Travel Guides: Mar 12

Travel Guides will tonight trek locally to South Australia, visiting Adelaide, wine regions and Hahndorf.

They have previously visited the Top End, Gold Coast, WA and Far North Queensland.

And yep this ep includes “a double dose of nudity.”

Starting in Adelaide, the guides hit the streets on the bizarre HandleBar – the only pub in Australia where you can drink, cycle and sight-see all at the same time.

After hitting the road to the McLaren Vale wine region, the Fren family are shocked by what they find at their farmstay accommodation and struggle with the realities of country life.

Just down the road, South Australia’s naked beauty is exposed when they visit Australia’s first legal nudist beach. Cathy and Victoria strip down and fully embrace the experience at Maslin Beach. But who else will brave the beach in the buff?

It’s not their only encounter with naked bodies. A life drawing class at a nearby vineyard and gallery proves to be confronting for many, and the resulting works of art need to be seen to be believed.

As the highlight of their food fest, our guides visit McLaren Vale’s most out-of-the box cellar door experience, The D’Arenburg Cube. Stack and Mel are thoroughly confused by the winery’s “sniffing room”, but Kevin and Janetta can’t get enough of the fine food and wine.

Back on the coast, our guides find themselves in wetsuits at one of SA’s most unexpected attractions – swimming with giant tuna at Victor Harbour. The boys are no help to Teng when he becomes terrified by the schools of fish.

At Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement, Hahndorf, the Frens embrace their German heritage with a frenzy of polka, steins, sausage and schnitzels.

Our guides end their holiday back in the big smoke to take on Adelaide Oval’s new roof climb experience.

Diehard cricket fan Deepesh recites Bradman’s averages as he makes his way around the roof of the oval, while Stacks and Mel are overwhelmed by the dizzying heights.

Tuesday at 9.00pm on Nine.