Australia Remastered: Nature’s Great Divide
Premieres Tuesday 30 November at 9.30pm on ABC TV & ABC iview
Australia’s wilderness is a world unto itself, made possible by the protection provided by The Wallace Line, one of the most important boundaries in nature. Hosted and narrated by Aaron Pedersen, NATURE’S GREAT DIVIDE is a three-part story of the line that divides wild Australia and Asia and the animals on either side of the border.
EPISODE 1: A SEPARATE REALM
The wild worlds of Australia and Asia are divided by a narrow strait that separates the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok. Known as the Wallace line, it’s one of the greatest divides in nature. Safe behind this barrier, life in Australia has evolved in isolation, creating species found nowhere else on earth.
While elephants and tigers patrol the lush forests of South East Asia, on the Australian side of the Wallace Line, kangaroos and giant lizards roam across vast plains.
Safe from large predators, marsupials and strange monotremes have adapted to survive in Australia’s harsh landscape. This is the story of how Nature’s Great Divide has protected Australia’s wild world, allowing life to evolve in parallel, and creating a separate and unique wild realm.