A Conservation Champion for Cheetham by Sandra Wilson

Bernie McCarrick, a former Parks Victoria ranger and site manager of Cheetham Saltworks, reflects on his role in transforming a former industrial site into a thriving wetland ecosystem. Alongside insights from Dr Mike Weston, the story reveals how careful water management and decades of on-the-ground knowledge sustain critical bird habitats.

Produced by: Sandra Wilson

Supervising Producer: Sarah Mashman. 

 

Key’s Matchstick Grasshopper by Ruijie Tang

In this story, the matchstick grasshopper’s grand comeback.

Following efforts led by Ary Hoffman to rediscover and protect the matchstick grasshopper — a species thought to have disappeared from Victoria after decades of habitat loss — his team draws on historical records and fieldwork to track the insect to a surviving population and begin the delicate process of rebuilding its numbers through conservation and translocation.

Produced by: JJ Tang

Supervising Producer: Thomas Phillips

Special thanks to Louisa Lim. 

 

Water Trial by Renate Millonig

Amid a devastating algal bloom along South Australia’s coast, Renate shares a haunting poem capturing the grief of witnessing mass marine death. 

“ In every breath we share, in every drop we drink.”

Written and Read by: Renate Millonig

Recorded by: Mel Bakewell.

 

All The Best Credits

Host: Gabriella Accaria

Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell

Programming & Community Coordinator: Catarina Fraga Matos 

Production Manager: Kwame Slusher

Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie

Mixed & Compiled: Emma Higgins 

Theme Music composed by Shining Bird

Special shout-out to all our volunteers

 

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A Conservation Champion for Cheetham by Sandra Wilson
Bernie McCarrick, a former Parks Victoria ranger and site manager of Cheetham Saltworks, reflects on his role in transforming a former industrial site into a thriving wetland ecosystem. Alongside insights from Dr Mike Weston, the story reveals how careful water management and decades of on-the-ground knowledge sustain critical bird habitats.
Produced by: Sandra Wilson
Supervising Producer: Sarah Mashman.&nbsp;
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Key&rsquo;s Matchstick Grasshopper by Ruijie Tang
In this story, the matchstick grasshopper&rsquo;s grand comeback.
Following efforts led by Ary Hoffman to rediscover and protect the matchstick grasshopper &mdash; a species thought to have disappeared from Victoria after decades of habitat loss &mdash; his team draws on historical records and fieldwork to track the insect to a surviving population and begin the delicate process of rebuilding its numbers through conservation and translocation.
Produced by: JJ Tang
Supervising Producer: Thomas Phillips
Special thanks to Louisa Lim.&nbsp;
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Water Trial by Renate Millonig
Amid a devastating algal bloom along South Australia&rsquo;s coast, Renate shares a haunting poem capturing the grief of witnessing mass marine death.&nbsp;
&ldquo; In every breath we share, in every drop we drink.&rdquo;
Written and Read by: Renate Millonig
Recorded by: Mel Bakewell.
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All The Best Credits
Host: Gabriella Accaria
Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell
Programming &amp; Community Coordinator: Catarina Fraga Matos&nbsp;
Production Manager: Kwame Slusher
Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie
Mixed &amp; Compiled: Emma Higgins&nbsp;
Theme Music composed by Shining Bird
Special shout-out to all our volunteers
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Protest_Zara_Day_22-03-2009.wav by eraylik -- https://freesound.org/s/69954/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
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All The Best is for new Australian storytelling. Hear from a Melbourne-based cannibal, how the Australian Wallabies used theatre workshops to improve their game, anxiety attacks in a Tantric sex class, and what the shopping centre Santa Claus is really thinking, all on All The Best. 


We're a weekly radio show and podcast produced at FBi Radio in Sydney in association with SYN and Triple R in Melbourne, and broadcast nationally via the Community Radio Network. We’ve been telling stories in a variety of forms since 2011, picking a theme each week and using short form documentary, personal narrative, interviews, and spoken word to bring you the best from across Australia.

All The Best is for new Australian storytelling. Hear from a Melbourne-based cannibal, how the Australian Wallabies used theatre workshops to improve their game, anxiety attacks in a Tantric sex class, and what the shopping centre Santa Claus is really thinking, all on All The Best. 
 
We're a weekly radio show and podcast produced at FBi Radio in Sydney in association with SYN and Triple R in Melbourne, and broadcast nationally via the Community Radio Network. We’ve been telling stories in a variety of forms since 2011, picking a theme each week and using short form documentary, personal narrative, interviews, and spoken word to bring you the best from across Australia.