Coast Australia

Townsville to Cooktown (3x5)

Air date: Feb 06, 2017

Neil Oliver examines James Cook’s run of luck on the Great Barrier Reef. In this episode, Neil Oliver finds out how Captain James Cook resolved the crisis for which Cape Tribulation is named. And then, the indigenous story of his ‘lucky landing’ on sacred ground. Emma Johnston dives for a natural treasure beneath the Great Barrier Reef – while Brendan Moar simulates a cyclone – to test how this coast withstands the ferocious tropical storms that frequent it. And Dean Miller storms the beaches with an elite army unit that’s the eyes and ears over 640,000km2 of Northern Australia.