In Australia's outback, many have died for lack of water but, as Rob shows, there is sometimes water there if you know where to look, and knowing where to look for it could save your life.
Watching lots of these clips at once made me realize, they really put Rob and Deane through the ringer xD. Poor Rob's digging holes in dry creeks, meanwhile Deane's on top of a glacier with no gloves on.
I did not grow up in Australia, and I had never heard of the show until a week ago. I suspect I would’ve loved this as a kid. Heck it’s pretty interesting to me now
+Shannon Hodgkin Our pleasure. if you haven't found them already, we have bundled segments into various playlists, so it should be possible to follow your interests there - Rob
+Shannon Hodgkin It was a funny shoot. A group of indigenous Australians were our guides that day; you can see two of their kids in the segment. While I performed this sweaty dig for the segment, they were just off camera, sitting in the creek bed under the shade of a tree, drinking ice-cold pure water from an esky, and enjoying my labours no end. - Rob
Thanks for uploading! Just wondering where it was filmed and if you remember if there had been any rain in the area? This show was such an Aussie icon, its was great to see this!
I'm a 27 year-old fresh college Physics graduate, so I might be tempted to think I wouldn't have need of an educational program like this, but this show is so satisfying. The things being taught are just so intuitive and often practical, it always feels like I'm rounding myself out better as a human being watching it.
@@CuriosityShow yes, i did subscribe after i saw the video of "run away from your shadow" or something like that, ive been recommending this channel to my friends. You guys deserve all the support
One enjoyable distinction about this show that sets it apart from others is that they literally did the things they talked about. You can watch them build the experiment thingy or -- in this case -- dig the hole.
Well as much as I’m sure your joking but that dirt water is safer to drink than any tap water especially if you live a any country that ain’t American and even then look at flint Michigan.
@@toycatsowl4388 is it tho ? Do you know how old the pipes your city uses and unless they were replaced around 2000 they are most likely still iron pipes and after that how old are the pipes in your house ? Are they new shiny copper or are they steel/iron pipes and after all that what specific chemicals are they using to treat your water chlorine being the most common. Like I said your better off drinking from a natural spring or from digging into the ground water …like there are companies that bottle that ever heard of arrowhead
tap water in most developed countries is extremely safe. drinking bottled water is one of the most embarrassing things anyone can do and we need to stop the bottled water industry from further destroying our planet immediately.
This show is so awesome, I am really glad I found it. Of course I never saw these in germany, but they have such a calming feeling and you guys describte things pretty well. Sometimes you have an episode where you go "Ah yes, I know that", sometimes "now I remember this again" or "thats completely new for me" just very well done. Just have to say, it seems like you really like Opals and Ships ^^
Curiosity Show lief tatsächlich auch in Deutschland. Ich habe sie als Kind gesehen. Ich weiß aber nicht genau wie lange. Die Sendung gab es bis 1990, da wäre ich vier gewesen und auch wenn ich früh anfing mit der Sendung mit der Maus, Löwenzahn... denke ich fast, dass ich das nicht als Vierjähriger geschaut habe. Ich denke daher, dass die Sendung, vielleicht auch wegen der Synchronisation, ein paar Jahre länger lief, oder ich Wiederholungen gesehen habe (ich weiß leider auch nicht mehr den Sender, aber wir bekamen damals vier Programme mit der Zimmerantenne;-) Es kann sich also nur um ARD-Familie (Hessen und Südwest) oder ZDF gehandelt haben. I wrote, that I've seen it in Germany when I was a Kid along with similar German tv-programme. I'm so glad that I found it here again. Great childhood memories and still interesting after all these years.
@@quadrophenius5379 Ok, das kann ich natürlich nicht genau sagen. Ich bin Jahrgang 85 und wir hatten bis Dvbt kam nur 3 Programme zuhause. Wenn ich dann mal woanders war hat man sich dann eher Galxy Rangers, Star Trek, etc. angeschaut. Aber mann kann ja jetzt direkt nachholen auf youtube ^^
If you type in Western Desert Aborigines you can see them doing this, actual film from the early sixties I think. also they used rocks piled up into pyramid shapes on top of a hill so people could identify where water could be found
these are so wonderful, additionally I like to imagine that you had a pretty good time filming most installments (maybe more so if you had a chance to watch holes get dug, not so much having to dig them yourself - but even so, it was probably neat to do it).
@@CuriosityShow you probably get this a lot but i find it really cool that two dudes that hosted a show almost 50 years ago are still responding to comments made by newer generations, like myself, today. It honestly makes me happy that i found your show on youtube and that you guys genuinely care for your work. You and Dean absolutely rock! Love from Vanuatu ❤
I started with educational TV on the ABC before Curiosity Show, went on from Curiosity Show to do ten years as Channel Ten News science reporter and then for 6 years back with the ABC to produce and present segments for Nexus, part of the Asia Pacific service that went to 43 countries. We both also did some segments for the ABC program 'The Inventors' - Rob
Yes they copied the Americans by putting on all this celebrity reality crap and not actually putting on proper shows or employing professional people to make the shows
I'm surprised he didn't use any tricks like running it through his shirt or a paper towel a few times to clear out some of the dirt? Would have been faster?
Sadly, outback Australia is rather littered with throwaway items like bottles and and more. Failing that, parts from a car would do - anything that holds liquid - Rob
@@CuriosityShow Hey rob i'm in america and didn't get to see these growing up. So thanks to you and deane for posting to them so I can catch up. it really is a fantastic show.
I'd love to dig a large "water hole" a metre or so in diameter and a shallow slope, fill a bottle for myself, find some shade then wait and see what animals it attracts.
if you are walking in the desert with no help in sight, you remember you can dig into the dirt and find some filtered albeit dirty water-I doubt you'll be complaining about you getting sick or not from it when you're at death's doorstep.
The bailing isn't neccessary but you'd have to wait longer. He's removing the clays and silts that are suspended in the water. Dig deeper and add some clean stone to help filter it.
When this show was made Australians prided themselves on intelligence. yes we were laid back but we didn't base our entire culture on being stupid an acting like a Bondi lifesaver 😃
The two aborigine kids watched him dig for water for an hour. It made them so thirsty they walked around to the other side of the bushes and got a drink from the public fountain.
Close. The family guiding us was sitting nearby with a foam cooler of ice-cold water. When i finished they kindly gave me some - it was a terrifically hot day - Rob
@@mikespearwood3914 no not to aboriginal people to the white committees that keep changing the terminology so they get paid to sit on committees and waffle on forever and ever while the real issues of indigenous people are being ignored
