Down Under Filming Locations
Where was Down Under filmed? Down Under was filmed in 5 locations across Australia in the following places:
Down Under Filming Locations
Melbourne is the coastal capital of the southeastern Australian state of Victoria. At the city's centre is the modern Federation Square development, with plazas, bars, and restaurants by the Yarra River. In the Southbank area, the Melbourne Arts Precinct is the site of Arts Centre Melbourne – a performing arts complex – and the National Gallery of Victoria, with Australian and indigenous art.
Kangaroo Flat is a suburb of Bendigo, located in Victoria, Australia. It is located 5 kilometres southwest of the Bendigo CBD. Kangaroo Flat is neighbours with Golden Square, Big Hill, Lockwood, Maiden Gully and Mandurang.
Wedderburn is a rural town in Victoria, Australia on the Calder Highway, 217 kilometres north of Victoria's capital city, Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Wedderburn had a population of 951. It is mainly a farming community but its early residents were gold miners and prospectors.
Perth, capital of Western Australia, sits where the Swan River meets the southwest coast. Sandy beaches line its suburbs, and the huge, riverside Kings Park and Botanic Garden on Mount Eliza offer sweeping views of the city. The Perth Cultural Centre houses the state ballet and opera companies, and occupies its own central precinct, including a theatre, library and the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located 595 km east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway.
Down Under (1984)
A documentary about two California beach bums who, after reading about an Australian prospector who unearthed a sixty-pound gold nugget, decide to spend a year down under with their metal detectors.