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The Making of Baz Luhrmann's Australia Movie
added on 13/11/2008
Take a peek behind the scenes of Baz Luhrmann's new movie Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Set in 1940s Australia, the film is being shot on location in Bowen, Queensland. Highlights of this video include the landmark Bowenwood sign, st...
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'Australia' -- Trailer for the film by Baz Luhrmann
added on 13/11/2008
The first (unofficial and completely not real) released trailer for Baz Luhrmann's film 'Australia'. Starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman - this is an epic story of survival in the harsh Australian Outback.
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Lightning Ridge: Australia's black opal capital
added on 12/11/2008
Lightning Ridge provides Australian Opal Cutters with black opals. Australian Opal Cutters sells opals, pearls and diamonds at wholesale prices. This is 50% to 55% off retail price! We provide high calibre stock at such low prices because we are wholes...
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Goat Races of Lightning Ridge [Australia]
added on 12/11/2008
Goat Races of Lightning Ridge Australia. Funny for those who have never seen them before.
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Train driver's view of the longest railway straight in the world
added on 12/11/2008
This is view from the driver's position through the windows of a west-bound Indian-Pacific passenger train as it travels the longest stretch of straight track in the world.
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Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
added on 11/11/2008
Alice Springs is a diverse and vibrant outback town. Situated on the banks of the Todd River (which only occasionally runs with water) 'Alice' is famous for its colourful characters and relaxed atmosphere. Travellers can enjoy the view from Anzac Hill, br...
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Timelapse Australia's Outback Northern Territory
added on 11/11/2008
The Northern Territory is Australias real Outback and home to the iconic natural wonders of Kakadu National Park and Uluru/Ayers Rock. Aboriginal people hold a spiritual connection to this land; their 40,000 year old story is shared on rocks and canvas...
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Bushwalking, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
added on 11/11/2008
Lace up your hiking boots or strap on your trekking sandals to start your walking adventure through World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park. But first, watch this video to get the highlights. There are easy trails to the Aboriginal rock art sites at...
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The Ghan - Transcontinential Journey
added on 11/11/2008
Boarding The Ghan in Adelaide or Darwin, experience one of the most fascinating great train journeys of the world. Connections are available on the Indian Pacific and The Overland for guests travelling to or from Sydney and Melbourne. Enjoy 2 nights aboa...
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Experiencing Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
added on 07/11/2008
Lazy days under the beach umbrella. Cold beers around a barbecue sizzling with the day's catch. Historic wooden jetties that lead right out to where the fish are biting. And sunsets over boat-filled bays. The toughest thing about a trip to Yorke Penins...
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Trains on the Nullarbor Plain Australia - the 90 Mile Straight
added on 06/11/2008
This is a locomotive cab view of part of the 90-mile Straight - the longest continuously straight stretch of railway track anywhere in the world. The train ride is also pretty impressive.
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Harvesting sugar cane near Broadwater, New South Wales
added on 06/11/2008
This short clip shows the machinery we rely on to get our cane to market.
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Sydney by day, harbour cruise + fish market (Overlander.tv)
added on 04/11/2008
Sydney I Interviewed Richard Maddrell, who works in the tourism industry. If someone has a day to spare in Sydney, Richard suggested taking a harbour cruise, and visiting the fish market.
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Canberra's Aboriginal Tent Embassy
added on 04/11/2008
Travel Documentary - Canberra - Capital of Australia (pop. 310 000) Home of our politicians and maybe the most well planned out city in the world. The story goes that when deciding on a National Capital, those in Sydney and Melbourne wouldn't give an i...
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Byron Bay, Environmental Artist (Overlander.TV)
added on 04/11/2008
Travel Videos - Australia : Byron Bay (pop. 6130) 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...
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Diving Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia
added on 04/11/2008
A nine min video of the diving at Byron Bay Australia including grey nurse sharks, wobbygong sharks, trumpet fish, Bull rays, green sea turtle's eating and much much more!
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Experiencing Mansfield and the Victorian High Country
added on 03/11/2008
The gateway to the Victorian Alps is Mansfield, beyond which lies breathtaking scenery, authentic characters, and amazing mountain adventure experiences.
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Sheep shearing in WA
added on 02/11/2008
Video taken by a wool handler in Western Austalia shows a sheep shorn in 2 minutes. The girls who appear at the end of the shearing have been wool handling and wool classing since they were 16 years old.
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Devils Marbles, Western Australia
added on 02/11/2008
This short clips show a visitor's perspective of the famous Devils Marbles in outback Australia.
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Cattle station as big as a European country
added on 02/11/2008
Bullo River Station, in the northwestern corner of the Northern Territory near the Western Australian border, is encircled by the Victoria River and rugged hills inscribed with Aboriginal rock art. This vast property is home to around 9000 Brahman-cross c...
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Delicious Magazine Visits Darwin, Australia
added on 02/11/2008
A professionally produced commercial about good eating available from the waters around Darwin.
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When you're in Australia, be careful.
added on 31/10/2008
Australian wildlife can give the impression to unsuspecting visitors that native animals are virtually as friendly as they seem in all the glossy literature. But, as travel writer, Bill Bryson has written, it seems just about everything here wants you dea...
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'My Australia'
added on 31/10/2008
Some sights and textures of the Australian experience from a first-person perspective.
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Be Australian - on Australia Day
added on 30/10/2008
Another entertaining piece from the famous SAM KEKOVITCH spriuking a great Aussie tradition: an alleged fridge full of chops and beer for 'red-blooded' Australians.
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A quick taste of driving the Oodnadatta Track
added on 30/10/2008
A first-person perspective of driving the dusty outback Oodnadatta Track. Sometimes just a glimpse is all you need to get a flavour of life through the eyes (and windscreens) of others.
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Aussie truckdriver seeks work, with a YouTube resume to show off his skills
added on 29/10/2008
The Aussie truck driver in this video writes, 'I've been working for the same company now for more than half my life and I feel it's time to move on. I haven't been fired, I'm not having any problems with management and I actually love going to work there...
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Tourism Australia's campaign by Baz Luhrmann
added on 28/10/2008
Cinematic advertisement produced by Baz Luhrmann for Tourism Australia. Here the cool, deep billabong shows the rejuvenating power of Australia's landscapes and experiences.
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AUSTRALIA - the trailer to Baz Luhrmann's film
added on 28/10/2008
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Sam Kekovich at the Australian Tennis Open
added on 25/06/2008
Sam Kekovich, son of a Myrtleford tobacco farmer, is an Australian media personality and former Australian rules football player now well known for his controversial advertisements for the Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) to promote lamb.
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UFO sightings at Wycliffe Well (Overlander.tv)
added on 01/06/2008
This video from Overlander.Tv, where you get to meet the locals' and find out why they choose to live where they live.
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Overlander.TV
added on 01/06/2008
Destination videos where you get to meet Australian locals and find out why they choose to live where they do.
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Manyallaluk Aboriginal Community (Overlander.tv)
added on 01/06/2008
100 kms east of Katherine, Manyallaluk is an Aboriginal owned and operated tourism business. Visitors can do tours where they learn various aspects of Aboriginal Culture. The emphasis is on having fun and getting involved in the activities. A true cultura...
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Katherine Gorge, Helicopter Pilot (Overlander.tv)
added on 01/06/2008
Katherine's major tourist attraction is the Katherine Gorge which consists of 13 natural gorges carved through sandstone by the Katherine River.
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Grove Hill Hotel (Overlander.tv)
added on 01/06/2008
A real outback boozer 16 km's off the main road. Every month the publicans Stan and Mary put on a free bbq. For more information and bookings Phone/ Fax : 61 8 8978 2489
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Aboriginal Culture, Point Stuart , NT (Overlander.tv)
added on 01/06/2008
Between Darwin and Kakadu National Park is the Point Stuart Wilderness Lodge that introduces guests to traditional Aboriginal bush tucker and natural medicines on a walking tour of the surrounding bushland. A boat tour of the Mary River almost guarantees ...
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Outback Barmaid, Renner Springs (Overlander.tv)
added on 01/06/2008
Out here in the outback, pubs and petrol stops are the hub of the universe. It is not unusual to travel 300 km between fuel stations. Renner Springs is one such stop, slap bang in the middle of nowhere. It is sustained by a natural spring. All fruit, vege...
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Karumba, Barramundi Fishing (Overlander.tv)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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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Sam Kekovich - East Lamb on Australia Day (2006)
added on 28/05/2008
Another highly entertaining Sam Kekovich pitch for Australian meat producers.
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Rough ride for Manly Ferry
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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Goanna Pulling - an Outback sport
added on 25/05/2008
Every year on the Queens Birthday Weekend, the town of Wooli swells with visitors coming to see the famous Goanna Pulling competition. This hilarious and intensely competitive sport is like tug-o-war. Two competitors pull from a strap attached around the...
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Sydney's Manly Ferry (promo)
added on 21/05/2008
On your trip to Sydney, grab the Manly Ferry for an affordable view of Sydney harbour and spend the day at Manly Beach.
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Birdsville Races
added on 21/05/2008
The Birdsville Races, held in outback Queensland transforms this sleepy town (population 100) into a popular destination.
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Being Australian ~ Bloopers + Outtakes
added on 21/05/2008
Almost every day, we all see something, do something, hear something or say something that somehow seems ?Australian?. But, sometimes, getting that message across competently is challenging at the best of times, as Being Australian founding member, Doug K...
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Australian Road trip from Broome to Darwin
added on 18/05/2008
'Road trip between Broome (Western Australia) and Darwin (Northern Territory) in March 2007. Music "Rebellion (Lies)" from Arcade Fire' - from FrenchWombat
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(funny TV ad about Aussie lamb) Sam Kekovich - Proud to be Australian
added on 13/05/2008
A lamb meat recovery has to start at the grass roots, next to the Hills Hoist with an Australia Day party. It?s a simple concept. Says Sam, "Don?t be unAustralian. Vote Lamb on Australia Day. You know it makes sense. I?m Sam Kekovich."
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Australian Road Trip from Perth to Broome
added on 26/04/2008
FrenchWombat's road trip between. He says -'I lived in a Ford Falcon during my east coast trip... the best car in the world ! My next step after Broome was Darwin then Alice then Sydney then New Zealand then Oz East Coast.
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( Visitor Info) Western Australia - The Real Thing
added on 26/04/2008
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Sights and Sounds of Australian Outback
added on 26/04/2008
Highlights of a trip to the Outback, August-September 2006. We started in Cairns, QLD, and ended up in Darwin, NT. On the video you'll see lots of crocs, wallabies, kangaroos, jabirus, a monitor lizard, a feral pig, free-range cattle, road trains, termite...
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Corner Country, NSW Outback, Australia
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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Australian Outback Desert Adventure
added on 26/04/2008
6 blokes, 3 four wheel drives and 2 motorbikes set out on a 5000km outback adventure. Included were 2000km of waterless desert tracks, very isolated and a lot of fun!
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Daintree Rainforest and Great Barrier Reef
added on 26/04/2008
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PleaseTake MeTo Australia (visitor info)
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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Whitest Beaches in Australia, Esperance, WA
added on 26/04/2008
Esperance has the Whitest Beaches in Australia, a perfect Holiday destination to enjoy Nature's at its best, just 700kms east of Perth, far away from big city congestion
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PleaseTake MeTo Outback NSW (visitor info)
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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