Finding Melbourne's Nature
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Podcast Overview
<p> </p><p>Finding Melbourne’s Nature is a walking conversation series exploring the wild places within the city. </p><p>Ecologist Ben Cullen walks through reserves, wetlands and remnant bushland across Melbourne/Naarm with Traditional Owners, First Nations voices, conservationists, scientists and community members, each choosing a place that matters to them. </p><p><br></p><p>Together they walk and talk about what lives there, what’s changed, what needs protecting, and their own journey in learning about and caring for nature. </p><p><br></p><p>You’ll hear footsteps on tracks, birds overhead, wind in the trees, and the city never too far away. </p>
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Publishing Since
3/1/2026
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Recent Episodes
July 15, 2026
Gresswell Forest with George Paras
Send us Fan Mail George Paras has spent more than four decades caring for Gresswell Forest. For more than 36 of those years, he worked as a ranger at La Trobe’s Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary, helping restore this forest and the surrounding bushland. Today, he continues to work in ecological restoration and environmental education, and is an incredible source of knowledge when it comes to how these systems actually work. In this episode, we walk through Gresswell Forest in Melbourne’s nor...
July 8, 2026
Uambi Reserve with Dr Kaori Yokochi
Send us Fan Mail What happens when we make the night brighter? In this episode of Finding Melbourne's Nature, we head to Uambi Reserve in Heathmont with wildlife ecologist Dr Kaori Yokochi from Deakin University to explore the hidden world of microbats, darkness and urban ecology. Kaori explains why darkness is just as important to ecosystems as daylight, how artificial light is affecting wildlife across Melbourne, and why something as simple as closing your curtains or changing the lights ar...
June 27, 2026
Professors Hill Reserve with David Cameron
Send us Fan Mail This is our most botanical episode yet. Prepare to get a little plant nerdy. Professor's Hill Reserve, in North Warrandyte within Nillumbik Shire, might only cover five hectares, but it contains one of Melbourne's richest and most significant patches of native bushland. In this episode, I walk with botanist David Cameron, whose work has shaped the way Victoria understands and protects its native flora. Over five decades, David has surveyed vegetation across the state, helped ...
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- What is Finding Melbourne's Nature?
<p> </p><p>Finding Melbourne’s Nature is a walking conversation series exploring the wild places within the city. </p><p>Ecologist Ben Cullen walks through reserves, wetlands and remnant bushland across Melbourne/Naarm with Traditional Owners, First Nations voices, conservationists, scientists and community members, each choosing a place that matters to them. </p><p><br></p><p>Together they walk and talk about what lives there, what’s changed, what needs protecting, and their own journey in learning about and caring for nature. </p><p><br></p><p>You’ll hear footsteps on tracks, birds overhead, wind in the trees, and the city never too far away. </p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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