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Mysterious city and surfing gold

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This week you’ll meet some kids who are saving a fish from extinction, cheer on some Aussie surfers who have all won gold, learn about some flying robots that are doing a very special job and visit an ancient city… and, in our Wow of the Week, meet some hotel guests… who aren’t humans!

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© Australian Broadcasting Corporation Length 10 min 1 July 2022 NewsEducationalGeography Australia Episodic

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Assassin spider and space telescope

This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.

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This week you’ll meet some kids who are saving a fish from extinction, cheer on some Aussie surfers who have all won gold, learn about some flying robots that are doing a very special job and visit an ancient city… and, in our Wow of the Week, meet some hotel guests… who aren’t humans!

Quiz questions

1.What kind of fish were the kids helping to save?2.The new surfing competition is called the: ____ Surfing Professionals World Championship.3.How many seeds a day can the special gardening drones plant?4.What caused the ancient city to emerge?5.Where do experts want frog hotels to be built? Bonus tricky question

Where are the gardening drones being used?

Quiz answers

1.Southern purple-spotted gudgeon2.Adaptive3.40,0004.Drought5.Cities/urban areasBonus tricky answer

Australian Botanic Garden (Sydney)


© Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 10 min

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