The Great Outdoors was an Australian travel magazine series broadcast on the Seven Network. It began in 1993 and was broadcast regularly until 2009, with a short-lived revival in 2012.
Similar to its long time competitor Getaway, on the Nine Network, the program featured a team of reporters who travelled around Australia and overseas, reporting on travel destinations, tourist attractions and accommodation.
The program premiered on 5 February 1993 in a 30-minute format and was broadcast on Tuesday evenings at 8:00 pm. In 2002, the show was expanded to 60 minutes and moved to the Monday 7:30 pm timeslot, where it had stayed until 2006.
After suffering a gradual decline in ratings, the show moved to a new timeslot of 6:30 pm Saturdays from the 2007 season. On 28 April 2007, the show celebrated 600 episodes,[1] making it one of the longest-running programs on Australian television. However, after further decline in ratings, The Great Outdoors was cancelled in August 2009. The show did briefly return in October 2012 for a revamped series with 8 episodes airing on a Saturday evening at 5pm, with the possibility of a new season in 2013 which did not eventuate.
^ abcIdato, Michael (27 April 2007). "The Great Outdoors". The Sydney Morning Herald. from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
^Cook, Margaret (26 January 1995). "Having fun in the Great Outdoors". The Age. p. 8. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Newsbank Australia.
^ abc"Terasa's tales tall and true". Sunday Mail (Adelaide). 31 January 1999. p. A10. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Newsbank Australia.
^Everton, Denise (12 March 1999). "No regrets for Aussie actress - television". Illawarra Mercury. p. 3. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Newsbank Australia.
The Great Outdoors at the National Film and Sound Archive
February 21, 2023
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