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Margaret River Soup Kitchen - Ep. 14
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
In Augusta we chat to Kevin about his experiments with bush regeneration and his old car, which he has converted to run on used deep frying oil. Then we're off to meet Dave Seegar at the Margaret River Soup Kitchen.
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Rosneath Farm - Ep. 13
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
In Yallingup, Western Australia, we meet permaculture expert Warwick Rowell, who spent more than a decade attempting to establish an ecovillage in the area. Yallingup got its name from the Aboriginal word for "place of love, " but as the Rowell family's story tells us, it has not been all wine and roses.
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Pinakarri Housing Co-Op - Ep. 12
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
It's time to send our Best Boy Eirik back home to Norway. We then head to Fremantle to visit the Pinakarri community; a sustainability-minded suburban housing co-op in Hamilton Hill, the first of its kind in Western Australia.
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Ecovillages vs. the GFC - Ep. 11
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
On our journey south in Western Australia, we realize the global financial crisis had a great impact on some people in the area. While most people felt the pinch, it made plans extremely difficult, if not impossible, for some families in the state who were trying to establish ecovillages, and create a more sustainable lifestyle. Nervous banks either denied or withdrew support from what they thought was too experimental in an unstable economic climate. We look at two struggling projects, the Geraldton Urban Ecovillage and Somerville Ecovillage, near Perth.
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The Prince of Hutt River - Ep. 10
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
The Principality of Hutt River is Australia's oldest micro-nation. Prince Leonard I and 30 other residents officially seceded from Australia in 1970, in an act of self-preservation, after the government technically threatened to take away both their livelihood and property. We follow the gracefully aging Prince on a busy day in his Capital, Nain.
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Flatback Turtles (Port Hedland) - Ep. 9
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
The busiest iron ore port in Australia may not be the most scenic of towns, built primarily to serve the mineral industry, but its beaches still offer a natural spectacle.
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The road from Darwin to Broome - Ep. 8
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
The week between Christmas and New Year's Eve was something of an endurance contest, as we drove more than 2,000 kilometers in three days through some of the most spectacular landscapes that Australia has to offer. We meet local bull enthusiast Tex Kitchen at Willare Bridge Roadhouse. And as we finally arrived in Broome we fare-welled the old year from the camel's back and went looking for 120 million year old dinosaur prints.
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Crocs and Christmas in Darwin - Ep. 7
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
The silly season is upon us as we enter the Northern Territory! In Darwin we catch up with Melbournian migrant Steven Noble who is working as a local tour guide. It's Christmas Eve, and a fortunate coincidence made us cross paths with another local man, Craig West, who shows us some local fauna. If Rudolph were here, he probably would have been eaten by now. Merry Christmas everybody!
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The UFO Capital (Wycliffe Well) - Ep. 6
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
Alien spacecrafts! Abductions! Government conspiracies! Yes please, and a powered campsite for the night, thank you! Four hours north of Alice Springs we find the self-proclaimed UFO capital of Australia. Wycliffe Well is more like a themed caravan park than a town. As we arrived in the off-season for tourism, we possibly doubled the overnight population when we pitched out tents. But we were well provided for, and they serve up a decent feed with a side of mystery there. We caught up with manager Russell Perry who reckons he'd spotted a whole handful UFOs in the last year - at least. As for our own UFO spotting adventure... you'll have to watch the episode to find out.
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Alice Springs Snake Encounter - Ep. 5
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
As travelers it is exciting to get up close and personal with local wildlife. But some species are better kept at a distance. We have run this video past a number of professionals, who are largely in disagreement about what kind of snake this really is. About half have said it's a brown snake, famously known as the second most venomous snake in the world. On the other hand, some have said they reckon it's not a snake at all and, on the contrary, they think it's a legless lizard. In any case, they've all agreed on this: "When in doubt, don't get up too close, and leave it up to trained professionals to deal with whatever that is."
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Uluru and Molly Clark - Ep. 4
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
After a quick stop at Australia's most famous landmark, Uluru, we head to Alice Springs in search of 87-year-old Molly Clark. This was an interesting turn in our travels, as we had all thought that at this point on our trip we would be spending more time sightseeing than running around in a town chasing a story. But, there we were...
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Coober Pedy or Desert Nightmare - Ep. 3
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
This week we're off to Coober Pedy, the opal capital of the world. Opals were discovered here in 1914, and about 70% of all the world's opals come from this dot on the map. It's a fascinating place, but we're not here for the gemstones. After a night shoot with our visual artist Dida Sundet, the staged fear in her images becomes reality...
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Aldinga Arts Ecovillage - Ep. 2
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
Aldinga Arts EcoVillage in South Australia is a sustainable community that has been 30 years in the making. We meet up with villagers Lynda McCarty, Elizabeth Heij and Adrian Oakey.
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Dive into The Inland Sea - Ep. 1
The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey
Join Norwegian journalist Steinar Ellingsen and his crew as they set out to take on Australia for the first time. The crew consisted of a visual artist, a cameraman and a helpful, albeit broke, assistant. Their Australian Odyssey started in Melbourne and finished in the same place ten weeks later, after trekking 16,000 kilometers via Adelaide, Uluru (Ayers Rock), Alice Springs, Darwin, Broome, Perth and everywhere in between. Along the way they visit ecovillages, spot wildlife, interview seemingly random people with great stories to tell, search for UFOs, and they even have a sit-down with royalty.
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Join Norwegian journalist Steinar Ellingsen and his crew as they set out to take on Australia for the first time. The crew consisted of a visual artist, a cameraman and a helpful, albeit broke, assistant. Their Australian Odyssey started in Melbourne and finished in the same place ten weeks later, after trekking 16,000 kilometers via Adelaide, Uluru (Ayers Rock), Alice Springs, Darwin, Broome, Perth and everywhere in between. Along the way they visit ecovillages, spot wildlife, interview seemingly random people with great stories to tell, search for UFOs, and they even have a sit-down with royalty.
Credits:
Steinar Ellingsen - Writer, Director, Presenter, Editor, Photographer
Ben Hall - Camera
Dida Sundet - Photography
Eirik Laugerud - Best boy
Ben Hall - Camera
Dida Sundet - Photography
Eirik Laugerud - Best boy
