Now we've got our visa app, the Mrs and I are all enthusiastic.

Can anyone recommend any films with good scenes of Oz in there we could watch? Featuring Australian scenery, towns, cities etc?

I think Priscilla Queen Of The Desert is the only one we've got!

I remember watching Billy Connelly does Australia. Bit of a laugh and you get to see a bit of Oz too!!

Mr Reliable, is dead good, some great scenes at the start!

Jedda, Sunday Too Far Away, Wolf Creek, The Fringe Dwellers, They're A Wierd Mob ..........

The man from Snowy River

Strictly Ballroom, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Playing Beattie Bow (harder to find)

1 and 2.

An old really creepy film (and based on a true story) - Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Matrix (features Sydney buildings!)

Muriels Wedding - comedy

Lantana - thriller/drama -great film.

Check out http://www.afc.gov.au/filmsandawards...6/default.aspx for the Aussie Film Commission funded projects.

And while it doesn't feature alot of sites - The Castle is the best Aussie film IMO.

The Dish

Will definitely vouch for "The Castle", its not huge on scenery but its a great insight into the Oz way of thinking and giving things a "fair go".

You dont need films to look at Oz, get out there and see it for yourself, its like nowhere on earth.

I spent 23 years there before returning to the UK, im now retired and living in France but my years in Oz will be the best time of my life.

Hope all goes to plan and you grab the chance with both hands,best wishes for the future.!

Picnic at Hanging Rock is entirely fictional but the book itself does imply that it's a true story (to add more mystery).


As for the OP's question.

The Dish
The Castle
The Craic
Bootmen

I'm not sure it would help as it's all set in the desert but Mad Max and its sequels.

And for the beautiful rolling hills of NSW - Babe

good call Polly, best ausie movie ever!!

Otehr ones that are on the must see list:

THE CASTLE

NED KELLY

Some old classics:

DIRTWATER DYNASTY

A TOWN LIKE ALICE

ALL THE RIVERS RUN

What about good old fashioned HOME AND AWAY and NEIGHBOURS

Epic movie. It was the "big thing" when I was a kid, and probably responsible for instilling an entire generation with a patriotism that we never even knew we could feel.

People leaving the UK "because of all the immigrants" might also appreciate Romper Stomper...

The Castle
Mission impossible 2
Town like Alice
Kath and Kim
Billy Conolly's tour of Australia
Opal Dreams