Australia was well known for its beautiful beaches and famous kangaroos. A very famous tourist place Australia is known for its exotic beaches, Bushland, and cute koalas. People often underestimate them in the media production category. However, plenty of enjoyable shows and movies have unique storylines and equally good production.
Australia might be down under, but with the power of the internet and Netflix, people outside Australia can also view and enjoy these Australian shows. So here is a list of the 33 Best Australian Shows on Netflix to Stream Right Now.
Outback Truckers
Are you a fan of trucks and tuckers? If yes, then Outback Truckers is what you need. Outback tracker is the story of a bunch of selected truckers and their life as truckers in the country down under Australia. These truckers drive giant trucks on earth with the most challenging roads and long highways.
We follow the adventures of these truckers as they navigate Australian roads while battling flood, dire, and dirt to deliver their cargo on time.
- Genre: Documentary, Reality-TV
- IMDb: 7.3.
- Cast: Luke Hewitt (narrator); Truckers from Australia.
- Release Date: 2017.
- No of Episodes/Season: 9 Seasons (Still Ongoing).
Surviving Summer
In this series, we follow the life of summer Torres as we see that he has been kicked out from two elite schools for riding a skateboard into the pool while the skateboard is on fire. Due to this, she is sent away to a small town in Australia to rehabilitate her. We see her life in Australia as she settles into this country of Australia and lives with new friends and surfing.
- Genre: Teen, Drama
- IMDb: 6.5.
- Cast: Sky Katz; Kai Lewins; Lilliana Bowrey; Joao Gabriel Marinho; Savannah La Rain.
- Release Date: 2022.
- No of Episodes/Season: 1 Season (Season 2 Confirmed).
- Director: Ben Chessell.
Pine Gap
The thriller tells us about the Australian- American joint defense facility in the Pine Gap. The name “Pine Gap” Is an actual place southwest of Alice Springs, Australia. This Political Thriller series exposes how secrecy affects the people involved. The alliance is threatened after a civilian plane is shot down over Myanmar and has some interlinks with the Pine Gap.
- Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller.
- IMDb: 7.2.
- Cast: Parker Sawyers, Tess Haubrich, Jacqueline McKenzie, Steve Toussaint, Stephen Curry.
- Release Date: 2018.
- No of Episodes/Season: 1 Season (6 Episodes)
- Director: Mat King.
The InBESTigators
The series follows a ten-year-old boy Maudie, a very talented and gifted prodigy. He and his three other classmates, Ezra, Ava, and Kyle, create a detective agency named “The InBESTigator.” They take on various school crimes and neighborhood crimes to solve.
Every episode of this show has one mystery to solve, and these kids of grade 5, together while operating through their granny’s backyard, solve these mysteries. This show is a must-watch for the comedy and an intriguing storyline.
- Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Mockumentary.
- IMDb: 8.2.
- Cast: Abby Bergman, Anna Cooke, Aston Droomer, Jamil Smyth-Secka
- Release Date: 2019.
- No of Episodes/Season: 2 Season (40 Episodes)
- Director: Robyn Butler.
Wanted
Wanted is the story of Lola And Chelsea. We see that both of them are strangers to each other and have nothing in common except that they wait for a bus every day at the same time. Their lives collide when they both witness a carjacking near the place they were for the bus.
Subsequently, due to some unforeseen circumstances, they are framed for murder. Follow this series to see how these two women, Lola and Chelsea, keep aside their differences to escape the situation they are both entangled in.
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama.
- IMDb: 7.6
- Cast: Rebecca Gibney, Geraldine Hakewill.
- Release Date: 2016-2018.
- No of Episodes/Season: 3 Seasons (18 Episodes).
- Director: Peter Templeman; Jennifer Leacey.
Sisters
This show’s sister follows three women, Roxy, Edie, and Julia, as they discover that they are sisters. On his deathbed, we are told by her father, a Nobel prize winner, that in his career as a fertility specialist, he used to use his own sperm.
Set to do good, Julia decides to do good and compensate for the wrong things her father has done. She finds all the children, a sea of brothers but only two sisters. Watch this show to find out how this gigantic family comes together for dinner and how they cope with the scandal their father has committed.
- Genre: Documentary, Reality-TV
- IMDb: 7.4
- Cast: Lucy Durack, Antonia Prebble, Maria Angelico.
- Release Date: 2017
- No of Episodes/Season: 1 Season (7 Episodes)
- Directed by: Emma Freeman.
H2O: Just Add Water
H2O: Just Add Water is a fantasy show set in an imaginary world in Australia. Three teenage girls discover a magical pool on an island. Int intrigued, they dive into the pool, which transforms them into a mermaid. As time goes by, they can control their abilities with the help of their friend Lewis.
However, various people learn about them and try to hunt them down to conduct science experiments. Follow this show to find out how these teen mermaids go on a journey full of magic, fun, and danger while keeping everything a secret.
- Genre: teen drama, Fantasy
- IMDb: 7.2
- Cast: Cariba Heine, Claire Holt, Phoebe Tonkin
- Release Date: 2006-2010.
- No of Episodes/Season: 9 Seasons (Still Ongoing).
- Directed by: Colin Budds
Offspring
Offspring is a drama series revolving around one, Nina Proudman. She is in her thirties and has an obstetrician. In this show, we follow her and her fabulously messy family. Nina tries to fulfill her dreams of having a love life, but her commitment to her family often comes in between her dreams.
Set in the modern world of Fitzroy, Melbourne, with amazing visuals of the city. Follow this show to see how Nina and her family go about their daily life in this beautiful city of Australia.
- Genre: Comedy, drama
- IMDb: 8.3
- Cast: Asher Keddie, Kat Stewart, Don Hany, Deborah Mailman.
- Release Date: 2010-2017.
- No of Episodes/Season: 7 Seasons (86 Episodes).
- Directed By: Debra Oswald
Yummy Mummies
Yummy mummies follow the life of privileged women of the people down under Australia. Season 1 follows maria and her friends, who we are told are super rich. We see how these groups of privileged friends roam around Melbourne street doing shopping and various other privileged activities.
We are told that maria is clumsy and negligent the series portrays her as a villain. Further, we follow the last 2-3 months of privileged pregnant women who throws lavish parties, Versace-themed baby shower, and various other extravagant activities.
- Genre: Reality TV, Comedy
- IMDb: 4.1
- Release Date:
- No of Episodes/Season: 2 Seasons (Still Ongoing).
Please Like Me
Please like me is an award-winning show about a boy finding and accepting his sexuality. We follow Josh, who just broke up with his girlfriend and is about to go into his 20s. He finds out that he is homosexual. We follow the series as Josh, along with his roommate and ex-girlfriend, helps Josh’s mother with depression, along with him exploring his newfound sexuality with a young boy named Geoffrey. Set in the beautiful city of Melbourne.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama.
- IMDb: 8.5
- Cast: Josh Thomas, Debra Lawrance.
- Release Date: 2013-2016.
- No of Episodes/Season: 4 Seasons (32 Episodes).
- Directed By: Matthew Saville, Josh Thomas
The Letdown
The Letdownnis a story of a new mother struggling with motherhood. We follow Audrey adjusting to motherhood. Often, she is exhausted and lacks support from her husband, her arguing and selfish mother.
She is also not invited to clubs and parties by her friends. She eventually turns to a new mothers group united by their mutual problem of motherhood. The Letdown is a humorous show that tells you about the struggle of motherhood.
- Genre: Comedy
- IMDb: 7.5
- Cast: Alison Bell, Sacha Horier, lucy Durack.
- Release Date: 2017-2019.
- No of Episodes/Season: 2 Seasons (13 Episodes).
- Directed by: Trent O’Donnell
Pieces Of Her
Pieces of her is a story of Andy. Who goes out on dinner with her mother at a local diner. Unfortunately, she is caught in a mass shooting. She witnesses the death of her mother, Laura.
Soon as she gets over her mother’s death, she finds out secrets about her mothers. She begins to unravel all her past events and some hidden secrets that can affect the entire family relationship. She attempts to find out everything about her mother’s past life.
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery.
- IMDb: 6.3
- Cast: Toni Collette. Bella Heathcote, Jessica Barden.
- Release Date: 2022
- No of Episodes/Season: 1 Season(Still Ongoing)
- Directed By: Minkie Spiro.
Tales By Light
Tales by light is a documentary-type adventure show based on the real-life journey of Australian photographers and other photographers worldwide. Watch this series to see how photographers push to their limits to capture extraordinary images for the world to look upon and cherish.
- Genre: Documentary, Reality, Photography.
- IMDb: 8.3
- Cast: Various Photographers.
- Release Date: 2015
- No of Episodes/Season: 3 Seasons (Still Ongoing)
- Directed By: Abraham Joffe ACS
Byron Baes
This is a documentary-type reality show based in Australia that follows the lives of Australian influencers. We follow these influencers as they navigate their careers, social life, and love lives as they live on the beachy shore of Byron Bay.
We follow how these people interact with each other, fight love, and flirt with other influencers at byron bay. This show is something for the coming-age generation that is very social media active. With partial nudity and exposure, this show is limited to particular viewers.
- Genre: Comedy, Reality TV.
- IMDb: 2.8
- Cast: Various Australian influencers.
- Release Date: 2022
- No of Episodes/Season: 1 Season (Ongoing)
Tidelands
Cal McTeer is a Former criminal who was in prison for allegedly killing a person while she was a teen. She returned home to her small fishing village. Soon she finds out that there are some different siren-human hybrids called the Tidelanders, a combination of humans and Siren.
The existence of these creatures is kept secret by the village. Cal McTeer also possesses some power over Siren. Upon knowing this, she investigates and follows all the leads to know the origin of these creatures.
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy.
- IMDb: 6.8.
- Cast: Charlotte Best, Aaron Jakubenko, Marco Pigossi
- Release Date: 2018
- No of Episodes/Season: 1 Season(8 Episodes) Season 2 Coming Soon.
- Directed By: Stephen M. Irwin
Dive Club
Dive club, as the name suggests, is the story of a group of teen divers. The story follows: one of their friends was lost in the ocean during a cyclone. A teenage drama mystery show based on Australia’s beautiful shore. Watch this series to see how these teen divers dive into the ocean to discover what happened to their lost friend.
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Family.
- IMDb: 6.2
- Cast: Miah Madden, Georgia-May Davis, Sana’s Shaik, Aubri Ibrag.
- Release Date: 2021
- No of Episodes/Season: 1 Season (Season 2 Comming Soon)
- Directed By: Steve Jaggi
Kath And Kim
Kath And Kim is a sitcom from Australia that follows Kath and Kim’s life. Kath is a middle-aged cheery suburban mother, and Kim is her daughter. We also follow Kath’s boyfriend and Kim’s husband.
The day-to-day life of this suburban family and the personal struggle that they face along the way. This show resembles a typical middle-class family and their daily life as they manage to get by at the same time being happy with what they have.
- Genre: Comedy
- IMDb: 8.4.
- Cast: Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski, Peter Rowsthorn.
- Release: 2008-2009.
- No of Episodes/Season: 4 Seasons(32 Episodes)
- Directed By: Ted Emery.
Instant Hotel
Instant Hotel is a Netflix original reality show involving ordinary people transforming their houses into hotels. Every owner then judges each converted house of the other people, and accordingly, the winner gets a prize. A reward show of some kind airing on an Australian tv network for years.
- Genre:
- IMDb: 7.3.
- Cast: Juliet Ashworth.
- Release: 2017
- No of Episodes/Season: 2 Seasons (18 Episodes)
Stateless
Stateless is a show based on true events that follow the lives of four strangers. All of them are in detention centers. An air hostess escaping from a cult, an Afgan refugee, a father escaping a dead-end job, and a bureaucrat caught in a scandal.
Their lives intersect, and emotional connections among the four push them to the brink of sanity. The story highlights the system that struggles with the various border protection policies and rules.
- Genre: Drama, Emotional.
- IMDb: 7.5
- Cast: Yvonne Strahovski, Jai Courtney, Asher Keddie.
- Release Date: 2020
- No of Episodes/Season: 1 Season (6 Episodes)
- Directed By: Emma Freeman, Jocelyn Moorhouse.
Rake
Rake is an Australian tv show that revolves around the life of Cleaver Greene, a Sydney-based lawyer. He is described by his ex-wife as unreliable and a mate by his son. Previously a very brilliant lawyer, now he is a drug addict.
He also has a massive gambling addiction that eventually led to him having a debt against very shady people. Greene is also in love with a prostitute he has been sleeping with for several years.
However bad his habits are, he is an exceptional and capable criminal lawyer who can win cases that would have been unwinnable in general. Watch this series to find out how Greene’s life goes with all these combined.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama.
- IMDb: 8.5
- Cast: Richard Roxburgh, Kate Box, Caroline Brazier, Kate Box.
- Release Date: 2010-2018.
- No of Episodes/Season: 5 Seasons (40 Episodes)
- Directed By: Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh.
Glitch
Glitch is a Sci-Fi series in which six dead people return back to life with no memory. We follow a police officer, James, who is called to a local cemetery in the middle of the night. He finds out that six people have returned from the dead with no memory of their identities. James and one of the dead risen recognizes each other.
These dead risen people are determined to find who they are and what led to them being risen from the dead. Linked in some way or another, these six people search for people who might know them.
- Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi.
- IMDb: 7.2
- Cast: Patrick Brammall, Emma Booth, Sean Keenan, Hannah Monson, John Leary.
- Release Date: 2015-2019
- No of Episodes/Season: 3 Seasons (18 Episodes)
- Directed By: Emma Freeman, Tony Krawitz.
The Bureau of Magical Things
The Bureau of Magical Things is a fantasy series involving magic, a magic world, and the real world. Long ago, humans and magic existed side by side without clashes. However, with growing technology, humans became more powerful, and the magic world was slowly pushed back and 8started vanishing.
Magical creatures like fairies and wizards started becoming extinct. Someone from the magic world now wants to restore the magical world to what it was. Two teens, Kyra and Peter, need to find this deviant guy and stop him from achieving his goal. They soon find out some dark secrets that change their lives forever.
- Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy.
- IMDb: 6.8.
- Cast: Kimie Tsukakoshi, Elizabeth Cullen, Mia Milnes, Julian Cullen.
- Release Date: 2018
- No of Episodes/Season: 2 Seasons (Season 3 Coming Soon)
- Directed By: Grant Brown, Evan Clarry.
Wentworth
Want to know how female criminals live inside a detention center? We got you. Wentworth tells us the story of Bea Smith and her life inside the detention center Wentworth. She was an honest wife and a mother from a normal suburban family.
Now in the detention center, she is the one who rules by being hasty and fearless. Follow this show to find out what led her to the detention center and how she grew from the first day she landed in prison to the queen of the Wentworth detention center. With a lot of PTSD and injustice, this series is a must-watch.
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller.
- IMDb: 8.6.
- Cast: Kate Atkinson, Katrina Milosevic, Robbie Magasiva, Jacquie Brennan.
- Release Date: 2013-2021.
- No of Episodes/Season: 8 Seasons(100Episodes)
- Directed By: Lara Radulovich.
A Place To Call Home
Set in the 1950s post world war two era, A Place To Call Home is a story about Sarah. She returns to Australia after spending 20 years living in Europe. Working as a nurse, she meets a wealthy and quite influential guy from the Bligh family.
She finds out various secrets about the family. Sarah has a mysterious past and converted to Judaism while in Europe. We follow as Sarah reconciles with her mother and heals her scared life from the tragic events of her past. The show also tells a story of a privileged family, the Bligh, confrontations with the modern era.
- Genre:
- IMDb: 8.3
- Cast: Marta Dusseldorp, Noni Hazlehurst, Brett Climo
- Release Date: 2013-2018
- No of Episodes/Season: 6 Seasons(67 Episodes)
- Directed By: Bevan Lee
Secret City
Fans of political drama, then this Australian political drama is something u need to watch. Set During the time of rising tension between us and China. A journalist, Harriet Dunkley, who tries to get a breakthrough story, uncovers a hidden secret city underneath Canberra.
The discovery of this secret city puts her as well as the lives of Australians in danger. Watch this political thriller as journalist Harriet uncovers conspiracies, espionage, vengeance, and bloodshed.
- Genre: Mystery, Thriller
- IMDb: 7.4
- Cast: Anna Trov, Marcus Graham, Justin Smith, Aleks Mikic.
- Release Date: 2016-2019
- No of Episodes/Season: 2 Seasons(12 Episodes)
Deepwater
The story of the show Deep Water revolves around the investigation of a series of murders of gay men. In the beginning, a gay man is found brutally murdered in his apartment.
Upon investigating other murders, the investigator, Tori, and Nick uncover that the killer is using an application THRUSTR to get victims for killing. The investigators race against time before the killer strikes again.
Upon research of previous year cases, they find that such a killing spree also took place in the 80s and 90s. With new leads and investigating every previously unsolved case related to gay men’s killing, they are finally able to hunt down the killer to give the family of the victims some closure.
- Genre: Crime, Drama.
- IMDb: 6.8
- Cast: Yael Stone, Noah Taylor, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Danielle Cormack, Ben Oxenbould
- Release Date: 2016
- No of Episodes/Season: 1 Season(4 Episodes).
- Directed By: Shawn Seet
Rostered On
Want some slapstick comedy with an Aussie touch? Then rostered on is the show u need to watch. Rostered On is One of the best Australian shows available on Netflix. It is a single-camera shot show that revolves around the employees of a faceless retail corporation named Electro world.
The day-to-day issues and struggles while working for this faceless retail organization. The Humouron this show is slightly on the amateur side. But a must-watch for when in the mood for a laugh.
- Genre: Comedy
- IMDb: 6.5
- Cast: Nick Boshier, Doug Lyons, Tara Vagg, Diana Brume.
- Release Date: 2016
- No of Episodes/Season: 3 Seasons(Ongoing)
- Directed By: Ryan Chamley
Heartbreak high
Heartbreak High is a teen Australian comedy-drama show. The latest show is a recreation of the 1993 Australian show of the same name. The show revolves around the lives of teen students, their school life, parents, and teachers.
Hartley High is a school located in Sydney, the basis of this show is where we follow Amerie and her friends and their life in this suburban city. This show involves all a teen’s emotions, from heartbreak to newfound love.
- Genre: Reboot, Teen, Drama, Comedy
- IMDb: 7.7
- Cast: Ayesha Madon, James Majoos, Chloe Hayden, Asher Yasbincek.
- Release Date: 2022
- No of Episodes/Season: 1 Season(Ongoing)
- Directed By: Hannah Carroll Chapman
Jack Irish
The crime drama series Jack Irish follows the life of Jack Irish was once a successful criminal lawyer in Melbourne. However, after the death of her wife, he went into depression and became an alcoholic, losing cases and eventually losing all the image and self-esteem he had.
After realizing he then rebounded back and became a PI. He is soon tangled in a web of lies of high-ranking government people involved in corruption and other crimes. This tv show is based on the crime novel by Peter Temple.
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- IMDb: 7.8.
- Cast: Guy Pearce, Aaron Pedersen, Roy Billing, Kate Atkinson.
- Release Date: 2016-2021
- No of Episodes/Season: 3 Seasons plus 3 Telemovies.
- Directed By: Andrew Anastasios
Upper Middle Bogan
This is the most Australian-named show that can be out there, a humourous yet heartwarming show. Upper Middle Bogan tells the story of Bees and her family consisting of her mother, her artifact husband, and 13-year-old twins.
Bess learns that she is adopted. She goes to meet her real parents, Wayne and Julie, who she finds out are bogans, who head a drag racing team. They are thrilled to know about the daughter they had lostâa funny typical Aussie series to watch.
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- IMDb: 7.9.
- Cast: Annie Maynard, Glenn Robbins, Michala Banas, Patrick Brammall.
- Release Date: 2013-2016
- No of Episodes/Season: 3 Seasons (24 Episodes)
- Directed By: Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope
Izzy’s Koala World
Izzy’s Koala World is a kid’s show that revolves around the real life of 11-year-old Izzy and her mother, a veterinarian. Their lives as they rescue koalas and nurture them and form a remarkable friendships with various animals in this Australian subcontinent.
- Genre: Documentary, Reality.
- IMDb: 8.0
- Cast: Izzy Bee, Ali Bee, Tim Bee.
- Release Date: 2020
- No of Episodes/Season: 2 Seasons(Ongoing)
Utopia
Utopia is office environment-based series, Set inside the government organization names National Building Authority. This is a new division that is created to overlook major infrastructural projects. The series follows a team that is in charge of guiding various big projects and their clash with the bureaucracy and their grand ambitions.
- Genre: Comedy, Thriller.
- IMDb: 8.4.
- Cast: Rob Sitch, Anthony Lehmann, Celia Pacquola, Dave Lawson
- Release Date: 2014
- No of Episodes/Season: 5 Seasons
- Directed By: Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro
The Secret Life of Us
Also referred to as Australian Friends, The Secret Life of Us is an Australian drama revolving around a group of friends in their 20s living in a suburban apartment in Melbourne. We follow these groups of friends as they go through life changes from work to social life.
They have one single motto that everything leads back to your friends. To gain the ultimate love, friendship, and success, dive along the journey of these friends as they find their life’s path.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama.
- IMDb: 7.6.
- Cast: Claudia Karvan, Samuel Johnson, Deborah Mailman, Abi Tucker.
- Release Date: 2001-2006
- No of Episodes/Season: 4 Seasons(88 Episodes).
- Directed By: John Edwards.
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