Listen to SS Queensland, Queensland marine news, internationally acclaimed sailor and NEW world record breaker Lisa Blair44:0412 June 2022

It’s Queen’s Birthday weekend, and Bron, Cabin Boy, Rex and Dr Beach talk SS Queensland, Queensland marine news (live from Queensland), and… yeah that’s enough. We speak with internationally acclaimed sailor and NEW world record breaker Lisa Blair about circumnavigating Antarctica, and take a look at how the humble shipping containers has changed the world ….

• We are absolutely thrilled to speak with internationally acclaimed sailor, author, and climate activist Lisa Blair, who has sailed solo around Antarctica not once but TWICE, holds three world records, is the founder of Climate Action NOW, and recently broke her own world record for her solo circumnavigation of Antarctica, all the while collecting ocean health data to deepen our understanding of ocean health and global weather patterns.

•Cabin Boy tells us how the humble shipping container has changed the world

•Rex tells us about the wreck of the SS Queensland, sunk in the waters off Wilsons Prom in 1876

•Dr Elodie Camprasse brings us the latest on the giant spider crabs, due any day now, including a weekly newsletter that you can sign up to

• And Dr Beach checks in from sunny Gladstone, Central Queensland.

About this program

The team continues the great Marinara tradition of bringing you a quirky but informative look at all that is marine. Get to know all things wet and salty.

Segments: Rex Hunter, Neil Blake, Jeff Maynard, Ben Francischelli

Dive Reporters: Cara Hull, Myra Kelly 

Tech: Rachel Connor, Nereaders Digest. 

Podcast: David Turner


The podcast intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.

https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion