Series 6

Travel Oz, Series 6

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 1 - Aussie Legends
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 2 - Cultural Celebrations
Celebrating the lunar New Year, with lion dances, traditional get togethers, dragon boat races, local festivities, street parades, Town Hall Concerts...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 3 - Vintage Cars / Wine Harvest
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 4 - Southern Aurora
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 5 - Aerial Daredevils
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 6 - Cunnamulla Fella
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 7 - Outback Pioneers
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 8 - Rodeo Rough Riders
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 9 - Outback Skies
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 10 - Wonders of the Narrabri Region
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 11 - Kayaking the Tasman
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 12 - Reef to Rainforest
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 13 - Hot Air Affair
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 14 - Gold Gold Gold
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 15 - Adrenaline Action Across Australia
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 16 - Gold Coast Glory
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 17 - White Fury
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...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 18 - Australian's Great Physical Challenges
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....

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 19 - 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. ...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 20 - Year of the Dragon
Highlights of the Year of the Dragon celebrations in Sydney, including a Town Hall concert, dragon boat races, and dumpling feasts...

SERIES 6 / EPISODE 21 - All Aussie
Historic Aircraft at the Queensland Air Museum, Wakeboarding at the Gold Coast Wake Park, Brigadoon, Melbourne Must-Do's, Aussie Travel Author...