Product Description

Double-DVD set contains four shows: Outback Australia, Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef, Southeast Australia and Southwest Australia. There is nowhere on the planet quite like Australia. It has lured people from all over the globe with its amazing scenery and wildlife, laid back lifestyle and some of the best beaches in the world. There is so much to see in Australia that many people just can't stop going back again and again. Traveler Ian Wright explores Outback Australia, one of the most sparse and rugged landscapes on Earth, before checking out the vibrant cities and glorious beaches of the Southeast. Meanwhile Megan McCormick visits the lush rainforests and the stunning Barrier Reef in Queensland, while Estelle Bingham travels to Perth, Adelaide and beyond to discover Southwest Australia. Along the way...Hang-glide over the golden beaches of Byron Bay. Camp on Fraser Island, the world's biggest sand island. Meet Koalas, Wombats and Kangaroos at a wildlife sanctuary. Admire Uluro (Ayers Rock), a sacred site to the Aboriginal people. Dive among the colorful corals and amazing wildlife of the Great Barrier Reef.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61159 in DVD
• Brand: Ultimate
• Released on: 2004-11-01
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 240 minutes

Customer Reviews

could have been better
I guess I could not relate to this travel DVD. It offered little travel info. Most of the segments involved tourists and their relations in the cities. There was hardly any information given on huge cities like Sydney and Melbourne. The hotels and things that were shown looked great but did not give names or address. There were few benefits to this program.

Great Guide to Australia !!!
Feature Packed Double DVD contains 4 shows: Outback Australia, Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef, Southeast Australia and Southwest Australia. On these shows they cover Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Alice Springs, Perth, Darwin, and Canberra!!

Unlike other Travel DVD's this is interesting, fast paced, sometimes funny, filled with up to date non-biased information and has some breath-taking visuals!! They always make a huge effort to get to know the people and the culture, provide a little bit of history and show fun things to do in the area for a younger crowd below 30. I would recommend this DVD to everyone interested in Australia! You will definite feel like you're right there as a couch-traveller!!

Absolute waste of time
Who funded this, and do they know how it came out? The two-disc set is an embarrassing waste of time. The hosts simply fill air time with pseudo-entertainment. They don't bother to do any work at all to develop any depth, but rely intead on fluffy, fast-cut MTV shots, and a high-tempo soundtrack try to create the illusion of interest.

Specific examples:

In the Queensland chapter, Brisbane, the state capitol and the state's major city, and which has evolved over the last twenty years into a thriving visual feast, is ignored completely, and instead we are given coverage of Megan McCormick simpering and being cute in a bus station, simpering and being cute in a hotel room on the Sunshine Coast, and simpering and being cute while driving a jeep on a beach which could be any beach.

The Southeast chapter starts with a generous segment allotted to Ian Wright making faces and being cute while trying on a silly hat (it's witty, see, because it's a woman's hat). The preponderance of the Sydney coverage is tight shots of Ian making faces and being cute on a sailboat. Important city and regional features, like, say, the Opera House? Nothing. A fast shot of the entrance to Chinatown, a visit to a backpacker hotel, and a long shot of Ian gazing out to sea from the rocks at Bondi, and Bob's your uncle, they're done with one of the most beautiful tourist destinations in the world. I'm betting that the Sydney sequences took a total of about six hours to shoot.

It seems clear that these folks have low ambitions, and perhaps a budget to match, and they waste no time bothering with tedious research, planning and development. If you're interested in actually learning about these locations, or in planning a thoughtful trip, do not, do not, do not waste your time here. There is no substance, and there is no merit. On the other hand, if you enjoy reality-TV personality entertainment, and you aren't really concerned about the subject matter, this could be the ticket.