Coastings - Di Moore, Coast Care Coordinator

Jeff Maynard - Marine Historian

Bron, Anth an Dave are all in the studio. The weather was described as tempestuous, with storms developing. Watch out for the genetically modified zebra fish that glow in the dark - a pet based on the work to use the fish as a bioindicator for heavy metals.

Thanks for the website user who searched on the phrase "what about squid" - email us about what you want about squid.

A NSW group has used decoy terns to try and lure other Terns down to safe locations. They got the local word turners to turn the Terns. So how much wood would a wood turner turn if a wood turner would turn wooden Terns?.

The Maritime Museum (by the Polly Woodside) is having an exhibition on Navigation by the stars, especially the early explorers. The exhibition is on until Christmas.

There are so many group out there doing good work - it is hard to know where to start. Coast Action started almost 10 years ago, and Coast Care followed along later with some Federal input.

Coast Care liaises with "Friends of" groups (about 30 in Di's area) and the local schools - who develop and implement the projects that make a real difference to themselves and their communities. This includes Friends of Mud Is, who have implemented a weed management program.

The Summer by the Sea program will run again - starting from Jan 2nd January, right across the states beaches. Rockpool rambles, guided walks, canoe tours are all available - although it varies from place to place. For more info, head to the website.

Imagine trying to study the history of aviation by only looking at plane crashes - Ray followed David Attenborough as an assistant to the producers of the early BBC wildlife programs..

As a child on a small island (England) with a Father with a history bent, he got dragged into every Castle in the country. With a start like that, Ray has ended up in the Archaeology unit at the BBC, picking up all the projects that have wet planks.

Ray is enjoying fulfilling a promise to set up a Museum in Derry (Nth Ireland). He started in the 1970's and that was a real problem - the site was split between Britain and the Republic and transporting guns between the two was not good at that time.

One of Ray's claims to fame is having sunk a Viking shop, 100 miles north of the Arctic circle in 15 seconds flat - and he was on it at the time.

Some of the things that sound boring - the first boat with a stern rudder, the development of the cog, that sort of thing. If you can connect it to people, then is is possible to engage and communicate.

Johno Johnson walked the Bass Strait - to try and repair the submarine telephone cable back in the 1930s. The phones started playing up, so he was asked to follow the cable to find the fault. He found it and fixed it. This was just the start. After that he went on to work on the Niagra salvage (150m of water). They used a diving bell and had to blast away the bits of the ship that were in the way.

The two key pieces of safety gear were the gumboots (he got sick of standing in his own vomit), and a bike helmet (as the ship pitched about on the surface he got a nasty beating).

There is more to come... Jeff will be back with more next year.

" Talk about love "

" The Sound of Settling"

" Silence and Whispers"

My Friend the Chocolate Cake

Death Cab for Cutie

Prairie Dogs

Brett is back in mobile coverage range, and about to go for another dive. The ocean side is pretty good. The temp was 19 C at 5:30 am this morning. Vis was 10-12 m, and don't try and contact him for the next 6 hours.