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1. Episode 1
  January 1, 2000
In the first episode of this extreme-sports and backpacking adventure, the group gets thrown right into the heart of the Australian outback. These young travellers soon discover the challenges of living off the sunburnt country.
 
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2. Episode 2
  January 1, 2000
This time we'll see Rebecca and friends living in a fish bowl. And we meet Anita from Amsterdam, who has come prepared for some serious horse riding. Then we'll catch up with the Irish in Australia as Brendan and Jimmy set off for Perth, three thousand kilometres away.
 
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3. Episode 3
  January 1, 2000
Last time the Irish Engineers got lost in the bush. This time they head deep into the desert. Last time Rebecca from Birmingham shared an apartment with other backpackers in Sydney. This time she finds a job waitressing in a strip club.
 
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4. Episode 4
  January 1, 2000
This time Miki continues exploring the world's largest sand island, while Rebecca gets her heart broken and then flees to the Outback. Anita returns with her dog Chooka, and we meet Enrico from Italy and Reiko from Japan.
 
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5. Episode 5
  January 1, 2000
Last time Enrico and Reiko set off in canoes up the Katherine Gorge. This time they find out it's not as easy as their guide had told them. Anita got her dream job minding horses, and now she has her own car to go travelling with her dog Chooka.
 
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6. Episode 6
  January 1, 2000
Anita has been minding horses and planting native trees in exchange for room and board. Although she's enjoying her life on the farm, her companion is not happy there - so Chooka is being placed in a new home, back at the farm where Anita was last working.
 
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7. Episode 7
  January 1, 2000
Rachel bids a tearful goodbye to her adopted mother, Margie and the schoolkids she's grown to love. In this episode, Rachel and Miki buy a car and take a road trip in Western Australia where they'll earn a living picking fruit.
 
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8. Episode 8
  January 1, 2000
Rachel and Miki are checking into the backpacker hostel where they bought their car. The car cost them all their savings, so now they can't afford to drive any more. Their hope is to find some work picking fruit for the local farmers, so they can save up and get back on the road again.
 
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9. Episode 9
  January 1, 2000
Previously, we saw Anita from Amsterdam connecting with her guru and boyfriend, Baaba from Los Angeles, whose great grandfather was a Masaai warrior. Now they're on the road together in Australia. We also saw Miki and Rachel meet up in Western Australia.
 
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10. Episode 10
  January 1, 2000
In this episode, Miki and Rachel try to be at one with nature. . . Miki is backpacking her way around Australia. She's on the lookout for a sexy boy, because she's become bored with her Japanese boyfriend back home. Her traveling companion is Rachel, who has escaped from her workaday world in Canada.
 
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11. Episode 11
  January 1, 2000
Miki's ex-boyfriend is flying in from Japan tomorrow to visit her. But what he doesn't know is that Miki now has two new boyfriends, both Australian, and both named Chris! She's also about to start her night shift as a waitress in a local Chinese restaurant.
 
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12. Episode 12
  January 1, 2000
In this episode, Yonit, Enrico and Reiko are leaving the Northern Territory and heading across the continent to the west coast, with their Aussie friend and guide, Zac. He has arranged a special visit with his old friends, Jack and Lilly, two respected elders in the local community. Miki and ex-boyfriend Hiro take to the skies with a sky-diving lesson and as Hiro sleeps off his jet-leg Miki keeps a pre-arranged date with one of her two Aussie boyfriends. Everything goes wrong when Miki accidentally spends the night away from Hiro - after a night of drinking she's surprised to wake up at her girlfriend's house.
 
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13. Episode 13
  January 1, 2000
The final episode catches up with Yonit, Enrico and Reiko in Kalumburus - one of the most isolated of all the Aboriginal communities, well away from any tourist routes. Zac is good friends with Jack and Lily, who've agreed to give Zac's backpacking friends a taste of the real indigenous Australia.
 
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Synopsis: Last time the Irish Engineers got lost in the bush. This time they head deep into the desert. Last time Rebecca from Birmingham shared an apartment with other backpackers in Sydney. This time she finds a job waitressing in a strip club.
Original air date: January 1, 2000
Runtime: 24 minutes
ASIN: B000KZBW1Q
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #553,515 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Backpacking Australia Season 1
Synopsis: Part travelogue, part extreme sports series, this series is a fast-moving account of the backpacking adventures in Australia of a group of young travellers from all over the world. From Bungee jumping to swimming with dolphins, we follow backpackers through the experiences of a lifetime.
Network: TVF International
ASIN: B000KZDEP8
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