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Season 1

  • S01E01 Wet & Wild Rainforests

    • July 4, 2022
    • ABC iview

    In the heat and humidity of the rainforest Phil reveals the survival adaptations of the elusive tree kangaroo, the colourful cassowary and the lethal scrub python.

  • S01E02 Desert Dwellers

    • July 5, 2022
    • ABC iview

    In the endless heat of the sands near Munga Thirri, Phil encounters Australia's largest lizard - the perentie; our fastest flightless bird - the emu; and the world's largest marsupial - the red kangaroo.

  • S01E03 Wild Wild Wetlands

    • July 6, 2022
    • ABC iview

    Phil Breslin ventures into Australia's notorious swamp country where he encounters the speedy freshwater crocodile, the predatory barramundi and the world's largest reptile, the saltwater crocodile.

  • S01E04 Coastal Critters

    • July 7, 2022
    • ABC iview

    Phil Breslin heads along the rugged cliffs and sandy flats of the coast where he finds a master of the skies - the sea eagle, a master of disguise - the stone fish and the master of camouflage - the sting ray.

  • S01E05 Mud & Mangroves

    • July 8, 2022
    • ABC iview

    Phil Breslin heads into the mangroves for a muddy encounter with a feisty mud crab, a shovel-nosed ray that he catches bare-handed and a mosquito - well quite a lot of mosquitoes that almost eat him alive.

  • S01E06 The Big Blue Ocean

    • July 11, 2022
    • ABC iview

    Phil Breslin heads out into the deep blue ocean for a close encounter with the toothy tiger shark, the graceful and majestic manta ray and a giant of the deep, the humpback whale.

  • S01E07 Island Castaways

    • July 12, 2022
    • ABC iview

    Phil Breslin leaves the Australian mainland for some island-hopping fun and encounters a green sea turtle laying her eggs, a pack of wild dingoes on the hunt and a snake with a terrifying name - the death adder.

  • S01E08 Savannah Survivors

    • July 13, 2022
    • ABC iview

    Phil Breslin visits the savannah for an encounter with Australia's largest predatory bird, a wedge-tailed eagle, one of the world's most venomous snakes, the coastal taipan and a real-life dragon, the frill-necked lizard.

  • S01E09 Rivers of Life

    • July 14, 2022
    • ABC iview

    Phil Breslin journeys down Australia's river system by kayak, all the way from the rocky rapids to the wide brown estuaries. Phil encounters a duck billed platypus, a long-finned eel and a bull shark.

  • S01E10 Woodland Wanderers

    • July 15, 2022
    • ABC iview

    If you go down to the woods today you might just find Phil Breslin tracking down a yellow-bellied glider, an eastern brown snake and the cuddliest of all Australians, the koala.