The Amazing Race Australia 1

The Amazing Race Australia (series 1)
Season Run	16 May – 1 August 2011
Filming dates	5 November – 29 November 2010
Presenter	Grant Bowler
Winning team	Tyler Atkins & Nathan Jolliffe
Season Stats
Continents visited	4
Countries visited	11
Cities visited	23
No. of legs	12
Distance traveled	50,000 km (31,000 mi)
Season chronology
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The Amazing Race Australia 1 is the first series of the Australian reality television game show The Amazing Race Australia, the Australian version of The Amazing Race. The first series featured eleven teams of two in a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world to win the grand prize of A$250,000. The show was produced by activeTV Australia.

The show premiered on Australia's Seven Network on 16 May 2011 at 8:30pm. The series finale was aired on 1 August 2011.

The series concluded with best friends and surfers Tyler Atkins and Nathan Jolliffe winning the race.

Filming began on 5 November 2010 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. The race travelled across four continents, 11 countries and 23 cities. Some of the countries visited during the series include: Indonesia and Israel. Indonesia was later visited in the nineteenth series of the original American version in October 2011.

During the Vietnam leg, all route markers were coloured yellow and green instead of yellow and red. This was done to avoid confusion with the former South Vietnamese national flag, which is also yellow and red. The route markers for the Vietnam leg were similar to those used in A Corrida Milionária, the Brazilian version of the race.

Leg 7 and Leg 8 formed a double-length leg.

Application deadline for the first series closed on 17 September 2010 (extended from 6 September 2010) initially with the applicants required to be at least 18 years old with citizenship or permanent residency. However, due to insurance issues overseas, the minimum age for applicants was raised from 18 to 21 years of age.

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