>> male announcer: WELCOME TO TRAVELSCOPE, WITH JOSEPH ROSENDO, WHERE EACH WEEK, YOU JOIN US AS WE ACCEPT THE WORLD'S INVITATION TO VISIT.

>> Rosendo: TODAY ON TRAVELSCOPE, I FOLLOW VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA'S GREAT OCEAN ROAD FROM THE CAPITAL OF MELBOURNE TO SCENIC, CULTURAL, AND WILDLIFE ADVENTURES.

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>> Rosendo: G'DAY.

VICTORIA MAY BE ONE OF THE SMALLEST STATES OF AUSTRALIA, BUT FROM ITS CAPITAL, MELBOURNE, TO ITS GREAT OCEAN ROAD TO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE GRAMPIANS, IT OVERFLOWS WITH A WEALTH OF THINGS TO DO AND SEE.

JOIN ME ON MY VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ADVENTURE.

[traffic rushing] I BEGIN MY VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ADVENTURE HERE IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF MELBOURNE IN FEDERATION SQUARE.

MELBOURNE WAS FOUNDED IN 1835, SO A LOT OF THE ARCHITECTURE HERE IN TOWN IS VICTORIAN.

FEDERATION SQUARE WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA IN 1901.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER.

THEY GATHER.

THEY MEET HERE.

IN FACT, THERE'S A LOCAL EXPRESSION THAT SAYS, "I'LL MEET YOU UNDER THE CLOCKS AT FLINDERS STREET STATION," WHICH IS JUST ACROSS THE STREET.

MARVELOUS MELBOURNE IS WHERE THE URBAN AND THE NATURAL MEET.

SITUATED ON THE YARRA RIVER, IT OFFERS SUNNY SKIES, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES GALORE, AND THE LATEST MODERN CONVENIENCES AND AMENITIES.

IT ALWAYS HELPS TO HAVE A LOCAL GUIDE YOU THROUGH THEIR CITY AND REVEAL ITS HIDDEN TREASURES.

I FOLLOW FIONA SWEETMAN THROUGH DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE'S LABYRINTH OF LIVELY STREETS, ALLEYWAYS, AND ARCADES.

NOW, WHAT KIND OF ARCHITECTURE WOULD YOU CALL THIS?

IS THIS LIKE ART DECO?

>> THIS IS A PRELUDE TO ART DECO.

IT'S 1926, SO IT WAS VERY MUCH ABOUT BIG MONOLITHIC OUTSIDES BUT THEN BEAUTIFUL ARCADES HIDDEN WITHIN.

THIS WAS THE FASHION RAG TRADE THROUGH HERE.

>> Rosendo: WHAT KIND OF SHOPS WOULD BE HERE?

>> THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLY TAILORS AND BEAUTIFUL MILLINERS, DEFINITELY FOR THE FASHIONABLE WOMEN OF THE COUNTRY.

>> Rosendo: WOW, FIONA, THIS MUST BE THE BEST OF THE BEST.

>> WELL, WE THINK SO.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE OLDEST ONE LEFT IN AUSTRALIA, THE ROYAL ARCADE.

>> Rosendo: WELL, WHEN WAS IT BUILT?

>> THE 1860s, NOT LONG AFTER THE GOLD WAS FOUND.

>> Rosendo: THIS IS TERRIFIC.

I LOVE THESE TWO FELLOWS.

WHO ARE THEY?

>> THEY ARE GOG AND MAGOG.

AND THEY, THEORETICALLY, IN THE U.K. ARE PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM THE WARLORDS.

WE HAVEN'T HAD TOO MANY WARS GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY LAND, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE HERE FOR NOW.

BUT THEY STILL CHIME ON THE BELLS EVERY HOUR.

[bell chiming] IT'S QUITE FAB.

>> Rosendo: WELL, LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS GREAT.

SO BESIDES THE ARCADES, THERE'S ALL THESE LITTLE ALLEYWAYS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THE CAFES HAVE REALLY COME THROUGH IN THE LAST 15 YEARS.

>> Rosendo: OH, YEAH?

>> AND PART OF REPLANNING WHERE THEY'VE NOW REZONED THIS AREA RATHER THAN WAREHOUSES TO ACTUAL APARTMENTS.

SO PEOPLE LIVE IN THESE BUILDINGS.

THANK YOU.

>> Rosendo: THANK YOU, DANNY.

YOU KNOW, FIONA, THIS IS REALLY GREAT.

WHAT I'VE LEARNED HERE TODAY IS THAT MELBOURNE IS REALLY A TOWN THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF THE OLD, A LITTLE BIT OF THE NEW, AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MODERN VARIATION OF THE OLD CAFE SCENE.

>> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH.

DEFINITELY.

>> Rosendo: OKAY, TELL ME SOMETHING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK SEPARATES PEOPLE FROM MELBOURNE AND VICTORIA FROM OTHER AUSTRALIANS?

WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT?

>> I THINK THAT THERE'S A VERY OPEN-MINDEDNESS ABOUT MELBOURNIANS.

WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG MULTICULTURAL CITY.

AND SO THAT INFLUENCE OF THE ITALIANS, THE GREEKS, THE VIETNAMESE WHO CAME AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR, AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO HAD TO MAKE A LIVING HAVE REALLY MADE IT A LOVELY MELTING POT STILL TODAY.

AND AT THE MOMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY, IT'S RETURNING.

AND LOTS OF THESE BEAUTIFUL OLD BUILDINGS ARE BECOMING REGENERATED.

THERE'S A NEW LIFE HERE.

>> Rosendo: THANKS FOR THE TOUR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Rosendo: AND FOR THE COFFEE.

>> OH, GOOD.

>> Rosendo: MELBOURNE IS ALSO THE GATEWAY TO VICTORIA'S VARIED ATTRACTIONS.

THE SCENIC PATHWAY TO MANY OF THEM IS VIA THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD.

AUSTRALIA'S GREAT OCEAN ROAD RUNS ALONG VICTORIA'S SOUTHWESTERN COAST FOR ABOUT 160 MILES.

IT WAS BUILT OVER 13 YEARS FOLLOWING WORLD WAR I BY MORE THAN 3,000 EX-SERVICEMEN, WHO CARVED THE ROAD OUT OF THE CLIFFSIDE USING PICKS AND SHOVELS.

IT'S A MEMORIAL TO THEIR ENDEAVOR, AND IN ANY WEATHER AND IN ANY SEASON, BE IT FOGGY OR CLEAR, IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SPECTACULAR OCEAN DRIVES.

DON'T MISS IT.

AS YOU TRAVEL WEST ON THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD, IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT EVEN THE LAND HERE IS NOT FOREVER.

THE EXPOSED COASTAL LIMESTONE IS AT THE MERCY OF THE WIND, THE RAIN, AND THE POUNDING SOUTHERN OCEAN.

IN ORDER TO SHIELD THE ROAD FROM EROSION, IT IS SET FURTHER INLAND SO THAT THE BEST WAY TO VIEW NATURE'S HANDIWORK IS FROM THE AIR.

VICTORIA'S GREAT OCEAN ROAD IS 160 MILES LONG.

AND SOME SAY THE BEST PART OF IT IS BETWEEN LORNE AND APOLLO BAY WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE ROAD HAS BEEN BLASTED RIGHT OUT OF THE CLIFFS.

AND YET, AS YOU GO FURTHER WEST, THERE ARE SOME VERY POPULAR STOPS ALONG THE WAY.

AND ONE OF THEM IS THE 12 APOSTLES.

AND THAT'S WHERE CHUNKS OF THE 300-FOOT LIMESTONE CLIFFS HAVE BEEN CUT AWAY FROM THE MAINLAND BY WIND AND WATER AND STORMS AND STAND AS A SENTINEL FACING ANTARCTICA.

IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THIS OCEAN ROAD SUCH A FABULOUS EXPERIENCE.

"IMMIGRANT, YOU SHRIEK.

I HEAR YOU.

I AM THE LAND YOU SEEK.

IN SIGHT OF SALVATION, MISCALCULATION.

WELCOME TO MY DEEP.

12,000 MILES TO PERISH, JUST A SHOUT FROM BEACH AND FARM, JUST A BREATH FROM FEAR AND HARM.

CAN YOU NOT SWIM INTO MY ARMS?"

SUZANNE HOWARD.

EVERY COUNTRY'S STORY OF SETTLEMENT AND DISCOVERY HAS ITS TRAGEDIES.

AND VICTORIA IS NO EXCEPTION.

THE 78-MILE STRETCH OF COAST FROM MOONLIGHT HEAD TO PORT FAIRY IS OFTEN CALLED THE SHIPWRECK COAST.

IT'S WHERE MORE THAN 200 SHIPS AND HUNDREDS OF LIVES WERE LOST.

ONE OF THE STOPS ALONG THE HISTORIC SHIPWRECK TRAIL IS LOCH ARD GORGE, WHERE, IN 1878, THE FREIGHTER LOCH ARD AND 51 OF ITS 53 PASSENGERS WERE LOST.

WE'RE AT A HISTORIC CEMETERY WHERE FOUR OF THE RECOVERED BODIES LIE BURIED.

IT'S THIS KIND OF STORY THAT ADDS YET ANOTHER LAYER TO YOUR GREAT OCEAN ROAD ADVENTURE.

THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS ABOARD THE ILL-FATED LOCH ARD MAY HAVE BEEN COMING TO PORT FAIRY, WHICH HAS A LONG, OLD-ESTABLISHED IRISH COMMUNITY.

BEST KNOWN IN THE PAST FOR ITS WHALING AND FISHING, IT'S NOW MOST ENJOYED FOR ITS YACHTS AND QUAINT OLD TOWN.

[upbeat jig] ♪ ♪ WELL, OUR LAST STOP ON THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD IS HERE IN PORT FAIRY.

WE'RE AT A LOCAL CAFE CALLED REBECCA'S, WHERE THEY SERVE LAMB STEW, OF COURSE, AND OTHER DELICACIES.

THIS IS THE KIND OF PLACE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ON YOUR TRIP.

WELL, I'VE HAD MY LAMB STEW AND SODA BREAD.

YET IN HONOR OF PORT FAIRY'S IRISH HERITAGE, IT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT TO LEAVE TOWN WITHOUT STOPPING OFF AT THE CALEDONIAN INN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE STUMP, FOR A PINT OF GUINNESS AT THE OLDEST CONTINUALLY LICENSED PUB IN VICTORIA.

[bittersweet guitar and singing] >> ♪ NOW HE WALKS ♪ ♪ DOWN THE STREET ♪ ♪ IN EVENING ♪ ♪ AND STOPS BY ♪ ♪ THE OLD CANDY STORE ♪ ♪ AND SOMEHOW I THINK ♪ ♪ HE'S BELIEVING ♪ >> Rosendo: OH, THANK YOU.

♪ ♪ NOT ALL OF VICTORIA'S ATTRACTIONS ARE ON THE COAST.

INLAND FROM THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD, THERE ARE A BOUNTY OF QUAINT VILLAGES, CULTURAL ADVENTURES, NATURAL WONDERS, AND COMFORTABLE ACCOMMODATIONS.

A NUNNERY AND BOARDING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS FOR ALMOST A CENTURY, THE CONVENT GALLERY IN DAYLESFORD IS NOW A WORLD-CLASS ART GALLERY FEATURING THE WORK OF LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS.

A GATHERING PLACE, THE ALTAR BAR AND LOUNGE SERVES FINE FOOD AND LIBATIONS.

MAKING THE MOST OF DAYLESFORD'S SPA TOWN REPUTATION, THE LAKE HOUSE OFFERS A SPA, LUXURIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS, AND A GOURMET RESTAURANT.

WITH MORE THAN 70 FOOD, WINE, AND TOURISM AWARDS, IT IS ONE OF VICTORIA'S MOST CELEBRATED PROPERTIES.

FOUNDED IN THE 1870s AND SITUATED AT THE FOOT OF ITS 1,600-FOOT NAMESAKE, MOUNT LANGI GHIRAN WINERY IS FAMOUS FOR ITS SPICY, PEPPERY, COMPLEX RED WINE KNOWN AS LANGI SHIRAZ.

CHEERS.

UTILIZING SOLAR POWER, RECYCLING WASTEWATER, AND BUILT ENTIRELY FROM SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS, THE GREAT OCEAN ECOLODGE AT THE CAPE OTWAY CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION ECOLOGY OFFERS UP-CLOSE EXPERIENCES WITH AUSTRALIA'S INDIGENOUS WILDLIFE.

DECLARED A NATIONAL PARK IN 1984, BUT OCCUPIED BY THE ABORIGINALS FOR MORE THAN 5,000 YEARS, GRAMPIANS NATIONAL PARK IS BELOVED AS A RICH SOURCE OF SCENIC BEAUTY AND NATURAL PLEASURES.

[water rushing] >> [speaking Peek Whurrung] >> Rosendo: GOOD DAY TO YOU, PAUL.

>> OH, YOU TOO, MATE.

>> Rosendo: WAS THAT YOUR ABORIGINAL WELCOME?

>> SURE WAS.

I SAID, "HELLO, WELCOME.

MY NAME'S PAUL.

THE LANGUAGE I SPEAK IS PEEK WHUURUNG, WHICH BELONGS HERE AT TOWER HILL IN THE WADA WURRUNG AREA, WHICH IS THE GUNDITJMARA REGION.

>> Rosendo: YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SPOT, I UNDERSTAND THAT TOWER HILL IS IMPORTANT FOR, OF COURSE, THE GEOLOGICAL THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE HERE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A PLACE WHERE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE LIVED AND FLOURISHED AND HAD THEIR LIVES.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WE'VE BEEN LIVING AROUND THIS AREA, MY ANCESTORS, FOR THE PAST 45,000, 50,000 YEARS.

THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY OUT HERE.

>> Rosendo: WELL, WHY DON'T WE START OUR WALK HERE?

>> NO WORRIES.

>> Rosendo: THIS MAKES A VERY HANDY WALKING STICK.

>> IT SURE IS, ISN'T IT?

TOLD YOU IT WOULD WORK.

>> Rosendo: BUT YOU SAY THERE'S BEEN ABORIGINAL PEOPLE HERE IN THIS AREA FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

SO TELL ME ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE.

>> OH, THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT TEN CLANS THAT LIVED AROUND THIS AREA.

>> Rosendo: TEN CLANS?

HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE IN A CLAN?

>> OH, IT CAN GET UP TO MAYBE 100 OR SO.

>> Rosendo: WOULD THEY BE FRIENDLY, OR WOULD THEY BE WARLIKE, OR WHAT WAS THE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP?

>> WELL, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE COMMUNICATION WASN'T ALWAYS SO CLEAR, 'CAUSE DIFFERENT DIALECTS.

BUT THEY HAD THIS SPECIAL TELEPHONE, BULL ROARER--WHAT THEY CALL A BULL ROARER, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THESE--TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER GROUPS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

>> Rosendo: HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT?

>> THIS HERE IS SPUN AROUND IN A CIRCLE.

OKAY, NOW, ON A CALM DAY, THIS WOULD TRAVEL AROUND THREE KILOMETERS.

>> Rosendo: REALLY, THE SOUND?

>> THAT WOULD JUST--TOWER HILL, ACTUALLY, THE CRATER IS THREE KILOMETERS ACROSS.

SO A LOT OF TRIBES AROUND WOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR, AND THEY MIGHT--DIFFERENT SOUNDS, DIFFERENT SIZES, DIFFERENT SIZES OF STRING, MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, ALMOST LIKE MORSE CODE.

SO NORMALLY WHEN I SPIN IT AROUND... [low-pitched whirring] [higher-pitched whirring] THAT'S A BUSH PHONE CALL.

>> Rosendo: BUSH PHONE CALL.

INGENIOUS.

>> OF COURSE.

>> Rosendo: THAT'S GREAT.

AND IT'S MUCH PRETTIER AND LESS COSTLY THAN A CELL PHONE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THERE'S NO MONTHLY BILLS.

[laughter] [low-pitched whirring] WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND YOU, EVERY TREE, EVERY BUSH HERE, PRETTY MUCH IT'S ALL BUSH TAKE-OUT.

>> Rosendo: SO IT'S ALL FOOD?

>> ALL FOOD, YEP.

BUSH FOOD.

>> Rosendo: SO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.

THIS WAS THEIR GROCERY STORE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS IS THE SUPERMARKET RIGHT HERE.

NOW, THERE'S SOMETHING HERE I WANT TO SHOW YOU THOUGH, THIS BROKEN FERN RIGHT HERE.

WHAT WE DO WITH THAT IS, IF YOU GET STUNG BY A BULL ANT OR A BEE STING, RASH, SUNBURN, PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING, A YOUNG PIECE LIKE THAT, YOU JUST FLIP THEM OVER, SQUASH HIM, AND RUB IT STRAIGHT ON.

>> Rosendo: SO ANY KIND OF INSECT BITE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU WOULD JUST USE IT LIKE THAT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Rosendo: THIS HAS A VERY NICE SMELL.

>> ACTUALLY, WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE PAIN TO GO AWAY, FLIP IT OVER.

YOU CAN EAT THESE BROWN BITS.

IT TASTES LIKE WALNUTS.

>> Rosendo: THEY DO.

>> MM.

>> Rosendo: SO WHILE YOU'RE GETTING HEALED, YOU'RE EATING AT THE SAME--OH, THEY TASTE REALLY GOOD, ACTUALLY.

I JUST HAD A HIT OF IT.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAD THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF PRACTICE, LEARNING HOW TO SURVIVE IN A VERY INHOSPITABLE CLIMATE.

AND YET, THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE DID QUITE WELL FOR SO MANY YEARS.

IT WAS THE SETTLEMENT FROM THE EUROPEANS THAT KIND OF CHANGED ALL THAT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

LIKE, ACTUALLY, A BIT ABOUT TOWER HILL, LIKE, OUR--WE LIVED HERE FOR SO MANY YEARS.

IN ABOUT 40 YEARS OR SO WHEN THE SETTLERS COME OVER, THIS PLACE WAS JUST PRETTY MUCH DESTROYED.

IN THAT--SORRY.

LIKE, IT'S A BIT SAD, I GUESS, BUT THE IRISH SORT OF TOOK OVER THIS PLACE.

SO THEY STRIPPED THIS WHOLE PLACE AT ONE STAGE COMPLETELY BARE, JUST GRASS.

AND THEY HAD THEIR POTATO FARMS, OF COURSE, AS THEY DO.

BUT IN '61, ALL THESE TREES AND EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE WAS REPLANTED.

>> Rosendo: HMM.

>> BUT THEY USED THAT PAINTING, EUGENE VON GUERARD AS A GUIDE.

>> Rosendo: I SAW IT BACK AT THE VISITOR'S CENTER.

>> YEAH, VERY FINE DETAILS.

>> Rosendo: SO IT REALLY WAS THAT RECENT THAT THERE WAS A REHABILITATION OF THE CULTURE AND ATTEMPT TO REVITALIZE THE AREAS THAT THE ABORIGINALS USED TO LIVE IN.

>> IT'S GONE ALONG WELL.

AND I DON'T MIND.

I'M HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS, MY TRADITIONAL CULTURE, I GUESS.

[didgeridoo bellowing] [wooden clicking] >> Rosendo: IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AND PEOPLE WHO COME HERE TO VISIT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE HERE FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE EUROPEANS CAME AND KIND OF MUCKED THINGS UP A BIT.

BUT THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER?

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, MATE.

IF ANY--YEAH.

BETTER THAN EXPECTED, ALMOST.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> Rosendo: NO VISIT TO AUSTRALIA IS COMPLETE WITHOUT LEARNING ABOUT ITS ABORIGINAL PEOPLE, AS WELL AS ITS UNIQUE INDIGENOUS WILDLIFE.

I ENCOUNTERED THE LATTER JUST 36 MILES FROM MELBOURNE AT YOU YANGS REGIONAL PARK AND THE SERENDIP OPEN RANGE SANCTUARY.

NOW, ALL THIS EUCALYPTUS AROUND, I BET THIS IS KOALA COUNTRY.

>> IT IS KOALA COUNTRY.

YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.

THIS IS SMOKY.

>> Rosendo: SMOKY?

>> YEAH.

>> Rosendo: YOU ACTUALLY KNOW THE BEAR'S-- OH, THEY'RE NOT CALLED BEARS, ARE THEY?

>> NO.

>> Rosendo: AND THAT'S INTERESTING.

IN THE UNITED STATES WE CALL THEM KOALA BEARS, BUT THAT'S WRONG.

>> THEY'RE NOT BEARS.

>> Rosendo: THEY'RE JUST KOALAS.

KOALAS ARE NOT NOTED FOR THEIR ENERGETIC WAYS.

THEY SLEEP LIKE 90% OF THE TIME, SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

>> YES, THIS IS TRUE.

BUT SO DO SOME PEOPLE I KNOW.

>> Rosendo: [laughs] ISN'T IT BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY EAT, THAT EUCALYPTUS IS ACTUALLY POISONOUS, I THINK.

AND THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF ENERGY FROM IT?

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT THEY'RE DRUNK, ALTHOUGH WE WOULD ALL LOVE TO THINK THAT.

BUT THEY JUST HAVE SUCH LOW NUTRITION IN THE LEAVES THAT THEY HAVE TO SLEEP A LOT.

CAN YOU SMELL HER?

>> Rosendo: [sniffing] I CAN SMELL THE FOREST.

WHAT DOES SHE SMELL LIKE?

>> SHE SMELLS LIKE EUCALYPTUS.

>> Rosendo: OH, I BET, FROM ALL THE EUCALYPTUS SHE EATS.

>> YEAH, BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY INTENSE AT THIS LOCATION, BECAUSE IT'S COMING STRAIGHT FROM KOALA TO US.

IT'S THE SMELL OF HER BODY, THE SMELL OF HER FUR.

I LOVE THAT SMELL.

I RECKON I SHOULD BOTTLE IT AND SELL IT TO PEOPLE LIKE ME... >> Rosendo: YES.

>> WHO WOULD WEAR IT AS A PERFUME.

FANTASTIC.

>> Rosendo: OH, THAT'S FUNNY.

>> NOW WE ARE WALKING THROUGH KANGAROO COUNTRY HERE.

SEE THIS LITTLE PATH THAT WE'RE WALKING ALONG?

>> Rosendo: MM-HMM.

>> THIS IS A KANGAROO TRACK.

THE WAY KANGAROOS DEAL WITH PREDATORS LIKE US IS TO HAVE SENTRIES POSTED THROUGH THE BUSH IN VERY WELL-HIDDEN LOCATIONS.

>> Rosendo: CLEVER.

>> THEY ARE SMART.

THEIR EYESIGHT'S FANTASTIC, AND THEY CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE, SO WE'D LOSE ON ALL COUNTS.

>> Rosendo: THERE ARE A BUNCH OF THEM OVER THERE.

>> GOOD WORK.

>> Rosendo: WAY IN THE DISTANCE.

>> LOOK, THEY'RE TAKING OFF.

>> Rosendo: YEAH.

>> THERE'S A GOOD MOB OUT THERE, JOSEPH, A DOZEN OR MORE.

>> Rosendo: WOW.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET CLOSER.

>> AMAZING ANIMALS.

>> Rosendo: NOW, THEY DON'T REALLY DIG UP THE GROUND OR ANYTHING.

I MEAN, THEY'RE REALLY PRETTY EASY ON THE ENVIRONMENT HERE.

>> THEY ARE, ACTUALLY.

>> Rosendo: I MEAN, THEY DEPOSIT SOME OF THEIR WASTE.

>> THEY DO, AND YOU CAN SEE IT ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE, CAN'T YOU?

CAN I JUST GRAB YOU A BIT?

>> Rosendo: SURE, SURE, SURE.

OH, THAT LOOKS FAIRLY FRESH.

>> IT'S NICE, YEAH.

>> Rosendo: OKAY.

>> HERE, I'LL GIVE YOU A SMELL.

>> Rosendo: OH, IT DOESN'T REALLY SMELL LIKE ANYTHING.

IT SMELLS LIKE GRASS.

>> HOW COULD YOU NOT LOVE AN ANIMAL THAT DOES THAT, EH?

>> Rosendo: SNIFFING KANGAROO DROPPINGS IS CERTAINLY A THRILL.

BUT I'M AFTER THE WHOLE ANIMAL, AND WE'RE JUST ONE STEP BEHIND THEM.

LUCKY FOR ME, JANINE'S PARTNER ROGER IS A CRACKER-JACK ROO SPOTTER.

AND HE'S BEEN SPYING ON A MOB OF GREAT GREYS, WHO CAN SKIP ALONG AT CLOSE TO 40 MILES PER HOUR.

>> THERE WAS JUST A LITTLE GROUP OF KANGAROOS JUST WENT ACROSS THERE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY QUIET.

I MEAN, WITHOUT ANY AUTHORITY.

THESE ARE REALLY FLIGHTY ANIMALS.

>> Rosendo: WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO GO INTO THIS AREA WHERE HE SAYS THERE COULD BE 100 OF THEM.

>> THE REASON THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO SEE KANGAROOS IS THAT A KANGAROO RECOGNIZES THE SHAPE OF US AS A DANGER.

BUT IF THEY ONLY SEE THE TOP HALF OF YOUR BODY, THEY CAN SEE YOU CLEARLY.

BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT'S A DANGER.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE TRICKS WE HAVE IN OUR FAVOR.

KANGAROOS TO THE RIGHT.

>> Rosendo: HERE THEY COME.

HERE THEY COME.

>> ROG, ROG, GET BACK.

DON'T LET THEM SEE YOU, EVEN AT THAT DISTANCE.

>> Rosendo: THERE THEY GO.

LOOK AT THEM.

THERE THEY GO.

THEY'RE OFF.

>> WASN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?

>> Rosendo: JANINE CERTAINLY DELIVERED ON THE KANGAROOS.

AND NOW SHE SPOTS ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN SPECIALTY, EMUS, THE WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST BIRD.

THEY LOOK HUGE.

>> THEY'RE A LONG WAY OFF THOUGH.

DO YOU WANT TO TRY AND GET CLOSE?

>> Rosendo: YEAH, HOW DO WE DO THAT?

>> [chirps and whistles] WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ATTRACT THEIR ATTENTION.

[whistles] LOOK AT HIM.

HE'S PREENING HIMSELF.

COME ON.

SHOW US SOME ACTION, YOU GUYS.

>> Rosendo: REALLY, SHOW US SOME INTENT.

WELL, SO MUCH FOR THAT.

YET, JANINE'S MOTTO IS, "IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY LOOKING EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS."

>> FOR SOME REASON, THEY FIND THIS NON-THREATENING.

>> Rosendo: WELL, I CAN SEE WHY.

ANYBODY WHO WOULD DO THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT THREATENING, ALTHOUGH MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MAD.

WE'RE GETTING INCREDIBLY CLOSE.

>> HELLO.

>> Rosendo: WOW, THEY'RE HUGE.

>> THEY ARE HUGE.

>> Rosendo: DO WE WANT THEM TO COME OVER?

>> WE DO.

THEY'RE THE GENTLEST CREATURES I THINK EVER PUT ON THIS PLANET.

>> Rosendo: WOW.

>> VERY SWEET-NATURED.

[laughs] >> Rosendo: WE HAVE GOTTEN CLOSER.

>> THEY'RE LOOKING AT US.

>> Rosendo: YEAH, THEY'RE THINKING, "THIS ISN'T RIGHT."

HE'S THINKING, YOU KNOW, "MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN ACT LIKE AN EMU IN THE NOONDAY SUN."

>> IS THIS AUSTRALIA OR WHAT?

>> Rosendo: JOIN ME NEXT TIME AS I CONTINUE MY SEARCH FOR WHAT AUSTRALIA IS IN AUSTRALIA'S ISLAND STATE, TASMANIA.

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>> Rosendo: NOW THAT YOU'VE HOPPED ABOUT VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, LEARN MORE AT TRAVELSCOPE.NET, WHERE YOU CAN FOLLOW MY WORLDWIDE ADVENTURES THROUGH MY BLOG AND PODCAST.

KEEP IN TOUCH.

NEXT TIME ON TRAVELSCOPE, I EXPLORE TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA'S ISLAND STATE, WHERE WE FACE ITS CONVINCT PAST, TAKE IN ITS NATURAL BEAUTY, AND HAVE A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH THE DEVIL.

Captioning by CaptionMax www.captionmax.com >> DID YOU DO YOUR WORKOUT THIS MORNING?

>> Rosendo: I DID.

THIS IS PERFECT, THOUGH, A LITTLE EXTRA.