Is there a spot near a body of water that feels like home to you? You know, like a stream, a lake or a river?

This week is a reminder that these natural spaces that we come to value are our responsibility and we have to protect them.  

Flying Fox by Thomas Phillips 

A flying fox colony roosts in the trees by the banks of the Yarra. Meet the scientist trying to understand them. 

Produced by Thomas Phillips. 

It was originally commissioned and aired on BBC’s Short Cuts

 If I have to see it, you have to see it too by Mel Bakewell 

An aquatics instructor, caravan park manager, citizen scientist, community advocate - Lochie Cameron has worn many hats living by the coast that grew him up. His latest one has him pocketing seawater samples in the race to understand the cellular algae devastating the oceans and marine life along the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. 

Production, sound design and field recordings by Mel Bakewell. 

Featuring: Lochie Cameron

\Music by Blue Dot Sessions. 

This story was shortlisted for the 2026 HearSay Audio Prize. 

A creek love story by Rob Law

A symphony of voices guide us along the tributaries of Campbell’s Creek, on Dja Dja Wurrung country. 

Produced, sound production, field recordings and music by Rob Law

Featured voices: Steve Higgins, Aunty Kath Coff, Ian Higgins, Otto and Ralph Maguire-Law, Cassia Read, and Rob Law.

This story was recorded on location on Dja Dja Wurrung land. 

This story was also shortlisted for the 2026 HearSay Audio Prize. 

All the Best Credits 

Host: Gabriella Accaria

Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell

Programming & Community Coordinator: Catarina Fraga Matos 

Production Manager: Kwame Slusher

Digital Trainee: Imogen Brosnan 

Theme Music composed by Shining Bird

Episode Tile: Jennifer Ibe 

SFX: Rock-pool by the Ocean by Mings -- https://freesound.org/s/172512/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

And a special shout-out to all our volunteers!