This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Coonabarabran, New South Wales from the 16 Oct 2025 full episode of Australia Talks.

Sources:

Aussietowns - Coonabarabran, NSW

Wikipedia - Anglo-Australian Telescope

Wikipedia - Siding Spring Observatory

Wikipedia - Warrumbungles

Wikipedia - Coonabarabran

Donna the astronomer

Wikipedia - Coonabarabran

Milroy observatory

Welcome to the Anglo-Australian Telescope

#Australia #Australian

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:06:20 – ADF targets popular games like FIFA to recruit young Australians with shiny ads

00:26:06 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Coonabarabran, New South Wales

00:42:48 – Australia's parliament is likely to grow for the first time in 40 years

01:05:42 – This week in Australian history 10-16 Oct

01:13:08 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Australia's parliament is likely to grow for the first time in 40 years

Parliamentary Budget Office - Increasing the size of Federal Parliament

A larger parliament makes sense but that's why Albanese wants one

ADF targets popular games like FIFA to recruit young Australians with shiny ads

TikTok and online games driving surge in Defence Force recruitment

Australian Defence Force recruitment to be opened to foreign citizens, causes government confusion

Aussietowns - Coonabarabran, NSW

Wikipedia - Anglo-Australian Telescope

Wikipedia - Siding Spring Observatory

Wikipedia - Warrumbungles

Wikipedia - Coonabarabran

Donna the astronomer

Wikipedia - Coonabarabran

Milroy observatory

Welcome to the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Bermagui, New South Wales from the 13 Mar 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera (1 of 6), South Australia from the 24 Jul 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Woomera Part 6, South Australia from the 25 Sep 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Wikipedia - Nuclear weapons tests in Australia

BNTVA Museum CIC

Why does the Veterans' Foundation support British Nuclear Test Veterans Association?

Support for civilians and participants in the British nuclear tests

Royal Commission into British Nuclear tests in Australia / J.R. McClelland

British nuclear weapons testing in Australia

Killen must explain Maralinga: Scholes

Operation Hurricane

Black Mist - the impact of nuclear weapons on Australia

Two Ticks Town Talk on Woomera Part 5, South Australia from the 25 Sep 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

#Australia #Australian