1 00:00:24,779 --> 00:00:26,055 This is "Alone." 2 00:00:27,813 --> 00:00:30,641 Dumped into a place you've never been to before. 3 00:00:31,158 --> 00:00:34,158 Extreme conditions that are only gonna get worse... 4 00:00:35,848 --> 00:00:37,124 and you've gotta survive. 5 00:00:40,606 --> 00:00:42,020 It's like I've literally been dropped 6 00:00:42,124 --> 00:00:43,951 in a foreign world. 7 00:00:44,503 --> 00:00:45,882 Ah! 8 00:00:47,882 --> 00:00:50,158 We're in the wild parts of western Tasmania. 9 00:00:50,262 --> 00:00:52,296 - - Jesus! 10 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,951 There's a reason why people don't live out here. 11 00:00:55,055 --> 00:00:57,675 - It's totally untamed. 12 00:01:00,606 --> 00:01:02,262 Feels like I've broken my ankle. 13 00:01:03,055 --> 00:01:04,400 You're not safe to continue. 14 00:01:06,089 --> 00:01:08,779 I will not tap out. 15 00:01:11,537 --> 00:01:12,882 Let's get to work. 16 00:01:15,675 --> 00:01:16,951 Job's done. 17 00:01:19,951 --> 00:01:21,296 Yes! 18 00:01:21,744 --> 00:01:23,089 We caught a brown trout! 19 00:01:23,193 --> 00:01:24,606 Look at that. 20 00:01:24,710 --> 00:01:27,193 Eel for dinner!Yeow! 21 00:01:27,296 --> 00:01:28,882 Trout right there. 22 00:01:32,813 --> 00:01:34,262 It's gonna be the toughest thing we've ever done. 23 00:01:34,813 --> 00:01:36,296 I can see something looking at me. 24 00:01:36,606 --> 00:01:37,951 Oh, my God! 25 00:01:38,055 --> 00:01:39,986 I think this place wants to turn me into a killer. 26 00:01:40,089 --> 00:01:41,917 I'm ready to eat. I'm so hungry. 27 00:01:42,641 --> 00:01:44,572 I am a completely changed person. 28 00:01:46,986 --> 00:01:49,572 -The lake's rising. -It's relentless, man. 29 00:01:49,675 --> 00:01:52,882 The lake has officially taken our shelter. 30 00:01:55,606 --> 00:01:57,020 I have no shelter. 31 00:02:51,227 --> 00:02:53,193 I don't think you can go into anything like this 32 00:02:53,296 --> 00:02:54,951 without being a little bit unhinged. 33 00:02:56,193 --> 00:02:58,848 We're in the wild parts of western Tasmania. 34 00:02:58,951 --> 00:03:01,848 It's cold. It's rugged. It's unforgiving. 35 00:03:01,951 --> 00:03:04,055 All ten of us are bat-shit crazy. 36 00:03:04,468 --> 00:03:06,813 I'm actually here. Whew! 37 00:03:07,917 --> 00:03:11,744 I have always seen nature as a place that embraces me 38 00:03:11,848 --> 00:03:15,813 in my deepest, darkest emotions. 39 00:03:15,917 --> 00:03:19,331 The land is the ultimate therapist, the ultimate healer. 40 00:03:20,917 --> 00:03:23,124 Right now, we're strangers to each other, 41 00:03:23,227 --> 00:03:26,882 this land and I, and in a couple of months, 42 00:03:26,986 --> 00:03:29,158 we're gonna know each other really, really well. 43 00:03:31,020 --> 00:03:32,882 My main goal in this is to 44 00:03:32,986 --> 00:03:34,986 bring that money home for my family. 45 00:03:35,813 --> 00:03:37,262 It's my purpose here... 46 00:03:37,779 --> 00:03:40,468 so tapping out is not an option for me. 47 00:03:41,813 --> 00:03:43,744 Might sound a little bit crazy... 48 00:03:44,365 --> 00:03:45,710 Here we go. 49 00:03:45,813 --> 00:03:47,193 but... 50 00:03:47,882 --> 00:03:49,951 I'm gonna be there for 300 days. 51 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:53,744 Look at this place. 52 00:03:57,331 --> 00:03:59,779 Well... here I am. 53 00:03:59,882 --> 00:04:02,986 To be able to win this competition is gonna be tough 54 00:04:03,089 --> 00:04:04,434 but I'm prepared for that. 55 00:04:04,986 --> 00:04:06,400 I'll definitely be praying. 56 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,296 Just inviting God into this experience with me. 57 00:04:18,020 --> 00:04:19,951 When I'm alone in the wilderness, 58 00:04:20,055 --> 00:04:25,020 I become this wild woman that is part of the environment 59 00:04:25,124 --> 00:04:28,296 and she just knows how to be 60 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,193 and how to move and what to do... 61 00:04:30,296 --> 00:04:31,675 Here I go. 62 00:04:31,779 --> 00:04:34,779 and I'm hoping that she will help me win. 63 00:04:34,882 --> 00:04:36,537 Here's my water source. 64 00:04:37,675 --> 00:04:41,089 Hello! Hello! 65 00:04:42,675 --> 00:04:45,606 Oh, you are so sweet. 66 00:04:46,951 --> 00:04:48,296 Oh, look at this! 67 00:04:55,124 --> 00:04:57,744 My own little bit of paradise. 68 00:04:58,986 --> 00:05:00,296 I'm not a hippie. 69 00:05:01,468 --> 00:05:02,848 And I've got nothing against hippies, 70 00:05:02,951 --> 00:05:05,296 but I'm not one that's gonna dance around a tree. 71 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,503 Like, I'm just an Aussie bush bloke 72 00:05:07,606 --> 00:05:10,296 and I know that this is gonna be a tough gig. 73 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,227 I've spent a lot of time in the bush 74 00:05:12,331 --> 00:05:14,744 but this one's gonna be exceptional. 75 00:05:14,848 --> 00:05:17,848 But I want it tough. Bring it on. 76 00:05:18,262 --> 00:05:20,537 It's just a whole lot of fuck-all out there. 77 00:05:20,641 --> 00:05:23,020 This is nothing like I expected. 78 00:05:25,848 --> 00:05:27,882 It's against human nature to be surviving alone. 79 00:05:29,848 --> 00:05:33,434 We're meant to be with a tribe. But to win this, 80 00:05:33,537 --> 00:05:35,813 I will stay out here for as long as it takes. 81 00:05:35,917 --> 00:05:39,020 This is not a gum boot kind of day. Oh, yeah! 82 00:05:39,124 --> 00:05:40,537 I did tell myself! 83 00:05:40,641 --> 00:05:42,227 I'm not gonna get in the water. 84 00:05:42,331 --> 00:05:44,503 That's just a waste of energy. 85 00:05:45,124 --> 00:05:46,779 This is so nice. 86 00:05:47,434 --> 00:05:50,089 But enough of that. Let's go find somewhere to put a shelter. 87 00:05:52,641 --> 00:05:54,986 It's scary out there in Mother Nature 88 00:05:55,089 --> 00:05:56,951 all by yourself. 89 00:05:57,055 --> 00:05:59,434 But I know that I don't give up easy. 90 00:05:59,537 --> 00:06:02,537 I'm very good at problem-solving, persevering. 91 00:06:03,158 --> 00:06:05,468 Made it onto the land finally. 92 00:06:05,572 --> 00:06:08,193 Bloody hell, there's ice everywhere. It's so cold. 93 00:06:08,296 --> 00:06:10,227 There's only three ways out, you tap out, 94 00:06:10,331 --> 00:06:11,779 you get medically extracted, 95 00:06:11,882 --> 00:06:13,951 or you're the last one standing. 96 00:06:14,193 --> 00:06:16,468 I hope to be the last one standing. 97 00:06:17,089 --> 00:06:18,744 Let's do this, guys. 98 00:06:19,193 --> 00:06:20,537 This is definitely harder than I thought 99 00:06:20,641 --> 00:06:23,986 it was gonna be. I thought, yeah, off the boat, 100 00:06:24,089 --> 00:06:26,331 you know, walk up 50 meters, 101 00:06:26,434 --> 00:06:28,262 find a couple of trees to tie between. 102 00:06:29,124 --> 00:06:32,744 It is so thick. This place is hectic. 103 00:06:32,848 --> 00:06:35,744 But I like to have a goal that's difficult. 104 00:06:36,227 --> 00:06:38,365 Yep. You've got to be kidding me. 105 00:06:38,468 --> 00:06:40,124 Whatever's gonna be thrown my way, 106 00:06:40,227 --> 00:06:42,572 I'm not gonna quit, I'm not gonna tap out. No way. 107 00:06:43,606 --> 00:06:46,468 I will make it work 'cause that's what I do. 108 00:06:47,503 --> 00:06:50,641 There are ten people here hoping to win this, 109 00:06:50,744 --> 00:06:52,193 but only one can. 110 00:06:54,365 --> 00:06:56,468 There's a 250,000 dollar prize 111 00:06:56,572 --> 00:06:57,951 for the last person standing. 112 00:06:59,055 --> 00:07:01,158 I came here to win. 113 00:07:01,262 --> 00:07:04,434 As long as I'm drawing breath and I can take a step... 114 00:07:04,537 --> 00:07:05,917 Let's do it. 115 00:07:06,020 --> 00:07:07,434 ...I'm in it to win it. 116 00:07:07,537 --> 00:07:11,641 Alright. Bon voyage. Get out of here, you scoundrels. 117 00:07:15,503 --> 00:07:17,744 I'll see youse when I see youse. 118 00:07:21,331 --> 00:07:22,641 Cool. 119 00:07:38,227 --> 00:07:39,641 There they go. 120 00:07:40,020 --> 00:07:41,400 I think I got boat hair. 121 00:07:42,365 --> 00:07:43,675 Whew! 122 00:07:44,744 --> 00:07:47,434 Oh, shit. That looks like snow. 123 00:07:47,537 --> 00:07:49,606 Yeah, I reckon there's snow up in the mountain. 124 00:07:51,434 --> 00:07:53,124 That's why it's so cold. 125 00:08:07,986 --> 00:08:09,296 Oh, shit. 126 00:08:24,468 --> 00:08:26,193 Jobs that have to be done. 127 00:08:27,158 --> 00:08:31,779 Whoo-hoo! Perfect. 128 00:08:32,020 --> 00:08:35,331 I wanna prove to people that if you're 60-plus, 129 00:08:35,434 --> 00:08:37,158 it makes no difference. 130 00:08:37,710 --> 00:08:40,227 Oh I am a lumberjack and I'm okay 131 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,779 Sleep all night and I work all day 132 00:08:48,606 --> 00:08:50,537 You're not as nimble as you used to be, 133 00:08:50,641 --> 00:08:53,296 but you just gotta go a bit slower. 134 00:09:00,744 --> 00:09:02,227 There we go. 135 00:09:06,675 --> 00:09:08,262 Well, well, well. 136 00:09:08,365 --> 00:09:10,813 Look what I just found. 137 00:09:13,641 --> 00:09:15,813 To all you out there, that might not mean a lot, 138 00:09:16,813 --> 00:09:18,710 but to me... 139 00:09:18,813 --> 00:09:20,641 now I've got something to drink out of. 140 00:09:21,158 --> 00:09:23,020 'Cause otherwise it was just gonna be a big pot, 141 00:09:23,124 --> 00:09:24,641 and if I've got fish or eels 142 00:09:24,744 --> 00:09:27,400 or any other bloody thing in there, 143 00:09:27,503 --> 00:09:29,434 that'd be a pain in the butt. So now 144 00:09:29,537 --> 00:09:30,951 we have a drinking vessel. 145 00:09:31,606 --> 00:09:33,020 What was it? 146 00:09:33,124 --> 00:09:35,641 Carlton Cold. No, I don't know. 147 00:09:35,744 --> 00:09:37,606 Oh, bit of a terrarium in there. 148 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:41,744 Ripper, Rita! 149 00:09:41,848 --> 00:09:45,468 I think being 60-plus going into this challenge, 150 00:09:45,572 --> 00:09:48,055 you have one advantage and it's that my metabolism 151 00:09:48,158 --> 00:09:50,124 will be much slower than younger people. 152 00:09:50,227 --> 00:09:51,675 Alright, tent pegs done. 153 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:56,331 My body, I'm hoping, 154 00:09:56,434 --> 00:10:00,365 will retain fats for a longer period of time 155 00:10:00,468 --> 00:10:03,158 than younger people with a higher metabolism. 156 00:10:03,262 --> 00:10:06,365 So I am gonna get a shelter up straightaway 157 00:10:06,468 --> 00:10:08,641 and then I'm gonna get huntin' and fishin'. 158 00:10:08,744 --> 00:10:11,675 Time to make fire. 159 00:10:14,606 --> 00:10:16,158 I sort of, live on... 160 00:10:16,744 --> 00:10:19,296 the theory... just keep at it. 161 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:23,158 Just keep doing stuff as you get older. 162 00:10:24,193 --> 00:10:26,848 I retired three years ago 163 00:10:26,951 --> 00:10:29,779 and I'm just non-stop doing' stuff. 164 00:10:29,882 --> 00:10:31,951 Um, camped with grand kids, 165 00:10:32,055 --> 00:10:34,710 caravanning, hunting, fishing. 166 00:10:34,813 --> 00:10:36,158 I just don't stop. 167 00:10:36,262 --> 00:10:37,641 Yes! 168 00:10:37,744 --> 00:10:39,400 There's just so much to do out there, 169 00:10:39,503 --> 00:10:40,813 I need another lifetime. 170 00:10:45,262 --> 00:10:47,468 This is pushing the boundaries a little bit, though. 171 00:10:49,365 --> 00:10:50,744 How are you feeling' about it? 172 00:10:51,193 --> 00:10:52,882 The only thing I'm worried about 173 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:55,951 is you falling over and breaking a leg 174 00:10:56,055 --> 00:10:57,813 or chopping a finger off, or... 175 00:10:57,917 --> 00:10:59,331 - Good point. - Yeah. 176 00:10:59,434 --> 00:11:02,124 I have had a bit of a record. She's a decent size. 177 00:11:02,227 --> 00:11:03,537 Whoa! 178 00:11:04,434 --> 00:11:05,986 Scared the shit out of me, pal. 179 00:11:06,089 --> 00:11:09,331 Yeah, I've been bitten by foxes and possums. That hurt. 180 00:11:09,434 --> 00:11:11,468 I got attacked by a koala bear. 181 00:11:11,572 --> 00:11:12,986 Eh, not just me legs. 182 00:11:13,331 --> 00:11:15,124 I've actually been knocked out by a kangaroo. 183 00:11:15,227 --> 00:11:16,606 Maybe I'll bleed to death. 184 00:11:16,710 --> 00:11:18,675 Had a barb from a stingray in me hand. 185 00:11:18,779 --> 00:11:21,262 I got chased by a grizzly bear in Alaska. 186 00:11:21,365 --> 00:11:22,779 "Apocalypse Now." 187 00:11:22,882 --> 00:11:24,227 Oh, I got bitten by a crocodile. 188 00:11:26,124 --> 00:11:27,537 I like it in the river. 189 00:11:27,641 --> 00:11:30,710 I would describe myself as a bushman. 190 00:11:30,813 --> 00:11:32,193 Gotta bring a gun, though. 191 00:11:32,296 --> 00:11:36,951 I just wanted to make my life an adventure. Processin'... 192 00:11:39,296 --> 00:11:41,882 I've always had a natural attraction to the bush. 193 00:11:41,986 --> 00:11:43,331 Let's make fire! 194 00:11:43,848 --> 00:11:47,503 I haven't had to tune myself up on too many skills 195 00:11:47,606 --> 00:11:49,986 because I'm just comfortable that everything 196 00:11:50,089 --> 00:11:51,744 that's in front of me I'm gonna be able to do. 197 00:11:52,158 --> 00:11:54,296 Sixty-two years of doing this stuff, 198 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:55,986 it gives you a confidence, I think. 199 00:11:56,089 --> 00:11:57,468 I think we're set. 200 00:11:57,572 --> 00:11:59,124 What are you gonna miss the most? 201 00:11:59,227 --> 00:12:02,158 Toilet paper. 202 00:12:02,262 --> 00:12:06,124 I've got to that age, I don't feel like a big head sayin', 203 00:12:06,227 --> 00:12:08,882 "You know, I think I can do this." I know I can do it. 204 00:12:08,986 --> 00:12:10,365 We're outta here. 205 00:12:10,468 --> 00:12:11,813 Look out. 206 00:12:12,262 --> 00:12:14,813 But if I do get beaten, right, 207 00:12:14,917 --> 00:12:16,537 my God, I wanna meet that person. 208 00:12:17,296 --> 00:12:20,193 Yeah, and pat 'em on the back. We can do this. 209 00:12:20,296 --> 00:12:22,779 I know I'm gonna get the journey. That's a given. 210 00:12:22,882 --> 00:12:25,400 But I'd love to get the money 'cause it'll help me kids. 211 00:12:25,503 --> 00:12:27,675 It'd be just a great, you know, cuddly thing 212 00:12:27,779 --> 00:12:29,779 to be able to help 'em out in some way. 213 00:12:32,986 --> 00:12:34,951 Well... 214 00:12:35,434 --> 00:12:37,537 I'm as dry as a witch's tit. 215 00:12:39,158 --> 00:12:42,365 - - Rock and roll. 216 00:12:42,848 --> 00:12:44,124 This pot of water. 217 00:12:47,089 --> 00:12:48,813 Mmm. Tannin. 218 00:12:50,020 --> 00:12:51,951 Better fill up my stubby now I've gone to the trouble of 219 00:12:52,055 --> 00:12:53,986 cleaning' it out and everything. 220 00:12:58,710 --> 00:13:01,365 Oh geez, I just swallowed a mosquito, I think. 221 00:13:02,193 --> 00:13:04,365 Or one of those things. Get out. 222 00:13:05,331 --> 00:13:06,606 Get out! 223 00:13:24,731 --> 00:13:26,041 This is... 224 00:13:28,041 --> 00:13:30,765 without a doubt, one of the most beautiful... 225 00:13:30,868 --> 00:13:32,248 spots that I have seen. 226 00:13:32,351 --> 00:13:34,696 Words can't really describe it. I feel... 227 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,972 Oh! I reckon I've seen a fish bobbin' on the surface 228 00:13:38,075 --> 00:13:40,110 somewhere over there. 229 00:13:40,213 --> 00:13:41,696 Reckon I'm seeing' some ripples. 230 00:13:43,524 --> 00:13:46,627 I'm pretty ready. Suss me land out a bit 231 00:13:46,731 --> 00:13:48,420 and, um, I'll see what's on offer. 232 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,455 See the shimmering reflection on the trees? 233 00:13:56,558 --> 00:13:58,144 This is just beautiful. 234 00:13:59,144 --> 00:14:00,558 Before I do anything, 235 00:14:00,662 --> 00:14:02,972 I just wanna take this moment in for five minutes... 236 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,213 before I start. 237 00:14:14,593 --> 00:14:16,593 I think it's important to have some sort of little thing 238 00:14:16,696 --> 00:14:19,386 before you go anywhere just to introduce yourself 239 00:14:19,489 --> 00:14:21,041 to the bush or the country. 240 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,868 Indigenous and non-Indigenous, 241 00:14:26,972 --> 00:14:28,731 everyone's got their own way of connecting. 242 00:14:34,420 --> 00:14:36,351 I think it's more the thought 243 00:14:36,455 --> 00:14:38,041 and the energy that you're putting out there. 244 00:14:40,179 --> 00:14:42,317 It's hard to believe that I'm here now. 245 00:14:47,317 --> 00:14:48,937 Had that little moment of... 246 00:14:49,041 --> 00:14:51,006 who I am, what I'm doing here... 247 00:14:53,489 --> 00:14:54,972 why I'm doing it. 248 00:15:03,075 --> 00:15:05,213 Fuck. Can't believe I'm here! 249 00:15:09,489 --> 00:15:13,179 First little task of the day is going to be to find... 250 00:15:13,731 --> 00:15:15,110 flat ground. 251 00:15:15,213 --> 00:15:16,593 I feel like there is a big calling for me 252 00:15:16,696 --> 00:15:18,351 to be out in bush. 253 00:15:18,455 --> 00:15:21,524 It's probably a lot to do with my Indigenous heritage as well. 254 00:15:22,558 --> 00:15:23,903 Sloppy! 255 00:15:24,282 --> 00:15:25,662 Having a natural respect for the land 256 00:15:25,765 --> 00:15:27,248 and listening to your instincts, 257 00:15:27,351 --> 00:15:28,765 you know, actively try and be 258 00:15:28,868 --> 00:15:30,972 as connected as I can be to country. 259 00:15:32,420 --> 00:15:34,937 I've just gotta think, whatever shelter I do right now, 260 00:15:35,489 --> 00:15:36,800 it's not... 261 00:15:39,282 --> 00:15:40,627 it's not forever. 262 00:15:41,075 --> 00:15:43,593 First night's shelter, close to the water and all, 263 00:15:43,696 --> 00:15:45,558 so I'll give it a bit of tree cover there 264 00:15:45,662 --> 00:15:47,731 to help me combat the winds. 265 00:15:47,834 --> 00:15:49,972 I don't like wind. Wind is not my friend. 266 00:15:50,420 --> 00:15:52,041 I even wrote a poem about wind. 267 00:15:52,144 --> 00:15:54,455 Basically says that I don't like wind. 268 00:15:54,937 --> 00:15:56,317 Alright. 269 00:15:56,420 --> 00:15:59,731 That old fart-assing around. Let's get into it. 270 00:15:59,834 --> 00:16:02,179 My strategy for surviving when I get out on the land 271 00:16:02,282 --> 00:16:05,041 is to KISS, keep it simple, stupid. 272 00:16:05,144 --> 00:16:06,937 It's an acronym. 273 00:16:07,041 --> 00:16:08,420 So I just want to keep everything simple. 274 00:16:08,524 --> 00:16:10,558 Get my shelter knocked up pretty quick, 275 00:16:10,662 --> 00:16:13,144 and then for the rest part, keep it simple, stupid. 276 00:16:13,593 --> 00:16:15,317 Oh, I'll tell you what. It's a surreal feeling 277 00:16:15,420 --> 00:16:16,731 that, 278 00:16:18,386 --> 00:16:19,800 there's no dinner. 279 00:16:19,903 --> 00:16:22,351 - Going into this challenge... 280 00:16:22,455 --> 00:16:25,144 I've opted not to put on excess weight. 281 00:16:26,731 --> 00:16:28,696 I'm probably a kilo lighter than I normally am. 282 00:16:29,972 --> 00:16:32,937 I guess my philosophy is, I don't wanna be starving. 283 00:16:33,041 --> 00:16:35,110 I don't want it to be a starvation contest for myself. 284 00:16:35,213 --> 00:16:36,558 I want to be able to bring in food 285 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:37,972 and showcase what I can do. 286 00:16:40,627 --> 00:16:44,248 Poncho. Put it over that as another insulation layer 287 00:16:44,351 --> 00:16:45,903 and that should hopefully hold it all together. 288 00:16:46,006 --> 00:16:48,489 And then I'll lay my sleeping bag out on top. 289 00:16:49,937 --> 00:16:51,800 Alright, so, that's pretty... 290 00:16:52,937 --> 00:16:54,489 Let's just suss it out. 291 00:16:58,006 --> 00:17:01,041 Oh, quite nice! 292 00:17:17,731 --> 00:17:19,248 Now I'm totally alone. 293 00:17:20,420 --> 00:17:21,800 Holy fuck. 294 00:17:23,351 --> 00:17:24,765 What have I done? 295 00:17:24,868 --> 00:17:26,248 It's so scary. 296 00:17:32,903 --> 00:17:34,765 There's some sign of pademelons here. 297 00:17:36,006 --> 00:17:37,317 And one big hop... 298 00:17:38,937 --> 00:17:40,765 there, then another big hop. 299 00:17:41,317 --> 00:17:43,593 I'll see if can make a little trap for a pademelon. 300 00:17:45,386 --> 00:17:47,834 This kind of survival is a game 301 00:17:47,937 --> 00:17:51,351 against your ability to sit with the uncomfortable, 302 00:17:51,455 --> 00:17:52,972 to sit through the suck. 303 00:17:55,627 --> 00:17:57,041 Bit of a mind game. 304 00:18:01,558 --> 00:18:03,868 You could sit here for 30 days without food, 305 00:18:03,972 --> 00:18:05,765 but what drives you to tap out? 306 00:18:05,868 --> 00:18:07,662 Could be missing your loved ones, 307 00:18:07,765 --> 00:18:11,144 could be just hungry, cold, afraid. 308 00:18:12,972 --> 00:18:14,248 I think this might be it. 309 00:18:16,420 --> 00:18:19,800 Just near the water and fishing will be key for me, 310 00:18:19,903 --> 00:18:21,489 'cause that's my strong point. 311 00:18:23,282 --> 00:18:24,937 I reckon I'll establish camp. 312 00:18:26,731 --> 00:18:29,696 I think first few days, shelter, shelter, shelter. 313 00:18:33,696 --> 00:18:37,248 Except... some Tassie devil poo there. 314 00:18:37,351 --> 00:18:39,110 There's bones and fur. 315 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,110 And there's poo there. 316 00:18:42,041 --> 00:18:43,455 That's not good. 317 00:18:43,558 --> 00:18:45,144 It's a Tassie devil area here. 318 00:18:46,179 --> 00:18:47,558 I see their poo everywhere. 319 00:18:51,593 --> 00:18:53,972 I'm gonna build, like, a headboard behind me. 320 00:18:54,075 --> 00:18:56,937 Because... they might scurry around 321 00:18:57,041 --> 00:18:58,386 and I can't even hear them at all. 322 00:19:01,006 --> 00:19:03,179 'Cause I can't hear a thing. Not one thing. 323 00:19:04,558 --> 00:19:06,731 - I'm so excited for you. - I feel the same. 324 00:19:06,834 --> 00:19:10,455 I've been deaf since birth. At the age of 17, 325 00:19:10,558 --> 00:19:12,179 had to go and get a cochlear implant 326 00:19:12,282 --> 00:19:14,455 so that I could learn to hear things 327 00:19:14,558 --> 00:19:15,868 that I've never heard before. 328 00:19:16,903 --> 00:19:19,144 Because of my social isolation, 329 00:19:19,248 --> 00:19:20,937 and the challenges that I've been through, 330 00:19:21,041 --> 00:19:22,834 has really drawn me to nature, 331 00:19:22,937 --> 00:19:25,937 and I feel like I'm included in nature. 332 00:19:26,351 --> 00:19:29,696 So I think being alone is one of my strengths. 333 00:19:30,144 --> 00:19:31,662 I've always loved going out bush 334 00:19:31,765 --> 00:19:34,075 and going fishing since I was two years old. 335 00:19:34,179 --> 00:19:36,420 My dad taught me bush craft skills. 336 00:19:36,524 --> 00:19:38,179 He was like my best friend. 337 00:19:38,282 --> 00:19:41,248 He always taught me to never give up. 338 00:19:41,351 --> 00:19:44,006 I'm doing this to make my dad proud 339 00:19:44,110 --> 00:19:48,489 and, um, to be able to show that, you know, 340 00:19:48,593 --> 00:19:50,903 a deaf lady can be the last one standing. 341 00:19:52,110 --> 00:19:56,006 My wife, Jess, she grew up with a, um, dad who was deaf 342 00:19:56,110 --> 00:19:59,282 so I think, um, she understands who I am as a deaf person. 343 00:19:59,386 --> 00:20:00,696 Love you so much. 344 00:20:01,972 --> 00:20:03,972 I love Jess very much. She's my soulmate. 345 00:20:06,524 --> 00:20:08,800 I know we will miss each other, that's for sure, 346 00:20:08,903 --> 00:20:10,282 but with the prize money, 347 00:20:10,386 --> 00:20:12,800 Jess and I will be able to buy a home in Tasmania 348 00:20:12,903 --> 00:20:15,075 and we'll be able to start our family. 349 00:20:15,179 --> 00:20:16,696 She'll be back soon. Yeah. 350 00:20:18,731 --> 00:20:20,903 So I'm out here for our future. 351 00:20:23,765 --> 00:20:26,282 Getting a little nervous because it's getting a bit cloudy 352 00:20:26,386 --> 00:20:29,179 and the sun's disappearing behind the trees now. 353 00:20:29,282 --> 00:20:32,868 I need to really work quickly before it gets dark. 354 00:20:35,213 --> 00:20:37,179 It's gonna be scary tonight... 355 00:20:39,075 --> 00:20:40,662 in the cold, in the dark. 356 00:20:46,868 --> 00:20:48,593 Anything could happen. There could be 357 00:20:48,696 --> 00:20:50,834 Tassie devils screaming at the door, 358 00:20:50,937 --> 00:20:52,248 coming in and out of here. 359 00:20:53,179 --> 00:20:54,489 We want that to be tight. 360 00:21:02,006 --> 00:21:04,868 I don't want animals to crawl into my shelter 361 00:21:05,696 --> 00:21:08,696 and, you know, give me a fright, 362 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,282 so I'm going to be building this headboard 363 00:21:11,765 --> 00:21:13,041 to protect my sanity. 364 00:21:15,903 --> 00:21:18,972 Back at home, I rely on my wife or my dog 365 00:21:19,075 --> 00:21:21,558 to alert me for whatever's out there, 366 00:21:21,662 --> 00:21:23,903 but out here, I'm by myself. 367 00:21:38,593 --> 00:21:40,041 Everything's pitch-black. 368 00:21:47,662 --> 00:21:49,075 Just inside now. 369 00:21:49,937 --> 00:21:51,248 Inside my shelter. 370 00:21:52,868 --> 00:21:54,627 But it's hard to sleep. 371 00:21:54,731 --> 00:21:56,420 There's so much noise out there. 372 00:21:58,144 --> 00:22:00,696 I don't like not knowing what's out there. 373 00:22:01,903 --> 00:22:04,765 Yeah, my brain goes to weird places. 374 00:22:05,593 --> 00:22:08,662 I'm not brave enough to leave my cochlear implant on. 375 00:22:10,179 --> 00:22:11,731 Let me know if there's an animal out there 376 00:22:11,834 --> 00:22:13,489 screeching away. 377 00:22:15,006 --> 00:22:18,144 Turning it off, there's complete silence. 378 00:22:18,558 --> 00:22:20,144 You hear nothing. 379 00:22:44,317 --> 00:22:46,972 Going to be a fun night with the devils tonight. 380 00:23:24,834 --> 00:23:26,627 I just heard something outside. 381 00:23:31,834 --> 00:23:34,455 Fuck. I wanna look... 382 00:23:35,972 --> 00:23:37,317 but I'm so comfortable. 383 00:23:42,903 --> 00:23:44,179 I'm havin' a fucking look. 384 00:23:49,248 --> 00:23:52,834 I am most afraid of starvation. 385 00:23:52,937 --> 00:23:54,662 I wanna be able to bring in food, so I've just 386 00:23:54,765 --> 00:23:56,179 gotta do what I can when I can. 387 00:23:56,282 --> 00:23:59,489 - - It's a small rodent, for sure. 388 00:24:00,351 --> 00:24:01,662 Alright, so just there... 389 00:24:02,731 --> 00:24:04,282 is a little mouse hole. 390 00:24:04,386 --> 00:24:06,179 Ha, it's probably a mouse den... 391 00:24:06,282 --> 00:24:07,765 That's great. 392 00:24:08,179 --> 00:24:09,420 under this tree. 393 00:24:15,006 --> 00:24:17,834 - Here he is. - 394 00:24:20,489 --> 00:24:23,317 Goin' down the hole, so... 395 00:24:23,593 --> 00:24:25,868 - Yeah, I don't know. 396 00:24:30,627 --> 00:24:33,144 - 397 00:24:49,248 --> 00:24:51,731 Fucking got him. Don't know how far down he's goin'. 398 00:24:51,834 --> 00:24:53,213 Hopefully he's just here, like... 399 00:24:53,489 --> 00:24:57,937 So I just wanna give it a good enough look that I'm satisfied. 400 00:24:58,593 --> 00:25:01,282 Don't wanna wrestle a big snake out either. That'd be not ideal. 401 00:25:02,627 --> 00:25:03,972 Could be down here too, the pricks. 402 00:25:08,213 --> 00:25:09,800 It's hard to see down there. 403 00:25:12,868 --> 00:25:14,696 Where the fuck would you have gone, buddy? 404 00:25:16,351 --> 00:25:18,868 Fucking vanished like a fart in a fan factory. 405 00:25:22,386 --> 00:25:25,006 So that was a bit of an unexpected 406 00:25:25,110 --> 00:25:26,627 start of the morning. 407 00:25:26,731 --> 00:25:29,144 - - That's, 408 00:25:29,731 --> 00:25:32,834 that's a real shame, but it is a really good sign. 409 00:25:35,524 --> 00:25:37,420 Don't wanna ruin that hole too much, to be honest. 410 00:25:41,144 --> 00:25:44,800 I'm gonna start my process in making a couple of traps. 411 00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:48,593 Should be able to make two or three traps. 412 00:25:48,696 --> 00:25:52,213 'Cause that could be a very good food supply for me. 413 00:26:27,075 --> 00:26:28,937 First night out here, and... 414 00:26:29,868 --> 00:26:33,593 it was alright. So, that's a win, you know? 415 00:26:33,696 --> 00:26:35,972 Just do that another 80-odd times, 416 00:26:36,075 --> 00:26:37,524 and I'll be done. 417 00:26:38,972 --> 00:26:41,868 It's such a blessing. It's such a blessing to be here. 418 00:26:41,972 --> 00:26:43,627 You know, have the chance to... 419 00:26:44,524 --> 00:26:46,351 Ho-ho-oh! 420 00:26:49,351 --> 00:26:53,351 Have a look at this. That is my first find. 421 00:26:53,972 --> 00:26:59,110 That's not a long neck bottle, but, man, that is fantastic. 422 00:27:00,006 --> 00:27:02,696 A jar. That is good. 423 00:27:03,075 --> 00:27:05,420 That is gonna be a great handline for me. 424 00:27:08,248 --> 00:27:09,903 That is an awesome find. 425 00:27:11,868 --> 00:27:13,386 Awesome find! 426 00:27:13,937 --> 00:27:18,696 So good. Thanks, God. That's... so good. 427 00:27:19,041 --> 00:27:21,524 Thank you Lord for giving us food 428 00:27:21,627 --> 00:27:23,937 Thank you Lord for giving us food 429 00:27:24,041 --> 00:27:26,317 My wife and I grew up in a small country town. 430 00:27:26,420 --> 00:27:29,110 We're country folk. We're really involved in church. 431 00:27:29,213 --> 00:27:31,800 We've got an active church community in town there 432 00:27:31,903 --> 00:27:34,386 and Lauren and I love being part of that with the kids. 433 00:27:34,489 --> 00:27:37,075 But I'm not gonna be alone when I'm alone 434 00:27:37,179 --> 00:27:39,110 because God's gonna be with me out there. 435 00:27:39,213 --> 00:27:41,558 He's got my back, and it's gonna be great. 436 00:27:43,006 --> 00:27:47,006 I can win this competition. Beautiful! 437 00:27:47,110 --> 00:27:49,489 I've been fishing my whole life and I'm confident 438 00:27:49,593 --> 00:27:51,558 of being able to put fish on the table. 439 00:27:51,662 --> 00:27:54,765 I love you. Yeah. 440 00:27:55,041 --> 00:27:57,903 When I was 16, I read my Bible 441 00:27:58,006 --> 00:28:00,558 and this one verse stood out to me. 442 00:28:00,662 --> 00:28:02,075 - One, two, three! - Ah! 443 00:28:02,179 --> 00:28:04,110 He said, "Be strong and courageous." 444 00:28:04,213 --> 00:28:06,972 And those words just stuck out to me. 445 00:28:07,075 --> 00:28:08,524 "Be strong and courageous." 446 00:28:08,627 --> 00:28:12,972 And since that moment, that's almost been my life verse. 447 00:28:13,075 --> 00:28:14,593 This is gonna test me, 448 00:28:14,696 --> 00:28:17,937 but it's just an opportunity to be strong and courageous. 449 00:28:25,765 --> 00:28:28,800 Lots of hungry burps going on in the tummy. 450 00:28:28,903 --> 00:28:30,593 My tummy is used to having 451 00:28:30,696 --> 00:28:32,972 a big, fat breakfast at the minute. 452 00:28:34,075 --> 00:28:35,386 It's all good. 453 00:28:36,593 --> 00:28:37,868 Look at that. Ducks. 454 00:28:39,179 --> 00:28:41,868 He's tiny. About the size of a grapefruit, 455 00:28:41,972 --> 00:28:43,593 but it tastes nice. 456 00:28:43,696 --> 00:28:45,593 - Or maybe... 457 00:28:46,248 --> 00:28:48,868 I'll just nab a big, fat, brown trout, 458 00:28:48,972 --> 00:28:51,868 like a floppin' monster, yeah. 459 00:28:54,110 --> 00:28:56,317 - - Pardon me. 460 00:28:57,248 --> 00:29:01,248 Okay. Point the jar where I want it to go. 461 00:29:01,351 --> 00:29:02,765 Give it a lob out. 462 00:29:03,662 --> 00:29:05,558 One of my goals coming in here 463 00:29:05,662 --> 00:29:08,179 was to come in here the heaviest I'd ever been 464 00:29:08,282 --> 00:29:11,972 and probably tip the scales at about 105 kegs. 465 00:29:12,075 --> 00:29:15,420 Alright. Often times, I mean, if they're flighty, 466 00:29:15,524 --> 00:29:17,386 they'll... It could take a little while, 467 00:29:17,489 --> 00:29:18,937 but often times, when you first cast 468 00:29:19,041 --> 00:29:21,041 is a really good time, you know? 469 00:29:21,144 --> 00:29:24,696 There's... dust and stuff that's disturbed, so. 470 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,282 The importance of getting food is massive. 471 00:29:27,386 --> 00:29:30,868 There's only so much fat reserves on your body, 472 00:29:31,627 --> 00:29:33,075 and I guess the clock is ticking. 473 00:29:37,179 --> 00:29:38,937 But I can win this competition 474 00:29:39,041 --> 00:29:41,731 because I've got the mindset, I've got the grit. 475 00:29:41,834 --> 00:29:43,351 Exciting task. 476 00:29:43,972 --> 00:29:46,248 But more importantly, God's got my back, 477 00:29:46,351 --> 00:29:49,282 and it's such a comfort having that faith. 478 00:29:49,972 --> 00:29:51,731 Pardon me. 479 00:29:52,386 --> 00:29:54,041 Little hunger pangs. 480 00:29:54,144 --> 00:29:55,937 Food will come. It'll come. 481 00:29:56,524 --> 00:29:57,972 Now I'm fishing. 482 00:30:27,524 --> 00:30:30,006 I'm gonna use this for making some of those traps. 483 00:30:30,110 --> 00:30:32,903 It's not sausage. Saw sedge. 484 00:30:33,006 --> 00:30:35,972 I'm also gonna use it for getting some breakfast 485 00:30:36,075 --> 00:30:37,696 'cause you can eat the bottom of it, so. 486 00:30:38,213 --> 00:30:40,489 Gonna get a fair bit of this. 487 00:30:45,179 --> 00:30:47,006 Funny what you think tastes good when you're hungry. 488 00:30:48,144 --> 00:30:51,213 Yeah, well, anyway, rat on the rotisserie would be nice. 489 00:30:51,731 --> 00:30:53,524 If there's one of the bastards probably a thousand of 'em 490 00:30:53,627 --> 00:30:55,868 there, so that could be a really easy 491 00:30:55,972 --> 00:30:57,317 source of food for me. 492 00:30:57,662 --> 00:31:00,248 The holes of these mice, or whatever little rodent it is, 493 00:31:00,351 --> 00:31:02,317 they're like that big. 494 00:31:02,420 --> 00:31:04,662 So if I were to put, you know, three or four 495 00:31:04,765 --> 00:31:06,834 at the entrances of some of these holes, 496 00:31:06,937 --> 00:31:08,731 I reckon I'd have a fair chance of getting one or two. 497 00:31:09,213 --> 00:31:11,696 A part of my strategy coming in here was to practice 498 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,696 as many passive ways of getting food as I possibly can. 499 00:31:16,455 --> 00:31:19,282 Just kind of push down on itself, it doesn't unravel. 500 00:31:19,386 --> 00:31:21,593 I don't really want to be exerting energy 501 00:31:21,696 --> 00:31:23,420 after, you know, the first week. 502 00:31:23,524 --> 00:31:25,144 I want to just be sitting back and relaxing. 503 00:31:25,248 --> 00:31:26,731 If it doesn't work, I can use 'em 504 00:31:26,834 --> 00:31:28,386 as bloody-as fish traps, so. 505 00:31:28,696 --> 00:31:31,006 The only difference between this one and a fish trap 506 00:31:31,110 --> 00:31:34,558 will be that the top will have a bit of wire. 507 00:31:35,075 --> 00:31:38,627 So the idea will be that... it will go in here, 508 00:31:38,731 --> 00:31:42,731 and then I've got a heap of little bloody sharp bits 509 00:31:42,834 --> 00:31:45,800 like that, so when they go in, they don't want to come out. 510 00:31:50,386 --> 00:31:52,731 Wish I put me weight on in me ass. 511 00:31:54,455 --> 00:31:56,800 Butt is sore. Let's put it to action. 512 00:32:03,110 --> 00:32:04,972 Rat Trap 3000. 513 00:32:06,903 --> 00:32:09,213 I'll just put a bit of stuff around it just to... 514 00:32:11,627 --> 00:32:14,179 block any other bloody holes that it's gonna come out of. 515 00:32:15,489 --> 00:32:16,868 Trap is deployed. 516 00:32:20,041 --> 00:32:23,972 Fingers crossed, we're having some, 517 00:32:24,627 --> 00:32:26,075 some wood rat stew. 518 00:32:43,041 --> 00:32:44,800 I'm gonna risk it for the biscuit. 519 00:32:45,972 --> 00:32:47,455 This is where I want to be. 520 00:32:49,351 --> 00:32:50,972 High and dry. 521 00:32:51,593 --> 00:32:53,351 Sunshine. 522 00:32:53,834 --> 00:32:55,489 Plenty of water. 523 00:32:56,179 --> 00:32:57,662 Firewood. 524 00:32:57,765 --> 00:32:59,110 Did I mention sunshine? 525 00:32:59,489 --> 00:33:01,593 All about the sunshine. 526 00:33:04,075 --> 00:33:05,662 I like it. 527 00:33:06,282 --> 00:33:09,834 But I need to get back to my other camp. 528 00:33:09,937 --> 00:33:12,593 Moving camp, I'm probably gonna be burning more energy 529 00:33:12,696 --> 00:33:14,110 than I am getting back in. 530 00:33:14,213 --> 00:33:16,317 Death trap, everywhere you look. 531 00:33:16,731 --> 00:33:18,524 Not a horrible spot that they dropped me off. 532 00:33:18,627 --> 00:33:21,317 It just didn't connect with me. 533 00:33:21,420 --> 00:33:23,213 I felt really closed off, 534 00:33:23,558 --> 00:33:26,386 and I'm somebody that doesn't like to be tied down. 535 00:33:26,489 --> 00:33:30,248 Just like to have freedom and open spaces. 536 00:33:30,351 --> 00:33:31,937 Oh, that's a pretty rock. 537 00:33:32,041 --> 00:33:34,868 Oh. Okay, focus, Karla. 538 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,110 I live a pretty nomadic lifestyle, 539 00:33:39,213 --> 00:33:42,110 so wherever I park up is where home is. 540 00:33:42,213 --> 00:33:45,006 The white picket fence and the 2.5 kids isn't my path. 541 00:33:46,282 --> 00:33:48,179 Career started off in zoo keeping, 542 00:33:48,282 --> 00:33:50,489 and then I went to naturalist 543 00:33:50,593 --> 00:33:53,179 and commercial skipper, a helicopter pilot, 544 00:33:53,282 --> 00:33:55,593 and now I'm working as an expedition leader. 545 00:33:55,696 --> 00:33:58,248 I like the fact that I have ultimate freedom. 546 00:33:58,351 --> 00:34:00,351 Somebody can call me and be like, "Hey, Karla, 547 00:34:00,455 --> 00:34:02,524 I need a guiding position filled 548 00:34:02,627 --> 00:34:05,351 in Arnhem Land for six weeks. Can you come?" "Yes, I can." 549 00:34:05,455 --> 00:34:08,179 That's freedom that very few people have in this life. 550 00:34:09,075 --> 00:34:12,041 I know that I've got a good set of survival skills. 551 00:34:12,731 --> 00:34:15,489 Definitely knowing wildlife is gonna be a strength for me. 552 00:34:15,593 --> 00:34:18,731 I think I have a general grasp of fishing, and I can hunt. 553 00:34:18,834 --> 00:34:20,800 Foraging is definitely a skill of mine. 554 00:34:20,903 --> 00:34:23,213 I love bush tucker. Every time I go out bush, 555 00:34:23,317 --> 00:34:24,696 I'm looking, "Can I eat that?" 556 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,731 So I've got a good, sound knowledge of what plants 557 00:34:26,834 --> 00:34:31,386 you can and can't eat. Bush soap. I've got skills, 558 00:34:31,489 --> 00:34:32,868 but I want to test them. 559 00:34:32,972 --> 00:34:35,662 For me, I want to win. For me, I want to succeed. 560 00:34:35,765 --> 00:34:37,593 And I want to come out on top. 561 00:34:39,455 --> 00:34:41,524 Still haven't eaten anything, and I'm starting to feel 562 00:34:41,627 --> 00:34:45,627 a bit weak now, and I'm just gonna get weaker and weaker. 563 00:34:46,868 --> 00:34:48,455 I'm gonna check the trail cam. 564 00:34:49,662 --> 00:34:51,868 I just want to see if there was any activity. 565 00:34:52,903 --> 00:34:54,282 So, we'll see. 566 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,179 There is... That is a wallaby. 567 00:35:04,696 --> 00:35:07,524 That's just straight up in that game trail. 568 00:35:07,627 --> 00:35:10,731 He's just feeding. Okay. This is good stuff. 569 00:35:12,248 --> 00:35:15,696 Sorry, little guy, but you are on the menu. 570 00:35:39,837 --> 00:35:42,562 This is a little bit more surrounded, eh? 571 00:35:43,768 --> 00:35:46,286 Look at that. Everything's disappeared. 572 00:35:50,768 --> 00:35:52,010 So... 573 00:35:52,631 --> 00:35:53,941 next plan is, 574 00:35:55,113 --> 00:35:59,665 see all this water dropping off the tarp? 575 00:36:00,217 --> 00:36:04,182 Well, the plan is to fold this edge up... 576 00:36:08,010 --> 00:36:09,596 like that. 577 00:36:10,044 --> 00:36:13,424 And then, make all the water run to one end, 578 00:36:14,217 --> 00:36:16,631 and then I'll make myself a little bloody water sink. 579 00:36:22,906 --> 00:36:24,596 You know, we're making a gutter. 580 00:36:25,182 --> 00:36:28,872 Starting to work already. Works real good. 581 00:36:29,458 --> 00:36:33,182 Build a little tank down there out of something. 582 00:36:33,493 --> 00:36:35,113 Not sure what yet, but... 583 00:36:36,113 --> 00:36:38,286 And then I won't have to boil water all the time. 584 00:36:38,389 --> 00:36:39,734 Save some bloody firewood. 585 00:36:40,562 --> 00:36:43,044 I can just lay under there with my mouth open. 586 00:36:43,562 --> 00:36:47,355 So, really, I just need four sticks, four pegs. 587 00:36:48,182 --> 00:36:49,734 My son Rhys always says 588 00:36:49,837 --> 00:36:52,941 I don't drink enough water, so I will here. 589 00:36:57,562 --> 00:37:00,148 Me poor old bloody zucchini fingers, 590 00:37:00,251 --> 00:37:02,113 by shit, they've done some work. 591 00:37:03,010 --> 00:37:05,527 One thing I've noticed with age, 592 00:37:05,631 --> 00:37:07,389 you lose a bit of dexterity. 593 00:37:07,493 --> 00:37:10,493 I think it's the word. That's a big word for Muzza. 594 00:37:11,251 --> 00:37:14,355 Not the prettiest thing I've ever seen, but bingo. 595 00:37:15,941 --> 00:37:17,251 That really runs. 596 00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:22,010 Should fill that in no time at all. 597 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:27,768 So, gutter's made, tank's made. 598 00:37:29,217 --> 00:37:31,975 Mission completed. Jesus, look at that. 599 00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:34,148 Got half a stubby just in a couple minutes. 600 00:37:35,044 --> 00:37:36,355 Have a drink. 601 00:37:42,286 --> 00:37:44,631 Oh, this shit does taste better than the lake water. 602 00:38:11,562 --> 00:38:13,941 I'm looking for some nice, big, flat rocks. 603 00:38:14,941 --> 00:38:16,941 Today's plan is keep working on the shelter. 604 00:38:17,044 --> 00:38:18,562 That's priority. 605 00:38:18,665 --> 00:38:21,872 Get a warm, dry firewood system. 606 00:38:21,975 --> 00:38:23,424 If I can get that down pat, 607 00:38:23,527 --> 00:38:25,700 I'll feel less stressed during the night. 608 00:38:28,527 --> 00:38:31,424 Uses a lot of energy, this work. 609 00:38:31,527 --> 00:38:34,424 I'm just worried about just spending too much energy 610 00:38:34,527 --> 00:38:36,355 and cause me to lose too much weight. 611 00:38:37,182 --> 00:38:39,010 I can feel my abs burnin'. 612 00:38:40,148 --> 00:38:43,113 Gotta get rid of the grass and tree roots 613 00:38:43,217 --> 00:38:46,079 so the heat in the fire doesn't catch on and travel, 614 00:38:46,182 --> 00:38:50,148 but I'll layer it with some rocks on the base 615 00:38:50,251 --> 00:38:51,837 anyway, but just to be safe. 616 00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:57,631 Game of "Tetris." 617 00:38:57,837 --> 00:38:59,941 Just trying to block up the holes a little bit. 618 00:39:00,044 --> 00:39:02,148 Get some mud in there 619 00:39:02,251 --> 00:39:04,768 so the embers don't fall down onto the ground. 620 00:39:06,044 --> 00:39:08,355 I think it's looking great! I need a big stone to put on top. 621 00:39:19,389 --> 00:39:21,113 So close. Come on. 622 00:39:26,631 --> 00:39:29,355 It takes off and then it goes away. 623 00:39:33,251 --> 00:39:36,734 Come on. You got this. 624 00:39:37,700 --> 00:39:39,182 You got this. 625 00:39:39,286 --> 00:39:40,906 Come on. 626 00:39:42,355 --> 00:39:44,217 Come on. You got this. 627 00:39:45,493 --> 00:39:47,527 I think it caught on, but it just went out, so 628 00:39:47,631 --> 00:39:51,355 I need to try and watch it as it catches on. 629 00:39:52,665 --> 00:39:54,079 Don't give up. 630 00:39:54,182 --> 00:39:56,079 Stay in the game. 631 00:40:06,837 --> 00:40:08,148 Come on. 632 00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:10,113 Come on. 633 00:40:18,182 --> 00:40:19,527 Come on. 634 00:40:37,631 --> 00:40:39,631 Fire. Thank fuck. 635 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:41,837 Sorry for swearing. 636 00:40:42,803 --> 00:40:44,631 Just watching to make sure it's not... 637 00:40:45,562 --> 00:40:48,424 going too high up into my shelter. 638 00:40:48,527 --> 00:40:52,872 Bugger. Watch for those embers going up. 639 00:40:56,596 --> 00:40:58,458 I'll just let it go down at night... 640 00:40:58,906 --> 00:41:00,182 to smoke. 641 00:41:08,010 --> 00:41:11,631 Because I can't hear when something starts taking off 642 00:41:11,734 --> 00:41:14,079 and I'm just sitting in my shelter, 643 00:41:14,182 --> 00:41:17,906 sleeping in my shelter, all's fine and dandy, and... 644 00:41:19,286 --> 00:41:23,596 there's an emergency, "Oh, that poor deaf lady." 645 00:41:24,493 --> 00:41:27,286 Don't worry. She's fine. She's smart. 646 00:41:28,527 --> 00:41:29,906 I'm always met with, 647 00:41:30,010 --> 00:41:32,837 "No, you can't, Ceilidh. You can't do that." 648 00:41:32,941 --> 00:41:37,113 But I've learnt a lot already in life. 649 00:41:38,665 --> 00:41:39,975 I push through. 650 00:41:41,493 --> 00:41:43,803 If I fumble, make a fool of myself, who cares? 651 00:41:43,906 --> 00:41:46,148 Just pick up and keep going. 652 00:41:46,251 --> 00:41:49,286 You can be a lady with a disability. 653 00:41:49,389 --> 00:41:51,113 You can do this. 654 00:41:53,562 --> 00:41:55,113 So, one day at a time. 655 00:41:56,493 --> 00:41:57,803 One day at a time. 656 00:42:44,700 --> 00:42:47,148 I can feel my legs and muscles 657 00:42:47,251 --> 00:42:48,803 just feeling, like, a little bit... 658 00:42:48,906 --> 00:42:50,458 Ooh! Another. 659 00:42:50,562 --> 00:42:52,596 Sore, crampy. 660 00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:54,424 It's definitely from lack of food. 661 00:42:56,148 --> 00:42:57,700 I need food. 662 00:42:58,941 --> 00:43:01,217 I need to procure food. 663 00:43:03,734 --> 00:43:06,458 I've hunted with spears... There it is. 664 00:43:06,562 --> 00:43:08,631 throwing sticks, clubs, knives, 665 00:43:09,010 --> 00:43:10,631 and even just with my bare hands. 666 00:43:10,734 --> 00:43:12,631 As a kid, I remember going up on a hill 667 00:43:12,734 --> 00:43:15,286 looking over rabbit warrens with a little .22 Magnum, 668 00:43:15,389 --> 00:43:16,906 shooting rabbits, and then learning how to skin a rabbit, 669 00:43:17,010 --> 00:43:18,734 and dad showing you how to do it. 670 00:43:18,837 --> 00:43:21,389 So I guess I've had a pretty unique upbringing 671 00:43:21,493 --> 00:43:24,113 in my Indigenous culture and my non-Indigenous culture. 672 00:43:24,217 --> 00:43:26,493 It does allow me to have a foot in both camps. 673 00:43:27,527 --> 00:43:29,596 I was lucky enough to play 674 00:43:29,700 --> 00:43:31,251 in the professional NRL system. 675 00:43:31,355 --> 00:43:33,975 I guess all those things, as a footy player, teach you 676 00:43:34,079 --> 00:43:36,389 the skills with mental strength and determination, 677 00:43:36,493 --> 00:43:38,182 and, you know, you don't half-ass things. 678 00:43:38,286 --> 00:43:39,803 You do it to the best that you can 679 00:43:39,906 --> 00:43:42,217 and get in the grind, see things through. 680 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,010 Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. 681 00:43:44,113 --> 00:43:47,768 I am leaving behind my wife, Ainsley, 682 00:43:47,872 --> 00:43:50,562 and, um, our two little kids, Remi and Lani. 683 00:43:50,872 --> 00:43:52,700 Big mate. 684 00:43:52,803 --> 00:43:55,424 Me and my son have got such a close bond. 685 00:43:55,527 --> 00:43:58,562 That's gonna hit home. That's gonna be a challenge. 686 00:43:58,665 --> 00:44:00,975 I've got to not try and think about him while I'm out there. 687 00:44:01,079 --> 00:44:02,734 I'll be back before you know it. 688 00:44:02,837 --> 00:44:04,941 Aw! Oh. 689 00:44:05,044 --> 00:44:06,424 It's gonna be bloody hard, 690 00:44:06,527 --> 00:44:09,320 but I came here to win for my family and my kids. 691 00:44:10,010 --> 00:44:12,113 That was one of the hardest things I've had to do. 692 00:44:12,217 --> 00:44:14,182 But also, all of Indigenous Australia 693 00:44:14,286 --> 00:44:15,906 to be able to showcase a few traditional things. 694 00:44:16,010 --> 00:44:17,458 You know, I want that title of the first 695 00:44:17,562 --> 00:44:19,182 Indigenous person to win "Alone." 696 00:44:23,010 --> 00:44:24,458 Wonder if worms... 697 00:44:26,251 --> 00:44:29,631 I wonder if they can, like, sense the vibration... 698 00:44:35,493 --> 00:44:36,803 and, um, 699 00:44:37,562 --> 00:44:38,975 like, go deeper or something. 700 00:44:44,389 --> 00:44:45,941 Oh, big sucker. 701 00:44:47,079 --> 00:44:48,493 Ah! 702 00:44:48,768 --> 00:44:51,251 Something's been here scratching and I presume 703 00:44:51,355 --> 00:44:53,044 they're chasing worms. 704 00:44:53,631 --> 00:44:57,665 So I was like, "Well, don't go against the locals. 705 00:44:57,768 --> 00:45:02,251 See what's there." And I just got two worms...straight away. 706 00:45:06,941 --> 00:45:10,665 Oh, my God. I'm so excited. This is like the first... 707 00:45:12,355 --> 00:45:14,493 proper... 708 00:45:14,596 --> 00:45:19,355 bait. I've found little small, pissant baits. 709 00:45:21,010 --> 00:45:23,010 Ooh! He's a fiery bastard! 710 00:45:24,424 --> 00:45:26,941 So a rock with wire, and then about a foot of... 711 00:45:28,113 --> 00:45:32,424 um, line to the, uh, the worm. 712 00:45:32,527 --> 00:45:35,320 So, hopefully I can get it out a little, a decent way. 713 00:45:38,182 --> 00:45:39,665 Moment of truth. 714 00:45:45,113 --> 00:45:46,700 I'm bloody hungry though, let me tell ya. 715 00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:53,079 I feel I'm hungry. I need food. 716 00:45:55,182 --> 00:45:56,906 Fall at your own risk. 717 00:45:59,768 --> 00:46:01,044 Ooh. 718 00:46:12,803 --> 00:46:14,700 You know, I hate to say it. 719 00:46:19,044 --> 00:46:21,631 But I fucking miss, I miss 720 00:46:22,286 --> 00:46:25,355 my wife and kids, like, terribly. 721 00:46:27,148 --> 00:46:31,320 And I think it's the whole not touching point, like, the... 722 00:46:32,458 --> 00:46:34,596 the contact when you're away. 723 00:46:34,700 --> 00:46:37,424 Like, I've been away from my wife and kids before, but... 724 00:46:38,251 --> 00:46:40,389 I've never gone this long without talking to them. 725 00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:52,734 It just, it does, it... 726 00:46:52,837 --> 00:46:56,251 If you say it out loud and start thinking' about it, it... 727 00:46:57,355 --> 00:46:59,079 it absolutely gets to you. 728 00:47:01,389 --> 00:47:03,389 Anyway. Ah. 729 00:47:33,251 --> 00:47:35,182 We made it through another night. 730 00:47:37,424 --> 00:47:41,217 It's been five days since I had a decent meal. 731 00:47:42,010 --> 00:47:44,596 I'm tired, exhausted, hungry. 732 00:47:45,596 --> 00:47:49,044 Got the...got the diarrhoea 733 00:47:49,148 --> 00:47:51,906 that you get when you don't have much food and when you... 734 00:47:52,562 --> 00:47:53,906 your body starts to go into that ketosis mode, I think. 735 00:47:58,148 --> 00:48:00,148 So, I think, this morning, 736 00:48:00,975 --> 00:48:02,527 it's time to go fishing. 737 00:48:03,424 --> 00:48:08,389 Branch ready with fishing hooks and little, itty-bitty worm. 738 00:48:09,355 --> 00:48:11,837 I thought I could last another few more days 739 00:48:11,941 --> 00:48:15,044 not having to worry about food, but I need to start now. 740 00:48:15,148 --> 00:48:16,837 I'm on the skinny side, on the lean side, 741 00:48:16,941 --> 00:48:19,941 so I'm not a big person, don't have a lot of fat on me, so. 742 00:48:23,941 --> 00:48:27,631 Oh, yeah. There was a trout 743 00:48:27,734 --> 00:48:30,665 that just came here and it's going up, and it saw me. 744 00:48:30,768 --> 00:48:32,562 It was a, it was a trout. 745 00:48:33,803 --> 00:48:35,286 There are trout in here. 746 00:48:35,562 --> 00:48:37,872 I saw it with my own eyes, there. 747 00:48:52,079 --> 00:48:54,975 I see a white-bellied sea eagle. 748 00:48:55,562 --> 00:48:59,010 That means there must be food out here for him to eat. 749 00:49:01,941 --> 00:49:04,906 My dad had a sea eagle tattooed to his arm. 750 00:49:06,355 --> 00:49:08,458 And dad was a really good fisherman and hunter. 751 00:49:11,286 --> 00:49:13,079 So dad taught me how to fish. 752 00:49:15,631 --> 00:49:18,458 Dad really, really helped me to be myself. 753 00:49:20,079 --> 00:49:22,424 He really shaped me for who I am today. 754 00:49:34,079 --> 00:49:36,700 Yeah, dad wasn't my biological father. 755 00:49:41,148 --> 00:49:45,389 Oh, he...he and I met when I was about one. 756 00:49:46,458 --> 00:49:48,113 He met my mom. I was a little one-year-old toddler. 757 00:49:53,803 --> 00:49:55,182 And he took me in. 758 00:49:55,286 --> 00:49:57,700 He loved me so much. 759 00:49:58,700 --> 00:50:03,079 He got leukaemia...when I was around two. 760 00:50:04,872 --> 00:50:06,251 My mom and dad were like, 761 00:50:06,355 --> 00:50:09,458 "We want to have a child," before he goes through chemo, 762 00:50:09,562 --> 00:50:11,044 so they had my little brother. 763 00:50:12,389 --> 00:50:16,493 My little baby brother. He's such a good fisherman, he is. 764 00:50:18,527 --> 00:50:20,527 So he had leukaemia. He survived. 765 00:50:20,803 --> 00:50:22,458 He survived that, and... 766 00:50:24,044 --> 00:50:27,596 we lived...we lived some happy days. 767 00:50:34,493 --> 00:50:36,665 Then, uh, dad got leukaemia again 768 00:50:36,768 --> 00:50:38,389 when I was 16 years old. 769 00:50:46,148 --> 00:50:49,562 Yeah. I was 16 and Grant was 14. 770 00:50:50,665 --> 00:50:52,700 It was a long, he had a long battle. 771 00:50:52,803 --> 00:50:57,389 And he couldn't make it. 772 00:50:57,493 --> 00:51:00,148 He didn't make it. 773 00:51:07,734 --> 00:51:09,975 It's like my dad's watching over me. 774 00:51:28,975 --> 00:51:30,286 How's my hair lookin'? 775 00:51:37,458 --> 00:51:38,941 Check this out. 776 00:51:39,493 --> 00:51:40,872 A water tank. 777 00:51:41,217 --> 00:51:43,803 Plenty of water. That's great. 778 00:51:43,906 --> 00:51:46,010 Won't have to light a fire for a few days. 779 00:51:47,493 --> 00:51:49,734 The tank's full, so I'm stoked. 780 00:51:49,941 --> 00:51:52,527 Right, I'm gonna go on a, just a bait mission. 781 00:51:53,113 --> 00:51:54,803 Day five. 782 00:51:55,389 --> 00:51:58,458 Five days is the longest I've ever been without eating. 783 00:52:02,562 --> 00:52:05,941 It's not about being the best bloody fisherman out here. 784 00:52:06,044 --> 00:52:08,424 It's about being able to find bait. 785 00:52:16,596 --> 00:52:18,320 I just found my first worm. 786 00:52:23,286 --> 00:52:24,665 Look at this, another one. 787 00:52:25,700 --> 00:52:27,010 Jesus. 788 00:52:27,389 --> 00:52:28,768 Look at that. 789 00:52:28,872 --> 00:52:31,079 That's one of the biggest worms I've ever dug up. 790 00:52:31,941 --> 00:52:34,113 You fucking beauty. 791 00:52:34,665 --> 00:52:35,941 That gives us hope. 792 00:52:43,286 --> 00:52:45,527 That will do. In a hurry. 793 00:52:45,631 --> 00:52:46,941 Running out of daylight. 794 00:52:48,562 --> 00:52:49,872 Four. 795 00:52:50,182 --> 00:52:51,493 Let's go. 796 00:52:55,527 --> 00:52:58,251 You'd have to think you gotta catch something. 797 00:53:00,251 --> 00:53:03,941 There's gotta be some really, really dopey fish out there. 798 00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:07,975 Look at that. Normally I'd chop him in 799 00:53:08,079 --> 00:53:10,562 but I'll try everything, you know, 800 00:53:10,665 --> 00:53:12,286 before a whole worm as well. 801 00:53:13,562 --> 00:53:15,596 I don't want to catch the smart ones. 802 00:53:16,424 --> 00:53:17,734 Want to catch the dumb ones. 803 00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:20,872 Suits my personality. 804 00:53:38,906 --> 00:53:40,182 Right. 805 00:53:44,148 --> 00:53:46,941 Oh, shit. I got a bite! I got a bite! 806 00:53:48,527 --> 00:53:50,286 What?! Jesus! 807 00:53:57,510 --> 00:53:59,510 .