(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Catalog Search Results
Description
Australia is a traveler's paradise: a land of stunning coral beaches that give way to vast tracts of parched red earth wilderness. It's also booming like never before, thanks to its treasure trove of mineral riches. In Episode 3, Simon Reeve meets members of a notorious Gold Coast motorcycle gang; helps a vet and his team rescue injured koalas; interviews a Sydney billionaire who houses new migrants from China; and visits Australia's first Muslim...
Description
Australia is a traveler's paradise: a land of stunning coral beaches that give way to vast tracts of parched red earth wilderness. it's also booming like never before, thanks to its treasure trove of mineral riches. In Episode 1, Simon Reeve discovers how camels are threatening the Northern Territory's desert ecosystem; dives with endangered blue fin tuna in South Australia's Port Lincoln; joins a 21st century gold rush in Western Australia and explores...
Description
Australia is a traveler's paradise: a land of stunning coral beaches that give way to vast tracts of parched red earth wilderness. It's also booming like never before, thanks to its treasure trove of mineral riches. In Episode 2, Simon Reeve helps a team culling poisonous feral cane toads that are threatening the region's wildlife in Kakadu National Park, learns how to survive off the land using ancient Aboriginal knowledge in the remote northern...
Author
Description
Ludwig Leichhardt was an important scientific explorer of Australia. His letters narrate his life from his student years in the mid-1830s until 1848 when he disappeared in the Australian interior. His main interest was natural philosophy, particularly biology, geology and geography, but he also recorded many aspects of the surrounding world, describing social life in early Victorian England and commenting on some of the leading teachers and philosophers...
Description
This episode visits New South Wales. Meet beautiful kangaroos on the beach at Murramarang Beachfront Nature Resort. Journey to central Queensland for the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame. Check out a real Aussie drover and the Qantas Founders Museum. Join in the Great Escape car rally for a wild adventure around the outback and along the east coast. Head to the amazing Bungle Bungle Range in Western Australia - take a walk and then fly around these...
Description
In this episode, travel to the New South Wales south coast to dive with the playful fur seals of Montague Island - and go on the lookout for whales and penguins. Then trek to a koala park to experience one of Australia's iconic animals and take a train trip through the Queensland outback. Join a crazy road rally through NSW outback, up into central Queensland. As the sun sets behind the Blue Mountains, have a sky-high dining experience - with 360-degree...
Description
This episode is off to the bush. Travel to Banjo Paterson country for a tear-jerking rendition of "Waltzing Matilda" and watch some of the country's best bush poets battle in a war of words. Learn the art of cracking a stockwhip and head to Melbourne for the sporting event that stops the nation. Witness the annual humpback whale migration in Eden, along the far south coast of New South Wales.
Description
In this episode, head to the opal capital of the world, Coober Pedy. Explore underground houses and an outback golf course. Visit Adelaide for food tasting and jet boating. Take a trip into the Adelaide Hills to the Penfold's Magill Estate. Trek to the Lamington National Park and visit O'Reilly's guesthouse.
Description
In this episode, head to the Great Barrier Reef for a mass migration of manta rays on Lady Elliot Island. Visit the Aboriginal Music Festival of Barunga and check out the crocodiles at Hartley Creek. Take the train across Queensland to the outback and the tropical east coast. Then head for a big night out in Sydney to see what the biggest city in Australia has to offer.
Description
This episode highlights Broken Hill and Tibooburra. Learn about the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Have an adventure at the historic and filmic Silverton Hotel. Discover the importance of Surf Life Saving to Australia's beach culture. Take a trip to Moreton Island and have an amazing encounter with dolphins at dusk at the Tangalooma Island Resort.
Description
In this episode, discover Alice Springs. Talk to Pat Dodds about the Aboriginal history of the area and to Rex Neindorf, a snake wrangler. Take a trip out west to the Australian Agricultural College Corporation and learn to be a jackaroo. Learn about the Anzac story, from the shores of Gallipoli to the Anzac War Memorial in Sydney.
Description
In this episode, explore Kangaroo Island off the south coast of Australia to check out fur seals, sea lions, and other wildlife - including kangaroos, wallabies, echidnas, and penguins - as well as the magnificent range of flora. Then head on a road trip up the east coast of Australia, from Sydney to Coffs Harbour, for an amazing experience with sea lions and surfing. Visit an outback festival in Winton.
Description
In this episode, dive into the depths of Christmas Island waters to swim among coral gardens, tropical fish, and some incredibly rare whale sharks. Visit Australia's most exciting city, Sydney, and the world's largest sand island - Fraser Island. Then take a plunge into the caves of Sydney to go diving with grey nurse sharks.
Description
In this episode, discover the prolific wildlife of Christmas Island, including the amazing red and robber crabs. Delve into indigenous culture, make didgeridoos, and learn about indigenous art and food. Explore historic Norfolk Island. Observe traditional island dances and pick up some of the Norfolk dialect.
In ILL
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by San Antonio College Library can be requested from other ILL libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request