Julia goes backstage at the Sydney Opera House, joins the beach patrol on Bondi Beach, visits a tattooist in hip Surry Hills and has a night with Sydney's drag queens.

Julia visits Manly Beach to experience dog walking with a difference, takes in a conservation and wildlife park, meets fashion designer Jenny Kee and hikes through the Blue Mountains.

Julia meets backpackers in Cairns, has a trip to a turtle rescue centre, treks through one of the worlds oldest rainforests in Queensland and enjoys time on the Great Barrier Reef.

Julia goes aboard a superyacht in Perth, visits Trigg Beach, enjoys Ladies Day at Broome Cup and ventures into the Outback of Western Australia.

Julia goes croc spotting in the wetlands of the Northern Territory, sees the The Ghan train leave Darwin, travels with a grey nomad and experiences life on a cattle station.

At Alice Springs in Australia's Red Centre, Julia is roped into a dry boat race. She heads back to the classroom at the world's largest school before meeting a retired Aussie soap star at his desert home. A camel ride introduces her to the sacred site of Uluru.

Julia drives the Explorers Way to view an underground home at Coober Pedy, flies to the Painted Hills, walks a stadium roof in Adelaide and cycles to a vineyard to sample Shiraz.

Julia sets off to discover Australia's extraordinary story. Traveling from the heart of Australia's red desert to the edge of the continent she discovers bustling cities and historic outback towns, hard working cattle stations and idyllic sandy beaches.