For weeks, The Oprah Winfrey Show has been teasing a big trip to Australia for an entire audience full of fans and while the audience members arrived in Oz earlier this week, Oprah Winfrey herself only just got there yesterday. Believe it or not, this visit to Australia is Oprah‘s first ever … and she, apparently, plans to make the most of her visit:
Finally fulfilling a lifelong dream of visiting Australia, talk show host Oprah Winfrey is savouring every moment of her trip. The media mogul is touring around the country as part of her ‘Ultimate Australian Adventure’ for an upcoming episode of her show. In it’s 25th and final season, Oprah surprised her studio audience earlier this year with a fully-paid 8-day trip Down Under as part of the final. The plane taking the 300 lucky viewers was initially supposed to be flown by John Travolta but the recent birth of his son Benjamin led them travel on a plane flown by a non-celebrity pilot. Oprah, 56, travelled on her private jet with her constant companion and best friend Gayle King in tow. Yesterday Oprah visited Uluru (Ayers Rock) where she met with the natives and took a liking to two Anangu Aboriginal children. Completely unaware that they were being hoisted up by a billionaire, the two youngsters seemed in awe with all of the attention and fanfare that travels with Ms Winfrey. Oprah has immersed herself in the culture and even cuddled up to a baby koala bear called Elvis during a trip to Hamilton Island Wildlife Part in Whitsundays. After viewing the rock she addressed a media pack that had gathered at the site. ‘I think the word awesome applies… it strikes awe in your soul when you see it,’ she said. She said she will definitely visit the rock again. ‘Me being here is a way of paying respects to the Aboriginal people and showing respect for the land and their culture and all that this rock means to them and the continent and to the world,’ she said. Two episodes of The Oprah Winfrey Show will be filmed at the Sydney Opera House next week, with about 12,000 Australians expected to watch the filming live. A third episode will feature her guests’ travel experiences at some of Australia’s top tourist destinations. Oprah later took time out to dance on the beach with Aussie chef Curtis Stone who was cooking up some traditional Australian fare – a barbecue of course.
I absolutely cannot believe that Oprah has never been to Oz before … but, it sounds like her first visit is going to be AMAZING! I am dying to get my buns down to Australia and I know I’ll get there hopefully some time soon … but I’m deffo gonna wait until Her Oprahness leaves ;) Aussies, Oprah Winfrey is all yours for now … what do you plan to do with her?
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