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00:00Part 2
00:20Around the World with Michael Palin
00:30Darwin, Katerina
00:37Episode 6
00:43I'm riding a railway. It's called Lazy Lady.
00:47It's 54 metres long.
00:49300 miles from Darwin, we see something special.
00:53The only traffic light for 1,500 kilometres.
00:59Day 126.
01:01My driver, Scott, is taking me out in the town of Katerina.
01:04I'll be seeing him later, but for now, we're busy.
01:11Katerina is a small, bustling oasis in the middle of vast empty land.
01:15I have an appointment here with someone who will show me around.
01:19His name is Peter Trambott. He's a vet.
01:23He's going to work from this airport that looks like a desert.
01:32Peter flies a private jet that replaces a private car here.
01:37We head out over the valley to the east, to Katerina.
01:42How wide is the area you cover?
01:48All over there.
01:49I think about 1,000 kilometres in diameter.
01:53Wow.
01:54But it's pretty sparsely populated.
01:56Very sparsely.
01:57Including the town of Katerina, about 15,000 people.
02:00Maybe 20,000, maximum.
02:02Maybe.
02:03It's really pushing it.
02:05I don't know. They really don't.
02:07People come here. They want to leave the big cities.
02:10They want to get away from the cities.
02:13They want to live an independent life.
02:15I think they come here to run away from the law.
02:19Either that, or they want to run away from their wife,
02:22or some broken business, or, you know.
02:28Our first stop is the Kuliba runway.
02:32A reminder that this time of Australia is in the tropics.
02:36All of the season of Australia is in the tropics.
02:39Kuliba is a good airport.
02:43We're here to meet a man called Bluey Puff,
02:47or more specifically, Bluey's teethed pets.
02:54Bluey farms crocodiles for the fashion industry.
02:58You could be looking at next generation Gucci or Carden.
03:02He also risks his life and limbs
03:04collecting eggs from crocodiles in the surrounding swamps.
03:08Wow. Amazing.
03:13It's alien.
03:17Hold on.
03:20It's still biting?
03:22Yeah, but I can't get it out.
03:25What am I going to do?
03:27Get him out.
03:29He's going, ah!
03:31He's going, ah!
03:33He's going, ah!
03:35He's going, ah!
03:37He's going, ah!
03:42Take him, did you?
03:48Honey, it's a crocodile.
03:50Boy or a girl?
03:52I don't know.
03:54He's just a kid. It's amazing.
03:56You're going to be all right.
03:58The wonderful world is waiting for you there.
04:03Come on.
04:04There you go.
04:05There you go.
04:09Oh, look at that.
04:11He's going, ah!
04:12He's going, ah!
04:13He's going, ah!
04:14He's going, ah!
04:15He's going, ah!
04:16He's going, ah!
04:17He's going, ah!
04:18He's going, ah!
04:19He's going, ah!
04:20Where do you want to put it?
04:22Give it to me.
04:23Oh, you're good at it.
04:25Bluey, how long does it take them to hatch from an egg?
04:29About 85 days.
04:3185 days.
04:32It depends on the temperature.
04:34It's family business.
04:36Bluey's wife helps out, and he's hoping that his daughter will do the same.
04:41That's so terrifying when they hatch.
04:43Somehow, my mom seems to be bad at it.
04:45Ah!
04:46Whoa!
04:47Look at that!
04:48Good boy.
04:49Get him.
04:50I got him.
04:51Good boy.
04:52Oh, look.
04:53I got him.
04:54Look, I just want you all to know that I'm holding the crocodile.
04:58I'm holding the crocodile for five seconds now.
05:01Five seconds.
05:03I wouldn't touch this.
05:05He's a 70-year-old breeding crocodile called Mumbles.
05:09Bluey kind enough that he feed him some Brambi.
05:13Brambi, horse meat.
05:15I wonder if he can tell the horse meat from my hand.
05:19He doesn't seem to love you much.
05:22Obviously, he can't.
05:28There you go.
05:33I have nothing to say.
05:36I have nothing to say.
05:38I wonder how he chews. He doesn't have any teeth.
05:41I don't know.
05:42He's going to ask you something.
05:44You'll know.
05:45The real reason we came here is because Bluey's breeding crocodile is feeling a little unwell.
05:51He's not keen to come see a doctor.
06:03We'll get eaten here.
06:07Bluey takes no risk and gives away his weapon.
06:16Bluey's worried about the crack on the crocodile's face.
06:19It's affecting his productivity.
06:21Grab him now.
06:23Jump on him.
06:25Grab his legs.
06:27Where's my telephone wire?
06:29There, on the fence.
06:31Peter prepares to remove the sick tissue.
06:34It's not as rampant as it seems.
06:36The crack on the face is no longer sensitive.
06:41I sort of have to look out for him.
06:44This is a breeder's product. Is that why he's so valuable?
06:47Yes.
06:48How much does he cost?
06:50He might be worth less than us.
06:53I'll trim him up a bit, I think.
06:57Will you trim him up?
06:59Yes, I'll trim him up a bit, and he'll be fine.
07:02Does it hurt a lot?
07:03No.
07:05These tissues are already dead, and they don't feel anything.
07:08You can cut them with confidence.
07:13That's why he can't dive.
07:17Are you afraid of crocodiles, Bluey?
07:20Am I afraid?
07:21Of course I am.
07:24That's why I'm still alive.
07:31A quarter of the population of the Northern Territory is aborigines.
07:35In the last 20 years, they have, by law, received large fertile areas of land.
07:40The next point on Peter's route is the aboriginal settlement of Manyelaluk.
07:50Well, shall we get into it?
07:51Yes.
07:52Peter is here for his veterinary work.
07:55Castrating, delousing, removing, giving a jab.
08:05All, big and small, are pleased with his arrival.
08:09I asked Peter and his assistant, Trish, if they were bitten.
08:12Do you want to look at the scars?
08:15How many dogs are there?
08:16I think there are more than people here.
08:18200 or 300.
08:19200 or 300?
08:21Dogs are important in the life of aborigines.
08:24They are still hunted for their meat.
08:27They are still hunted for their meat.
08:30They are still hunted for their meat.
08:33They are still hunted for their meat.
08:36They are still hunted for their meat.
08:39They are still hunted for their meat.
08:42But the dog's diseases are easily transmitted to people.
08:46The small ones bite at the legs, the big ones at...
09:04Have you ever given a dog an injection?
09:06No, never.
09:07And why?
09:08It's not required in my work.
09:11It's the same as throwing a dart.
09:13Yes, it's not easy at all.
09:19It takes years of practice.
09:22Fifteen minutes after the jab.
09:26And then we do the operation.
09:28And when do they come around?
09:31About an hour later.
09:36Then we'll leave.
09:39When this dog wakes up, it will be castrated.
09:45Is castration necessary?
09:47Yes. You would have seen this place a couple of years ago.
09:52What?
09:53There were dogs everywhere.
09:54Everywhere.
09:55I know it's all in a day's work for Peter, but I find this operation to be a mere terminal squeamishness.
10:03If you're going to faint, find a softer place.
10:06There are so many dogs here, it's better not to fall.
10:09That's true.
10:13So you reckon the number of dogs here has become much smaller?
10:16Yes.
10:18Is anyone protesting against their castration?
10:22No.
10:28As Peter's handiwork begins to take effect, our patient slowly wanders around the village.
10:36I know just what he's got.
10:45I rejoin Lazy Lady, and we're going south from Katerina to Alice Springs.
10:50The 700-mile route is made two or three times a week.
11:00Scotty's been driving a truck for seven years.
11:03He likes to listen to the story of what happened in the middle of the sea.
11:11The gunnery officer looked down at the gunfire.
11:14He looked at the binoculars and pointed to the silhouette of Bismarck.
11:19Fire, he said.
11:20Then there came the incredible roar of the gun, and the ship twitched from the gunshot.
11:26Hit!
11:27Hit!
11:28Hit the second time!
11:29Hit!
11:30Hit!
11:31I told you that old man Ronnie would do it.
11:36When Dorset Shire approached Bismarck, the roaring ship was already sinking.
11:42Soon, it overturned and sank, leaving many wreckage and struggling men on the surface.
11:57Alice Springs.
11:58Alice was the wife of the head of the telegraph service.
12:01At this place, her husband built a telegraph station in 1872.
12:06Thus, the message from Australia to London did not take three months, but seven hours.
12:16The town was once a caravan of camels.
12:18When they were replaced by trains, the camels were released.
12:24Now they are caught again for different zoos and attractions.
12:27This is the camels' country.
12:36I'm driving to the very heart of it, to the deserted station Kings Creek.
12:46Here I met Ian Conway and his team from Icarus.
12:51People who catch wild camels.
12:54Tomorrow they will show me how it's done.
12:57I will sleep under the open sky like a real hunter.
13:00Isn't it dangerous to sleep under the open sky?
13:02Are there snakes here?
13:04Yes, it's better not to sleep with your mouth open.
13:08Because of dingo.
13:10If you feel a salty taste in your mouth in the morning, it's their job.
13:15Well, it's not scary at all.
13:17It's good here, right?
13:19No, it's terrible here.
13:21I wouldn't set up a camp here.
13:23And where would you set up a tent then?
13:25I have an air conditioner at home.
13:29It's very comfortable there.
13:35I slept well under the open sky and woke up to the delightful smell of the desert.
13:43A real English breakfast.
13:45Cooked in an Australian manner, of course.
13:59Do you want an omelette, Michael?
14:01An omelette, please.
14:04I had some strange ideas about catching camels.
14:08But in reality, everything turned out to be even stranger.
14:15I'm right.
14:16As soon as the helicopter started to chase us from the herd,
14:19I realized in an amazing world that I had nothing to do with anything that I still had to experience in my life.
14:25Now, me and a Dutchman named Gunnar are clinging to the life on the back seat of the jeep.
14:32But I only wanted to see.
14:38Now we're going to catch him.
14:40Now I know Ian won't calm down until I catch the camel.
14:44It seems easy, but it's the camel's land, not ours.
14:47Camels play with us.
14:49They know when to turn, when to stop, when to slow down and when to hide behind the trees.
14:55Now we're going to catch him.
14:59Alright, let's go.
15:01when to slow down and when to hide behind the trees.
15:04After a while, all of this seems absolutely pointless.
15:31All of my strength is spent on holding on to the car.
15:40There is a chocking cloud of dust around me.
15:43The camel stops and runs away again.
15:46Jan slows down, then presses the accelerator.
15:49And my ribs are cracking from the impact of the aborts.
16:15But eventually we got lucky.
16:18He's lucky. I missed again.
16:23We've got a camel. Now we've got to convince him to come with us.
16:30I've got to go around it.
16:31Well, shall I take this?
16:32Yeah, you can hang on to it, mate.
16:35Pull on her. Pull on her now.
16:40Pull on her.
16:41Pull on her.
16:42Pull on her.
16:43Pull on her.
16:44Pull on her.
16:45Come on, do it.
16:46Pull her. Pull her hard. Let go.
16:48Go back around more.
16:50More.
16:51Now you've got to stop her.
16:52Yeah.
16:56Can I sit on her?
16:57Yep.
16:59Oh, my God.
17:01I've never done anything like that in my life.
17:04In my whole life, I've never done anything stupid.
17:09Oh, bloody 60 miles. Christ.
17:13So they're going after the adrenaline.
17:16I've got it now.
17:17Now I've got it.
17:36Just as I'm walking home, Jan spots a new victim, and we're back in business.
17:48She's yours, Michael.
17:50She's yours, Michael.
17:52All yours.
17:54You got him.
17:56Fantastic.
18:00Fantastic.
18:13Sorry.
18:15Sorry.
18:23Come on, honey. Come on, honey.
18:26Come on, honey.
18:38The whole process of grooming is a mess and undecorated.
18:41It doesn't even hurt.
18:43But it doesn't hurt the camels back after.
18:46Jan knows that the better he takes care of the camels, the higher his price will be.
18:52You've done a wonderful job.
18:55Tell you what, you did a good job.
18:57You did a good job leaving the wild.
18:59Otherwise, we would never have caught her.
19:01Look at how solid she is.
19:02You can't just come out of a wild.
19:04You've got to give her a kiss.
19:06Just be careful.
19:07The camels have very strong kisses.
19:09Yeah, I'd better not get too close to her.
19:12She's got a lovely face.
19:13She's quite humble.
19:15I just want to apologize to her.
19:19Sorry.
19:20Sorry.
19:21Lovely.
19:28From here, the camels head to Jan's farm.
19:32A couple of weeks in the sanatorium, and then they, like me, will have to move on.
19:38Ironically, in their honor, one of the trains that sent them to retirement is named after them.
19:52It's called Jan in honor of the Afghan camels and their riders,
19:57who built the first railway line through the desert.
20:02The overnight riders and the camels rested in the comfort of the night train to Wadalaida,
20:07and my companions had even more serious problems.
20:10To your health.
20:11I hope you don't break your other arm while you get home.
20:31WADALAIDA
20:51Wadalaida is far from Alice Springs, and it's a completely different city.
21:02Unlike Sydney, Wadalaida has never been a colony for criminals.
21:07Its wealth and fame were earned by slow, persistent labor.
21:14It's just what I need.
21:16A couple of days in a good hotel.
21:18A book, a drink, and a chance to recover after a night in the bush.
21:23But it is not what I need.
21:26My arrival coincided with one of the most important events in the city's public life.
21:31The desperate and desperate.
21:34The rules of the event are simple.
21:36Participants must be under 40,
21:39they must be dressed in evening dresses,
21:41and desperately wish to make friends.
21:44They come here alone and leave in pairs.
21:49I sit in the corner and lower my head.
21:52The hall around me is full of people.
22:00Hundreds of people waiting for a sign of attention from hundreds of others.
22:07Fortunately, in my hotel people only meet.
22:10The ball itself takes place in another place.
22:19It's my work!
22:27Just as people begin to say,
22:29I suddenly get a strange invitation.
22:34I'm over-aged, underdressed, and madly blue.
22:37Well, does the gentleman have a choice?
22:48We're getting on so well,
22:50that I'm already thinking about a joint camel hunt.
22:57Look, that's the one I'm going on a date with.
23:00I'm sorry, Michael.
23:08Don't worry.
23:10I'll be back.
23:12Don't worry.
23:14In my book, the most interesting things begin.
23:22Just outside Adelaide,
23:24the world's only camel race takes place.
23:27Well, at least I'll get rid of camels.
23:30My heart is freezing.
23:32But in a moment,
23:34an important event will begin,
23:36which brought all these people to the village.
23:39There are people on the right from me.
23:42Our name is Great Cow.
23:44Try not to sneeze and drive away flies.
23:47Before you can participate in the race,
23:50you need to buy a cow.
23:52That's what the auction is for.
23:55130 times.
23:57135.
23:59140.
24:01150.
24:03150.
24:05150.
24:07150.
24:09150 now.
24:11150, not a five!
24:13160.
24:15160.
24:17160.
24:19160.
24:21160.
24:23160.
24:25160.
24:27160.
24:29160.
24:31170.
24:33175.
24:35The buyer is this strange gentleman.
24:38You got her heart.
24:40The price is good.
24:42I'll explain later.
24:44I think we don't know him.
24:46But the price is good, thank you.
24:48So, thanks to a prize of $175,
24:51I got the right to ride my own cow.
24:58Just take it easy.
25:02Her name is Our Name.
25:04I'm trying to learn her location.
25:08But others don't seem to care.
25:14The races have begun.
25:16Oh God, they can't get on the cows.
25:19Look what Maxi Milker is doing.
25:22What a failure!
25:24Our Name is very obedient.
25:26But it doesn't want to move.
25:29A bull bull is passing by our commentator's cabin.
25:33Our Name's team uses more thorough tactics.
25:37Our strength is in unity.
25:41Diana lost her rider.
25:43Diana is running alone.
25:45This tactic turned out to be very unexpected.
25:49Look what's going on.
25:51This guy fell and hurt himself badly.
25:53We need an ambulance.
25:55We urgently need an ambulance.
25:57And who is this? Is it Michael Palin?
25:59Another secret of success in a special diet for skaters.
26:04Dunk Fling is also running without a rider.
26:07And probably thinks, what a fool we are.
26:10This is Dunk Fling.
26:12What's going on with number 12?
26:15This is Daisy.
26:18What a mess!
26:21It seems this guy is very afraid to fall.
26:25And he will be shown on TV all over the world.
26:28Our fuel injection system is working miracles.
26:30We are moving.
26:32I'll leave the oatmeal for later.
26:37Great, Michael!
26:41They started moving.
26:43Someone else fell?
26:45It seems this is one of the guys from the village Mount Baker.
26:48While my impatient rivals were being carried away,
26:51I won second place, finishing 20 minutes after the winner.
27:03This is the Indian Pacific train.
27:06Now that we've crossed Australia from north to south,
27:09I begin a 24-hour journey to the east, to Sydney,
27:12back on the coast of the Pacific.
27:22A FEW MILES UP THE COAST
27:26A few miles up the coast,
27:28there's a TV series called Far From Home and Away.
27:31I wanted to see what makes it so successful.
27:34It turns out they need an actor.
27:37We might just even out the face.
27:40Excellent.
27:42Action!
27:47The concept seems easy enough.
27:49Good comedic entertainment.
27:51But I think I might get something new out of it.
27:54I like it.
27:55A bit of rubber?
27:56Not bad.
27:58Looks like that might be more the guy.
28:01Action!
28:03There he is!
28:05Over there, that's the one.
28:08As the characters of Far From Home and Away
28:10were running around in front of the camera,
28:12I slipped on my suit.
28:15Now, where's my dialer?
28:20Action!
28:23I may have only two lines, but it's tricky.
28:28Sorry, I was just getting a bit of a dip.
28:32Sorry, I was just getting a bit of a dip,
28:34but I suddenly thought...
28:40We have the last scene looking 15 seconds,
28:43and it's time to get dressed and go.
28:50The tension is rising.
28:55And... action!
28:59Yes, I'm having a dress in the atelier,
29:01and then I had them at the supermarket.
29:03And they had the most amazing choice of imported wallpapers.
29:07Yes.
29:08Well, it would matter if they were imported.
29:11Donald, I saw some wonderful wallpapers for your room.
29:14Not too much masculine, but not too much feminine.
29:18I know you won't like it.
29:20I hope to start my line before the tide.
29:22Sorry, I was just getting a bit of a dip,
29:24but I suddenly thought...
29:25Sorry, I was just getting a bit of a dip,
29:27but I suddenly thought...
29:28Sorry, it's too late.
29:30Yes?
29:32Sorry, I was just getting a bit of a dip,
29:34but I suddenly thought, is there any shark here?
29:39Shark?
29:40No.
29:41Jolly good.
29:42Thank you very much.
29:44But there's a lot of jellyfish here.
29:49Hello!
29:50Thanks!
29:51Thanks for the warning!
29:53I modeled the voice of Hugh Grant,
29:55and the walk of John Cleese.
29:57I wonder if anyone will notice?
30:00There's an extra place you have to check out on this day.
30:05The Oriana is here on its maiden voyage.
30:11I snuck on this boat.
30:19This seems a perfect way to end the city.
30:22And after all I've been through,
30:24it's perfect way to say goodbye to Australia.
30:48New Zealand is celebrating its 70th anniversary.
30:51It's a day of celebration.
30:53It's a day of celebration.
30:55It's a day of celebration.
30:57It's a day of celebration.
30:59It's a day of celebration.
31:01It's a day of celebration.
31:03It's a day of celebration.
31:05It's a day of celebration.
31:07It's a day of celebration.
31:09It's a day of celebration.
31:11It's a day of celebration.
31:13It's a day of celebration.
31:15It's a day of celebration.
31:17New Zealand is separated from Australia
31:19by a thousand miles of the Tasman Sea,
31:21named after the first white person
31:23who saw these islands 150 years ago.
31:28Auckland is a city of yachts and businessmen.
31:31It has the comfort and the charm of a small city.
31:35Here you can be sure
31:37that each day will be much like the previous one.
31:41Day 142.
31:48WIND BLOWING
31:53Which may explain why some people look through the window.
31:57Rap jumping is the latest style
31:59we're using in New Zealand
32:01as what it thinks it is.
32:06Maybe Auckland's too calm.
32:10Across the Cook Strait,
32:12South Island looks impressive.
32:14300 miles from Auckland,
32:16I cross the Strait on a ferry
32:18from Wellington to the edge of the mountains and fjords.
32:28Surely here,
32:30looking at the steep black cliffs,
32:32you can see that the sharp sensation
32:34is already somewhere around.
32:41As I boarded the South Island train
32:43in the town of Picton,
32:45I have a sense that something extraordinary
32:47is waiting for me.
32:49And I'm not far from it.
33:04Get more of the people on the boat, say!
33:06Get inside!
33:07The only other occupant of the line
33:09was the captain and the team of their fans
33:11who were returning from the races in Wellington.
33:14Step to the side!
33:16You better ride it high!
33:18Move to the side!
33:20LW is alive!
33:22Everybody in the boat, come on!
33:24I want to hear you say, whoa!
33:26Everybody in the boat, come on!
33:28I want to hear you say, whoa!
33:30Don't stop peddling, baby!
33:32All that peddling does is crazy!
33:34Wiggle, wiggle!
33:36Don't stop peddling, baby!
33:38All that peddling does is crazy!
33:40Wiggle, wiggle!
33:45By the time we reached the town of Kaikoura,
33:47they had finally worn themselves out.
33:49I have to be honest, I was supposed to be a pleasure
33:51to be among shy and embarrassed New Zealanders.
34:04That is the life of Maurits.
34:06Maurits are distinctly welcoming people
34:08all the way to their homes.
34:10Before they can show up to you,
34:12you have to go through a serious trial.
34:24Maurits were settled on these islands
34:26more than a thousand years ago.
34:28But the challenge is still the same.
34:30Today it is my turn.
34:32A branch of peace has been laid on the earth.
34:43Oof!
34:54Oof!
34:55Once I have picked it up,
34:57I and my Maurits officer can advance to the Marae,
35:00the special meeting place for the next stage of the ceremony.
35:05This I am not looking forward to.
35:07Every outsider is required to speak and sing a song.
35:11All the songs have flown out of my head,
35:13and for some reason I remembered my childhood.
35:17You talk about tradition.
35:19You know that every person has the most important place on earth,
35:23his homeland.
35:25That is why I decided to sing you a verse from a song
35:28that was written at the foundation of the school in Shrewberry,
35:33in England, where I went to school.
35:36It was written in 1552,
35:39and it was dedicated to the founder of the school, King Edward.
35:44My apology, but the song is in Latin,
35:46and I don't know if anyone can translate it here.
35:49Maybe Rick will be able to translate it to Maori.
35:52Anyway, I am only going to sing one verse for you,
35:54and it is the song of Shrewberry School.
35:56Shrewberry School.
36:21With head held high, I proceeded to Hongi,
36:24which means that a stranger has become a friend.
36:31This may look like another strange tradition,
36:33but the Maoris now have a very powerful influence on the island.
36:41In Kaikoura, they own fishing and tourist companies.
36:45They are building a new port.
36:49Next morning, I joined one of their enterprises.
36:55I have hired a boat and a guide named Snow.
36:58We are on the lookout for sperm whales,
37:00which are attracted by the great depth and abundance of food.
37:05Just looking out for that sperm whale.
37:08There it is up by you.
37:10That's quick.
37:14He's just come up there.
37:16He's been down for the last 50 minutes.
37:18He's been hunting on the bottom.
37:21He's breathing in and out every 15 seconds.
37:24He needs to get rid of all the carbon dioxide and nitrogen
37:27that has accumulated in his body during his last dive.
37:31Now he's just pretty much re-oxygenating his bloodstream
37:34to get ready for the next 50 minutes.
37:37How do you know he's going to dive?
37:41Before he dives, he takes a little dive.
37:44Last breath and exhale.
37:46Here he is.
37:48He's exhaled and dived.
38:00The further south I went to New Zealand,
38:03the more it became like my homeland,
38:06and the more I wanted to return to the erratic days of my youth.
38:12An outing on the river in Christchurch
38:16was like a dream spun by the British Tourism Board.
38:34Every cliché is like a butterfly in the sun.
38:41It's a dream.
39:05The clichés don't stop here.
39:08and the next day our bus headed for the depths of the island.
39:14It's almost as if someone knew that I hadn't been home for too long.
39:22As we near the southernmost point of our journey,
39:25the number of people on the Pacific Rim is diminishing fast.
39:30They seem to have been replaced by sheep.
39:33For every man in New Zealand,
39:35there are 14 sheep in New Zealand.
39:38They fill up wide areas of the Southern Hemisphere,
39:41and the climate is too mild even for them.
39:45Ahead of us is Mount Cook.
39:49So we don't want to stand on there,
39:51but we can float up here.
39:53On the Tasman glacier,
39:55I was taught how not to fall down into a crack.
39:58And then we can do a big step.
40:00A huge step for humanity.
40:03And we go to the next crack.
40:05It's easy.
40:06But all the 17-mile glacier can't be crossed on foot.
40:09We need aerial assistance.
40:29This is tough.
40:31Among these glaciers and rocks,
40:33perhaps the most famous New Zealander
40:35and conqueror of Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, trained.
40:38Sir Edmund Hillary.
40:57A hard, demanding environment
40:59touches the bloody strings of the New Zealand soul,
41:02which brings us back to the sharp sensations.
41:06In Queenstown, it's quite a sharp sensation
41:09when you're sold as an adrenaline-hunter
41:11in a commercial package.
41:13It's not just a New Zealand phenomenon.
41:15People from all over the world come here
41:17to be nearly killed.
41:21For only 30 quid, you're driven straight to the rocks.
41:26The great thing about this is that you can dip your feet,
41:29and no one will ever know.
41:35Oh!
41:39Oh!
41:49Oh!
41:56Oh!
42:01Oh!
42:05Oh!
42:08Oh!
42:13If you survive this,
42:15you can jump off the bridge
42:17and be home in time to dinner.
42:21People throw themselves off the bridge
42:2350 or 60 people a day.
42:26Five, four, three, two, one.
42:28Fire!
42:36Woo!
42:39Five, four, three, two, one.
42:41I talked to A.J. Hackett
42:43about how he jumped to work
42:45where he started his business.
42:49One of the things that I wanted to do
42:51as a beginner was to think
42:53about what anybody could do.
42:55The last thing I wanted was to invent
42:57big muscles and big penises.
43:00You know, at the beginning of the day,
43:02it was not what it felt like.
43:04You know, we're seeing those for day one.
43:08If we want them to jump,
43:10we spend a lot of time
43:12getting everybody who can do it
43:14a physical handicap
43:16and kind of throwing them off the bridge
43:18and a lot of time with them
43:20harnessing the muscles.
43:22And from day one,
43:24we've had a policy from day one
43:26where anybody over 60 jumps for free.
43:29Do you want to touch the water?
43:35Good luck.
43:37Good luck, I hope.
43:39Can you go like this?
43:47Strong.
43:49Here we go.
43:51This is your target.
43:53Here we go.
43:55Five, four, three, two, one.
43:57Magic.
43:59We'll do it.
44:01Let's do something.
44:05Over here we have a video camera.
44:07Wave over.
44:09Okay.
44:11Okay, it's okay.
44:13We've got here.
44:17Push on one.
44:19Five, four, three, two, one.
44:23One more.
44:25Here we go.
44:27This one.
44:29Don't look down anymore, okay?
44:31Okay, here we go.
44:33Five, four, three, two, one.
44:41Five, four, three, two, one.
44:43Apparently, the people over 36
44:45don't jump off the bridge that often.
44:47I think it's fear.
44:49But I want to believe
44:51that it's wisdom.
44:53Day 150.
44:55Dunedin Station,
44:57wet and rainy day.
44:59Robbie Burns
45:01statue of Robert Burns
45:03reminds us that Dunedin
45:05is the Pacific Ocean, Scotland.
45:13It's also the home
45:15of the best New Zealand university,
45:17the University of Otago.
45:23I visited Selwyn College
45:25to see what it is
45:27that attracts New Zealand youth
45:29to this far corner of the South Island.
45:41I've arrived at the beginning
45:43of the academic year
45:45and the newly-admitted students
45:47have already received important life lessons.
45:53Then there's a fisherman's run.
45:55I need exercise,
45:57so I ask if I can join.
45:59I feel like one of the Python definitions
46:01of the medieval king
46:03was that this man
46:05wasn't covered in shit from head to toe.
46:07The run starts off
46:09pretty ordinary,
46:11but then it takes an unexpected turn.
46:13Come on, guys.
46:15I'm going to tell the awful truth.
46:19I've got myself
46:21an ancient student ritual
46:23dedicated to the students.
46:25The run is later.
46:51Coffee with sugar, please.
46:53One minute.
46:55The run is later
46:57isn't a rough run at all.
46:59And just in case
47:01the students aren't enjoying themselves
47:03too much,
47:05the elders and the smarter ones
47:07will have a piquant dish
47:09of flour and eggs.
47:21Cheers!
47:23Cheers!
47:25Cheers!
47:27Cheers!
47:29Cheers!
47:31Cheers!
47:33Cheers!
47:35Cheers!
47:37Cheers!
47:39Cheers!
47:41Cheers!
47:43Cheers!
47:45Looking on the bright side,
47:47I could meet some future New Zealand philosophers,
47:49neurosurgeons, judges
47:51and prime ministers.
47:53I hope they'll remember me.
47:55I shall not forget them.
47:57Cheers!
47:59Cheers!
48:01Cheers!
48:03So, how was your trip, Michael?
48:07I studied in an English school
48:09so I know a lot about unpleasant
48:11and pointless exercises.
48:13But apart from camel hunting,
48:15I've never felt so stupid.
48:19Screenplay by Michael Palin.
48:21Cameras by Nigel Meakin
48:23and Stephen Robinson.
48:25Producers and directors by Clem Valens.
48:27The film was dubbed by SV Dubl
48:29by GTRK Kultura
48:31in 2004.
48:51See you next time!