The Land Bridge
A science and culture deep dive into the ice age world of the Bassian Plain in southeastern Australia. The series features interviews with experts and cultural custodians who tell us what is known about this deep past landscape which is now submerged under Bass Strait.
The Land Bridge podcast series is a companion to The Land Bridge digital story website https://thelandbridge.au/.
The project was funded by the Australian Government through the Our Marine Parks grant program.
Program Credits: Host Lucinda Horrocks. Producers Lucinda Horrocks and Jary Nemo. Production company Wind & Sky Productions. Music ‘Look to the Sky’ by Piotr Pacyna.
The Land Bridge
Episode 6: Underwater Worlds
Marine ecologist Associate Professor Neville Barrett has mapped the seabed and surveyed the marine life of the shallow waters of the Beagle Marine Park in Bass Strait. His research helps us understand both the drowned landscape of the Bassian Plain and the unique, biodiverse environment of Bass Strait today.
To watch parts of Neville’s interview in the Land Bridge documentary film, visit https://thelandbridge.au/the-documentary/
To read more about Neville’s seabed mapping research you can read the article ‘Mapping the seabed’ https://thelandbridge.au/mapping-the-seabed/
To read more about marine biodiversity and the underwater worlds of Bass Strait, take a browse through the Land Bridge category page ‘Underwater Worlds’ https://thelandbridge.au/category/underwater-worlds/
Episode Credits
Host: Lucinda Horrocks. Featuring Neville Barrett. Audio recorded by Jary Nemo. Project production and studio production by Lucinda Horrocks and Jary Nemo, Wind & Sky Productions. With thanks to the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, and the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub. Music: ‘Look to the Sky’ By Piotr Pacyna.
This program is part of the Land Bridge digital story project of film and multimedia stories. A range of companion media and other stories are freely available to read, listen to, watch and share on the website https://thelandbridge.au/ .
The project was funded by the Australian Government through the Our Marine Parks grant program.