Paul Olding

Wonders of Life

With Prof Brian Cox

Back on the road (again) with Prof Brian Cox, this time about the physics of life. My episode is all about the size of life and is filmed entirely in Australia.

First to Adelaide and (after a quick exploration of the McClaren Vale wine region) a hop over to Port Lincoln to go out filming Great White Sharks. From South Australia to Broken Hill in New South Wales, and a short drive north to Fowlers Gap to see the huge Red Kangaroos. A short hop south back into South Australia to Narracorte for the Little Bent Wing bats (plus an excursion to the Coonawarra wine region).

Onwards by car into the state of Victoria to the Grampians National Park (and the Great Western wine region) and then onwards to Healesville just east of Melbourne to film the mighty Mountain Ash trees (and to taste some of the wines of the Yarra Valley).

Next to Brisbane in Queensland to film Rhino Beetles and some microscopic wasps. Then across to Perth in Western Australia to film the strange bacterial blobs that are the Thrombolites (plus a little tasting of the Swan Valley wines). Finally to Christmas Island (an Australian protectorate) to film giant Robber Crabs.

Diving with Great White Sharks

(Out from Port Lincoln, SA)

Brian ready to go	Ominous shapes circle the boat	Filming on the boat
Quite a big fish	It’s behind you…	Preparing the camera

Out in the Outback

(Fowler’s Gap, NSW)

Kev and George	Emus	Frog in the Bog
Guests over for tea	Outside Mario’s Palace in Broken Hill	Getting ready to film aerials

Getting around in Style

Bat Cave

(Narracoorte, SA)

Dinner al fresco

Getting ready to descend into the batcave

The bats emerge at dusk

We were in the Coonawarra region. It would have been rude not to taste their wine.

Grampians National Park

(Halls Gap, Vic)

Filming Bones

Dinner time (and some lovely Shiraz from the Great Western region)

Filming

Eating

Sleeping

Giant Mountain Ash

(Healesville, Vic)

Whopper Trees	Filming from the Chopper
Uninvited Guests near the House	BBQ Night

Passing through the Yarra Valley wine region…

Rhino Beetles (and other creepy crawlies)

(Brisbane, Qld)

Big Beetle	Close Encounters?
Someone dropped Will’s melon (in the name of science)

Thrombolites

(Perth, WA)

Filming at Sunrise

Having a cheeky McDonald’s breakfast

And Finally….

Giant Robber Crabs

(Christmas Island, Indian Ocean)

Tropical Cyclone Tau	Sheltering from Rain
The Team (minus Mr Will Ellerby who is taking the photo)

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