Episode begins with a preview of the season
Teams are travelling to the start line at Australia's spiritual centre, Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Teams are introduced the five Australian teams first followed by the five New Zealand teams - introduced just by name NO video etc
Intro plays
Teams line up at the start line - Australians on the left and New Zealanders on the right
Grant explains the rules - prize money is 250K, teams from the same country can choose to work together or not, race will be like no other, 10 legs, first place in each leg will win prizes like NEVER before
When I give you the signal you can run over to your bags and grab your first clue
Grant raises his arm to signal the start - FAUX START
Grant: "I told you this race will be like no other"
Teams will compete in a tug-of-war - winning country gets a head start, losing team gets a time penalty
Australian team expect to rely on Tyson (the bodybuilder)
Even tug at the start... eventually the NZ group prevails
Team Australia needs to wait until egg timer runs out
Travel to Christchurch, NZ and the cardboard cathedral (erected after the earthquake)
Two flights leaving 1 hour apart - $135 for this leg
Grab a departure time for the next day