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00:00SBS wishes to advise members of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
00:05that the following program contains images, voices or names of deceased persons and may cause distress.
00:23Woohoo!
00:24Squeeze the juice out of this road trip.
00:26We're in Darwin!
00:27Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:29Look at that.
00:32The great Australian road trip.
00:34I love driving.
00:36For generations, it's been an intrinsic part of Aussie culture.
00:42Now here's a happy, relaxed family, all set for a pleasant Sunday afternoon drive.
00:49And still to this day, if you really want to experience this great southern land, you've got to hit the road.
00:56I love it so much!
00:59In this series, food guru Melissa Leon.
01:02I am the Lotus Queen.
01:04And comedian Nazeem Hussain.
01:06People who are in comedy, there's something wrong with them.
01:10Along with writer and performer Steph Tisdall.
01:12Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.
01:15And me, Claudia Carvin.
01:17You'd look like an idiot.
01:18Cruise along some of the country's most epic roads.
01:22That's unbelievable.
01:25To uncover extraordinary places.
01:28Look at that lice.
01:30There's a crock!
01:31Reveal a side of Australia that's often unseen.
01:34I like that because that isn't really that well known.
01:39And head off the beaten track.
01:41Woo!
01:43Below red dirt.
01:45Because it's as much about the journey.
01:47As it is the destination.
01:52It can't get much better than that.
01:55I love you.
01:56Yay!
01:58This is Great Australian Road Trips.
02:06This time, I'm introducing my mate Steph to the best of my home state.
02:11On a tailor-made roadie full of quirky pit stops and magical scenery.
02:17On Grand Pacific Drive to Jervis Bay.
02:20Starting in Sydney.
02:22Welcome to my hometown.
02:23It's a very affordable place to come and live.
02:25I highly recommend it.
02:27No one has crippling mortgages here in Sydney.
02:31And I'm about to take you over the Anzac Bridge.
02:34Excellent.
02:37We're going down towards Wollongong.
02:39Yeah, nice.
02:40The Gong.
02:44Our first destination is only an hour south of Sydney.
02:47In Australia's oldest national park.
02:50Then we'll cruise along Wollongong's breathtaking escarpment.
02:54Before a pit stop at Port Kembla.
02:56And a snack fest at picturesque Berry.
02:59And then we'll head to the jewel of the south coast.
03:03Jervis Bay.
03:05First step, beat the traffic out of Sydney.
03:07That's not to me by the way.
03:08Look at the road rage.
03:09It's my car.
03:10He's going to beat that other car now.
03:11Oh, get off his ass.
03:12What a rude guy.
03:13Look at that.
03:14Have you been here your whole life?
03:15So many people think I am a Melbourne person because I did Secret Life of Us in Melbourne.
03:16Oh, was that in Melbourne?
03:17Heaps of films.
03:18I always worked in Melbourne.
03:19Yeah.
03:20But I am Sydney.
03:21I grew up in Kings Cross.
03:22Really?
03:23Kings Cross.
03:24Nice.
03:25I don't...
03:26Is it?
03:27No, I don't know anything.
03:28Why did you say nice?
03:29Because you think I'm a stripper?
03:30Yes.
03:31Yes.
03:32Yes.
03:33Yes.
03:34Yes.
03:35Yes.
03:36I don't...
03:37Is it?
03:38No, I don't know anything.
03:39Why did you say nice?
03:40Because you think I'm a stripper?
03:41Yes.
03:42Yes.
03:43So, we're driving down to the south coast.
03:50Yes.
03:51Out of Sydney.
03:52Okay.
03:53And does this have a special meaning for you?
03:55I spent a lot of Christmases down there.
03:56I'm going to spend Christmas down the south coast this year.
03:59Beautiful beaches.
04:00A lot of national park.
04:02You like beaches, hey?
04:03I love beaches.
04:04I love parks.
04:05I love trees.
04:06Yeah.
04:07Trees are good.
04:08Trees are good.
04:09We've left the city behind.
04:11Just an hour south of Sydney is one of the oldest national parks on the planet.
04:16A sanctuary of beaches, rainforest, wildlife and Aboriginal sites.
04:22We must be there soon.
04:25Here it comes.
04:26This is the turn off up there.
04:27See that brown bit?
04:28Is it?
04:29Royal National Park.
04:30Literally though.
04:31How nice.
04:32How do they choose where a national park goes or is it just kind of anywhere?
04:46And they just go, well, we just won't destroy this area.
04:50It was the first park to be classified as a national park.
04:55Luckily they have them.
04:56Luckily they have them.
04:59Australia's first national park was founded by New South Wales Premier Sir John Robertson
05:05in 1879.
05:07It was only the second of its kind in the world after Yellowstone National Park in America.
05:14Around that time Sydney's population had doubled to over 225,000 creating unhealthy living conditions.
05:23Parks were seen as a way to address health problems and even moral issues associated with overcrowded cities.
05:30The park was enormously popular, receiving 250,000 visitors a year by 1910.
05:39Conservation is now the main focus of the park's management and wildlife is thriving here.
05:45So much so that it was picked as the location for a groundbreaking initiative to reintroduce platypus to the Sydney Basin.
05:55How are you feeling about seeing this platypus?
05:57Well, hopefully we do see a platypus.
06:00They're pretty shy.
06:02Do you think the plural of a platypus is a platypi?
06:05I wish.
06:08The platypus disappeared from this area almost 50 years ago.
06:14But they were reintroduced in 2023 to kickstart their population in the rivers and wetlands of the Royal National Park.
06:23Hey.
06:24Hi, Gillard.
06:25Hello, hello.
06:26Hi, I'm Steph.
06:27Hello.
06:28We're meeting some of the people involved with the project who will take us up the river and show us how it works.
06:332019, 2020, during all of the bushfires and the drought that was really severe, really opened up this issue about what do we do as we're seeing climate change
06:43and everything progress, what do we do for platypus conservation?
06:47And so this program to reintroduce platypus to the beautiful Royal National Park was born.
06:52It took resources and technology from Parks New South Wales, Taronga Zoo, the WWF, and UNSW to reintroduce this famous animal back into this iconic location.
07:09Would they have originally been native to Missouri?
07:13Have they been native to this area?
07:14Yeah, they absolutely were.
07:15So they were native to this area.
07:16There's records of them.
07:18Probably the most recent sighting verified was around about 50 years ago.
07:22So why, what do you think it was that, that...
07:26There's, I don't think, Steph, that there's a single smoking gun here.
07:30A whole range of changes, you know, we've seen increased urban development.
07:33Yeah.
07:34We don't really know.
07:35And what's the lifespan?
07:36Well, the oldest one is turning 30 this year, so...
07:4030 more than a similar age to a platypus.
07:43In platypus years.
07:45And, I mean, are they good breeders?
07:48Is it that kind of thing where you go, oh, we're pretty happy that once we introduce a population, they'll be fine?
07:53So female platypuses will breed maybe on average every second year.
07:57The way to see it is, like, actually measure how many are lactating.
08:00Okay, wow.
08:01So platypuses secrete milk.
08:03Because they lay eggs too.
08:05Well, they're, yeah, mammals that lay eggs.
08:07Monotremes.
08:08There's only the two, right?
08:09Echidnas and platypus.
08:10Yeah, that's right.
08:11I love the idea of a mammal laying an egg.
08:14How dangerous are they?
08:15How venomous are they?
08:16Yeah, they'll jab you.
08:17Those males, they have, they carry, like, these spurs on the hindland.
08:20And if they envenom you with enough, it could be, like, excruciating pain from up to six months.
08:27So, and, and...
08:28Up to six months?
08:30And painkillers don't work.
08:31So no morphine won't work.
08:33It's like a...
08:34It's a toxin.
08:35And you've never been jabbed?
08:36No.
08:38Few creatures are as puzzling as the platypus.
08:44When British scientists first laid eyes on them, some of them thought the strange duck-billed animal must be a hoax.
08:52Found in the freshwater creeks from North Queensland to Tasmania, first Australians used to hunt platypuses for food.
09:01Their fatty tails were particularly nutritious.
09:05So do we row deep up into this river, or is it...
09:09Yeah.
09:10These platys have been using, like, quite a large area of the park.
09:14You call them platys?
09:15Platys?
09:16Oh, that's cute, isn't it?
09:18Yeah.
09:19Because we were going, is it platypi or platypuses?
09:22But platys is good.
09:23The males especially, they've been, like, going everywhere.
09:26So at least I'll show you some of the listening stations that we have in the water.
09:29Fantastic.
09:30Can we get in the boats now?
09:31Yep.
09:32Let's go.
09:33Let's do it.
09:34Do I get to push you up?
09:35Yep, please.
09:36Yes, please.
09:37Sorry, guys.
09:38Oh, God.
09:39Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.
09:40You're good.
09:41All right.
09:42Yee-haw!
09:43Ha!
09:44Ha!
09:45Oh!
09:46Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:47That's the one-day coordination now in the water.
09:48Oh, great.
09:49That's the one thing I'm particularly good at.
09:50You have to do that in the water, right?
09:51And don't you want to go that way?
09:53That's the way we want it to go.
09:54Ha!
09:55Ha!
09:56There you go.
09:57We're going the wrong way.
09:58Oh, my God, my boobs are in the way.
09:59I'm so sorry.
10:00Okay, so we'll be...
10:01You can shuffle over.
10:02I'll sit next to you.
10:03I'll take one or you take the other.
10:04Well, I'm just worried about the weight.
10:06You're, like, you weigh about one gram.
10:08Right.
10:09So, I might cry.
10:10Okay, so, now we're going like this.
10:11Okay.
10:12Woo!
10:13No, no, okay.
10:14I'm going to go...
10:15I'm going to reverse now.
10:16This is my one.
10:17Woo!
10:18Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
10:20Okay, now we're straight.
10:23Yes!
10:24We're doing it.
10:30This is lovely.
10:31Stunning.
10:32So beautiful, isn't it?
10:33Look at those big birds.
10:34Oh!
10:35And the trees.
10:36Oh, my God.
10:37That's it.
10:38Here we go.
10:39Just don't lean too far.
10:41So, each one of these Pilates has a little tracker.
10:44The only way for us to understand how Pilates are establishing themselves in the park and their movements and interactions with each other is through these, like, I wish, I wish.
10:56These are listening stations that we have.
10:59So, I'll just bring that in.
11:01And what we do is we, when we want to download the data, we'll put in a little Bluetooth key in here and then that will transmit the data to our computers.
11:09Wow.
11:10And then we'll have a date and time stamp.
11:13Yeah, so this is really the only way that we can track platypuses.
11:19They're really elusive and really difficult to study.
11:22How would we spot one?
11:23How would we know if we've seen a platypus?
11:26Really tough to spot.
11:28You have to be super patient.
11:32The birth of this baby platypus, or puggle, is seen as the biggest achievement of the project.
11:39It was discovered in early 2024 and is thriving in the park.
11:44We took some samples.
11:45We know genetically that she was, like, the, um, feared by, like, the two of the ones that we introduced.
11:51Congratulations.
11:53It's a real privilege.
11:54Spreading the word and love and care for platypuses.
11:57So, yeah, thank you.
11:58I mean, we've got to row back to the starting place together.
12:02Ha!
12:03Stop!
12:04I swear.
12:05Kill her.
12:06Okay.
12:07Off we go.
12:08It's going to take us, like, three days to get back.
12:11Okay.
12:12It's not a road trip anymore.
12:13It's a boat trip.
12:20Yeah, road tripping, I like going for a long drive.
12:22What about with your kids and stuff?
12:24Do you take them road tripping?
12:25Yeah, I mean, it's a big country, isn't it?
12:27Like, if you're going to go away for the weekend.
12:29We drive long distances in this country.
12:31Some people in Europe would never have driven three hours.
12:34Yeah.
12:35I drive, because I drive down to Sydney from Brisbane all the time, which is a 12-hour trip.
12:40That's a lot.
12:41Mm.
12:42And I like it.
12:43Do you listen to music or podcasts or audio books?
12:47Podcasts, music.
12:48Everything.
12:49Mm-hmm.
12:50Phone calls.
12:51You're just greedy on the ears.
12:52Greedy on the ears.
12:53You're a greedy ear person.
12:54I've got the greediest ears around.
13:01We're out from under the canopy and about to experience a 665-metre-long engineering masterpiece.
13:09We're going on the Seacliff Bridge.
13:10Oh, wow.
13:11This is beautiful.
13:12We're cantilevered out over the ocean.
13:14Woo!
13:15It's actually a bit scary.
13:16Oh, it's a bit bendy.
13:17Yeah, it is.
13:18This is beautiful.
13:19Oh, it's a bit windy out there.
13:20Wow, look at the colour of that ocean.
13:21It's beautiful.
13:22I know.
13:23The seagulls, the flapping.
13:25How relaxing.
13:26Darawal country.
13:27Darawal.
13:28Imagine what this used to look like.
13:29That's what I often think.
13:30I often think that too.
13:31Oh, man.
13:32What it would have looked like.
13:33It's a bit windy out there.
13:34It's a bit windy out there.
13:35Wow, look at the colour of that ocean.
13:36It's beautiful.
13:37Beautiful.
13:38Oh, wow.
13:39The seagulls, the flapping.
13:40How relaxing.
13:41Darawal country.
13:42Darawal.
13:43Imagine what this used to look like.
13:48That's what I often think.
13:49I often think that too.
13:52Oh, man.
13:53What it would have looked like 200 years ago.
13:56Four First Nations people.
13:59The area that stretches from South Sydney as far as Jervis Bay
14:04is the traditional land of the Darawal people.
14:07It was a plentiful area to hunt wallabies, gather shellfish
14:12and even feast on whales that washed up on the shore.
14:16The traditional trails used by Darawal were the very ones
14:20that enabled the first Europeans to move into the area.
14:25The colonists brought conflict, disease and dispossession of lands.
14:31Despite great adversity, the Darawal people survived, adapted
14:36and have retained their connection to the land.
14:39We're now in the Illawarra, and Grand Pacific Drive is going to take us all the way to our next stop, Port Kembla.
14:50Port Kembla.
14:53Where to now, Mama?
14:55I heard that you have some sort of fetish for servos, is that right?
15:00I love servos. I don't know why.
15:02What do you like about servos?
15:04I love car parks.
15:05You like car parks?
15:06I love car parks and servos.
15:08The servo I'm taking you to, I don't think it's got petrol.
15:11How is it a servo then?
15:13It's called the servo.
15:15I think it may be a repurposed service station, but we're going to find out.
15:20We're not just here to listen to jazz.
15:38We're here to discover how locals like my mate Lara are bringing some soul back to Port Kembla.
15:44So Lara, my good friend Lara meets Steph.
15:47I remember you mentioning this about four or five years ago and it sounded so intriguing and you actually pulled it off.
15:53Is this like one of the big cultural hubs of Port Kembla?
15:57I think it is, yeah, for sure.
15:59I mean, port's evolving all the time now.
16:02It sort of went from its highlights back in the 50s and 60s, this amazing neighbourhood.
16:11Port Kembla is known nationally as a major exporter of coal and steel manufacturing.
16:17In its heyday, the workforce here exceeded 20,000, luring post-war migrants and creating a melting pot of nationalities from Italy, Poland, Macedonia, Germany and Greece, amongst almost 30 other nationalities.
16:35But the economic slump in the 1980s hit hard and many left the industrial town.
16:42In the last five years, people have flocked back here seeking an affordable lifestyle change.
16:49And the servo remains at the heart of the community.
16:53So you always have live music here?
16:55Yeah, always.
16:56It was founded on the idea of, you know, creating an all-inclusive safe space for the community, for families, for LGBTQ, everyone.
17:07And is there anything like this in the vicinity?
17:10No.
17:11This is like a unique one-off place.
17:12Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:13I don't know of anything like this anywhere.
17:14Is there even anything like this in Sydney?
17:16I know, I was about to say.
17:17So good.
17:26There was, we have life drawing here once or twice a month.
17:30I've been wanting to do life drawing.
17:32I've heard it's a really good way to boost your confidence as well.
17:35Oh, you be the model?
17:37Yeah, because people see you as, you don't see you with all the other stuff.
17:41You're just shapes and movement and like energy.
17:45People read your energy more than anything else.
17:48That is so interesting.
17:49It's really hard to hold the poses though.
17:51Don't work.
17:52Don't underestimate me.
18:01Next up, look at the beautiful gate.
18:03Oh my God, you beautiful little gate.
18:06Our drive takes us into sacred grounds.
18:09Oh, look at that happy Buddha.
18:12Look at that.
18:13He's like, get in here.
18:15Come to the temple.
18:16Let's hang out.
18:17We're in Wollongong, about to start the day's journey to Jervis Bay.
18:24I've found a moment of peace before my traveling companion arrives to brush up on my Espanol.
18:30Yeah.
18:31Yo tenía miedo de los paisajos cuando era niño.
18:39I better turn that off and let's keep driving, shall we?
18:42Let's go.
18:44We're out of here.
18:45Yeah, I don't know about going to bed at 10 o'clock at night.
18:5110 o'clock at night is really late.
18:53I go to bed like sometimes at 8 o'clock.
18:55It's because you're a loser.
18:56And then I sleep in until sometimes like 9 o'clock.
18:59Because a lot of people aren't more than people.
19:01I'm like wide awake.
19:02I just annoy the shit out of everyone.
19:04That's because you're a bird person, do you think?
19:06Birds are a bit like that.
19:07Yeah, yeah.
19:08How many birds do you have again?
19:10I have two.
19:11What are their names?
19:12Michael Parkinson and Eddie Maguire.
19:18Before we hit the motorway that will take us to Jervis Bay,
19:21we're stopping in at the largest Buddhist temple in Australia.
19:26I went to this Buddhist temple when it first opened,
19:28which might have been about maybe 30 years ago or 25 years ago or something,
19:32but I haven't been back since.
19:33What made you go there?
19:35Well, I was just so fascinated.
19:37I think I saw it off the highway and was like, what is that?
19:40Like, it's really impressive looking.
19:42And so we did a little detour and went in there and it was just stunning.
19:47Are you a Buddhist?
19:49I would not describe myself as a Buddhist,
19:51but I've read a lot of Buddhist philosophy and it makes a lot of sense to me.
19:56And I think it has very much informed the way I live my life.
20:01Reminding yourself every day of your mortality.
20:04So reflecting on your own death is something I got from Buddhism.
20:10Another Buddhist teaching I've embraced is gratitude.
20:13And since I've discovered Nantian Temple has a giant gratitude bell,
20:18I reckon we should take a moment to give thanks.
20:21Look at the beautiful gate.
20:23Oh my God.
20:24You beautiful little place.
20:25Oh my God.
20:26You beautiful little place.
20:28It feels like you're really entering a really sacred place, doesn't it?
20:31It really does.
20:32There is something really nice about somewhere that lots of people have prayed in.
20:44Yes.
20:45Like it always has a feeling of.
20:46There's an energy, isn't there?
20:48Beautiful grounds.
20:49What a great location.
20:52Oh, look at that happy Buddha.
20:55Look at that belly and that smile.
20:57How welcoming is that?
20:59I look like that Buddha.
21:00That's what I look like.
21:02And the eyebrows and the earlobes.
21:04Yeah, I've got big earlobes.
21:05I'm really insecure about them.
21:06But seeing that Buddha's made me feel a bit better about them now.
21:09Oh my God.
21:10He's like, get in here.
21:11Come to the temple.
21:12Let's hang out.
21:13Life's good.
21:14After the influx of Southeast Asian migrants to this region in the 70s and 80s, many found
21:21themselves with nowhere to worship.
21:23In response, the then mayor invited the Foguan Shan Buddhist order to build a temple in Wollongong.
21:31In the early 90s, the council gave them a 100-year lease on 26 hectares of land, specially picked
21:38for its great feng shui, for an exorbitant annual rent of a dollar.
21:46It's now a huge drawcard in Wollongong, attracting around 200,000 yearly visitors from all over the world.
21:53The temple is now home to 28 months.
21:58One of them is the venerable Miao Yeo, who's been living here for over 20 years.
22:03I came in 1999 as a layperson, just like yourself.
22:08Oh, really?
22:09So I've never been to a temple before.
22:12Are you serious?
22:13Really?
22:14You'd never been to a temple before?
22:16I guess it was out of curiosity.
22:19The first time I stepped into the temple, I just felt like it was home.
22:25Wow.
22:26I just cried and cried and cried because I've come home.
22:29Wow.
22:30Yeah, so it was a very powerful sense of belonging.
22:35A lot of people thought that when I go into the monastery and become a Buddhist monk, I would lose a lot.
22:43Yeah.
22:44But in fact, I gained much more.
22:47Leaving behind is the easy part.
22:49Yeah.
22:50Yeah.
22:51Re-learning is the hard part.
22:53Almost being born again.
22:54Yes, it is like being born again.
22:56Starting from scratch.
22:57What's your favourite part of a day?
22:59I think I don't think about it as favourite and not favourite.
23:04Yeah.
23:05So we try to maintain a very equitable and non-discriminatory mind.
23:12Mm-hm.
23:13So if you ask me what's my favourite...
23:15No, no, yeah.
23:16Good answer.
23:17Ten out of ten.
23:18Yeah, yeah, yeah.
23:19That's Buddhism right there, isn't it?
23:21You feel like part of everything.
23:27Mm-hm.
23:28You feel the interconnectedness between not just people but also plants and the trees.
23:36And I understand that Indigenous people like really love the land.
23:40Mm-hm.
23:41This place is also sacred.
23:43Yeah.
23:44To me.
23:45Oh, that's beautiful.
23:46Because the moment you step in, the energy changed.
23:50Yes.
23:51Yeah, we felt that, didn't we?
23:52Yeah.
23:59So beautiful.
24:00Very calming.
24:02So much detail.
24:04I mean, each of those Buddhas.
24:06For the aspiring Buddhist, the temple gives out little cards with affirmations for visitors
24:15to reflect on.
24:16Yeah.
24:17Do not hold grudges against your friends.
24:21Friends are direct.
24:22Friends forgive.
24:23And friends listen.
24:24You have all the good friends here.
24:25Yeah.
24:26That's so lovely.
24:27Do you forgive and listen?
24:28That's beautiful.
24:29I won't hold any grudges even after nine days on the road with you.
24:34I promise.
24:35Nice.
24:36Amazing.
24:37The past has passed.
24:38Yeah, that's right.
24:39That's really beautiful.
24:42So apparently this is where they put all the cremated ashes of devotees.
24:48Do you like to go back to the worms?
24:51I think I'd like to do that weird thing where they put you in a bag and turn you into
24:56a tree.
24:57A tree root.
24:58That would be good.
24:59Yeah.
25:00And very environmentally friendly.
25:01Yeah.
25:02Turn it into a big tree.
25:03That would be gorgeous.
25:04Have you heard of the gratitude flow?
25:07No.
25:08What's that?
25:09It's when you're feeling like a grey cloud over you and you think about all the things
25:12you're grateful for and you get into the gratitude flow.
25:15Nice.
25:16So what would you say?
25:17Name three things right now that you're grateful for.
25:20Um, my resolve to keep running.
25:21I'm really grateful to myself for that.
25:22I love that.
25:23Um, my birds and my loved ones.
25:32What about you?
25:33Beautiful.
25:34Um, I'm grateful it's a sunny day.
25:35Yeah.
25:36That I'm in good health.
25:37Yep.
25:38And I'm grateful for your company.
25:40That's really cute.
25:41So with the gratitude bell, um, I heard we have to ring it three times and it's to say
25:48thank you to your parents.
25:51That's good because I've got three parents so one bell each.
25:54Good.
25:55Do you want to go first?
25:56Yeah, I'll give one and a half things to each of my parents.
26:01It's big, eh?
26:02There you go.
26:03Yeah.
26:04I think it weighs 1,300 kilos.
26:05Right.
26:06Do I just let it go?
26:07I don't know.
26:08Maybe drive it on home.
26:09You're going to ring it really hard?
26:10I'm going to do it.
26:11How loud?
26:12Oh.
26:13That was gentle.
26:14I don't want to peg it.
26:16Oh, that was good.
26:17That was the right.
26:18That's the, that's the right hit.
26:20Thanks mum and dad.
26:21I love you.
26:22All right.
26:23Your turn.
26:24What a beautiful sound.
26:25Wait.
26:26The vibrations.
26:27I hope it doesn't have the brown note.
26:29What does that mean?
26:30You know that's a myth.
26:31What's that mean?
26:32The brown note.
26:33What is that?
26:34It's a really, really, really deep low note that can make you shit yourself.
26:37It's called the brown note.
26:38Trust you.
26:39But they did it on Mythbusters.
26:40It's not a real thing.
26:41It's not a real thing?
26:42No.
26:43Okay.
26:44I'm going to think thoughts of gratitude.
27:00Sound bath.
27:01I feel grateful for the gratitude bell.
27:05Me too.
27:06I feel really grateful for the gratitude.
27:07I feel grateful that you're grateful for the gratitude bell.
27:11That is a great time.
27:12Bye.
27:12Thanks.
27:13Thank You Hey I got to help me with nothing.
27:14Pam, do you see any dresses in the CPA system near the Year Nou?
27:20Next up.
27:21We pass through a verdant countryside.
27:23Hello little horse.
27:26To the most exquisite blue of Wreck Bay.
27:30of wreck bay oh this is unbelievable are you kidding me
27:40great australian road trips one adventure at a time with lexus
27:54this is a picturesque little spot it's very green
28:00there's so much in the world that is so pretty that i never think about
28:07hello little horse we're 170 kilometers into our road trip we've left the seaside and are driving
28:15into the picturesque hinterland to visit the quaint town of berry after a quick bite to eat
28:22we'll head all the way to our final stop jervis bay
28:25so we're coming up to the little town of berry it's a popular place for people to visit like
28:33going holidays oh yeah very popular like two hours out of sydney so it's a perfect drive
28:42pit stops and sightseeing on a road trip are just as important as the drive itself
28:47when i was a kid i used to love stopping at big things the oversized kitsch statues that started
28:54popping up on the side of highways in the 1960s there are now over a thousand big things across
29:01australia they were designed to get families to take a turn off the highway part with some hard-earned cash
29:08your local businesses and take the perfect holiday snap very sadly doesn't have a big thing but it
29:15has an attraction that is big in flavor we're gonna get donuts who can say no to a donut not me
29:21i do not know anyone did you ever play that game when you're a kid where you tie donut on a string
29:27and you have to eat it i've done it once how much fun is it it was actually very fun oh my god maybe
29:32we should do that at the donut store excuse me we're arriving to your donut van service donuts
29:39on strings with our hands tied behind our back with our hands behind our back because you can't touch
29:43them can't touch them let's get some donuts yes quite famous for the donuts fresh hot donuts
29:59give a yes please second nicole four originals and two nutellas yeah
30:04and we'd like them handmade with love anything else just extra love please
30:13in the early 70s a couple hitched their van to the back of an old fj holder they then set off and
30:20traveled through many parts of australia making donuts and meeting friends all along the way
30:26or just acquaintances probably probably not really true friends like us just acquaintances number 85
30:32that's us oh yes we're 85 that's really interesting because that's how old you are isn't it
30:38that's your age thank you four cinnamon donuts and two nutella perfect so we'll go original and then
30:45we'll have a bite of the nutella thank you
30:48i'm concentrate on the flavor
31:01perfect all that's the love i found
31:08and away we go babes
31:12Our next destination sits in the Jervis Bay Territory.
31:20Jervis Bay is mainland Australia's third territory,
31:23after the ACT and the NT.
31:26It is surrounded by New South Wales
31:28and has a permanent population of around 310.
31:33In 1908, politicians decided
31:36that the new landlocked ACT would need a port.
31:40And so, in 1915, a small chunk of the New South Wales coast
31:45was carved out to become Australia's newest territory.
31:5090% of it is Aboriginal land, owned by the Rec Bay community.
31:55Oh, Rec Bay, here we go, Aboriginal Community Council.
31:57You're now entering private land.
32:00Yeah, totally.
32:04They've given us a special invitation to visit
32:06so that Steph and I can connect with their country.
32:10Wow, it's beautiful.
32:14This does have a sort of a cathedral vibe, doesn't it?
32:17It does, yeah.
32:19I'm just saying my thank yous to the old people.
32:22Thank you, old people, for having us.
32:25I'm recognising that I'm on some of the Ulster's country here.
32:29Oh, this is unbelievable. Are you kidding me?
32:45They're fishing!
32:46Yes.
32:47I am so excited!
32:48Look at them!
32:49Oh, wow.
32:50This is stunning.
32:51Unbelievable.
32:52Absolutely unbelievable.
32:53Cool-wee!
32:54Was that a fish just jumping out there?
32:55No, that's my lure.
32:56Oh, wow, you've got a long throat.
32:57Philip.
32:58Hi, Philip.
32:59What does everyone call you, Phil?
33:00Oh, yeah, Phil.
33:01Phil-more, Philip.
33:02Or lip.
33:03Oh, yeah.
33:04Phil-more, Philip.
33:05Lip.
33:06It's got a lip on it.
33:07Yeah, give us a cuddle.
33:08Nice to meet you.
33:09Nice to meet you.
33:10Thanks for having us.
33:11Nice to meet you.
33:12Nice to meet you.
33:13Nice to meet you.
33:14Hello.
33:15Nice to meet you.
33:16Nice to meet you.
33:17Nice to meet you, Claudia.
33:18Nice to meet you.
33:19So, the Wreck Bay community is like how many hectares of acres?
33:22Thanks for having us.
33:24Hello.
33:25Nice to meet you.
33:25Nice to meet you.
33:26Nice to meet you.
33:26Claudia, nice to meet you.
33:28So the Wreck Bay community is like how many hectares of acres?
33:33403 hectares we got given back.
33:36Community's just there.
33:37This has always just been us here.
33:39It's all part of our home, our family and that.
33:42This is owned by your community.
33:43Yeah.
33:44That's deadly.
33:45That's really, really deadly.
33:47After years of campaigning by the local Aboriginal community,
33:51in 1986, the Hawke government handed 403 hectares of Wreck Bay
33:58back to its traditional owners.
34:01In perpetuity forever, it's safe.
34:03It's protected forever.
34:04Yeah.
34:04What a great feeling.
34:05That's amazing.
34:06See, I'm in a...
34:07Yeah, it's magical out here.
34:08It's beautiful.
34:09Stunning.
34:10Yeah.
34:11Yeah, how many people live in Wreck Bay?
34:12The amount of people that live in the community, it's over 100.
34:16From growing up, we just come down here.
34:18This is literally like our front yard.
34:20Amazing.
34:20We just come down here, go for a dip.
34:23Up and over, go for a walk through the bushes and that.
34:25Build cubbies, build little...
34:27little humpies and that.
34:29Yeah.
34:30No, but seriously, all of us young Wreckie lads there,
34:33we made little cubby houses all through here.
34:34And that's just...
34:35Yeah.
34:35We love the salt water.
34:36We grew up with it.
34:37We grew up with it and around it.
34:40Do you speak the language?
34:41Oh, we all wish a little bit.
34:43We got taught a bit in school, but there's one thing we never got the opportunity to have
34:48is our language, our culture, really.
34:50Yeah, same with...
34:51Yeah, where I'm from.
34:53We're trying to learn the language again now.
34:54There's actually a lot of people around that speak my language.
34:57Yeah.
34:57But it is one of those things, isn't it?
34:59You've got to spend a lot of time really focusing.
35:01But so what's the process like as far as, you know, young ones coming through and kind of passing on culture and all that?
35:07Do you fellas make sure you pass that on?
35:10Out here it's just a natural thing, really.
35:12So we don't really have any groups or anything that really do it.
35:16So out here, growing up on the mission, it was just what your uncles and your aunties, your parents taught you,
35:21take you out bush on the weekends.
35:23That was where you learned all your culture and that was with your parents.
35:26The first thing I ever got taught was the guy fishing and I used to...
35:29Yeah, guy fishing when I was a kid and all the uncles and that, they come down there with their boats,
35:33their nets and then they get the rod out here with the lure on it, catch a mad feed.
35:40Nice.
35:40But then other than the fishing stuff, like all my uncles and that, they've taught me was surfing and that, like...
35:46Yeah.
35:47Unfortunately, it wasn't like hardly any cultural stuff, like cultural business, but it was just surfing and fishing.
35:51But that is cultural business.
35:53Yeah.
35:53That's how to listen and be on land, eh?
35:55Yeah.
35:59There's a fish starting just there.
36:03Yes!
36:05That is so deadly.
36:08Oh!
36:10You see how far that cast was?
36:12What do you usually catch around here?
36:14Anything, really.
36:15Semon, tailor.
36:17No, I'm terrible at fishing, but I love it.
36:18I love fishing.
36:19Marnie always says I'm too keen.
36:22I want to put my feet in that border.
36:24Oh, that's a nice temperature.
36:26Wait, you see them shining?
36:27Oh, you should see the big school of fish.
36:29You can see them all.
36:30That's the thing, hey, like, country is all about, that's what my auntie taught me, is
36:34like, I didn't grow up on my country.
36:36Yeah.
36:37And I used to be real sad about that.
36:38I said, how do I learn, you know?
36:39And she said, you have to be still and quiet and get lost on your own country.
36:44Yeah.
36:44And that's how you learn, because you have to take notice of things.
36:48You know how to cast her?
36:52Can I?
36:52Can I have a go?
36:53Is that all right?
36:54Yeah.
36:56I only brought me dad rods just in case, isn't it?
36:59Yeah, it's all right.
37:01I'm going to be ashamed now, though.
37:02Look.
37:03All right, everyone be careful.
37:05Good.
37:05Oh, nice.
37:11No, that wasn't very good.
37:13That didn't go very far.
37:14We all know it.
37:16I'd be so happy.
37:20Hey.
37:22What?
37:22Oh, I probably thought I had something there.
37:25Do you?
37:25Yeah, it feels like a bite.
37:28It might be the little bumps on the sand on the floor, too.
37:30How dare you?
37:31Don't you dare.
37:32See, I get too excited for fishing.
37:36We'll get them on the next one.
37:39Claudia, you want to have a go?
37:41Yeah.
37:42Too bad.
37:45Get it.
37:46You go.
37:47Ready, set.
37:49Bye.
37:50There we go.
37:52Knock it.
37:54Yeah.
37:55And ride in.
37:57Can I have another go after you, Claudia?
38:00No.
38:02Next up, we spot another elusive native animal.
38:09Echidna.
38:10Oh, my God.
38:11Got to be kidding me.
38:12I've never seen an echidna in the wild.
38:15And swap our wheels for a truly memorable ride.
38:19Hang on.
38:20Ah!
38:21Ah!
38:21Ah!
38:22Ah!
38:22Ah!
38:22Ah!
38:22Ah!
38:22Ah!
38:22Ah!
38:23Ah!
38:23Ah!
38:28Echidna.
38:28Echidna.
38:29Oh, my God.
38:30Is it an echidna?
38:31Yes, it's an echidna crossing the road.
38:34You've got to be kidding me.
38:35I've never seen an echidna in the wild.
38:38Oh, cutie!
38:39Mind your window down and look out the window.
38:40Okay.
38:42Oh, it's just stopped.
38:43Oh, it's just stopped.
38:44It's curled up.
38:45Oh, my God, you little cutie, don't stress.
38:48It's just us.
38:49Oh, my God, look at it.
38:51It's hiding, look.
38:53See you later, bub.
38:57We're on our way out of the Buttery National Park
38:59and heading to the white sands, emerald waters
39:02and holiday vibe of Huskerson Beach.
39:05This is pretty around here.
39:09It is, isn't it?
39:11We might see some whales.
39:14Look at all these beach shacks.
39:16They're huge.
39:17They're monstrous.
39:21We don't have time to get out the deck chairs
39:24as we have a boat to catch for some whale watching.
39:27Hopefully, Steph loves marine life as much as she loves her birds.
39:31So, this is my bird.
39:33So exciting.
39:34You are going to...
39:35Oh, what?
39:37That's my bird.
39:47Peek-a-boo.
39:48Peek-a-boo.
39:49Peek-a-boo.
39:50Sangway's parking.
39:52Peek-a-boo.
39:53He's so cute.
39:55Steph might get a chance to hear some whale song
39:58on our cruise into the Jervis Bay Marine Park.
40:01The marine park spans over 100 kilometres of coastline
40:05and is home to seals, penguins, seabirds, dolphins
40:10and, most importantly, migrating whales.
40:13Final destination.
40:15Yes.
40:16The ultimate expedition.
40:18You ready for whale watching?
40:20I could never be ready.
40:21Could you be ready?
40:22Step on there.
40:23That's it.
40:23Watch your head.
40:24There you go.
40:25Just step onto that grey.
40:26Thanks, mate.
40:27OK?
40:31How's the clarity?
40:33The water.
40:33Look at the colour of it.
40:34Oh, my God.
40:35I know.
40:35It's beautiful.
40:36Yeah, the water's beautiful at the moment.
40:38You go for my company.
40:41Oh, look.
40:42That cormorant sang.
40:43It was this big.
40:45Ah!
40:46You know, that's what they do.
40:47They dry their little wingies.
40:49Dusky, flathead.
40:50Good hatch.
40:51Is it a flathead?
40:52What a nice boy.
40:54I thought I expected him to flip me the bird, actually.
40:57What is it about waving from boats suddenly?
41:00Like, if you're walking on the side of the street,
41:02you wouldn't do that.
41:03If you're going past in a boat,
41:05it's suddenly the thing to do.
41:07Oh, OK.
41:08Oh, here we go.
41:08We're going to get wet.
41:12This is like four-wheel driving.
41:14It's the king of all the things I'm grateful for.
41:18Like, what's your general feeling about boats?
41:22I like boats.
41:24Windy!
41:25We are, yeah.
41:28One day, but not today.
41:30Oh, it's just water.
41:32Who loves water?
41:34It's like, oh, it's just water.
41:35It's soft.
41:36It's not soft.
41:43OK, guys, what you've got to do now
41:46is look out all around this area here.
41:49You're looking for a spout.
41:51Whales would think that we were adorable, right?
41:54Yeah.
41:54Because we're tied into them.
41:56Sophie, you're a legend.
41:58Thank you so much.
41:59Oh, this is cool.
42:01Come on, little whales.
42:03Come on, little whale whales.
42:05Woo-hoo!
42:06Woo-hoo!
42:08Me calling them.
42:10Yeah.
42:12So are we coming to the end of the season now?
42:14Yeah, we're right at the end of the season at the moment.
42:16And how long does the season go for?
42:18It's starting off at the end of April at the moment.
42:22We've seen that each year it's getting a little bit longer
42:25because the population is growing so heavily.
42:27Oh, how wonderful.
42:27Yeah.
42:28What a beautiful story.
42:29Yeah.
42:30From 1840 until 1919, ships would sail into these bays,
42:37hunt the whales, then process them for oil and other valuable products.
42:43By the 1960s, whales were nearing worldwide extinction
42:47until international whaling bans were introduced.
42:50So we've got about 45,000 that migrate just on this part of Australia.
42:56So they go up to have their calves
42:58because the calves wouldn't be able to survive in the cold waters
43:02and they're fattening them up to be able to survive.
43:04They're good parents.
43:05Yeah, they are good parents.
43:06And how big are the calves when they're born?
43:08Four and a half tonnes, so about six metres.
43:11Sorry, a calf is six metres and four and a half tonnes.
43:12Four and a half tonnes, yeah.
43:13They can grow from 15 to 25 kilos per day,
43:19so almost a kilo per hour, yeah.
43:23So do you ever come out here and not see whales?
43:26It's never a guarantee because it is Mother Nature.
43:28Yeah.
43:29Armies.
43:32Do you reckon we'll see a whale?
43:34I hope so.
43:35Are you going to see a sick?
43:37Let's just not talk about it.
43:38Woo!
43:40Oh, this is good.
43:42This is a dangerous night.
43:44It's like a rollercoaster.
43:45What's been the highlight of your New South Wales trip?
43:48Do you know what?
43:49Can I be...
43:49Can I offer you a surprise?
43:52I am loving this.
43:54Really?
43:54This is your highlight?
43:56I'm loving it too.
43:57Only because I was so afraid
43:58and now that I'm doing it,
43:59it feels like an accomplishment.
44:01It's sort of electrifying.
44:03Yep, that's definitely...
44:05And I'm getting very wet.
44:07I know, right?
44:09Me too.
44:09But you're teasing me
44:11as being one of the highlights of my trip.
44:13That makes me very happy.
44:14And you can always say something.
44:16Oh, no, here we go.
44:17Hang on.
44:18Ha-ha-ha!
44:20Ha-ha-ha-ha!
44:21Oh!
44:27My other highlight was the temple
44:29and talking to the monks.
44:31Yeah, you loved that, aren't you?
44:32Yeah.
44:33Because you learned that you don't measure a day.
44:35Yeah, there's no favourite part of the day.
44:37There's just a day.
44:38Yeah.
44:39And then we're asking each other,
44:40what was your favourite part of the trip?
44:41We learnt nothing from those Buddhists.
44:43We really did learn nothing.
44:45Just don't judge anything.
44:46It's all fabulous.
44:47It's all been fabulous.
44:48It has.
44:49It has, you know.
44:51Should we go home now?
44:53Yeah, I reckon.
44:53But let's keep our eyes peeled for any whales.
44:58Come on, whales.
44:59Where are you?
45:01They're shy today.
45:02I don't even feel disappointed
45:07that we didn't see any whales.
45:11See that?
45:11What is that?
45:14Oh!
45:15Ha-ha-ha-ha!
45:17Oh, it is magic!
45:18It's like a unicorn.
45:19It's like seeing a unicorn.
45:20I know it.
45:24Oh, yes!
45:26Ha-ha!
45:27Is it a dolphin?
45:28Yeah.
45:28Yeah.
45:29So close up.
45:30Ha-ha-ha!
45:31Ha-ha-ha!
45:32Ha-ha-ha-ha!
45:37That was pretty spectacular.
45:39Give me a hug.
45:42I love you.
45:43You're so cuddly.
45:44I'm very cuddly.
46:00We're so cuddly.
46:02We're so cuddly.
46:02There was a рядом around the world.
46:02We're so cuddly.
46:07You're so cuddly.
46:09We're so cuddly.
46:13We're so cuddly.
46:16We're so cuddly.
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