The Great Outdoors

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The Great Outdoors is also a 1988 film starring John Candy, Dan Aykroyd and Annette Bening. See The Great Outdoors (1988 film).

The Great Outdoors is also a British Walking, Climbing and Mountaineering magazine.

Laura Csortan, Di Smith, Ernie Dingo, Shelley Craft, Jennifer Hawkins, Andrew Daddo and Tom Williams (Clockwise from top left).

The Great Outdoors is an Australian travel magazine series broadcast on the Seven Network. Similar to its competitor Getaway, the program features a team of reporters who travel around Australia and the world reporting on travel destinations, tourist attractions and accommodation. The program premiered in 1992 in a 30 minute format and was broadcast on Tuesday evenings at 8:00 p.m.. In 2002, the show was expanded to 60 minutes and moved to the Monday 7:30 p.m. timeslot, where it has stayed since.

1 Presenters
- 1.1 Current
- 1.2 Former
2 Segments
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Presenters

[edit] Current

The current presenters on the show are:

[edit] Former

Bridget Adams
Penny Cook
Neil Crompton
Sophie Falkiner
Terasa Livingstone

[edit] Segments

[edit] Ask Ernie

In this segment viewers can write or email a question to host Ernie Dingo. Question topics vary from travel insurance to holiday safety, from customs information to duty free and more. Each week Ernie answers one viewer's question on air. Ask Ernie was introduced in 2002.

[edit] Great Deals

Each week many travel deals are offered to viewers for discount prices. Some may offer a free night of accommodation or free activities. The deals are usually limited to the first 100 callers to ring in or log on to the website. The deals vary from week to week. Great Deals was introduced in 1998.

[edit] Your Favourite Place

Every so often a celebrity or sports star co-presents a segment with one of the regular presenters and shows the viewers their favourite holiday destination. Some memorable guests include Ian Thorpe (New York), Harrison Ford (Japan) and Peter "Spider" Everitt (Melbourne).