Australia with Julia Bradbury - Season 1

In the first episode, Julia explores Sydney harbour before heading backstage at Sydney Opera House. At Bondi Beach she joins a beach patrol before heading off to a tattoo parlour to the stars, and as evening falls Julia joins Sydney's drag queens for a memorable night.

Julia has a go at paddle boarding with pooches before meeting Australia's favourite koala. She joins fashion designer Jenny Kee, before taking a ride on the world's steepest railway. Her hike through the Blue Mountains ends with a sighting of the plastic-loving bowerbird.

Julia meets backpackers in Cairns and heads out to an island turtle sanctuary. She treks through the oldest rainforest in the world and gets a taste for green ants. The caretakers of an idyllic island introduce her to the magic of the Great Barrier Reef.

Julia explores the coastal city of Perth and its millionaire boat-builders and surfers. Later, more than 2,000km north along Western Australia's coast, she enjoys a day at the races in Broome before discovering life in the outback with an aboriginal family.

Julia embarks on a crocodile safari in the wetlands of the Northern Territory, before chilling out in Darwin, home of the Ghan train. She then hits the open road with a grey nomad to discover life on one of Australia's vast cattle stations.

At Alice Springs in Australia's Red Centre Julia is roped into a dry boat race. She heads back to the classroom at the world's largest school before meeting a retired Aussie soap star at his desert home. A camel ride introduces her to the sacred site of Uluru.

Julia drives the Explorers Way to the world's most isolated pub, where a small plane takes her on to the ancient landscape of the Painted Hills. In Adelaide, she climbs the Oval roof and meets a ladies cycling team before ending her journey in wine country.

Julia drives the Great Ocean Road, and enjoys a cuppa watching koalas. She discovers a golf course where kangaroos share the links and paddles with platypus before spotting wombats at dusk in Melbourne - the end of her extraordinary Australian adventure.