Whether we like it or not, Australia has an image problem overseas. But theres one country that seems to have a poorer view of Australians than any other - India. Journalist Joe Hildebrand sets out on a pilgrimage to Delhi and beyond to examine this anti-Australian sentiment.



While in India Joe meets the four locals who will join him on a road trip across Australia. As a newsreader and journalist for a Hindi network, Gurmeet Chaudhary was shocked by the negative stories appearing regularly in the Indian media. Call centre worker Mahima Bhardwaj takes Joe through the unpleasant encounters shes had with Aussies over the phone. Amer Singh is a third year law student in Chandigargh who decided it was safer to stay in India to study. Radhika Budhwar advises Indian students where they should study overseas; she hasnt recommended Australia for the last five years. All agree to risk life and limb to visit our reviled and dangerous country.



Joe kicks off the Australian tour by mixing the glitz and glamour of Sydney Harbour with Australias most renowned beach, Bondi. The travellers quickly become seduced by the beauty Down Under. But before his guests relax too much, Joe stops them in their tracks with a provocative mural plastered on an inner city wall. The mural - which reads, Say No to Burqas - sparks off the first heated debate and the Indians arent the only ones upset by the message the mural carries.