 There were celebrations all round as Coxy's Big Break notched up its 150th episode today.
To commemorate this milestone, the show boarded a Boeing bound for Beijing and explored the host city of the 2008 Olympic Games.
With less than a year to go before China opens its doors to the world, Coxy showcased Beijing and its Olympic preparations. Viewers experienced the lifestyle of those who live in the city, including former Melbourne TV weatherman Edwin Maher, who is now a newsreader on Beijing Television.
Since joining Channel Seven in 2004, Coxy and his crew have criss-crossed the globe bringing excitement, adventure and entertainment to thousands of armchair travellers.
Since joining Channel Seven in 2004, Coxy and his team have fed crocodiles, hurtled around the Phillip Island Grand Prix track in a V8 Supercar, ridden camels at sunset and rappelled face first down a 6-storey Melbourne office building.
FUN FACTS
Going the Distance
On average, Coxy and the team travel in excess of 212,636km a year.
Leaving on a Jet Plane
Coxy and the crew have travelled more than 255,424km, criss-crossing their way across four of the seven continents.
Big Deal
Coxy's Big Break has offered viewers more than 300 marvellous "Mates Rates"
Filming Frenzy
In four years, Coxy's Big Break has filmed over 86,646 minutes or 1,444 hours of vision.
This is me with …
Coxy has met a few famous faces along the way, including:
Big Wave surfing legend Ken Bradshaw (Hawaii)
Marathon swimmer and World Record holder Tammy Van Wisse
2007 AFL Premiership Captain Tom Harley
Melbourne Cup winning jockey Greg Hall
Olympian Tamsyn Lewis
8-time World Surfing Champion Layne Beachley
Iron Man Guy Leech
Country Music star James Blundell
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
The Coxy's Big Break team have made their way around the world using all types of transportation including:
Planes
Trains
Rafts
Classic Cars
Tractors
Camels
Gondolas
Toboggans
Military Tanks
Steam Trains
Rickshaws
Hot Air Balloons
Lights, Camera, Action!
White water rafting on the Mitta Mitta River
Cruising with the first woman to circumnavigate the world, Kay Cottee
Riding Melbourne Cup winner Subzero at Flemington Racecourse
Swimming with seals and dolphins on the Mornington Peninsula
Sandboarding down the dunes of Kangaroo Island
Shooting hoops with NBL star, Andrew Gaze
Shimmying with Bollywood dancers
'Surf Dancing' (dancing on surfboards) in Noosa
Jet boating, bungee jumping and punting through New Zealand
Climbing Brisbane's Story Bridge
Sleeping with wild African animals
Riding quad bikes through Australia's Top End
Crawling the Cu Chi tunnels - infamous battleground of the Vietnam War
Scallop fishing on the Gippsland Lakes
Running away with the circus and trying their hand at the high trapeze
Visiting locations used in The Sound of Music
Cooking traditional Aboriginal bush tucker in the outback
Steering a steam train through Victoria's Goldfields
Skydiving in the Yarra Valley
Snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef
Scaling the summit of an extinct volcano in Hawaii
Driving a stunt car
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Wes Crook Series Producer
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