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2. NEIGHBOURS TOUR 5. JACK OSBORNE
For Aussie soap fans, what could be CELEBRITY ADRENALINE
better than a tour of Ramsey Street and JUNKIE
meeting one of the Neighbours cast? In the latest series of Adrenaline
Daily tours take visitors to the famous Junkie, daredevil Jack Osborne
street in Melbourne’s suburbs, where a convinced his celebrity mates
familiar character is on hand for including Matt Willis and Jodie
autographs and photo opportunities. Kidd to dangle out of a
Ramsey Street is a real street where helicopter in New Zealand.
people live, so there’s no entry to the Dosomethingdifferent.com
houses, but visitors may be lucky has a range of helicopter
enough to see outside filming. The flights in New Zealand
Official Neighbours Tour and Official – but clients won’t be left
Neighbours Trivia Night both cost £23 hanging. Champagne
through Keith Prowse Attraction Tickets Picnic on a Peak is a
and are commissionable to agents. private helicopter flight from
www.keithprowse.com/agents Queenstown to a secluded alpine spot.
Guests are left in peace to crack open
3. AUSTRALIA the bubbly and enjoy a scenic picnic.
Australia, in cinemas this month, stars www.dosomethingdifferent.com
Nicole Kidman as an English aristocrat
who inherits a cattle station in Australia 6. CROCODILE DUNDEE
during World War Two. When cattle Kakadu national park in the Northern
barons plot to take her land, she is Territory was home to one of Australia’s
forced to drive more than 2,000 cattle most famous fictional heroes. It has
across her vast property (no mean feat dramatic landscapes, Aboriginal culture
as it’s larger than Wales). The Great and abundant crocodiles, so it’s no coin-
Australian Outback Cattle Drive gave cidence Crocodile Dundee was filmed
director Baz Luhrmann inspiration for there. To see saltwater crocs in the wild,
the film when he took part himself, in join a guided cruise of the Yellow Water
2005. To recreate Nicole’s long ride, wetlands or East Alligator river.
join the next Great Australian Outback Sightings are not guaranteed but you’d
Cattle Drive in 2010, which will appear be pretty unlucky not to spot at least a
in Qantas Holidays’ brochure. pair of beady eyes in the water. APT has
www.cattledrive.com.au a number of tours with the prospect of
croc sightings, including the two-day
4. SHIPWRECKED Kakadu, Art Sites and Wildlife tour. 7.
In Channel 4’s Shipwrecked reality show, www.aptouring.com.au
two tribes are marooned on islands in
the remote Aitutaki atoll, part of the 7. LORD OF THE RINGS
Cook Islands. The Sharks, on Motorakau, Hobbits, orcs and wizards made their
6.
are pitted against the Tigers, based on home in New Zealand when The Lord of
Rapota. These islands are usually the Rings blockbusters were filmed in
uninhabited, but other islands in the the country. New Zealand’s landscapes
lagoon are populated: Pacific Resort have come to represent “Middle Earth”
Aitutaki, a Small Luxury Hotels of the and a range of tours visit the unspoilt
World member, gives clients a five-star locations featured in the films.
shipwrecked experience. Guests can take Dosomethingdifferent.com offers a
lagoon cruises to set foot on stunning Safari of the Scenes day tour, taking in
deserted islands, relax on pristine locations such as the “Misty Mountains”
beaches and snorkel among rainbow and the “Road to Mordor” in the high
tropical fish in crystal clear water. country around Queenstown.
www.slh.com www.dosomethingdifferent.com
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