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Check this out. I got bush soup.

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It'd be nice to have a shower, go out on
a date with my wife, to hug my kids.

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The difference between winning this or
not is whether you can bring in food.

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And I've got some pretty elaborate ways
of doing that.

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I'm losing energy because I'm
uncomfortable and I need to fix that.

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It's been many years since I got out of
the army.

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Maybe I'm not as mentally resilient
as...

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I thought I'd grown to be.

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Fuck, what am I doing out here?

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I'm officially tapping out.

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We're halfway to the South Pole. We're
going to be totally alone.

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It's Tasmania. It's cold. It's rain.
It's snow.

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We're all going to leave changed
forever.

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Holy fuck. Yeah!

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What is this place?

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Run. A game picked from hell. Mother
nature's kicking my arse.

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This experience is just

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as much a mind game as it is a survival
game.

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$250,000 prize would change my life.

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It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

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It comes at a cost.

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Holy shit.

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Holy shit.

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I'm not really into golf but here goes.

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Hit it too far.

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Oh this is by far the nicest day.

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It's just blue all around.

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So after a whole bunch of work, my kayak
is complete.

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All right, so here's the kayak.

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I'm really quite happy with how it looks
on the outside.

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Good tension.

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I'm going to roll her over.

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So you can see all of the lacing I did
last night.

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It took forever, but it was worth it.

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Look at that.

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To burn the holes in the side of the
tarpaulin, I had to get a fire going.

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You can go straight in the middle
because you're behaving.

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And then I had to heat up the billy
handle and then use that like a hot

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poker to put the holes through.

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And that worked really well.

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Oh, easy peasy.

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And then I used inner paracord to lace
the edges.

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Oh, perfect.

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That worked even better than I thought
it would.

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Man, there's a bloody lot of work in
that.

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Yeah, but it's gonna make a big
difference.

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I mean, for the first time since being
here, I can explore my area,

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trial my line, and all these
opportunities just get opened up with

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having a kayak.

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I can't wait to get in the water.

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Okay, I'm just going through final
preparations.

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It's pretty important that this kayak
operates as planned because there's a

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lot riding on it.

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It's going to be heavy as crap, isn't
it?

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It's a good sign it floats.

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My strategy is to prioritise food above
all else.

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And I really haven't eaten anything
since I got here.

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So the kayak to me is a very, very
important survival tool.

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All right.

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I do have to be careful because the
bottom of the kayak is just tarpaulin.

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So the slightest rub on a rock will
slice it and cause a leak and be very,

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very difficult to fix.

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Getting my butt in is the tricky thing.

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Why is that scraping?

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All right, now I'm floating.

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Bloody fishing rod's in a bloody way.

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That's better.

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My center of gravity lower towards the
bottom of the boat.

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Stuck.

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Some dead wood right under my nose.

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I want to break free.

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Yes.

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Good morning.

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It was so fucking beautiful waking up to
a day of full sunshine.

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Guess what?

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My shelter was warm last night.

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It was so warm I got to take off my
pants, which is amazing.

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Because my horrible itchy thighs aren't
terribly horrible and itchy.

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Sleeping naked in the possum fur is
ridiculously fabulous.

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How glamorous is that?

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Not your normal idea of suffering away
on alone.

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Remember how I couldn't do up my pants?

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Today...

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Guess what?

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I can do up my pants.

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Kind of.

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All right, it's not the most comfortable
doing up at the decks, but

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they stay up.

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So the good thing about that is my pants
do up.

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The not so good thing about that means I
have lost a metric fuckton of weight.

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I reckon I'm coming up on 10 kilos.

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For me to fit into these, it means I'm
almost losing a kilo a day.

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That's a lot.

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That's a lot I don't actually want to
lose. Like, I came in thinking I've got

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30 kilos to lose, and I knew that I
would burn a whole bunch of calories

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making this shelter, but I can't sustain
that.

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I feel so, so, so glad I came in with
the strategy that I did,

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which was to just blast the shelter
right away.

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I'd be so sad right now if I had all of
that work ahead of me.

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Shelter's the number one thing, number
one priority in survival.

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But now it's time to go out and actually
find some food.

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I'm going to eat something today.

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That's what I'm doing today. Today I'm
going to eat something.

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That wasn't expected.

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Try that.

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Right, so I'm interested to know what
happened there.

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Obviously.

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It's critical that I get this kayak
fixed.

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The biggest threat for me here is
starvation.

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I need some bloody food.

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Morning, everyone.

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Guess what day it is.

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Double fucking digits.

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And you know what? Have a look at this.

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Blue sky.

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We got a blue sky day today.

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So today, we're going to go hunting for
yabbies.

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Let's go.

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Let's go, let's go, let's go.

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Look at this.

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Isn't this just incredible?

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We've gone like two metres and look how
pretty it is.

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What a rainforest paradise.

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Look at that.

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It is a dream.

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It's a dream.

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Oh, bloody check this out.

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Have a go at that.

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There's a bloody waterfall here.

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It's not big, but it's bloody awesome.

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And it's perfect water for yabbies.

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This is it. We're going to park up here
for a bit, try and get some yabbies and

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that in there.

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See if I just put that right in the
middle there, nice and slow, and let

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that sink down.

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Hopefully there's a yabbie under that
rock ledge there or somewhere.

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And he's going to get a scent of that
tasty seafood and come running out.

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Then I'm going to pounce.

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I love this place so much.

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So much.

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My time in the army left me with PTSD
and anxiety.

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And it's taken me many, many years to
sort of, you know, work out the

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triggers. So intense.

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I'm not big on busy, noisy places.

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I get anxious when I see ambulance or
fireys, you know, sirens.

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Come on.

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And when I'm out in the bush, there's no
stresses, there's no triggers, there's

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no anxieties.

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For me, being in nature is the best
thing for my mental health.

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It's not looking good here, guys.

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Maybe that bait isn't enticement enough.
He's a bit scared. So what I'll do...

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is just try and feel around with me
hands.

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Nah.

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All right.

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Let's get out of here.

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Don't even care about the food.

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Well, I do, but I'm not even
disappointed.

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Just angry.

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Nah.

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Surely if we keep having this positive
vibe and good attitude, working hard,

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good things will happen. It will. I know
it will.

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So we got that chopper flying over and I
thought it was like super exciting and

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now I'm just getting mad PTSD triggers,
I don't know why.

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I don't know if it's like someone's hurt
or like, fuck.

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PTSD is a fucking shit.

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It's a crazy panic attack.

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Huge waves of emotion.

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Jesus. Well, that's what a fucking PTSD
panic attack looks like.

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If you ever want to see one.

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Yeah, so, I don't know, it took me a
long time to

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realise I had PTSD and

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it's not a good feeling.

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It's just something that I believe will
never go away.

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I haven't had one of these attacks for a
while, maybe

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six months.

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Obviously, things are a bit more severe
out here with the emotions and what's

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going on.

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It's weird.

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It's fucking weird. It's hard to work
out.

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Like, you've just got no control over
your emotions at all.

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It's like the most saddest, horrific
thing that's ever happened.

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But nothing has happened.

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That's how your body reacts.

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So yeah.

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There it is.

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Post-traumatic fucking stress disorder.

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New beauty.

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Wow, that was crazy.

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Helicopter coming to get me.

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So at night I've been hearing some
pretty crazy noises around my tent and

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I'm super interested to know what it is
so I've come out the back here behind my

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shelter and I'm gonna look for say like
little diggings or any like scat that

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can

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Sort of indicate if it's a possum or a
wallaby.

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Not hunting them. I would never hunt a
possum.

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I'm just really curious, to be honest.

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I've got up a few times in the night to
try and see them, but they're elusive

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little critters here.

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So this is a great little animal track
you can see.

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There's no leaf litter here and it's
sort of like a little highway.

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coming up and through.

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So I'm going to follow this along and
see if I can find anything.

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It's surprising to me how beautiful this
place is to me now.

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When I first got here, I was just like,
what have I done?

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What am I doing here?

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I still can't get over the forest here
in Lutowita.

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It's just so different to mainland
Australia and it really excites me as an

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ecologist that there's so many different
landscapes and habitat types and there's

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always more to learn.

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So I found some poo and sometimes that's
the best way to know what's around

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is to look at the poo and I'm pretty
sure this is a Bennett's wallaby.

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Then over here, we've got like a little
possum poo.

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I can't really tell if it's a ring tail
or a brush tail possum, but you probably

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don't care.

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Only the ecologist can get excited about
poo, hey?

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When I hike, I go into nature and I...

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I look around and I experience and I
absorb the beauty and I love learning

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about it and understanding it.

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So for me, this is a longer game than
just the

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survival experience. For me, this is a
lifelong experience and I'm actually

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really relieved that I found my own.

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my own path and I've walked my own path
while I've been out here and I don't

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want to be hunting possums and killing
them, you know.

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That's not how I interact with nature
and I want to be true to myself.

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Even if that does mean that I can't stay
out here as long as I'd initially

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planned, I'm okay with that.

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I'm really okay with that.

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Yeah. I'm really proud of myself for
doing that.

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Really proud.

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All right, friends.

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The day has come.

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If I don't start eating.

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I am going to get pretty sick and I know
they tap people for losing weight too

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quickly. So I need to go out and find
some food.

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The simplest option is sausage bases.

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I want to get a whole bunch and chop
them up and put them in a pot and cook

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them.

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Now, it says you can eat them raw as
well.

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Honestly, try eating a toothbrush.

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That's what it's like.

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So maybe if I boil the shit out of them
for a whole day, they'll turn to mush

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and I can eat them.

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No.

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Nothing is going to soften that shit.

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That is just not edible.

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Well, I guess if nothing else, I'll be
able to drink the water and there'll be

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some nutrients in that.

248
00:25:50,510 --> 00:25:51,510
I think.

249
00:25:57,310 --> 00:25:59,550
I've never said I was an expert
survivalist.

250
00:26:00,310 --> 00:26:02,250
And I'm not. And I know I'm not.

251
00:26:05,090 --> 00:26:07,650
You know, I don't have all the crack
skills.

252
00:26:08,690 --> 00:26:13,690
But I was thinking about it, and the
thing that I do have is I am completely

253
00:26:13,690 --> 00:26:16,290
comfortable in wild nature.

254
00:26:17,590 --> 00:26:19,610
Totally and utterly comfy.

255
00:26:20,950 --> 00:26:24,310
Like I have an innate sense that it's
all going to be okay and I'm going to

256
00:26:24,310 --> 00:26:25,269
figure it all out.

257
00:26:25,270 --> 00:26:28,070
I don't question it because I feel at
home.

258
00:26:29,690 --> 00:26:30,690
A little bit more.

259
00:26:31,170 --> 00:26:34,630
So I absolutely think I have what it
takes to win.

260
00:26:34,890 --> 00:26:35,890
There we go.

261
00:26:36,170 --> 00:26:39,790
Suddenly that unappetizing looking broth
is delicious.

262
00:26:54,830 --> 00:26:55,830
It's kind of revolting.

263
00:26:58,510 --> 00:27:01,550
You ever see the cat when it's eaten
something and it just doesn't like it?

264
00:27:01,570 --> 00:27:04,210
It goes... Yeah.

265
00:27:09,090 --> 00:27:10,090
That was okay.

266
00:27:10,910 --> 00:27:12,050
No, it wasn't. It was horrible.

267
00:27:13,270 --> 00:27:15,090
But it's all I've got, so it has to be
okay.

268
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,840
My belly does not like that sausage
soup.

269
00:27:33,460 --> 00:27:34,860
This close to hurling.

270
00:28:49,290 --> 00:28:50,530
I have nothing to throw up.

271
00:28:51,830 --> 00:28:52,830
Just some water.

272
00:29:18,250 --> 00:29:21,050
Doesn't taste any better coming out than
it did going in.

273
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00:30:19,639 --> 00:30:20,639
It's impossible.

278
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:23,540
I think it's a whole family.

279
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:31,740
Can you guys see it?

280
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,980
There we go. Can you see it's lush on
the tree?

281
00:30:39,980 --> 00:30:41,100
There he is.

282
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,000
One little puzzle.

283
00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:58,480
So cute.

284
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,780
A little family of possums.

285
00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:07,860
That makes me happy.

286
00:31:12,860 --> 00:31:18,480
I'm really happy that I finally worked
out who my neighbours were.

287
00:31:21,660 --> 00:31:24,980
It's just nice now when I hear them,
I'll be able to think of them.

288
00:31:25,470 --> 00:31:28,510
You're like, oh yeah, that's my little
possum family up in the tree having a

289
00:31:28,510 --> 00:31:29,510
nibble.

290
00:31:32,330 --> 00:31:37,290
I love that there's three of them. Just
like Elsie, me and Juno, like my little

291
00:31:37,290 --> 00:31:42,590
family. I am missing them and I would
love to be with them.

292
00:31:44,370 --> 00:31:49,970
But this is what I'm doing right now and
I just have to keep pushing just for a

293
00:31:49,970 --> 00:31:50,970
little bit longer.

294
00:31:53,310 --> 00:31:54,530
A little bit longer.

295
00:32:20,330 --> 00:32:26,030
There's some little possum noises, trees
just past the campfire.

296
00:32:32,150 --> 00:32:36,530
I probably should go and have a check
because I'm actually feeling hungry.

297
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:57,120
The critters always disappear so quickly
as soon as you flick your headlamp on.

298
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,600
Oh, back to bed.

299
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:21,700
He's just above the top.

300
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:26,500
I'm not going to get out of bed again
because last time we did that, he snuck

301
00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:27,500
off.

302
00:33:39,380 --> 00:33:40,680
Good morning, everybody.

303
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,140
Last night was interesting.

304
00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:45,280
It hardly rained at all last night.

305
00:33:45,740 --> 00:33:47,700
So the critters are really active.

306
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,020
There's like a little glider or a little
possum.

307
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:55,160
moving around the camp through the
night. I've had a little bit of success

308
00:33:55,160 --> 00:34:01,320
finding some plants to eat but it's been
a while since I've had some meat and I

309
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:05,560
won't be able to stay out here much
longer unless I start catching critters

310
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:06,539
and eating them.

311
00:34:06,540 --> 00:34:09,880
So the plan is start trapping possum.

312
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:15,420
I think I'm going to build a kind of box
trap with a flap door.

313
00:34:16,860 --> 00:34:20,460
The sun's out. I think there's total
blue skies from what I can see.

314
00:34:20,989 --> 00:34:23,170
So let's go for it.

315
00:34:24,690 --> 00:34:26,230
Possum trapping today.

316
00:34:31,730 --> 00:34:35,949
I feel my experiences as a vet will make
a big difference to my survival in the

317
00:34:35,949 --> 00:34:40,330
wild. I know a lot about animals, their
environments, their temperaments, their

318
00:34:40,330 --> 00:34:42,370
personalities, their usual routines.

319
00:34:45,030 --> 00:34:48,989
If any critters want to come down to the
cove where it's a possum for a drink.

320
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,699
Or to graze on some of that mossy stuff
down there.

321
00:34:53,199 --> 00:34:56,540
They're going to come past here, which
is super open.

322
00:34:57,180 --> 00:34:59,980
And then it's going to go straight down
this path.

323
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:05,260
So we might just put the possum trap
about there, I reckon.

324
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,880
I've trapped feral cats in the
conservation area of my place a few

325
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:11,880
times.

326
00:35:11,940 --> 00:35:13,340
I've trapped cattle before.

327
00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:14,760
I've trapped pigs.

328
00:35:15,060 --> 00:35:18,340
So I'm confident I can do vastly better.

329
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:19,800
than the average person.

330
00:35:22,260 --> 00:35:26,420
I'm really looking forward to using my
extra knowledge and trapping skills to

331
00:35:26,420 --> 00:35:28,760
make a difference and really get ahead
in the game.

332
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:37,040
Time for a bit of a break before I make
a mistake holding the axe the wrong way

333
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:38,040
up or something.

334
00:35:39,180 --> 00:35:44,160
But it's coming together and I'm pretty
sure it's going to work which is great.

335
00:35:49,420 --> 00:35:51,900
I think on the whole, I feel like I'm
doing really well out here.

336
00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:59,260
I guess the only thing I dislike, not
having my family around.

337
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:08,500
It'd be nice to have a date that he's
finished on, to know that after 40 days

338
00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:12,280
or 60 days, your family are going to be
back with you.

339
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,040
It's hard not knowing.

340
00:36:23,020 --> 00:36:27,860
I mean, I'm happy to stay out here, you
know, but the longer I'm away, the

341
00:36:27,860 --> 00:36:28,860
harder it is on them.

342
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:41,180
Dear God, watch over my family in my
absence.

343
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:44,320
Keep them safe and happy.

344
00:36:46,380 --> 00:36:47,380
Amen.

345
00:37:07,910 --> 00:37:11,510
So I just figured out why this thing
sunk.

346
00:37:12,310 --> 00:37:15,590
The water is leaking in just here.

347
00:37:16,050 --> 00:37:17,050
Let's see that.

348
00:37:18,910 --> 00:37:23,010
So these folds, I just need to pull
these folds up to the same height as the

349
00:37:23,010 --> 00:37:24,730
water level so I can fix that.

350
00:37:30,790 --> 00:37:31,970
That's a lot better.

351
00:37:34,890 --> 00:37:36,270
Easier job than I expected.

352
00:37:42,380 --> 00:37:48,000
I'm just about to attempt kayak
expedition number two, hopefully with no

353
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,000
sinking this time.

354
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:51,080
Wish me luck.

355
00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:47,940
It's beautiful, absolutely beautiful out
here.

356
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:54,320
As soon as you just hit the water, it's
just quiet, peaceful.

357
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,800
There's no water coming in, it's dry on
the bottom.

358
00:38:59,860 --> 00:39:02,180
Like, that is a massive achievement.

359
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:04,280
It's bloody great.

360
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:07,280
Bloody great.

361
00:39:11,580 --> 00:39:16,820
Yeah, this is the Biggest highlight of
my journey so far out here.

362
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,100
Just saw a little ripple on the water
there.

363
00:39:28,980 --> 00:39:30,500
So I'm going to do a little bit of
fishing.

364
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:32,920
Okay.

365
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,880
Super deep whiz-bang diving lure check.

366
00:39:46,030 --> 00:39:47,870
Probably quite deep underneath me here.

367
00:39:51,370 --> 00:39:54,130
You know what'll happen, I'll hook a
fish, I get so excited, I'll pull my

368
00:39:54,130 --> 00:39:55,650
fishing rod up and I'll fall in.

369
00:40:08,430 --> 00:40:10,990
This paddle already weighs a tonne.

370
00:40:14,090 --> 00:40:18,990
Yeah, due to the weight of the paddle,
he's using more energy than I was

371
00:40:18,990 --> 00:40:23,090
expecting. Plus I'm doing a constant
sit-up the whole time.

372
00:40:23,590 --> 00:40:25,450
So my seating position's not great.

373
00:40:27,290 --> 00:40:29,290
My stomach muscles are burning.

374
00:40:30,370 --> 00:40:31,950
Absolutely burning right now.

375
00:40:36,930 --> 00:40:38,010
Come on, fish.

376
00:40:38,310 --> 00:40:41,830
It's not that hard. Just swim up to it.
Open your mouth.

377
00:40:42,110 --> 00:40:43,110
Bite down.

378
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:45,360
comes to pop up.

379
00:40:52,380 --> 00:40:53,380
All right.

380
00:40:55,040 --> 00:41:01,900
Now, I'm just gonna look at my
surroundings closely for recce

381
00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:02,900
purposes.

382
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:09,580
So it's two things I really need. One is
to scope out some new animal habitat,

383
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:15,750
specifically possums. And second,
different vegetation that I can choose

384
00:41:15,750 --> 00:41:20,090
from because this place is very low on
edible plants.

385
00:41:22,930 --> 00:41:25,090
Oh this looks like an island there.

386
00:41:26,090 --> 00:41:27,270
Is that an island?

387
00:41:29,030 --> 00:41:30,570
Pine trees on it.

388
00:41:32,030 --> 00:41:33,670
I think I'm going to jump out.

389
00:41:35,590 --> 00:41:37,070
Look for resources.

390
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:48,940
Sheesh, slippery.

391
00:41:57,240 --> 00:41:58,640
Cute little island.

392
00:41:59,580 --> 00:42:06,260
But I think the extra grass here is
because no animals come out here and

393
00:42:06,260 --> 00:42:07,260
graze it.

394
00:42:07,820 --> 00:42:09,420
So that's a bit disappointing.

395
00:42:12,700 --> 00:42:15,040
It's bloody barren as around here.

396
00:42:17,770 --> 00:42:21,450
There's absolutely no sign of food at
all.

397
00:42:25,870 --> 00:42:30,570
Time to scurry away with my tail between
my legs.

398
00:42:35,670 --> 00:42:38,590
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399
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400
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401
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402
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:14,000
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403
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:20,420
Today is day 11 and there's a blue sky
and the sun is out and it's going to be

404
00:43:20,420 --> 00:43:21,420
marvellous.

405
00:43:23,260 --> 00:43:25,980
How's that for waking up the neighbours
bright and early?

406
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:34,520
You know, obviously yesterday I had that
panic attack and I could

407
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:35,920
have just gone, no, that's it, I'm out
of here.

408
00:43:36,860 --> 00:43:41,520
But I have learnt that it does go and it
gets better.

409
00:43:42,450 --> 00:43:45,090
So we're still here. We're still
cracking on.

410
00:43:49,770 --> 00:43:51,410
Oh, you know what? It's moving.

411
00:43:53,490 --> 00:43:54,670
The line's moving.

412
00:43:56,610 --> 00:43:57,610
Okay.

413
00:43:58,430 --> 00:44:01,430
Relax. Don't stuff this up.

414
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:12,560
I can see it.

415
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:14,080
Why?

416
00:44:15,340 --> 00:44:16,340
Who are they?

417
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:18,960
There's the bait.

418
00:44:21,060 --> 00:44:22,060
It's a fish.

419
00:44:22,940 --> 00:44:25,060
It's a bloody... Oh, what a jump.

420
00:44:25,580 --> 00:44:27,580
Oh, he's really keen, this one.

421
00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:32,700
Come on, come on, come on.

422
00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:34,300
Oh, no, my rod's too long.

423
00:44:35,660 --> 00:44:36,980
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come
on.

424
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:39,600
No, no, no, no.

425
00:44:41,470 --> 00:44:42,690
Yes, yes, yes, yes.

426
00:44:43,230 --> 00:44:45,410
Oh, stop, stop, don't lose it.

427
00:44:48,430 --> 00:44:49,430
Yeah!

428
00:44:50,790 --> 00:44:51,790
Yeah!

429
00:44:54,050 --> 00:44:56,970
Wow, what a start to the day. Day 11.

430
00:44:57,470 --> 00:44:58,470
Woo-hoo!

431
00:44:59,230 --> 00:45:01,130
We're having trout for breakfast.

432
00:45:02,310 --> 00:45:03,950
I'm going to soup this whole thing.

433
00:45:07,150 --> 00:45:13,950
It's crazy like one minute it's just
super insanely tough and challenging and

434
00:45:13,950 --> 00:45:16,110
pushes you to your limits.

435
00:45:19,490 --> 00:45:20,570
Looking real good.

436
00:45:21,050 --> 00:45:25,730
And then the next minute it's just
absolute paradise.

437
00:45:28,570 --> 00:45:29,570
Look at that.

438
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:46,900
Bones. I'm happy today.

439
00:45:49,620 --> 00:45:50,700
I really am.

440
00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:52,640
So good.

441
00:45:58,020 --> 00:45:59,980
But thinking about home a lot.

442
00:46:01,740 --> 00:46:04,940
Yeah, I guess just missing the old life
a little bit.

443
00:46:07,530 --> 00:46:09,810
It's funny how the mind can change so
quickly.

444
00:46:11,890 --> 00:46:16,110
Start thinking about home a little bit
and then you're like, yeah.

445
00:46:18,750 --> 00:46:22,070
But then another moment you're like,
yeah, I'm going to win this. I'm going

446
00:46:22,070 --> 00:46:23,770
to stay for like 100 days.

447
00:46:26,550 --> 00:46:28,910
It's hard to control the mind.

448
00:46:31,330 --> 00:46:36,030
The highs are incredible, but I'm not
very good at managing those massive

449
00:46:36,030 --> 00:46:37,030
lows.

450
00:46:58,630 --> 00:47:05,570
It's time for a final troll on the way
home.

451
00:47:13,350 --> 00:47:16,430
Well, that trip wasn't a roaring
success, really.

452
00:47:18,490 --> 00:47:22,310
I've been working my butt off a whole
range of different ways and really

453
00:47:22,310 --> 00:47:26,650
haven't brought in a decent mouthful of
food through the gap here.

454
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:32,980
When I'm in the kayak, yes, I get to
fish, but I'm burning calories when I'm

455
00:47:32,980 --> 00:47:34,440
fishing and it's not producing any fish.

456
00:47:35,060 --> 00:47:36,060
Come on.

457
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:43,040
So I'm actually wondering whether to
change strategy and

458
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:49,800
just switch to who can starve the
longest and not burn calories,

459
00:47:49,860 --> 00:47:53,260
just be extremely stingy with what
calories I burn.

460
00:48:00,330 --> 00:48:01,490
Let's get this out of the way, shall we?

461
00:48:19,970 --> 00:48:24,010
When I found out this was going to be in
Tasmania, my biggest fear was it was

462
00:48:24,010 --> 00:48:26,470
going to be like this, a starvation
competition.

463
00:48:28,730 --> 00:48:31,330
And that's why I did everything I could
to put weight on.

464
00:48:32,690 --> 00:48:36,890
And there's a good chance that that will
be the biggest thing I could have done

465
00:48:36,890 --> 00:48:38,690
to win this.

466
00:48:40,270 --> 00:48:43,730
It's not about giving up. It's about,
you've got to be smart here. Like,

467
00:48:43,750 --> 00:48:45,490
you've got to look at what's available.

468
00:48:45,770 --> 00:48:48,050
At the moment, there's jack shit
available.

469
00:48:48,930 --> 00:48:55,870
So the smarter move on a scale of
frenzied

470
00:48:55,870 --> 00:48:56,870
activity.

471
00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:02,120
get as much food as you can to sit there
and do absolutely nothing at the moment

472
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:07,620
for me i'd probably have an extra kilo
or two if i'd sat there and done nothing

473
00:49:07,620 --> 00:49:11,320
now obviously that wouldn't have worked
because i needed to find out that

474
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:17,500
there's nothing out there that i can eat
so but because i'm i'm rapidly coming to

475
00:49:17,500 --> 00:49:21,940
that conclusion then i'm going to go
down to this end of the scale which is

476
00:49:21,940 --> 00:49:25,180
minimize energy expenditure

477
00:49:49,780 --> 00:49:52,000
End of day 11 today.

478
00:49:53,940 --> 00:50:00,540
And I've learned a lot, really, a lot
about myself

479
00:50:00,540 --> 00:50:01,640
so far.

480
00:50:03,020 --> 00:50:08,340
A lot about what my mind needs,

481
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:13,940
as much as I love peace and quiet and
being alone.

482
00:50:16,560 --> 00:50:21,600
I just don't have enough distractions to
keep my thoughts at bay,

483
00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:25,160
stop my mind from wandering off.

484
00:50:28,100 --> 00:50:34,880
Give myself a rule that if you're going
to tap, you tap

485
00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:36,280
in the morning.

486
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:43,600
So I'm just going to see what the
morning holds, see what happens

487
00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:44,600
throughout the night.

488
00:50:49,359 --> 00:50:56,000
I just want to leave this place on a
good note with a big smile and not go

489
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:57,560
down into a deep, dark hole.

490
00:51:07,300 --> 00:51:08,300
Morning!

491
00:51:09,580 --> 00:51:10,900
There's no way I can eat that.

492
00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:14,098
Yeah, baby.

493
00:51:14,100 --> 00:51:15,019
And ew!

494
00:51:15,020 --> 00:51:16,120
Oh, now I've got to eat it.

495
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:22,260
If it gets infected, could be the end.

496
00:51:22,620 --> 00:51:23,680
Get that knife out.

497
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:25,940
Shit! Fuck!

498
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:50,840
If you or someone you know needs
support, contact Lifeline 13 11 14 Text

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00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:56,740
0477 13 11 14 lifeline.org.au

500
00:51:56,740 --> 00:52:03,680
beyondblue 1300 224 636
beyondblue.org.au

501
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:10,500
Open Arms Veterans and Families
Counselling 1800 011 046

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00:52:10,500 --> 00:52:13,100
openarms.gov.au