Savanna gliders - part 2

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This episode (recorded 2025 and early 2026) is the second of two episodes about the savanna glider - a marsupial of Northern Australia.

You’ll hear Thomas Henessay and two of his volunteers (Sam and Asha) with the Katherine Savanna Glider Project as they explain how they help gliders thrive -  by building nest boxes for them along the Katherine River, and plan to monitor gliders by putting cameras in those boxes. 

Also in this episode, West Arnhem Land elder Jill Nganjmirra shares her memories from when she was a child camping in the bush, when the men would catch gliders to eat the next morning.

You can find more information and links relating to this episode here, and catch the first episode (featuring scientists Alyson and Tegan talking about their research on gliders) here.

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(01:29) Describing the savanna glider

(05:06) How the project got started

(10:20) Night walks looking for gliders

(12:42) Asha tells how she got involved

(17:14) Recording and passing on data from monitoring

(18:53) Nest boxes

(25:19) What volunteers do

(27:14) Research questions / looking forward

(29:41) Land clearing as a threat to gliders and other wildlife

(31:41) Volunteers becoming more aware of local wildlife

(33:14) Other widlife spotted during night walks

(35:17) Cats as a threat to gliders

(36:00) Support given to the project so far

(37:51) How to join the project

(38:48) Tom's 2026 update

(41:34) Jill Nganjmirra - a West Arnhem Land perspective

(44:16) Closing

(46:10) Dandenong Station (musical piece)