try and spread awareness of the different types of human activities causing climate change.
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Caspian terns, 50 years of diving the Ships Graveyard, Spider Crabs, cleaning up the Surf Coast, and some brilliant citizen science work on the Great Barrier Reef..
Bellarine Catchment Network, Spider Crabs 2022, Baykeeper
Election Policy Platforms, Friends of Hobson's Bay, Filmaker Tim Bonython & Life's A Beach
Spider Crabs, Marine fauna of Port Phillip, & Baykeeper Neil Blake
Kade & Anth, Bells Beach surfing, Eggs of The Sea and Jeff with diving in James Bond Films
The past and to the future of marine and coastal management, Bob Kearny, Chris Symth, & Mechelle Cheers
1850s Seabathing, Friendly Jellyfish & Arctic Research
Lano & Woodly do Moby Dick, Dog Surfing, and Law of the Sea for Russian Oligarchs
Baykeeping with Neil Blake, Ocean Literacy with Dr Prue Francis
Ocean Film Festival, 'I Am Ocean'
The Endeavour Discovery, Ocean Literacy, Sunfish
Women of The Great Barrier Reef, Killer Whales, National Dog Surfing Champion
20 years of Marine Parks, The Great Barrier Reef and Jeff does James Bond on Soundwaves
Big jellies, little coastal snails, beach clean-ups, standup paddleboarding and seaslugs, as Bron and the Cabin Boy set sail
Anth and Dr Beach Bring The Wet and Salty
WW11 Submarines, Marine Debris, Bay Protection
Ocean Plastics, Hyperallometry, Port Phillip Dolphins
Yacht racing, whales migrating, fish counting, Flinders Community campaigning, and Yarra monsters spooking...
850s Hobson’s Bay, plastics in the oceans (yep it hasn’t gone away), and pay tribute to the late, great Bob Whiteway, OAM.
Flinders Pier, Ningaloo Reef, and will try to not talk like pirates for a solid harrrrrgggh!*
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