Capturing the essence of the Australian wilderness and its unique array of fascinating wildlife, Greg Grainger's documentary explores such diverse habitats as eucalpt forests, deserts, rainforests and coral reefs. Featuring action sequences of much loved Aussie icons the Kangaroo, Dingo, Platypus, Koala and Wombat, you'll also thrill to Coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef, nest building Bower birds, mimicking Lyre birds, spiky Echidnas, snarling Tasmainian Devils and more. Natural Australia in a nutshell.
Cinematography
Great Barrier Reef coral spawning looks like an alien rave.
Practical Effects
No CGI—just a camera crew brave enough to film dingoes up close.
Editing
Cuts between cuddly koalas and murder-devils keep you off-balance.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Greg Grainger spent decades making 'wild' docs before Attenborough went HD, cementing a uniquely chaotic Australian nature filmmaking tradition.
The platypus footage required specialized underwater housing in murky Tasmanian rivers—most crews still haven't matched its clarity decades later.
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