Highway Above

With almost no flying experience, filmmaker Sean Brandt takes off from Melbourne in a tiny two-seater ultralight built in Czechoslovakia, and sets out to circle a continent.

Over 12,000 kilometres and 37 flights, he heads north to the top of Kakadu, west across the remote top of the Kimberley, then south to the bottom of Australia over some of the most hostile deserts on earth. Nearly every flight brings a fresh brush with death.

At every stop, Sean picks up his video camera and goes looking for the strangest characters and wildest stories he can find. What comes back is an extraordinary insight into a hidden Australia that will shock and bewilder audiences.

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