Going Bush

Going Bush takes you beyond the cliché of the outback and into the hearts, minds and country of indigenous Australia.

What happens when two of Australia's best-known women, Olympic champion Catherine Freeman and actor Deborah Mailman, go bush across the top end of Australia together? One hell of a lot more than a straightforward road trip. Going Bush takes you beyond the cliché of the outback and into the hearts, minds and country of indigenous Australians. This four-part series has ‘Deb' and ‘Cath' as road buddies, exploring terrain that is as unfamiliar to them as it is to the average armchair traveller. From Cape York to Coober Pedy, from Byron Bay to Broome, this is adventure travel at its best.

‘What we see is a beautiful country, beautifully filmed ... [the] people are rich in a spirit we seem to lack in the city. It's a quality our hosts share.'
Gordon Farrer, The Age

• Lonely Planet (LINK)
• Cathy Freeman Official Site (LINK)
• Cathy Freeman on Wikipedia (LINK)
• Deborah Mailman on IMDb (LINK)
• Deborah Mailman on Wikipedia (LINK)

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• Presenters
  CATHERINE FREEMAN
  DEBORAH MAILMAN

  Series Producer
  JENI McMAHON

  Directors
  DAVID BATTY
  TONY JACKSON

  Associate Producer
  DAVID COLLINS

  Writer
  TONY JACKSON

  Research
  JENI McMAHON

• Camera
  PAUL BELL

  Sound
  BELLA KENWORTHY

  Production Manager
  JOANY SZE

  Unit Manager
  JOEL GRAHAM

  Editors
  ANDREW ELLIS
  BERGEN O'BRIEN

  Composer
  MICHAEL DEN ELZEN