- The act or an instance of escaping: made a quick getaway.
- The start, as of a race.
- A place appropriate for a vacation.
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noun
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
Synonym: pickup
Meaning #2:
a rapid escape (as by criminals)
Synonym: lam
| Getaway | |
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| Genre | Travel |
| Presented by | Current Catriona Rowntree Ben Dark Jason Dundas Natalie Gruzlewski Jules Lund Dermott Brereton |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 15 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John Walsh |
| Producer(s) | John Holding |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Channel Nine |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
Getaway is Australia's longest-running and most popular holiday and travel
television programme. Debuting on 14 May 1992, it is currently broadcast on the Nine Network and W. Its main competitor is The Great Outdoors on the
Seven Network.
The first season initially only looked at only Australian resorts but by 1993 had expanded to look at overseas destinations.
Getaway won a People's Choice Award in 1994 and an Australian Tourism Award for Excellence in the Media in 1995.
Getaway has also been nominated for the Most Popular Lifestyle Program Logie Award at the Logie Awards of 2003, 2004 and 2005, each time being beaten by the ever popular Backyard Blitz. It was also nominated at the Logie Awards of 1999 and nominated as the Favourite Lifestyle Program at the Australian People Choice Awards of 1999.
In a recent episode, Getaway asked viewers to choose a new Seven Wonders of the World based on several destinations which had been pre-selected by the show's producers.
The destinations were (winners are shown in bold):
Natural wonders:
Ancient 1 wonders
Ancient 2 wonders
Waterfall wonders
Modern wonders
City wonders
Island wonders
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - start, flugt, afhopning, afhopper
Nederlands (Dutch)
ontsnapping, start, korte vakantie, vakantieoord
Français (French)
n. - fuite, échappatoire
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόδραση
Português (Portuguese)
n. - fuga (f), largada (f), arranque (m)
Русский (Russian)
бегство, побег
Español (Spanish)
n. - fuga, escape, huida
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - start, rymning, avhopp (polit.)
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
逃亡, 逃走
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 逃亡, 逃走
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 逃走, 開始, スタート
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) انطلاق, فرار
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בריחה/הסתלקות (בייחוד לאחר ביצוע פשע), מילוט
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