''Coxy's Big Break'' was a daily travel show which premiered in 2004. It aired across
Victoria at on
Seven Melbourne
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and
Prime. It had previously been screened nationally on
Seven's HD channel, and was sold overseas.
History
Hosted by
Geoff "Coxy" Cox, the show visited locations across Australia and around the world. The local edition of the program kept
Victoria as its primary focus. Other destinations included New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan,
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,
Vanuatu,
The Cook Islands,
New Caledonia
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, China, Hawaii, Austria, Ireland,
Thailand and
Antarctica.
The
Seven Network aired different travel shows in the weekend 5:30pm timeslot, including ''Queensland Weekender'' and ''
The Great South East'' in Brisbane, ''
Sydney Weekender
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'' in Sydney, and ''Discover'' in Adelaide.
The program was produced in
PAL 1080i
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25PsF high-definition after the start of 2007.
In March 2015, Cox announced on the show's website that the program would end after 11 years.
Reporters
* Melissa Hetherington
* Melanie-Jade Netherclift
*
James Sherry
*
Rhys Uhlich
* Des Dowling
* James Freemantle
* Angie Hilton
* Kelly Landry
* Nick Stratford
*
Nicky Whelan
*
Scherri-Lee Biggs
References
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External links
Official Site
Seven Network original programming
Australian non-fiction television series
2004 Australian television series debuts
2015 Australian television series endings
Television shows set in Melbourne