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An Australian travel series hosted by Greg Grainger. Greg Grainger is an award-winning producer and presenter of topical travel and adventure documentaries, and wildlife programs, to remote and exotic locations.
2008
In this 3 part series: Christmas Island, Barunga, Norfolk Island...
Christmas Island, Sydney In 2 Hours, Fraser Island & Shark Diving...
Torres Strait Islands, Falls Creek, Norfolk Island, Sydney Tower
Great Barrier Reef, Barunga & Hartley Creek, Queensland By Train, Sydney By Night
Montague Island, Trains & Koalas, Outback Rally, Sydney 360
Murramarang, Longreach, Outback Rally, The Bungle Bungle Ranges
Bush Ballads, Melbourne, Humpback Whale Migration
Kangaroo Island, Road Trip, Winton
Lake Eyre, Ningaloo Reef, Road Trip
Canberra, Great Ocean Road, The Kimberley
Lord Howe Island, Perth, Kangaroo Island
Tasmanian Devils, Melbourne & Canberra
Australia Day, Tamworth, Broken Hill
Broken Hill, Silverton & Surf Lifesaving, Tangalooma
Flinders Ranges, Lightning Ridge, Brisbane
The Dog Fence To Farina, Lake Eyre, Whitsundays, Lamington National Park
Coober Pedy, Jet Boating, Penfolds, Lamington National Park
Uluru, Adelaide & Noosa, Surfing
Snowy River, Snowy Tumut, Great Barrier Reef, Alice Springs
Snake Wrangling In Alice Springs, Jackarooing, The Anzac Spirit
Davenport Ranges, Tennant Creek, Glen Innes, Tumut
Daly Waters, Katherine Gorge, Grand Pacific Drive, Dubbo & The Western Plains Zoo
Kakadu, Skydiving Grand Pacific Drive, Freycinet National Park Tasmania
Bourke, The Yarra Valley, The Top End
Tiwi Islands, Surfing In Hay, Hobart & Mount Wellington
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2010
One year after devastating bushfires in Victoria, we follow the survivors who have re-built their homes and shattered lives...
Bush balladeers at the Boondooma Homestead, including the colourful car-parker Brownie...
Afghan Willie explores the outback on his camel train, the limestone formations, the Pinnacles, of Western Australia...
We follow researchers as they study coral growth on the reef and follow the release of turtle hatchlings...
Efforts to save this delightful endangered species of bandicoots, Sydney City to Surf fun run with the Two Tims...
Imagine working deep underground and striking a dazzling opal, in the opal fields of Yowah...
Swim with whale sharks, dugongs, dolphins, and seals...
An outback Queensland sheep farm run by a grandmother, Charlotte Plains. Mud crabbing the indigenous way...
A month-long celebration of music, comedy, food, island hopping and breakfast on the Sydney Harbour Bridge...
From a golf game in the harsh red earth of outback Australia, to a race with goats in Lightning Ridge. Hilarious moments in the name of sport...
In this episode of Travel Oz, the impressive mighty Murray River, The Two Tim’s explore the Trobriand Islands...
In this episode of Travel Oz, a historic journey in the west coast of Tasmania...
In this special wildlife encounters episode of Travel Oz, the carers the scarers and the catchers. Seek out Aussie icons...
This episode of Travel Oz The Cradle Mountain wilderness including wildlife encounters and kayak adventures...
In this episode of Travel Oz, Tasmania’s isolated and stunningly beautiful wild west coast...
In this episode of Travel Oz, Australia Day. Celebrations are held in the Nations capital for the naming of the Australian of the Year...
In this episode of Travel Oz, Bushrangers and gold rush towns in the NSW town of Mogo, very close encounters with exotic wildlife...
In this episode of Travel Oz, some of Australia’s most loved festivals...celebrating the seasons, culture, music and the bizarre...
This episode of Travel Oz features the district known as the food basket of New South Wales, around Orange - from paddock to plate...
Features a superb collection of Australia’s finest historic aircraft being flown...
Wildlife Islands
King Island, Blue Mountains/Nepal, George Bass Marathon English
King Island lobster fishing, Chinese New Year...
Canberra Balloons, Coffs Harbour, King Island Marathon...
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Countryfest, Andrew Rogers sculptor
Gulf Air Longreach, Sheepdog trials, Eurobadalla indigenous
Gulf Air Lonmgreach to Lawn Hill, Canberra Kangaroos, Glen A Baker
Gulf Air Karumba, Melbourne-Sydney drive 1 Mackay
Gulf Air Haggerstone Island, Melbourne-Sydney drive 2, Gem Fest, Red Bull AirRace
Outback Floods Birdsville, Melbourne-Sydney drive 3, Chopper Photography
Light to light Bega, Flooded Lake Eyre, Lord Howe Island to Middleton Reef, light to light Bega, Flooded Lake Eyre...
Vivid Middleton Reef, Melbourne-Sydney drive 4, Tourism campaign Adelaide, Vivid...
Murray River source, Melbourne -Sydney drive 5, Henry Lawson Festival
Murray River kayak to Hume Weir, Kanangra Adventure, Maggie Beer
Murray River farmers to Cobram, Hamilton Island
Mary Mackillop, Brigadoon, Angus Mongolia
Murray River Echuca Paddlesteamers, Green Cauldron, Yanga Homestead
Murray River Mildura, Sunshine Coast, Limestone Coast
Murray River Wentworth to Renmark, Australian Alps, South Burnett
Murray River: Blanchtown to Mannum, Blue Mountains canyoning, Young: Cherry festival Murray River:
Murray River Reaching the sea, Childers, Canberra
Western Australia
Heroes Of Australia
Mid North Coast - NSW
2009
Tiwi Islands: Footy Fever, Townsville Wildlife, Snowy Mountains Brumbies/Snow Muster
Arnhem: Hunt, Magnetic Island, Saving The Tasmanian Devil
Arnhemland: Didgeridoo, Dive The Yongala Wreck, Cairns, Port Arthur
Arnhemland: Garma Corroboree Festival, Outback Nomads, Exotic Wildlife At The National Zoo...
Broome: Pearls, Australia's Biggest Rodeo, Boomerangs: Hunting & Sport
Horizonal Waterfalls, Gulf Of Carpentaria, Lord Howe Island: Jewel Of The Pacific & Kangaroo Island Secrets...
Mud Crabbing, Karumba Festival, Tamar Valley: Sea Horses
Mitchell Falls, Hughendon Camel Race, Wellington: Prehistoric Fossils & Harsh Regions...
The Simpson Desert, Hamilton Island Race Week, Aussie Romance & Adventure...
Kimberley: High Adventure, Birdsville Characters, Barrington Tops
North Keeling Island, Birdsville Races, Home Valley Muster
Lake Argyle: Diamonds, Coffs Harbour Buskers Festival, Floriade: Flower Power
Cocos Islands 2, The Gold Coast, Darwin
Sailing to Mawson's Antarctica, Northern Rivers: Nimbin Revisited, Kakadu: Croc Catchers...
Macquarie Island Wildlife Paradise, Dante Rainforest, Jawoyn Sacred Sites
Cocos Islands: Dugongs, Clams, Paradise Island, Mission Beach...
Antarctica: Mawson's Hut, Cairns, Bunbury Dolphins
Antarctica: West Of Mawson's Hut, Emperor Penguins...
The Mertz Glacier, The Long Paddock, The Valley Of The Giants
Capertee, Port Stephens/Stockton & Albany Whales
Montague Island, Kokoda Trail & Esperance Wildlife
Mawsons Hut Restoration, The Great Victorian Bike Ride 2, Coffs Harbour & Kalgoorlie Gold Tour/Orphaned Wildlife
Coroborree Family Honey Ants, Daintree, Capertee & Apollo Bay Festival
Cocos Malay Wedding, Port Macquarie, Atherton Coffee & Great Lakes
2020
Captain James Cook became the first European to step ashore in Queensland. The date was May 24, 1770 and to mark that historic event, this delightdful settlement was named after the year of his landing. So much water surrounds this town, resulting in numerous water activites - the mighty Larc, jet skiing. Off shore sits Lady Musgrave Island on the Great Barrier Reef. Turtles laying eggs, hatchlngs waddling to sea. Swimming up close to turtles. Celebrations every year to mark Cook's landing. Walks, kangaroo sanctuaries, home distilleries.
Travel in Australia is opening up. Features the Great Barrier Reef, Lady Musgrave Island, Lord Howe Island, Dubbo, Lightning Ridge, Broken Hill, Echuica,. Phillip Island, Ipswich.
LIGHTNING RIDGE: Characters of the Outback, larger than life. Down a black opal mine with jack hammer-wielding miner Vicki Bokros. THE GRAWIN - A rough and ready mining community west of the Ridge. NARRAN LAKES: Flooded for the first time in 10 years attracting thousands of waterbirds. Reminders of past aboriginal inhabitants. WALGETT: Town hero singer Jimmy Little remembered in song by his daughter Frances. CORINDA: The day singer David Bowie came to this tiny town to record a pop clip remembered with an annual festival, LET'S DANCE.
Australia's most terrifying creatures including crocodiles and snakes.
Some of the more unusual deadly destinations and creatures of Australia in this episode, including the cassowary and Lake Eyre.
We take a closer look at some of Australia's most iconic animals and how dangerous they can really be, such as Kangaroos and Tassie Devils.
A true contrast of sand and sea, from a crossing of the Simpson Desert to some of the deadliest undersea creatures.
South Australia. Famous Vineyards, the Eyre Peninsula, and Adelaide Also Burke shire on the Gulf of Carpentaria. and the Plastic Free boy.
Australia's wildest weather. Killer Kangaroos. Emu round-up...
Sharks and Crocs...
Tasmania's festival of voices, Central West Cycling Trail, and Barossa Valley experiences...
Dingos and Great White Sharks...
Blue-ring octopus, Snakes
12 Apostles, Hanging Rock, the Macedon Ranges, Bendigo Trams, Phillip Island, Puffing Billy Railway, Healesville Sanctuary...
From the awesome beauty of the Great Barrier Reef. to the breath-taking spectacle of giant whale sharks cruising the Ningaloo Reef...
Bushfire: Ravaging Australia. Tasmania: Jack Jumper Ants...
Lord Howe Island and Balls Pyramid. Wild weather strikes...
Kimberley Cattle Round Up, Crocs and the indigeneous way of life in Kakadu...
Spirit of the Red Sands: Indigenous performance. Best of Ipswich, Toowoomba and Southern Downs. Moving to the next level on the Sunshine Coast...
The whale whisperer. Interacting with humpback whales in Hervey Bay. Southern Right whales and huge pods of dolphins off the Western Australian coastline...
From Lady Musgrave Island on the Great Barrier Reef to Banana Shire, Tambo Blackall and Barcaldine. One of Australia's greatest aviation mysteries, the American bomber that disappeared for 50 years. Catching giant Barramundi. Boxing promoter Fred Brophy's former hotel in the ghost town of Cracow. Rounding up the cattle on Gyranda Station. Tambo Teddies. Chicken racing. The Blackall Woolscour. The Tree of Knowledge...
Galloping horses with Cobb N Co style stagecoaches. Crusing the Long Reach of the Thompson River. The revamped Stockman's Hall of Fame. The QANTAS light show. Winton's Crack Up Sisters, and Waltzing Matilda Centre. Digging for fossils in Richmond. Glorious outback sunsets and hot tubs in Julia Creek. Feeding cattle and John Flynne memorial in Cloncurry. The abandoned Mary Kathleen Uranium mine...
Outback Queensland: Gulf & Burke Shire
2017
This episode features the iconic Great Barrier Reef, the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and other adventures on Australia’s Mid North Coast ...
The famed wine region of Hunter Valley in harvest time, explores the majestic waterways of Port Stephens by kayak...
Producer/presenter Greg Grainger visits the fabled wine destination of the Barossa Valley and discovers the quality food in the area...
Producer/presenter Greg Grainger experiences gliding the thermals over West Wyalong, and follows the Gold Trail from the state's biggest gold mine...
Segway tours, War Memorial, Enlightened / The koalas of Magnetic Island / The beach kangaroos of Cape Hillsborough...
Imagine having a giant humpback whale swim right up to your face. That's the experience just filmed...
Features Floriade, Australia’s Antarctic Territory and its wildlife, the Newell Highway...
Atlantis the Palm resort with its dolphins, seals and water park, desert experiences such as dune bashing...
Features a recreated Bedouin camp with a Bedouin elder giving insight into their rich culture...
National Day, concerts starring Sting, James Blunt and Katy Perry, the world’s richest horse...
Dubai’s rich international dining scene, its food festival, Beach Canteen, the secret squirrel blogger, food tours of exotic restaurants, and genuine Emirati cuisine...
The wonderful characters of the Queensland Outback, in a road trip from Surat to Roma, Mitchell, Barcaldine, Longreach, Winton and Porcupine Creek Gorge...
Features the magnificent islands of the Whitsundays, the Whitrsunday Coast and a sleep-over on a pontoon tethered to the Great Barrier Reef...
Covers the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, from the Glasshouse Mountains of Melany to Rainbow Beach. Cycle and kayak the Mary Valley...
Hill End, Wellington Caves, Parkes & Forbes. A road trip from the Blue Mountains, to Bathurst...
Gwydir & Jacaranda Festival Grafton. A cruise by houseboat up the Hawkesbury River encountering prawn fishermen, citrus farmers...
Wimmera, Mallee, 4-wheel driving along border track. Wildlife, sheep, and wheat ,amazing stick shed...
Producer/presenter Greg Grainger has driven around the entire state to film...
The Great Barrier Reef: In the aftermath of a mass bleaching of coral, Greg Grainger takes a series of dives along the northern sections of the Reef...
From Cairns to Cape Tribulation, taking in Flames of the Forest, the Mossman Gorge, sugar trains, the Mossman Markets, crocs and cassowarries...
From daily cattle drives, the big state fair of Texas, the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, and the world’s biggest honky tonk...
Supreme snow experiences in Park City and Ogden Valley: Snowmobiles, Olympic skiers, Bob-sledding...
From Portland with its tuna fishing and swimming with seals. To Bendigo and its vintage trams...
From the wildlife conservation projects at Dreamworld to the rejuvenated Star on the Gold Coast...
Australia’s biggest Celtic celebrations Glen Innes, Picking cotton and pecan nuts in Moree, Feeding giraffe...
Top End experiences: Helifishing and tour through Kakadu and Anhemland...
ULURU: Bush tucker capital of Australia introduces FEASTIVAL, with celebrity indigenous chef Mark Olive, Plus FIELD OF LIGHTS...
From Goondiwindi to Shepparton. Goondiwindi: Indigenous bush tucker experience/Texas Rabbit works...
Temora: Fields of iridescent yellow canola, canola farms, Temora Aviation Museum with a stunt flight by a 1945 Wirraway...
From the Taste Riverina Festival to the Barellan Tribute to Teams. In Barellan, long teams of draft horses and bullocks are featured...
From Great Keppel Island to Heron Island and Lady Musgrave Island. Sunburnt characters, diving with giant turtles, prolific birdlife, turtle hatchlings scamper to sea...
25 vintage planes - from Tiger Moth to superb 1935 Stinsons - take off together from Moree to fly north for 10 days as part of the Royal Flying Doctor’s 90th anniversary...
The western Chinese province of Sichuan. Pandas, Taoist temples, host and spicy cuisine...
Hervey Bay Game Fishing contest catching fighting Blue Martlin, The Sydney Star Casino’s Darling Hotel with fine Japanese cuisine, Port Macquarie: Billabong Zoo feeding crocodiles and cheetahs, The amazing Bongo Maze, Rockin’ Oysters, Wellington Caves, Dubbo Old Jail and Uluru time lapse wonders...
This production follows the miraculous rescue of the 12 young Thai soccer players and their coach from the Tham Luang Cave, near the town of Mae Sai Northern Thailand recently...
200 years in Australia. Includes first settler, shiploads of shepherds, early stores, market gardeners, entrepreneurs, celebrations...
Experience the Terracotta Warriors in Shaanxi province China. Spectacular waterfalls, night lights, and massed performances. At the start of the Silk Road, ride city walls by bike, enjoy dancing fountains, learn to make exotic dumplings, climb love mountains, walk through historic townships, photograph the red brides. ...
Follows the Robe walkers, a group of Chinese re-enacting the historic walk of 1857 from Robe in South Australia to the goldfields of Ballarat and Bendigo, to avoid the Ten Pound Poll tax imposed by the Victorian Government. Riots in Bright, historic villages in Beechworth, Government apologies in Melbourne...
The Long March from Darwin across the Top End to Atherton west of Cairns. Gold prospectors from Cooktown, historic stories from Cairns. Pig roasts, Barrier Reef tourism, lychee farms...
Rounding up the sheep Kelpie-style, deep underground in an enchanting cave, the original aqua farmers. KIAMA: The Top 10 tantalising attractions, from the famous blowhole, Minnamurra Falls, Treetop Zipline to the Wednesday Food Markets and Jamberoo Action Park. And the best of Canberra, from the Glassworks, War Memorial, and Museum of Australian Democracy to the National Museum and sky diving....
Murramarang Resort, an ecological hideaway with wildlife aplenty. Up close with the animals at Mogo Zoo. Explore the splendor of the NSW South Coast.
The dolphins of Tangalooma Indigenous fishing on North Stradbroke Island Segway tours in Brisbane Aquaduck on the Gold Coast penguin experiences at the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium Madame Tussauds Cockatoo Island Centennial park
Wonders of the Whitsundays including the newly refurbished Daydream Island. The Thundercat goes on the prowl. NSW NORTH COAST. from Byron Bay and Belligen. To Kempsey and the Macleay valley.
Unique culture/own language/Bounty Day. COFFS HARBOUR. OUTBACK SAFARI. Fly with adventurer Greg Mortimer to Birdsville and the flooded Outback.
A desert in flood. The Simpson to Lake Eyre. QUEENSCLIFF PORT PHILLIP BAY. 360Q, Sharpe Golf and Vineyards WILDFLOWERS OF WA, HONOURING THE BUDJ BIM people.
In the mighty Earthcruiser. MELBOURNE'S WHEEL OUTBACK SAFARI . Maree Man, Flinders Ranges, Hot Air Ballooning Canowindra.
China's tropical Hawaii-style Resort Island. With its ethnic Li people. Street performances. Monkey islands. Movie towns. Seafood markets. Fishermen's floating villages.
Mal Leyland re-lives adventure highlights. Paddlesteamer down the Magnificent Murray River Fraser Island, as explored in the mighty Earthycruiser.
TRAVEL OZ gives viewers an EYE IN THE SKY perspective over SOUTH AFRICA. An amazing bird’s eye view over the very best destinations and experiences across South Africa, from wildlife in the game parks, to Cape Town, and Johannesburg. Gracefully gliding over South Africa’s multiple diverse landscapes, this programme captures this touch of paradise from a heavenly perspective. Beautifully filmed with a series of 4K cameras over the length and breadth of this ancient land. It’s evocative, its soul stirring. Come fly high with our cameras as we showcase a unique land from way up with the Gods.
From the game reserves of the Kruger teeming with wildlife. to the lively cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town. Leopards with their kill high in a tree, lions at play, a hippo mudbath, luxury Sabi Sabi game reserve. Markets in Jo'burg, Tuk tuk ride in Soweto to Nelson Mandela's house. Motorbike sidecar ride around Cape Town. Baboons and African Penguins on the Cape drive. Travelling with Swagman Tours.
Greg Grainger
Himself
2026
A luxury cruise along the holy Ganges River in India, from the West Bengal capital Kolkata. Holy festivals, Mother Teresa’s tomb, Hare Krishna temple.
2025
Mayday celebrations with processions and tractor pulls, Australia's oldest cinema starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, juicy prawns straight off the trawler, snorkelling a fringing coral reef, picking veggies in Queensland's salad bowl.
Bubble Tea & All That” follows fads that are taking place in Australia, from the Bubble Tea phenomenon to the proliferation of Hot Pot restaurants. Join a walking tour of Sydney’s Chinatown and experience the latest meal offerings, memorials and Mahjong artwork.
We’re looking at the highlights of this glorious coastal city Dunedin, on the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand. So much to feature, including Iconic tours, the world's cutest sheep, city walks, boutique hotels, historic buildings, wildlife cruises, penguin rehabilitation programmes, greenery, scenery, and charming characters.
Get up close and personal with wildlife on the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand, we’ll see a penguin rehabilitation operation, seals, and farm life close to Dunedin. Plus in Queenstown, we experience the Ice Bar and a verdant Golf Club.
Cherry blossom trees, in glorious full bloom, greet us as we sail along the southern Japanese coast on the Heritage Adventurer. On shore cultural delights greet us by day as we sail by night. Experience Japanese treasures in Toyko, Osaka and many other ports, including a stop over in the South Korean port of Busan. A Sobering stop over in Hiroshima where we lay origani tributes we made on board.
Australia's biggest lake, Kati Thanda Lake Eyre, is in flood. Plus Victorian hot spots and a historic Sydney landmark.
A luxury eco lodge in the Daintree, a croc cruise on the Daintree River. And a road trip through the Cape York peninsula.
A trip around the Gold Coast, including luxury cars and hotels, and line dancing in a genuine smokehouse.
Floodwaters filling Kati Thanda Lake Eyre, steam train across Sri Lanka, tips for safe flying, treasured destinations in Sydney and Melbourne and a very special support service.
Best of Honolulu, from the king of surfing Duke Kahanamoku to the formidable artworks and displays at the Honolulu Museum of Art.
Breeching newborn baby Humpback Whale, surveying the Barrier Reef, Lady Musgrave Island, Larc to the Lighthouse, seafood banquet on a luxury pontoon boat, eco boardwalk.
Cruise, swim and dive the Great Barrier Reef, out of Cairns. A programme to save the Reef. Plus a Blissful float down a rainforest river. And saving a coastal retreat after a devastating fllod.
Lions, giraffes and cheetahs sleep next to your bedroom at the Jamala wildlife lodge. The Mint. 60-years since the start of Decimal Currency. Climbing to the roof of the world on the Sydney Tower Eye
Colourful characters and vintage cars take part in the 2025 Bombala to Blacktown event, driving via Victoria and South Australia back to NSW.
Meet two Australians who share their top picks for exploring, dining and experiencing the best of the City of Light.
The Star Sydney. Sydney and Melbourne Aquariums. Sydney wildlife Park. Madame Tussauds Sydney. Bullrush Rally.
Sailing down the Mekong River through Cambodia and Vietnam. Meet the happiest people on earth, taste their exotic food, explore ancient temples like Angkor Wat. enjoy their simple village rituals.
2024
Legendary Country music comedian CHAD MORGAN, Graceful gliding over the Central Coast, taking the warship HMAS Vampire under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Whisky distilling at the historic village of Joadja.
Celebrating the lunar New Year, with lion dances, traditional get togethers, dragon boat races, local festivities, street parades, Town Hall Concerts.
From a car rally on the NSW South Coast to a wine harvest in the Hunter Valley. Jamberoo Action Park, Wolf and Woman Distillery, Ifly Penrith, John Wallace wines, The Boat Shed The Entrance.
Travel back in time on the carriages that used to connect Sydney and Melbourne. This trip is to the Riverina, via historic sights in Goulburn and Junee. Meet the marvellous grape grower Pete Piccolo, hop on board a WW2 spitfire in Temora. Nostalgic memories abound in this 5 day train trip.
From the Central Coast aero club, fly with a group of stunt fliers. In Camden watch team roping at K Ranch. PLUS Camden Valley Inn, The Girl and the Goat Café, Tuckers Lane: boutique lavishly outfitted shipping containers, Lake Mac Brewing.
A trip around Paroo Shire in southern Outback Queensland. Highlights include Music in the Mulga, collecting opals in Yowah Opals, and attending the inaugural Riverlights Festival, where we experience a performance by Opera Queensland on the Queensland Music Trail. The outback is blanketed with wildflowers, with Lizards, and Mud baths at Eulo, Big Glen at Wyandra, a fishing contest in Cunnamulla and catching yabbies and rounding up sheep, with hot artesian waters, at Charlotte Plains.
Vintage Cobb and Co Coaches pulled by a Galloping team of horses on the edge of Longreach, travelling on a Paddle wheeler on the Thomson River, The Stockman’s Hall of Fame, Outback Pioneers and No Go Station.
TEAM ROPING in the Queensland town of Richmond and at K Ranch where we experience a Rodeo. Also, the stunt Flying Dentist, Temora’s vintage Aircraft showcased, the Old Milk Factory at Wyong, and pianist Richard Clayderman in concert with Richmond Fossil discoveries in Richmond.
In the Queensland town of Hughenden, we attend the inaugural Outback Skies festival, with its bull rides, raft races, and lantern parade. Other highlights include veteran piano accordion player Cecily Paul, Mount Walker, the one Horse town of Prairie, Kooroorinya Falls Nature Reserve, the gorgeous Porcupine Gorge, Outback life on Mount Emu Station, the massive wind turbines, and solar generators at the Kennedy Energy Park.
The best of Narrabri NSW with its huge Observatory, Boggabri, Wee Waa, a Cotton Gin, Fish Farm, Yarrie Lake, Mt Kaputar, Sawn Rocks, Pilliga Salt Caves, and the Vivid-like Light show NarraBRIGHT.
A new world record from kayaker Richard Barnes as he paddles unassisted from Tasmania to New Zealand, best of the Blue Mountains, with Scenic World, the Zig Zag Railway, The Mountain Heritage Hotel, and the Queensland Music Trails.
Diving the Great Barrier Reef with Minke Whales, exploring the Cassowary Coast, with its Tully Sugar Cane Mill, and Charley’s Chocolate Factory. Visiting the Atherton Tablelands, with the awesome Herberton Historic Village, Crystal Caves, and Old Mate’s Farm. In Cairns, we visit the Wolf Lane Distillery, while north at the Thala Nature Reserve we watch coconuts dehusked, and in the Daintree we check out the Discovery Centre with its wild cassowaries.
The World women’s Hot Air Ballooning Championships in Northam WA, flying with world Champion Nicola Scaith in the Hunter Valley, the colourful Lisa McGuigan and her cellar door in the Hunter, breakfast with koalas and diving with sharks at Shark Dive Xtreme.
The Guiness World Book of Records attempt to have the most gold panners at the same time, held in West Wyalong as part of the Hearts of Gold Festival. Cowra’s World War two mass prison break-out by Japanese prisoners of war, Forbes and its vintage car museum.
A hot air ballooning event that should never have been staged, given the high winds resulted in dramatic scenes: Balloons crashing into houses and catching alight, balloonists hospitalised with broken limbs. High drama in a series of events from Western Australia to New South Wales.
A series of nature experiences from the coast to the hinterland. From Burleigh Heads to the Lamington National Park. Seekers singer Keith Potger performs in a Gold Coast concert. Plus the Jacaranda Festival of Grafton
Flashback to the first rafting expedition through Tibet by a group of Aussies, starting off the side of Mount Everest through to the capital of Lhasa. Sky burials, first ever foreign encounters with remote Tibetans.
In this episode, Greg follows Aussies who have taken on amazing physical challenges, from Greg Mortimer - the first Aussie to reach the top of Mount Everest - to Richard Barnes, who has just become the first person to paddle unassisted from Australia to New Zealand. We cover the Hawkesbury Classic, where a big group of kayakers paddle overnight from Windsor down the Hawkesbury River. We meet Cheryl Bart who has climbed with her daughter all seven summits, then skied to the North and South Poles. Why do they do it? Why do they put themselves through so much pain to reach their goal? We'll explore that question.
TASTE OF TASMANIA looks at Bruny Island, off Tasmania's south east tip. Watch a group trek to scenic highlights on Bruny Island, and meet the Bruny Baker, who sells his bread by leaving his loaves in roadside fridges. Trekking with the leaders in adventure travel, Park Trek. On the West Coast of Tasmania, visit Cradle Mountain with a huge Tassy Devil known as Fandangles. Cruise from Strahan on a wilderness cruise to convict settlement Sarah Island. Check out Melbourne's inner city gems and meet Jen Willis, a highly motivated adventurer with MS who is scaling the world's highest mountains, including Mount Everest.
Highlights of the Year of the Dragon celebrations in Sydney, including a Town Hall concert, dragon boat races, and dumpling feasts.
Historic Aircraft at the Queensland Air Museum, Wakeboarding at the Gold Coast Wake Park, Brigadoon, Melbourne Must-Do's, Aussie Travel Author.
A trek along the steep cliffs of the Three Capes in Tasmania. Shucking fresh oysters on a Tasmanian oyster farm. Dining with friendly whales off the Sunshine Coast. Aboriginal artwork being painted on the Gold Coast. The Gold Coast's newest and most luxurious hotel. High speed yachting in Moreton Bay.
The Micronesian island group of Palau with its stunning azure waters, phenomenal diving experiences, sumptuous seafood offerings and a rich culture.
The Micronesian island group of Palau with its stunning azure waters, phenomenal diving experiences, sumptuous seafood offerings, memories of one of the second world war's fiercest battles, and a rich culture.
The Greeks of Melbourne, from Easter observances and entertainers to cultural centres and retailers.
Australia’s stargazing capital Uralla marks the winter solstice with celebrations in its new Constellations of the South. Plus Captain Thunderbolt and the Waterfall Way.
Markling the 80th anniversary of the world's biggest wartime prison outbreak in Cowra. The whale super highway off Sydney, fishing off the So.,itary Islands, Jacarandah FGestival Grafton, Ulmarra, Melbourne treats.
It's a wild world in Australia's Top End, with crocodile encounters captivating visitors. Plus the best of Sydney's Pittwater, and the hidden secrets of the Seven Valleys west of the Blue Mountains. Including the pub that rocks.
Featuring a mighty multi-national operation, tonnes of tulips, Mayfield Gardens, and fantastic farm stays.
Aussies making a real mark in New York with annual barbeques, regular get-togethers, and brilliant business ideas.
Encounters of the Adrenaline Pumping Kind, Face to Face with a giant Whale Shark, Killer Croc attacks camper, deadly king brown snake bites handler on the nose, Valerie Taylor shark attack and the hazardous hot air event that should never have been put to film.
Heritage expeditions, cannibals in New Guinea, the Island at the End of the World, Shipwreck Middleton reef, Best of Berry, Yarra Valley Dairy Farm.
Mandurah, The Perth Mint, Camels on Cable Beach, Pearls in Broome, The Bungle Bungles. Plus Yarra Valley Gardens, Darwin motorbike explorer, Mudgee Magic
From the founder of travel film making Mal Leyland of the Leyland Brothers, to the motorcycling granny, and blacksmithing twins, to entertainers Keith Potger of the Seekers and veteran comedian Chad Morgan.
Darwin's Aviation Museum, Qantas hangar and Royal Flying Doctor display. Margaret River Berry Farm & Ruse Retreat, Busselton Jetty, Billabong wellness Centre Sydney, and Victoria's 17 POUND wellness retreat.
Join an expedition to the Antarctic with Susan Elliott and a shipload of Aussies... exhilerating experiences with wildlife, and awesome icebergs.
Celebrate Chinese New Year in Australian with concerts, parades, performances and more.
The Ocean Film Festival, Historic Vessels at Sydney's Marvelous Maritime Museum, Dragon Boat Races in New South Wales, and Daylesford Delights in Victoria.
The ultimate holiday in Bali, with hosts Irene Jones and Sarah Maree Cameron. Aussies like Olympic swimmer Michael Klim now running a swimming school there.
Scottish celebrations in the Southern Highlands, amongst the wildlife in South Africa, Magic Melbourne moments, from the Melbourne Museum to Fitzroy and Moonee Ponds.