This documentary was filmed over an eighteen month period between 1977 and 1979.
This film was the winner of a special award at the Wildscreen "Panda" Awards in October 1982
This film is considered to be the first ever one hour documentary that was filmed entirely on Super 8 and then aired on commercial television in Australia. The network was Channel 7.
This film was the winner of the Best 'Newcomer to the Industry' Award at the BBC's Wildscreen Film Festival in 1980.