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Off Track, with Ann Jones, is an Australian radio show and podcast which combines the relaxing sounds of nature with awesome stories of wildlife and environmental science, all recorded in the outdoors.

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    • Science
    • 4.8 • 24 Ratings

Off Track, with Ann Jones, is an Australian radio show and podcast which combines the relaxing sounds of nature with awesome stories of wildlife and environmental science, all recorded in the outdoors.

    INTRODUCING — What The Duck?!

    INTRODUCING — What The Duck?!

    Australia is full of weird plants and animals. And Dr Ann Jones is on speaking terms with most of them! Each week Ann explores the most unusual elements of our natural world — the ones that make you go What the Duck?! Like why do quolls have spots? Who farts (and who doesn't)? And how do snakes climb trees? Join Ann alongside experts and ordinary Aussies alike to solve mysteries, smash myths and uncover the bizarre truth about nature down under.

    • 25 min
    The end of the track

    The end of the track

    The Off Track adventure has come to an end.

    • 25 min
    Antarctic blue whales and their amazing hums

    Antarctic blue whales and their amazing hums

    The song calls of Antarctic blue whales are so deep that they're almost infrasonic - you feel them as much as you hear them.

    • 25 min
    Live long, little lizard [RE-ISSUE]

    Live long, little lizard [RE-ISSUE]

    After 35 years, some of the same sleepy lizards are still alive, still with the same lizard partner.

    • 25 min
    The bilby, the moon and the Birriliburu Rangers

    The bilby, the moon and the Birriliburu Rangers

    A bilby dreaming story guides a mother with a sick child to an outback town. Decades later, the child returns to repay the favour and look after the bilby.

    • 25 min
    The Blythe Star sinks off Tasmania [RE-ISSUE]

    The Blythe Star sinks off Tasmania [RE-ISSUE]

    While all ten crew members of the Blythe Star got out alive after she capsized, not all would survive the ordeal that followed.

    • 25 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
24 Ratings

24 Ratings

Favelason ,

A favourite podcast

I discovered Off Track on CBC Overnight programming 2 years ago, and it has became one of my top 3 favourite podcasts. Being Canadian does not detract at all from the content, it being Australian. On the contrary, it has enhanced my interest and knowledge in nature, period. The infectious enthusiasm that Ann brings to the interviews and her presentation skills make the program/podcast the pleasure that it is. I always look forward to the next episode and miss it when the natural breaks in programming occur. Keep up the excellent work!

Weyakwin ,

Great sound editing and production

One of the key features of this show is the care they take creating a sound track. The attention to detail, imtimate and expansive, make this show worth listening to over and over, even here in Canada.

Thank you for your good work and bringing these important stories to the fore.

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