A Town That Was 15-20 Letters Long

A Town That Was 15-20 Letters Long
Episode Information
Version:	Australia
Season:	The Amazing Race Australia 1
Episode Number:	4/12 (004)
First Broadcast:	June 6, 2011
Episode Chronology
Previous:	"We've Got Pain, but We've Not Lost Any Weight"
Next:	"The Woman-ness to Realize Where You Went Wrong"
Subpages

A Town That Was 15-20 Letters Long is the fourth episode of The Amazing Race Australia 1.

Route Markers

• Pit Start
• Route Info 1
• Route Info 2
• Detour
• U-Turn
• Roadblock
• Route Info 3
• Route Info 4 and Pit Stop

The order of departure from Ruins of Saint Paul's are as follows:

1. Richard & Joey (9:52 am)
2. Alana & Mel (1:00 pm)
3. Tyler & Nathan (1:00 pm)
4. Kelly & Dave (1:31 pm)
5. Matt & Tom (1:34 pm)
6. Jeff & Luke (1:36 pm)
7. Anastasia & Chris (1:37 pm)
8. Sam & Renae (1:38 pm)
9. Mo & Mos (6:31 pm)

Teams must fly to Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Once in Port Elizabeth, teams must search the airport parking lot for a marked car with a clue inside the windscreen.

Teams must drive to Camdeboo National Park and search the Valley of Desolation for their next clue.

For either Detour option, teams must drive to Kragga Kamma Game Park.

Choice A: Smash
Teams had to throw a traditional South African club called a knobkerrie from a distance and shatter four suspended pots in order receive their next clue.

Kelly & Dave, Matt & Tom and Tyler & Nathan chose this task.

Choice B: Bash
Teams had to build a large giraffe feeder, using only the provided tools and materials, in order to receive their next clue.

Alana & Mel, Anastasia & Chris, Jeff & Luke, Mo & Mos, Richard & Joey and Sam & Renae chose this task.

At Kragga Kamma Game Park, teams would have the option to U-Turn a team. Tyler & Nathan used the U-Turn on Richard & Joey. Since Richard & Joey completed the Bash Detour, they would be forced to backtrack and complete the Smash Detour before continuing.

"Who wants to take the plunge"?

The team member assigned to this Roadblock must perform the world's highest bridge bungy jump off of the Bloukrans Bridge in order to receive their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

• Alana & Mel
• Anastasia & Chris
• Jeff & Luke
• Kelly & Dave
• Matt & Tom
• Mo & Mos
• Richard & Joey
• Sam & Renae
• Tyler & Nathan

Teams must travel to Nomathamsanqa in Addo, where they had to collect a goat and deliver it to a witch doctor known as a sangoma. Teams then had to pronounce a Xhosa phrase and receive a blessing from the sangoma before receiving their next clue.

Teams must drive to Addo Elephant National Park to check in.
For coming in first place, Matt & Tom won A$5,000 shopping spree courtesy of Kathmandu.

Leaderboard

Legend:
     First Place •      Eliminated •      Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg or continue racing on a No-Rest Leg •      Season winner •      Season 2nd place •      Season 3rd place • ϵ Used the Express Pass• ⊂ Used the U-Turn • ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn

Matt & Tom  1st place  Matt & Tom Farmers	Tyler & Nathan  2nd place⊂  Tyler & Nathan Surfers	Anastasia & Chris  3rd place  Anastasia & Chris Dating	Jeff & Luke  4th place  Jeff & Luke Father & Son	Sam & Renae  5th place  Sam & Renae Models
Kelly & Dave  6th place  Kelly & Dave Married Bikers	Alana & Mel  7th place  Alana & Mel Reunited Sisters	Mo & Mos  8th place  Mo & Mos Friends	Richard & Joey  9th place⊃  Richard & Joey Married Entrepreneurs

Trivia

• This marks the first time The Amazing Race Australia visits continental Africa and the country of South Africa.
• Richard & Joey became the first team in The Amazing Race Australia to go from first place in one leg to finishing last place in the very next leg.
• This leg marks the first time that The Amazing Race Australia had all original tasks.