Wild Secrets
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Debbie: Drones helping wildlife and the environment
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Debbie Saunders started her career researching birds, that soon moved into a interest in the technology that could help track the birds in hard to...
Rob: who doesn't love a Red Rump
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rob is an environmental graduate student based in Melbourne. His research project looking at the habitat requirements of the charismatic Red Rum...
Kristy: for the love of jumping spiders
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kristy is a marketing student and ex-nurse. Now her passion is spreading the love for jumping spiders and sharing what they can teach us. ...
Sue and Steve: outback in the Bluebush
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sue and Steve run a shelter and rescue miles from anywhere. They candidly share the trails, highs and lows of working with wildlife off the beat...
Peg: for the love of Raptors
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Peg McDonald OM is the founder of the Higher Ground Raptors in NSW Southern HIghlands. With over 40 year working with wild she has a lot to say ...
Jackie French: Living with wildlife
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jackie has been a beloved author and public presence in Australia for more than twenty years. We sat down with a dodgy Zoom link to talk about w...
Shane and Pauline: just batty
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pauline and Shane are based in South Australia and dedicate their lives to bats. It's rewarding, but sometimes it can absolutely break your heart. fin...
Juleen: from Townsville to Tasmania
08 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Juleen is a wildlife carer based on Tasmania. The wildlife down there is a little different but the learning curve to be a carer and issues don’...
Dr Gavin: the academic approach
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Gavin Smith is a long way from his origins in Scotland. He finds himself living and working in Canberra as a full-time academic studying huma...
Nikki: a love affair with an old roo
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nikki is a wildlife shelter operator based in country Victoria. Hear her talk about dealing with the locals, human and otherwise, and how some a...
Mathew: a life long love
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mathew is the founder of the Facebook Group Fast Snake Identification (Australia). Hear his talk about what drives him, surprising connections, ...
Krysti: Relentless and rewarding
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Based in Victoria, Krysti spends much of her day rescuing, euthanising, and raising orphan kangaroo joeys. While her work with roos gives her th...
Mary: the science of trauma
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mary is an EMDR therapist who has spent many years working with clients in trauma. Since making a tree change she has a new apprication of the m...
Yolandi: Wonder of wombats
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yolandi has travelled far to get to were she is today but she believes she was put on this planet to do the work she does with wombats. This epi...
Bill and Lesley: Who'll looks after them when we're gone?
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lesley and Bill have committed their lives to wombats. They have taught their local community a little more respect for these delightful, charac...
Greg and Justine: Constantly Learning
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The importance of constantly learning isn't lost on Greg and Justine. Their small, independently run Dimmocks Retreat Wildlife takes in animals ...
Judith Crispin: Honouring the Spirit
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Judith Crispin is an artist that lives and works in the Canberra Region. She makes works using native and introduced species and during the &nbs...
Caroline and Peter: doing it all together
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline and Peter have been caring for animals for many years through thick and thin, fire and drought, laughter and tears. With hard work they...
Mandy and her desire to help
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mandy lives in suburban Sydney, she doesn't look after wildlife, but during and after the 2019/20 fires that swept the East Coast she knew she had to ...
Gill and caring for wildlife in suburbia
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gill is a carer based on the mid-north coast of NSW. A retiree she shares the lengths she went to to save animals and give them and lasting safe...
Ally for the love of reptiles
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ally is based in the Canberra region, is originally from a much warmer climate in the US. She finds herself championing the limited, but fascina...
Mark Pearson MP from animal liberation to Parliament House
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark is a Animal Justice Party MP in the NSW government. He started his career as a psychiatric nurse and campaigner for animal rights. No...
Rae and surviving Black Summer
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rae lives on the South Coast of NSW and lost her entire property to fire during the fires of 2019/20. This is her story. Warning: may be d...
Michele and her passion for macropods
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michele and her husband grew up in the US and now live in rural NSW with their family. She volunteered for her local wildlife group to help save...
Erna and a lifetime of working with wildlife
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Erna Walraven wrote the book. Literally. The author of 'Care of Australian Wildlife: For Gardeners, Landholders and Wildlife Carers', star...