Bass Strait
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Oct 27, 2026
LyleHOST
And actually, Patty explained that the wine club members receive early access to cellar door only wines, newly released vintages and special discount offers.
LyleHOST
Nanny Goat Melbourne's Warehouse simplifies freight routing from New Zealand across the Bass Strait into larger Australian consumer markets.
LyleHOST
After the traditional group photo, it was time for Jess to do the drop-offs.
LyleHOST
During the drive home, Jess also made suggestions in relation to restaurants, wine bars and the famous Wanaka food trucks.
Lex LasryHOST
I would have thought the Victorian government, in whatever form it takes after November, will not be the slightest bit interested in arguments like that.
Saul EslakeGUEST
Well, my impression, and it's an impression from the other side of Bass Strait, is that the Victorian Liberals under Jess Wilson, while they're obviously pointing to an upsurge in crime in Victoria as possible, one of what they describe as failings of the current Victorian Labor government, nonetheless don't seem to be as hardline about these issues as their counterparts in the Northern Territory and Queensland have been.
Saul EslakeGUEST
That's true.
Saul EslakeGUEST
That doesn't mean that they're necessarily going to pick up the suggestions that I've advocated in this particular article.
Russel HowcroftHOST
Well, my thinking was,
Ross StevensonHOST
well, if the answer is no, you don't, the outlier is Tasmania because of Bass Strait.
Ross StevensonHOST
That's right.
Russel HowcroftHOST
However...
Russel HowcroftHOST
Well, my thinking was,
Ross StevensonHOST
well, if the answer is no, you don't, the outlier is Tasmania because of Bass Strait.
Ross StevensonHOST
That's
Russel HowcroftHOST
right.
Alex MaynardSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So look at the Milky Way for hours or go in a boat and you could just sit there, fish.
April McLennanCORRESPONDENT
It's a tiny island in the Bass Strait near Flinders Island and it's one of the places where mutton birds burrow.
Alex MaynardSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So we pretty much put our arm down a hole that looks like it's not a snake hole.
April McLennanCORRESPONDENT
Mutton birds, also known as short-tailed shearwaters, are caught and harvested for food, oil and even their feathers.
Robert MillerHOST
Tell everybody where Tasmania is because they probably know about Tasmania devils, but that's about it.
Douglas KnehansGUEST
Yeah, Tasmania is an island state just south of the mainland across Bass Strait.
Douglas KnehansGUEST
So it's the southernmost part of the world before you get to Antarctica, basically.
Douglas KnehansGUEST
So when the southern winds come, man, they are cold.
Andy MaherHOST
The prospect of driving on it.
Andy MaherHOST
When you come over that loop, you're looking out to Bass Strait there, Coop.
Andy MaherHOST
It's spectacular.
Andy MaherHOST
Really test the old sort of capacity of the schvink to stay in one piece.
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Andy MaherHOST
Tough conditions down in North Hobart.
Andy MaherHOST
I think they played on the weekend.
Andy MaherHOST
The weather was, as we know, from the sort of northwest of Victoria all the way down across Bass Strait and across Tasmania.
Andy MaherHOST
A lot of rain.
Michael MossHOST
It's at Northern Tasmania.
Michael MossHOST
There's Bass Strait.
Michael MossHOST
Okay, coming up here.
Michael MossHOST
There's King Island there, of course.
Michael MossHOST
Just having a look there.
Michael MossHOST
Bass Strait.
Michael MossHOST
And then you've got Southern Victoria up here.
Michael MossHOST
Okay.
Alex SaundersGUEST
If you look at a lot of those old maps, like 1400 and 1500, they have Australia clearly defined with like Tasmania still drawn to the mainland.
Alex SaundersGUEST
So, you know, places like Bass Strait, they're only 50 meters deep and we hear these myths about a land bridge.
Alex SaundersGUEST
Well, we actually have old maps that show that.
Alex SaundersGUEST
Yeah.
Steve StocktonHOST
Frederick Valentich was a 20-year-old Australian pilot with about 150 hours of flight experience.
Steve StocktonHOST
On that Saturday evening, he was flying a Cessna 182L from Moorabbin, Victoria to King Island, a small landmass in the Bass Strait between the Australian mainland and Tasmania.
Steve StocktonHOST
It was a calm, clear night with excellent visibility.
Steve StocktonHOST
Valentich was flying at an altitude of roughly 4,500 feet.
Steve StocktonHOST
Following this, there was a 17 second burst of metallic scraping sound described by Robey as metal on metal before the radio went dead.
Steve StocktonHOST
Now, a massive sea and air search was launched immediately involving RAAF or Royal Australian Air Force aircraft and commercial ships.
Steve StocktonHOST
The Bass Strait is notoriously deep and can have difficult currents, but the weather that night was near perfect.
Steve StocktonHOST
Despite days of searching, not a single piece of wreckage, oil slick, or life jacket was found.
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