Show Notes
Join Jesse and Lucy Valentine from the Boonta Vista podcast as we take a dip in the viscous, multicolored pools of Lemon Springs. We discuss one of Australia’s weirdest environmental crimes and what it could mean for wildlife and collectors of horror film-memorabilia.
Listen to the Boonta Vista Podcast here or anywhere you get your pods.
Sludgefest produced by Jesse Black and Shannon Rawlings
Intro/Outro by Chat Pile
Ambient music by California Death Worm
Backround image by Joe Armao, EPA
Sources and links:
Visual article from Sydney Morning Herald by Chris Vedelago and The Visual Stories Team
Article from The Age by Chris Vedelago, Sumeyya Ilanbey and Cameron Houston
Lemon Springs EPA Kaniva Community Meeting:
See Substack post notes for sources and to see Lucy’s visual guide
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