Things To Try Before You Die

Genre	Travel
Presented by	Jules Lund Livinia Nixon Gary Sweet
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	17 July (2007-07-17) – 4 September 2007 (2007-09-04)
Related
Getaway (1992 – present)

Episodes

Season 1

Title

Original Air Date

101

"United States"

17 July 2007

1 – Experience zero gravity (Nevada)
2 – Watch a space shuttle launch (Florida)
3 – Party in Miami (Florida)
4 – Go to the Oscars (California)
5 – Experience New York City (New York State)
6 – Fly over the Grand Canyon (Arizona)
7 – Climb El Capitan in Yosemite (California)
8 – Face up to Mount Rushmore (South Dakota)
9 – See Niagara Falls (New York State)
10 – Take in a Vegas show (Nevada)

11 – Experience of Iditarod (Alaska)
12 – Ice skate in New York (New York State)
13 – Ski Aspen (Colorado)
14 – Attend a big sports event (Indiana, Kentucky)
15 – Go to the baseball (California)
16 – Get behind the scenes of L.A. (California)
17 – Visit James Dean's home town (Indiana)
18 – Pay tribute to John Lennon (New York)
19 – Record a song at Elvis' Studio
20 – Visit the home of Elvis (Memfis)

21 – Drive Big Sur (California)
22 – Get your kicks on Route 66
23 – Drop in to Hawaii (Hawaii)
24 – Go to Disneyland (California)
25 – Go to a theme park (California, Florida)
26 – Party at The Palms (Nevada)
27 – Stay in Sinatra's holiday home (Palm Springs)
28 – Storm the desert in a Hummer (Arizona)
29 – Get lost in Las Vegas
30 – Skydive into Las Vegas (Nevada)

102

"New Zealand"

24 July 2007

1 – Parachute from the North to South Island (Wellington to Picton)
2 – Take the finest walk in the world (Milford Trek)
3 – Holiday like the rich and famous (Rahimoana Villa, Bay of Islands)
4 – Hunker down at Huka Lodge
5 – Swim with dolphins (Bay of Islands and Whakatane, Bay of Plenty)
6 – Whale watching from the air (Kaikōura)
7 – Swim with wild seals (Kaikōura)
8 – Come face-to-face with an endangered species (kiwi bird)
9 – Try zorbing
10 – Jump off Sky Tower (Auckland)

11 – Setting foot on a glacier (Fox Glacier)
12 – Dive into the mouth of a volcano (Mount Tarawera)
13 – Visit an active volcano (White Island)
14 – Cruise the Milford Sound
15 – See Queenstown from the air (helicopter)
16 – Go wine tasting in Marlborough
17 – Taste NZ's finest oysters (Bluff)
18 – Visit the Art Deco city (Napier)
19 – Learn the haka
20 – Take a mud bath (Rotorua)

21 – NZ's ultimate snapshots (All Blacks at home; Wellington Cable Car; world's first sunrise)
22 – Ride NZ's best waves (Tauranga)
23 – Dive Poor Knights
24 – Paddle the Abel Tazman
25 – Race an America's Cup yacht (Auckland)
26 – Climb Aoraki / Mount Cook
27 – Heli-ski NZ's tallest mountain (Aoraki / Mount Cook)
28 – Snowboard Treble Cone
29 – Snowmobile in Queenstown
30 – Bungy jump where it all began (Queenstown)

103

"Africa"

1 August 2007

30 – Go on an African safari
29 – Laze in a luxury lodge
28 – Soak up in Sun City
27 – Have breakfast with giraffes
26 – Surf at Jeffery's Bay
25 – Volunteer at an orphanage
24 – Sponsor a child
23 – (Volunteer to) save an endangered animal
22 – Scope the Skeleton Coast
21 – Play mum to a baby elephant

20 – Tarzan through the trees (a treetop canopy tour)
19 – Hangout with gorillas
18 – Balloon over the Serengeti
17 – Sail around Zanzibar
16 – Spend a night in the wilderness
15 – Spend time with an African tribe
14 – Witness a voodoo ceremony
13 – Visit Soweto (largest black township)
12 – Jump with the Masai Mara (traditional tribe)
11 – Try an elephant(-back) safari

10 – Step off the edge of Africa (via abseiling)
9 – Understand Mandela's struggle
8 – Visit the cradle of humankind
7 – Watch the sun rise over the "Garden of Eden"
6 – Pat a lion ... a small one
5 – The world's highest bungy (Brooklyn's Bridge, 216 m)
4 – Get wet at Victoria Falls
3 – Witness the wildebeast (migration)
2 – Climb (Mt) Kilimanjaro
1 – Swim with great white sharks

104

"Australia"

7 August 2007

30 – See a croc at the Top End (Darwin, N.T.)
29 – See the best sunrise (@ Mt. Kosiosko, N.S.W.)
28 – See the best sunset (whilst on camelback, in Broome, W.A.)
27 – Witness turtles hatching (Gladstone, Great Barrier Reef, Qld.)
26 – Drink wine in Margaret River (W.A.)
25 – Swim with a Whale Shark (Ninnaloo Reef, W.A.)
24 – Walk Cradle Mountain (Tas.)
23 – Jump on a jetfighter (for $1000, in Melbourne, Vic.)
22 – Spend a night underground (Coober Pedy, S.A.)
21 – Eat the best meal in Australia ($195, 10-course, Sydney, N.S.W.)

20 – Learn to surf in Noosa (Qld.)
19 – Check out the Camel Cup (during July, Alice Springs, N.T.)
18 – Watch the Sydney to Hobart (Boxing day, Sydney, N.S.W.)
17 – Walk the Bay of Fires (Tas.)
16 – Visit an outback cattle station (Wrotham, Qld.)
15 – Try bush tucker (Arnham Land, N.T.)
14 – Wander around the Kimberly (N.T.)
13 – 4WD on Fraser (Island, Qld.)
12 – Drive the Great Ocean Road (incl. the 12 Apostles, Vic.)
11 – Take a dip at Bondi (Beach, N.S.W.)

10 – Climb the Coathanger (Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, N.S.W.)
9 – Play like a Playboy (Sydney, N.S.W.)
8 – Ride the Ghan (Adelaide, S.A. to Darwin, N.T.)
7 – Fly like a bird (hang gliding over Byron Bay, N.S.W.)
6 – Take on a theme park (Gold Coast, Qld.)
5 – Fish the Top End (Arnham Land, N.T.)
4 – Kayaking at Freycinet ($40 for 2hrs., Tas.)
3 – Sail the Whitsundays (Qld.)
2 – Go to Uluru (N.T.)
1 – Rent your own island (Cape York, Qld.)

105

"France"

14 August 2007

1 – Climb the Eiffel Tower
2 – Visit Versailles
3 – Ski the French Alps
4 – Visit Mont St Michel
5 – Live the high life at St Tropez
6 – Experience Bastille Day
7 – Balloon over the Loire Valley
8 – Pay your respects at Somme
9 – Sleep in a chateau
10 – Drink champagne in Champagne

11 – Learn to speak French
12 – Visit Monet's garden
13 – Visit the Louvre
14 – Visit the medieval Carcassonne
15 – Cycle the Tour De France
16 – Shop in Paris
17 – Sail around Corsica
18 – Go to the Cannes Film Festival
19 – Live it up in Monaco
20 – Charter a Superyacht

21 – See a show at Moulin Rouge
22 – Cruise the Seine
23 – Learn Fish Cooking
24 – Drink from the Evian
25 – Swim in the Mediterranean
26 – Stay at the Ritz
27 – Surf Biarritz
28 – Hire a canal boat
29 – Try vinotherapy
30 – Paraglide off Mt Blanc

106

"Middle East / Arabia"

21 August 2007

1 – Visit the Pyramids – Cairo, Egypt
2 – Spend ANZAC Day at Gallipoli — Turkey
3 – Visit the birthplace of Jesus — Jerusalem
4 – Get up close to Petra — Jordan
5 – Have a Hammam bath — Cairo, Egypt
6 – Abu Simbel — Egypt
7 – Stay at the Burj Al Arab — Dubai, UAE
8 – Dive the Red Sea
9 – Cruise the Nile
10 – Temple of Karnak — Luxor, Egypt

11 – Snow skiing in the desert — Dubai, UAE
12 – Sand surfing — Dubai, UAE
13 – Bunk down with the Bedouins — Sinai, Egypt
14 – Souk shopping — Morocco, Turkey and Dubai
15 – Experience Luxor Markets — Egypt
16 – Dubai Desert Experience — UAE
17 – Dubai World Cup — UAE
18 – Sail the Arabian fjords — Oman
19 – Look at Leptis Magna — Libya
20 – Visit the Cairo Museum — Egypt

21 – Spend a night in an oasis — Dubai, UAE
22 – Camel ride in the Sahara — Douz, Tunisia
23 – Buy your own country — Dubai, UAE
24 – Live like a king — Dubai, UAE
25 – Play polo in Dubai
26 – Learn to belly dance — Cairo, Egypt
27 – Float in the Dead Sea — Palestinian territories, Israel
28 – Make it to Mecca, Saudi Arabia
29 – Visit the birthplace of Jesus — Bethlehem, Palestinian territories
30 – Sunrise hot air balloon ride over Luxor, Egypt

107

"United Kingdom"

28 August 2007

1 – Go for an Aerobatic flight Glohesthire
2 – Princess Diana pilgrimage
3 – See the sunrise at Stonehenge
4 – Look for the Loch Ness monster
5 – Eat haggis and blow a bagpipe in Scotland
6 – Visit Chatsworth
7 – Be the King of the Castle at Cardiff
8 – Stroll down a medieval lane in York
9 – Try a traditional High tea
10 – Swim the English Channel

11 – Have a pint in a traditional English pub
12 – See a West End show at London's West End
13 – Manchester
14 – Go to the home of Beatlemania in Liverpool
15 – Sing with the famous London community gospel choir
16 – Play golf at St Andrews
17 – See a soccer match
18 – Wimbledon
19 – Cricket at Lord's Cricket Ground
20 – Drive a Ferrari at Silverstone

21 – Spend a night in a haunted castle
22 – Visit a Roman Spa Bath
23 – Stumble upon Mumbles — Wales
24 – Visit the birthplace of Shakespeare Stratford-upon-Avon
25 – Visit Buckingham Palace
26 – Visit the UK's smartest town Oxford University
27 – Hear Big Ben chime
28 – Visit the Royals Church Westminster Abbey
29 – London Eye
30 – Spy school

108

"Far East"

4 September 2007

1 – Pat a panda
2 – See Mt Fuji
3 – Visit Angkor Wat
4 – Meet a Geisha
5 – Walk the Great Wall
6 – Visit Tibet
7 – Drink at the World's Tallest Bar
8 – Sleep in a Capsule Hotel
9 – Experience Tokyo
10 – Say a prayer in Shadin Temple

11 – Have your fortune read
12 – Ascend the Banue Rice Terraces
13 – See a dawn procession
14 – Go to a sumo match
15 – Eat in the Beijing Night Markets
16 – Chill out at Sapporo Ice Festival
17 – Join the Naadam Festival
18 – See the Cherry Blossoms
19 – Visit Tiananmen Square
20 – Enter the Forbidden City

21 – See the Terracotta Warriors
22 – Float down the Mekong River
23 – Go to the Olympics (2008 in Beijing, China)
24 – Cruise the Yangtze River
25 – Shop in Shanghai
26 – Ride the World's fastest train
27 – Come face-to-face with Snow Monkeys
28 – Kayak along Haong Bay
29 – Visit the Giant Buddha
30 – Visit the home of Shaolin

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Episodes

Season 1

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