Plot Synopsis

WILD AUSTRALIA delves into Australasia's hidden secrets, explaining why its wildlife and natural wonders are so special. Australia is one of the world's great melting pots for both people and wildlife, where successive invasions of people have made the greatest impact on its wildlife and wilderness areas. Over many millions of years Australia has spawned a fabulous variety of islands dotted across the Pacific. From New Guinea, through New Britain and Lord Howe Island to New Caledonia and New Zealand, they stretch from the equator to the sub-Antarctic. All are in some way related to Australia but each has its own distinct character and unique wildlife. Australia is famously full of the weirdest animals, grown up in isolation for almost fifty million years. But when people invaded, they brought dingoes, starlings, rabbits, cats, cane toads, camels and feral horses, as well as a great range of cultures and traditions.