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The Lake Eyre Basin, one of the world’s largest internally draining river basins, is situated in the driest part of the Australian continent in northern South Australia and is normally one of the most barren salt lakes in the world. Lake Eyre only fills a few times in a century when the rivers in Northern Queensland receive 3-4 years of rainfall in one fall creating floods that push through the dry maze of channels and billabongs on the edge of the Simpson Desert. 1974 was the first time in modern recorded history and also the last time the lake was filled to capacity. In 2000, for the first time since 1989, it not only flowed but also peaked at 85% full and created a amazing transformation to the landscape creating a huge increase to the number of tourists to the area. They came from all around the world to see what became 9,300 square kilometers of inland sea, and it’s amazing variety of birds, fish and plant life.
In the harsh desert country of Australia's Red Centre, a legend was told...the very sort of dream or myth you would expect to be created in that dry and hostile area...the legend of the 'Hidden Valley', a lost garden of Eden in the midst of the desert, a green fertile place where water always flowed and there was always food. Their name for the valley was Chugga Kurri. Glenn Ridge guides the expedition team to their goal from his small ultra-light aircraft because navigation by 4WD becomes impossible.
Glenn Ridge, host of Sale of the Century, has returned from an expedition along the Great Australian Bight. The film crew caught footage of the rare Brush Tailed Bettong, a small marsupial that has been saved by the South Australian National Parks. Travelling with Glenn were outback adventurers Ron and Viv Moon and Adelaide historian and journalist Graeme McInerny.
Meandering through Tasmania's south-west, TASMANIA'S WILDERNESS FRONTIER looks at the area as it stands today, the mirror-still waters of the Gordon River contrasted with the rapids of the Franklin, the biologically dead King River, the stark moonscape of Queenstown against the charming fishing village of Strahan, the treacherous waters of Macquarie Harbour and Ocean Beach and the sinister Sarah Island penal settlement. A great insight into the beauty of this once controversial region, which may justify to some why others fought so hard to preserve it in its natural form.
'The Kimberley is an amzing part of Australia', says Sale of the Century host Glenn Ridge. 'The landscape is so old, so beautiful, it's ancient beyond belief.' Glenn has returned from a journey through the remote Kimberley region of far north Western Australia and brought back with him a spectacular show case of the region's natural wonders.
Sale of the Century host Glenn Ridge tackles some of Australia's most rugged and beautiful terrain in TOP END TREK. In 1995 Glenn and travelling companions Ron and Viv Moon drove a staggering 4150 kilometres in eight days. They were the first party to cross the top end of Australia after one of the wettest seasons on record. Starting from the luxurious Port Douglas Mirage Resort Glenn and the team travelled through tropical rainforests, savannah, swollen creeks and lush gorges. They rode the Gulflander Railway, fished for Barramundi in the Katherine Gorge, flew in a helicopter around the bizarre 50 metre high stone columns of 'The Lost City' and even swam in crocodile infested waters.
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