Episode 11 All Over the Place

If you want to know why I'm dressed

as the most extraordinary magician the world has seen,

-keep watching.

-I'm sure it will be magic,

or tragic! Joining Ed on his magical mystery tour - Naomi...

SHE LAUGHS

..Iain,

-super Cel...

-I'm now known Redback Boy.

..and Johnny.

So we made it, huh? I heard you were a crazy fool.

# All over the place!

# All over the place!

# North, south, east, west On a bizarre quest

# Me and my mates all over the place!

# It's true what you've heard Everything is absurd

# Whatever we do Is strange but true

# All over the place All over the place!

# There's much to do Down Under That is totally ace

-# And it turns up

-All over the place! #

First, we're off to Sydney in New South Wales.

-It's the largest and oldest city in Australia.

-What a day!

Ah! Look at this Aussie sunshine.

-You just enjoying the view before our big climb?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I was just taking it all in.

She's a beauty. The largest steel-arched bridge in the world.

-I can't believe we're going to be climbing that, can you?

-No.

No, I can't believe they're going to let us do that.

-The largest?

-Yes.

-Are you sure?

-Yes, that's what they reckon.

-About 80 of me stacked on top of each other.

-Is that all?!

Thanks for the comparison, Ed, that really puts my mind at ease.

It's all right, follow your team leader, he'll look after you.

This way!

Oh, poor Naomi, it looks like she's having one of her nightmares.

While she comes down, here's a bridge fact.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is nicknamed the Coathanger,

because, well, it's used to hang up a massive jacket. Not really.

But it does look like a massive coathanger.

Ed and Naomi, you have 44 seconds to find out

as much as you can about the Harbour Bridge.

Ed, you have Ash. Naomi, you have Chris.

Whoever finds out the most facts is the winner. Three, two, one, go!

-Chris, the bridge looks massive. How long is it?

-1,149 metres.

How much does it cost to cross the bridge?

About 4, depending on the time of day.

How many people cross the bridge each year?

200,000 a day - works out about 73 million per year.

-Why did they build it?

-To save people having to walk around.

-How long did it take to build?

-Just under eight years.

-When was it built?

-Opened in 1932.

-Can you bungee jump off it?

-No.

-No, don't do that, that would be very silly.

-How did they build it?

With skill and engineering and lots and lots of people.

Of course they built it well, because they were British!

-Weren't they? Were they?

-Some of them.

-Some of them were British!

And you can go on it in what sort of forms of transport?

Cars, motorbikes, bicycles, pedestrians.

KLAXON BLARES

-Good job, Chris. High-five.

-Whoo!

And the person who found out the most facts is...

-..Naomi!

-SHE LAUGHS

-Ha-ha!

-Well, I don't mind, anyway.

Because I found out some very interesting facts

about the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Yes, to be fair, we know so much about it now,

we probably don't need to climb it after all, do we?

No, you're not getting out of it that easily. Come on.

Toughen up, Naomi, if Ed can do it, so can you.

We all know he's a bit of a wimp.

Oh-ho-ho! Agh!

Nice view of he Opera House, Naomi.

Ooh! SHE LAUGHS

Oh, wow.

HE LAUGHS Very close to the road.

Had a bus, car and train come past me at the same time.

They've made it to the road which runs across the bridge.

This part is 59 metres above the sea, which is

the same height as 12 Hagrids standing on top of each other.

The bridge climb opened to the public in 1998 and, since then,

over three million people have climbed to the top.

Give us a wave!

Ash, this is completely safe, isn't it?

Absolutely. Bridge Climb's middle name is "safe".

What are you worried about?

Don't worry, Naomi, it is perfectly safe.

Plus, your harnessed to the bridge at all times.

The bridge is almost 50 metres across,

making it the widest car-carrying bridge in the world.

That's almost as wide as five tennis courts.

-Are we following in any famous footsteps?

-You sure are.

We get all sorts of climbers climbing with us.

If any celebrities are on vacation, they usually try

and do the bridge climb while they're here, yeah.

The likes of Daniel Radcliffe, you've got Prince Harry,

-Pierce Brosnan, Russell Brand.

-Wow!

-Yes. So if they can do it, you can do it.

-Yeah, you can do it.

I can do it.

-What's the matter?

-Er, yeah, I think I've seen all I need to see.

I mean, it's lovely but I think I will...

-What happened to my fearless leader?

-Yeah, I'm going to lead us

-back down now. Come on.

-Stop being a wuss. Come on.

Hee-hee! What a wimp Ed is. It's not far to go now.

-If I get blown off, will this hold my weight?

-Of course it will.

Reaching the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge! Whoo-hoo!

Ed and Naomi, you're now 134 metres tall,

that's almost as tall as 30 double-decker buses.

But what goes up must come down.

Can't believe you're a scaredy cat, Petrie.

I'm not scared! I'm not scared, I'm just bored with the bridge.

-It's very bridgy!

-It's a fantastic bridge.

-Yeah, yeah, it's great.

Now, what's the quickest way of getting off?

Is there a lift, a rescue helicopter?

Same way we came up. All 719 steps. Come on.

ED GROANS

618,

617,

616...

Please tell me when we get to 20, Naomi. I'm going to throw up!

Australia contains the most venomous spiders in the world

and one of the most deadly, the redback, lives right here in Perth.

If you want to look at spiders, ideally you find a Spider-Man.

-Look, here's two.

-Cel, you look ridiculous.

Who are you supposed to be? Pants Boy, or something?

Would you believe me if I was to tell you I was bitten

by a radioactive Australian spider and I'm now known as Redback Boy!

I might believe you, because would you believe me

if I told you I am now Lady Longlegs,

the terrifying superhero incarnation of the daddy longlegs spider

that traps its prey with its unusually long legs?

-Shall we go and meet one of our own, a fellow superhero?

-Yes.

-Hi, boys.

-Hi.

CEL CLEARS HIS THROAT

This is a bit embarrassing, isn't it?

-Yeah, shall we, er, shall we go and get changed?

-Yeah.

I'm afraid Dr Mark isn't a superhero, boys.

In fact, he collects spiders

and studies different types from all over the country.

New ones are being discovered all the time.

They have eight legs and most have eight eyes,

so that's more than enough to keep an eye on you two.

But what are Dr Mark's top three?

So Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the most toxic spiders in the world.

It's huge!

Only lives in the Sydney region in Australia.

So the Australians built their biggest city

where the most poisonous spider lives.

That's what I call bad planning.

This is the golden orb weaving spider.

This one lives in the tropical regions of Australia.

If you spread its legs out, it will nearly cover the size of your hand.

-I'm glad it's dead.

-CEL LAUGHS

Redback spider.

They are the relative of the black widow spiders

that live in places like North America.

And very toxic, but not really dangerous to humans.

I hope that once I've left here, I don't come across any spiders

for the rest of my time in Australia.

It will be unlikely that we'd find any, wouldn't it?

There are spiders absolutely everywhere,

including in people's backyards, all across the country.

I know someone who can help you find them - Spider-Girl.

Will Ed and Cel meet the real-life Spider-Girl

and come face-to-face with a genuine Aussie arachnid?

Looks like it, yes.

Ask her if she's seen Spider-Girl.

You haven't seen a superhero around here,

-goes by the name of Spider-Girl?

-Actually, that's me. I'm Frances.

-Where can we find some spiders?!

-Come with me!

Frances is Dr Mark's daughter and a budding spider expert herself.

I think she's found a spider, boys.

What have we got here?

It's a ridged trapdoor spider

and it's found in Perth in the Western Australian region.

Is it poisonous?

Its bite will be painful, but it's not dangerous.

-See, it's just painful.

-Yeah, yeah.

-Why is it called a trapdoor spider?

They live in burrows in the ground.

At the top of the burrow, they have a little trapdoor

that they sit at and then they wait for prey to come past

and they leap out at it and grab it and eat it.

Aw, he's quite cute, actually.

ED AND CEL: Agh! It just had a go at you.

-Did it bite you then?

-I'm wearing gloves, so I can't tell.

His fangs aren't big enough to get in the glove?

It was happy where she was, so I don't think we want to disturb her.

-I think Cel wants to touch it.

-Cel doesn't want to touch anything!

Cel said he'd really like to touch it.

I don't think Cel wants to touch it.

Cel, don't be shy, it's time to play Web of Lies.

Hello and welcome to the game show that absolutely no-one

is talking about. It's Web of Lies.

I'm joined by my glamorous...ish assistant, Frances,

-and trapped in my web is Cel.

-I'm not trapped.

-He is trapped.

Frances here is holding a ridged trapdoor spider.

And if Cel loses the quiz, he must touch the spider.

I am a spider... I'm not, I'm pretending to be.

..I need to go to the toilet... I'm still pretending to be the spider.

But I'd better be careful, because my wee is actually acid

and can burn through metal. It's a metal toilet. Am I lying?

-Yes, you're lying.

-Is correct. I am lying.

A spider's acid is not strong enough to burn through a metal toilet.

-Isn't that right, Frances?

-That is right, yes.

All right, no need to be such a spider-loving smarty-pants.

I am an old spider, in my bed. Oh, I think I might die soon.

But riddle me this, Cel, am I lying?

-Yes, yes, you are lying.

-I am lying.

Yes, spiders don't live to be very old,

because they get eaten or trampled on. Isn't that right, Frances?

That's very true, yes.

-MIMICS FRANCES:

-That's very true, yes!

Which means you lost and you have to touch the spider.

No, that's not the rules.

Anyway, I have arachnophobia, which is

an irrational fear of spiders that outweighs the threat posed.

HE SCREAMS Oh, come on.

HIGH-PITCHED: He's not that bad, he's a little cutie.

Ed, I'm bored. Shall we go to the cinema?

On a lovely sunny day like this? No. No way.

-Come on, it'll be a laugh.

-No.

We all do what you want to do all the time. Come on. You're so selfish.

Cut it out, you two. I've found the perfect place for you.

-Just follow the popcorn.

-Popcorn?

-Popcorn.

Ooh, popcorn.

Bingo!

Welcome to the Deckchair Cinema,

the only permanent outdoor cinema in Darwin.

Are you both happy now?

The first Deckchair Cinema opened here in 1929

and, like today, it was outside.

The deckchair was originally designed

to be used on the decks of ships.

I've seen them on beaches before, but a cinema? Ha!

Cool. It really is a cinema filled with deckchairs.

Yeah, I know I shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

-I wonder how many there are.

-There's only one way to find out.

249.

2... 251.

-What?!

-THEY GROAN

-250.

-250.

-Oh, yes. This show is nothing if not accurate.

-And tiring.

Go and sit down, boys.

This cinema shows all kinds of films. Action movies...

So we made it, huh? I heard you were a crazy fool.

You heard right. I never stop till I find my deckchair.

-What number you got?

-20.

-Oh, I'm 21.

HELICOPTER BLADES WHIR

-This is very nice.

-Yeah.

Romantic movies...

I've saved the very last deckchair for you, my darling, my love.

You're so terribly, terribly kind.

Agh!

I never was much good at putting those things up.

-Science fiction movies...

-Captain's log.

We appear to have landed on a strange planet inhabited

by curious beings comprised of a holding structure

with stretched material.

Dr McCoy is conducting tests as we speak.

-Doctor! Doctor!

-SHOUTING IN BACKGROUND

Hang on!

Just because this is the Deckchair Cinema doesn't mean that

every film has to be about deckchairs.

Let's take a look behind the scenes.

How do you project films now?

Do they come on the big reels, the films, or are they digital?

We get to still show some of the classics on the beautiful

old projector, but more so these days everything has gone digital.

So whether it is old or new,

-you basically get to watch films for a living?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, getting paid to watch movies.

-Best job in the world.

-Yeah.

Do you also get free snacks, hot dogs, things like that?

-All-you-can-eat popcorn.

-Oh, wow. You'd like that, wouldn't you?

-Mm.

-How are you enjoying that?

-Mm.

-Tasty? Is it not a big gritty?

-Mm-mm.

-It's just that stuff we found on the floor earlier.

Ugh, Johnny!

An outdoor cinema works in this part of Australia

because Darwin only has two seasons -

a wet season and a dry season.

So between April and November, when it's dry, you can

sit under the stars and watch a movie.

But between December and March, it's shut because you'd get soaked.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,

please take your deckchairs for the main feature.

-Ah, best seat in the house. This is brilliant.

-Perfect.

So many ads these days, though,

full of rubbish actors who can't make it in the movies.

Couldn't agree more, Johnny, couldn't agree more.

-Do you like holidays?

-I do like holidays.

-Do you like weather?

-I love weather.

-Then come to Darwin.

With not just one season, but two of the blighters.

Start them in the dry season.

You'll experience six months of baking temperatures

and dying vegetation.

Water!

Need water.

Sorry, mate, the sheila will kill me if I don't water these.

But the fun doesn't stop there.

You'll then experience a few months of intense humidity.

Look at all this sweat. I've got a date tonight, as well.

Yeah, right.

-The only thing he's got a date with is the wet season.

-The what?

With Darwin so close to the equator,

the landscape is then transformed into a lush tropical paradise.

That is if you don't mind the odd monsoon.

Hang on a minute, does that mean

I'm going to get another bucket-load of...?

-Stupid question.

-So come to Darwin

for the most exciting weather in Australia.

-I thought we'd done the wet season!

-So did I.

# Here at Fraser Island Just north of Brisbane

# We've come to try and find a beach

# To relax in the sun

# Just need to find a spot to settle down for the day

# Well, take your pick for there's sand for miles and miles each way

# If it's right then what I've heard

# Is it's the largest sand island in the world

# If a day on the beach is what you've planned

# This island is formed entirely by sand

-BOTH:

-# Hey, ho, what do you know?

# Doesn't matter which way you go

# Left or right, high or low, this place is pretty sandy

# Hey, ho, what do you know?

# Here's a spot of info

# It was formed thousands of years ago

# Do you understand me?

# The overlapping sand dunes are a sight to behold

# They rise 200 metres above the sea, I'm told

# Sand has been deposited by the wind and sea

# Onto to terrain formed by volcanic activity

# What's surprising is plants can thrive on nutrients from sand

# Enough to stay alive

# But the most amazing thing to me

# Is that you don't expect to see a forest of trees

# Hey, ho, what do you know?

# I'm no aficionado

# But who'd have thought rainforests could grow

# In a place that's sandy?

# Hey, ho, I think you'll find the piccabeen palm and the kauri pine

# Living on sand, rain and sunshine, they're just fine and dandy

# 75 Mile Beach highway

# Runs the east side of the island

# No other road is quite the same

# I hear they also use it to land planes... #

Look out!

# Hey, ho, what do you know?

# Take the beach road, fast or slow

# A normal car is a no-no

# The road is far too sandy

# Hey, ho, what do you know?

# There's only one way you can go

# I recommend this trip although a 4x4 will come in handy

# Hey, ho, what do you see?

# Here at Lake McKenzie?

# Check the eucalyptus tree What a place this is

# Hey, ho, what do you know?

# The perfect spot for a photo

# Let's stop and eat here al fresco

# What's in the sandwiches? #

Oh, there's sand in these.

Why does that always happen when you go to the beach?

They're actually sand sandwiches. They're my favourite.

I've got some gravel rolls, if you prefer.

I'm all right, thanks.

I will need a volunteer from the audience.

You, young lady, who I've never seen before.

Don't do this to me, I don't want to help you do street magic.

Just pick a card, Naomi. I mean, what is your name, blonde lady?

You know my name, Ed.

Naomi, you say? Right, pick a card.

(I'm trying to practise for the buskers' festival.)

(Pick a card.)

Remember your card. Place it back in the pack. I will not look.

Is this your card?

No.

-Is this your card?

-No.

Yes, I know, as well, because your card is in that car over there.

-No need to applaud.

-What, the car that's just driven off?

-Yes.

And if you looked in the glove compartment of that car

you would find your card!

But the car's gone now. Ed, you are rubbish at this.

You are going to need a much better act

if you're going to take part in a street-performing event.

Naomi has a point, Ed,

because this is Coffs Harbour International Buskers' Festival.

It's been running for 24 years

and attracts performers from all over the world.

They range from acrobats to shows of strength

and the downright dangerous.

That looks hard. Don't try this at home, kids.

There's over 120 shows and, unlike Ed the Extraordinary,

who should be called Ed the Dull and Ordinary,

these performers have many, many years' experience.

Oi, everyone's got to start somewhere.

Maybe we should start by finding the organiser of the event.

Maybe he can help you out.

This is John, he travels all over the world

looking for street performers for the festival.

-What makes a great street performer?

-If you go down the street

and don't know anything's happening,

then somebody who stops you and makes you watch for half an hour.

-That's a great street performer.

-Is there real talent here?

Absolutely. There's some amazing talent.

You'll see a group called Acrobatica.

They are an amazing talent, great acrobats.

And we have some young ones, we've got some 15 and 12-year-olds

and they're good, as well. There is some real talent.

You've seen the professionals, now it's time to meet the amateurs.

In today's event, Ed and Naomi will go head-to-head in a busk-off.

John the organiser will decide the winner based on their act

and the audience reaction.

Ed, you have Magic Jake to teach you everything

you need to know about street performance.

And, Naomi, you have New Zealander Jeremy Penguin,

who will teach you the joys of juggling.

Jake's been doing magic since the age of five.

He's performed on Australia's Got Talent and, in 2005,

he spent at least an hour a day performing magic.

That's 365 hours, which is a lot, so he must be good.

What have you got for me?

-A 5 bill.

-Right.

-A normal pen.

Careful, that's worth about three quid back home.

-Just watch about right there. Stab it through.

-What?!

How did you stick a pen through a banknote?

-How it's done is actually a little magnetic piece like that.

-Oh!

All you do is you show the 5 bill,

show the pen, go under,

-clip it off like that.

-OK.

You shouldn't show this, actually.

We shouldn't let people know how it's done, so, er...

It's just like that and you can slide it and then rip it off.

OK. So...

Ed, that's rubbish. Let's see how Naomi is getting on.

-Brrrr!

-Great, isn't it?

Jeremy Penguin, not actually a penguin,

but he is a world-class juggler.

He comes from New Zealand

and he once juggled five rings for 15 minutes.

You're in good hands, Naomi.

What we are going to do is shake your hands out,

get your body straight up and down and feel your centre,

relax and drop down a little bit. OK.

Now just do this.

That is essentially the basic action of juggling.

Here we go, throw it up and catch.

You're a natural at this, Naomi.

Good start(!)

One, two and catch, yeah?

Looks like you're getting the hang of it, Naomi.

Technically, a juggle is two revolutions, so six throws.

Six throws.

Not bad for a beginner.

Let's hope you can control the nerves in front of the audience.

This week, will Ed astound everyone with his extraordinary magic?

Or will Naomi dazzle the crowd with her j-amazing juggling?

Time to find out.

From the UK, please welcome Naomi.

CHEERING

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, my name is Naomi...

CHEERING

..the Incredible.

I have come all the way from the UK

to dazzle and amaze you with my amateurish juggling skills.

I am going to juggle not one, not two,

but three balls tonight.

Yes, you are going to gasp in amazement

and, potentially, have a ball hit you on the head.

So I'm going to try and catch them six times.

If I do it, I want you to go wild. It's very unlikely.

Drum roll. Let's have a drum roll. Everybody.

I'm going to make Naomi drop all the balls. Abracadabra!

Oh, no, I was doing so well backstage. I'm going to keep going.

Shall I keep going?

Yes!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Thank you, everybody.

-Amazing!

Wait a minute!

Previously in training.

Technically, a juggle is two revolutions, so it's six throws.

-Six throws.

-Six throws.

-Six throws.

-Six throws.

Let's rewind and count those throws.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

S... No!

-Yes!

-Thankfully you're being judged on your overall performance,

so you're still in with a chance, Naomi.

Come on, Ed, dazzle us with your tragic magic.

Edward the Extraordinary!

-Come on, make some noise!

-CHEERING

Extraordinary!

Right, OK, I've got here a perfectly ordinary pen.

If you'd like to see an incredible magic trick performed

with this pen and this note then say, "Ooh, yes, please!"

AUDIENCE: Ooh, yes, please!

Well, that's what I'm going to do right now.

Extraordinary by name, extraordinary by nature.

I want you to all make a special magic noise.

Can you do that for me?

I want you to go, "Mmm."

-Can you go "mmm"?

-AUDIENCE: Mmm.

Make the pen pass through the note.

-Keep going, keep going!

-AUDIENCE: Mmm.

-Mmm!

Look. Look what I've done!

Look at that. The pen is through the note.

Can you see that, can you see that?

-Are you amazed?

-AUDIENCE CHEER

If you're amazed, say, "Ooh, I'm amazed."

AUDIENCE: Ooh, I'm amazed!

Sorry, I've ruined your note now.

Don't worry, I can get it out. Here we go.

APPLAUSE

Incredible. I will now make this note disappear.

Well, that's one way to make money disappear, Ed.

Both acts have performed, but will John give the win to Naomi,

even though she didn't catch all six balls?

Or will Ed win, stealing the show and the money?

We have a winner. We finally have a winner.

It's been tough competition but the winner is...

-Ed!

-Thank you, John.

What?! One Trick Petrie has done it again.

Well, this is why I won, Naomi.

Magic.

-I think you dropped that.

-Oh.