Take a spectacular voyage along the East Australian Current in new three-part landmark series Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: a journey down the East Australian Current. #OceanOdysseyAU
Taking viewers all the way from the Great Barrier Reef down to Antarctica, this series reveals how ocean currents create life on our planet, and what we can all do to protect our planet’s blue heart.
Hidden in our oceans and unknown to most humans are great rivers of seawater called ocean currents. These are the arteries and veins of planet Earth - a vital planetary life support system that has helped regulate the Earth’s climate, atmosphere, weather and biological diversity for millions of years. This is the story of one particularly fascinating flow - The East Australian Current - an oceanic river that stretches the length of Australia’s east coast. It flows around 3000 kilometres, all the way from the Great Barrier Reef to Tasmania, bringing warm tropical waters to cold southern seas, and in doing so it transforms the lives of every living thing in the region. The East Australian Current is responsible for the fish we eat, the rain that feeds our crops, even the air we breathe. It was made famous by the antics of a determined clownfish in the Pixar film ‘Finding Nemo’, but the true story of the East Australian Current is even more magical.
Narrated by Marta Dusseldorp.
