The first season looked at only tourism locally, including resorts and locations, but on 18 March 1993, it had expanded to look at international travel and tourism destinations.[2]
In 2011, the program was reduced to a 30-minute format and moved to Saturday afternoons at 5:30pm.[3][4]
Getaway won an Australian Tourism Award for Excellence in the Media in 1995.[7]
Getaway has also been nominated for the Most Popular Lifestyle Program Logie Award at the Logie Awards of 2003,[8]2004[9] and 2005,[10] each time being beaten by Backyard Blitz. It was also nominated at the Logie Awards of 1999[11] and nominated as the Favourite Lifestyle Program at the Australian People Choice Awards of 1999.[12]
"Seven Wonders of the World"
In an episode broadcast in May 2006, Getaway viewers were asked to choose a new Seven Wonders of the World[13] based on several destinations which had been pre-selected by the show's producers.
The destinations were (winners are shown in bold):
A New Zealand version of the program, with some local content, titled United Travel Getaway and later Getaway, was broadcast on TV One from 1997 until 2004 and Prime TV from 2004 until 2008.
^Dalton returned to Getaway in 2023 for a guest appearance.[6]
References
^Pottinger, Paul (11 May 1992). "Debunking spelunking". The Guide. The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax Holdings. p. 3. Retrieved 1 June 2024 – via NewsBank.
^Oliver, Robin (15 March 1993). "The spotlight on backwaters". The Guide. The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax Holdings. p. 4. Retrieved 1 June 2024 – via NewsBank.
