Getaway is Australia's longest-running travel and lifestyle television program. Debuting on 14 May 1992 in a Thursday 7:30pm time slot, it is broadcast on the Nine Network and TLC. Its main competitor was "The Great Outdoors" on the Seven Network until 2009.
The first season looked at only tourism locally, including resorts and locations, but on 18 March 1993, it had expanded to look at international travel and tourism destinations.
In 2011, the program was reduced to a 30-minute format and moved to Saturday afternoons at 5:30pm.
Awards.
"Getaway" won an Australian Tourism Award for Excellence in the Media in 1995.
"Getaway" has also been nominated for the Most Popular Lifestyle Program Logie Award at the Logie Awards of 2003, 2004 and 2005, each time being beaten by "Backyard Blitz". It was also nominated at the Logie Awards of 1999 and nominated as the Favourite Lifestyle Program at the Australian People Choice Awards of 1999.
"Seven Wonders of the World".
In an episode broadcast in May 2006, "Getaway" viewers were asked to choose a new Seven Wonders of the World based on several destinations which had been pre-selected by the show's producers.
The destinations were (winners are shown in bold):
Natural wonders:
Ancient: one wonder
Ancient: two wonders
Waterfall wonders
Modern wonders
City wonders
Island wonders
New Zealand version.
A New Zealand version of the program, with some local content, titled "United Travel Getaway" and later "Getaway", was broadcast on TV One from 1997 until 2004 and Prime TV from 2004 until 2008.
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