This four-hour independent documentary series was delivered through a successful collaboration with Sydney Metro and showcased the massive feat of engineering and human endeavour in building an underground metro railway beneath Sydney Harbour and through Australia’s biggest city.
The four-episode series was broadcast globally as Mega Metro to 38 countries and a second series is in production.
The Australian newspaper called it “enormously informative and compulsively watchable … a white knuckle thriller”.
The star of Series 1, former Sydney Metro Program Director and former Transport for NSW Secretary Rodd Staples, said: “It made us reluctant stars, but it also allowed us to showcase the professional and city-shaping legacy of Sydney Metro like nothing else could.
“It was an extraordinary achievement getting Super Tunnel off the ground in the context of the highest-profile government infrastructure project of the past decade.”,
Storytelling has always been an essential part of Indigenous culture, says the Watarrka Foundation. It is a powerful means of passing on knowledge, history and philosophies to new generations. It invites conversation, questioning and moral inquiry. It challenges perceptions of the world and its many complexities, helps healing from the traumas of the past and weaves a deep connection with community. Ultimately, it influences caring for others and for country.
The Comms Store acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work throughout Australia. We pay our respect to Elders, past, present and emerging, and recognise the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on this land.
Picture of artist Jo Cassady by Cath Bowen.