Your skills can be put to good use in the Northern Territory’s Outback. A boilermaker in Germany, Martin Tashenmacher avoided the cities when he planned his Australian working holiday and found himself working at Napperby Station near Alice Springs, in the centre of Australia. Whether in the workshop building cattle yards or outside working the herd, his days are a mix of dust, the clang of steel, adrenalin and good, honest hard work with salt of the earth people. Take a look at Martin’s …
Dr. Mike gets a crash course in bird whispering when he enters a pen of angry cassowaries. New episodes of Bite Me With Dr. Mike air Tuesdays at 10PM, only on Travel Channel. www.travelchannel.com … bite me dr mike travel channel television tv australia outback bird whispering cassowary
Dr. Mike tracks the trail of the worlds most venomous snake throughout the Australian outback. New episodes of Bite Me With Dr. Mike air Tuesday nights at 10PM, only on Travel Channel. www.travelchannel.com … “Dr Mike” outback Australia snake venom video “Travel Channel” bite
Australia’s Outback is a land of extremes – soaring temperatures, vast landscapes and some of the most deadly creatures in the world — an ideal holiday destination for globe-trotting virologist Dr. Mike Leahy. Tune in Tuesday, July 14th, at 10 E/P. www.travelchannel.com … outback australia “bite me” “travel channel” “dr. mike”
The Undara lava tubes were formed one hundred and ninety thousand years ago when a volcanic eruption spewed lava along creeks and riverbeds to form the lava tubes left today. I interviewed Savannah Guide Val Speedie. Savannah guides is a network of professional tour guides with an in-depth collective knowledge of the natural and cultural assets of the tropical savannahs of northern Australia. Val has been a guide at Undara for the last ten years and has a vast knowledge of the area…
Out here in the outback, pubs and petrol stops are the hub of the universe. It is not unusual to travel 300 km between fuel stations. Renner Springs is one such stop, slap bang in the middle of nowhere. It is sustained by a natural spring. All fruit, vegetables and meat come from Adelaide 2206 km south and petrol supplies are freighted 836 km from Darwin. I interviewed Jasmine, a bar maid at Renner for the last two years.
What happens when you die in the middle of nowhere? Some of Australia’s outback undertakers take you through the burial process as it’s done in Broome, Western Australia
