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[Music] we're in one of my favorite Sydney neighborhoods the rocks for a tour with bonso bike [Applause] [Music] tours so I've ridden a bike before so I know how to ride a bike I know how to put the helmet on but I don't know where we're going okay well where we're going today is we're going to start down in circular key we go up to Observatory Hill you can see a whole bunch of sine from there before the bridge was built and actually had a 360° view lovely are we going to get a workout in oh you certainly are it's easy it's something that everyone can do let's do it all [Music] righty so we're here in circul key which is where the tour starts it's also the place where Sydney started pretty much so it's kind of only appropriate this is cool though I've seen the ships down here in circul key they're amazing they different one every [Music] day what a view man this is awesome this is what you guys call Art here say well it's what some people call Art we've uh I like [Music] it we're here in a place called Walsh Bay uh what we can see over here is something called Blu Point Tower which is what some people say is the ugliest building in Sydney but unfortunately it got Heritage listed yeah why would it be Heritage listed uh because it was one of the oldest ones here so they built it the government bought it and it's stuck around long enough I've noticed Sydney is a very fit city as the people just went by it takes a little bit of work to maintain the reputation but what's the reputation a goodl looking country it's very everybody's in good shape here I love it here we are at Observatory Hill as you can say there's a fait to observe there's a lot to observe there's a lot to observe as you can say there's a pretty good [Music] view and we return We for the tour no worries we get you back safe and sound we love your city man [Music] in its short lifetime the Sydney Opera House has earned a reputation as a worldclass Performing Arts Center and has become a true symbol of Sydney and the Australian Nation the Sydney Opera House is a beautiful structure known throughout the world Alex is our tour guide today I've always wanted to come here the Sydney Opera house it was officially opened by her majesty Queen Elizabeth II in October of 1973 and in that time the Sydney Opera House has become one of the most visited sites in Australia the Sydney Opera house has a global recognition factor of around four billion people that equates to roughly two out of every three people on the face of the Earth they recognize the iconic shape of the City Opera housee it's amazing people get truly overwhelmed walking through this space I bet especially Architects Architects they taking architects around they just want to come and sit here and go oh baby okay so obviously we got concrete on the inside but on the outside is not well the whole roof is covered in ceramic roof tiles from Sweden there is 1, 56,0 and6 individual roof tiles that cover the whole Sydney Opera house now instead of climbing up and individually placing each tile one after the other up to a million 566 they tiled each one of those panels or Lids down on the ground then they used a big crane picked up each individual panel section and locked it into [Music] position what's what's the message to our viewers I mean obviously it's a beautiful structure but why should people come to the Sydney Opera House I thought the Sydney Opera House was just for Opera and just for classical music but coming to the Sydney Opera house it's places to eat great views all the way around and inside but it's not just Opera that they do here it's rock concerts films talk avangard theater Cabaret burlesque Rock shows a little bit of something for everyone well you've been an awesome tour thank you Al pleasure to meet you thank [Music] you one of the most thrilling things you can do here is climb the Sydney Harbor Bridge next stop the Top Welcome to the Sydney Harbor Bridge what I like to do is to grab your latch take it off the hook we will be attaching it to our static line that'll be on our right hand side so we ready for action yeah let's go let's do it first part of the bridge here Southern approach span roughly 300 M long here we are coming over George Street it's the oldest street in the country in actual back is it really that quite a climb brilliant that's a fun little climb right there straight up everybody gets the same thrill that you do on the bridge jonno and you get to do it several times a day we do we we we get get to do it up to three times a day you got to be fit and ready to go as a climb leader you're looking fit [Music] man so what's that little fort like thing over there well I'm glad you asked that Jon because that's our main means of Defense in Sydney Fort Dennison roughly 155 years of age so the little island that that Fort sits on which is known as pinch gut was literally the top of the island was quarried away to a shelf so they could build the fort there that we see [Music] today see lots of other people climbing the bridge how many people come through this every day a record-breaking day we'll see 1,800 people now big numbers it's the thing you've got to do when you come to Sydney as you can see jonno you've got views of the whole of greater Sydney right out to those Blue Mountains right down to the Southern Highlands out to the Tasman Sea part of the South Pacific well this was a spectacular day I won't forget this you were an awesome tour guide you didn't disappoint so thank you D thanks J it's been great to have you on board guys how good is [Music] this there are over 400 beautiful parks and Open Spaces here in Sydney and the city encourages responsible use and enjoyment of their lovely Outdoors the weather is quite moderate year round here in Sydney so it's almost always a perfect day to get outside and enjoy for more information on Sydney and to plan your day in the park go to sydney.com we're staying at one of Australia's best boutique hotels located in the heart of Sydney's restaurant and bar District the kirkton hotel let's talk about the property here and the different room Styles available and just the overall feel you get when you come here yeah sure there's three different room types here there's the standard and the premium and the executive room type um and uh the difference really is just in size the decor is all pretty much the same um it really is dependent on on how much size you need I I love the feel you get in this you don't feel like you're in a big city you feel like you're in a small town it's kind of a small town Boutique atmosphere and the neighborhood is awesome what we tried to do here with the with the design of this property was really fitted into darling Hurst and create a boutique hotel that the locals really embraced do you guys have one of the most famous pubs in Sydney attached to the we do we do we do um odv it's a it's a fantastic cocktail bar and it's won numerous Awards right up to um best hotel bar in the world so I urge you guys to head down there and grab a cocktail you know I think I might fit in [Music] there thanks to Paul we're in od which is a kind of Speak Easy right yeah yeah we'll roll with that yeah a Speak Easy a quiet little bar yeah I'm told you guys make some crazy cocktails we take we do our best shot at it that's certainly true yeah so what are we going to do uh right now we're going to make up for you our own variation that we do on a Moscow mu the original drink just being a vodka based cocktail with some lime juice and a ginger beer give us a good measure of the Citrus vodka I'll knock some orange juice in there right now we cut instead of just using Straight honey we just cut it down a little bit give go sh a nice your head on it that was very different and very good yeah so that's the OD us it mule I love it you've only been open for 2 years how ises it so popular H well I think you know Sydney eventually it's a big town and but is the community is small and and and when they find something cool they they they all follow each other like like like ship I no the kitchen's right back here the kitchen whipping it up right next to the bar out in the open it's very helpful and then plus we give him shots and he gave us a good recipe to me some drinks yeah so it's a good deal it's a fair deal it's a winwin Well cheers to you Max thank [Music] you koalas are so cute and so cuddly but in most places in the world you actually can't cuddle them but here Jazz we you can you can yes one of the very unique opportunities that we allow our guests as they come to the zoo so she likes to be cuddled she does yes do you want to have a go of course all right good girl all right so it's really really easy it's basically like holding a baby that's got Nails there you go oh yeah she sweet jez feels like a little baby does there's like a teddy bear with batteries she's precious she is is it possible for me to take her home no you wouldn't get far I've got incredibly long legs you can't come to the zoo in Australia and now hang out with the kangaroos it is by far one of the um the most popular aspects of the zoo is coming to see these Aussie icons I didn't think they'd let us get this close they're incredibly friendly very very relaxed just like the rest of us locals they're pretty chilled out [Music] this bird kind of scares me the C probably the most dangerous bird in the world am I right potentially yeah basically they run out you they can run up to about 60 km an hour and they'll run at you and strike with either their chest and uh and all their foot now there's a baby around that we can actually kind of get close to yeah we can get close to him he's not not so much a baby anymore more of a sub adult but um we can still get quite close to him yeah before we do go in there um I just wanted to let you know that we were in there before he might be a little bit nervous so um if he does sh start to show any signs we just jump straight it I'll just follow you sure I don't know what those signs might [Music] be it's kind of like getting in the swamp with the crocodile right now kind of what that's like here you come you guys all right if you just stay there he'll be okay no sudden moves our next Zoo Adventure the crocodiles throughout the world guys we have 23 species of crocodilian now here in Australia guys we are lucky enough to have two of those species those bumps along his back they're basically help to break up the surface tension of the water allowing these animals to be a mere 15 20 cm below the surface and move right up into position now you might see if we can get the big F out for you today guys so you can uh have have a bit of a better look at him there we go look at that what a lovely [Music] [Applause] smile what a special day thank you Jaz this was awesome we do have one last surprise one um one character who would love to have a cuddle with you bring it on come on over a harani hey what an amazing hands-on experience here at the can's tropical Zoo Queensland has loads of food options tonight we go on the extreme side in downtown kirens at ochre so I'm pretty sure this is going to be one of the most unique restaurant segments that we've ever had on the show yeah it already started you've already put Kangaroo on the grill so we do a lot of native Australian food here we're using lots of bush foods and a lot of native Australian animals as well what are you cooking for us tonight besides kangaroo uh we're going to do some WABE as well uh some crocodile on tons none of which I've had ever in my entire life [Music] yeah shrimp and crocodile shrimp and crocodile yeah there we go it looks good enough to eat yeah so this is waby and the WABE yeah so we just put with the kangaroo had that on a menu for a while now people seem to love it so I really don't want to destroy the presentation but try I'm going to try it if you're going to try you might as well have a crack at it absolutely that's why I'm here right yeah okay let's do it all right all you exotic food lovers here we go a little nervous I'm not going to lie to you start out with the crocodile here we go not bad a little chewy it's your basic kangaroo filet I expected it to be gamey it's really not and here we go with your basic WABE there's to nothing I don't even know how to describe [Music] this it's not like anything I've ever had I honestly am surprised at how amey and how actually good a lot of this stuff was the kangaroo totally surprised me the PRS were amazing the crocodile was even good I would highly recommend ochre restaurant on your next visit to [Music] CS we've just arrived in Charming Port Douglas and are being hosted by The sherid Mirage thank to you llan thank you thanks for having us pleas before we talk about this gorgeous property let's talk about the community of Fort Douglas you get a really special field Community Port dougl very nice tight-knit Community here in Port Douglas lots of people in tourism here it's it's our passion it's our lifeblood so you know there's lots of great things to do import lots of great people around great restaurants go down to the pub have a drink here meet with the locals so let's talk about this property the first thing that strikes me is something unique which we always look for in our properties cuz we Tour all over the world your lagoons lagoons oh my fantastic 14 of them got a freshwater pool is the main pool the remainder are saltwater pumped in from the ocean so very uh very friendly very uh environmentally friendly this is a massive property I don't even know where to start we're on 147 hectares of land so main complex Villas 18 hole golf course cocktail by the pool livee by the pool that's great there's a games room there so there's lots of games and things to keep the teenagers happy you've seen the beach is a little flat so really easy to ride up to up to the port Douglas shop I noticed that there's some families here but I also noticed there's a lot of couples it's very romantic that's right romance is definitely alive there lots of places around the resort where you can sneak away nice and quiet and by special request you guys set up like private dinners right out on the lag we our Keyhole which is a little area over the Lagoon you can have a romantic dinner there or a nice light lunch great and as the sun goes down stars at night [Music] perfect Queensland is Australia's second largest state State occupying about 222% of its land tropical North Queensland one of its six regions is about the size of California and Oregon put together so we're talking impressively large as our new mate Sheila informed us its top three Industries are tourism sugar cane and roundabouts you'll also find that Australians have a wicked sense of humor which we love today I get to check something off my bucket list after a scenic boat tour from Port Douglas we're smack dab in the middle of the world famous Great Barrier all righty guys we're going to go on this semi submersible here what it does it takes you around the roef for about 25 minutes see a lot of those bigger creatures out there sharks Turtles it's quite quite a more unique uh way of viewing the roof that's for sure this is cool yeah look the great bar reof you're actually looking at about 350,000 km just hundreds of different types of fish and I'm really impressed with these little like look like stick like features they're called stacle and coral the branchy ones but the reason why they difference in color it comes down to an organism called zuan Philly there's just amazing colors in this Reef sunlight does depend as well what we tend to find when it comes to try to figure out the names of these corals and fish shares what they what they look like is what they're called what are these ones here these guys here called scissor tail sergeant majors I'm call them zebra fish zebra fish is another one that's the more common name is it really yeah it is it [Music] is I've been here for the last 2 and a half years and there's always still something new to see every day oh yeah you never see the same thing oh no way yeah no it's amazing you can also see this swne coral on our left ear spaghetti Coral spaghetti Coral spaghetti Coral it looks like spaghetti yeah you can relate to that it's one of our soft [Music] corals look that was great thanks mate oh mate I'm glad you enjoyed it no worries who's up for some snorkeling this [Music] guy let's snorkel the great bar AR [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] we've seen the reef from underneath the water now it's time to get a bird's eyee View [Music] [Music] what a day what a day here you guys at Quicks sver have uh set the bar pretty high certainly a pleasant place to work and a pleasant place to visit as well oh my God the great Barry Reef The Reef itself made up of about 2,900 separate reefs along with San K and Islands stretches 1,500 miles along the Queensland Coast it's spectacular great bar reef is one of the Seven Wonders of the World and for good reason Wow music and culture go hand inand especially today at the jabag Aboriginal cultural [Music] park well we started 25 years ago little sleepy little Village in coranda and uh here we are 25 years later the message is loud and clear we want people to be educated about Australia and we're more to Australia Than Just blonded Surf boys Kangaroos and veite we've got a living culture here that's been gone for countless generations and we're very proud of [Music] [Music] thaty today I'm going to learn how to throw a Boomerang I'm going to learn how to toss a spear good but what do you call a boomerang doesn't come back a boomer gone no we call it a stick a stick that's good time to learn how to throw the boomerang it seems rather simple but I doubt it is Zach how do we do this uh so these are used for hunting pretty much they're used for big flux of birds curving around making tight circles all right so we got the curve side that's for the aerodynamics and flat side so you tilt it like this when you throw it like yeah so on it tilt okay so it catch the wind and push it back to you okay that did not work let's try it again a sorry I'll try for you right in front of my That Was Fun Boomerang yeah I like it I kind of got the hang of it so we're going to learn how to throw the spear y what's the key uh pretty much full three like a tennis so I can do that I can play tennis [Music] easy so before we uh learn how to play the digy do let's talk a little bit about this we saw this earlier in the performance it's such a beautiful instrument Colin first step is the vibration of your lips right you going to actually push push up against your lip so it's actually T so no here coming there we go you know what I think we'll let the master do it take it away Colin [Applause] [Music] w [Music]