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

Things To Try Before You Die

Last updated August 06, 2025

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.

Presenters

Episodes

Season 1

#

Title

Original Air Date

1

101

"United States"

17 July 2007

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

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 Aoraki / Mount Cook
27 – Heli-ski NZ's tallest mountain (Aoraki / Mount Cook)
28 – Snowboard Treble Cone
29 – Snowmobile in Queenstown
30 – Bungy jump where it all began (Queenstown)

3

103

"Africa"

1 August 2007

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

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

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 Carcassonne
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

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

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

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

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