Season 1 of Top Gear Australia just finished and I have to say that in summary the much criticized trio actually did quite a good job. I only missed one episode when traveling but thanks to the Tubes here’s the rather cool scene where Warren goes diving with great whites in a Mini Moke:

The music’s a bit dramatic but the underwater footage is pretty amazing.

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