Ep 9: The Data Centre: Who Decides?

Who gets a say on what happens on the river?  The government? The council? The landowners? The land's custodians? You and me? In this episode, we're revisiting a story that we covered a couple of months ago, the redevelopment proposal to turn the Kogarah Golf Course into a logistics hub and possi…

Ep 8: Finding the Long Lost Swamp

Nature really is unquashable. Nature always finds a way to come back, to poke through the cracks, to stick around on the margins and await the day that better conditions arrive. No matter how we try to control, shape or suppress it, nature is there, waiting to make itself known to us. First up in…

Ep 7: The Toxic Waterway

This month we’re spending time in the part of our river catchment with the worst reputation of all. The most unloved part of a river system that was unloved for so long. The most unnatural, the most toxic. The worst of the worst. I’m talking about Shea’s Creek, but you might know it better as the …

Ep 6: The Cooks River Data Centre?

This month we’re jumping in deep and covering the new proposal to redevelop the Kogarah Golf Course into a logistics hub and possible data centre. This proposal and the community reaction to it feels like an important moment in the history of our river. It’s a moment when priorities and the way we …

Ep 5: What Happened at the Golf Course?

On this episode it’s all about the Marrickville Golf Course. But we’re not talking to any golfers! Instead, the focus is on the place the golf course is in, the landscape itself, the local environment, its history and its ecology, especially its flora. Come along on a walk around the course with G…

Ep 4: With Our Powers Combined…

The river is something that brings people together. It’s a space for people to gather, it’s a focal point for community. It provides a beautiful setting for people to meet, to share, to talk, to enjoy each other’s company.  This episode of Goolay’yari Cooks River Radio is all about how our river a…

Ep 3: The Cooks River Bird Nerds

Birds. Who doesn’t love birds? They’re the colour and movement that draw people to the river. They’re the ambassadors for wildlife and nature experiences for people in the city. They’re so important, both for ecosystems and for our relationships to these places. When you go to the river, or listen…

Ep 2: Who are the Mudcrabs?

Have you ever walked past a problem so many times you just had to jump in and sort it out? No matter the barriers? One man, working alone in the mangroves, did just that—and we're still feeling the impact today. In this episode of Goolay'yari Cooks River Radio we have an interview with Alison Gibb…

Ep 1: Who is Goolay'yari?

On our debut episode of Goolay'yari Cooks River Radio we have an interview with Darug/Gadigal/Bidjigal/Yuin elder Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, on the Aboriginal history of the river, her personal connection to it, and the names we call it today. We also have a special report on the mysterious man …

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