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Season 2026, Episode 11
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00:10Hello there and welcome to Getaway.
00:13This week we are checking into one of the Barossa's most beautiful places to stay.
00:18Sometimes when you travel and you visit a place that just stops you in your tracks from the moment you
00:23arrive.
00:24Kingsford the Barossa is one of those places.
00:26Learning the art of rice farming in Thailand.
00:30And I'm about to find out first hand just how tough it can be.
00:34But first up, our little town well worth a visit next time you're driving between two of our biggest cities.
00:53The well-worn path between Sydney and Brisbane has been a family favourite road trip for us for years.
01:00The iconic route is filled with charming coastal towns and breathtaking scenery.
01:05So if you're looking for a place to break up the journey between the two capitals, you'll find a town
01:10about halfway called Bellingham.
01:13And trust me, this place is really special.
01:19Bellingham is set on the beautiful Bellingham River, a 30-minute drive south of Coffs Harbour on the New South
01:25Wales mid-north coast.
01:28The Bellingham Valley was settled in the mid-1800s for its timber resources and rich dairy farmland.
01:38But it was a different kind of traveller who began arriving in the 1970s, which has shaped the town's relaxed
01:45boho vibe.
01:48The main street is full of eclectic boutiques to discover, including Retro Bellow.
01:55Liz, this is such a fun store. Tell me about the concept here.
02:00Well, it's actually all pre-loved. You've got really eclectic things here.
02:05There's some Louis Vuitton sneakers to a safari jacket.
02:10Now, I love the fact, does this work really well in Bellingham? Because it feels like it's a community, so
02:14this would work.
02:15It's definitely the right place for this store. This is a community that cares about its environmental footprint.
02:20So there's a lot of support for buying pre-loved.
02:25And I love your kids' range, because kids grow out of clothes so quickly.
02:29Yes, the kids' stuff turns over very quickly.
02:33Do you have a favourite item in the store?
02:36I love a spell dress.
02:38I saw that. I can't believe it's still here. I'm going to nab that up, actually.
02:47Bellingham is known for its vibrant, creative community.
02:51And local fashion designer Megs Ferrier has drawn inspiration from the area's botanical beauty for her latest collection.
03:00Megs, I'm so excited to meet you, because obviously I'm a fan.
03:03I've bought your clothes online before, and now I'm here in Bellingham.
03:07This beautiful store. Tell me all about it.
03:11Inspiration came from the local botanicals. We're wearing our little peonies at the moment.
03:16Oh, from Bellingham. This inspired you just by living here?
03:18We have so many botanicals here.
03:20Wow, I love that.
03:21And I wanted to do a flower, and at the moment, peonies is our favourite.
03:26Meg's State of Embrace clothing range is made from sustainable fabrics and caters for sizes 4 to 20.
03:33I love that there's so much inspiration from the people, the gorgeous surrounds, but mostly it's all about the community.
03:41It's a great community, and it just feels like one big warm hug.
03:45Oh, that's a great way to describe it. A big warm hug from Bellingham.
03:58If you're lucky enough to visit the town midweek, make sure you pay a visit to the Bellingham Farmers and
04:04Producers Markets.
04:05This locals-only growers market opened five years ago to support the community and help reduce food miles.
04:13Without local growers supplying our local communities, we're reliant on multinationals, lots of transportation,
04:20and we don't understand seasonal food, the medicine in our food from local food being nutritious and harvested within 24
04:28hours of being sold at market.
04:29That's all gone. Absolutely. It's so important.
04:32And our children need to understand.
04:34And there's families here, there's kids after school, they're all down here to enjoy the produce.
04:38Absolutely.
04:41This is so much more than a farmers market.
04:43You get the feeling this weekly event is tightly woven into the fabric of the community.
04:50Tom, I saw the line before the bell rang. It's still going. Your produce sells out.
04:54Why is that? Why is your reputation so good here at the market?
04:57Oh, we're a pretty long established business now in the Bellingham Shire.
05:00We grow a small-scale organic market garden in the Nambucca Valley.
05:04And obviously it's what the locals want, and tourists alike, they want that organic, they want that local produce.
05:10Yes, they do. They want the connection to the farmer too, which is really important for the farmers market.
05:15Being able to meet the grower in the flesh and build that relationship week to week.
05:24What a great asset these markets are to the local community.
05:28And I really love the mid-week after-school timing.
05:32You know what really stood out to me though, is the sense of community.
05:35And how passionate the locals are about protecting their beautiful backyard.
05:46After the break, we are twitching in New Zealand.
05:50They canoodle and wrap their necks around one another.
05:54Oh, how lovely.
05:54They're very affectionate. Yes, it is.
06:04There needs to be a very good reason to drag me from the sack at 4am.
06:08And granted there's promise when the destination is called Cape Kidnappers.
06:12Sounds mysterious and sinister.
06:14Lashings of intrigue and daring-do.
06:16There are stories of fish hooks made from jaw bones.
06:20Captain Cook, Maori warriors, cannon fire, muskets and murder.
06:25However, it may not surprise you to learn that at such an ungodly hour, I'm actually here to twitch.
06:32Good morning Joe.
06:37We're taking in the sunrise over the southern tip of the Hawke's Bay region and New Zealand's North Island.
06:43About an hour's flight from Auckland.
06:47And thankfully a crack of dawn call time doesn't disappoint as we witness a brand new day in the world's
06:54most accessible Gannet Colony.
06:57This is amazing.
06:59How many are in this colony here?
07:03Possibly up to 5,000, 6,000.
07:06It's a very neat colony.
07:08Isn't it wonderful?
07:09It's only when they're adults like this and it's like this.
07:11They all sit within a beak's peck of one another.
07:14And if one of those neighbours comes too close, you'll see a fight.
07:18Whether they fight to the death or not, I'm not sure.
07:21But anyway, there they are.
07:23They're probably, I think, one of the most elegant of birds.
07:29This area is home to around 20,000 Australasian Gannets who split their time between New Zealand and Australia.
07:39Gannets can live up to 33 years.
07:42They arrive here each year in winter to begin their mating ritual.
07:46They don't breed until they're five years old, but when they do, they mate for life.
07:51You see the birds flapping here with their wings.
07:54The babies, as they grow bigger, they flap their wings and it's exercise.
08:01And gradually they'll do that.
08:03And as they near maturity, they'll lift up from the ground a little and then go down and come up
08:08and go down.
08:09And then suddenly the wind catches them and then they're all to Australia.
08:13They're off to Australia.
08:14Yes.
08:15And then they spend the obligatory three or four years mature and then realise what they're missing and come back
08:21home.
08:29This peninsula is not only overwhelmingly beautiful, it's also deeply connected to New Zealand's creation story.
08:38The Maori name for Hawke's Bay is Te Mataua Mowi, which means the fish hook of Mowi.
08:45Legend has it, the god Mowi used his magical fish hook to pull up the North Island from the sea.
08:50His brothers wouldn't allow him a fishing hook because he was the youngest.
08:54But he just happened to have with him his grandmother's jaw bone with three teeth on.
08:59As one does.
09:00As one does, yes.
09:02And he broke his nose to make it bleed, covered the teeth with blood, popped them over the side of
09:08the canoe and fished up the North Island of New Zealand.
09:10Voila.
09:11That's the tooth that did it.
09:17New Zealanders being New Zealanders.
09:20Yeah.
09:20Has anyone ever scaled it?
09:22I don't know.
09:24How wonderful.
09:26How wonderful.
09:27Wouldn't it be the most terrifying thing?
09:32There are four organic colonies spread across the vast 2,500 hectare Cape kidnappers farmland,
09:39which is also New Zealand's largest privately owned wildlife sanctuary.
09:47So there's another colony here.
09:50Yes.
09:50It's not the biggest gannet colony in the world, but it's certainly the most accessible.
10:02It's marvellous to be able to see we'll be above the flight.
10:05Well, this is such a joy being in this bank while looking at them because we can really see how
10:11they fly.
10:12And you'll notice when one lands and meets its friend or its mate or husband or wife, they canoodle.
10:20They wrap their necks around one another.
10:23How lovely.
10:24They're very affectionate.
10:25Yes it is.
10:26They're very affectionate.
10:27Look, there's two down there having a little bit of a communal now.
10:37This spectacular farmland property is also the home to Rosewood Cape Kidnappers, an uber luxury lodge resort.
10:45Like the landscape itself, the accommodation here just hoikes your jaw to the floor.
10:54This particular lodge runs the risk of being simply overwhelming.
10:58Huge picture windows frame every view.
11:01It's so vast.
11:04Bring your friends.
11:05Bring all your friends.
11:08This four bedroom villa and 24 resort suites have all been designed to seamlessly blend into the surrounding landscape.
11:17The estate also hosts golf enthusiasts from around the globe with the 18 hole championship course currently ranked 15 among
11:26the world's greatest golf courses.
11:29Visiting Cape Kidnappers only reinforces my overriding issue with coming to New Zealand.
11:35I mean, look, everywhere is too impossibly beautiful.
11:40Every vista nails you to the spot.
11:43And anything post New Zealand is, unfortunately, a bit of a disappointment.
11:54After the break, we're visiting one of the Barossa's most beautiful properties.
11:58It's just you and the Aussie bush, but you still have all the luxuries.
12:16There's so much going on in this town.
12:19Sometimes when you're travelling, you visit a place that just stops you in your tracks from the moment you arrive.
12:26Kingsford the Barossa is one of those places.
12:28This historic and gobsmackingly beautiful property has all the best elements of the Barossa Valley in one epic location.
12:40Less than an hour's drive from Adelaide, Kingsford the Barossa is a luxurious accommodation set on 90 hectares of native
12:47Australian landscapes on the edge of the wine region.
12:55Originally built in 1856 for a wealthy pastoralist, it's now home to a 16-suite retreat.
13:07This was chosen as essentially the first farmland in South Australia, this whole region.
13:13It's like Australia in a bowl, right here, you know, like, so we'll drive around, we'll see some kangaroos jumping
13:18around.
13:19We'll see all these rainbirds, songbirds, you got corellas, cockatoos, kookaburras, that's the sound you wake up to here in
13:25the morning.
13:26New truck, big lift, old roads.
13:29A guided ATV tour will help you get your bearings and the lowdown on this once famous property.
13:34We're talking about a lot of history to do with this place.
13:38Now, there's a bit of extra history going on with the homestead here.
13:42It's got a bit of a famous history to it.
13:44A bit of a television history, if I'm not wrong.
13:47Yeah, yeah, a little show called McLeod the Daughters.
13:50I think I've heard of it, ladies and gentlemen.
13:56So, McLeod's Daughters was filmed around here?
13:59Yeah, so from 99 to 2009, this is Drover's Run.
14:10We're going to go a little bit off-road here, but I promise I'm going to keep you dry.
14:14All right.
14:15I'm trusting you on this.
14:18Oh, shit!
14:21Nice!
14:24You've taken me in.
14:27Hey, this is...
14:29This is romantic.
14:30I know, it's a little bit romantic, isn't it?
14:33I'll tell you what.
14:3416 rooms here, and so you're guaranteed to have a little private romantic pocket all to yourself.
14:41You've said private romantic.
14:44Can I ask you a bit of a favour, though?
14:45I'll tell you, mate.
14:46I haven't got a date.
14:47Can you push me on the swing?
14:48Absolutely.
14:49Romantically, of course.
14:50Oh, this is our first date.
14:53I'll tell you what.
14:54I think I'm falling.
14:59Where's our glass of wine?
15:02You're intoxicating and ugly.
15:05And you look like you love me.
15:10There's endless pockets of the property to explore, but kicking back in the rooms is not a bad option either.
15:21The newer section of the lodge has these epic valley view suites.
15:25Some even come with private plunge pools.
15:38Or there's the masterfully restored 1856 homestead with its eight charming suites.
15:47The rich history of the property is honoured at every turn, with their cellar offering six separate wine vaults to
15:53explore, celebrating the country's best drops.
15:56Vault two that we're in now has quite a nice little range of the big Barossa barons, you know, the
16:04heroes.
16:05So we have Henschke on one side, Penfolds behind me and then Kaisler as well, which is very impressive.
16:12I thought we'd start off with the little Riesling Freak from Eden Valley and move on to a nice little
16:17Grenache by Sharky's.
16:19Penfolds, Tempranillo and finishing off with a classic Barossa for us from Kaisler.
16:26Oh, I love that.
16:28Good choice, good sir.
16:29Yes.
16:30That is really nice.
16:31Upstairs is Orleana Restaurant with a focus on fresh, local and seasonal ingredients.
16:40When it comes to a Navo dip, there's a very inviting saltwater pool.
16:45Driving faster in my car
16:48Or, if you're feeling a little more adventurous, you can settle in for a soak in the Alfresco bush bath.
16:55From just what we are
17:00This really is the best of both worlds. You're in complete seclusion, it's just you and the Aussie bush, but
17:06you still have all the luxuries.
17:07Time to take your home for these years come to this day.
17:15Time to wait too long, to wait too long, to wait too long.
17:25After the break, learning the ins and outs of rice farming in Thailand.
17:29Am I spacing them far apart enough?
17:32Ah, yes and no.
17:33Enough? I'm hired.
17:34Woohoo!
17:44As one of the world's largest exporters of rice, the country of Thailand revolves around the precious grain.
17:52For centuries, rice farming has been one of the main industries, and I'm about to find out first-hand just
17:59how tough it can be.
18:02Just two and a half hours' drive south of the Thai capital of Bangkok is Pechabooi.
18:07The location of my full-day, immersive plough-to-plate experience.
18:13A food lovers' tour where we learn the traditional way of growing and producing rice.
18:18So, Crane, can you tell me the role the buffalo plays in traditional rice farming?
18:22The buffalo is a very strong animal that really love this much.
18:28They love the wet, they love the hot season, so this is why we choose the buffalo, to make the
18:34soil more texture, more air, before we plant the rice.
18:38So, it's a very valuable possession to them, having a buffalo.
18:42Uh-huh. This kind of family.
18:49With the field now ploughed, it's my turn to get a little muddy.
18:54I certainly looked the part.
18:56Let's see how I go at being a rice farmer.
18:59Hi guys!
19:00Oh wow, I'm sinking.
19:05I'm going deep.
19:06Oh wow.
19:09Being fully involved gives tourists a very real experience, and a unique snapshot of rural life on the land.
19:17Pull like this, and you put it in the ground.
19:21Right down to like fist.
19:23Alright, so twist it down.
19:25Yes.
19:25Oh yeah, feel that mud.
19:28Is that far enough?
19:29Yes, it is.
19:30And you do this whole area.
19:32Yes.
19:35Yes.
19:36And are there many traditional rice farms around in Thailand anymore?
19:39Not anymore, actually.
19:41They use a machine.
19:42So this is all organic?
19:44Yes.
19:44In the traditional way?
19:46Yes.
19:47Yes.
19:48And when will we actually get results from planting it to actually getting the rice?
19:53Usually it takes three months.
19:54Three months.
19:55Is this far enough?
19:56It is.
19:58After planting the rice, we follow the process all the way through from grinding to de-husking.
20:04Pour it in.
20:06I'm going to spin it around to crack it, to mill it.
20:10Okay.
20:13And so you just wait till it's all fallen to the bottom?
20:15Yeah, for all falling.
20:17Does it look easy?
20:18Oh, he's making it look very easy.
20:20It's your turn.
20:21My turn.
20:23Oh, yeah.
20:23This one might easier.
20:24Okay.
20:25Oh, really?
20:25Don't say that, because what if I can't do it?
20:27You've said now it's easy.
20:29Pour.
20:31Pour like this.
20:31Oh, okay.
20:33Oh, thanks, Cam.
20:34You're helping me out.
20:35Okay.
20:36You actually did make this look really easy.
20:38A bit stronger?
20:39It's not.
20:40I'm trying.
20:43I'm trying.
20:43Do you want to help?
20:44Like this?
20:47Oh, look.
20:47How many people does it take to do this?
20:50Three.
20:53So this one, we're going to pound the rice to make sure that all the husk is out from the
20:58rice.
20:59So, we're going to do it.
21:00One, two, three.
21:02And when we do one, two, three like this, it's make more rhythm when you pound the rice.
21:06Like, tuk, tuk, tuk.
21:08Okay, go.
21:09One, two, three.
21:14Are we off bait already?
21:22Get in the sweat.
21:25So, Kareem, how long do we have to do this for?
21:28We can check.
21:29We need to check.
21:31Yeah, we can check.
21:32Woo!
21:33You've really got to work for this rice.
21:35Yeah.
21:35Lot of work.
21:35So, this is the last step that we prepare the rice before we're cooking.
21:41We call it husking the rice.
21:43From start to finish, this tour is 100% hands-on.
21:47And that is exactly the way tour owner and Aussie expat Lee Higgins intended.
21:52What do you think is so unique about this tour compared to a lot of other tours around Thailand?
21:57Well, this is a true experience, right?
22:00This is about really remembering traditional ways of doing things around food and food production.
22:07And it's where you can get your hands dirty.
22:09And I think that's what people are looking for now.
22:11You know, just that experience when they go back to their home country that they can go, you know what?
22:16I planted rice.
22:17And you know what?
22:18It was really hard.
22:19I have a new appreciation.
22:21That is for sure.
22:22Rice is fundamental to Thai culture.
22:25And what rice means to the Thai population is you just cannot put into words.
22:30Because yes, every meal is rice.
22:32You know, whatever we can make out of rice.
22:34And it's treated with respect.
22:36From the tea that's served, to the snacks along the way, everything is made from rice.
22:45And of course, freshly cooked rice is the hero of the lunch.
22:49But it's complemented by an absolute feast of local delicacies.
22:55This is about as fresh as you can get from the field straight to the plate.
23:00All lotus leaf.
23:01And now we get to enjoy the fruits of our labour.
23:08And all that hard work makes this taste even better.
23:16Well, thank you so much for getting away with us once again.
23:20Next week, I cannot wait to take you on a creative journey in Sri Lanka.
23:25I always knew this was a country that was so proud of its culture.
23:30And now that I'm here, it really is like an assault on the senses.
23:33Plus, the ultimate kid's guide to Canberra.
23:37Today, I've got my boys Wilder and Ari to show them around Parliament House.
23:41Are you ready boys?
23:42Yeah!
23:44Alrighty, until then, stay safe.
23:46Bon voyage.
23:48Oh no.
23:49That's phrase, absolutely right.
23:49I am here, y'all!
23:50That's normal, and we look to theк.
23:50That absolutely isn't gonna happen without a double intention and the 속,
23:51Mas� Baltimore, the Africa that lives from behind us,
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