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Karumba, Barramundi Fishing (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
Karumba on the Gulf of Carpentaria, is renown for it's great sport fishing. I filmed during the build up to the wet season, when temperatures can soar above 40 degrees, with humidity around 75%. You really have to experience this climate to understand ...
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West Leichardt Cattle Station (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
Thirty minutes drive from Mt. Isa, West Leichardt station is a 310,000 acre cattle station. Up here there are two seasons, the dry and the wet. In this video, the land has gone up to 40 weeks without rain, according to station owner, Ron Croft. Ron and...
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Undara Lava Tubes, Savannah Guide (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
Only one hours drive from Cairns, the tablelands feature some magnificant waterfalls, crater lakes and rainforest. We also dropped into the Crystal Caves at Atherton which feature a great collection of crystals and fossils from around the world. The Un...
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Cape Tribulation - Exotic Fruit Farm (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
Surrounded by National Park, Cape Trib. is a truly beautiful location. But for the locals, life can tough, no grid power, the threat of cyclones, the mad heat and the relentless rain. Only a select few make it their home. I have organised an interview ...
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Paddle steamers at Echuca (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
In the 1860s to the early 1900's, Echuca was a bustling port with paddlesteamers ferrying people and goods all through the the Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee River systems. By the early 1970's, the port was derelict and unused. The council of the day...
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Backpacker heaven - Airlie Beach (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
Airlie Beach, gateway to the Whitsunday islands has a reputation for being a great place to party, in between sailing trips to the islands. Another must stop location on the backpacker migration up north. Had a ball in Airlie, went out on a boat yester...
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Being Australian in Byron Bay (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
It seems every backpacker must make the pilgrimage to Byron Bay. Once the centre for peace, love and alternative lifestyles, now home of a growing number of baby boomer 'seachangers' from capital cities down south. With this new mix, Byron is evolving, (a...
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Nimbin, Australia's Alternative Capital (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
Nimbin, New South Wales (pop.319) Back in the early seventies Nimbin became the alternative lifestyle capital of Australia. Many of the original communes are still set up today. In recent times Nimbin has become infamous for it's annual Mardi Grass fes...
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Great Barrier Reef Diving, Cairns (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
Overlander.tv produer, Mark Shea, interviews Peter Stokes from Cairns Dive Centre. Peter has been involved in the dive industry for the last 15 years. We discussed why Cairns is such a dive mecca. Fantastic underwater shots courtesy of Nembrotha Diving. I...
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A 4x4 experience in the Outback
video added on 29/05/2008
4x4 Experience in Australian Outback and meeting up with some locals... Try not to get a flat tyre because this is 2 days walking distance from civilisation and there is no one around (except kangaroos and some rare species of poisonous snakes...)
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Rough ride for Manly Ferry
video added on 27/05/2008
Filmed on the 14th June, the Manly ferry crashes through huge swell coming through the heads in Sydney.
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Oz Day in the city - 'This dog was wandering up the footpath next to Hyde Park Barracks, replete with fashionable colours of the day'posted by Doug Kirkpatrick

Oz Day in the city
story posted on 25/05/2008 - about
Australia Day in Sydney, as in just about every Australian city and town, is a day to get out and about, wonder, discover, explore and reconnect with the feeling of being Australian. This year on 26 January, I wandered down to Macquarie Street and Hy...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Corner Country, NSW Outback, Australia
video added on 26/04/2008
Photos from the trip around Corner Country in the NSW outback: Sturt National Park, Dog Fence, White Cliffs ...
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PleaseTake MeTo Australia (visitor info)
video added on 26/04/2008
Beautiful Video, Stunning Photographs, Accommodation, Tours, Attractions, Transport, Car Rental and Hire Options, Package Holidays - all in one place and nowhere else. Discover Australia in a way that's never been possible before.
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PleaseTake MeTo Outback NSW (visitor info)
video added on 26/04/2008
Outback NSW provides an extraordinary Australian experience of rugged beauty, vivid red earth, ancient and spectacular rivers and lakes, astonishing wildlife and Aussie characters of the mining towns of Broken Hill, Cobar, Silverton and White Cliffs domed...
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Our Lucky Place
story posted on 17/04/2008 - about
I love going overseas and sharing my Vegemite, but I especially like going overseas to really appreciate Australia....It really is the lucky country. Travelling gives you an insight into what DOES NOT exist in Australia...war, hunger, no welfare. I wil...
thanks to lexie

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No spare tyre
story posted on 17/04/2008 - about
We travelled from Ayers Rock into the desert and THOUGHT we had a spare. When we returned and checked the boot for other things, we found we'd travelled all that way WITHOUT a spare. Fortunately no harm done !...
thanks to julia

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My Town
story posted on 16/04/2008 - about
I have lived in Mount Gambier for the past 10 years with my husband and young family. We have been fortunate enough to have found good friends and had the joy of meeting many more people. We have had many experiences but the best is that our friends in ...
thanks to maryls

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Coming Home to Paradise
story posted on 10/04/2008 - about
I live in Cairns, Tropical North Queensland. I have travelled a little bit in my life. Northern Australia is famous for its tropical climate and with that climate comes (sometimes) unbearable humidity. Every time I come home from a trip, after flying ...
thanks to Tammi

Sydney Harbourposted by Penny

Sydney Harbour
story posted on 04/04/2008 - about
I have been on the Harbour on Australia Day and shared the 'Great Ferry Race' with thousands of other Sydneysiders and tourists. What a thrill! Recently it was the greeting and farewell of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth II - again on the harbour, a b...
thanks to Penny

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Sazette
story posted on 30/03/2008 - about
I have travelled around Australia since I was 13. I love the outback, and find myself drawn to heading out there regularly. There is something very mystical about the environment and its barren-ness....
thanks to Sazette

ANZAC biscuits help keep peace in Kashmir - 'Close up of the biscuit packet -- ANZAC bickies sold in India'posted by Doug Kirkpatrick

ANZAC biscuits help keep peace in Kashmir
story posted on 09/03/2008 - about
On a recent trip to Indian Kashmir I found myself in a grocery story in the city of Jammu. As I walked the aisles, I was amazed to find ANZAC biscuits? "ANZAC biscuits? Here in India?". I later discovered that ANZAC biscuits sold in India are m...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

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My Country
story posted on 29/01/2008 - about
My homeward sentiments, after a six months European holiday, coincided with Dorothy Mackellar in 'My Country' - 'I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, of ragged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons. I l...
thanks to maggie

Frequent flyers?? - 'Don't laugh! Farm animal as checked luggage?  Almost anything's possible in the great Outback.'posted by Doug Kirkpatrick

Frequent flyers??
story posted on 07/01/2008 - about
I love the way rural and outback airports in Australia account for all manner of visitors city slickers wouldn't even think of. Here's a sign on the gate at the side of the airport just outside BHP Billiton's iron ore mining town of Newman in Western ...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Our Trip And The Aussie Flag - 'Us the day we left with flag.'posted by Ruth Annesley

Our Trip And The Aussie Flag
story posted on 20/06/2006 - about
When we first set out on our trip a friend thought it fitting and funny to put an Aussie flag on the roof of my car... tightly fastened with sticky tape! "It better make it out of town, or I won't be happy," he said jokingly. After our goodbyes, we set of...
thanks to Ruth Annesley from Where ever the road takes me..

15/05/06 Geraldton to Kalbari - 'Port Gregory'posted by Ruth Annesley

15/05/06 Geraldton to Kalbari
story posted on 25/05/2006 - about
Packed the car (We'll be experts at rolling swags in no time!) and did a quick shop to keep supply costs to a minimum. Not very good weather today, overcast and drizzle. The Drive to Kalbari was fairly uneventful, just us singing to the odd tune and havin...
thanks to Ruth Annesley from Where ever the road takes me..

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Leaving home
story posted on 22/05/2006 - about
Well I've finally done it! (Again) I've packed up my Hilux 4-runner and hit the road with a couple of friends...both of whom haven't travelled this brown land much at all. After the tears and hugs and countless repetitions of goodbyes, we jumped in the...
thanks to Ruth Annesley from Where ever the road takes me..

Better than Monkey Mia? - 'Lancelin Jetty with Lancelin Island in Background'posted by Ruth Annesley

Better than Monkey Mia?
story posted on 10/04/2006 - about
Most that know Australia would have heard of a place called Monkey Mia, its situated on the west coast of WA near Denham. Its a place of natural beauty and where swarms of tourists go to visit the Bottle Nose Dolphins up close and personal. I think Mon...
thanks to Ruth Annesley from Where ever the road takes me..

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Aerial view of syd cbd
story posted on 31/08/2005 - about
Looking down from the plane at the Sydney cbd before hitting the airport. I had been overseas for 5 weeks and the site of the syd cbd made me feel very australian...
thanks to Andrew Innes from wellington

Alexandra Victoriaposted by Mark Gardellini

Alexandra Victoria
story posted on 13/04/2005 - about
Alexandra, which is located 130 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, is a small country town i came across on my travels. There is a little Hotel there called Alexandra Hotel, where the beer is cold and the food is still cooked on a wood fire. The hotel is...
thanks to Mark Gardellini from Moorook / Riverland / S.A

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