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Bondi Beach - historic more than bohemian
story posted on 25/06/2008 - about
It used to be you could catch an old Sydney tram to Bondi Beach. But those days are gone. There's the Eastern Suburbs railway line to Bondi Junction and then it's a bus or your own two feet to reach the sand of Australia's most famous seaside destinatio...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Riding into history on a vintage train in Tasmania
story posted on 25/06/2008 - about
On Tasmania's northwest coast is a wonderful preservation railway called the Don River Railway. I spent a few years there in my youth as a volunteer with a team of like minded people building tracks, restoring carriages, firing steam locomotives, clickin...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Riding on the 3801
story posted on 23/06/2008 - about
An exceptionally Australian experience is a steamtrain ride behind the famous 3801 steam engine that, for years, has been running excursion trips from Sydney to places all over New South Wales. There is something entirely charming about the era of st...
thanks to Rodney Harrison from Batemans Bay

UFO sightings at Wycliffe Well (Overlander.tv)
video 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
video 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)
video 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)
video 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)
video 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)
video 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)
video 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)
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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Sam Kekovich - East Lamb on Australia Day (2006)
video added on 28/05/2008
Another highly entertaining Sam Kekovich pitch for Australian meat producers.
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Acceptance
story posted on 28/05/2008 - about
I migrated here as a child in the 70s from an uptight crowded land to a suburban part of Sydney where the people were easygoing. We came to see the uniquely Aussie way of life was ACCEPTANCE. If the train was late or didn't appear,if the local paper wa...
thanks to Jo from The Netherlands

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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Gums among the Ivy
news (Special Feature) posted on 26/05/2008
Australians form distinctive communities in two of the world's great universities....
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Goanna Pulling - an Outback sport
video 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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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

Sydney's Manly Ferry (promo)
video 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
video 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
video 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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Kirribilli commute
story posted on 19/05/2008 - about
Last Sunday, I found myself in someone's garden in Kirribilli not far from the Prime Minister's Sydney residence. I'd arrived there by ferry (as one does). A group of us were having brunch on the lawn - a very civilised affair. Framing the setting was a...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne