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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
    • 4.7 • 53 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

4.7 out of 5
53 Ratings

53 Ratings

ricstra ,

Love Off Track

Dr. Ann Jones, You are one of my favorite people. I just know it.

April 8. 2021 Listening to Tripple Blue again. So educational and easy to listen to and absorb. Like being on a field trip you don’t want to end.

nicole4544 ,

Outstanding podcast

I love the relaxed, conversational style of the show. The guest are always interesting people with a unique perspective. I’m not in Australia, but it’s still really fascinating to hear the wildlife over there.

Trillian108 ,

Sounds of nature

I love that this show is recorded on location. I love hearing all the nature sounds. Thanks for making such a cool podcast!

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