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Southern New South Wales

Episode 7 of 8

Series exploring Australia's coastline. On Gabo Island, Emma Johnston witnesses a secret method for growing unusual pearls in wild abalone.

In this week's journey, from Seven Mile Beach to Gabo Island, Neil Oliver discovers the fatal engineering errors behind Cape St George Lighthouse that cursed Wreck Bay for four decades.

In Callala Bay, Tim Flannery uncovers the life-saving properties of seaweed. On Gabo Island, Emma Johnston witnesses a secret method for growing unusual pearls in wild abalone.

In Eden, Neil investigates the truth behind the folktale of Old Tom, the country's most famous killer whale. Alice Garner revisits the weather-bomb horror of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, which became a race for survival.

Tim Flannery unearths a piece of lost British treasure that went down with the Cumberland ship in World War I. In the peaceful town of Currarong, Brendan Moar explores a century-old love of coastal-gazing, and the mighty fibro beach house.

Finally Neil recreates the great age of speed, racing vintage cars along their old stomping ground of Seven Mile Beach.

50 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Neil Oliver
Presenter Tim Flannery
Presenter Alice Garner
Presenter Emma Johnston
Presenter Brendan Moar
Director Stuart Goodman
Series Producer Elissa McKeand

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Take a fascinating journey around the coast of the United Kingdom.