1 00:00:24,460 --> 00:00:27,620 We're halfway to the South Pole. We're going to be totally alone. 2 00:00:28,740 --> 00:00:31,800 It's Tasmania. It's cold. It's rain. It's snow. 3 00:00:33,340 --> 00:00:35,940 We're all going to leave changed forever. 4 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,460 Holy fuck. What is this place? 5 00:00:42,060 --> 00:00:43,820 What have I gotten myself into? 6 00:00:44,820 --> 00:00:50,840 We have to document this whole experience while trying to survive at 7 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:51,840 the same time. 8 00:00:53,390 --> 00:00:54,390 Check it out. 9 00:00:55,830 --> 00:00:57,750 Like a 60k win. 10 00:00:58,910 --> 00:01:00,750 Mother nature's kicking my ass. 11 00:01:01,670 --> 00:01:02,830 Did you hear that? 12 00:01:06,550 --> 00:01:12,430 This experience is just as much a mind game as it is a survival game. 13 00:01:12,890 --> 00:01:13,950 We got dinner! 14 00:01:14,210 --> 00:01:15,850 What the fuck? There's a snake. 15 00:01:17,570 --> 00:01:20,170 Oh, you fucker! Mum? 16 00:01:23,180 --> 00:01:25,540 Suddenly going downhill very, very fast. 17 00:01:25,940 --> 00:01:26,940 Oh, 18 00:01:27,580 --> 00:01:28,580 my heart. 19 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:34,380 A $250,000 prize would change my life. 20 00:01:34,620 --> 00:01:35,458 Whoops, stinking. 21 00:01:35,460 --> 00:01:38,980 I'm not here for coming first if it means I'm going to kill myself. 22 00:01:39,380 --> 00:01:40,820 I like you, Tasmania! 23 00:02:27,550 --> 00:02:31,990 We're about to be dropped into the wilderness, far from everyone we know 24 00:02:31,990 --> 00:02:34,730 and love, to survive against all the odds. 25 00:02:36,410 --> 00:02:38,190 We're strangers in a strange land. 26 00:02:38,630 --> 00:02:39,630 Wow. 27 00:02:39,950 --> 00:02:40,950 What? 28 00:02:41,410 --> 00:02:42,410 This is wild. 29 00:02:44,270 --> 00:02:45,350 Do you know that feeling? 30 00:02:45,690 --> 00:02:49,190 When fear and excitement are so next to each other, you don't know which is 31 00:02:49,190 --> 00:02:50,190 which. 32 00:02:53,210 --> 00:02:56,050 This is going to be the hardest thing any of us have ever done. 33 00:02:56,780 --> 00:02:57,780 Oh, that's muddy. 34 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:00,100 Come on. 35 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,320 We are completely and utterly alone out here. 36 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:06,500 What have I done? 37 00:03:10,300 --> 00:03:13,100 The only food we can eat is stuff that we catch. 38 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:14,920 Are you ready? 39 00:03:14,940 --> 00:03:18,200 No, I don't think anyone could be ready. We have to live off the land. 40 00:03:21,260 --> 00:03:22,260 Wow. 41 00:03:23,260 --> 00:03:24,420 I am speechless. 42 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:25,640 Scary beautiful. 43 00:03:26,190 --> 00:03:30,430 I want to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, the Palawa people. 44 00:03:40,270 --> 00:03:45,030 There's no crew, there's no producers, there's zero contact with the outside 45 00:03:45,030 --> 00:03:51,090 world. I can't believe that I'm going to do this. It's going to be so good and so 46 00:03:51,090 --> 00:03:52,330 bad, probably at the same time. 47 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,900 Now that I'm out here and I see how difficult the terrain is to walk 48 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:56,900 through. 49 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,480 I was preparing for the worst case. 50 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,040 Mike Tyson says everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. 51 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,020 The west coast of Tasmania is well known for its harsh weather conditions. 52 00:04:15,340 --> 00:04:18,399 And it is one of the toughest places in Australia to survive. 53 00:04:18,740 --> 00:04:19,740 Holy shit. 54 00:04:22,250 --> 00:04:23,250 My new home. 55 00:04:23,950 --> 00:04:24,950 Oh, my God. 56 00:04:30,170 --> 00:04:34,230 It's a fight between nature and yourself, and that is a very hard thing 57 00:04:34,230 --> 00:04:35,670 to come out on top with. 58 00:04:37,190 --> 00:04:38,190 It's cold. 59 00:04:39,750 --> 00:04:42,230 It's hard country. It's going to be very hard country. 60 00:04:42,490 --> 00:04:46,270 But this is going to be home for the next couple of months. With my skill 61 00:04:46,270 --> 00:04:48,230 set, I do have what it takes to win this. 62 00:04:48,450 --> 00:04:49,450 The adventure begins. 63 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,800 We're only allowed to bring ten items with us on this journey, and I tried to 64 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,480 choose my ten items based on things that I would normally take bush anyway. 65 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:02,060 So here we are. 66 00:05:03,140 --> 00:05:06,920 Things like my axe, my saw, my knife, sleeping bag. 67 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,180 Going, going, gone. 68 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:15,780 Whoa, here we go. 69 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,840 I'm prepared to stay out there for 90 days. All my stuff on my back. 70 00:05:21,380 --> 00:05:22,380 See you guys. 71 00:05:22,650 --> 00:05:25,530 But what if that's not enough? I'm not going to tap out at 90 days because it's 72 00:05:25,530 --> 00:05:26,530 91. 73 00:05:28,490 --> 00:05:32,910 Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for your beautiful country down here that you've 74 00:05:32,910 --> 00:05:33,910 created. 75 00:05:40,010 --> 00:05:43,990 We can tap out any time, but as soon as you press that button, you're tapped 76 00:05:43,990 --> 00:05:45,150 out. It's the end of the game. 77 00:05:46,330 --> 00:05:49,510 There's a $250,000 prize for the last person standing. 78 00:05:50,270 --> 00:05:51,270 Here you go. 79 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,200 They'll be mine soon. 80 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,380 This is a mind game as much as a survival game. 81 00:06:01,940 --> 00:06:03,600 Landed. All right. 82 00:06:05,420 --> 00:06:07,960 Mental toughness will be the winner. 83 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:09,860 See you in two years. 84 00:06:24,970 --> 00:06:25,929 Nothing but silence. 85 00:06:25,930 --> 00:06:26,930 That's what we want. 86 00:06:48,710 --> 00:06:49,469 What do you reckon? 87 00:06:49,470 --> 00:06:50,470 So good, eh? 88 00:06:57,670 --> 00:06:59,050 So I'm from Tassie. 89 00:06:59,810 --> 00:07:01,210 You guys probably know this already. 90 00:07:01,510 --> 00:07:02,830 Better get out of the swamp here. 91 00:07:03,250 --> 00:07:04,390 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 92 00:07:05,110 --> 00:07:06,110 Jesus. 93 00:07:15,130 --> 00:07:17,230 It's pretty bloody serious, that shit. 94 00:07:19,150 --> 00:07:22,770 And yeah, come along with me on this little journey. 95 00:07:23,690 --> 00:07:24,690 It's a challenge. 96 00:07:25,610 --> 00:07:26,610 Spirits are high. 97 00:07:27,430 --> 00:07:31,670 It's going to get dark and nasty and emotional at times. 98 00:07:32,370 --> 00:07:37,050 But you and me, we'll work through it, all right? 99 00:07:40,030 --> 00:07:45,370 Yeah, beauty. I definitely think I've got more skills than the average person. 100 00:07:45,950 --> 00:07:48,070 I do a lot of outdoor stuff. 101 00:07:48,670 --> 00:07:51,050 you know, diving and spearfishing. 102 00:07:51,370 --> 00:07:52,950 I catch a lot of my food. 103 00:07:53,250 --> 00:07:54,250 Let's take a bit of fish on. 104 00:07:57,370 --> 00:07:58,690 It's not a bad diet, is it? 105 00:07:59,030 --> 00:08:02,130 Scallops and crayfish and sea urchins, abalone. 106 00:08:02,370 --> 00:08:03,370 Bloody beautiful. 107 00:08:04,590 --> 00:08:05,590 Come on. 108 00:08:06,050 --> 00:08:08,890 Good boy. 109 00:08:09,110 --> 00:08:12,950 Being completely alone, I don't think is going to be a problem. 110 00:08:13,610 --> 00:08:14,610 Come on. 111 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,760 Yeah, good boy, there you go. Yeah, it is just myself and Billy, my dog. I 112 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,140 don't have a partner or children and that. 113 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,420 You know, I used to be in the army for many years. 114 00:08:25,900 --> 00:08:27,560 I'm a veteran of the Iraq War. 115 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:32,380 I joined the military quite young and, you know, that gave me the skills to 116 00:08:32,380 --> 00:08:34,539 sort of, like, just keep going and going and going. 117 00:08:35,020 --> 00:08:38,900 The ultimate goal is to win. You know, I don't want to miss out on any time out 118 00:08:38,900 --> 00:08:41,039 there. You know, I want that full experience. 119 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:44,500 Let's say goodbye, mate. Come on. Yeah, come on. You know, I don't want to leave 120 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:45,459 any what-ifs. 121 00:08:45,460 --> 00:08:48,100 To be there from day one to day end. 122 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:50,080 Good boy. 123 00:08:50,940 --> 00:08:52,080 I'm going to go now, all right? 124 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:55,320 I reckon. 125 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:01,200 Probably get some rain, but might have a quick walk for, all right, 10 minutes. 126 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:03,880 Into the abyss. 127 00:09:04,670 --> 00:09:08,090 Every minute I'm here without a shelter, it's a very big gamble. 128 00:09:13,650 --> 00:09:14,650 Man, it's thick. 129 00:09:15,570 --> 00:09:17,110 It's a really thick bush. 130 00:09:25,410 --> 00:09:29,010 How's that? Take, like, what, seven or eight steps? 131 00:09:30,550 --> 00:09:31,750 And this is what it looks like. 132 00:09:32,380 --> 00:09:34,240 Some really big dangerous trees. 133 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:39,880 It's a bit of flat ground here though. 134 00:09:40,540 --> 00:09:47,160 I reckon I'll clear a bit of foliage in there and chuck a tent up. 135 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:58,630 I've come up with a little bit of a strategy. I think while I've... Got a 136 00:09:58,630 --> 00:10:01,890 bit of weight on me and a bit of energy. I'll just crack onto the shelter 137 00:10:01,890 --> 00:10:02,890 straight away. 138 00:10:03,190 --> 00:10:07,530 And then once that's done and dusted, we'll start chasing some food. 139 00:10:10,190 --> 00:10:11,190 Okay. 140 00:10:11,410 --> 00:10:12,910 It's going to go all the way up here. 141 00:10:13,170 --> 00:10:14,830 It's going to be my little house. 142 00:10:16,450 --> 00:10:17,530 Just noticed something. 143 00:10:18,270 --> 00:10:19,270 Check this out. 144 00:10:36,150 --> 00:10:37,150 Wasps. 145 00:10:39,870 --> 00:10:42,830 Oh well, looks like that were here first. 146 00:10:48,930 --> 00:10:52,310 Oh, I just had one, I literally just had a... 147 00:10:52,310 --> 00:10:59,190 I'll lift that 148 00:10:59,190 --> 00:11:01,470 up a bit so I can collect some water. 149 00:11:02,530 --> 00:11:04,910 Who knows, I might even stay here, this is not a bad spot. 150 00:11:08,810 --> 00:11:10,090 Except for the waspies. 151 00:11:27,750 --> 00:11:34,430 I've only just come into the bush where I've been dropped off by the boat and I 152 00:11:34,430 --> 00:11:35,990 can hear something moving around up here. 153 00:11:42,410 --> 00:11:43,710 Might be a little wallaby or something. 154 00:11:51,990 --> 00:11:57,450 Nothing can prepare you for Lutruwita, but I just keep in mind and keep telling 155 00:11:57,450 --> 00:12:01,870 myself that, you know, Palawa and Pakana people have survived here for millennia. 156 00:12:07,750 --> 00:12:09,170 Oh, my mouth's so dry. 157 00:12:17,390 --> 00:12:21,970 So before I do anything here, because I'm new to this place and I've never 158 00:12:21,970 --> 00:12:28,230 been here before, it's important that I speak 159 00:12:28,230 --> 00:12:34,670 to this place in my grandmother's language, in Te Reo Māori. And this is 160 00:12:34,670 --> 00:12:37,450 true in both Aboriginal culture and Māori culture. 161 00:12:37,730 --> 00:12:43,850 You know, Protocol 101 for any First Nations person, really around the world. 162 00:12:47,470 --> 00:12:49,810 And the wind just dropped right there when I said that. 163 00:12:50,370 --> 00:12:52,230 This sun coming through here is beautiful. 164 00:13:32,380 --> 00:13:34,180 Kia koutou. 165 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,440 Kia ora tatou katoa. 166 00:14:22,060 --> 00:14:28,780 hello lake hello trees this is 167 00:14:28,780 --> 00:14:35,620 home it's stark it's wild it's brilliant 168 00:14:35,620 --> 00:14:43,080 and 169 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,140 i want to i want to take it all in now because in 170 00:14:49,710 --> 00:14:55,330 In a week and then in a month and then in three months, all of these trees are 171 00:14:55,330 --> 00:14:59,150 going to be friends. This whole place, I'm going to know it as well as I know 172 00:14:59,150 --> 00:15:00,150 my own hand. 173 00:15:00,530 --> 00:15:06,030 So right now I want to kind of revel in the newness. 174 00:15:06,590 --> 00:15:08,710 Oh, this moss feels amazing. 175 00:15:10,390 --> 00:15:14,930 This isn't about defeating nature or conquering the wilderness. If you go in 176 00:15:14,930 --> 00:15:18,290 with that kind of attitude, Mother Nature is going to slap you. 177 00:15:18,620 --> 00:15:24,040 The only way to truly be at home in the wild is to have humility and to realise 178 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,040 that nature is going to break every single one of us open. 179 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,880 For me, it's about my own personal journey, learning how to be more deeply 180 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,440 at home in the wild and letting wild nature teach me how to be. 181 00:15:40,740 --> 00:15:46,380 But I really have to get to work because that sun is going to go down really 182 00:15:46,380 --> 00:15:47,380 fast. 183 00:15:48,079 --> 00:15:49,079 Okay. 184 00:15:49,620 --> 00:15:50,780 Time to get to work. 185 00:16:08,020 --> 00:16:09,140 Holy shit. 186 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,180 It's like the craziest thing I've ever, ever done. 187 00:16:12,580 --> 00:16:13,880 I don't know what to do. 188 00:16:15,140 --> 00:16:16,140 Oh, my God. 189 00:16:22,220 --> 00:16:23,220 Oh, my God. 190 00:16:26,660 --> 00:16:30,240 I'm doing this because we have this idea of who we are. 191 00:16:30,460 --> 00:16:33,440 I know what I'm capable of. I've got tenacity. 192 00:16:33,860 --> 00:16:34,860 I'm stubborn. 193 00:16:36,940 --> 00:16:41,460 But then we're put in a situation where we're not with anybody and we can't talk 194 00:16:41,460 --> 00:16:42,219 to anybody. 195 00:16:42,220 --> 00:16:43,740 We have to deal with ourselves. 196 00:16:56,780 --> 00:17:02,720 Never been truly alone ever in my life. I think I'm okay, but I won't know how 197 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,940 prepared I am until I'm actually on the land. 198 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:08,599 What do you want, darling? 199 00:17:08,819 --> 00:17:11,000 Well, my life is crazy busy. You're hungry? 200 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,319 I've got people around me all the time. 201 00:17:14,660 --> 00:17:17,460 We do love camping and Anne's going on a big camp, isn't she? 202 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:22,660 Katrina and I have been together for nearly 19 years and we've got four boys 203 00:17:22,660 --> 00:17:24,500 and two granddaughters. 204 00:17:25,109 --> 00:17:26,710 Do you want to put that one on the plate for me? 205 00:17:27,369 --> 00:17:29,230 And all these animals. 206 00:17:29,970 --> 00:17:30,970 It's chaos. 207 00:17:36,210 --> 00:17:38,770 I'm a proud Wiradjuri woman. 208 00:17:39,050 --> 00:17:43,250 Always put your knives back in your pouch so you know where they are. A big 209 00:17:43,250 --> 00:17:48,830 part of who I am and our family is to be outdoors and connecting with country and 210 00:17:48,830 --> 00:17:49,890 connecting with nature. 211 00:17:51,930 --> 00:17:56,370 My goal is to be the first woman in Australia, First Nations, grandmother, 212 00:17:56,710 --> 00:17:58,730 mother, to win this. 213 00:17:59,690 --> 00:18:01,430 It's a lot of shit we've got to carry. 214 00:18:02,310 --> 00:18:03,310 Fuck. 215 00:18:14,950 --> 00:18:16,230 Just puffed. 216 00:18:20,650 --> 00:18:21,650 Anyhow. 217 00:18:22,820 --> 00:18:24,680 Alright, I'm going to make a digging stick. 218 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:30,160 I need to dig out this ground a little bit so I can at least get a fire 219 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:31,160 started. 220 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:33,720 That's a good one. 221 00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:36,440 It's nice and heavy too. 222 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:48,980 I feel eyeballs on me. 223 00:18:55,230 --> 00:19:01,950 Mentally, I don't know how I'm going to be when I am isolated and I worry 224 00:19:01,950 --> 00:19:05,410 about where my head might go. 225 00:19:06,670 --> 00:19:08,870 So many different noises here. 226 00:19:22,270 --> 00:19:24,010 Something really smells. 227 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,460 Um, it could be a Tassie Devil den. 228 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:36,060 Um... We'll see. 229 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:37,800 It could be in here, actually. 230 00:19:40,380 --> 00:19:46,280 But I can't see any carcasses of anything, so... Oh, you can... You're 231 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:47,280 for later. 232 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,740 I can smell something really pongy. 233 00:19:57,580 --> 00:19:59,600 Fucking shoot myself if something comes out. 234 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:06,680 Wake up in a Tasmanian devil in my face wanting to eat it. 235 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,080 I'm just paranoid. 236 00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:21,780 It's just those branches rubbing together that are making me nervous. 237 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:37,080 Did you hear that? 238 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:39,540 That was a tree falling. 239 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:42,680 Ooh. 240 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:47,280 Fuck. 241 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,380 Just not happy with what's above me. 242 00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:58,380 This is fucking stupid. This is ridiculous. 243 00:20:59,660 --> 00:21:00,660 Doing this. 244 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:02,540 Absolutely ridiculous. 245 00:21:20,170 --> 00:21:21,170 It's gonna rain, I'm sure. 246 00:21:22,610 --> 00:21:23,770 Oh, slippery. 247 00:21:27,510 --> 00:21:30,790 You got that. 248 00:21:34,210 --> 00:21:38,410 So thirsty. 249 00:21:39,190 --> 00:21:40,590 Try and start out fire. 250 00:21:43,230 --> 00:21:44,510 Something stinks. 251 00:21:45,290 --> 00:21:46,430 You know what? 252 00:21:47,889 --> 00:21:52,650 It'll be a fucking devil den, and I'll find out about it in the middle of the 253 00:21:52,650 --> 00:21:53,650 night. 254 00:21:54,110 --> 00:21:55,250 And then I'll shit myself. 255 00:21:59,350 --> 00:22:01,050 All right, so I'm going to make my fire here. 256 00:22:03,490 --> 00:22:04,490 Shit. 257 00:22:05,070 --> 00:22:07,610 Oh, fuck. 258 00:22:11,010 --> 00:22:16,530 That cannot ever get lost. 259 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:18,520 Ever. 260 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:26,440 So... This is going in the bra. 261 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:28,640 Stupid ferro rod. 262 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:30,800 Fuck. 263 00:22:31,180 --> 00:22:32,560 That would have been dumb. 264 00:22:35,780 --> 00:22:40,800 We've been allowed to bring ten items with us to help us survive. 265 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:46,480 And I chose my items based on my skill sets and my comfort. 266 00:22:46,810 --> 00:22:48,450 and what I am able to use. 267 00:22:49,190 --> 00:22:55,990 My strategy is fire first, shelter second, food, take it easy 268 00:22:55,990 --> 00:22:58,430 and live in the moment. 269 00:23:04,530 --> 00:23:05,530 No. 270 00:23:07,910 --> 00:23:08,910 No. 271 00:23:09,610 --> 00:23:10,770 Fucking hell. 272 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:16,100 Okay, I want to really get serious about this. 273 00:23:33,180 --> 00:23:34,180 Come on. 274 00:23:51,210 --> 00:23:52,210 Come on. 275 00:24:06,190 --> 00:24:08,050 Yes. Yes. 276 00:24:08,410 --> 00:24:09,410 Yes. 277 00:24:10,170 --> 00:24:11,170 Yes. 278 00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:13,150 Yes. 279 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,000 There is a lot of mud here. 280 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:51,020 Go for a fish see if I can get a salmon or something for dinner tonight. 281 00:24:53,900 --> 00:24:55,280 Also need to start a fire. 282 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,840 A little balsam water as well. 283 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:00,460 Still got a bit to do. 284 00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:05,500 But yeah surviving here is gonna be very hard. 285 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,800 So if you don't start getting food in quick. 286 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:14,620 You're not going to last long out here. 287 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:20,740 My job is a hunting guide and I'm based in Western Sydney. 288 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,000 We did it, brother. 289 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,120 When it comes to hunting, I'm very highly skilled. 290 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,560 My strengths are hunting, fishing, tracking, stalking, archery, rifle 291 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:37,860 shooting. My mental strength, my way of adapting to what my surroundings are. 292 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,520 I'd describe myself as definitely an alpha male. 293 00:25:41,870 --> 00:25:43,710 I love my wife and love my kids. 294 00:25:44,450 --> 00:25:47,410 We are a very hunting family. 295 00:25:47,690 --> 00:25:49,010 So my wife loves hunting. 296 00:25:49,370 --> 00:25:51,610 We shoot together, ride bikes together. 297 00:25:52,070 --> 00:25:53,070 It's a perfect match. 298 00:25:56,550 --> 00:26:00,370 I think I've got the skills to go the whole way, just due to my line of work. 299 00:26:00,930 --> 00:26:02,770 Being outdoors every single day. 300 00:26:03,790 --> 00:26:06,490 About half the tools that I go hunting with, I'm not allowed to use on this. 301 00:26:07,449 --> 00:26:08,850 My firearms, my bows. 302 00:26:09,070 --> 00:26:13,150 If I could ring my bow and arrow here, it wouldn't be a survival show. I'd be 303 00:26:13,150 --> 00:26:14,450 able to live out there quite comfortably. 304 00:26:16,010 --> 00:26:19,750 Now it becomes a personal challenge. I can't blame my bow or my gun. 305 00:26:20,830 --> 00:26:25,810 It's really just, if you fuck up, I can only blame one person, and that's me. 306 00:26:27,270 --> 00:26:30,230 Lots of scat and shit around here, so I'm going to have to set up traps around 307 00:26:30,230 --> 00:26:31,230 here. 308 00:26:31,550 --> 00:26:33,450 It's literally like a forest of death. 309 00:26:38,670 --> 00:26:43,450 Looks pretty scary to be honest like when you look at it looks like that 310 00:26:43,450 --> 00:26:49,550 place from a Dark place from the Lion King All 311 00:26:49,550 --> 00:26:54,890 right when you get set up 312 00:27:10,250 --> 00:27:11,250 Here we are. 313 00:27:11,810 --> 00:27:12,810 There. 314 00:27:14,830 --> 00:27:18,050 Sweet. Oh, now, see? You can see the fire. I mean, that fire. 315 00:27:18,850 --> 00:27:20,010 There. That's what I wanted. 316 00:27:20,790 --> 00:27:22,010 And then, ta-da. 317 00:27:23,270 --> 00:27:24,390 I don't know why I was doing that. 318 00:27:24,770 --> 00:27:25,529 Oh, I'm not. 319 00:27:25,530 --> 00:27:27,850 We're here. Okay, cool. We're all sorted now. 320 00:27:28,670 --> 00:27:29,670 Boom. 321 00:27:33,770 --> 00:27:34,770 Day one. 322 00:27:39,150 --> 00:27:44,210 set the whole camera up and got the craps with it and i don't even have 323 00:27:44,210 --> 00:27:49,470 anything to say so yeah 324 00:27:49,470 --> 00:27:56,630 nice 325 00:27:56,630 --> 00:27:59,250 little stream oh man a little waterfall 326 00:27:59,250 --> 00:28:06,210 i'm gonna try this water you should always um 327 00:28:09,580 --> 00:28:11,180 You should always boil water, they reckon. 328 00:28:13,380 --> 00:28:14,800 And you should listen to them. 329 00:28:16,540 --> 00:28:17,860 Don't always do what I do, all right? 330 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,840 But I'm gonna try it. 331 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,140 It's good to just have a little sip first. 332 00:28:38,060 --> 00:28:39,540 Can't really taste bacteria, can you? 333 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,500 Rule one, boil your water. 334 00:28:45,860 --> 00:28:49,780 You can tell me how to live my life. 335 00:28:50,340 --> 00:28:51,760 Oh, I feel sick from the water. 336 00:28:52,220 --> 00:28:53,220 Nah. 337 00:29:16,970 --> 00:29:17,970 Tree hugging. 338 00:29:20,950 --> 00:29:22,930 Just waking up to this every morning. 339 00:29:24,010 --> 00:29:26,430 Cost you a mint to get this anywhere else. 340 00:29:29,610 --> 00:29:32,990 So this is my shelter for night one. Pretty happy with it. 341 00:29:33,390 --> 00:29:37,250 It's got two ridge lines and a front door that overlooks the water. 342 00:29:39,110 --> 00:29:41,370 So I've started to collect these ferns. 343 00:29:43,050 --> 00:29:45,030 Start laying these down for my bedding. 344 00:29:46,139 --> 00:29:50,920 We'll just make layers and layers of these, roll out our sleeping bag on. 345 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,240 I do enjoy spending time out on country. 346 00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:59,260 I like being out in the bush and sharing knowledge for our children is so 347 00:29:59,260 --> 00:30:00,260 important, you know. 348 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,760 We're not rich people. We can't give them and fill their bank accounts up 349 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,520 with money, but we can fill their minds and their hearts up with the right 350 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,220 knowledge that'll do them well through their life. 351 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:15,840 You all right? 352 00:30:16,700 --> 00:30:17,700 Daddy, get this one. 353 00:30:18,380 --> 00:30:21,240 I'm a simple person, lead a pretty simple life. 354 00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:27,740 Myself, my partner, Leanne, my son, Kobe, and my daughter, Coralie. 355 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:33,780 When you go bush, you go as a family, and every family member has a job to do, 356 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:39,000 but you're actually going to do this on your own, so you have to think about 357 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:44,120 everything. Well, you know, I'm not a survivalist, I'm not a doomsday prepper. 358 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,920 As a family, we spend a lot of time out bush. 359 00:30:47,580 --> 00:30:48,580 Another crab. 360 00:30:50,540 --> 00:30:52,860 It's a big one, Riley. You can eat that one. 361 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:57,320 You can eat him. I mean, here locally, we go and get kangaroo meat all the 362 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,100 time. We get kangaroo and we get emu. 363 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:03,640 And it's really important to us to have our children out on country. 364 00:31:04,180 --> 00:31:05,180 Two eggs. 365 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,780 Learning just how to be out in bush and how to survive out there. 366 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:10,480 Are you going to carry them for me? 367 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:12,740 Thank you. 368 00:31:13,230 --> 00:31:15,050 I'm going to take one photo with me. 369 00:31:15,490 --> 00:31:19,030 I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, like whether looking at that 370 00:31:19,030 --> 00:31:22,350 photo is going to make me more upset than I need to be. 371 00:31:23,130 --> 00:31:25,150 I want to come. 372 00:31:25,770 --> 00:31:27,670 No, Daddy's got to go by himself, okay? 373 00:31:27,930 --> 00:31:32,490 I love you. For me, I'm doing this to really grow as a human being. 374 00:31:32,730 --> 00:31:36,270 But to be honest, I don't know how I'm going to handle just being alone and 375 00:31:36,270 --> 00:31:38,690 away from my family, especially that little girl. 376 00:31:39,530 --> 00:31:42,750 That's going to be the hardest part, I think, for me, missing my family. 377 00:31:44,450 --> 00:31:48,850 The trees are crazy, eh? Like, they're so old and ancient. They're all covered 378 00:31:48,850 --> 00:31:49,850 in moss. 379 00:32:01,630 --> 00:32:03,410 Plenty of wallaby scat around here. 380 00:32:04,250 --> 00:32:05,250 Yeah. 381 00:32:07,550 --> 00:32:08,550 Which is good. 382 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,600 Hopefully there'll be some food hopping around here later. 383 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:29,980 Okay, show for a clock. 384 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:32,000 Right, what are we fishing about? 385 00:32:33,100 --> 00:32:34,300 It's time to get to work. 386 00:32:34,940 --> 00:32:38,400 I've definitely got a sense of working against the clock and... 387 00:32:39,570 --> 00:32:44,710 Feeling that the walk that I had and playing around by the shore was a kind 388 00:32:44,710 --> 00:32:45,710 of drop shock. 389 00:32:47,870 --> 00:32:52,650 Feeling a little bit, I don't know, stunned by being out here. 390 00:32:53,710 --> 00:32:59,710 Because I don't have a sleeping bag, I really need to have a warm shelter and a 391 00:32:59,710 --> 00:33:00,710 fire tonight. 392 00:33:05,290 --> 00:33:06,290 Losing daylight. 393 00:33:06,470 --> 00:33:07,630 Need to get a wriggle on. 394 00:33:09,230 --> 00:33:11,990 Alone Australia is brought to you by Kia. 395 00:33:12,470 --> 00:33:16,790 Experience the ultimate human endurance as 10 contestants battle to survive 396 00:33:16,790 --> 00:33:21,250 alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, with the winner taking home a prize worth 397 00:33:21,250 --> 00:33:22,650 $250,000. 398 00:33:49,710 --> 00:33:50,710 I'm under the pump. 399 00:33:53,470 --> 00:33:59,090 Probably the thing that I like the least in survival is rain, and this place 400 00:33:59,090 --> 00:34:02,530 rains 255 days a year. 401 00:34:06,110 --> 00:34:13,030 My family think I'm bonkers, but they're not at all surprised that I'm 402 00:34:13,030 --> 00:34:14,030 doing something like this. 403 00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:21,909 I've spent my whole life deepening into ancestral skills and learning how to be 404 00:34:21,909 --> 00:34:23,010 at home in the wild. 405 00:34:24,650 --> 00:34:30,429 It's not the prettiest shelter in the history of shelters, but it's going to 406 00:34:30,429 --> 00:34:34,489 keep me dry and that's all I really want. 407 00:34:37,489 --> 00:34:39,409 I live in an off-grid shack. 408 00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:43,030 It's so off-grid it doesn't even have power or running water. 409 00:34:43,690 --> 00:34:48,969 I run camps and experiences that help people connect with nature. 410 00:34:49,889 --> 00:34:52,510 I've got little fishies. You're going to love this. 411 00:34:53,270 --> 00:34:56,170 Actually, it's not just fish. This is really good for eels. 412 00:34:56,909 --> 00:35:02,130 How to make shelter, how to make fire, how to weave baskets, how to make tools, 413 00:35:02,310 --> 00:35:03,310 how to track animals. 414 00:35:03,490 --> 00:35:09,210 That is so, so beautiful, Jade. Like if I was sitting down, I can tuck my feet 415 00:35:09,210 --> 00:35:12,030 in. See, that keeps me warm. 416 00:35:12,290 --> 00:35:14,880 Yeah. I will be taking in a possum skin coat. 417 00:35:15,220 --> 00:35:20,980 I have been making this possum coat with Jodie Edwards, my friend, and a lineage 418 00:35:20,980 --> 00:35:22,980 holder for possum skin cloaks. 419 00:35:25,340 --> 00:35:32,140 Sharing will help that continuation of knowledge and culture to go on. 420 00:35:33,620 --> 00:35:36,300 I've been training for something like this my whole life. 421 00:35:36,540 --> 00:35:39,440 I want to win this. I really want to win this. 422 00:35:39,990 --> 00:35:42,930 $250,000 prize would change my life. 423 00:35:43,510 --> 00:35:46,590 The only way I'm coming out of this is if they pull me out. 424 00:35:56,110 --> 00:35:58,370 So there's this pretty cool trick. 425 00:36:00,110 --> 00:36:04,870 If you're in a situation like I'm in right now where I'm running out of 426 00:36:04,870 --> 00:36:08,690 light. So I'm going to use my... 427 00:36:09,260 --> 00:36:15,800 t-shirt part of the sleeve and the cotton will 428 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:21,600 take a spark and then the sparks going 429 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:27,160 into the bit of t-shirt 430 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:32,600 catch it on fire and then from there i 431 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:36,820 can catch my tinder 432 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:55,800 Fire is probably one of my strongest skills and the number one law of 433 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,420 survival for me is conservation of energy. 434 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:02,100 Everything else comes from that and it's a simple equation. 435 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:08,410 I need to stay warm, I need to stay dry and Simple shivering is going to burn 436 00:37:08,410 --> 00:37:10,550 calories that I would then need to go out and find. 437 00:37:11,930 --> 00:37:14,130 I don't like doing the t-shirt thing. 438 00:37:15,030 --> 00:37:16,650 Partly it's a matter of pride and ego. 439 00:37:17,310 --> 00:37:23,290 However, when you're in a true survival situation, conservation of energy is 440 00:37:23,290 --> 00:37:28,610 pretty important. And also, having everything done before dark 441 00:37:28,610 --> 00:37:32,370 is also pretty important. 442 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:46,480 Big bubbles. 443 00:37:46,780 --> 00:37:47,780 Yeah. 444 00:37:48,620 --> 00:37:50,660 Oh, big bubbles, no troubles. 445 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:52,600 That's what I wanted. 446 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:59,100 I'll just let that roll on the boil like that for a few minutes. 447 00:38:01,020 --> 00:38:06,540 I'm from a hot climate in the red dirt country in the Mallee where it's quite a 448 00:38:06,540 --> 00:38:12,200 lot warmer than it is here in Lutruwita. So it's that cold climate that worries 449 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:13,200 me the most. 450 00:38:19,150 --> 00:38:20,470 Night number one. 451 00:38:21,410 --> 00:38:23,310 I'm just about to have a sip of this drink. 452 00:38:26,490 --> 00:38:29,710 This well-earned drink. 453 00:38:30,770 --> 00:38:32,330 Oh, look at the steam coming off it. 454 00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:40,690 Oh, my God. 455 00:38:42,030 --> 00:38:43,690 Oh, that's boiling hot. 456 00:38:44,270 --> 00:38:46,010 Burnt my lips a little bit. I don't even care. 457 00:38:51,060 --> 00:38:52,180 That's so good. 458 00:39:01,550 --> 00:39:05,650 We have a story about Bullymar, which is the place that we go after we die. 459 00:39:05,950 --> 00:39:10,330 And so that Milky Way there, that's Bullymar, that's the big river in the 460 00:39:10,330 --> 00:39:14,170 sky. And all them stars, they're the campfires of our ancestors along there. 461 00:39:14,270 --> 00:39:18,010 So, you know, if you feel alone, whether you're in the big city or if you're out 462 00:39:18,010 --> 00:39:20,730 in the middle of the bush in the middle of nowhere, you can always look up at 463 00:39:20,730 --> 00:39:22,890 them stars and see those campfires, you know. 464 00:39:23,820 --> 00:39:27,020 You know, the story of Bulimah is one that I'll pass to my kids and, you know, 465 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:32,600 to my daughter and just want to tell her that, you know, long after I'm gone, if 466 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:36,240 she ever needs me, all she has to do is go outside, look up at the stars and 467 00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:38,920 that brightest star that's shining that night, that'll be my fire. 468 00:39:45,460 --> 00:39:48,400 Oh, here comes the rain. 469 00:39:49,420 --> 00:39:51,440 Oh, he's already dead. 470 00:40:03,050 --> 00:40:05,350 I've got a feeling this rain is going to set in. 471 00:40:13,150 --> 00:40:15,190 It's raining cats and dogs down here. 472 00:40:17,330 --> 00:40:18,330 It's relentless. 473 00:40:18,890 --> 00:40:19,970 You are relentless. 474 00:40:21,850 --> 00:40:23,470 Go home, rain. You're drunk. 475 00:40:32,810 --> 00:40:33,810 Fuck. 476 00:40:39,350 --> 00:40:41,330 Do I have enough firewood inside? 477 00:40:50,110 --> 00:40:51,110 Yep. 478 00:40:57,590 --> 00:40:59,610 Is there anything I need to do? 479 00:41:03,530 --> 00:41:06,670 We'll see how the shoulder holds up. 480 00:41:20,430 --> 00:41:25,350 I heard something moving past. 481 00:42:05,420 --> 00:42:06,420 I don't know. 482 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,520 Man, this is crazy. 483 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:11,660 Absolutely crazy. 484 00:42:36,590 --> 00:42:39,190 Alone Australia is brought to you by Kia. 485 00:42:39,670 --> 00:42:43,990 Experience the ultimate human endurance as 10 contestants battle to survive 486 00:42:43,990 --> 00:42:48,450 alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, with the winner taking home a prize worth 487 00:42:48,450 --> 00:42:49,850 $250,000. 488 00:43:27,820 --> 00:43:29,000 outside is soaked. 489 00:43:33,020 --> 00:43:38,940 Yeah, I've got Buckleys. I've got no chance of recovering that fire, which is 490 00:43:38,940 --> 00:43:39,940 a bummer. 491 00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,340 Which means I can't stay warm. 492 00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:51,700 It was cold. It was cold last night, that's for sure. 493 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:55,980 It was freezing cold. I've never felt cold like that before. 494 00:43:56,680 --> 00:44:03,600 And I also have another problem. I woke up this morning 495 00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:05,580 and saw this. 496 00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,300 Yeah, a bit of a fault in the roof of my shelter. 497 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:17,380 But one good thing is that I've got drinking water. 498 00:44:17,900 --> 00:44:24,100 No fire to purify water, but I've got this. 499 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:37,580 The Palawa, when they were out here, they learned to love this place and love 500 00:44:37,580 --> 00:44:39,800 Mother Earth and all that she provides for them. 501 00:44:40,020 --> 00:44:44,300 And Mother Earth, country, would be telling them, this time of year, 502 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:48,620 midwinter, is not the time to be here. I have warmer places for you to be. I have 503 00:44:48,620 --> 00:44:53,480 more food and resources in abundance in other places and move accordingly and 504 00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:57,380 come back here when conditions are more welcoming and more hospitable. 505 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:02,180 This is my family here. 506 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:12,620 Leanne, my partner here, she's everything to me. She's a 507 00:45:12,620 --> 00:45:16,600 really strong black woman. 508 00:45:18,720 --> 00:45:25,580 I owe 509 00:45:25,580 --> 00:45:30,060 her everything for giving me this beautiful son and this beautiful little 510 00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:31,060 girl. 511 00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:36,520 And this here, this is my little, my little Kerala bird, my little Apostle 512 00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:37,520 bird. 513 00:45:39,300 --> 00:45:45,340 I brought this photo with me and look 514 00:45:45,340 --> 00:45:50,840 at it and it makes 515 00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:55,180 you choke up a bit. 516 00:46:27,050 --> 00:46:31,250 So in attempt to get a fire going. 517 00:46:40,590 --> 00:46:41,810 Actually feeling. 518 00:47:04,110 --> 00:47:05,270 I'm feeling a bit shit today. 519 00:47:08,130 --> 00:47:12,190 Probably because I had a rough sleep. 520 00:47:14,450 --> 00:47:15,450 It's wet. 521 00:47:23,390 --> 00:47:25,410 And I miss my family a lot. 522 00:47:45,340 --> 00:47:47,420 Fuck, this is so wet. 523 00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:11,680 Sitting out here with no fire, not able to stay warm in the middle of a 524 00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:13,540 Tasmanian winter is... 525 00:48:14,220 --> 00:48:15,780 is not an easy thing to do. 526 00:48:26,100 --> 00:48:28,100 Because I'm just thinking about tapping. 527 00:48:32,180 --> 00:48:36,800 It's not lost on me that chances like this don't come along very often. 528 00:48:38,140 --> 00:48:42,260 And sometimes you can overthink, like when you're by yourself a lot. 529 00:48:44,220 --> 00:48:48,200 Time to look within and maybe I'll last a bit longer. 530 00:48:58,180 --> 00:49:02,260 I've come from a place where, you know, I love my life. 531 00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:10,780 And you know what? Hands down, I'd much prefer being there than here. 532 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:19,960 But you know this is my journey and this is about me and 533 00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:21,760 how far I can go. 534 00:50:02,730 --> 00:50:07,730 In every possible way, this experience is going to push me to my edges. 535 00:50:08,150 --> 00:50:09,150 You wish you were me? 536 00:50:09,370 --> 00:50:11,890 I can feel it already. There's just this wind coming. 537 00:50:12,090 --> 00:50:13,090 The snow wind. 538 00:50:13,430 --> 00:50:14,810 It's pressing down. 539 00:50:15,870 --> 00:50:19,750 It's like a camp trip from hell where you just can't leave. 540 00:50:20,110 --> 00:50:21,170 That fucking hurt. 541 00:50:22,010 --> 00:50:24,030 Take away a human's food. 542 00:50:24,270 --> 00:50:27,490 A lot happens to the mind. I'm losing my fucking shit, eh? 543 00:50:27,850 --> 00:50:31,590 What's the point in life when there's no one to share it with?