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00:07That is world-class.
00:13Am I doing alright?
00:14Doing well.
00:15This is The Great Outdoors.
00:25This is for a taste of life on the land.
00:30Cotton candy covered bacon.
00:32I'm in Texas.
00:35Yee-haw!
00:37Welcome to the Houston Rodeo.
00:43It's branded as the world's biggest rodeo by a country mile.
00:49Two million visitors over 20 days.
00:52Roping in the best Rough Riders.
00:54And real-life ranches from clear across the nation.
00:58But hold your horses there, partner.
01:01This Texan city is so much more than Spurs and Stetsons.
01:06Bet you didn't know this.
01:08They call Houston the New York of the South.
01:11The theatre district here is impressive.
01:15Seventeen city blocks of playhouses and performance halls.
01:20Way bigger than Broadway.
01:24And that's just the curtain raiser to Houston's cultural cred.
01:29The city's art scene is another genuine surprise.
01:33Houston has world-class galleries and museums.
01:37Including one that's out of this world.
01:41The lone star state has been reaching for the stars since the 1950s.
01:47Space Center Houston tells the story of NASA's Apollo moonshots.
01:52The International Space Station.
01:54Look at him go!
01:55And unmanned missions to the red planet.
01:59Just a little piece of Mars, that's all.
02:02Houston, I have no problem being starstruck by NASA's achievements.
02:07And there's more on the launch pad.
02:10Take a tram tour through Rocket Park to Johnson's Space Center.
02:15And see scientists working on our next great leap into space.
02:20This is not a drill.
02:22This is actually where engineers and astronauts are working.
02:27Preparing.
02:28Planning.
02:30This building houses robots, computers and training simulators.
02:33And every NASA astronaut since the 1980s has to walk towards this building in preparation for their next mission.
02:39Next on my mission?
02:42I know. How cool, huh?
02:44This would have to be one of the most photographed exhibitions, wouldn't it?
02:47It absolutely is.
02:49This is a replica of the space shuttle independence.
02:53People get to go inside it, get a chance to see what it's like.
02:56Touch it, grab it, shake it.
02:58Maybe even get a chance to see the space toilet.
03:00It's always a big hit, right?
03:01Yeah.
03:02And then it's piggybacked on top of our NASA 905 747.
03:06So it's a fantastic plane that used to transport the shuttles across the country.
03:11And that's the actual plane?
03:12Yes, it's the actual plane.
03:13That's the workhorse itself.
03:14That's right.
03:15But it's just one of many things that you can see and do at Space Center Houston.
03:19So we love it.
03:22Maybe you prefer stars of the Michelin kind.
03:25Houston has 13,000 restaurants, six with the stellar seal.
03:31For food as old as the heavens, there's Ishtia.
03:36Choctaw chef David Skinner forges Native American culture in the fire of modern cooking.
03:42To create 20 surprising courses over three hours.
03:47I really want people to understand native cuisine.
03:52What we have inside are going to be black temporary beans we get from the Pima reservation in Arizona.
03:58Really delicious being very different.
04:00It's done with bison.
04:01Most of the world's cuisine, actually 60%, the ingredients came from here.
04:07They came from either North America or South America.
04:09Is that so?
04:09It is.
04:10So imagine Italian food without tomatoes, onions, garlic, peppers.
04:15I don't know if there's anything left.
04:16I don't know that there is either.
04:18Your next course is called Deer in the Woods.
04:21Part of the idea was bring out things that I ate as a child, some of my grandmother, great-grandmother's
04:27recipes,
04:28but do it in a way that is not what anyone's going to expect.
04:35I mean, you've heard of dinner in a show, so what about when dinner is the show?
04:39Think Texas is all wide-open plains?
04:43No siree, Bob.
04:46Galveston sits, pretty as a peach, on the Texas Gulf Coast south of Houston.
04:52Cruise from this island city to the Caribbean.
04:56Or cruise around town with local legend JR.
05:00Riding in me is a sort of riding in style.
05:02It's a Model T tour into Galveston's heyday as a wealthy port.
05:07From the mid-1800s to the late-1800s, this right here was considered the Wall Street of the southwest.
05:13So this would have been pumping.
05:14This is it.
05:15And a mix of horse, cart, these Model T's.
05:18That's right.
05:19Saloons.
05:19Lots of saloons.
05:21Guns, hats.
05:22Yeah.
05:22That's right.
05:23I was born in the wrong era, I'm telling you.
05:26Fortunes have flowed with the tide in Galveston.
05:28When hurricanes hit in 1900 and 2008, these rainbow homes were awash with seawater.
05:37And that salt water inundated all over the island and killed tons of oak trees in this area.
05:44They didn't just want to rip the oak tree out.
05:45They decided to carve artistic structures out of these oak trees.
05:51A man named King Vidor was born on the island and raised in this house.
05:56He survived the 1900 storm.
05:58When he grew up, he became a director.
06:00And he actually directed the scene in The Wizard of Oz.
06:03He did not.
06:04Of the storm scene when that tornado comes in and picks up her house.
06:11Hey, hi, how are y'all doing?
06:13Awful, everyone's so nice here.
06:15Oh, I love Galveston.
06:19This road doesn't really exist.
06:21I mean, if someone ever told me I'd be driving over the Atlantic Ocean, I don't think I'd believe them.
06:41Look at the precision.
06:44How he just managed us to get them in that gate.
06:48Sheep herding is an age-old practice worldwide.
06:55But few herding dogs know their way around woolly livestock like they do in Ireland.
07:08You've really got him eating out of the palm of your hands.
07:11Sometimes.
07:12What a great dog.
07:14Hello, Ben.
07:15Hello, Ben.
07:16He has been the Irish national champion for the last two years.
07:19Wow.
07:20Nursery champion, so it's for dogs under three years old.
07:22So we're working with a superstar.
07:24He takes the title, yeah.
07:27There's a lot of sheep in Ireland.
07:28There must be a lot of sheep dogs.
07:29A lot of sheep, yeah.
07:31There's just over four million adult female sheep.
07:34Lots of little lambs this time of the year.
07:36Some people try to work without sheep dogs.
07:38But for us in this part of Ireland with the landscape, it's just impossible.
07:41A lot of it unspoiled, unknown really.
07:51Rugged Irish countryside, windy roads that snake their way alongside meandering creeks and streams.
07:57You can see how it would stir creativity in the soul.
08:02One of the names you see all over Sligo is Yeats.
08:06That's William Butler Yeats, one of the great poets of the 20th century.
08:11And he loved this part of the world so much so he decided this is where he wanted to lay
08:16for eternity.
08:17So he wrote it in a poem under Ben Bulban.
08:22Under Bear Ben Bulban's head, in Drumcliff Churchyard, Yeats is led.
08:29An ancestor was rector there, long years ago a church stands near.
08:35By the road an ancient cross.
08:38No marble, no conventional phrase.
08:42On limestone quarried near the spot.
08:45By his command these words are cut.
08:49Cast a cold eye on life, on death.
08:53Horseman, pass by.
08:57Pretty special, isn't it?
08:59Even better, with an Irish accent.
09:03This famously flat summit is Ireland's only tabletop mountain.
09:09Shadowing travellers as they journey through Sligo's Yeats country, all the way to the coast.
09:15Well this is a bit different.
09:18We're just literally driving on the tidal flats.
09:22It's a short detour off Ireland's wild Atlantic way, but follow all 14 stone pillars and you won't get lost.
09:32It's really the only marker because this road doesn't really exist.
09:36I mean if someone ever told me I'd be driving over the Atlantic Ocean, I don't think I'd believe them.
09:43Nor visiting the original Coney Island, in Ireland.
09:47You know Coney Island in New York, well this is the one it's named after.
09:53It means Ilan Coney, which is Rabbit Island.
09:56There used to be a captain of a ship called the Arethusa.
09:59After remembering that the last island he's seen was Coney Island, he also seen rabbits on the island in New
10:05York.
10:05So he named a Coney Island.
10:07So we're Coney Island number one.
10:09But there's no hot dogs or roller coasters here.
10:12Just one tiny island.
10:15Home to what has to be Ireland's most remote pub.
10:18What does happen if you miss the tide?
10:20So if you miss the tide, what you do is you wait for the next high tide.
10:24They're never that stuck.
10:25Yes, there's worse places to be stuck than the pub on Coney Island.
10:31The Atlantic shapes more than the land around here.
10:34Some of the best oysters in the world will be growing in Ireland.
10:37It also seasons the food.
10:40That is world class.
10:43The meats are very good.
10:44The Gaelic name is shligak, which means the bounding and shells are a shelly place.
10:50And Glen and Aisling believe they're even better with a dash of spice.
10:55Is that enough for yourself?
10:58Yeah, I'll try it.
10:59We'll see how hard it is.
11:03Nice, isn't it?
11:06People talk about champagne and oysters?
11:08Yeah.
11:09We're in Sligo.
11:10Yeah, we're on the beach.
11:14Cheers.
11:15Sláinte.
11:15Sláinte.
11:16To your health.
11:17To your health.
11:18That's what it means.
11:19Healing from the outside in.
11:21The ocean's oldest remedy wraps you in its greenest gift.
11:27There's so much similarities of our connection with the ocean by having a sleeping bath.
11:32That's when you get a whole wellbeing feeling within your body.
11:36Warm and welcoming.
11:38Sums up Ireland, really.
11:40In the words of the great W.B. Yates,
11:43there are no strangers here, only friends you haven't yet met.
11:47I think never a truer word.
11:49Sláinte, Sláinte.
11:53Sláinte.
12:03Oh, my gosh, there are so many butterflies.
12:08Oh, my gosh.
12:10It flew in my head.
12:14It just keeps getting better the further we go.
12:18Locally known as the Butterfly Walk,
12:20this is a section of the Round Hill Creek Track,
12:23an unexpectedly ethereal experience.
12:27I feel like I'm in this fairy forest,
12:31but you can still hear the ocean.
12:34It's an ideal spot to stretch your legs on a road trip
12:38along Queensland's Pacific Coast Way.
12:43It's like a little window.
12:46Perfectly framing the sleepy seaside town of 1770.
12:52Queensland's most northerly surf beach,
12:55sitting at the base of the Great Barrier Reef.
12:581770 and its twin town, Agnes Water,
13:01offer the best of both worlds, beach and reef.
13:05Look at this.
13:07And an abundance of delicious local produce.
13:11I have got a little bit of the truffle cheese,
13:13which is my favourite.
13:20Coastal rush pop-up picnics really know how to spoil
13:24with their spreads and scenery.
13:28I think I'm always going to watch sunset like this from now on.
13:39Super sweet.
13:42And that sweetness extends further south
13:44on Queensland's Pacific Coast Way.
13:47The winding road carves its way
13:49through towering fields of sugarcane
13:51and delivers you to...
13:53The Barrel House or the Blendatorium,
13:55as we like to call it.
13:56Yeah, I love that.
13:57So I'm going to try and take your appreciation of rum
14:00to a whole new level.
14:02I like this one.
14:04I feel like it's light.
14:06Let me just cleanse the palate.
14:09Cleanse the nasal passages.
14:11So you're getting those really strong notes
14:13of smoke and scotch coming through.
14:16Something a little bit different.
14:17I appreciate it.
14:18Yep.
14:18But I don't know if it's for me.
14:20Luckily, you can blend your own brew
14:22at Bundaberg Rum.
14:26Ooh, she over-poured majorly.
14:31Okay, that'll do.
14:34You must have the pinkie out.
14:39Look at that liquid gold.
14:42Looks cold, doesn't it?
14:44Queensland is full to the brim
14:47of golden gems.
14:49There's my girl, Lady Elliot Ive.
14:52Dangerous place to be left in,
14:53but keep your eyes on me.
14:55And just a short flight from Bundaberg
14:57lies the southernmost jewel
15:00of the Great Barrier Reef.
15:02It feels like it's been far too long.
15:08Lady Elliot Island,
15:09a tiny coral cave
15:11that you can walk around
15:12in less than an hour.
15:14But the true magic
15:15is in the water.
15:22We sit just five kilometres
15:23from the continental shelf,
15:26which makes us a real natural location
15:29for megafauna.
15:30Lady Elliot was recently named
15:32the number one snorkelling spot
15:35in the world.
15:36A deserving accolade
15:38for island custodians,
15:40the Gash family.
15:41I first came here
15:43when I was five years old.
15:44Every day is a new day.
15:46You see something different.
15:47You get to have a different encounter
15:48and it's just so magical.
15:55Oh my God.
15:57That was pure magic.
16:00I don't think I've ever seen that
16:01when he manta ray in one spot.
16:04There was so many.
16:06I think maybe we had
16:07five or six in one side
16:10at one time.
16:14Oh my gosh.
16:16I just still can't believe
16:18that we saw so much.
16:21The cherry on top
16:23was the pot of dolphins.
16:24That was very special.
16:30Special is the perfect word
16:33to describe Lady Elliot Island.
16:34But I'd also like to add
16:36spectacular,
16:38sustainable
16:39and simply stunning.
16:44Cheers.
16:49Bend number one.
16:51Number two.
16:53Have you counted it like this?
16:55No.
17:03If somebody in Queenstown
17:04tells me there are 99 bands,
17:06there are 99 bands there are.
17:08I'm going to prove it right here.
17:09It is one of the world's truths.
17:14And one of the world's scenic beauties.
17:17Bend number one.
17:18Number two.
17:20Do you realise
17:20I'm going to go all the way to 99?
17:22Fine.
17:23Is that all right with you?
17:24Yes.
17:25Have you counted it like this?
17:26No.
17:29This curvy, winding road
17:31is on Tasmania's
17:32rugged west coast.
17:35Earning its unofficial name
17:36as 99 bands,
17:38this natural roller coaster
17:40appears almost designed
17:41to ride in style.
17:44One of the things
17:45about driving a rollercoaster
17:46is everybody knows
17:47when you've arrived.
17:49I've totally forgotten
17:50what we're up to.
17:52We're chatting too much.
17:53I'm losing focus.
17:5599.
17:56I hate to tell you this
17:57but there's a couple more to go.
17:59Before one final
18:01twisty turn
18:02into Queenstown.
18:06Not bad at all.
18:08Do we do it again?
18:09Yes, well be it.
18:11See you mate.
18:12Thank you very much.
18:13This colourful town
18:14has an equally colourful past.
18:17Mining saw the settlement grow
18:18and scattered relics
18:20around town are a reminder
18:22of what was once
18:23the world's richest mine.
18:25Gold was famously discovered
18:27here in 1883.
18:29But Queenstown's mountains
18:31were copper rich
18:32and that medal
18:33soon became
18:33the clear winner.
18:34The mining boom
18:36leaving behind
18:37a barren
18:38mountainous
18:38moonscape.
18:40Bit of a drop.
18:42Best viewed
18:44and appreciated
18:45from Ironblow Lookout.
18:47Mining ceased
18:48over a decade ago
18:49and remarkably
18:50much of the region's
18:51bushland
18:52has regenerated.
18:54And carving its way
18:55through the centre
18:56of the now
18:56flourishing forest
19:01is this century
19:03old steam locomotive.
19:05Back in its heyday
19:06this beautiful train
19:07used to transport
19:08copper to the coast.
19:12The railway
19:13was the only thing
19:14that connected
19:14Queenstown
19:15to the rest of the world.
19:18Lumber steam
19:19just poking
19:20through the trees.
19:23But now
19:23transports visitors
19:25into the Tassie wilderness.
19:27One of the steepest
19:28roads in the
19:28southern hemisphere
19:29up this rack section
19:30can get some good views.
19:41The pumpkin soup
19:43colour of Queen River
19:44is a result
19:45of a century
19:45of acid mine drainage
19:47and remnants
19:49of the areas
19:49mining past
19:50remain a drawcard.
19:57Queenstown.
19:58Everywhere you look
19:59every mountain
20:00every piece of dirt
20:01seems to have
20:02some sort of value
20:03to it doesn't it?
20:04Yeah well it's
20:04the southern end
20:05of the Mount Reed
20:05volcanics
20:06and anywhere
20:06there was ironstone
20:07outcropping
20:08around these mountains
20:09they would explore
20:10under it with tunnels.
20:11Where there are
20:12more treasures
20:13to be found.
20:14Oh my goodness.
20:16Underground
20:17copper
20:18literally oozes
20:19from the walls.
20:21Malachite
20:21is the green
20:22Yeah
20:23and the blue
20:24is you're right
20:25as the name suggests.
20:27I can't believe
20:27the colours.
20:28It's dissolved
20:29copper
20:30and a bit of
20:31gold and silver
20:31in there too.
20:33So we're just
20:34going to follow
20:34the railway track
20:35now
20:35nice and simple.
20:41How's that technique
20:42Anthony?
20:43Am I doing alright?
20:44You're doing well.
20:45You're doing well.
20:46Hey
20:47that's how it worked buddy.
20:49I know
20:50they did it
20:50bored holes like that
20:51for eight hours.
20:52I'm done.
20:53Alright
20:54let's head for the daylight.
20:57Anthony Coulson
20:58runs tours
20:58on Tassie's
20:59wild west coast.
21:02We've got this
21:03mining history
21:03which is easy to see
21:04and you've got this
21:06pretty much
21:07the epicentre
21:08of Tasmania's
21:09western wilderness.
21:10More untouched
21:11treasures can be found
21:12in these
21:13prehistoric forests.
21:14Come face to face
21:16with one to two
21:17thousand year old
21:18Huon and King
21:19Billy pines.
21:20Some of the oldest
21:22living organisms
21:23on earth.
21:25Everything's perfect
21:26for these species.
21:27These are called
21:27famnic species.
21:29This is super old
21:30rainforest now.
21:32It's remote.
21:33Rugged.
21:34Whoa.
21:35And more often than not
21:36raining.
21:38You know this is the
21:38cleanest rain in the world?
21:39Is it?
21:40So you just got that?
21:41Well
21:41so they say
21:43any time I've travelled
21:44when I come home
21:45this is what I want
21:46to come home to.
21:47This makes me feel
21:48content.
21:49It's a happy space.
21:50It's beautiful.
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