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What makes young Australians such eager globe-trotters? Aliza Gazek and Kelly Vicars swung on their packs and set off \u201cdown under\u201d to find out. The travelers they met along the way shared stories of their adventures and offered surprising insight into Australia\u2019s history as a nation, providing a trail of clues to why it\u2019s so easy to find an Aussie backpacker in any hostel in the world. \n\nProducers: Aliza Gazek and Kelly Vicars\n\nFeaturing: John Grant, Prashan Paramanathan, Ashley Carruthers, Theo Ell, Mel Ronca, Sandra Ronca, Aileen \u201cNan\u201d Grant\n\nSpecial Thanks: Andrew Todhunter and Jeanne Snider for their guidance, our generous Aussie hosts, and everyone else who shared their stories: Alex Dumbrell, Murray and Rosie Fisher, Robin Grant, and Paul Rowley.\n\nMusic: Rusted Root, Men at Work, Grizzly Bear, Norah Jones,\nSydney Children's Choir, Slightly Stoopid, River Ran, Enya, Lucius\n \nImage via flickr\n\nFor more information about the Braden Grant for Oral Narrative: http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/grants.html