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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Travel Oz: QLD Road Trip

Hey Guys!!

If you weren't tuned into Richard Glover's drive home on ABC702 yesterday arvo then you might not have heard what we're up to on the upcoming episodes of Travel Oz. Fear not!

This weeks episode sees us take off on an epic, seven episode road trip through the great Australian state of Queensland.

Starting in the state's beautiful capital, Brisbane, we travel over 7500km visiting a diverse range of towns from iconic Mount Isa in the states dusty red centre to the mesmerising white sandy beaches of the Whitsundays Islands off the east coast.

In this ep we'll be introducing you to what we like to call the "art of road-tripping," we'll be meeting some of the characters you can expect to run into out on the wide open road, from the groups of kombi-driving backpackers, to the grey nomads (retirees criss-crossing the outback in comfortable motor homes) and of course the life-blood of Australia... Aussie truckies.


We had a heap of fun filming this part of the series and managed to get out of the comfort zone everywhere we went... but that's what it's all about!!

We don't want to spoil the surprise, but here are a few snaps of the trip, and don't forget to tune into ABC1, 6pm Wednesdays!

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  1. That GuyApril 24, 2009 at 7:46 AM

    Hey boys,
    I received an phone call from OZ to tell me that you kids were back on air as me mate heard about it on the radio. Good work and welcome to blogspot. :)

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- The travel bug really is an insatiable disease. It doesn’t matter how much we travel, it just gets stronger and stronger, it actually seems like the more we do travel, the more we want to travel, there is always that place we didn’t get to, or that experience we missed out on, or that country just nextdoor we didn’t have time to visit.. “next time!” we always say - And that’s the curse…

- Probably the best part of our job is how each day we are doing something completely different to the last. One day we might be hanging with a group of super-trendy Tokyo socialites in Harajuku and the next we are on our way to a poverty-stricken region of Sub-Saharan Africa! This actually happened on our last trip…

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- Through our filming we have had the opportunity to spend time in some extremely poor and isolated places and it in these areas where we have learned the most about ourselves and our human connection to the earth. It almost seems like the happiest people we have ever come across are from the situations with the least monetary wealth. Some places in Africa or Papua New Guinea where people live a completely subsistence lifestyle without a cent but rich in their natural abilities, where their next meal depends on their ability to spear a fish or grow enough taro in their garden, is truly inspirational. It makes us question our own values and our own connection to the planet.