Tony Armstrong unfolds his bike and hits the road to learn about the untold history of Australia. He travels the length | dHNfU3Y3aHo3aS1KTFk
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00:00Stuff. Junk. Crap.
00:05Sometimes the biggest stories start with the littlest of objects.
00:09These things hold so many of our memories,
00:12like the time we won, what we've lost, where we've been.
00:16So I'm travelling around the country
00:18to collect the things that mean something special to you.
00:22We should have picked a smaller country!
00:24They're in garages, pool rooms and sheds.
00:28This is like Aladdin's cave.
00:31I'm bringing them back to a very special place,
00:34the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.
00:37There are some surprising objects out there
00:39that help tell the story of this nation.
00:42What's this object you've got for us to have a look at?
00:44I'm dying to see.
00:46The old President's Bank.
00:48There's records in this that go back to the 40s.
00:50Holy hector.
00:52Come on!
00:54I hear you've got a pretty special letter.
00:56I have a really beautiful letter from Bob Hawke.
00:59Oh, I'm going to get teary.
01:01This is sort of a shared object with my sisters.
01:04That is really cool.
01:05My great-grandad was one of the construction workers on the bridge.
01:09Tell me what happened.
01:10He jumped off the bridge to save his mate.
01:13What?
01:14It will be surprising.
01:15She came up with the term The Continental Wall.
01:18This is extraordinary.
01:20Sometimes emotional.
01:22My family is what I love.
01:24Is someone cutting onions?
01:26And always extraordinary.
01:28That is the only engine and that's the only frame.
01:30What?
01:34So come with me on my hunt for our most extraordinary things.
01:37Let's go!