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Dictionary: get·a·way   (gĕt'ə-wā') pronunciation
n.
  1. The act or an instance of escaping: made a quick getaway.
  2. The start, as of a race.
  3. A place appropriate for a vacation.

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noun

    The act or an instance of escaping, as from confinement or difficulty: break, breakout, decampment, escape, escapement, flight. Slang lam. See free/unfree.

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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


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Getaway
Image:Getaway.png
Getaway logo
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) Tim Thatcher, Nia Pericles, Celia Boden, Scott Sinclair, Anita Lane, John Holding
Camera setup Steve Davis, Jamie Hamill, Chris Miller, Gilbert Farkas, Max Polley,
Running time 60 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel Channel Nine
Original run – current
External links
Official website

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.

Contents

On Air

Presenters

Former Presenters

Awards

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.

Seven Wonders of the World

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

See also

External links


Translations: Getaway
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - start, flugt, afhopning, afhopper

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontsnapping, start, korte vakantie, vakantieoord

Français (French)
n. - fuite, échappatoire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Flucht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόδραση

Italiano (Italian)
fuga

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도망, 시작

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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