| Notes |
| ● |
As usual, the cameraman was Guy Littlemore and the sound recordist
was Simon Burles, but the helicopter was flown by local pilot Scott (instead
of Keith Thompson). |
| 1 |
Suzi flies north past Palm Beach to Miami (coast by one bit
of Florida and onto another) and Burleigh Heads (Queen Bess was Queen Elizabeth
I, and her secretary was William Cecil, later Lord Burghley – note the different
spelling). Scott deposits Suzi on the beach and then takes off again so that
Guy can follow her from the air. She meets lifeguards Brendan and Dan, who take
her in a red rubber inflatable outboard boat (rubber duckie) to a rowing boat
waiting offshore. The clue is near the ‘sweep oar’ (used for steering) at the
stern. |
| 2 |
“Isn’t the tube the London Underground?” says Suzi as soon
as she finishes reading the clue, but the contestants aren’t listening and ask
her to look for a black inner tube. But eventually they send her north (the
Northern Line is the black line on the tube map) to Sea World, near The Spit
(within spitting distance). Wetsuited dolphin trainer Lara is waiting at the
Dolphin Nursery (at the nursery end), and when Suzi arrives she calls the dolphins
to the poolside. The next clue is written on a ball carried by one of the dolphins
(shall you go to the ball?). |
| 3 |
As Jan and Sarah mull over clue 3, Dermot quizzes Suzi about
the dolphin trainer. “Tell me more about Lara,” he says. “Wait until I tell
Mrs Murnaghan,” quips Suzi. Jan and Sarah tell Suzi to fly to the Paradise Country
Park (Milton wrote ‘Paradise Lost’) near Nerang, between a forest (Forrest Gump)
and a river (River Phoenix), and to look for a cow (Simmental is a breed of
cattle native to Switzerland). She lands and runs to a man driving a horse-drawn
wagon. “What does a Simmental look like?” she asks him. “It looks like a cow!”
he replies, slightly astonished. She finds the oval-shaped arena (The Oval is
Surrey’s cricket ground) and asks Bruce, a man on horseback, to round up the
Simmental calf. The clue-tube is attached to the calf’s neck. |
| 4 |
Following the river (flower), Suzi flies to Dream World (a
Walter Mitty kind of place). On the way Dermot ribs her about the cow in the
previous clue. “Murnaghan, you’re in SO much trouble when I get back,” she tells
him, “I’m going to storm into your newsroom...” The contestants direct her to
the Oaky Creek Farm Show (cockie = farmer). When she finds the toilet (dunny)
and lifts the lid, she sees the clue-tube along with a large snake. “Suzi! Just
do it!” shouts Sarah impatiently, causing Dermot to recoil. The farmer lifts
out the snake but time is almost up. |
| 5 |
Time runs out almost as soon as Suzi reads out clue 5. We
later learn that she should have run to the Woodland Aviary (to the bird house
you’ll be creeping) where the clue is with Crystal, keeper of a koala (a bear
that’s not is what you’re seeking, the prize is held by someone keeping: a koala
it isn’t a real bear, it’s a marsupial). |
