1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:03,575 Come on, Max. Hey. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,535 Yes. Come on. HE CLICKS TONGUE 3 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:13,775 Western Australians are fiercely proud of their way of life, 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,135 and they're not shy about telling you that this is 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,455 the greatest place on Earth - and always has been. 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,095 But apart from the white sand beaches 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:27,495 and the rolling surf and the endless sunshine 8 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:31,895 and the abundant produce and fine wines and artisan beers, 9 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,095 not to mention the high wages and the low population density 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,015 and the all-pervading sense of opportunity, 11 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,895 what exactly is it about the WA lifestyle that's so attractive? 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,335 DING 13 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:49,655 If you think you know Australia, think again. 14 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:53,575 Because there's an even wilder... 15 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:54,895 Here we go. 16 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:56,255 Phwoar! 17 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,055 ...weirder... 18 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,415 Even the kookaburras are embarrassed. 19 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,415 ...and more wonderful version of the land down under... 20 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,135 I don't think there's anywhere like this on Earth. 21 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:07,695 ...and it's in the west. 22 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:09,415 There's so much space here. 23 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,775 You could put 13 Britains into West Australia. 24 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,335 Let me take you there. 25 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,215 Imagine a land of giants... 26 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,375 You look like Bill. 27 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:19,895 Yeah, you look like Luc. 28 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,815 ...of alien landscapes. 29 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,775 I mean, where else in the world can you see a waterfall in the ocean? 30 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,255 whoa-ho! 31 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:32,295 ...and a bunch of characters you won't find anywhere else on Earth. 32 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:33,935 Well, if you're Space Gandalf, I'll be... 33 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:35,415 What'll I be? Space Gimli. 34 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,295 PLAYS KEYTAR 35 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:39,975 # You play so fine! # 36 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,375 I know - sounds too good to be true. But it's not. 37 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,735 This is the real Western Australia right here. Oh, yeah. 38 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:47,215 I come in peace. 39 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,575 Because here it is - the most remarkable part 40 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,975 of this great southern land is the western bit. Who knew? 41 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:58,775 In our DNA, we want this. We want to be amongst this. 42 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,455 Western Australia cracks open your soul. 43 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,695 This Western Australian Adventure is a chance to explore 44 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,055 the unique nature of this massive state. 45 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:23,415 It's an odyssey to meditate on this vast landscape 46 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,535 while the road unfurls before me 47 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,375 and I immerse myself in quiet contemplation. 48 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,215 My car, though, has other ideas. 49 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,215 BEEPING 50 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,935 The car... The car's just saying, "Go back, go back! 51 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,535 "Go back! Go back to civilisation! There's nothing for you here!" 52 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:48,175 BEEPING CONTINUES 53 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,535 This is insane. CAR: Arrived at Gnomesville. 54 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,495 Yes, I know. I don't need you to tell me that - 55 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,735 there's BLEEP gnomes everywhere! 56 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,015 This is Gnomesville. 57 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,015 Apparently, it started out that somebody had a gnome, it broke, 58 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,295 and what they did was they left it outside their house to be fixed, 59 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,415 and then someone fixed it, but mysteriously. 60 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,055 It just became fixed overnight. 61 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,255 Word got out about this, and more people brought their gnomes here. 62 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,135 And then eventually more and more gnomes - 63 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,055 and look what's happened. 64 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,495 They've proliferated. They have bred. 65 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,855 KOOKABURRA LAUGHS And now... 66 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,415 ...even the kookaburras are embarrassed. 67 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:36,775 Oh, my God. 68 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,615 This is just...deranged. 69 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,855 These tiny statues are left as mementos for loved ones. 70 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:47,975 Because nothing says "I love you," like an unblinking ceramic imp. 71 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,415 I've got to say, if that was my family, I'd be really annoyed. 72 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,015 Like, I'm hoping for a massive statue of myself. 73 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:57,935 You know, like a Greek God, 74 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,415 with a boulder on my back like a giant, like, Atlas. 75 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,295 And a massive shrine and lights 76 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,775 and people just weeping daily, 77 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,535 "Oh, my God, he's died, he's died!" 78 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,055 That's what I'm hoping for, not... 79 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,495 Not this. 80 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,455 So what I'm going to do is I'm going to leave a gnome. 81 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,295 I've brought a gnome, I'm going to write on it, 82 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:26,695 and then I'm going to leave it as a mark of respect, like I've... 83 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,095 I'm taking part, you know? I'm contributing. 84 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:34,135 All right, let's see if he's got any of his mates. There we go. 85 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:35,735 I'll stick him down here. 86 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,015 Yeah, see? Look. 87 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:40,975 "Help me!" 88 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:44,735 Let's get out of here. 89 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:54,215 With the car behaving itself, 90 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,255 I'm exploring the south-east of Western Australia, 91 00:04:57,280 --> 00:04:59,695 from the artisanal hub of Margaret River, 92 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,775 to the buzzing metropolis that is the state capital in Perth. 93 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,895 It's here where the Indian and Southern Oceans crash together 94 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,215 in a salty standoff. 95 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,575 In Australia, this spectacular landscape is referred to 96 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:19,695 simply as the bush, and spending time in it is a rite of passage. 97 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,895 I've come to the Boranup Forest near Cape Leeuwin. 98 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:27,935 This unique pocket of national park was reborn 120 years ago 99 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,535 after the area was decimated by logging. 100 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,295 Hello! Oh, hello! How you going? Hi, Bill. Welcome. Lovely to meet you. 101 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,935 This is Gary, who's come up with an ingenious eco-friendly bit of kit. 102 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,335 Let me introduce you to the world's first electric quad bike. 103 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,375 Come on, we'll get you suited up and we'll get you out in the forest and see what you think. 104 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,455 OK. All right, let's go. 105 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:51,895 OK. 106 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,415 OK, Bill, let's go. 107 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,055 QUAD BEEPS 108 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,815 whoa-ho! HE CHUCKLES 109 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:01,495 It's lively! 110 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:11,855 Yes, you heard correctly, these are electric quad bikes. 111 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,855 Just listen to them... 112 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,175 QUIET WHIR Um... 113 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,655 ...whir, I suppose. 114 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:26,095 You can just smell the aroma of the eucalyptus. 115 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:27,895 It's just overpowering. 116 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,735 It's this intoxicating sense of where we are. 117 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:35,655 I don't think there's anywhere like this on Earth. 118 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,175 This kind of forest, this kind of landscape 119 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:51,655 doesn't really exist anywhere else. 120 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,015 No, it doesn't. It only exists in the Boranup Forest. 121 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,375 That's why the Boranup Forest is called the jewel 122 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:57,895 of Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park. 123 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,335 So it only exists in this little pocket around here. 124 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,015 Gary, what are these tress here? They're absolutely huge. 125 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,135 These are called karri trees. Yeah. Eucalyptus diversicolor. Right. 126 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,455 They're arguably the tallest tree in the world. 127 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,295 They grow to 80, 90 metres tall, 128 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,655 and they're also known as a widow-maker, 129 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,015 because they regularly drop their limbs as they grow taller. 130 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,375 So, yeah, if you hear a big crash or a creaking sound, run. 131 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,855 Just run? Yeah. Any direction. Doesn't matter. 132 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:24,095 Right, OK. 133 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,055 Widow-maker? That's the Kalashnikov, isn't it? 134 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,655 A tree named after the AK-477? 135 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,215 This country is not for the faint-hearted! 136 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,095 What's this one here, this little one? 137 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,135 That one in front of us there, that's a peppermint tree. 138 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,095 You can use the leaves to wash your hands 139 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,655 and disinfect your hands. And if you rub the leaves, 140 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,055 it's got a wonderful peppermint smell. Really strong. Oh. 141 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,855 I'll probably get my licence taken off me by the park managers 142 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,175 for desecrating... Oh, yeah, exactly. No, say I did it. 143 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,255 Yeah, that's right. "Yeah, Bill Bailey made me do it." 144 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:56,295 Righto, so grab some of these guys. OK. Yeah. 145 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:57,815 Now just scrunch it up. 146 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,215 Smell that. 147 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:02,935 I mean, that's just... 148 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:04,735 God, that's such a strong smell, isn't it? 149 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:06,455 Lovely, isn't it? Yeah. It's like... 150 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,895 I'd have aftershave made of that. There you go. 151 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,895 It's really good, isn't it? Yeah. I mean, that's... 152 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,215 It's what they call now native botanicals. 153 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,015 And they infuse things like gin 154 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,455 and all sorts of stuff with these native flavours. Yeah. 155 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,055 Yeah. I can just imagine that in a gin and tonic actually. I just... 156 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:22,375 Absolutely. Is it five o'clock? 157 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:23,775 Well, it must be somewhere. 158 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:25,735 Yeah. OK, let's go. THEY CHUCKLE 159 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:39,575 I mean, this is just absolute classic Australian bush. 160 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,855 Beautiful tall gum trees spreading out 161 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,335 as far as the eye can see. 162 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,855 You can hear magpies, butcherbirds. 163 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,215 I mean, this is just beautiful. 164 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,175 Best trip to a G&T ever. 165 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,655 No sign of Gary, so it'll be a cheaper round, then! 166 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,175 Just south of Cape Leeuwin is this historic corner 167 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,375 of Western Australia. The local indigenous people, 168 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,375 the Wadandi Boodja, call it Wooditjup, 169 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,095 or "the meeting place between land and sea." 170 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:23,055 In the 1830s, the British explorer John Garrett Bussell thought 171 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,535 he could improve on "meeting place between land and sea." 172 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:30,335 He said, "I'll name it after my second cousin, Margaret." 173 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:34,215 So on the map Wooditjup now goes by the name of Margaret River. 174 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:40,895 Just a few miles inland, it's also home to some mighty fine wines. 175 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:49,815 About ten years ago, I heard about a bottle of wine 176 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,255 called the Bill Bailey Shiraz, 177 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,655 and I've always been intrigued to know why a bottle of wine 178 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:59,775 made on the other side of the world bears my name. 179 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,095 Well, today I've come to the Brown Hill winery, 180 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:06,935 where the Bill Bailey Shiraz is made, to get the full story. 181 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:13,775 Well, we're in the right place. 182 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,175 There's a lot of Bill Bailey barrels. 183 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,455 Hello! Oh, g'day, Bill. Hey. How are you? Nice to meet you. 184 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:21,175 Nathan, is it? Yes, it is. 185 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,535 Well, I was just wondering, am I in the right place? 186 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:25,055 But clearly I am! You are in the right place! 187 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:26,775 THEY CHUCKLE 188 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,135 Yeah, there's about 3,000 litres of Bill Bailey here. 189 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:31,855 Roughly 4,000 bottles. 190 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,175 I heard about this wine years ago, 191 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,775 probably more than ten years ago now. Yep. 192 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,015 And I was intrigued by it. 193 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,295 The name comes from my uncle. 194 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:44,895 Yeah, my uncle Bill. Right. 195 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,775 Yeah, he was sort of the glue that tied 196 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,215 the whole family together. He was quite unique. 197 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,815 When he passed away, I thought, this wine is so nice, 198 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,135 I'm going to name it after him. Right. 199 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,055 And now he's immortalised... 200 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,135 He is immortalised. ..in wine. 201 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,255 When I tell them that it's named after my uncle, they sort of go, 202 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:03,975 "Oh. OK." "Ah, OK!" 203 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,735 So they all think it's named after you. 204 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:07,695 Oh, right. There you go! THEY LAUGH 205 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:11,655 Drop of Bill Bailey. 206 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:13,535 THEY LAUGH 207 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:15,095 Let's give it a go. 208 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,895 Oh, yeah. This is delicious. 209 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,335 I'll give you some tasting notes on Bill Bailey. 210 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,695 It's got, like, a big forehead. Ah... 211 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:30,535 NATHAN CHUCKLES It's complex. 212 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,855 Couple of notes of, um... 213 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,255 Couple of musical notes in there. And, um... 214 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,535 ...it's got a good heart. 215 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:41,255 It's kind. Good finish. 216 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,255 What it needs is a nice big juicy steak. 217 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:44,975 It does. It does. 218 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,415 I guess you're not a vegetarian, Bill? 219 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,095 Um, I'm a postmodern vegetarian. 220 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,855 Oh, right. Which means I only eat anything that, 221 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,535 you know, lives in water. 222 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:57,935 OK. Or near water, like cows. 223 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,895 Oh, right, yeah! THEY LAUGH 224 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,815 I'm glad I finally learned the story of the Bill Bailey wine, 225 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,775 and the fact it's delicious is a relief. 226 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,455 If there's a Bill Bailey cheese, I'll die a happy man. 227 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,695 Nathan has also imparted some local knowledge. 228 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,935 As I venture north, the soil will turn red, 229 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:24,375 its nutrients scorched under the harsh WA sun. 230 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,735 So while I'm in this lush southern corner, 231 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,095 there's still a chance to get some rich, dark earth 232 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:30,895 under my fingernails. 233 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,415 This is fertile ground, like my West Country roots, 234 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,735 and my new best friend is a good boy named Max, 235 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:42,135 who has a finely tuned nose and a taste for leather boots. 236 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,095 Max also has a nose for the good life, 237 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,175 and I mean that literally. 238 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,775 With his humans, Mel and Gavin, they've built up 239 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,695 one of the world's great truffle farms. 240 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,615 Helped by Max, the earth gives up its nuggets 241 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,575 of black gold for export far and wide. 242 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:00,975 This is our orchard. 243 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,335 We've got oaks and hazelnut trees in here. 244 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,095 The truffles grow on the roots of those. 245 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,935 At this time of year - winter, obviously, cos it's raining - 246 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,295 they ripen and we use dogs to find them. 247 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,055 They've got an amazing aroma, amazing flavour... 248 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,415 I know about that! ..and that's what the dogs are seeking out. 249 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:17,855 He's not bothered about digging. 250 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,175 Yeah, no, no, he's not interested in digging them up. 251 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:21,855 No. Find it, buddy. Go on. 252 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:25,935 He's got one. Oh, that's a... 253 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,295 Jackpot! Look at the size of this one! 254 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,695 Call that a truffle? Oh-ho! 255 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:34,015 This is the...Koh-1-Noor of truffles. 256 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,255 It's the size of a flipping tennis ball! Look at that. 257 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,655 Whoa, my goodness. Jackpot! 258 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,655 Well done, Max. Cor! 259 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,295 I hear what you're thinking - what's so WA about truffles? 260 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,015 Having made its name mining gold, 261 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,375 iron ore and minerals from the Earth, 262 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:59,055 Western Australia is now earning a fortune form precious fungi too. 263 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,575 This place just keeps on giving. 264 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,495 That's a pretty good size of a truffle. 265 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,335 I mean, do they get much bigger than that? 266 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,735 Yeah, they can do. What's the biggest one you've ever got? 267 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,895 Ah, 998 grams is the biggest truffle we've ever dug up. 268 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,535 What?! It was about the size of Max's head. 269 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:15,855 BILL LAUGHS And it was the shape of 270 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:17,455 a light bulb. It was in the soil... 271 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,815 It went to a children's charity auction in Singapore, 272 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:23,535 and I think it went for... 273 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,895 It was a few years ago now. It was about US $68,000. 274 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,095 That's £52,000! 275 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,135 Yeah, you got yourself a bone for that there, Max. Well done. 276 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,095 There you go. Where's your bag of dreams? 277 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,415 Bag of dreams! Yep. 278 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,135 There you go. Lovely. 279 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,095 Wet dogs are also very good at cleaning your hands. 280 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,415 Oh, yeah! THEY LAUGH 281 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:45,975 Sorry, mate! I don't want to... 282 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,535 Are you a chocolate Labrador now? 283 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:49,815 Don't want to use you as a towel, but, you know. 284 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,255 Fine wines and rich truffles tempt me to stay, 285 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,135 but the north beckons, and the city of Perth, 286 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,535 named after the austere Scottish version. 287 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,655 Oh, they love a renaming, those explorers. 288 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:09,255 For 45,000 years, the locals called it lyrical names like Mooro, 289 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,615 Beeloo and Beeliar. 290 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:15,055 But now the state capital is just... 291 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:16,575 ...Perth. 292 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,095 Perth is known as the most remote city on Earth, 293 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,375 but not in a bad way. 294 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,695 Being isolated has its advantages. 295 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:40,335 Take music. While the rest of the world embraces The Weeknd, 296 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,735 Dua Lipa and Lady Gaga, 297 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:47,175 Perth has defiantly declared itself a proud child of the '80s. 298 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,815 Not only is Perth the state capital of West Australia, 299 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,335 it's also the undisputed capital 300 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,455 of progressive rock for an entire continent, 301 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:04,095 thanks to the presence of epic synth metal tigers, 302 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,895 keytar-shredding progsters, 303 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:10,655 Eurovision conquerors, Voyager. 304 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:14,615 Voyager smashed it at the Eurovision finals in 2023, 305 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,975 representing guest entrants Australia with their song Promise. 306 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,975 CHATTER 307 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,215 ANNOUNCER: Australia! 308 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,215 CHEERING 309 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:31,335 For extra '80s flair, they brought along this design classic, 310 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,575 a 1988 Toyota MR2... 311 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,735 ...in which I get to go for a spin with lead singer Danny Estrin. 312 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:42,615 Do you like living here? 313 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,055 I haven't always liked it. I didn't like it as a teenager. 314 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:46,655 I thought it was boring and dull, 315 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,655 and I wanted to live in cool places like Melbourne and Berlin, 316 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,095 and all that sort of stuff. But now I love it. 317 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:53,975 I'm a big, big pro-Perth guy. I love it. 318 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,335 People have a good standard of living and... They do. 319 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,095 ...people are looked after, by and large, you know... 320 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:03,095 Yeah, absolutely. And like, you know, Eurovision, for instance, 321 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,815 Tourism WA helped us with funding, the Western Australian 322 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:08,495 and the Australian government helped us with funding. Ah! 323 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,855 Which other country does the government fund 324 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,175 a heavy metal band going to Eurovision? 325 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,055 That's pretty crazy. Yeah, I know! 326 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:22,455 But 20-o0dd years of prog metal magic can't come from just one man. 327 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:23,935 Oh, hello! Hey! Hey! 328 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,975 Look what the cat dragged in, eh? Hey! Hello! 329 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,735 Wow, look, you're already rehearsing and everything. 330 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,535 Yeah. Ready to go. Good to go. 331 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,455 So I just want to ask you about Eurovision, how it all came about? 332 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,215 It's just one those kind of surreal things that if someone had told us 333 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,655 25 years ago that we were going to be playing Eurovision, 334 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,255 a Perth progressive, epic, power-pop metal band... 335 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,615 I mean, you're quite remote here, a bit out on a limb. 336 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,175 Yeah. That's right. I think that's actually why it's forced bands 337 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,855 in Perth to become so... 338 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,495 ...I guess, so big in their sound, because we've... 339 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,855 I mean, when we were growing up, it was Sweden... Yeah. 340 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:02,615 ...and Scandinavia were the ones that we were looking to 341 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,375 to craft our sound. Yeah. And, you know, it just forced everyone 342 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,695 to level up in our own back yard. Someone did a PhD thesis 343 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,455 on whether there was an Australian heavy metal sound, 344 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,175 and I think the answer, the conclusion was no. 345 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,255 "You've wasted your life." THEY LAUGH 346 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,855 "Years and years of studying! Oh" 347 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,935 I did say I was going to do this. This is a little treat for you. OK. 348 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,655 Over the years of me touring Australia, 349 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:30,295 I ask my audiences, "Are there any metal bands in?" 350 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,295 And if they say "Yes," I say, "What's the name?" 351 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:36,575 And I've collected a few just for your pleasure. Ooh! 352 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,255 You might even know some of these. All right, here's a few. 353 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,855 Dissonant Bliss. 354 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,375 Ooh, that's a good one. That's a good one, right? That's a good one. 355 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,815 Yeah. I like that. The bliss of dissonance. Bliss-onance! 356 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:48,215 OK, here's another one. 357 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,535 OK, here's a good one - Chronolyth. 358 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,055 Ooh! LAUGHTER 359 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,695 Edgy! That's great. It's good, though, right? 360 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,055 That's a really good name! It sounds like something... 361 00:18:58,080 --> 00:18:59,975 Yeah, but it's not. ..but it's just rubbish. 362 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,255 Chronological monolith! It's just nonsense. It's gibberish. 363 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,455 It's like a stone clock that doesn't work. 364 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,135 Oh, no, this might be the next one. 365 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:09,295 Heavy Tits. 366 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,655 THEY LAUGH 367 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:13,135 Anyone know them? 368 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,895 No! I've had some experience, yeah. 369 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:17,695 That might have just been a heckle. 370 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,295 THEY LAUGH 371 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,095 Well, I got to hang out with Voyager. 372 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:24,495 What a great bunch they were. What fun that was. 373 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:29,575 A fantastic embodiment of a West Australian success story - 374 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,815 Perth band, struggling for years and years, 375 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:37,695 they get a bit of success, a record deal here, an album here, 376 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,575 and all of that hard work pays off at Eurovision. 377 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,575 THEY JAM 378 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:47,495 # Oh, damn! 379 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:51,375 # You play so fine! # 380 00:19:57,120 --> 00:19:59,455 And now they're getting the recognition 381 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,815 and the attention that they have earned 382 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,375 and which they deserve. I am so happy for them. 383 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,135 What a brilliant bunch they are. 384 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:17,335 And I got to play the keytar on the back of my neck! 385 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:20,215 I mean, that has never been done. I just want to say that now. 386 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,055 I have never seen a keytar being played on the back of the head. 387 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,455 That could be a first. On television, at least. 388 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,615 So I will now die a happy man. 389 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,895 Thank you, Voyager. Keep rocking! 390 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:35,615 We're Heavy Tits, thank you. 391 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:37,655 THEY LAUGH 392 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:39,975 I knew that was going to come in! 393 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,055 Would the owner of a blue Ford Cortina 394 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:46,095 please remove it from the... LAUGHTER 395 00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:48,895 KEYTAR PLAYS 396 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,535 # You play so fine! # 397 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,895 All right. 398 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,215 There it is - Perth, the City of Light. 399 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,215 It's quite a unique place in many ways. 400 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,335 You know, there's a lot of money in the city, 401 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:10,695 there's a lot of mining money. 402 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,575 Um, I think it's got the most number of millionaires... 403 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:17,495 ...anywhere in Australia. 404 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,135 But it's also got the most number of serial killers. 405 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,295 So... 406 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:30,015 ...maybe those two things are connected. I don't know. 407 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,615 Perth's got some quite famous alumni - 408 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,455 Heath Ledger, our own Ben Elton has made his home here - 409 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,495 but there's one Hollywood legend who didn't quite make it. 410 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,695 In the '60s, America was in a state of paranoia 411 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,535 about nuclear war with the Soviet Union. 412 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:56,935 There'd been the Bay of Pigs disaster, the Cuban Missile Crisis, 413 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,255 and Americans were rightly jittery 414 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,815 about the real prospect of nuclear war. 415 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,495 And one of these was legendary 416 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,895 Hollywood film director Stanley Kubrick. 417 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,615 And Kubrick wanted to get away from America 418 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,335 and find some sleepy corner of the planet 419 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:16,775 that the Russians might not be interested in. 420 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,255 Somewhere low-key and understated. 421 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:20,895 And he chose Perth. 422 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,415 And what he did was, 423 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,255 he'd actually gone to some lengths to arrange this. 424 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,775 He got tickets, travel documents, visas, passports. 425 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,375 He looked into the prospect of film projects 426 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,255 that he could pursue when he got here. 427 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,495 He even transferred funds to Australian bank accounts. 428 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:41,535 And he was all set to go until his wife, Christiane, pointed out 429 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,255 that on the six-week sea voyage, 430 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:47,655 because they weren't going to fly because of Kubrick's fear of flying, 431 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:52,055 she said, "There's no en-suite bathroom in the cabin. You're going 432 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,815 "to have to share a bathroom with strangers for six weeks." 433 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:59,215 And Kubrick was so repulsed by that prospect 434 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,695 that he just abandoned the whole thing. 435 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,415 So, for him, the idea of sharing a bathroom with strangers 436 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:11,455 was more abhorrent than the prospect of nuclear war. 437 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,055 But I've got to say, if it meant picking someone else's hair 438 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,255 out of the plug hole for six weeks, I think, like Kubrick, 439 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,535 I'd take my chances with the mushroom cloud. 440 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,895 Perth is a city that's done very well for itself. 441 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:34,295 The money's come from mining and agriculture. 442 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,175 It's basically what Swindon could have been 443 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,935 if they'd discovered gold under the M4. 444 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,935 But it's also got a kind of frontier-sy spirit - 445 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,615 a place where you think if you come here and work hard, 446 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,335 the sky's the limit. 447 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:49,735 I'm about to meet someone who's done exactly that. 448 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,375 In a haven for self-made success stories, 449 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,575 I've lined up a chat with one of WA's greatest. 450 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,055 I'm imagining some sort of elegantly groomed CEO 451 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,375 in an ocean view office suite. 452 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,855 So why am | at a fruit and veg market 453 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,135 at four in the morning wearing high-vis? 454 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,335 Or trying to. 455 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,415 BLEEP 456 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:14,935 thing! 457 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:22,855 Tony! Hello! Bill. Bill, is it? Yeah. G'day, mate. How are you? 458 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,215 How are you? It's a little chilly today, 459 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,575 but here you are in your short singlet. 460 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,135 It's probably all the fur that I've got! 461 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,495 Actually, I've got a bit of fur, I've got to say, yeah. 462 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,335 Got another layer of insulation. Yeah, I know. 463 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:37,295 Tony Galati may not sport the sharp suits, 464 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,255 but that didn't stop him from building 465 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,615 a 17-store empire of Spudsheds. 466 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:47,375 He's the quintessential Western Australian zero to hero battler. 467 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:52,895 He even sued big potato - that's the WA Potato Marketing Corporation - 468 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,535 to break their iron grip on the spud market. 469 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,135 The hairy guy wins again. 470 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,815 We fought it for about 20 years till we got rid of it. Right. 471 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,175 It's been pretty good since they've gone. Yeah. 472 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,575 Yeah, they were breaking all the laws, market laws. 473 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,695 They were trying to control the prices, trying to control the supply. Yeah. 474 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,455 It was totally wrong. You can't do it now. 475 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,775 So if Tony can take on the system, 476 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,575 maybe I can learn a thing or two about negotiation from him. 477 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,455 Do you like watermelon? Yeah. 478 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,375 We're getting $1.80 a kilo. 479 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,055 No, I'm not paying that. 480 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,095 He says no all the time. Just says no. 481 00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:30,615 OK, lesson one, just say no and you'll make a fortune. 482 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,335 I like the way this city woks. 483 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,575 Tony's secret is to always drive a hard bargain... 484 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,415 ...right down to the last apple. 485 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,775 Morning. Morning, Joe, how you going, mate? Hello, Bill. 486 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,095 Good morning, hello there. How's it going? Nice to meet you. 487 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:45,335 Joe. Fellow Englishman. 488 00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:49,095 It seems that every second person in Perth was born somewhere else. 489 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:53,495 Even Tony is the child of Italian immigrants who started with nothing. 490 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,855 But can anyone live the dream here in the City of Lights? 491 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,735 I'm just going to make an assumption here, 492 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,815 but I reckon people come here and they get a better lifestyle. 493 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,215 Oh, definitely. Oh, yeah. You know? Definitely. Yeah? 494 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,935 But there's more opportunities here, I think, especially for the youngsters. 495 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,455 If you want to work, there's the opportunities there... In this country, if you want to get ahead 496 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,455 and work, this is the place to do it. Yeah. If you're prepared to put a shift in. Yep. 497 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,415 These look good. How much do you want for them? 498 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,015 $3.50 a kilo. 499 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,575 Right, OK. That's pretty good, though. 500 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,815 The maximum I can pay for these is two bucks. I got to make 50 cents. 501 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,335 Can't do it, mate. You're too hard. 502 00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:29,215 Harder than granite, he is. Are we dealing or not? 503 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:30,935 You know my price. 504 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,695 Not today, then. Not today. 505 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,535 Oh, God, he's harsh, isn't he? 506 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,655 Tony, he's not having it. He's just not having it. 507 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,655 He's trying to get the best deal for his customers, 508 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,015 so why wouldn't he drive a hard bargain? 509 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,375 Plus the fact he turns up in shorts and singlet. 510 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,815 And by the way, these apples are bloody delicious! 511 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:54,135 It's a bit early, though, for me. It's just... 512 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,855 It's gone to my head a little bit. I'm getting a bit of a sugar rush. 513 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,415 Might have to have a lie-down in @ minute. 514 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,855 All right. We going? That's it, then. 515 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,215 I'll get rid of this apple. Just throw it down there. 516 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,775 Just put it in there? Yeah, just put it in there. That's what I do. 517 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:11,415 All right. THEY LAUGH 518 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:12,775 The poms can sort it out. 519 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,135 "The poms can sort it out"! HE LAUGHS 520 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,975 Ah, the poms! They brought their kitchen staples 521 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,815 and tried to turn the great southern land into an English garden. 522 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,815 But I reckon they missed a trick. 523 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,855 After centuries of ignoring indigenous culture, 524 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,335 food lovers have begun to realise that the local Noongar nation 525 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:38,015 enjoyed greater flavours than just apples and spuds, 526 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,375 even by Tony's eyebrow-raising standards. 527 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,535 WOMAN SPEAKS NOONGAR 528 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,095 Today we are in Whadjuk country. 529 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:55,735 Wand ju, welcome. 530 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,935 SHE SPEAKS NOONGAR 531 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,255 So I've just paid respects to the ancestors and elders past, 532 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:10,455 present and emerging of this country, Whadjuk country. 533 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,615 This is Dale. She runs a bush culture business 534 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:20,015 that makes taste buds dance on the tips of everyone's tongues. 535 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,815 Her knowledge comes infused with the enduring experience 536 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,895 of First Nations people here in WA. 537 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:31,135 This land was part of the first land grant 538 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:35,535 of 3,000 acres given to John Septimus Roe, 539 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,335 who was not a great friend of Aboriginal people - 540 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:41,615 one of the plotters of the Pinjarra massacre. 541 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,975 So, for us, there was a lot of poetic justice... 542 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,495 That you now occupy this property? 543 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,735 ...we now occupy the homestead. 544 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,775 And we think he must sometimes turn in his grave 545 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,095 thinking that the black fellas have taken over. 546 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:58,495 BILL LAUGHS 547 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,175 There's poetic justice 548 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,775 to Western Australia's Indigenous people finally having a say. 549 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,815 And I don't mind Dale's idea of a feed either. 550 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:10,455 This plant is one of our local salt bushes, 551 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,775 and it's got a lovely big leaf. 552 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,375 So...I always eat one first. 553 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,775 I always say to people, if you're going to eat from the bush, 554 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:23,335 get a good local guide, and watch them eat the first one. OK. 555 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,375 So there you go. You can eat one. So take a leaf? 556 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:27,775 Just take a leaf and eat it. Yeah? 557 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,015 Salty, sage-y, thyme-y. 558 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:32,935 Mm! 559 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:37,455 If you feed sheep on salt bush, 560 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,495 not only is the meat a better texture and flavour, 561 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,455 but it actually elevates the nutritional value as well, 562 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,775 particularly vitamin E. Right. 563 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,375 This looks like a peppercorn. Yes. It's called a native pepperberry. 564 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,655 A native pepperberry, right. 565 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,255 Can you taste the aromatics? 566 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,775 Mm. Then a little bit of heat will come. 567 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:57,815 Oh, yeah. Quite... 568 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,215 Little bit of heat? Bit of kick, yeah. 569 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:01,535 And there'll be more. 570 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,095 Oh. 571 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:04,615 Oh, I see, it keeps going. 572 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,935 I call it the gift that keeps on giving! 573 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,215 THEY LAUGH 574 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,495 Oh, yeah! 575 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,895 Gosh, that is... That is fantastic. 576 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,975 We use that for seasoning, but it's also so full of antioxidants... 577 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,495 Yeah. ..that, you know, it's medicine as well. Yeah. 578 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,575 So, you know, by the time you've had your lemon myrtle tea, 579 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,615 and some native pepperberries, 580 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:28,015 no bugs will be allowed into your body at all. 581 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,815 No, they wouldn't dare! No. They wouldn't dare, no. 582 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,135 How do you feel about the fact that all of this now 583 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,455 is being adopted by chefs 584 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:41,575 and, you know, sort of incorporated into these fine cuisines? 585 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,775 It's a great shame that more acknowledgement 586 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,935 and benefit doesn't go back to Aboriginal people. 587 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:51,695 Because, you know, people are very interested 588 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:53,655 about the provenance of their food. 589 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:55,455 They want to know where it comes from. 590 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,375 Of course. Yep. Absolutely. 591 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,415 I just got another wave of the pepperberry then. 592 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,815 Mm-hm. Sorry, just... THEY LAUGH 593 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:05,295 The gift that keeps on giving. 594 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:06,815 You're absolutely right! 595 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:10,655 Yeah, just suddenly, I went, "Oh, that's just another little..." 596 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,935 A little reminder. "..wave of heat.” 597 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,935 But it's time to move on before I eat any more pepperberries 598 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,375 and I need a lie-down. 599 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,175 Every country has a glue that holds it together. 600 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,295 It could be history or culture or religion - 601 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,295 something that binds people into a shared heritage. 602 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,575 Australia is no different. 603 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,575 But this is a country of immigrants, 604 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:45,615 a smorgasbord of humanity, so what binds it? 605 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,335 Sport - in particular, footy. 606 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:53,575 And 14 miles south of Perth lies the port city of Fremantle, 607 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,255 where the Dockers ply their trade. 608 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,615 You need to be careful not to call it football. 609 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:02,095 No, it's footy, formally known as AFL. 610 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,975 The AFL is as Australian as the red earth, 611 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,895 the blue skies or...London bar staff. 612 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:14,935 And every time I've come to Australia 613 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,215 over the last 20, 30 years, I've always gone to a game. 614 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,455 It's full of action, it's fast paced. 615 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,855 The speed, the skill, the stamina, 616 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,655 the athleticism is really impressive. 617 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,975 But I've got to say, in all this time I've been coming here, 618 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,295 I'm slightly baffled by the rules. 619 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:33,975 I haven't quite wrapped my head around it, 620 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,335 so I'm hoping to learn a bit more about that today. 621 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,855 Two stars of the Fremantle Dockers Women's AFL team have volunteered 622 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,895 to enlighten me with a few tips on the game. 623 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:49,535 Hello! Hello, Bill. Hello, mate. Bill. Welcome. Is it Aine? Aine. 624 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,895 Hayley. Hayley, how are you? Lovely to meet you. 625 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,855 Aine, that sounds like bit of an Irish name, isn't it? 626 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:55,615 Not very Australian, is it? No. Yes, yeah. 627 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,975 Gets me in a lot of trouble over here, but that's OK. 628 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,335 And was it the game that brought you here? 629 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,215 It was. Yeah. Yeah, so, I got scouted playing some Gaelic at home, 630 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,855 and they asked me to come across and would I give it a try? So, yeah, I said, "Why not?" Brilliant. 631 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,695 And you're a bit of a local, then, are you? 632 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,015 Yes, I'm born and bred in Perth, 633 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,975 so have always grown up around football. You know, supporting it 634 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,335 when I was a kid, family's all for it. 635 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,215 My brother played just sort of local league, 636 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,015 so I've overtaken him now, which is fantastic. 637 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,655 Your game, though, as I understand it, 638 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,135 has now been incorporated into the AFL. 639 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,815 Has that made a big difference in terms of attendance 640 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,375 and awareness of the game? 641 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,455 Oh, massively, I think, since the AFLW itself has come in. 642 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,935 So there's obviously national exposure 643 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,495 and the young girls can see that there's a pathway to go. 644 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,855 The numbers have... I think it's something ridiculous - 645 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:45,095 a 300%, 400% increase. And it's just growing all the time. 646 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,015 Incredible. That's brilliant. Well, OK, now this is the bit 647 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,535 where I just need to ask you some technical questions, right? 648 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,855 Because I enjoy watching the game, 649 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,455 but there's a few things I need to know. 650 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,735 OK. And what is the action when you actually sort of punt the ball? 651 00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,575 What is that? What's that called? 652 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,095 That's called a handball. A handball? Yep. Yeah. 653 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,335 So if you handball to someone, they can then get tackled. 654 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,375 But if you kick to someone and they mark it, then they can't get talked. 655 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,415 Yeah? You show me how you do that, then. All right. 656 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,775 So basically you're holding it in one hand. Yeah. 657 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,455 You can't throw it with this hand. It has to be sort of a punch 658 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,455 from here. Right. You want to hit that 659 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,895 to try and get it to spin backwards like that. 660 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,015 To spin backwards? Yeah. So you always want it to spin backwards. 661 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,815 Yeah. Yeah, there we go. Oh, OK. I see. Right. 662 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:29,455 OK, that's the first question. And the next question is, 663 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:33,015 when you kick the ball and you catch it... Yes. 664 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,975 ...then everything stops... Yes. 665 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,375 ...is that the mark? That's the mark, yep. That's the mark. Yep. 666 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,095 So if it's been kicked, it has to go 667 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,415 ten, 15 metres, and if it's kicked from either team and you catch it, 668 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:46,295 it means nobody can tackle you. So I've got seven or eight seconds 669 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,335 to take my time, kick. Ah! 670 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,175 I can play on, I can handball if I want, but I can't be tackled. 671 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,855 So, then, once you've caught it, once you've had the mark, 672 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,175 then what's the strategy then? 673 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,895 So, say if you've marked it, I'll then stand on the mark, 674 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,455 so you have to walk...you have to move backwards. I have to go back. 675 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,335 Otherwise you'll kick it into me. Right. 676 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:06,055 So then you decide whether you're either going to handball it 677 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,735 or you're going to kick it. So I could handball it to you. Yeah. 678 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,095 Like that. Or better than that! Yeah. 679 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,455 Yeah. You've got the right idea. It's the right idea. 680 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,975 Yeah, the right idea. And then it's play on. And then it's play on. 681 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,055 Right, OK. And then the next thing is... 682 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,295 Well, that's interesting, though, cos that's a bit of the rule I didn't understand. 683 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,655 So when you're kicking it as well, what's the technique 684 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,095 for kicking a goal? Or kicking it to anyone? 685 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,455 So basically the same as what you did with the handball. 686 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,815 You want it to spin backwards. Backwards? Yep. 687 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,775 So laces at the front. Laces at the front, yeah. 688 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,135 So this is what we teach the kids - laces to faces. 689 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,215 Laces to faces, I like that! Yep. And then nose - so your nose... 690 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:41,135 ...to toes. Nose to toes. Yep. 691 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,055 Laces to faces. Yep. Nose to toes. Nose to toes. 692 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,775 Happy days. 693 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,535 There we go! Oh, right! 694 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,375 That's it, it's easy. You see? Easy as. Wow. 695 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,735 Well, I wouldn't say that. You're ready for a game! 696 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,335 Oh, that was brilliant. 697 00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,055 No, that was great. 698 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,455 No, it's brilliant chatting to the girls 699 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:05,855 and to see the women's game, talking about 300%, 400% rise in attendance. 700 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,215 And it's good to get all the rules. That was the key. 701 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:11,495 I wanted to get the rules and the tactics, and I got that. 702 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,855 And now I think I've got a better chance of scoring a goal. 703 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:19,295 All right, watch this. Watch this! 704 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,295 I've just got to get it through the middle posts. 705 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:23,815 Come on! The other side! 706 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,135 Yes! 707 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:26,735 Oh, gone! 708 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:29,815 Bollocks! 709 00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:38,735 It's hard not to see Western Australia as a land of opportunity. 710 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,735 It's sustained people for 65,000 years. 711 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,055 Longer, some think. 712 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,615 But you know when a civilisation's really taken off 713 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:48,935 is when you build yourself a jail, 714 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:50,895 and Fremantle is a beaut. 715 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,815 Not everyone was the beneficiary of the great WA lifestyle. 716 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,535 For many, life here was pretty bleak. 717 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,295 About 10,000 convicts were transported here 718 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,695 to Western Australia from overseas. 719 00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:08,295 Many of them ended up here at Fremantle Prison. 720 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,015 But today it's a Heritage listed building 721 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,255 with 200,000 visitors every year. 722 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,775 Courtney, my guide back in time today, 723 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:23,295 has stories to share that are as dark as a windowless cell. 724 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,575 After you. Thank you so much. 725 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,215 So just let me get this straight, the convicts built this? 726 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:33,215 Yes. The prisoners built their own prison? 727 00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:35,815 Yes. Talk about a psychological punishment! 728 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:37,655 Build your own cell... Mm! 729 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:42,095 That's quite a psychological minefield right there. 730 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,975 I love a good prison. If the walls could talk, 731 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,815 you'd hear great stories of jail breaks and hardship 732 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,735 and people done wrong. 733 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:54,095 But here the walls talk of tunnelling - with a twist. 734 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:55,255 Come on in. Thank you. 735 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,535 All right, so this is where we will be going. 736 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,175 Have a look down. 737 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,455 Oh, wow! That's quite deep. 738 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,775 It's nearly 20 metres to the bottom. 739 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,095 All right, let's get a harness on you. 740 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,455 All right, two words you don't want to hear in prison, 741 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,815 but turn around. OK. SHE LAUGHS 742 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,135 All right. I'm glad you said that! I'm going to throw this 743 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:16,095 over your head. Right, OK. 744 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,935 And then if you can, wriggle it down as low as it'll go. 745 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,695 OK, yeah. 746 00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:22,415 And I'm going to pass you through a leg loop 747 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,255 if you're comfortable. Yes. I'm ready. Going to work for you? 748 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,135 OK. Hang on a second. 749 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,495 That seems OK. That seems all right. Snug as a bug in a rug. 750 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,335 Yep. Absolutely. Right, next thing. 751 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:33,935 This... Yep. ..is a fall arrester, 752 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,455 and that's what we're going to use to... A what, sorry? 753 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,775 A fall arrester. A fall arrester? 754 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,335 Yes. OK. 755 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,695 As the name suggests, it will arrest you if you fall... 756 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:45,055 So it will arrest me if I fall. So be grateful, cos the prisoners 757 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,735 of yesteryear that dug these tunnels did not have such fancy equipment. 758 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:49,655 No. Why did they dig these tunnels? 759 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,335 Um... What can't you survive without? 760 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:53,895 Ah... Oh... 761 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,415 ...broadband. SHE LAUGHS 762 00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,975 Something a little bit more elemental. Oh, OK, water? 763 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,375 Yes. Ah. Fresh water. Oh, right. 764 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,455 That's what's down there. Oh, I see, so this was literally 765 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,895 just to dig a well, effectively, wasn't it? Yeah. 766 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,255 To get the water out. Not just for the convict establishment, 767 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,895 but eventually for the town of Fremantle. Right. 768 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,215 Thank you. There you go. I hope that's going to... Oh, there we go, that's all right. 769 00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:17,655 Is that going to fit? Pretty good, yeah. It's a good look, isn't it? 770 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:19,095 I know. Yeah. 771 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,455 Well, thanks. Thanks! I'L be off now. 772 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:23,775 SHE LAUGHS OK! 773 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,095 I'll be off round the markets. 774 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,455 Watch out. So I notice you're not wearing a helmet. 775 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,855 I will kit myself out now. Oh, OK. Yes. 776 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:33,175 I thought this was like some kind of hazing for new... 777 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,175 No! No, here, look. 778 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,815 .For first-time visitors. 779 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,815 "Yeah, we dress 'em up with all this, just brilliant. We have a right laugh! 780 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,135 It's all going on some camera somewhere." 781 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:46,055 OK. OK, great. All right, then. 782 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:47,575 All right. Let's go. 783 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:51,055 This is the part we call leap of faith. So you can see where the terror has stripped away 784 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:54,255 the galvanising from all the other people that have done this before. Yes, I can see that. 785 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:56,615 So, hand. Hand, yes. Foot. Foot. 786 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,255 Turn the sponge up. Turn the sponge up. 787 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:02,135 Oh, I see. And that's it. Down we go. And that's it, I'm done? 788 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,015 Well, you'll be done when you get to the bottom. 789 00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,455 Done when I get to the bottom, yeah! OK. 790 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,135 All right. And this is it, we're doing it. This is it, we're doing it! 791 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,455 Yes! Woohoo! 792 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,775 Descending into the tunnels. Yeah. 793 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,695 I'm on the full tour of these tunnels today, 794 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:22,255 but the convicts who were sent down here 150 years ago 795 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:24,335 had a very different experience. 796 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:28,375 No ladders, harnesses or cosy little canoes. 797 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,215 Just shovels, sweat and darkness. 798 00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:34,055 Comfortable? Very good. I shall sit in the Buddha position. 799 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,655 Excellent. Al right, off we go. 800 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,975 Oh, this water is actually quite warm. Yeah. 801 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,455 Not bad for a dip. 802 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,535 Except that I won't, because this once drinkable water 803 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:47,215 was contaminated by a diesel spill not long ago. 804 00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:50,895 I-I'm just kind of trying to get my head round... 805 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:54,415 Where were the prisoners kept while they were digging this out? 806 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,015 Was the prison built by this stage? 807 00:40:56,040 --> 00:41:00,415 Yes. So this is... The tunnels were excavated in the late 1880s, 808 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:03,935 but it's hard because we don't actually have any 809 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:06,655 very in depth first-hand accounts of people that were down here. 810 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:10,175 The only thing we do have is an excerpt of a prison guard's diary, 811 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:13,175 and he talked about the fact that a lot of the prisoners sent down here 812 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:17,055 to tunnel were actually long term, which potentially meant 813 00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:22,855 that they were in prison for fairly evil things. Hmm. Yes. 814 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:26,015 So to give them pickaxes and shovels and crow bars and hammers 815 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:30,415 and send them underground is an interesting prospect... Yes. 816 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,935 ...for a prison officer having to watch after them. 817 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,255 Yeah, count the hammers in and count the hammers out. 818 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:39,175 It's... 819 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,855 It's very peaceful down here. It is. 820 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,335 Don't know why I'm whispering. 821 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:46,895 Well, because the limestone absorbs the sound, 822 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:51,415 so when you're sitting down here it's almost completely silent. 823 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,735 Yes. Quite peaceful. 824 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,255 I can imagine coming down here, just... 825 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:57,615 Good part of the gig. 826 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,455 Yeah, just, kind of just for a bit of peace and quiet. Yeah. 827 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,895 After a while you do feel a bit like a troll living down here. 828 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:10,535 I know. 829 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,215 And I could be like Charon. 830 00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:16,575 You know, the bloke that rowed people across to the underworld. 831 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,135 I'd quite like to do that. 832 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,535 "Where are you going? Underworld? All right." 833 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:23,815 "Good week? How was your weekend?" IIOK.II 834 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:25,255 "We're going to Hades anyway, 835 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,615 so whatever you've been doing, it's going to get a lot worse." 836 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:30,415 OK. Ready? BANG 837 00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:31,975 Whoa! Easy, tiger. 838 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:33,975 Sorry! Sorry. BILL LAUGHS 839 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,255 I'm still on my I plates, there we go. 840 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,335 Coming about! 841 00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:45,735 God, it's quite an amazing feat of engineering, really. 842 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:49,575 It's just the volume of rock and dirt, it's just... 843 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,615 I can't quite get my head round it. It's incredible. 844 00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,335 There we go. Right, one out. 845 00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:04,975 So this is where the potential for it to go wrong... Yeah. Disaster. 846 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,615 Oh! Agile. 847 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:10,335 Oh. Like a mongoose. Like a mountain...lion. 848 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,335 OK. Ready? Here we go. 849 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:14,775 A small leap... I've got you. Ready? 850 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,055 Don't pull me in, though. 851 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,495 That's it. OK, there we go. Yay! 852 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:21,775 Yay. All right. Thanks for that. 853 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,735 Pleasure! Fantastic. After you. 854 00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:26,855 It wasn't an escape tunnel, as you would imagine under a prison. 855 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,935 It was actually a very vital water source. 856 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:31,335 That's the first thing. 857 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:32,815 And the amount of dirt 858 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:35,175 and rock that was hauled out of there is just 859 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:39,495 an extraordinary testament to the sort of convict workforce. 860 00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:44,015 It was quite sort of staggering, really. 861 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:45,735 But also, the other thing I learned 862 00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:49,055 is that I'm very comfortable in enclosed spaces. 863 00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:50,975 I don't know what that is. 864 00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:54,135 I must have some little flicker 865 00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:59,735 of neanderthal DNA just still twitching in my cerebral cortex, 866 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:01,495 which means I like being in caves. 867 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:05,455 I'm a cave dweller. 868 00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:13,935 So what do I make of the great Western Australian lifestyle? 869 00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:17,655 Well, between the prog rock, the vintage Bailey booze, 870 00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:21,255 the spud kings and the five-star bush tucker, 871 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,575 it's a hell of place to live. 872 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:25,375 Just lock me up and throw away the key. 873 00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:30,175 On the next episode... 874 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:32,815 What a thrill to just drive onto the beach. 875 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,815 This is the classic Broome sunset view. 876 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:37,615 Oh, hang on. 877 00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:39,135 Bloody hell! 878 00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:41,735 Just all part of the Western Australian experience.