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{{Short description|Australian travel show}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}}
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| genre                = Travel
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| presenter            = [[Jules Lund]]<br />[[Livinia Nixon]]<br />[[Gary Sweet]]
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| country              = Australia
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 8
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| runtime              = 60 minutes (including commercials)
| network              = [[Nine Network]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|2007|7|17|df=y}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|2007|9|4|df=y}}
| related              = ''[[Getaway (TV series)|Getaway]]'' (1992 – present) 
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'''''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.

The show was similar to ''[[Getaway (TV series)|Getaway]]'', a travel show also airing on the Nine Network.

==Presenters==
* [[Jules Lund]]
* [[Livinia Nixon]]
* [[Gary Sweet]]

==Episodes==

===Season 1===
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| Title = United States
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|7|17}}
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 101
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*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)
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*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)
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*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)
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{{Episode list
| Title = New Zealand
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|7|24}}
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 102
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*1 – [[Parachute]] from the [[North Island|North]] to [[South Island]] ([[Wellington]] to [[Picton, New Zealand|Picton]])
*2 – Take the finest walk in the world ([[Milford Track|Milford Trek]])
*3 – Holiday like the rich and famous (Rahimoana Villa, [[Bay of Islands]])
*4 – Hunker down at Huka Lodge
*5 – Swim with [[dolphin]]s (Bay of Islands and [[Whakatāne]], [[Bay of Plenty]])
*6 – [[Sperm whale|Whale]] watching from the air ([[Kaikōura]])
*7 – Swim with wild [[Fur seal|seal]]s (Kaikōura)
*8 – Come [[Face-to-face (philosophy)|face-to-face]] with an [[endangered species]] ([[Kiwi (bird)|kiwi bird]])
*9 – Try [[zorbing]]
*10 – Jump off [[Sky Tower (Auckland)|Sky Tower]] ([[Auckland]])
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*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, Otago|White Island]])
*14 – Cruise the [[Milford Sound]]
*15 – See [[Queenstown, New Zealand|Queenstown]] from the air ([[helicopter]])
*16 – Go wine tasting in [[Marlborough Region|Marlborough]]
*17 – Taste NZ's finest oysters ([[Bluff, New Zealand|Bluff]])
*18 – Visit the [[Art Deco]] city ([[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]])
*19 – Learn the [[haka]]
*20 – Take a mud bath ([[Rotorua]])
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*21 – NZ's ultimate snapshots ([[New Zealand national rugby union team|All Blacks]] at home; [[Wellington Cable Car]]; [[Mount Hikurangi, Gisborne|world's first sunrise]])
*22 – Ride NZ's best waves ([[Tauranga]])
*23 – Dive [[Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve|Poor Knights]]
*24 – Paddle the [[Tasman Bay|Abel Tazman]]
*25 – Race an [[America's Cup]] [[yacht]] (Auckland)
*26 – Climb [[Aoraki / Mount Cook]]
*27 – [[Heliskiing|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)
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{{Episode list
| Title = Africa
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|8|1}}
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 103
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*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
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*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
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*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&nbsp;m)
*4 – Get wet at Victoria Falls
*3 – Witness the wildebeast (migration)
*2 – Climb (Mt) Kilimanjaro
*1 – Swim with great white sharks
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{{Episode list
| Title = Australia
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|8|7}}
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 104
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*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.)
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*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.)
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*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.)
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{{Episode list
| Title = France
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|8|14}}
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 105
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*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
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*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
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*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
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{{Episode list
| Title = Middle East / Arabia
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|21|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 106
| ShortSummary =
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*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 [[Turkish bath|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]]
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*11 – Snow skiing in the desert — [[Dubai, UAE]]
*12 – Sand surfing — [[Dubai, UAE]]
*13 – Bunk down with the [[Bedouins]] — [[Sinai Peninsula|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]]
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*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]]
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{{Episode list
| Title = United Kingdom
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|28|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 107
| ShortSummary =
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*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 House|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]]
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*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 [[Beatles|Beatlemania]] in [[Liverpool]]
*15 – Sing with the famous [[London]] community [[gospel choir]]
*16 – Play golf at [[St Andrews]]
*17 – See a [[soccer]] match
*18 – [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
*19 – [[Cricket]] at [[Lord's Cricket Ground]]
*20 – Drive a [[Ferrari]] at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]]
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*21 – Spend a night in a [[wiktionary:haunted|haunted]] castle
*22 – Visit a Roman Spa [[Bath, Somerset|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
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{{Episode list
| Title = Far East
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|9|4}}
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 108
| ShortSummary =
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*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
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*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
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*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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==See also==
* [[List of Australian television series]]

==External links==
* [http://things.ninemsn.com.au/ Official website. It now redirects to NineMSN's travel section.]

[[Category:Australian non-fiction television series]]
[[Category:Australian travel television series]]
[[Category:Nine Network original programming]]
[[Category:2007 Australian television series debuts]]
[[Category:2007 Australian television series endings]]