Australian Wilderness with Ray Mears

Season 1

7 episodes · Oct 13, 2017

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  • Ningaloo Coast
    S1E1

    Ningaloo Coast

    Oct 13, 201722m

    Twenty million years ago the sea bed erupted to create the great limestone cliffs of Ningaloo. In the rocks, Ray encounters the fossils of giant prehistoric sharks, before swimming with their modern descendants, the whale sharks, out on Ningaloo reef.

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  • Kakadu Wetlands
    S1E2

    Kakadu Wetlands

    Oct 20, 201722m

    On the waterways of Kakadu Ray meets the fearsome salt-water crocodile and stays with an aboriginal family, who share with him the secrets of farming with fire and creating meals from the bush.

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  • Nitmiluk Gorge
    S1E3

    Nitmiluk Gorge

    Oct 27, 201722m

    Ray visits a landscape which was old before the dinosaurs walked the earth. He flies over fantastic rocks and hidden waterfalls, travelling through towering gorges to see a prehistoric sight.

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  • Kangaroo Island
    S1E4

    Kangaroo Island

    Nov 3, 201722m

    Kangaroo Island is the 'wild jewel' in Australia’s crown. In the bush, Ray meets an echidna. It’s the only mammal with a true beak, and it lays eggs! Ray learns that the echidna is an ancient, living bridge between reptiles and mammals.

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  • Dampier Peninsula
    S1E5

    Dampier Peninsula

    Nov 10, 201722m

    Ray visits one of earth’s last great marine wildernesses, rides the biggest tides in the largest concentration of islands and encounters the world’s most massive oyster.

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  • Flinders Ranges
    S1E6

    Flinders Ranges

    Nov 17, 201722m

    Ray explores the Flinders mountains. He meets three different species of kangaroo, while Australia’s largest bird of prey, the wedge-tailed eagle, soars overhead.

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  • Walpole Forest
    S1E7

    Walpole Forest

    Nov 24, 201722m

    Sixty million years ago a great forest covered a large area of South West Australia. It’s still there, and Ray travels through time in a primeval landscape of giant trees to meet the quokka, one of the world’s oldest marsupials.

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