Going Bush

Going Bush

Report this video

Going Bush

Season 2 | Episode 3 | SBS | February 19, 2010

Geography

Indigenous Australians

Classification: Parental Guidance

In this episode Cathy and Luke come face to face with the outback icon of Uluru, a singing dingo and an Aboriginal superhero in spandex underpants. They get their hands dirty on a remote outstation that's planted a vineyard in the desert and find 500 million year old sea creatures at the bottom of the Amadeus Sea.

Overview

In this episode Cathy and Luke come face to face with the outback icon of Uluru, a singing dingo and an Aboriginal superhero in spandex underpants. They get their hands dirty on a remote outstation that's planted a vineyard in the desert and find 500 million year old sea creatures at the bottom of the Amadeus Sea.

Report this video

More from this series

Tonight, Cathy and Luke get their first taste of the Cape at a house opening ceremony in Aurukun, get their feet wet hunting mudshells in a mosquito-infested swamp, launch a community-built catamaran to explore the wetlands and try not to get burnt to a cinder as they learn how to set fire to country

Going Bush

Years 7-8, 9-10 Earth and environment, Geography, Indigenous Australians, Intercultural Understanding

Tonight, Cathy and Luke get their first taste of the Cape at a house opening ceremony in Aurukun, get their feet wet hunting mudshells in a mosquito-infested swamp, launch a community-built catamaran to explore the wetlands and try not to get burnt to a cinder as they learn how to set fire to country

In tonight's episode Cathy and Luke hunt down sand frogs that drink their own urine and start a fire with nothing but a bit of old wood and some combustible roo poo. Luke puts his new-found confidence to the test on the dance floor and Cathy tries some tongue-twisting rap with the kidz in the hood in Tennant Creek.

Going Bush

Years 7-8, 9-10 Earth and environment, Geography, Indigenous Australians, Intercultural Understanding

In tonight's episode Cathy and Luke hunt down sand frogs that drink their own urine and start a fire with nothing but a bit of old wood and some combustible roo poo. Luke puts his new-found confidence to the test on the dance floor and Cathy tries some tongue-twisting rap with the kidz in the hood in Tennant Creek.

Going Bush is back! So roll up your swags, pack your sense of adventure and hit the road with Olympic Champion Cathy Freeman and actor Luke Carroll as the two city clickers embark on a road trip through remote Indigenous Australia.

Going Bush: Cowboys, Hot Dogs And Demons

Years 7-8, 9-10 Earth and environment, Geography, Indigenous Australians, Intercultural Understanding

Going Bush is back! So roll up your swags, pack your sense of adventure and hit the road with Olympic Champion Cathy Freeman and actor Luke Carroll as the two city clickers embark on a road trip through remote Indigenous Australia.

The fourth episode of Going Bush is the powerful climax of Catherine and Deborah's four thousand kilometre life-changing journey across the top of Australia. Crossing into Arnhem Land, the biggest Aboriginal reserve in the country, the girls hit the high notes with indigenous rock band Narbelek, discover an isolated community weaving its way to economic success, and sweat out the dust and grime of weeks on the road in the ultimate bush sauna.

Going Bush: Arnhem Land

Years 7-8, 9-10 Earth and environment, Geography, Indigenous Australians, Intercultural Understanding

The fourth episode of Going Bush is the powerful climax of Catherine and Deborah's four thousand kilometre life-changing journey across the top of Australia. Crossing into Arnhem Land, the biggest Aboriginal reserve in the country, the girls hit the high notes with indigenous rock band Narbelek, discover an isolated community weaving its way to economic success, and sweat out the dust and grime of weeks on the road in the ultimate bush sauna.

This four-part series looks at what happens when two of Australia's best-known women, Olympic champion Catherine Freeman and actor Deborah Mailman, go bush across the top end of Australia together. The series captures the experiences of these two self-confessed city girls and is a rollicking ride that captures the quintessential tourist experience of outback Indigenous Australia. It is a journey of physical, cultural and personal exploration and not just for Deborah and Catherine.

Going Bush: The Kimberley

Years 7-8, 9-10 Earth and environment, Geography, Indigenous Australians, Intercultural Understanding

This four-part series looks at what happens when two of Australia's best-known women, Olympic champion Catherine Freeman and actor Deborah Mailman, go bush across the top end of Australia together. The series captures the experiences of these two self-confessed city girls and is a rollicking ride that captures the quintessential tourist experience of outback Indigenous Australia. It is a journey of physical, cultural and personal exploration and not just for Deborah and Catherine.

Latest Geography programs

View All

This final episode sees Joanna Lumley travel across the post-Soviet Central Asian states of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, visiting mighty mountains and glittering cities that played host to war, trade, glory and espionage.

Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

Years 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 Geography

This final episode sees Joanna Lumley travel across the post-Soviet Central Asian states of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, visiting mighty mountains and glittering cities that played host to war, trade, glory and espionage.

Megumi Bennett was trained in ikebana but fell in love with growing bonsai trees instead, and is now passing on her skills to her son.

Gardening Australia: My Garden Path - Megumi Bennett

Years 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 Geography, Sustainability, Design and technologies

Megumi Bennett was trained in ikebana but fell in love with growing bonsai trees instead, and is now passing on her skills to her son.

Orkney - seven miles off the coast of Scotland, and cut off by the tumultuous Pentland Firth, the fastest-flowing tidal race in Europe - is often viewed as being remote. However it is one of the treasure troves of archaeology in Britain, and recent discoveries there are turning the Stone Age map of Britain upside down. Rather than an outpost at the edge of the world, recent finds suggest an extraordinary theory - that Orkney was the cultural capital of our ancient world and the origin of the stone circle cult which culminated in Stonehenge. In this episode, Andy dives below the waves in search of the inspiration for the first stone circle, Chris and Neil spend the night on an abandoned island as they hunt for clues as to why cultures change, Shini tests the technology behind a Bronze Age sauna, and the archaeologists uncover a remarkable find.

Britain's Ancient Capital: Part 3

Years 9-10, 11-12 Ancient history, Geography

Orkney - seven miles off the coast of Scotland, and cut off by the tumultuous Pentland Firth, the fastest-flowing tidal race in Europe - is often viewed as being remote. However it is one of the treasure troves of archaeology in Britain, and recent discoveries there are turning the Stone Age map of Britain upside down. Rather than an outpost at the edge of the world, recent finds suggest an extraordinary theory - that Orkney was the cultural capital of our ancient world and the origin of the stone circle cult which culminated in Stonehenge. In this episode, Andy dives below the waves in search of the inspiration for the first stone circle, Chris and Neil spend the night on an abandoned island as they hunt for clues as to why cultures change, Shini tests the technology behind a Bronze Age sauna, and the archaeologists uncover a remarkable find.

Joanna's Persian odyssey begins in Iran's capital, Tehran, then south to Kashan, where she explores a famed paradise garden. She visits Shiraz, where her grandparents came in the 1920s, then ends her journey in Persepolis.

Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure: Iran

Years 9-10, 11-12 Geography, History

Joanna's Persian odyssey begins in Iran's capital, Tehran, then south to Kashan, where she explores a famed paradise garden. She visits Shiraz, where her grandparents came in the 1920s, then ends her journey in Persepolis.

Pompeii: one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history. We know how its victims died, but this film sets out to answer another question - how did they live? Gleaning evidence from an extraordinary find, Cambridge professor and Pompeii expert Mary Beard provides new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mt Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption. Using the latest forensic techniques it is now possible to determine what those who perished in the disaster ate and drank, where they came from, what diseases they suffered, how rich they were and, perhaps even more astonishingly, the details of their sex lives. Mary takes us on journey from the cellar to a small ancient town which nevertheless boasted more than 50 fast food joints, dozens of rowdy bars, a 200-foot-long swimming pool and even its own brothel. The film opens the lid on this most famous of ancient towns to reveal Pompeii as it's never been seen before.

Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed

Years 9-10, 11-12 History, Geography, Science

Pompeii: one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history. We know how its victims died, but this film sets out to answer another question - how did they live? Gleaning evidence from an extraordinary find, Cambridge professor and Pompeii expert Mary Beard provides new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mt Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption. Using the latest forensic techniques it is now possible to determine what those who perished in the disaster ate and drank, where they came from, what diseases they suffered, how rich they were and, perhaps even more astonishingly, the details of their sex lives. Mary takes us on journey from the cellar to a small ancient town which nevertheless boasted more than 50 fast food joints, dozens of rowdy bars, a 200-foot-long swimming pool and even its own brothel. The film opens the lid on this most famous of ancient towns to reveal Pompeii as it's never been seen before.

Witness the incredible innovations and technical advancements that went into the making of David Attenborough's TV series, Conquest of the Skies.

David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies: The Making of David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, Geography, Science

Witness the incredible innovations and technical advancements that went into the making of David Attenborough's TV series, Conquest of the Skies.

Costa Georgiadis meets a designer who sees beauty in imperfection, Millie Ross builds a no-dig vegie bed, Josh Byrne explores the plants of WA's ironstone ranges, and Jerry Coleby-Williams meets sub-tropical rose growers.

Gardening Australia

Years 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 Geography, Sustainability, Design and technologies

Costa Georgiadis meets a designer who sees beauty in imperfection, Millie Ross builds a no-dig vegie bed, Josh Byrne explores the plants of WA's ironstone ranges, and Jerry Coleby-Williams meets sub-tropical rose growers.

James Cracknel and Ben Fogle trek deep into the Arabian Desert in the footsteps of explorer Wilfred Thesiger. With only four grumpy camels for company, they push themselves and their friendship to the limit.

Ben and James Versus the Arabian Desert

Years 11-12 Geography, Health and PE

James Cracknel and Ben Fogle trek deep into the Arabian Desert in the footsteps of explorer Wilfred Thesiger. With only four grumpy camels for company, they push themselves and their friendship to the limit.

Shandong Province is home to China's most famous philosopher, Confucius. Jonathan Clements, historian and expert on Asian culture, hosts this whirlwind adventure that spans nine carefully chosen locations throughout Shandong.

Shandong: Land of Confucius

Years 9-10, 11-12 Geography, History, Asia and Australia

Shandong Province is home to China's most famous philosopher, Confucius. Jonathan Clements, historian and expert on Asian culture, hosts this whirlwind adventure that spans nine carefully chosen locations throughout Shandong.

In a bid to find the not yet existent North West passage Cook encountered vast ice ranges and saw the impact of colonisation first hand when entering part of Alaska already overtaken by the Russians. Forced back by the ice shelf Cook retreats to Hawaii for R 'n' R before returning to the Arctic the following summer. But that was not to be. After nearly eleven years of voyaging from the Antarctic to the Arctic Circles trading, observing, befriending chiefs and villagers alike, even participating in local culture Cook is clubbed and stabbed and drowned in a quintessentially tropical paradise? How did it come to this? Or as one of the people Sam meets says, 'How did it not happen before?' Back in Australia Sam views an unfinished tapa waistcoat abandoned by Elizabeth Cook after his death - a poignant memento. A larger than life stainless steel sculpture of the man by Michael Parekowhai is the focus of Sam's reflections on Cook. Finally on an uninhabited islet in mid- Pacific Sam concludes his journey from being a 'mere actor' when he set out to becoming 'a man of the Pacific'.

The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook: Hawaii

Years 9-10, 11-12 History, Geography

In a bid to find the not yet existent North West passage Cook encountered vast ice ranges and saw the impact of colonisation first hand when entering part of Alaska already overtaken by the Russians. Forced back by the ice shelf Cook retreats to Hawaii for R 'n' R before returning to the Arctic the following summer. But that was not to be. After nearly eleven years of voyaging from the Antarctic to the Arctic Circles trading, observing, befriending chiefs and villagers alike, even participating in local culture Cook is clubbed and stabbed and drowned in a quintessentially tropical paradise? How did it come to this? Or as one of the people Sam meets says, 'How did it not happen before?' Back in Australia Sam views an unfinished tapa waistcoat abandoned by Elizabeth Cook after his death - a poignant memento. A larger than life stainless steel sculpture of the man by Michael Parekowhai is the focus of Sam's reflections on Cook. Finally on an uninhabited islet in mid- Pacific Sam concludes his journey from being a 'mere actor' when he set out to becoming 'a man of the Pacific'.

Orkney - seven miles off the coast of Scotland, and cut off by the tumultuous Pentland Firth, the fastest-flowing tidal race in Europe - is often viewed as being remote. However it is one of the treasure troves of archaeology in Britain, and recent discoveries there are turning the Stone Age map of Britain upside down. Rather than an outpost at the edge of the world, recent finds suggest an extraordinary theory - that Orkney was the cultural capital of our ancient world and the origin of the stone circle cult which culminated in Stonehenge. In this episode, Andy and some local seafaring volunteers build a boat made of just willow and cow hide and set out to cross the dangerous Pentland Firth as the ancient Orcadians would have done. Neil investigates the extraordinary discovery of some human bones, Chris goes in search of whales, and Shini uncovers the powers of the tides.

Britain's Ancient Capital: Part 2

Years 9-10, 11-12 Ancient history, Geography

Orkney - seven miles off the coast of Scotland, and cut off by the tumultuous Pentland Firth, the fastest-flowing tidal race in Europe - is often viewed as being remote. However it is one of the treasure troves of archaeology in Britain, and recent discoveries there are turning the Stone Age map of Britain upside down. Rather than an outpost at the edge of the world, recent finds suggest an extraordinary theory - that Orkney was the cultural capital of our ancient world and the origin of the stone circle cult which culminated in Stonehenge. In this episode, Andy and some local seafaring volunteers build a boat made of just willow and cow hide and set out to cross the dangerous Pentland Firth as the ancient Orcadians would have done. Neil investigates the extraordinary discovery of some human bones, Chris goes in search of whales, and Shini uncovers the powers of the tides.

Tony Robinson of Time Team fame, takes us on a journey through time and places across Australia, offering a revealing, unique perspective on Australian society and history. Alternative title: Tony Robinson Down Under.

Tony Robinson Explores Australia: Still Stroppy Beggars

Years 9-10, 11-12 Geography, History

Tony Robinson of Time Team fame, takes us on a journey through time and places across Australia, offering a revealing, unique perspective on Australian society and history. Alternative title: Tony Robinson Down Under.

We selected six Indigenous Canadian men and women from the city and had them spend six days out in the natural world, to relive history as their grandfathers and grandmothers experienced it.

Back in the Day

Years 9-10, 11-12 Personal and social capability, Geography, Earth and environment

We selected six Indigenous Canadian men and women from the city and had them spend six days out in the natural world, to relive history as their grandfathers and grandmothers experienced it.

Joanna Lumley starts her journey in Georgia's capital Tbilisi, then heads into the magnificent, snow-crested peaks of the High Caucasus to Svaneti. She crosses the border into Azerbaijan and onto Baku on the Caspian Sea.

Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure: Georgia and Azerbaijan

Years 9-10, 11-12 Geography, History

Joanna Lumley starts her journey in Georgia's capital Tbilisi, then heads into the magnificent, snow-crested peaks of the High Caucasus to Svaneti. She crosses the border into Azerbaijan and onto Baku on the Caspian Sea.

From manmade peaks to breaking scientific frontiers, host Danny Forster investigates China's phenomenal growth as the country embarks on its 13th five year plan, transforming from world manufacturer to world innovator.

How China Works: Lifestyle Revolution

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies, Geography, Asia and Australia

From manmade peaks to breaking scientific frontiers, host Danny Forster investigates China's phenomenal growth as the country embarks on its 13th five year plan, transforming from world manufacturer to world innovator.

Costa Georgiadis decorates his beard for Canberra's Floriade. Jerry Coleby-Williams gets the low-down on growing passionfruit. Tino Carnevale visits a Gondwana-themed garden. Millie Ross visits a garden designer.

Gardening Australia: Floriade Special

Years 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 Geography, Sustainability, Design and technologies

Costa Georgiadis decorates his beard for Canberra's Floriade. Jerry Coleby-Williams gets the low-down on growing passionfruit. Tino Carnevale visits a Gondwana-themed garden. Millie Ross visits a garden designer.

In the final episode of Tony's exploration, he looks at the legacy of 222 years of British settlement. How did the country founded as a penal colony grow into a nation, and where are its loyalties today? Tony goes to the true birthplace of The Ashes, helps re-create the first powered flight by an Australian, goes on a legal fox hunt, takes a spin with invention buff James O'Loughlin in the first model ute, retraces The Dismissal with cartoonist Warren Brown, and interrogates former prime minister Kevin Rudd about his convict past.

Tony Robinson Down Under: Still Stroppy Beggars

Years 9-10, 11-12 History, Geography

In the final episode of Tony's exploration, he looks at the legacy of 222 years of British settlement. How did the country founded as a penal colony grow into a nation, and where are its loyalties today? Tony goes to the true birthplace of The Ashes, helps re-create the first powered flight by an Australian, goes on a legal fox hunt, takes a spin with invention buff James O'Loughlin in the first model ute, retraces The Dismissal with cartoonist Warren Brown, and interrogates former prime minister Kevin Rudd about his convict past.

Orkney - seven miles off the coast of Scotland and cut off by the tumultuous Pentland Firth, the fastest flowing tidal race in Europe - is often viewed as being remote. But recent discoveries there are turning the Stone Age map of Britain upside down. Rather than an outpost at the edge of the world, recent finds suggest an extraordinary theory - that Orkney was the cultural capital of our ancient world and the origin of the stone circle cult which culminated in Stonehenge. In this series, Neil Oliver, Chris Packham, Andy Torbet and Dr Shini Somara join hundreds of archaeologists from around the world who have gathered there to investigate at one of Europe's biggest digs. Chris Packham uncovers the secrets revealed by the DNA of Orkney's unique vole, Neil Oliver explores Orkney's tombs and monuments, Dr Shini Somara experiments to discover how the Orcadians could have moved giant blocks of stone over rough ground, and archaeological adventurer Andy Torbet climbs Orkney's most challenging sea-stack to unlock the story of Orkney's unusual geology.

Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney: Part 1

Years 9-10, 11-12 Ancient history, Geography

Orkney - seven miles off the coast of Scotland and cut off by the tumultuous Pentland Firth, the fastest flowing tidal race in Europe - is often viewed as being remote. But recent discoveries there are turning the Stone Age map of Britain upside down. Rather than an outpost at the edge of the world, recent finds suggest an extraordinary theory - that Orkney was the cultural capital of our ancient world and the origin of the stone circle cult which culminated in Stonehenge. In this series, Neil Oliver, Chris Packham, Andy Torbet and Dr Shini Somara join hundreds of archaeologists from around the world who have gathered there to investigate at one of Europe's biggest digs. Chris Packham uncovers the secrets revealed by the DNA of Orkney's unique vole, Neil Oliver explores Orkney's tombs and monuments, Dr Shini Somara experiments to discover how the Orcadians could have moved giant blocks of stone over rough ground, and archaeological adventurer Andy Torbet climbs Orkney's most challenging sea-stack to unlock the story of Orkney's unusual geology.

Swapping a potentially easy life of retirement for a third voyage around the Pacific, the relationship between Captain and crew is severely tested as Cook leads his men on an expedition that if successful would dwarf everything he had so far achieved - discover and navigate the Northwest Passage. Sam Neill continues to follow the path of the Resolution, again via through New Zealand and Tonga onto Canada and Alaska, experiencing the Pacific as never before.

The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook: The Northwest Passage

Years 9-10, 11-12 History, Geography

Swapping a potentially easy life of retirement for a third voyage around the Pacific, the relationship between Captain and crew is severely tested as Cook leads his men on an expedition that if successful would dwarf everything he had so far achieved - discover and navigate the Northwest Passage. Sam Neill continues to follow the path of the Resolution, again via through New Zealand and Tonga onto Canada and Alaska, experiencing the Pacific as never before.

We selected six Indigenous Canadian men and women from the city and had them spend six days out in the natural world, to relive history as their grandfathers and grandmothers experienced it.

Back in the Day

Years 9-10, 11-12 Personal and social capability, Geography, Earth and environment

We selected six Indigenous Canadian men and women from the city and had them spend six days out in the natural world, to relive history as their grandfathers and grandmothers experienced it.

Joanna Lumley begins a new journey from Venice, the European terminus of the Silk Road. She discovers how the famous route made the city state rich. She travels on to Albania, Turkey and to the Georgian and Armenian borders.

Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure: Venice, Albania and Turkey

Years 9-10, 11-12 Geography, History

Joanna Lumley begins a new journey from Venice, the European terminus of the Silk Road. She discovers how the famous route made the city state rich. She travels on to Albania, Turkey and to the Georgian and Armenian borders.

Neil and the team examine creativity and the art of reinvention along Tasmania's northern coast and offshore islands. Neil collects some of the cleanest air in the world in the name of science. On King Island, he examines the worst maritime disaster in the history of Australia before swinging back onto the mainland for a round of golf on a legendary links course. Emma Johnston joins a scientific team on Albatross Island to track the magnificent bird for which the island is named. Alice Garner examines the changing fortunes of industrial Burnie. And Tim Flannery follows in the footsteps of a legendary scientist at Fossil Bluff.

Coast Australia: Tasmania's Coast and Bass Strait Islands

Years 7-8, 9-10 Geography

Neil and the team examine creativity and the art of reinvention along Tasmania's northern coast and offshore islands. Neil collects some of the cleanest air in the world in the name of science. On King Island, he examines the worst maritime disaster in the history of Australia before swinging back onto the mainland for a round of golf on a legendary links course. Emma Johnston joins a scientific team on Albatross Island to track the magnificent bird for which the island is named. Alice Garner examines the changing fortunes of industrial Burnie. And Tim Flannery follows in the footsteps of a legendary scientist at Fossil Bluff.

Tino Carnevale shares his tips for perfect soil, Josh Byrne sets up his garden for tomatoes, Jerry Coleby-Williams meets a tropical fruit expert, and Sophie Thomson plants a herb garden to complement her outdoor pizza oven.

Gardening Australia

Years 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 Geography, Sustainability, Design and technologies

Tino Carnevale shares his tips for perfect soil, Josh Byrne sets up his garden for tomatoes, Jerry Coleby-Williams meets a tropical fruit expert, and Sophie Thomson plants a herb garden to complement her outdoor pizza oven.

Tony Robinson does an entrance examination to see if he'd qualify as an acceptable migrant to Australia. From its earliest days, Australia needed free migrants to grow and prosper, and it needed women. Schemes were devised to achieve both objectives, with bounties offered for bringing boatloads of human cargo from the UK and Ireland. But the people merchants got greedy, and the human toll was terrible. Tony traces immigration and multiculturalism from the early 1800s, through the White Australia Policy, to the first arrival of Vietnamese boat people in the 1970s. He decides that the best way of exploring a country's diversity is to talk to taxi drivers. Alternative title: Tony Robinson Explores Australia.

Tony Robinson Down Under: Welcome to Australia

Years 9-10, 11-12 History, Geography

Tony Robinson does an entrance examination to see if he'd qualify as an acceptable migrant to Australia. From its earliest days, Australia needed free migrants to grow and prosper, and it needed women. Schemes were devised to achieve both objectives, with bounties offered for bringing boatloads of human cargo from the UK and Ireland. But the people merchants got greedy, and the human toll was terrible. Tony traces immigration and multiculturalism from the early 1800s, through the White Australia Policy, to the first arrival of Vietnamese boat people in the 1970s. He decides that the best way of exploring a country's diversity is to talk to taxi drivers. Alternative title: Tony Robinson Explores Australia.

Legendary wildlife filmmaker David Attenborough reveals the animals that can do the seemingly impossible, including the salamander which can regenerate entire legs and tails to replace ones they've lost.

David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities: Remarkable Regeneration

Years 7-8, 9-10 Biology, Geography, Earth and environment

Legendary wildlife filmmaker David Attenborough reveals the animals that can do the seemingly impossible, including the salamander which can regenerate entire legs and tails to replace ones they've lost.

Teaching resources for the Australian Curriculum

help@enhancetv.com.au

Screenrights

Loading...