ABC presents Project Australia, marking the launch of the microwave link between the east and west coasts of Australia, allowing the transmission of program material across the country.  HSV7 also celebrates the event with a special edition of The Mike Walsh Show planned for relay to Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth — featuring Frank Rich, Sue Donovan and Mary Hardy.

50 years since Project Australia [2020]

Source: TV Times, 8 July 1970

	MELBOURNE
	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV0
6AM
7AM			7am Super Flying Fun Show	7am Fredd Bear’s Breakfast A Go-Go. Fredd Bear, Judy Banks
8AM		8.30am Romper Room	8.30 Playroom
9AM	9.10am For Schools: Junior Secondary Science, Form One Maths	9.30 Rocket Robin Hood	9am Here’s Humphrey	9am The Munchkin Show 9.30 Owly’s School
10AM	10.10 Play School 10.50 For Schools: Science And Life, People Of Many Lands, Form Two Maths, History 1917-1967	10am Casey Jones 10.30 Woman’s World. Binny Lum, Jon Sidney, Vi Greenhalf	10am Movie: In Old Kentucky. 1935 [IMDB]	10am Kindy 10.30 The Magic Circle Club
11AM		11.30 People In Conflict	11.30 Peyton Place	11am Cooking 11.30 Roundabout. Roy Hampson, Katrina Pye
12PM		12pm Maggie 12.30 Movie: Flesh And Fantasy. 1943 [IMDB]	12pm Days Of Our Lives 12.30 Movie: Drums Along The Mohawk. 1939 [IMDB]	12.30pm Movie: Those Endearing Charms. 1945 [IMDB]
1PM	1pm ABC News 1.15 For Schools: Form Three Maths, Form Two Science, People Of Many Lands, Hamlet			1.55 Fruit Market Report
2PM		2pm Temptation. Tony Barber, Barbara Rogers 2.30 Beauty And The Beast. John Laws	2.30 General Hospital	2pm Movie: Walk Like A Dragon. 1960 [IMDB]
3PM	3.25 When The River Was The Only Road 3.50 Andy Pandy	3.30 Hawaiian Eye	3pm Where The Heart Is 3.22 Tell Me Dr Brothers 3.30 The Danny Thomas Show	3.27 News Headlines 3.30 The Game Game Show
4PM	4.05 Play School 4.30 Adventure Island	4.30 Texas Rangers	4pm Uncle Norman 4.05 Prince Planet 4.30 Bozo	4pm The Flintstones 4.30 The Patty Duke Show
5PM	5pm This Is Your World 5.10 Captain Fathom 5.35 Life Of Riley	5pm Robin Hood 5.30 Get Smart 5.55 I Dream Of Jeannie	5pm HR Pufnstuf 5.30 McHale’s Navy	5pm Lost In Space
6PM	6pm My Favourite Martian 6.30 GTK 6.40 Bellbird 6.55 To Market	6.25 Johnny Farnham 6.30 News. Brian Naylor	6pm The Addams Family 6.30 News. Eric Pearce, John Bailey, Rosemary Margan	6pm News. Geoff Raymond 6.30 Gilligan’s Island
7PM	7pm ABC News, Newsreel 7.30 This Day Tonight 7.55 Project Australia. Richard Oxenburgh. Includes official opening of east-west microwave link by Postmaster-General Alan Hulme.	7pm It’s Academic 7.30 On The Buses	7pm Family Affair 7.30 Marcus Welby MD	7pm Room 222 7.30 Bonanza
8PM	8.58 ABC News	8pm Father Dear Father 8.30 Two In Clover	8.30 The Many Faces Of Warren Mitchell	8.30 Mission: Impossible
9PM	9pm The FBI 9.50 ABC News	9pm Dear Mother, Love Albert 9.30 The Mike Walsh Show	9pm Coronation Street 9.30 In Melbourne Tonight. Jimmy Hannan	9.30 Movie: He Who Must Die. [IMDB]
10PM	10pm Sue Becker 10.10 Retrospect		10.50 Late News
11PM	11pm Close	11pm League Teams VFL 11.15 Late News 11.20 Movie: Trade Winds. 1938 [IMDB]	11.17 Golden Gloves Boxing	11.30 VFA Teams 11.45 Felony Squad
12AM			12.17am The Andy Griffith Show 12.47 Epilogue, Close	12.15am Late News 12.45 Close
1AM		1.05am Close
2AM
3AM
4AM
5AM

 

REGIONALS
Albury ABAV1 Ballarat ABRV3 Bendigo ABEV1 Gippsland ABLV4 Mildura ABMV4 Shepparton ABGV3 Swan Hill ABSV2	AMV4 Albury	BTV6 Ballarat	GMV6 Shepparton	BCV8 Bendigo	STV8 Mildura	GLV10 Gippsland
9.10am For Schools 10.10 Play School 10.50 For Schools 1pm ABC News 1.15 For Schools 3.25 When The River Was The Only Road 3.50 Andy Pandy 4.05 Play School 4.30 Adventure Island 5pm This Is Your World 5.10 Captain Fathom 5.35 Life Of Riley 6pm My Favourite Martian 6.30 GTK 6.40 Bellbird 6.55 Regional News 7pm ABC News, Newsreel 7.30 This Day Tonight 7.55 Project Australia. Richard Oxenburgh 8.58 ABC News 9pm The FBI 9.50 ABC News 10pm Sue Becker 10.10 Retrospect 11pm Close	4pm The Bugs Bunny Show 4.25 Huckleberry Hound 4.50 Cobbers’ Club 5pm My Friend Flicka 5.25 Dennis The Menace 5.50 Revolution 5.55 The Addams Family 6.20 Local News 6.30 National News 7pm Family Affair 7.30 Doctor In The House 8pm Room 222 8.30 Bonanza 9.30 The Gold Robbers 10.20 Coronation Street 10.45 Late News 10.55 Close	4pm Humphrey Bear 4.55 Let’s Read 5pm Robin Hood 5.30 The Rifleman 5.55 The Dick Van Dyke Show 6.20 Western News 6.30 National News 7pm Julia 7.30 This Is Tom Jones 8.30 Movie: Saturday Night And Sunday Morning. 1959 [IMDB] 10pm Man Alive 10.45 Epilogue, Close	11.55am News 12pm The Dick Van Dyke Show 12.25 Maggie 12.55 News 1pm Coronation Street 1.28 Peyton Place 2pm Ben Casey 2.50 Cooking 3pm Strictly For The Birds 3.30 The Marriage Game 4pm Cartoons 4.30 Rin Tin Tin 4.55 Flying Club 5pm Road Runner 5.30 The Flintstones 5.55 I Dream Of Jeannie 6.20 Local News 6.30 National News 7pm Julia 7.30 The Doris Day Show 8pm Homicide 9pm Bracken’s World 9.55 Department S 10.45 News 11.15 Epilogue, Close	11.55am News 12pm Movie: Command Decision. 1948 [IMDB] 2pm General Hospital 2.20 Days Of Our Lives 2.45 Maggie 3.10 Riptide 4pm The Flintstones 4.30 Teleclub 5pm The Addams Family 5.25 Zorro 5.50 The Lucy Show 6.15 District News 6.25 Revolution 6.30 National News 7pm To Rome With Love 7.30 Family Affair 8pm Homicide 9pm Ironside 10pm Bracken’s World 10.55 Citizen James 11.20 News 11.30 Epilogue, Close	5.15pm Paddlewheelers 5.50 Sargeant Prestion 6.15 News 6.40 Showtime 7.30 Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) 8.30 Marcus Welby MD 9.25 Hawaiian Eye 10.15 News 10.23 Tomorrow On 8 10.25 Close	4.55pm Prologue 5pm The Mickey Mouse Club 5.25 Wild Kingdom 5.50 The Dick Van Dyke Show 6.15 Local News 6.30 National News 6.55 Stock Report 7pm The Rovers 7.30 Here’s Harry 8pm On The Buses 8.30 Marcus Welby MD 9.25 News 9.30 In Melbourne Tonight 10.45 Late News 11.15 Close