Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide

Of all continents on Earth, none preserve the story of the formation of our planet and the evolution of life quite like Australia. Nowhere else can you simply jump in a car and travel back through the entire history of the world.

Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide takes you on a rollicking adventure from the birth of the Earth to the emergence of the world we know today. Buckle up for a rocky ride down the Road of Time with series host Dr Richard Smith. Over four one-hour episodes, we meet titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos, sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans, disappearing mountains and exploding asteroids.

Epic in scope, intimate in nature, this is the untold story of the land Down Under, the one island continent that has got it all. So join the good Doctor for the ultimate outback road trip: an exploration of the history of the planet as seen through the mind-altering window of the Australian continent.

Created By

Status

Ended

Original Name

Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide

First Air Date

March 25, 2012

Last Air Date

April 15, 2012

Seasons

1

Episodes

4

Language

English, French, Hungarian

Networks

ABC TV

The Big Island
S01E04

The Big Island

The series final sees us racing down the last 65 million years to the present day. In the wake of the catastrophe that saw off the dinosaurs, Australia set off on a lonely voyage in southern seas.

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