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Noisy by Nature
Australian nature is full of strange, surprising and sometimes silly sounds. From cicadas that sound like sprinklers to moaning mutton birds, there are heaps of weird noises to discover. Join host and nature lover, Ann, as we use our ears to listen to the different sounds that Australian nature mak...
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95 epizódChattering bilbies
Tonight, Ann is off on a desert adventure – it is very sandy and there are lots of grass trees and glowing ghost gums. Dig, dig, dig. Who is that scra...
Chirping ringtail possums
Ann is very excited – it's boardgame night with her friends... but, who is that running along the roof with sharp little claws?
Screeching spectacled flying foxes
In Curtain Fig National Park, Ann can hear someone screeching and chatting over breakfast. It is someone wearing glasses!
Hooting powerful owls
Away from the human noise of Melbourne, Ann finds some peace in a thick pine forest. But, not for long. Someone is calling out from the trees – announ...
Giggling red-eyed tree frogs
It's drip, drip, dripping with rain in the rainforest - but then it stop. Ann tries to take off her rainjacket. Ooops, she’s stuck. Who is that laughi...
Noisy by Night special episodes coming soon!
When us humans are getting ready to go to sleep at night – a lot of animals are just waking up.
Rasping kangaroo joeys
Ann is hoping to spot a baby with long legs and ears - who might tumble out of a pouch. But, what is that noise? It sounds a bit like a sheep, but the...
Zapping crocodile hatchlings
Today, Ann is looking for buried treasure - but it's not gold or jewels that she's hoping to find. But eggs!
Begging gannet chicks
Ann is off to join a big family, enjoying a get together on the beach. But there's no surfing, beach cricket or picnic rugs here. There is one very hu...
Squabbling corella chicks
Ann is hiking through Kalbarri National Park, WA, and there's a family out for brunch - but why is that little one making such a loud, persistent nois...
Squeaking sea turtle hatchlings
Ann is going for a late afternoon stroll along an island when she sees that someone has been building a sand castle - but there's no towers, or moat o...
Noi-SEA—Humming Continental Shelf
Ann is off on an adventure with her friend Christine – they are going to listen to all the animals that live on a shelf. No, not a kitchen shelf, but...
Noi-SEA—Bellowing Bremer Sub-Basin
Ann is on a boat, 50km off the coast of WA – headed to the Bremer Sub-Basin, which is home to apex predators.
Noi-SEA—Crunching Coral Reef
Today, Ann has on her stinger suit and is going scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef with Juan Carlos Azofeifa-Solano.
Noi-SEA—Crackling Giant Kelp Forest
Is that mermaid hair floating in Fortescue Bay, Tasmania? Ah, no, it’s the fronds of a giant kelp forests. Ann and her friend Leah Barclay dive under...
Noi-SEA—Singing Swan River
Ann is kayaking on the Swan River in Perth with her friend Miles Parsons – they drop the hydrophone to listen to the animals under the water.
Special underwater episodes coming soon!
Hello, Ann Jones here, your resident noisy by nature nerd. There are some places that are much harder to get to, and animals that only live under the...
Squeaking Ghost Bats
Right now, Ann is in an ancient maze - Purnululu National Park. She spies a deep crevice and hears some very strange sounds coming from the dark insid...
Hissing Rhinoceros Beetles
Ann is taking an evening stroll in Darwin when something lands on her shirt. It has horns, very sticky feet and is making a loud hiss.
Chattering Providence Petrels
Today, Ann is exploring an island way off the NSW coast. Someone is coming in to land – and not very gracefully. It’s a bird that has flown a very lon...
Growling Green and Gold Frogs
Ann is enjoying spotting lots of birds in a special hide on the Tamar Island Wetlands, when she hears a song that is definitely not a bird. Someone is...
Crooning Gerygones
Ann is taking a break from her walk by a big, wide river when she hears someone singing a very pretty song from the eucalypts above. It’s showing off...
Squabbling Little Red Flying Foxes
Down by a creek, Ann is filling up her billy to make a camp dinner when she hears a loud cry. But it’s not one someone, but lots of someones, just wak...
Cooing Rock Doves
Ann is getting ready to swim in a pool in Adelaide, when – splat! Someone’s poo lands right near her foot, shot from a ledge just above her.
Bleating Tree Frogs
Right now, Ann is helping on her friend’s farm when she steps in some squelchy mud by the dam. There’s someone who loves the mud so much, they’re sing...
Meowing Green Catbirds
Ann's crossing a suspension bridge across a creek in the national park, when she hears a cat lost up a tree. She follows the loud noise to discover th...
Crunching Quokkas
Today, Ann is exploring Rottnest Island by bike. What was that rustling? There, munching away is a giant rat... Oh, wait. That’s not a rat, but the an...
Cracking Whipbirds
On the way to explore some ancient caves in Lamington National Park, Ann hears a whip crack. But, there aren’t any farms around here. There it is agai...
Buzzing Houseflies
Ann is off to a birthday party but when she gets there she finds some unwanted guests – helping themselves to all the yummy food! Shoo!
Lyrical Lemon-bellied Flyrobins
Before dawn, Ann is woken by a strange call outside her tent. Who can that be? As she tries to solve the mystery, the song changes.
Laughing Northern Tree Frogs
It is the end of a hot day and Ann has been admiring some waterfalls in WA. Rumble! Crack! A storm is coming but after she slips in the wet she hears...
Shrieking Sooty Owls
Ann has her head torch on and is off to discover animals that wake up when the sun goes down in the Blue Mountains. Soon she spies someone with big, r...
Fanning Frilled Neck Lizards
It is late afternoon in Kakadu National Park and Ann is getting changed to have a dip to cool off. But someone who is famous for its fancy frill gives...
Flouncing Fur Seals
Ann is on a boat, wearing lots of warm clothes because it is very cold off the coast of Tasmania. She's snapping the sites with her camera, and spots...
Caroling Currawongs
In the middle of Sydney, Ann is walking through Hyde Park to visit the Anzac Memorial. Along the way she hears a loud sound from the branches above as...
Prattling Pelicans
Ann has her binoculars, checklist and a pencil – she's in full birding mode in WA. She soon spies a huge bird, preparing for a water landing.
Thumping Red Kangaroos
It is early in the morning and Ann is on her way to walk around Uluru before it gets too hot. She is admiring the red dirt when she sees a red rock sc...
New Noisy is on the way!
Hello sound detectives! It’s Ann here, and I’ve got some news for you.
I’ve been hard at work tracking down some of my favourite Aussie nature n...
Snarling Saltwater Crocodiles
Ann is using her binoculars to try and spot someone who is very good at camouflage along the Ord River in WA. She's glad to be safe in a boat - as the...
Whining Mosquitoes
It's a lovely evening and Ann has set up her tent next to a nice peaceful lake at Mungo Brush in NSW. She's relaxing by the fire when the high-pitched...