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Season 5

23 episodes · 2020

  1. 1The Town of 1770

    23 May 2020 · 30 min

    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.

  2. 2Where To Travel To Now Restrictions Are Easing

    15 Jul 2020 · 30 min

    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.

  3. 3Great Australian Outback

    14 Aug 2020 · 30 min

    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.

  4. 4Australia's Most Terrifying Creatures

    12 Sep 2020 · 32 min

    Australia's most terrifying creatures including crocodiles and snakes.

  5. 5Unusual Deadly Destinations

    30 Sep 2020 · 24 min

    Some of the more unusual deadly destinations and creatures of Australia in this episode, including the cassowary and Lake Eyre.

  6. 6Australia's Most Iconic Animals

    10 Oct 2020 · 26 min

    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.

  7. 7Contrast of Sand and Sea

    29 Oct 2020 · 28 min

    A true contrast of sand and sea, from a crossing of the Simpson Desert to some of the deadliest undersea creatures.

  8. 8South Australia

    11 Nov 2020 · 27 min

    South Australia. Famous Vineyards, the Eyre Peninsula, and Adelaide Also Burke shire on the Gulf of Carpentaria. and the Plastic Free boy.

  9. 9Australia's Wildest

    28 Nov 2020 · 30 min

    Australia's wildest weather. Killer Kangaroos. Emu round-up...

  10. 10Australia's Deadliest Destinations

    05 Dec 2020 · 30 min

    Sharks and Crocs...

  11. 11Tasmania, Central West, Barossa Valley

    12 Dec 2020 · 30 min

    Tasmania's festival of voices, Central West Cycling Trail, and Barossa Valley experiences...

  12. 12Dingos and Great White Sharks

    19 Dec 2020 · 30 min

    Dingos and Great White Sharks...

  13. 13Blue-ring octopus, Snakes

    26 Dec 2020 · 30 min

    Blue-ring octopus, Snakes

  14. 14Treasures of Victoria

    13 Mar 2021 · 30 min

    12 Apostles, Hanging Rock, the Macedon Ranges, Bendigo Trams, Phillip Island, Puffing Billy Railway, Healesville Sanctuary...

  15. 15Reef, Crocs, Whale Sharks

    20 Mar 2021 · 30 min

    From the awesome beauty of the Great Barrier Reef. to the breath-taking spectacle of giant whale sharks cruising the Ningaloo Reef...

  16. 16Bushfires, Tasmania, Ants

    27 Mar 2021 · 30 min

    Bushfire: Ravaging Australia. Tasmania: Jack Jumper Ants...

  17. 17Lord Howe Island, Wild Weather

    10 Apr 2021 · 30 min

    Lord Howe Island and Balls Pyramid. Wild weather strikes...

  18. 18Kakadu, Kimberley Round Up

    17 Apr 2021 · 30 min

    Kimberley Cattle Round Up, Crocs and the indigeneous way of life in Kakadu...

  19. 19Queensland

    24 Apr 2021 · 30 min

    Spirit of the Red Sands: Indigenous performance. Best of Ipswich, Toowoomba and Southern Downs. Moving to the next level on the Sunshine Coast...

  20. 20Whales

    01 May 2021 · 30 min

    The whale whisperer. Interacting with humpback whales in Hervey Bay. Southern Right whales and huge pods of dolphins off the Western Australian coastline...

  21. 21Outback Queensland: Reef To Longreach

    05 Jun 2021 · 30 min

    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...

  22. 22Outback Queensland: Longreach to Cloncurry

    12 Jun 2021 · 30 min

    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...

  23. 23Outback Queensland: Gulf & Burke Shire

    19 Jun 2021 · 30 min

    Outback Queensland: Gulf & Burke Shire