The Amazing Race Australia (2011) s05e20 Episode Script

Previously on
The Amazing Race Australia
..in New South Wales' Hunter Valley
We had to literally find
a needle in a haystack.
..the Gold Coast girls
cemented themselves..
- Found it.
- Shut up!
..as race favourites.
Ashleigh and Amanda, you
are the first team to check in.
And the Super Sikhs
Not how I imagined I'd be going home.
Looking for this Goddamn needle.
..narrowly escaped elimination.
This is a predetermined
non-elimination leg.
So you're still in the race.
We're here to win
and we're not done yet.
Tonight
- It was absolutely surreal.
- One of the sickest experiences.
..in the Blue Mountains.
- I'm gonna die.
- You're not gonna die.
Almost 100 metres above the ground.
Ooh. Roadblock.
The toughest challenge
we've had to face.
It absolutely petrified me.
That ladder's massive.
And the finale so close,
they can almost touch it.
Stay on there, stay
on there, stay on there.
- Will the Super Sikhs fall
- No! Don't fall right now.
..at the final hurdle?
Unfortunately, your
time on the race is over.
Our five remaining teams
have travelled overnight
from Australia's oldest wine
region, the Hunter Valley,
to here, the World Heritage
Listed Blue Mountains.
This dramatic wilderness is
home to the iconic Three Sisters,
who in Aboriginal history are known
as 'Meehni', 'Wimlah' and 'Gunnedoo'.
And this, my friends, is the
epic backdrop of the 20th leg
of The Amazing Race Australia.
Teams are departing in the order
they arrived at the last pit stop.
Roadblock.
"Who looks good in a suit?"
A Roadblock is a challenge that only
one team member must choose to do
based on a cryptic clue.
In this challenge, teams will
travel across the Blue Mountains
from Echo Point lookout,
to the spectacular Empress Canyon.
An area made for adventure with
deep valleys and vast cliff faces.
This Roadblock is not
for the faint-hearted.
One team member must trek through
the wild terrain of Empress Canyon,
wading through
freezing-cold watercourses,
and jumping into
terrifying pitch-black pools.
Before reaching the epic Empress Falls.
They'll then abseil down the
spectacular 30-metre waterfall.
And once out, they'll
collect their next clue.
- That's you.
- Oh, OK.
Amanda looks great in a suit.
- You look good in everything.
- Why, thanks.
Gonna be OK with this challenge, baby?
Why am I doing this one again?
Oh, boy.
Roadblock.
"Who looks good in a suit?"
- Me.
- You definitely do.
- You'll do it?
- I'll do it.
I've been in a suit before,
actually, believe it or not.
- Have you?
- Yeah. Don't look too bad either.
- James Bond, mate.
- Yeah, with a couple less teeth.
- Great Western Highway.
- I would say so.
Anurag and Jas are behind us.
Hopefully someone gets lost
and we can get up there quick.
- Roadblock.
- Roadblock.
"Who looks good in a suit?"
- Oh, dude.
- Gotta be you.
- 100%.
- Let's go, let's go.
Anurag and I, we've
been brought up in Sydney.
So, we knew exactly
where we needed to get to.
It's a matter of 250K, hey, mate.
We can't take it easy, we
need to pick our game up,
and make up some places, mate.
This is not good enough. This is not us.
We came last last leg. We got
our life, we're not gonna get it again.
Yeah. 100%.
We're literally
heading back the way we came.
OK, I'll turn around.
If we see someone on the side of
the road, Skye, we should just ask.
- We're looking for Wentworth Falls.
- Wentworth Falls.
Just keep going?
First lights left.
- Are we going left here, you reckon?
- He said follow it down.
- So you reckon straight.
- I'm not saying that.
In my head I was like,
"Oh, God. We're really lost."
- Valley of the Waters.
- Yeah, go right.
I feel like this is the right place.
Oh, wait. I think the
Sikhs are behind us.
It's happened
to us multiple times.
Some teams get lost
or we find a quicker way.
- Let's get in there first.
- Yeah.
I'll get this. You need to run.
I can't believe the
Sikhs are here second.
They made up like 20 minutes just then.
Oh, I thought that was an
echidna, but it was just a bottlebrush.
I can hear water.
Empress Falls. Oh,
my gosh, it's so pretty.
You got this, Amanda.
Good luck. Smash it. See you soon.
I'll see you at the bottom.
We're gonna be racing through the canyon
and at the end, as you
know, there's a big abseil.
If I'm going too fast
for you to feel safe,
just let me know so we can
kind of slow down a little bit.
He was super cute. This one's tasty.
So there's no toilets. If you need
to pee in your wetsuit, go for it.
But, yeah,
maybe avoid it if you can.
Yeah.
Just remember for every
jump, keep your knees bent.
Yeah.
Straight out here.
Perfect.
When you would get in that water
and you were swimming, it's really cold.
And then you've got to
get out of that water again
and drag your body out
and then start running again
across these rocks.
And I was like, "This is gonna
be a bit harder than I thought."
I've worn a life jacket
every single leg of this race.
But you know what, I'm here to
push myself, I'm not wearing one now.
Excellent.
OK, Jas, slide in, knees up.
Yep, and swim.
Keep going, Jas, keep going.
We were canyoning through.
Slipping and sliding
through rocks and rockpools
and climbing over tree branches.
And this whole time all I'm thinking is,
"250K - I've gotta get there.
I've gotta be as fast as possible.
"So no-one catches up to
us and we keep our lead."
This is one of the sickest
experiences I've done in my life.
It's so goddamn amazing.
Valley of the Waters.
To the right?
Yeah.
- As in back there. Oh, OK, OK.
- I know, I know.
- Valley of the Waters.
- Yep.
- There's Chris and Aleisha.
- Yeah.
- Let's run.
- Yeah.
Skye, there was a sign back
there for Wentworth Falls.
- Really?
- Yeah. Turn around.
- This has warmed us up a bit, hey?
- Yeah.
- Whoo.
- Oh, OK. Hold the railing.
- I hear water.
- So do I.
Awesome. Slide under this rope for me.
Squeeze under there. Stand on up.
I was just waiting and then
Amanda emerged from the top
and I was like, "There she is!"
Yew!
Right on the edge.
Excellent. Nice strong legs.
Leaning back. Let out
some rope. Go for it.
The waterfall was like
gushing over my face.
You can't see anything.
You're just trying to
keep your feet on the wall
and they're just slipping
and sliding everywhere
and I'm trying to get
down as quick as I can.
It was so, so high.
Whoo!
- Thank you so much.
- No worries.
"Detour. Lunch or Launch?"
A Detour is a choice
between two challenges,
each with its own pros and cons.
In this Detour, teams must
choose between Lunch and Launch.
Teams will be travelling here to
one of the most famous landmarks
in the Blue Mountains,
the iconic Hydro Majestic Hotel.
Which has been welcoming high-profile
guests since way back in 1904.
From Sherlock Holmes
author Arthur Conan Doyle,
to modern-day Hollywood
movie stars like Leonardo DiCaprio
and Cate Blanchett.
It's also renowned for its high teas.
So for teams choosing Lunch,
they'll be heading here to the
majestic Winter Garden Restaurant.
In this challenge, our
teams will become waiters
and take orders from the restaurant.
They must memorise each order
and correctly serve eight
items from the menu to the table.
Once they've correctly
matched the items to the order,
they'll receive their next clue.
Madame, what would you like?
The Cajun roast pork, apple
and rainbow slaw and rye bread.
I'm sorry, we're out of that.
Teams that choose Launch
must come down to the manicured
lawns of the Hydro Majestic Hotel
and pay tribute to the
100-year-old classic children's book,
The Magic Pudding.
Written by Blue Mountains
resident, the late Norman Lindsay.
Teams must dress up as
Bunyip Bluegum and Bill Barnacle.
One team member must shoot
chocolate puddings from a slingshot
while their team-mate tries
to catch them in their hat.
If they can catch five in a row
..they'll receive their next clue.
We decided to do Lunch,
because we haven't
been so good in the past
with the ball kind of
challenges and coordination.
So we figured we were gonna be
better at a memorisation challenge.
Do you know if we had to take anything?
No, got it hooked onto my bum bag.
We got lost and we got proper lost.
But we just knew that
we'd have to get out there
- and smash it as quick as we could.
- Yeah.
Jas has got to come down
what looks over 30 or 40 metres.
This is not gonna be easy.
It's probably -2 under that water.
He's not going to be
having a lot of fun there.
He's gonna be shivering his way through.
Go, Jas!
Trust the rope!
You know what the hardest thing was?
Every time I'd look up, the
water would just hit me in the face.
You got this, buddy.
That's it, that's it, that's it.
Keep going, keep going, keep going.
Whoo!
Yes!
- Detour.
- Detour.
"Lunch or Launch. Make your way to
the Hydro Majestic in Medlow Bath."
The two of us trying to
serve high tea to guests?
Uh-uh. That's not happening.
We're going to Launch, yes.
Alright, we got our
first obstacle coming up.
You're going to drop into that water,
OK?
I can't do that.
- You can do it. You can do it.
- I can't do that.
My biggest fear is water.
Like, I can't submerge
underwater. I'm terrified of it.
I had no idea what was under the rocks
and I yeah, just
cried my way through.
Alright, come on,
stand here backwards.
- Good?
- You're good.
It was freezing, honestly.
Felt like Mike Tyson
give us a right hook.
Mate, it took the wind
clean out of me, eh?
We either jump or we go down that hole.
Whoa. Oh oh
- Quick decision.
- Jump. Jump.
Jump? On top of this rock.
- Come on up.
- Can you go first?
No, you're gonna go first 'cause I
wanna make sure that you clear it.
Oh, shit. Oh, shit.
Aim for that pool and
you're going to do a big jump.
The water was pitch black. You
could not see what was in the water.
And that's what freaked me out.
There's no rocks? I'm not gonna
break my spine or anything?
I'm gonna give you an extra push to
make sure we get out there properly, OK?
Oh, my God. I can't do that, no.
You can do it.
Alright, give me a countdown.
I was numb and the only thing in
my head was, "I think I'm gonna die."
You're not gonna die.
- Will you watch as I come back up?
- Yes.
I'm so scared.
I can't do that. No way. No way, man.
I reckon you can. You definitely can.
You need to jump out as far as you can.
- Ahhhh ahhhhh
- You can do it.
- You can definitely do it.
- I'm gonna die.
You need to jump
out as far as you can.
- Climb down that
- I can't do that, no way
I can't. I really can't. I can't.
Alright, come on down.
Once I go down, you have to follow me.
- Yep.
- Right.
Come on through.
Right. Perfect. We're gonna swim.
Honestly, that was like the icing
on top of this very scary cake.
You'll just abseil off
that rope into the water.
So if you lean back into the rope now.
Just lean back into it, get
that rope behind your bum.
Come on, baby, you can do it!
Excellent. Lean on back
there. Keep a hold of that rope.
It's pretty dangerous.
- Down a bit more. That's it.
- Nice one!
Keep going. Let out some
rope. Let out some rope. Go for it.
Good job, baby. Keep going.
Doing really well.
Looks like it's slippery up there.
Oh!
- Ooh.
- You OK, baby?
Aleisha came down and
she was really nervous
and she lost her footing and she
was hitting the side of the rocks
and she started crying.
Oh, good recovery.
You made it, baby. Well done.
You made it, baby. You made it.
- I was really scared the whole time.
- But you did it.
- But, I did it. I did it!
- You did it.
OK. Detour.
Lunch or Launch - what do you think?
- I don't know.
- Think we go Lunch?
- OK.
- Yep. Let's go Lunch.
Just throw yourself, mate.
Down I went. It was unreal.
The waterfall was just
crashing over the top of you.
You couldn't really see much,
but just the feeling of knowing what
you were doing was just, speechless.
It looked incredible.
Detour.
Lunch or Launch?
- Go Launch.
- Launch?
- Yeah.
- Righto. Let's go.
Aleisha, you did so well.
I know you weren't comfortable
up there, but you killed it.
That was literally, like,
all my worst fears in one.
I'm gonna look like such a
professional waiter with wet hair.
Wow. This is fancy.
We've both done waitressing before
and we were looking super
cute in our waiter outfits.
We need to take their
order at the same time.
OK.
Can we take your order, please?
So in tier 1 we're going to have
the mango mousse banana jelly
Traditional buttermilk
scone, blackcurrant scone.
The challenging part about
this Detour was to remember
eight items each and have it
checked by our lovely waiter.
- OK, cool. Yeah.
- You ready?
We both didn't want to forget
our orders,
so we just walked and
did not talk to each other,
and I think we both knew,
don't talk to me right now,
because I'm trying to
remember these words.
Oh, great.
They don't have names on them.
Which tier is which?
Three is the top.
Do you know which one the
blackcurrant scone would be?
Um, I don't know what
some of this food is.
I don't know either, and I've
forgotten, like, two of my things.
This foot right in that scoop of water.
Right foot out a bit more to the side.
- Nice, strong, straight legs.
- Yep.
You've got this, Skye.
That's it. Let out some rope. Go for it.
I came into this to show people
than no matter what people tell you,
as long as you believe in yourself,
you can achieve anything
you put your mind to.
Let's go, Skye. Good job!
That was sort of the
moment where I was like,
Skye is doing this better with one hand
than people will never
do in their life with two.
And it was really nice to see that.
- Awesome work.
- Thank you.
OK, Detour. Lunch or Launch?
I reckon Launch.
We knew that we were in last place.
But we also knew that we weren't
that far behind the other teams.
Watch your head. Go.
We've gotta dress up.
Oh. What the hell? That's so random.
I need a rope now.
I think we both looked pretty funny.
I was looking at him laughing
my head off on the other side.
That's 'cause you couldn't see a mirror.
Jas, there's a line here I can't cross.
OK.
You ready?
One.
We only have to get
five in consecutively.
Us two looked at each other
going, "This isn't that hard."
A bit harder. Need a bit harder.
That was hard.
- Was that fine?
- No.
Sorry, Anurag.
Good job, baby. We got this.
This way.
- Is that everything?
- Yeah.
So Jas and Anurag were
there when we pulled up.
Jas, take your time.
Come on, mate.
- No!
- Ohh! Jas!
- How many is that?
- That's zero.
- Righto.
- Happy? Good?
- You good?
- Yeah, bro.
Ready, Brend?
Catch it!
- Ready?
- Yep.
Mate I'm putting
them on a dime for ya.
Hello, ladies.
We're here to take your order.
We would like the mango
mousse, banana jelly, petit gateaux.
The minted mango, coconut
and passionfruit gel verrine.
Petit this, fafoo that.
We had absolutely no idea what
these lovely ladies were saying
and what they were ordering.
Traditional buttermilk scone.
Curried egg.
We had to do it simultaneously.
Which was super confusing,
because we're hearing
different orders coming in.
- One at a time, ladies. One at a time.
- Thank you.
- Are we allowed to eat the food?
- It didn't say you can't.
The challenging part was
deciphering which food was what.
But then, a light bulb struck.
Why don't we try and eat all the food
so we know what they are,
and then we'll know what
items we're putting on.
Try that one and tell
me if it tastes minty.
No.
It's delicious.
This is lychee. This is lychee.
Oh, my God. It's the
best idea to eat them.
Just put your tongue in it
like you were doing a jelly shot.
Oh, that's dairy, but anyway, whatever.
Wow. That's so yum.
One.
Jas, it's all about grip.
Two?
- Whoo!
- Two Mississippi.
Yeah, good work.
Three Mississippi.
Go!
I sat 'em on a dime, mate.
I was the Tiger Woods
of the catapult world.
- Oh, mate.
- Hole in one.
Four! One more, bro.
Whoo! Hoo-hoo-hoo!
- G'day.
- G'day.
- Thank you very much.
- Thank you.
"Make your way to the Carrington
Town Square in Katoomba.
"Learn and perform a hula hoop
routine to receive your next clue."
- Let's go.
- Ah, hula, hula.
Teams must now
travel to the town of Katoomba
renowned for its street
performers and bustling arts scene.
Here, teams will learn and perform
an elaborate hula hoop routine.
Team members will be given
their own hoop to perform,
but must also complete
a technical double spin
in a gigantic double hula hoop.
It's gonna require skill,
teamwork and theatrics
as teams will be judged
on their whole performance.
Once the teams have
successfully completed the routine,
to the satisfaction of international
circus performer Tahmour Bloomfield,
they'll receive their next clue.
Ha-ha.
We've smashed the dance challenges.
We've been pretty good at them.
And I'm like, hula hooping,
"Oh, mate, these hips don't lie."
Better try and
ace this straight up, Skye.
We were still at the
back of the pack, but,
it was an extra driving force
knowing we could overtake the Sikhs
and that is exactly
what we wanted to do.
- Ready Jake?
- Let's do this.
One!
No, I can't go over that line.
Don't try and dive for it, Jake.
One!
That was one, mate. That was one.
Nice one.
Two, mate. Well done.
Keep it on your head. Yep, perfect.
- Nice. Three.
- Well done. Three.
Number four.
Sorry.
Two more good throws. That's it.
OK, one more.
- One more to go, buddy. Come on.
- Don't miss it.
- Come on!
- Give me a sec. Give me a sec.
Ready?
- Yeah, baby!
- Finally!
Shit!
Come on!
"Route Info. Learn and
perform a hula hoop routine"
Let's go. Let's go.
Shall we take some snacks
for the road in case we get it?
Do we want a scone?
I might be able to put
a scone in the pocket.
Let's go.
- Oh, hey, girls.
- How are you?
Chris and Aleisha are here.
- High tea.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
You have muffin on your face.
The waiter is meticulously
looking through our high tea set up.
He's looking to see if
we've displayed it properly.
Yay!
- Thank you so much.
- Enjoy.
- Thank you so much. Thank you.
- Let's get out of here.
"Route Info.
"Learn and perform a hula hoop
routine to receive the next clue."
Let's go.
I used to hula hoop at Hooters
when I worked there. Wait!
- Have you got your bum bag?
- Yeah, bro.
We're actually the first team to arrive.
So, we thought, righto, we've
jumped Amanda and Ashleigh as well,
so let's get in and out of here.
Have a watch. You can watch
as many times as you like.
Take it away, girls.
The mimes were there and
they had to show us the routine.
- How did she do that?
- You're kidding me.
They couldn't talk. They were mimes.
They were spinning hoops around, going
through the feet and flicking it up.
And facial expressions.
Kissing out of the hoops and
doing all these funny faces.
I was like, "Mate, here we go."
I feel like if I'm doing this, I
need to be the full package.
I want the lipstick. I want everything.
Once we watched that routine
we just went straight to the
practice area and got into it.
There's hoops up there,
there's more instructors up there.
Oh, is there?
There is. OK.
We'll have a look. Good
job, ladies. Well done.
Backwards and forwards.
Jesus Christ, this
is going to be a bind.
Apologies.
You're gonna get out
of here in a minute.
Oh mirror. Of course.
We had
Do these ones and
Bend over and flaunt it, baby.
You just had to get into it, hey?
Go.
- Whoo. That's it, baby.
- There we go. Yep.
Could this be the tropical?
- Like, one of these could be lychee.
- OK.
That's a guess.
OK. Do you want to carry yours now?
Uh, sure. Boy.
- Yeah. I know.
- They're not light.
- Alright.
- Here's your high tea.
- Hello there.
- Thank you.
OK. Would you be able
to repeat your order?
- Could you repeat the order?
- Sorry for the error.
We don't know how
many we've gotten right
but we know as a whole it's wrong.
So, I'm a little bit worried.
Mango mousse, banana jelly petit gateau.
Grab one of the big ones.
One, two, three, four.
One Oop.
I am almost on a tree,
but who cares? Alright.
Hello.
- How are you doing, girls?
- Good thanks. How are you?
I've never done this before.
I have funnily enough had
experience with hula hoops before
because I worked at
Hooters when I was younger
and we had hula hoops at work.
But I've never done a routine
with a hula hoop before.
The elbow is, like, really hard.
I probably dropped by hula
hoop maybe 60 times today.
Ow! Far out.
Shit.
I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
Oh, my God it is really hard.
Sorry.
That's it. Last one.
Five!
Thank you very much,
Pudding. Appreciate it.
Thank you, Mr Pudding.
Oh, no, your face is
"Learn and perform a hula hoop
routine to receive your next clue."
- Cool. Let's go.
- Let's go.
Whose car is that, then?
Much to my surprise, there
was a car parked behind us.
Who do you reckon's
car that was behind us?
I don't know.
This was awesome for us.
We knew we'd managed
to pick up a position
and that's exactly what we
wanted at this stage in the race.
We put on this one?
They look the same, though.
No. But that one might have
had whipped mustard on top.
OK.
- Want to do that?
- Yeah.
- Here is your meal.
- Thank you.
Perfect, I think.
- Perfect.
- Yes.
It all came down to a chicken wrap
that did not have a dollop
of mayonnaise on top.
- Oh, yes. Good job. Good job.
- I know. OK.
Thank you very much.
Thanks heaps. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
"Route Info." Alright. I'll read.
"Learn and perform a hula hoop
routine to receive your next clue.
- That's fun.
- Dancing!
- We have to catch up on this one.
- I agree.
We're probably last.
I think we're in last
place right now, yeah.
Righto. Christ.
You want it? Come and get it.
- How are we gonna do this?
- I don't know.
So, that was That was a bit full-on.
He was laughing the whole time.
What's that thing poking me in the back?
My bum bag.
One, two, three, four,
five. Can you grab it?
Oh, mate.
This has just taken our friendship
to a whole new level, hasn't it?
What's next?
I don't wanna know.
- Hey, guys.
- Welcome to your next challenge.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Alright. This is how you do it. Ready?
And then you hit
yourself in the neck. Go.
There you go.
We generally do pretty well
with kind of dance or
routine-based challenges.
But when we got there,
every other team is there.
They're all practising. They
all have their hula hoops.
So, I'm a little bit worried.
OK. I'm going to do elbow. One.
Yeah. That's great.
I got the elbow thing.
Yeah. Me too.
Ah, got it. Ow!
We were doing it. We were doing it.
You hit me in the boob.
We were doing it, though.
- You socked me.
- We were doing it.
Yeah? Do you like
this? Is this the right way?
- Do you want to go give it a go?
- We'll give it a go.
- Elbow, elbow, elbow
- Shit. Sorry.
Catch. Catch. And bow.
- Do you wanna go?
- Yeah. Let's have a go.
- Just remember your facial features.
- Yeah. Yeah. Of course.
One, two, three.
One two, three, four.
- Elbow.
- Yep.
- Elbow. Elbow.
- Yep.
Flaunt it, baby.
The big finale.
One, two, three, four, five.
Roll out.
Yoo-hoo!
Alright. Cowboys just got it.
- Good luck.
- Thank you very much.
Roadblock.
"Who sat out this morning's
roadblock? This challenge is yours."
That's me.
This is a road block with a twist.
In this challenge,
the one team member
that did not participate
in the previous roadblock in this leg
must come here and step out on
to the abyss to cross Mount Boyce.
Now, all they've gotta do is
walk across this slat bridge,
which is 40 metres long
and they said to me 80 metres,
but it's a lot more than 80
metres above the ground.
This will be a massive
test of nerves and courage.
If they fall off, they must
climb back up and start again.
Only when they make it straight across
will they receive their next clue.
Sounds easy, right?
Pfff.
Oh, wow.
"Do the Amazing Race," they said.
It's so tight on my
balls it's not even funny.
"Make your way to
Mount Boyce in Blackheath
"and cross the Skybridge on
foot for your next clue." Let's go.
- Have you got the keys?
- No. You do.
We need to ask somebody.
Hey, mate. Can we ask you a question?
We've gotta go to Blackheath.
We've got to get to the Skybridge.
Skybridge, you've just
got to head straight down,
straight down the bottom.
Go all the way down and then turn
right down on to Birdwood Avenue.
- Righto. Thanks.
- Thanks for your help, mate.
Appreciate it.
Birdwood Avenue.
And go. Two, three, four.
- Five.
- Whoo.
Yes!
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you so much.
- Roadblock again.
- Another one?
"Cross the Skybridge
on foot for your next clue."
I'm so jealous.
Elbow.
- One.
- Two.
Grab it.
Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
"Who sat out this morning's
Roadblock?" It's me.
"Cross the Skybridge
on foot for your next clue."
- OK. Let's do it.
- Wow.
- Jake was struggling.
- To say the least.
We didn't really leave the practice area
'cause I was not confident
in the routine at all.
Oh, that was my face.
- You OK?
- You need to be more careful.
- You OK?
- It hurt.
- Are you OK?
- Just keep going.
No matter how many times I
tried to do it, I just couldn't do it.
Let's take a second or two, OK?
Are you OK?
Yeah. We've
left there in first place, Bren.
How sick's that?
Yeah. We're definitely
having a cracking leg this one.
We started off second last
but we've just jumped every
Jumped one then we've
jumped everybody then.
- Right place, right time.
- Yeah. That's right.
When we left the hula hoop challenge
we asked a local for some directions.
He said, "Oh, yeah, mate. Just head
down there. Skybridge is down there."
Let's hope the local ain't wrong.
- Maybe just ask.
- Ask who?
Ask them. They'll tell us.
When we got down there, I'm
like, "This doesn't seem right."
Excuse me. Is it alright if
we ask you some directions?
- Yep.
- Mount Boyce in Blackheath.
Go all the way round this way
and get back on the highway.
OK.
Just follow the signs to Lithgow.
- Lithgow. Beautiful.
- Then you'll head
Thank you very much.
You gotta go back the
other direction. I'm like
We're in a good place.
We did start today in first but
we've got the Cowboys in front
and we're in second.
How do you think the Cowboys
will go at this challenge?
Probably pretty good. Oh,
actually, they don't like heights.
Oh, yeah. True.
Oh, wait. The Cowboys are behind us.
Oh, there's another team in front.
- Is it? Amanda and Ashleigh.
- Yeah.
Wow. Might be another foot
race to the finish again, Jacko.
Yeah. Probably.
Go. Go. Go.
When we actually pulled up there,
Amanda and Ashleigh
were just in front of us
so we dropped back to second.
We got directions from a bloke
who sent us the wrong way.
- Oh, what a coot.
- Yeah.
How did you guys like the
hugging and the hula hoop?
I loved it.
And you were the one at the front.
I was imagining that
I'd be walking across
some kind of suspension bridge.
But I knew there was
going to be a twist.
Whoa!
- Look at that.
- That is massive.
I was actually going to
be walking across a ladder.
I hope I don't fall off
and have to do it again.
Better do me proud.
Or else no 250K for you.
I believe in you.
- Good luck, babe. You got this.
- Thanks.
What you're going to do
is you're going to stand
up on to this first piece.
Yep. I feel like it's
pulling me forward as well.
Yep. So
I'm still not 100%
sure how she does this.
Yeah, girl. You got this. Really good.
Oh, my God.
Yep. Yep. You're still up.
You're still up. You got this.
You're doing really well.
You got this. Really good, babe.
Shit.
It looks really hard. It's like
she's walking on an ocean.
The ladder is moving everywhere.
Oh, gosh.
Oh, my God.
Four I need a minute.
Why can I not do this?
Pfff.
I'm sorry. OK?
Just keep practising.
And, catch. Spin.
Spin.
Let go.
One, two, three, four, five.
- Drop it down.
- Drop it.
- Yes!
- Come on.
- Thank you.
- Good luck.
"Who sat out this morning's
Roadblock?" This challenge is yours.
- Clearly. Let's go.
- Mine. Let's go.
So, we're second last right now but
Don't look at second last. We
have caught up many teams before.
Let's just do it again.
You're doing
really well, Ashy. Really good.
Almost at halfway.
She hasn't fallen over
and I think everyone is going
to absolutely struggle on this.
Yes, girl. Elegant little feet.
You're doing such a good job.
Thanks, babe.
She has to use every part of her
body and core and arms and legs
to try and stay stable.
You're really going to have to
use all your top half strength.
Try and take all the pressure
off your feet there, bro.
It's just rocking everywhere,
but she's absolutely killing it.
She's so close. She's
got a couple more steps.
Yes. Yes, queen.
Yes. Keep coming. Yes.
I did it on the first attempt so I'm
so happy. I didn't let the team down.
I'm so proud of you.
You did such a good job.
So, guess what, ladies?
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
These challenges are exactly
why we came on The Amazing Race.
To do things that we wouldn't
even think of normally doing.
"Make your way to the Leura
Toy & Train Museum
"and find Beau across the road."
In the small town of
Leura nestled in the Blue Mountains
is the stunning Leuralla Amphitheatre
With breathtaking views over
the Jamison Valley escarpment,
it is the pit stop for the 20th leg
of The Amazing Race Australia.
Here, I'll be joined by
the great Greg Mortimer,
a Blue Mountains local and
legend of Australian mountaineering
who was one of the first two
Aussies to climb Mount Everest.
What advice do you give
to people who want to climb?
Don't hit the ground.
"Hurry! The last team
may be eliminated."
Let's go!
I reckon, Jake, if you stuff up down
there, I'm just gonna react to you.
I'm gonna laugh at you.
Because it's all about
expression down there.
OK.
- Do you wanna just go do it then?
- I reckon we'll go try.
We did eventually make our
way down to the performance area.
Three, two, one.
Two Yeah. Yeah.
Ah!
One
That was my favourite
one of the whole day.
- You were so entertaining. Good luck.
- Thank you.
Roadblock.
"Make your way to Mount
Boyce in Blackheath.
"Cross the Skybridge
on foot for your next clue."
Cool.
OK.
I let the team down
'cause I couldn't do it.
It's not your fault, Jake.
You gave it everything you had
and that's all you can ever ask.
It is my fault and that's OK.
But it is my fault. And I am
sorry. I just want you to know that.
I don't like
heights, so, mate, I was petrified.
I was scared.
It was wild. It was moving like that.
And if you fell, you
had to redo it again.
This is bull
- You right?
- Not really.
You'll be right.
Remember what we're here for.
This challenge was the
toughest challenge I've had to face
in this race so far.
It absolutely petrified me.
You good?
Don't shake your head. You know you can.
It's shaking.
That's alright. Take a step with it,
bro. It's gonna shake the whole way.
It's a rickety bridge.
The more I didn't step the
more I was thinking about it.
And I was starting to
really freak out a bit.
Do you get back on a
horse after it bucks you off?
Yeah.
It's the same thing.
Just start walking.
Come on. You can do it.
That's it. Keep walking. You're
one step closer to 250 grand.
Brendon was, "Jacko, if you
don't keep stepping forward,
"we're out of the race."
Do you want to get eliminated?
- No.
- Alright. Well, take another step.
I can't bro.
Down this way.
- Careful. It's slippery.
- Super slippery.
Oh, wow.
Just take one more step.
One more step.
- I can't, bro.
- You can.
- Can't.
- You can. Can't is not a word.
- I don't know.
- You can.
Trust me.
Come on, bro.
That's it. Perfect.
Take all the weight. More weight.
More weight. That's it.
Keep going, bro. Keep going!
I just probably had to take
my time a bit and zone in.
And once Brendon was there,
keep pushing me to go further,
there was no turning back from there.
Yeah. You got it. Good stuff!
You can do it.
You're smashing it, bro.
Three more steps.
Well done, bro. Good stuff, man.
- You right?
- Yeah. I'm good.
"Make your way to the Leura
Toy & Train Museum
- "And find Beau across the road."
- "..Beau across the road."
Alright. Let's go.
Uh, yeah. I see a sign.
Let's go.
- "Find Beau across the road."
- OK.
Oh, this is so pretty.
It's the girls again. Wow.
Welcome to the Blue Mountains.
Thank you.
Ashleigh and Amanda, you are
the first team to check in again.
We couldn't believe we're in first
place for the third time in a row.
You are so close to
the money it's not funny.
We want to be the first all-female team
to win The Amazing Race Australia.
And, like, one of only a handful to
win the Amazing Race in the world.
Well, girls are running the world.
They're running my
household, that's for sure.
And they're winning the race
at the moment. Congratulations.
Rest and recover and
it's on again very soon.
- Thanks, Beau.
- Terrific effort.
Say hi to Greg.
- Hi, Greg.
- Well done.
- Down there, girls. Terrific effort.
- Thanks, Beau.
I love you.
Nearly slipped already. Jesus.
Coming in to this race,
I told Jas if there's one
thing I want to overcome,
that would be overcoming
the fear of heights.
It's going to be very interesting.
This is the ultimate
test for your heights.
OK.
Chris does so much better
when no-one's yelling at him,
so I'm going to just
let him calmly cross.
I know a team can't
pass me on the bridge,
but if I fall, then I have to
go to the back of the line.
So my strategy here was
just to take it one step at a time.
You're killing it, baby.
Keep it slow.
Yay!
I was so happy 'cause if we
fell back and had to do that again,
we could be out.
"Route Info.
"Make your way to Leura
Toy & Train Museum."
- "Find Beau across the road."
- Alright.
OK. Get your map out straightaway.
So, 'cause of this funny
map that you found, babe,
we have a kind of
idea of where Leura is.
I don't
remember coming this bit at all.
I just can't remember
if it's back towards Katoomba
or back the other way.
- This is towards Lithgow.
- Am I going the wrong way?
I don't know. Don't know
if we come in that way.
- Oh, look, Leura. Leura.
- Yes. I knew it.
- Oh, my God.
- Pit stop, baby.
I have a
feeling it's the other way.
I think you might
be right. Better ask someone.
If there's a fuel station or
something, I'll just pull in, eh?
Just anywhere, I think.
The sooner the better.
Oh, look. Toy & Rail Museum.
Anxiety is, like, off the chart today.
OK. Let's hit it.
Good to cross. Good to
cross. Down here. Down here.
- Is it here?
- Yep.
The team that won't die.
You can't get rid of us.
Welcome to the mighty
Blue Mountains, you guys.
Thanks for having us. It's nice up here.
Chris and Aleisha,
second team to check in.
Oh, yeah. Second.
You're crying for once.
Oh, today was so hard.
Yeah. I never cry.
We get to the mat and we
find we've come in second
and I'm super confused
because Brendon and
Jackson, they left well before us.
They must have got lost.
We pulled up at a petrol station
and we thought we
better ask someone here.
Mate, we've got to
get to "Leeora", Leura."
- Leura.
- Yep.
- Do we head back towards Katoomba?
- Yeah. Just keep going.
- Thanks, dude.
- See you later, mate.
While we were there
we thought we may as well
grab a couple of energy drinks
and a couple of sausage
rolls and we'll be right.
Mmm. How good's this?
Breakfast of champions.
Totally worth it.
If we lost a place, well
..at least we got a sausage roll.
Alright. In the middle. In the middle.
Ooh.
Keep going, bro.
It's alright. You're still
up. You're still up. Good.
Come on. You know you can do it. Yeah?
When we arrived,
Jas and Anurag were in the
middle of crossing at that point.
This is sick.
Put your legs back on to it.
Come on. Get up! Get
up! Come on. You can do it.
I know you can.
As my legs shook
the platform shook even more
and that made my legs shake even more.
Put both feet on that same platform
and pull yourself up. Come on.
Yeah.
Nah. He's got this for sure.
Yeah. It doesn't take a
lot to screw it up, though.
Deep breaths. Anurag, deep breath.
Dammit. Now we've got to
go to the back of the pack.
Dammit. Now we've got to
go to the back of the pack.
You've got this, Jake.
Anurag did happen to fall off,
which meant they go to the back
of the line and we sort of jumped in.
The fact that we're not
sitting last is a good feeling.
But at this point it's anyone's
game. This is a very wobbly bridge.
Just take your time if
you need to. Don't rush it.
He's a bit, hey, how
ya goin' at the moment.
But hopefully he gets
sort of a knack for it.
Slide your foot in.
Good job.
You're doin' really good, Jake.
- Just be quiet, please.
- Alright.
Focus on stepping in the middle.
Stepping in the middle is much
more important than anything else.
Again, the sides, it's too wobbly.
We knew we were dead last
and we knew this could potentially
mean we might be going home.
Good save, Jake.
Brendon and Jackson, you're
the third team to check in.
- Good job, dude.
- Good job.
Well done.
Well, boys, you can
nearly touch the money.
You are one step closer, and well done.
Cheers, Bro.
- Thanks, boys.
- Well done, guys.
Thanks. Appreciate it.
- Tough boys. Cowboys.
- Good.
Have you ever ridden a cowboy?
No. A cowboy? Or a cow?
Cow whatever.
Sorry, mate. I meant to say cow.
- Just let me know when I'm halfway.
- Alright.
Wait.
Stay on there. Stay on there.
Oh
Shit!
That's it, bro. Now you do it, slowly.
And you get there in the
centre, we've overtaken them.
I was very frustrated
'cause I felt like I really could
have got across that bridge.
I was hoping that Anurag
didn't make it across again
so that my second attempt
we could get in front of them.
Nice and calm.
Yes! Yes. That's the middle.
Anurag, take a deep breath.
And do it again.
Good. You're making it look so easy now.
He's not very
shaky, so he's doing alright.
The first part's not that hard.
Yeah, boy. You're halfway already now.
Come on. Keep coming.
If he gets across, we're in last place.
Oh, my God, dude, you are killing it!
Yeah. He's got this.
A couple of steps left. That's it.
Should I fall?
No! Don't fall right now!
It was nicely done.
"Route Info. Hurry! The last
team to arrive may be eliminated."
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
Come on.
Help me out a little bit, Skye.
You're doing good.
I'm just trying to stay quiet 'cause
that's what you told me to do.
Yeah. Just help me out.
Alright. Stay centred.
Let the bridge sort of settle
before you take another step.
Nice.
Should have done this the
first time. This is so much easier.
Are we crossing the bridge yet?
Yeah. Is this the one you
came from? Yes, please.
On the way back we
knew exactly where to go
'cause we've been to the
Blue Mountains several times.
However
Surprise, surprise. Traffic.
Anurag and I looked at each
other and went, "You know what?
"That wasn't the bridge
we were meant to take."
Was this the bridge?
We knew we were in fourth place
and we knew Skye and Jake
would be hot on our heels.
I think we're OK.
- Don't rush it, Jake.
- It feels good.
Oh, you're doing the one steppers.
Nice!
- That was so much easier that time.
- That was incredible.
"Hurry. The last team to
arrive may be eliminated."
OK. Let's go.
We were hoping
that the Sikhs potentially
hadn't found the pit stop,
so we raced there as quick as we
could and just hoped for the best.
- So, right on the highway.
- Yep.
- Past Katoomba.
- Good job.
- This is Leura, isn't it?
- Yeah. This is Leura Motel.
We realised that the road
we were meant to take
there was no traffic on the way.
That meant one thing.
Skye and Jake might
potentially be catching up.
All this lead that we've
got, it's diminishing.
- Toy & Railway Museum.
- Keep going straight.
Oh, yeah. I see something.
What does that say?
The Toy & Rail Museum.
Take our bags and run.
- Sorry, mate. Sorry, mate. Are you OK?
- Yeah. Yeah.
I don't know if this is it.
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
Across the road there.
I reckon the train museum is over there.
It's over there. I see it.
Jaskirat and Anurag, you are
..fourth team to check in.
Well done, mate. Well done.
You're still in, just, again.
But you are one step closer to $250,000.
Go rest and recover
and I'll see you soon.
Thank you, Beau.
Skye-Blue and Jake, you're
the last team to check in.
And you're eliminated.
Yep.
Unfortunately, your
time in the Race is over.
I'm sorry.
No. Don't be sorry.
How do you feel, man?
Shit. Like, we lost today because of me.
That's why we're standing
here in front of you now.
I feel like crap. I feel
like I let her down.
I wasn't
ready for it to be over.
There was a lot more fight.
I was in it to win
and to prove to everyone
that no matter what,
you can do anything and I
haven't made it to the end.
Darling, you are living proof
that you can do anything and everything,
especially with someone
like him beside you.
So you should hold your heads proud.
Are you proud of your sister?
100%.
Great work.
Skye came into this race
thinking that she was an underdog
and I think she has outperformed people
that should have been walking
over both of us, but they couldn't.
- You killed that.
- Yeah. I know.
And I don't think she
has anything else to prove.
And I'm very, very proud of her.
Come on, Jake. You got this!
I'm most proud of Jake.
He's done so many things
that I don't think I ever would
have imagined him doing
How'd you go?
- Yeah. Aced it.
- Yes!
He's done really well.
Yep. You've done really well.
So have you.
I'm gonna miss you two guys.
Thanks, man.
Next time on The
Amazing Race Australia
- Fly to Dubbo.
- Dubbo.
..our teams arrive in outback NSW
Obviously, I've never driven
..a tractor.
She's got this.
..to get a taste of life on the land.
Oh, my God. It weighed a lot.
And one team faces the
ultimate moral dilemma
I haven't had eggs in six years.
..eat the eggs or walk away
from a shot at $250,000.