Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip
2020 · 1 season · 6 episodes · Ended · ABC TV
Documentary
TMDB 7.0 · 2 votes
British comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones hops on some of Australia's most impressive long distance trains, travelling across the expansive outback and along spectacular coastlines.
Episodes
- S01E01Perth to Kalgoorlie Find a Sandgroper2020-01-2148m
The first of two parts aboard the legendary Indian Pacific, Griff journeys from Perth to Kalgoorlie, exploring the state's riches, and perhaps most curiously — what is a sandgroper?
- S01E02Rawalinna to Sydney What is an Australian?2020-01-2847m
Continuing his journey on the Indian Pacific, Griff traverses three states, alighting in Adelaide, Broken Hill and finally Sydney to discover the unique and diverse definitions of what makes Australia.
- S01E03Brisbane to Cairns Try Not Die2020-02-0448m
Journeying from Brisbane to Cairns aboard the Spirit of Queensland, Griff tries to dodge all the things trying to kill him in the country's deep north: from jellyfish to dingoes to whitewater rapids.
- S01E04Gold Coast to the Outback2020-02-1147m
On the Spirit of the Outback, travelling to Queensland’s west, Griff uncovers what makes ‘the good life’: from the glitz and glamour of the Gold Coast to dreams of the Australian Outback revered by swagmen across history.
- S01E05Darwin to Alice Springs Make Sure You Drink Water!2020-02-1847m
Griff Rhys Jones tumbles into the humid tropics of Darwin in an historic bi-plane before riding the iconic Ghan North to South and arriving in Australia's dry red centre.
- S01E06Uluru to Adelaide Find What Makes Australia Extraordinary2020-02-2548m
After falling 12,000 feet from the sky for a unique view of Uluru Griff reboards the Ghan headed South through the opal town of Coober Pedy and the extraordinary lands around Adelaide and the Barossa.
