Learning Garawa
The annual Waanyi Garawa Biodiversity and Culture Camp brings Elders, rangers and kids together to keep their culture and language strong.
Season 3
Big ideas, big voices and big solutions.
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Flatback turtle. Photo Mat McLean.
Oceans of change
Episode 6
6 October 2025
Turtles, blue carbon and whale poo
From plankton to humpbacks, ocean life is riding massive waves of change – including ocean warming, rising sea levels, acidification and algal blooms. We look at the tracking of sea turtles, how whales are fertilising the ocean and then dive into the world of blue carbon. Even though our oceans are disproportionately impacted by climate change, they play a mighty role in its defence.
Traditional knowledge
Episode 5
22 September 2025
Healing Country and sharing Indigenous wisdom
Traditional Custodians have recorded sea level changes, volcanic shifts and meteoric events for over 10,000 years through story, song, dance and art. Since colonisation, these knowledge systems have faced immense pressure. Tiahni traces her own journey to connect with her ancestry and explores how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge can strengthen Country to help it adapt.
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Traditional shoe weaving demonstration. Photo Annette Ruzicka.
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Sylvia Leighton (Wilyun Ponds Farm) with Tiahni Adamson, smelling a flower. Photo Bee Stephens.
Surviving the heat
Episode 3
25 August 2025
Climate change in deserts, Numbats and knowledge
Our planet is getting hotter – and deserts, covering 41% of the Earth and nearly 20% of Australia, are on the frontline. What will the sweltering and scorching temperatures mean for the people and species that live there?
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Dr Katherine Moseby with Tiahni Adamson. Photo Bee Stephens.
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Alex Hams with seedlings for revegetation work. Photo Krysta Guille.
Restoring nature
Episode 2
11 August 2025
Platypus comeback, oyster reefs and habitat corridors
When nature is destroyed and removed, can we ever truly restore it? Across Australia, scientists and communities are sharing powerful stories of ecological restoration – from city rivers to deep-sea reefs.
Trees & climate
Episode 1
28 July 2025
Among flowering blackwoods, host Tiahni Adamson chats with environmentalist Bob Brown about tree conservation and community, courage and staying defiant. Next she visits palawa Elder Hank Horton to explore deep cultural ties to trees, and talks to arboriculturist Dr Gregory Moore about a sobering truth: without trees, humans can’t exist. So why are we still clearing trees? What if we protected them instead?
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Tiahni Adamson chats with Dr Bob Brown at Oura Oura. Photo Bee Stephens.
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Big Sky Country: A Bush Heritage podcast.
Big Sky Country Season 3 is our most expansive yet. In six captivating new episodes, we build on the show with a new host and a grander scale. We’re taking you down the backroads of this diverse country to investigate how biodiversity quietly – and powerfully – offers solutions to the climate crisis.
Hosted by wildlife conservation biologist and proud descendant of the Kaurareg nations Tiahni Adamson – the 2024 Young South Australian of the Year – this series introduces you to people with moving, personal stories who are restoring and protecting ecosystems one block, one banksia, one oyster at a time.
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You'll meet die-hard conservationists safeguarding tree species that dinosaurs once ate. Scientists measuring the body temperatures of desert animals to help them survive climate change. Traditional Custodians who are reading the signals from plants, animals, landscapes and Country – physically, spiritually, emotionally – and lending their knowledge to show us all how to live in balance, so that we don’t simply survive, but thrive.
Tiahni doesn’t shy away from the tough stuff. She leans in. And when she does, she finds that even in places hit hardest by climate change – where extreme heat on land and in oceans threatens to topple even the most sturdy ecosystems – nature will still fight to recover. And there are plenty of people willing, eager and able to give it the chance.
From the red dirt deserts of South Australia to the remote turtle-populated islands of the Kimberley, she follows stories of hope, resilience and community. Of platypus returning to city rivers in Adelaide. Of the ancient gums and blackwoods in lutruwita/Tasmania – where Bush Heritage began – whose limbs sequester and store carbon and provide sanctuaries for thousands of species and microorganisms.
Big Sky Country is proof that small actions can create big change. That where there is life, there is hope. And that by listening – truly listening – to nature and to the experts, we can find hope and solutions to some of the biggest challenges of this pivotal moment on Earth… if we allow biodiversity to create resilience.
Big Sky Country Seasons 1 & 2
