PRESENTATION
That's Australia is a new multi-platform series of short documentaries with a focus on Australian life, place and culture.
Drawn from over 25 years of filmmaking experience across the country, That's Australia has been created by the team that brought you Bush Mechanics, Inventions from the Shed and Going Bush.
Currently broadcast throughout Asia and the Pacific on Network Australia and now available on DVD, That's Australia is storytelling at its best..
The Films.
1. Biggest Banana - Murwillumbah banana growers come down from the hills to see who grew the biggest bunch.
2. A Ringers Life - For Kimberley ringers dust, danger and hard living go with the territory.
3. Designer Bride - Behind the seams of that once in a lifetime dream, the perfect bridal gown.
4. Wild West Frontier - Pearling town Broome was once a place of riots, opium dens, grog and romance.
6. Fastest Shearer - Fast and furious shearing action to set the Aussie record.
7. Stone Shed - Inventor Dad on a sheep station tries out his latest machine.
8. Mountain Men - Two self-proclaimed hillbillies spend most of their days in a daze.
9. Singing Cowboy - An Aboriginal Legend… The truck driving, rough riding cowboy… Wayne Swan.
10. Diesel Warriors - A small band of merry men turn old cooking fat into perfectly good fuel for their cars.
11. Shaddap Already - Love it, hate it, it’s the biggest selling single ever and 25 yrs on Joe Dolce still won’t shaddap his face.
12. Memory Vault - Catholic nuns establish a computer archive for the descendants of the “Stolen Generations”.
13. Horsing Around - The Knight family live and travel for weeks in their giant horse float to compete at rodeos.
14. Doug’s New Dugout - In Coober Pedy, Doug needs to find new digs cause his dugout has become a little crowded.
15. Les Under the Bar - When the great barman in the sky calls for last drinks, Les can drink anyone under the bar.
16. Jandamarra - Stories abound of this legendary folk hero and his superhuman abilities, aka The Aboriginal Ned Kelly.
17. Broome Air Attack - Gus Winkle describes his single-handed defence of Broome during a Japanese Air Raid.
18. Disappearing Tribe - The disappearance of the Yawijibaya peoples from High Cliffy Island is one of the North’s big mysteries.
19. The Boab Story - Sitting like ancient monoliths- where did these trees come from and why are they here?
20. Iron Island - One of the richest sources of Iron Ore in the world but what about the families that lived there.
21. First Contact - Stumpy Brown recounts the dramatic experience of seeing a white man for the first time.
22. Small Island Big History - The Lacepede Islands were once a rich source of guano and claimed as part of America!
23. Cyclone Alley - The coast between Broome and Port headland has more cyclones than anywhere else in the world.
24. Kimberley Rock Art - Known as the 8th wonder what do locals reckon about of the origins of the Bradshaw Paintings?
25. Bull Buggies - In the Kimberley we meet an Aboriginal Station manager and his unique work vehicle – the Bull Buggy.
