16 Jul 2025

Moment of Calm: By the billabong

From Three to Seven, 5:35 pm on 16 July 2025
Lake Esmond, Ballarat, Vic, Australia

Plenty of early morning birdsong by the billabong. Photo: Bryan Crump

RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump recently spent a week in Australia and he took his recording device with him.

And because he was still running on NZ time, he got up early; early enough to capture some pretty sweet sounds at the crack'o'dawn, including this made by a billabong in the Victorian city of Ballarat (the magpies are especially fine).

You don't have to be a jolly swagman to appreciate this Sonic Moment of Calm, but you can pretend you're there if you like.

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