Going Places With Ernie Dingo - Season 3

First aired: 6/12/2019 16 episodes
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Episodes

1. Charlotte Pass

Aired: 6/12/2019

Join Ernie as he explores the stunning Snowy Mountains winter wonderland that is Charlotte Pass and meets up with three thrill seekers Didge, Trick and Maaika living out their dreams.

2. Horizontal Falls

Aired: 6/19/2019

Ernie visits the natural phenomenon that is Horizontal Falls up in the remote Kimberley region and learns what life is like for the young people working in this spectacular part of our Country.

3. Yirrkala

Aired: 6/26/2019

Ernie visits the small community of Yirrkala in the Northern Territory to reconnect with some of the local Yolngu People and to learn more about what’s happening on Country

4. Mount Kosciuszko

Aired: 7/3/2019

Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales is Ernie’s destination this episode. He meets up with a passionate ecologist, a deep-thinking hiker, and a ranger, each with their own unique connection to the area.

5. Broome

Aired: 7/10/2019

Join Ernie Dingo in this captivating series as he explores Australia's most iconic destinations. But this is no ordinary travel show, as Ernie introduces us to the traditional owners and other people who live, breathe and work amongst these incredible places.

6. Hervey Bay

Aired: 7/17/2019

Ernie visits the Queensland coastal town of Hervey Bay and meets a Butchulla musician, a couple focused on eco-tourism and a man who shows off the migrating humpback whales.

7. Jindabyne

Aired: 7/24/2019

Ernie visits Jindabyne in New South Wales and goes angling with a trout fisherman, riding with a horse lover and drops in on a very talented sculptor all living their mountain change.

8. Grampians

Aired: 7/31/2019

Join Ernie in the Grampians in Victoria as he visits a local cultural guide, goes kayaking with an outdoor enthusiast and gets introduced to the art of glass blowing.

9. North Stradbroke Island

Aired: 8/7/2019

Ernie visits Queensland's Stradbroke Island and meets up with Traditional owners, spends time with a talented artist and gets up close and personal with Manta Rays.

10. Lake Mungo

Aired: 8/14/2019

The dry and remote Lake Mungo in New South Wales' west is Ernie’s destination to meet up with a Traditional Owner, a Guide and an AFLW footy player working on her farm.

11. Gold Coast Hinterland

Aired: 8/21/2019

The Gold Coast hinterland is located in South East Queensland, that comprises the Tweed Range, Nimmel Range, Tamborine Mountain, Numinbah Valley, eastern parts of the McPherson Range and western parts of suburban Gold Coast, such as Mudgeeraba. Known as Australia's "best-kept secret", the area boasts rainforests with inviting swimming holes, tumbling water holes and chilled creeks. Ernie explores Yugambeh country first with a hot air balloonist, then through eyes of an artist and lastly, with the experiences of a young Traditional Owner.

12. Gold Coast

Aired: 8/28/2019

Largely known for schoolies, theme parks and Margot Robbie, Queensland's Gold Coast is where metropolitan skyscrapers meet natural long sandy beaches. It's one of the country's fastest-growing regions, but still maintains its pristine coastline which stretches 70km long. Here, Ernie finds out how life is for three Gold Coast residents; an actor, a young man embracing his culture and an ex iron woman and mother.

13. Strahan

Aired: 9/4/2019

Ernie lands in the rugged North West Coast of Tasmania, a former port featuring Strahan Harbour and Risby Cove. It's one of the most isolated outposts of Australia, but beautiful, with the unspoiled beauty of the region's cold and wet landscape. The region has a haunting convict past, with the British bringing their most hardened criminals to the area's penal colony in the 1800s. With a population of only 600-odd, Ernie meets a steam train driver, explores the Macquarie Harbour with a skipper and visits thousand-year-old Huon Pines with a conservationist.

14. Port Lincoln

Aired: 9/11/2019

Port Lincoln is a small harbour city on the Eyre Peninsula, largely known for its fishing industry and seafood delicacies. Here, Ernie meets an ex- oyster farming couple, he swims with wild sea lions (and a marine biologist) and learns about great white pointer sharks from a passionate skipper.

15. Bruny Island

Aired: 9/18/2019

Beautiful Tassie wilderness region, Bruny Island offers the country's most stunning bushwalks with fascinating wildlife from fairy penguins to fur seals, and plentiful birds for watching. Ernie explores its rugged coastline with a skipper, is taken birdwatching by a local enthusiast and shown Country by an Aboriginal leader.

16. Ceduna

Aired: 9/25/2019

Ceduna is the small town located on the shores of Murat Bay on the west of the Eyre Peninsula. It's an Anglicised version of the Aboriginal Wirangu word "Chedoona", meaning to sit down and rest. It is the last township before crossing the dry and arid Nullabor Plain, which runs all the way to the west Country. Ernie visits Ceduna in South Australia and meets Felicity a softly-spoken pilot, Peter a dedicated footy fan and Perry a passionate fisherman and learns all about life in this small coastal town.