Brielle Martinez, from Terra Environmental Research Institute, won this year’s Local 10 Eco Hero contest in the spring, and recently spent two weeks in Australia.
Zoo Miami’s Ron Magill and Local 10 News anchor Kristi Krueger were Brielle’s guides during the two-week trip that started in Melbourne, a coastal city with a growing focus on environmental sustainability.
The experiences included beautiful aerial views of the Ayers Rock, a massive sandstone monolith in the heart of Australia, and the underwater sights of the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest, off the coast of Queensland.
The Local 10 Special: Down Under airs at 8 p.m. Monday. You can watch the special live at the top of this page.
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