Things To Try Before You Die

Things To Try Before You Die (sometimes shortened to Things To Try) was an Australian travel show that was produced by and aired on the Nine Network. Making its debut on 17 July 2007, each episode of the show focused on a particular country and counted down the top 30 things that one 'must try' in that country.

Things To Try Before You Die
Genre	Travel
Presented by	Jules Lund Livinia Nixon Gary Sweet
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	17 July – 4 September 2007
Chronology
Related shows	Getaway (1992 – present)
External links
Website

The show was similar to Getaway, a travel show also airing on the Nine Network.

Presenters

• Jules Lund
• Livinia Nixon
• Gary Sweet

Episodes

Season 1

#	#	Title	Original Air Date
1	101	"United States"	17 July 2007 (2007-07-17)
1 – Experience zero gravity (Nevada) 2 – Watch a space shuttle launch (Florida) 3 – Party in Miami (Florida) 4 – Go to the Oscars (California) 5 – Experience New York City (New York State) 6 – Fly over the Grand Canyon (Arizona) 7 – Climb El Capitan in Yosemite (California) 8 – Face up to Mount Rushmore (South Dakota) 9 – See Niagara Falls (New York State) 10 – Take in a Vegas show (Nevada) 11 – Experience of Iditarod (Alaska) 12 – Ice skate in New York (New York State) 13 – Ski Aspen (Colorado) 14 – Attend a big sports event (Indiana, Kentucky) 15 – Go to the baseball (California) 16 – Get behind the scenes of L.A. (California) 17 – Visit James Dean's home town (Indiana) 18 – Pay tribute to John Lennon (New York) 19 – Record a song at Elvis' Studio 20 – Visit the home of Elvis (Memfis) 21 – Drive Big Sur (California) 22 – Get your kicks on Route 66 23 – Drop in to Hawaii (Hawaii) 24 – Go to Disneyland (California) 25 – Go to a theme park (California, Florida) 26 – Party at The Palms (Nevada) 27 – Stay in Sinatra's holiday home (Palm Springs) 28 – Storm the desert in a Hummer (Arizona) 29 – Get lost in Las Vegas 30 – Skydive into Las Vegas (Nevada)
2	102	"New Zealand"	24 July 2007 (2007-07-24)
1 – Parachute from the North to South Island (Wellington to Picton) 2 – Take the finest walk in the world (Milford Trek) 3 – Holiday like the rich and famous (Rahimoana Villa, Bay of Islands) 4 – Hunker down at Huka Lodge 5 – Swim with dolphins (Bay of Islands and Whakatane, Bay of Plenty) 6 – Whale watching from the air (Kaikoura) 7 – Swim with wild seals (Kaikoura) 8 – Come face-to-face with an endangered species (kiwi bird) 9 – Try zorbing 10 – Jump off Sky Tower (Auckland) 11 – Setting foot on a glacier (Fox Glacier) 12 – Dive into the mouth of a volcano (Mount Tarawera) 13 – Visit an active volcano (White Island) 14 – Cruise the Milford Sound 15 – See Queenstown from the air (helicopter) 16 – Go wine tasting in Marlborough 17 – Taste NZ's finest oysters (Bluff) 18 – Visit the Art Deco city (Napier) 19 – Learn the haka 20 – Take a mud bath (Rotorua) 21 – NZ's ultimate snapshots (All Blacks at home; Wellington Cable Car; world's first sunrise) 22 – Ride NZ's best waves (Tauranga) 23 – Dive Poor Knights 24 – Paddle the Abel Tazman 25 – Race an America's Cup yacht (Auckland) 26 – Climb Mount Cook 27 – Heli-ski NZ's tallest mountain (Mount Cook) 28 – Snowboard Treble Cone 29 – Snowmobile in Queenstown 30 – Bungy jump where it all began (Queenstown)
3	103	"Africa"	1 August 2007 (2007-08-01)
30 – Go on an African safari 29 – Laze in a luxury lodge 28 – Soak up in Sun City 27 – Have breakfast with giraffes 26 – Surf at Jeffery's Bay 25 – Volunteer at an orphanage 24 – Sponsor a child 23 – (Volunteer to) save an endangered animal 22 – Scope the Skeleton Coast 21 – Play mum to a baby elephant 20 – Tarzan through the trees (a treetop canopy tour) 19 – Hangout with gorillas 18 – Balloon over the Serengeti 17 – Sail around Zanzibar 16 – Spend a night in the wilderness 15 – Spend time with an African tribe 14 – Witness a voodoo ceremony 13 – Visit Soweto (largest black township) 12 – Jump with the Masai Mara (traditional tribe) 11 – Try an elephant(-back) safari 10 – Step off the edge of Africa (via abseiling) 9 – Understand Mandela's struggle 8 – Visit the cradle of humankind 7 – Watch the sun rise over the "Garden of Eden" 6 – Pat a lion ... a small one 5 – The world's highest bungy (Brooklyn's Bridge, 216 m) 4 – Get wet at Victoria Falls 3 – Witness the wildebeast (migration) 2 – Climb (Mt) Kilimanjaro 1 – Swim with great white sharks
4	104	"Australia"	7 August 2007 (2007-08-07)
30 – See a croc at the Top End (Darwin, N.T.) 29 – See the best sunrise (@ Mt. Kosiosko, N.S.W.) 28 – See the best sunset (whilst on camelback, in Broome, W.A.) 27 – Witness turtles hatching (Gladstone, Great Barrier Reef, Qld.) 26 – Drink wine in Margaret River (W.A.) 25 – Swim with a Whale Shark (Ninnaloo Reef, W.A.) 24 – Walk Cradle Mountain (Tas.) 23 – Jump on a jetfighter (for $1000, in Melbourne, Vic.) 22 – Spend a night underground (Coober Pedy, S.A.) 21 – Eat the best meal in Australia ($195, 10-course, Sydney, N.S.W.) 20 – Learn to surf in Noosa (Qld.) 19 – Check out the Camel Cup (during July, Alice Springs, N.T.) 18 – Watch the Sydney to Hobart (Boxing day, Sydney, N.S.W.) 17 – Walk the Bay of Fires (Tas.) 16 – Visit an outback cattle station (Wrotham, Qld.) 15 – Try bush tucker (Arnham Land, N.T.) 14 – Wander around the Kimberly (N.T.) 13 – 4WD on Fraser (Island, Qld.) 12 – Drive the Great Ocean Road (incl. the 12 Apostles, Vic.) 11 – Take a dip at Bondi (Beach, N.S.W.) 10 – Climb the Coathanger (Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, N.S.W.) 9 – Play like a Playboy (Sydney, N.S.W.) 8 – Ride the Ghan (Adelaide, S.A. to Darwin, N.T.) 7 – Fly like a bird (hang gliding over Byron Bay, N.S.W.) 6 – Take on a theme park (Gold Coast, Qld.) 5 – Fish the Top End (Arnham Land, N.T.) 4 – Kayaking at Freycinet ($40 for 2hrs., Tas.) 3 – Sail the Whitsundays (Qld.) 2 – Go to Uluru (N.T.) 1 – Rent your own island (Cape York, Qld.)
5	105	"France"	14 August 2007 (2007-08-14)
1 – Climb the Eiffel Tower 2 – Visit Versailles 3 – Ski the French Alps 4 – Visit Mont St Michel 5 – Live the high life at St Tropez 6 – Experience Bastille Day 7 – Balloon over the Loire Valley 8 – Pay your respects at Somme 9 – Sleep in a chateau 10 – Drink champagne in Champagne 11 – Learn to speak French 12 – Visit Monet's garden 13 – Visit the Louvre 14 – Visit the medieval Carcassone 15 – Cycle the Tour De France 16 – Shop in Paris 17 – Sail around Corsica 18 – Go to the Cannes Film Festival 19 – Live it up in Monaco 20 – Charter a Superyacht 21 – See a show at Moulin Rouge 22 – Cruise the Seine 23 – Learn Fish Cooking 24 – Drink from the Evian 25 – Swim in the Mediterranean 26 – Stay at the Ritz 27 – Surf Biarritz 28 – Hire a canal boat 29 – Try vinotherapy 30 – Paraglide off Mt Blanc
6	106	"Middle East / Arabia"	21 August 2007 (2007-08-21)
1 – Visit the Pyramids – Cairo, Egypt 2 – Spend ANZAC Day at Gallipoli — Turkey 3 – Visit the birthplace of Jesus — Jerusalem 4 – Get up close to Petra — Jordan 5 – Have a Hammam bath — Cairo, Egypt 6 – Abu Simbel — Egypt 7 – Stay at the Burj Al Arab — Dubai, UAE 8 – Dive the Red Sea 9 – Cruise the Nile 10 – Temple of Karnak — Luxor, Egypt 11 – Snow skiing in the desert — Dubai, UAE 12 – Sand surfing — Dubai, UAE 13 – Bunk down with the Bedouins — Sinai, Egypt 14 – Souk shopping — Morocco, Turkey and Dubai 15 – Experience Luxor Markets — Egypt 16 – Dubai Desert Experience — UAE 17 – Dubai World Cup — UAE 18 – Sail the Arabian fjords — Oman 19 – Look at Leptis Magna — Libya 20 – Visit the Cairo Museum — Egypt 21 – Spend a night in an oasis — Dubai, UAE 22 – Camel ride in the Sahara — Douz, Tunisia 23 – Buy your own country — Dubai, UAE 24 – Live like a king — Dubai, UAE 25 – Play polo in Dubai 26 – Learn to belly dance — Cairo, Egypt 27 – Float in the Dead Sea — Palestinian territories, Israel 28 – Make it to Mecca, Saudi Arabia 29 – Visit the birthplace of Jesus — Bethlehem, Palestinian territories 30 – Sunrise hot air balloon ride over Luxor, Egypt
7	107	"United Kingdom"	28 August 2007 (2007-08-28)
1 – Go for an Aerobatic flight Glohesthire 2 – Princess Diana pilgrimage 3 – See the sunrise at Stonehenge 4 – Look for the Loch Ness monster 5 – Eat haggis and blow a bagpipe in Scotland 6 – Visit Chatsworth 7 – Be the King of the Castle at Cardiff 8 – Stroll down a medieval lane in York 9 – Try a traditional High tea 10 – Swim the English Channel 11 – Have a pint in a traditional English pub 12 – See a West End show at London's West End 13 – Manchester 14 – Go to the home of Beatlemania in Liverpool 15 – Sing with the famous London community gospel choir 16 – Play golf at St Andrews 17 – See a soccer match 18 – Wimbledon 19 – Cricket at Lord's Cricket Ground 20 – Drive a Ferrari at Silverstone 21 – Spend a night in a haunted castle 22 – Visit a Roman Spa Bath 23 – Stumble upon Mumbles — Wales 24 – Visit the birthplace of Shakespeare Stratford-upon-Avon 25 – Visit Buckingham Palace 26 – Visit the UK's smartest town Oxford University 27 – Hear Big Ben chime 28 – Visit the Royals Church Westminster Abbey 29 – London Eye 30 – Spy school
8	108	"Far East"	4 September 2007 (2007-09-04)
1 – Pat a panda 2 – See Mt Fuji 3 – Visit Angkor Wat 4 – Meet a Geisha 5 – Walk the Great Wall 6 – Visit Tibet 7 – Drink at the World's Tallest Bar 8 – Sleep in a Capsule Hotel 9 – Experience Tokyo 10 – Say a prayer in Shadin Temple 11 – Have your fortune read 12 – Ascend the Banue Rice Terraces 13 – See a dawn procession 14 – Go to a sumo match 15 – Eat in the Beijing Night Markets 16 – Chill out at Sapporo Ice Festival 17 – Join the Naadam Festival 18 – See the Cherry Blossoms 19 – Visit Tiananmen Square 20 – Enter the Forbidden City 21 – See the Terracotta Warriors 22 – Float down the Mekong River 23 – Go to the Olympics (2008 in Beijing, China) 24 – Cruise the Yangtze River 25 – Shop in Shanghai 26 – Ride the World's fastest train 27 – Come face-to-face with Snow Monkeys 28 – Kayak along Haong Bay 29 – Visit the Giant Buddha 30 – Visit the home of Shaolin

See also

• List of Australian television series

External links

• Official website. It now redirects to NineMSN's travel section.