The Amazing Race Australia 8

File:Casa Rosada (5458727149).jpg in Buenos Aires, Argentina.]]

On 24 October 2023, The Amazing Race Australia was renewed for a second celebrity season.{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/paramount-upfront-2024-all-new-and-returning-shows/|title=Paramount Upfront 2024: All new and returning shows|website=Mediaweek|date=24 October 2023|access-date=8 May 2024}} In January 2024, Daniel Monaghan, SVP Content and Programming, said that the route for this season would be going "a bit further" compared to the previous season.{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/01/programmers-wrap-2024-10.html|title=Programmer's Wrap 2024: 10|last=Knox|first=David|website=TV Tonight|date=2 May 2024|access-date=10 May 2024}} During the launch event for Top Gear Australia in early May 2024, Ryan stated that filming would start "relatively soon".{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/05/when-do-australian-survivor-and-amazing-race-australia-film.html|title=Jonathan LaPaglia and Beau Ryan hint at next productions for 10.|last=Knox|first=David|website=TV Tonight|date=2 May 2024|access-date=8 May 2024}}

Filming for this season began on 7 May 2024 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{cite web|url=https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/the-amazing-race-australia-cast-leaks-as-reality-stars-spotted-filming-new-season-044251571.html|title=The Amazing Race Australia: Cast leaks as reality stars spotted filming new season|last=Pritchard|first=Tahlia|website=Yahoo! Lifestyle|date=8 May 2024|access-date=8 May 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2024/05/09/cast-of-the-amazing-race-australia-celebrity-edition-2024-leaked-online/|title=Cast of The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition 2024 leaked online|last=Laidlaw|first=Kyle|website=TV Blackbox|date=9 May 2024|access-date=9 May 2024}} In an interview after filming began, Monaghan announced that this season would travel to multiple continents, after the previous season only visited Asia, in an anti-clockwise direction.{{cite podcast|host=Aaron Ryan|title=Daniel Monaghan (Senior Vice President, Content and Programming at Paramount)|website=Spotify|date=14 May 2024|time=8:47|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/0y29GrbO3QNXkzGRyjYfq3|access-date=15 May 2024}} Later in the month, the show visited Spitzkoppe, Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, Namibia.{{cite news|url=https://www.republikein.com.na/kuns-en-vermaak/australiese-amazing-race-maak-namibiese-draai2024-10-01|title=Australiese Amazing Race Maak Namibiese DRAAI|language=Afrikaans|last=Graig|first=Augetto|publisher=Republikein|date=1 October 2024|access-date=1 October 2024}} In September, it was revealed that the season visited the continents of South America, Africa and Asia and the countries of Argentina, South Africa, Namibia and Thailand.{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/08/the-amazing-race-australia-celebrity-edition-promo-2.html|title=The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition: promo|last=Knox|first=David|website=TV Tonight|date=15 August 2024|access-date=16 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/09/the-amazing-race-australia-celebrity-edition-2024-meet-the-cast.html|title=The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition 2024: meet the cast|last=Knox|first=David|website=TV Tonight|date=7 September 2024|access-date=7 September 2024}}

Former NRL player Matthew Johns was rumoured to have been set to compete with his son Cooper; however, they dropped out at the last minute.{{cite web|url=https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/the-amazing-race-2024-casts-eye-watering-salaries-have-leaked-031002288.html|title=The Amazing Race 2024 cast's eye-watering salaries have leaked|work=Yahoo! Lifestyle|first=Lachlan|last=Guertin|date=17 September 2024|access-date=18 September 2024}}

At upfronts in 2023, Network 10 announced that the season would air in the second half of 2024. On 16 May, Monaghan stated that the season would air after the third season of Hunted.{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/we-just-need-to-walk-away-sometimes-10s-daniel-monaghan-on-axing-the-masked-singer-and-the-bachelor/|title='We just need to walk away sometimes': 10's Daniel Monaghan on axing The Masked Singer and The Bachelor shows|website=Mediaweek|date=16 May 2024|access-date=17 May 2024}} On 20 August 2024, Network 10 announced that the season was scheduled to premiere on 9 September.{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/08/returning-the-amazing-race-australia-celebrity-edition.html|title=Returning: The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition|last=Knox|first=David|website=TV Tonight|date=20 August 2024|access-date=20 August 2024}}

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The cast consists of celebrities and their relatives and friends.{{cite web|url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/the-amazing-race-australia-celebrity-cast-release-date/|title=The Amazing Race Australia 2024 Celeb Cast Announced After Major Leak Spoiled The Surprise|website=Pedestrian|first=Rachel|last=Choy|date=9 May 2024}}

The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.

• A {{fontcolor|FireBrick|red}} placement with a dagger ({{dagger}}) indicates that the team was eliminated.
• An {{fontcolor|#0645AD|underlined blue}} placement with a double-dagger ({{double-dagger}}) indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop in a non-elimination leg and had to perform a Speed Bump task in the following leg.
• An italicized and underlined placement indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Virtual Pit Stop, and had to perform a Speed Bump task in the following leg. There was no rest period at this Virtual Pit Stop with all teams instructed to continue racing.
• A {{fontcolor|MediumVioletRed|violet +}} indicates that the teams encountered an Intersection.

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |Thorpie & Christian

|2nd

|4th

|7th

|5th

|5th

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |Chloe & Emily

|1st

|5th

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|4th

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Havana & Steph

|5th

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |Jett & Lily

|3rd

|8th{{efn|Jett & Lily initially arrived 1st at the Pit Stop; however, they were issued a 1-hour penalty for not completing the Detour. Seven other teams checked in during this penalty time, dropping Jett & Lily to 8th.}}

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Cyrell & Eden

|10th

|9th

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Nat & Mel

|7th

|{{fontcolor|FireBrick|10th}}{{dagger|alt=This team was eliminated.}}

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Luke & Julie

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• Episode 1 (9 September 2024)
• Prize: A stay at a hotel suite during the Pit Stop (awarded to Chloe & Emily)
• Eliminated: Luke & Julie

;Locations

• Buenos Aires, Argentina (Plaza de Mayo – Casa Rosada) (Starting Line)
• Buenos Aires (Obelisco de Buenos Aires)
• Buenos Aires (Plaza Intendente Alvear – Gomero de la Recoleta)
• Buenos Aires (Casal de Catalunya {{small|or}} Plaza Dorrego) {{TAR clue|Detour|National Dance|National Sandwich}}
• Buenos Aires (La Boca – Caminito)
• Buenos Aires (Silos Puerto Madero)
• Buenos Aires (Centro Cultural Kirchner) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|1}}

;Episode summary

• Teams set off from Plaza de Mayo and had to travel by taxi from Obelisco de Buenos Aires to Gomero de la Recoleta, where they had to find a statue of Atlas with their next clue. There, teams had to find four paseadores de perros – dog walkers – and count their dogs (35) before receiving their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Detour|National Dance|National Sandwich}} This season's first Detour was a choice between National Dance or National Sandwich. In National Dance, teams had to make their way to the theatre inside Casal de Catalunya and perform an Argentine tango to the satisfaction of a judge before receiving their next clue. In National Sandwich, teams had to cook 24 choripánes, consisting of chorizo, chimichurri, salsa and bread, in Plaza Dorrego before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to travel by taxi to the neighbourhood of La Boca. Once there, they had to recite a football chant for the Boca Juniors football club to the satisfaction of a judge before receiving their next clue. Teams then had to travel by taxi to Silos Puerto Madero before travelling by foot to the Pit Stop: the Centro Cultural Kirchner.

;Additional note

• Freestyle football star Bárbara Roskin appeared as the Pit Stop greeter for this leg.

File:Gauchos en Salta, Argentina.JPG focused on the gaucho culture of the Argentine Northwest.]]

• Episode 2 (10 September 2024)
• Eliminated: Nat & Mel

;Locations

• {{TAR travel|bus}} Buenos Aires (Retiro Bus Station) → Salta (Terminal de Ómnibus de Salta) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|start=yes}}
• Salta (Cerro San Bernardo)
• {{TAR travel|gondola}} Salta (Parque San Martin)
• Salta (Monument General Martin Miguel de Guemes) {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who likes a fancy dress?}}
• Vaqueros (Finca La Huella) {{TAR clue|Detour|Strong Stomach|Soft Touch}}
• San Lorenzo (Finca Lesser) {{TAR clue|Intersection}}
• La Caldera (Dique Campo Alegre) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|2}}

;Episode summary

• During the Pit Stop, teams travelled to Salta. Once there, teams had to travel by taxi to the top of Cerro San Bernardo and find their next clue. Teams then had to take the cable car down Cerro San Bernardo to Parque San Martín in order to reach the Roadblock.
• {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who likes a fancy dress?}} In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to search amongst Carnival dancers at Monument General Martin Miguel de Guemes for one with a pattern that matched a provided swatch. Racers then had to memorise a medallion worn by the dancer and pick out the correct one from a table before receiving their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Detour|Strong Stomach|Soft Touch}} This leg's Detour was a choice between Strong Stomach or Soft Touch. For both Detour tasks, teams first had to drive to Finca La Huella. In Strong Stomach, teams had to eat a cabeza guateada – roasted cow head – before receiving their next clue. In Soft Touch, teams had to extract two kilograms of goat milk before receiving their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Intersection}} After the Detour, teams had to drive to Finca Lesser, where they encountered this season's only Intersection. Two teams had to join up and perform a gaucho horseback riding routine before receiving their next clue, which directed teams to the Pit Stop: Dique Campo Alegre in La Caldera. The teams intersected as follows: Bam Bam & Logan and Jett & Lily, Chloe & Emily and Thorpie & Christian, Brooke & Adam and Billy & Oscar, Havana & Steph and Pete & Bridget, Cyrell & Eden and Nat & Mel.

File:Pucará de Tilcara I (4895192046).jpg themed leg in Jujuy Province concluded at Pucará de Tilcara.]]

• Episode 3 (15 September 2024)
• Prize: A stay at a hotel suite during the Pit Stop (awarded to Chloe & Emily)
• Eliminated: Cyrell & Eden

;Locations

• Purmamarca (Ruta Nacional 9) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|start=yes}}
• Purmamarca (Estacionamiento Municipal)
• Purmamarca (Paseo de los Colorados {{small|or}} Iglesia Santa Rosa de Lima) {{TAR clue|Detour|Walk Like An Incan|Dress Like An Incan}}
• Tilcara (Caravana de Llamas) {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who wants to be the leader of the pack?}}
• Tilcara (Hostal La Casa Del Puente)
• Tilcara (Pucará de Tilcara) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|3}}

;Episode summary

• During the Pit Stop, teams travelled from Salta to Purmamarca. Once there, teams were instructed to drive to the Fábrica de Ladrillos inside Estacionamiento Municipal and mould 18 adobe bricks before receiving their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Detour|Walk Like An Incan|Dress Like An Incan}} This leg's Detour was a choice between Walk Like An Incan or Dress Like An Incan. In Walk Like An Incan, teams had to load provisions into traditional Incan blankets known as aguayos, carry them on their backs down the mountain trail in Paseo de los Colorados and deliver them to a nearby shop before receiving their next clue. In Dress Like An Incan, teams had to find the town market outside of Iglesia Santa Rosa de Lima and tie items onto an ekeko statue so that it matched an example before receiving their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who wants to be the leader of the pack?}} In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to dress a llama from the Caravana de Llamas in Tilcara and then lead it on a walk through a valley before receiving their next clue.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to drive to Hostal La Casa Del Puente and then travel by foot to the Pit Stop: Pucará de Tilcara.

File:00000-Rand Club-Johannesburg-s.jpg, racers had to search the Rand Club for their next clue. ]]

• Episode 4 (16 September 2024)
• Eliminated: Jett & Lily

;Locations

• {{TAR travel|flight}} Buenos Aires (Aeroparque Jorge Newbery) → Johannesburg, South Africa (O. R. Tambo International Airport)
• Sandton (Sandton Station) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|start=yes}}
• {{TAR travel|train}} Sandton (Sandton Station) → Johannesburg (Johannesburg Park Station)
• Johannesburg (Kwa Mai Mai Traditional Market {{small|or}} London House) {{TAR clue|Detour|Healer|Styler}}
• Johannesburg (Diagonal Street) {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who can walk the walk and talk the talk?}}
• Johannesburg (Rand Club)
• Johannesburg (Hallmark House) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|4}}

;Episode summary

• During the Pit Stop, teams flew to Johannesburg, South Africa. After departing from Sandton Station, teams were instructed to travel by train to Johannesburg Park Station and find their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Detour|Healer|Styler}} This leg's Detour was a choice between Healer or Styler. In Healer, teams had to travel to the Kwa Mai Mai Traditional Market and set up a nganga stall by placing items next to the correct Zulu language labels before receiving their next clue. In Styler, teams had to find London House in Johannesburg's fashion district. Once there, one team member had to use a sewing machine to sew a garment called a dashiki while the other team member had to sew a matching tote bag by hand before receiving their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who can walk the walk and talk the talk?}} In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to eat a popular street food dish called walkie talkies – grilled chicken heads and feet – at Diagonal Street before receiving their next clue.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to travel by foot to the Rand Club and search the club for representations of the Big five game until they found an African buffalo statue with their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: Hallmark House.

File:The Nelson Mandela House.jpg during their time in Soweto.]]

• Episode 5 (22 September 2024)

;Locations

• Sandton (The Catalyst) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|start=yes}}
• Soweto (Lebo's Backpackers) {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who's ready to take it up a gear?}}
• {{TAR travel|bicycle}} Soweto (Mandela House)
• Soweto (Umbuyisa School of Arts and Culture)
• Soweto (Onions&All Take-Away Restaurant {{small|or}} Emaplazini/Polar's Place & 6362 Mashane Street) {{TAR clue|Detour|Burgers|Beers}}
• Soweto (Soweto Theatre) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|5}}

;Episode summary

• Teams received their first clue at the Pit Stop hotel and were instructed to travel to Lebo's Backpackers in Soweto, which had their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who's ready to take it up a gear?}} In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to assemble a bicycle before receiving their next clue.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to travel by bicycle to the Mandela House and find their next clue. Teams then had to travel by foot to the Umbuyisa School of Arts and Culture, where they had to perform a song and drum routine with the schoolchildren before receiving their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Detour|Burgers|Beers}} This leg's Detour was a choice between Burgers or Beers. In Burgers, teams had to memorise kota burger orders from six patrons at the Onions&All Take-Away Restaurant and then prepare and serve the burgers before receiving their next clue. In Beers, teams had to travel to a shebeen and transport 30 litres of homebrewed Umqombothi beer two kilometers by wheelbarrow to a backyard party before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Soweto Theatre.

;Additional note

• There was no elimination at the end of this leg; all teams were instead instructed to continue racing.

File:Cradle of Humankind landscape (4258449669).jpg.]]

• Episode 6 (23 September 2024)
• Prize: A stay at a hotel suite during the Pit Stop (awarded to Brooke & Adam)
• Eliminated: Havana & Steph

;Locations

• Magaliesburg (Mpandlane Village) {{TAR clue|Detour|High Kick|Paint Slick}}
• Magaliesburg (Warthogs Bush Lodge) {{TAR clue|Speed Bump|Fire Pit}}
• Magaliesburg (Plumari Private Reserve) {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who has the winning smile?}}
• Krugersdorp (Nirox Sculpture Park) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|6}}

;Episode summary

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel by taxi to Mpandlane Village in Magaliesburg and find their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Detour|High Kick|Paint Slick}} This leg's Detour was a choice between High Kick or Paint Slick. In High Kick, teams had to perform a Zulu warrior dance to the satisfaction of the tribal leader before receiving their next clue. In Paint Slick teams had to memorise and replicate a Ndebele color pattern on a traditional clay drinking pot known as a ukhamba before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to travel by taxi to the Warthogs Bush Lodge and sign up for one of two safaris in the Plumari Private Reserve. Teams received their next clue on the following day in the order in which they arrived.
• {{TAR clue|Speed Bump|Fire Pit}} For their Speed Bump, Pete & Bridget had to clean out the ash from their campfire and restock the firewood before they could continue racing.
• {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who has the winning smile?}} In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to search an excavation unit for 28 human teeth, which they could exchange with the ranger for their next clue.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to drive to the Pit Stop: the Nirox Sculpture Park in Krugersdorp.

File:Dune 7, Namibia (16703212194).jpg, teams encountered a Detour at Dune 7 within the Namib Desert.]]

• Episode 7 (29 September 2024)
• Eliminated: Chloe & Emily

;Locations

• {{TAR travel|flight}} Johannesburg (O. R. Tambo International Airport) → Walvis Bay, Namibia (Walvis Bay Airport) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|start=yes}}
• Erongo Region (Dorob National Park – Dune 7)
• Erongo Region (Dorob National Park – Peter's Pan {{small|or}} Snake Bend Pan) {{TAR clue|Detour|Two By Two|Four By Four}}
• Walvis Bay (Pelican Point)
• Swakopmund (Mondesa Clinic) {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who wants a traditional spa treatment?}}
• Swakopmund (E.S.M. Trading Fashion Shop)
• Erongo Region (Dorob National Park – Tumas Pan) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|7}}

;Episode summary

• During the Pit Stop, teams flew to Walvis Bay, Namibia. Teams began the leg outside of the airport and had to drive through the Namib Desert to Dune 7, which had their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Detour|Two By Two|Four By Four}} This leg's Detour, each with a limit of three stations, was a choice between Two By Two or Four By Four. In Two By Two, teams had to climb up the Peter's Pan dune by foot and then ride a sandboard back down before finding their next clue. In Four By Four, teams had to drive twelve kilometers through the dunes near Snake Bend Pan before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams were driven to Pelican Point, where they had to kayak through a Cape fur seal colony and find four buoys. Teams had to memorise seal facts at each buoy and correctly answer a question before receiving their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who wants a traditional spa treatment?}} In this leg's Roadblock, teams had to mix a batch of otjize – a Himba sunscreen made from animal fat and red ochre – and then cover themselves with it before receiving their next clue. To reach the Roadblock, teams were driven out of Pelican Point before driving themselves all the way from Walvis Bay to the Mondesa Clinic in the city of Swakopmund.
• After the Roadblock, teams had purchase four clothing items for a store using only a list written in Damara Nama and bring them back to E.S.M. Trading Fashion Shop before receiving their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: Tumas Pan in Dorob National Park.

;Additional note

• Although the last team to arrive at the Pit Stop was eliminated, there was no rest period at the end of the leg and all remaining teams were instead instructed to continue racing.

File:Mole, Jetty and Lighthouse Swakopmund, Namibia.jpg along the Skeleton Coast, teams visited the city's main beach, mole and jetty.]]

• Episode 8 (30 September 2024)
• Prize: A stay at a hotel suite during the Pit Stop (awarded to Pete & Bridget)

;Locations

• Erongo Region (Skeleton Coast – Vierkant Klip Area)
• Swakopmund (Main Beach)
• Swakopmund (Swakopmund Mole)
• Swakopmund (Artists' Arcade {{small|or}} Altstadt Restaurant) {{TAR clue|Detour|Herero Style|German Feast}}
• Swakopmund (Swakopmund Jetty) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|8}}

;Episode summary

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to drive to the Vierkant Klip Area of the Skeleton Coast and set up a crystal stall to match an example before receiving their next clue.
• Teams then had to drive to the main beach in Swakopmund and figure out using a poem that their next clue, a message in a bottle sending them to the Swakopmund Mole, was buried beneath a whale spine vertebra.
• {{TAR clue|Detour|Herero Style|German Feast}} This leg's Detour was a choice between Herero Style or German Feast. In Herero Style, teams had to find the Artists' Arcade where they would fold a traditional Herero horned headdress before receiving their next clue. In German Feast, teams had to eat a four-kilogram plate of Schweinshaxe and sauerkraut at the Altstadt Restaurant before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Swakopmund Jetty.

;Additional note

• This was a non-elimination leg.

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• Episode 9 (6 October 2024)
• Prize: A stay at a hotel suite during the Pit Stop (awarded to Brooke & Adam)
• Eliminated: Thorpie & Christian

;Locations

• Swakopmund (Hotel Prinzessin Rupprecht) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|start=yes}}
• Uigaran (Omandumba – Erongo Mountain Nature Sanctuary) {{TAR clue|Speed Bump|Dung Collection}} {{TAR clue|Detour|Weapons|Water}}
• Uigaran (Omandumba – Animal Research Station)
• Usakos (Spitzkoppe – The Dome)
• Usakos (Spitzkoppe – The Bridge) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|9}}

;Episode summary

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to drive to the Erongo Mountain Nature Sanctuary and find their next clue. There, teams had to collect dung pellets and play a bush game called bokdrol spoeg, which involved both team members spitting a pellet into a target before receiving their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Speed Bump|Dung Collection}} For their Speed Bump, Thorpie & Christian had to fill a bowl with dung pellets before they could continue racing.
• {{TAR clue|Detour|Weapons|Water}} This leg's Detour was a choice between Weapons or Water. In Weapons, both team members had to shoot a target with a bow and arrow using San people techniques before receiving their next clue. In Water, teams had to construct a water carrier from an ostrich egg before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams were brought to the animal research station, where they had to watch trail camera footage from the previous night and identify ten animals before receiving their next clue. Teams then had to drive to the Spitzkoppe and scale the rocks of The Dome in search of their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: The Bridge.

;Additional notes

• Chief Benjamin Naruseb, the Headman of Spitzkoppe, appeared as the Pit Stop greeter during this leg.
• Thorpie & Christian fell far behind that The Dome had closed by the time that they had arrived at the Spitzkoppe. They were instructed to head directly to the Pit Stop.

File:Isla Tapu, Phuket, Tailandia, 2013-08-20, DD 36.JPG including Khao Phing Kan and its islet Koh Ta Pu.]]

• Episode 10 (7 October 2024)

;Locations

• {{TAR travel|flight}} Walvis Bay (Walvis Bay Airport) → Phuket, Thailand (Phuket International Airport)
• {{TAR travel|bus}} Takua Thung (Natai Beach) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|start=yes}}
• {{TAR travel|boat}} Ao Phang Nga National Park (Koh Panyi) {{TAR clue|Detour|Raise It|Kick It}}
• {{TAR travel|boat}} Ao Phang Nga National Park (Khao Phing Kan)
• {{TAR travel|boat}} & {{TAR travel|bus}} Takua Thung (Banana Plantation)
• {{TAR travel|bus}} Thai Mueang (Hot Spring Beach) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|10}}

;Episode summary

• During the Pit Stop, teams flew to Phuket, Thailand, and then travelled by songthaew to Natai Beach for their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Detour|Raise It|Kick It}} This leg's Detour was a choice between Raise It or Kick It. For this Detour, teams first had to travel by long-tail boat to Koh Panyi. In Raise It, teams had to find two shops using a map, pick up bamboo poles and flags, deliver them to the Newfern Restaurant and raise the flags before receiving their next clue. In Kick It, teams had to complete a series of soccer drills on Koh Panyi's floating soccer field before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to travel to Khao Phing Kan, an island that appeared in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, and swim to their next clue. Teams then had to search the island for a man with golden sunglasses, who had their next clue.
• After returning to the mainland, teams had to travel to a banana plantation near Na Nuea Stadium in Khok Kloi and prepare six servings of khao tom mud – a banana and sticky rice dessert wrapped in a banana leaf – before receiving their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: Hot Spring Beach at The Hotspring Beach Resort & Spa in Thai Mueang.

;Additional note

• This was a non-elimination leg.

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• Episode 11 (13 October 2024)
• Eliminated: Pete & Bridget

;Locations

• Takua Thung (Sarasin Bridge) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|start=yes}}
• {{TAR travel|bus}} Thalang (Phuket Gateway)
• {{TAR travel|bus}} Thalang (Phuket Elephant Care) {{TAR clue|Speed Bump|Clay Ball Roll}}
• {{TAR travel|bus}} Thalang (Bankokwatmai School) {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who's ready for some child's play?}}
• {{TAR travel|bus}} Phuket (Athena Cabaret {{small|or}} Phuket Old Town – Thalang Road) {{TAR clue|Detour|Fame|Frame}}
• {{TAR travel|bus}} Phuket (Khao Rang Viewpoint) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|11}}

;Episode summary

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel by songthaew to the Phuket Gateway and search under an art exhibition of turtle eggs for their next clue. Teams then had to travel to Phuket Elephant Care and give an elephant a clay bath and shower before receiving their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Speed Bump|Clay Ball Roll}} For their Speed Bump, Billy & Oscar had to roll clay balls and fill three buckets before they could continue racing.
• {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who's ready for some child's play?}} In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to shoot down ten cans using a slingshot before receiving their next clue.
• {{TAR clue|Detour|Fame|Frame}} This season's final Detour, each with a limit of two stations, was a choice between Fame or Frame. In Fame, teams had to dress a cabaret performer in the same outfit as the performer on stage, who was only revealed to teams for ten seconds at random intervals, before receiving their next clue. In Frame, teams had to memorise three photographs of buildings along Thalang Road, find the three buildings and recite the street numbers to a judge before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: Khao Rang Viewpoint.

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• Episode 12 (20 October 2024)
• Prize: A$100,000 for the team's chosen charity
• Winners: Bam Bam & Logan
• Runners-up: Billy & Oscar
• Third place: Brooke & Adam

;Locations

• {{TAR travel|flight}} Phuket (Phuket International Airport) → Bangkok (Don Mueang International Airport)
• Bangkok (Chong Nonsi Skywalk) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia|start=yes}}
• Bangkok (Nopparat Theatre)
• Bangkok (Chinatown – Chinatown Gate)
• Bangkok (Plaeng Nam Road – Khao Thom 3/1)
• Bangkok (NT Tower Bangrak)
• Bangkok (Hua Lamphong Railway Station) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop Australia}}

;Episode summary

• During the Pit Stop, teams flew to Bangkok and began the final leg simultaneously at the Chong Nonsi Skywalk before finding their next clue.
• Teams were instructed to travel by tuk-tuk to the Nopparat Theatre and perform a Thai sword dance before receiving their next clue. Teams then had to travel to Chinatown Gate and deliver two 20-kilogram catfish by hand to an eatery on Plaeng Nam Road before receiving their next clue.
• After delivering the fish, teams had to prepare and eat frog curry along with preprepared duck neck and fried waterbugs before receiving their next clue. Teams then had to travel to NT Tower Bangrak and stack twelve large blocks with symbols from previous legs before receiving their final clue, which directed them to the finish line: the Hua Lamphong Railway Station.

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;Additional note

• Actress and model Lukkade Metinee appeared as the finish line greeter for this leg.

On 28 January 2024, OzTAM's ratings data recording system changed. Viewership data focuses on National Reach (viewed for more than one minute) and National Total ratings (average viewership) instead of providing data on the 5 metro centres and overnight shares.

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