The Dirt Down Under

Australian freediving champion and endangered species conservation film maker, Julia Wheeler along with her co-host, shark attack survivor, motivational speaker and Discovery Network’s ‘Shark Week’ main man,  Paul De Gelder, tackle the stigma, rumours and gossip surrounding what conservation actually means, getting down to the dirt of an ever changing controversial conservation circle. 

While your hosts are usually found 50m below the surface on one breath, on the frontlines of Forest Elephant conservation in Africa or diving without a cage with Great White Sharks, they have turned their attention to sharing their purpose. With climate change, plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, overfishing and an endless list of planetary challenges, mass global conservation efforts are at play but who are these game changers championing the preservation of mother earth and is their advocacy too much for the masses to handle?

Season 1 of ‘The Dirt Down Under, With Julia Wheeler and Paul De Gelder’ hosts an exciting, inspiring and unique guest line up – where your host virtually traverses the planet to Hawaii, UK, Bahamas, Russia and Australia connecting you back to their real world. Superstar conservation guests include Great White Shark expert, Ocean Ramsy; Director of Netflix’s controversial film, Seaspiricy, Ali Tabrizi; Chris Hemmsworths nutritionist, Simon Hill; Twenty-time world-record holder, freediving champion, Alexey Molchanov and there’s even a man who rocks half a beard – just to name a few. 

From within the fields of climate change, deforestation, veganism, plastic pollution, marine conservation, political activists to as wide as shark encounter experts, Julia and Paul lead the way in highlighting the utmost value of the natural world and the importance of a more sustainable lifestyle through taking and inspiring environmental awareness.