| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (23 min. 59 sec.) ; 144763821 bytes |
| Summary |
TW visits just about every corner of the country today as Colin visiting historical Fremantle Prison, Tess checks out Sydney Harbour Bridge and Pip cruises around South Stradbroke Island on a Segway.Fremantle PrisonReporters: Colin ThruppCol's on the history trail at the Fremantle Prison in Western Australia where he gets to climb down well shafts, explore underground tunnels by boat and get an overall sense of what life was life for prisoners over 100 years ago.Down under Wonder: Sydney Harbour BridgeReporter: Sean KennedyWhat is the largest and widest steel bridge in the world, using around 6 million rivets, over 52,000 tonnes of steelwork and 17,000 cubic metres of granite? Tess finds out.Segway Eco TourReporter: Pip RussellPip gets a turbo tour of South Stradbroke Island on the environmentally friendly Segway - from the sand to the bush to gravel and dirt - the Segway takes her through all terrains!Trials Bike EngineerReporter: Sean Kennedy Trials' biking is a pretty extreme sport, and the bikes involved have to withstand intense amounts of pressure when they're thrown around obstacles. That's why they need to be specifically engineered to allow keen riders to push their trials bike to the limit.Engineering Exhibition Reporter: Tess DobreTess goes along to an Engineering Exhibition to learn more about the projects and how they work - and she gets a very cool ride in one of them! |
| Event |
Broadcast 2010-07-21 at 08:00:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
| Subject |
Bridges -- Design and construction.
|
|
Electric vehicles -- Environmental aspects.
|
|
Engineering -- Exhibitions.
|
|
Fremantle Prison.
|
|
Trials bikes (Motorcycles)
|
|
Australia.
|
| Form |
Streaming video
|
| Author |
Dobre, Tess, reporter
|
|
Kennedy, Sean, reporter
|
|
Russell, Pip, reporter
|
|
Thrupp, Colin, reporter
|
|
