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Ben Cropp - The elusive mermaid

52m 02s

The Dugong is an elusive animal, thought to have given rise to the legend of the mermaid. Around the world, Dugong have been hunted to near extinction. Australia is their last sanctuary, and even here they are on the decline from gill netting and indigenous hunting.

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Ben Cropp - Wonders of a billabong

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For this adventure, Ben selects the best billabong he has seen just outside Litchfield National Park in Northern Territory. This tropical billabong swarms with life. Filming in HD, Ben captures its pristine scenic beauty, amazing wildlife, their specialised behaviour and the drama of predator versus prey that is a daily battle in what appears a tranquil lagoon.

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Ben Cropp - Silent warriors

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In 1942, the most bloody battle between the Japanese and the Allied Forces took place on the idyllic Solomon Islands north-east of Australia. 26,000 lives were lost. On expeditions which led to the Solomons from northern Australia via the Great Barrier Reef, Ben Cropp has explored many such wrecks in detail

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Ben Cropp - The corals Reefs are dying

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Ben Cropp looks at the alarming deterioration of coral reefs around the world, caused by man's interference and pollution. Some countries have already ruined their coral reefs. Scientists predict that within 40 years two-thirds of the world's coral reefs will be dead.

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Ben Cropp - Where ocean giants meet

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Ben Cropp and his team witness the close of the last whaling operation in Australia and dive with the great white sharks that are drawn to the slaughter. ben follows the migratory path of the whales to shark bay, where the ocean giants truly meet.here on underwater dives they encounter grey nurse sharks, great white sharks, a rare leatherback turtle, and a herd of dugong.

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Ben Cropp - The Kimberley coast

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Ben Cropp and his sons, Dean and Adam explore from their vessel, Freedom II, the vast and remote coastline of Australia's far north. It’s an adventure along the top end - Cape York, The Gulf of Carpentaria, Arnhem Land, and the Kimberly coast.

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A Model Adventure Season 1 Episode 3 - Jungle Endurance

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Catwalk model Kate Peck takes on tropical north Queensland in a three day endurance challenge that sees her tackle an arduous mountain-bike trek, complete an off-shore kayak and finish a 20km run whilst dealing with crocodiles, relentless rain and humidity as she camps out in the Daintree jungle.

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A Model Adventure Season 1 Episode 1 - Off-Road Racing

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Catwalk model Kate Peck joins the Chapman Racing Team as Navigator alongside Driver Clayton Chapman as they overcome outback bull dust and breakdowns to reach speeds of up to 200km p/hr in an attempt to win at the Kalgoorlie 400, on the first leg of the Australian Off-road Racing Championships.

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A Model Adventure Season 1 Episode 4 - Yacht Race

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Catwalk model Kate Peck takes part in the Sydney to Mooloolaba Yacht Race, with no experience at sea she has to learn to sail from scratch and faces oncoming cyclones, climbing the mast and sleep deprivation to prove herself as a worthy crew member on board Sydney catamaran, Ricochet.

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Ben Cropp - Australia's Wild North

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Ben Cropp and his sons, Dean and Adam explore from their vessel, Freedom ll, the vast and remote coastline of Australia’ s far north. Ben visits his dream place, what he feels is the most spectacular and beautiful place in all of Australia.

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Ben Cropp - Plight of the pelican

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Join Ben Cropp as he explores different breeding grounds of the pelicans such as the barren islands where they lay their eggs, to the rivers where many predators such as crocodiles and eagles prey on the young chicks. This film attempts to track the life of flocks of pelicans through an entire cycle of seasons.

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Ben Cropp - Sea snakes of the marion reef

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The sea snake, serpent of the sea, is a highly venomous creature, its venom is ten times more potent than the cobra. Many native fishermen die from sea snake bites in the islands north of Australia, but, fatalities are rare in Australi. Marine scientists accompany Ben Cropp on his vessel “Freedom” to Marion Reef.

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Ben Cropp - Exploring Cape York

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The third film in the series of adventures undertaken by Ben Cropp and his two sons, Dean and Adam, around the top end of Australia’s wilderness. Here Ben catches mud crabs in Princess Charlotte Bay, and shows how he can immobilise the formidable claws by caressing the crab and putting it to sleep.

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Ben Cropp - Coral Sea: Emerald Isles in a raimbow sea

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In the Coral Sea, east of Queensland and south of the Solomons lie many plateaus of coral that rise to the surface and are capped with coral islands. Ben Cropp and his team scuba dive these crystal waters with wonderful coral gardens, big fish, and many sharks, that go into a feeding frenzy when food is available.

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The Borderless Sky - The Aboriginal Sky of Australia

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On the road to the Milky Way – In Australia, we travel with John Goldsmith deep into the West Australian Outback. His photographs show the sky of the southern hemisphere spectacularly in the footsteps of the Aborigines: hours pass by as if in flight, the rising full moon shines bright as the sun, the Milky Way moves as a luminous band over the landscape.

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