1 00:00:27,740 --> 00:00:31,540 Wow. I've been dropped off a line on the west coast of Tasmania. 2 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,820 It's going to be so good and so bad, probably at the same time. 3 00:00:35,020 --> 00:00:36,140 There goes humanity. 4 00:00:36,860 --> 00:00:40,100 If you don't start getting food in quick, you're not going to last long out 5 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:42,120 here. Oh, this moss feels amazing. 6 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:47,020 My goal is to be the first grandmother, mother, to win this. 7 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,320 There was a tree falling. 8 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:51,500 Oh, here comes the rain. 9 00:00:54,140 --> 00:00:56,260 Let's see how this shelter holds up. 10 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:58,800 This is stupid. This is ridiculous. 11 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,459 I've got no chance of recovering that fire, which means I can't stay warm. 12 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,920 We're halfway to the South Pole. We're going to be totally alone. 13 00:01:12,100 --> 00:01:15,120 It's Tasmania. It's cold. It's rain. It's snow. 14 00:01:16,740 --> 00:01:19,280 We're all going to leave changed forever. 15 00:01:22,220 --> 00:01:24,780 Holy fuck. What is this place? 16 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,120 What have I gotten myself into? 17 00:01:28,180 --> 00:01:34,160 We have to document this whole experience while trying to survive at 18 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,160 the same time. 19 00:01:36,460 --> 00:01:37,480 Check it out. 20 00:01:39,140 --> 00:01:41,200 What? 60k wins. 21 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,660 Mother Nature's kicking my ass. 22 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:52,360 This experience is just as much a mind game as it is a 23 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:53,360 survival game. 24 00:01:54,830 --> 00:01:55,830 We got dinner! 25 00:01:58,250 --> 00:02:01,090 Oh, you fucker! Mum? 26 00:02:03,810 --> 00:02:06,330 Suddenly going downhill very, very fast. 27 00:02:06,990 --> 00:02:07,990 Oh, 28 00:02:08,389 --> 00:02:09,389 my heart. 29 00:02:11,250 --> 00:02:16,770 A $250,000 prize would change my life. I like you, Tasmania! 30 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,460 Got up this morning, had a dingo's breakfast. 31 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,620 For those of you that don't know what a dingo's breakfast is, that's a drink of 32 00:03:08,620 --> 00:03:09,620 water and a look around. 33 00:03:12,420 --> 00:03:17,380 Man, everything's just so wet, eh? 34 00:03:27,530 --> 00:03:29,090 Oh, it was cold last night. 35 00:03:30,450 --> 00:03:31,650 It was freezing. 36 00:03:36,010 --> 00:03:37,250 Hear those kookaburras? 37 00:03:41,670 --> 00:03:44,770 They're laughing at me because I'm just thinking about tapping. 38 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:13,440 When I first thought of coming out here, it was more to just have something 39 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:19,720 that my daughter could look back on. 40 00:04:22,100 --> 00:04:24,880 Just because I don't want to sit there under that shelter, you know, night 41 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:29,420 after night, just being miserable when I could be at home with her, giving her a 42 00:04:29,420 --> 00:04:30,420 cuddle, you know. 43 00:04:31,860 --> 00:04:34,580 I had a one in ten shot at... 44 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,680 Yeah, that's a lot of money, but that's not why I come here. 45 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,020 I just come here because I wanted you to be proud, eh, bub? 46 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,080 That's all. 47 00:04:52,460 --> 00:04:53,460 We home soon. 48 00:05:15,150 --> 00:05:16,150 This is Rob. 49 00:05:17,290 --> 00:05:18,950 I'm officially tapping out. 50 00:05:35,730 --> 00:05:40,430 The Palawa, when they were out here, they would move seasonally to where 51 00:05:40,430 --> 00:05:42,910 conditions were more hospitable. 52 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:47,760 Everything's just constantly wet. 53 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,560 You wouldn't have lived with any joy here. 54 00:06:04,660 --> 00:06:05,660 Careful. 55 00:06:13,710 --> 00:06:14,790 I hope I did them proud. 56 00:06:15,030 --> 00:06:19,370 I would have liked to have stayed longer, but... And, you know, it's not 57 00:06:19,370 --> 00:06:25,510 lost on me that chances like this don't come along very often. And, yeah, 58 00:06:25,790 --> 00:06:29,910 it's something I would have liked to have done better at for them. 59 00:06:37,650 --> 00:06:39,310 The funny thing is... 60 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:44,120 That survivalist mindset what it does it automatically positions country as the 61 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:50,120 enemy something to fight against and something to resist The last person 62 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,640 standing is ultimately the person who can 63 00:06:54,020 --> 00:06:57,760 what country is telling them the longest, you know. So we have a word, 64 00:06:57,820 --> 00:07:01,100 nunya, that means stubborn, you know. So who's the most stubborn person? Who 65 00:07:01,100 --> 00:07:04,200 wants to sit out there cold, wet and miserable the longest? Oh, 66 00:07:04,220 --> 00:07:05,720 congratulations, you win, you know. 67 00:07:06,340 --> 00:07:10,860 It's just counterintuitive. It's the complete opposite to what, you know, 68 00:07:10,860 --> 00:07:12,240 would have been done back in the day. 69 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:18,480 I think this experience just reinforced the value of family. 70 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,080 They always say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, you know, and I 71 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:28,380 definitely felt them with me while I was out there, but also felt them calling me 72 00:07:28,380 --> 00:07:29,380 home. 73 00:07:50,380 --> 00:07:55,080 Already this place feels like, like it's where I'm going to be. 74 00:07:56,140 --> 00:07:58,280 Oh, that sun. 75 00:08:03,860 --> 00:08:09,440 Today I nut out my permanent shelter, get the frame up. 76 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:16,620 The west coast of Tasmania is cold, it's rugged, it's wet, it's rainy. 77 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,940 Shelter's the number one thing, number one priority in survival. 78 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:25,320 I want to have a home. 79 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,920 You know, I want to have somewhere that feels like it's mine. 80 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,360 I need to get to work. 81 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:42,000 I'm so fat. 82 00:08:44,179 --> 00:08:47,960 I'm so fat. I can't stand up. I have to... I have to rock. 83 00:08:49,100 --> 00:08:52,020 I have to rock. I might do, these boots don't help. 84 00:08:52,340 --> 00:08:54,700 Okay, one, two, three. There we go. 85 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:58,240 Oh my God, that's embarrassing. 86 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,560 In preparation for this, I've been putting on weight. 87 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,340 That fat is going to be my survival strategy. 88 00:09:09,460 --> 00:09:14,740 In a survival situation, fat becomes the most important nutritional component. 89 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:20,140 Without fat, you can have as much protein and greens as you need and you 90 00:09:20,140 --> 00:09:21,140 will still starve. 91 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:27,560 So this is my primary focus for the next probably two weeks, is spend the bulk of 92 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:30,260 my calories just getting the shelter done. 93 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:37,640 I have enough food on my body that I don't have to worry about starving any 94 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:38,640 time soon. 95 00:09:42,939 --> 00:09:45,680 scoping out where the best place for a shelter is going to be. 96 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:50,920 And it's going to be somewhere on this little promontory. 97 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,020 Surviving in Australia is harder than you'd think. 98 00:09:56,860 --> 00:10:01,580 Not only are there all sorts of dangerous critters that, you know, if 99 00:10:01,580 --> 00:10:05,480 they bite you, can cause considerable harm, the gum trees are basically 100 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,720 throwing limbs down at you, so even the trees are trying to kill you. 101 00:10:08,980 --> 00:10:11,000 There's a big old myrtle back there. 102 00:10:12,270 --> 00:10:17,290 You can see that could conceivably chuck a branch down. 103 00:10:18,130 --> 00:10:20,210 That's going to fall straight down. 104 00:10:21,090 --> 00:10:22,410 There, good chunk. 105 00:10:25,010 --> 00:10:31,730 We have incredibly extreme weather. We will have wind that can be up to 106 00:10:31,730 --> 00:10:36,290 120, 130 kilometres an hour and then trees will fall in the forests. 107 00:10:36,570 --> 00:10:39,030 Imagine that falling on you at two in the morning. 108 00:10:41,420 --> 00:10:44,960 It can be really challenging to find somewhere safe to be. 109 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,000 Here. 110 00:10:48,660 --> 00:10:50,320 It may not look like much now. 111 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:52,680 Give me a few days. 112 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,140 That is going to be a home. 113 00:11:21,010 --> 00:11:22,010 Beauty. 114 00:11:23,210 --> 00:11:24,330 It's full of water. 115 00:11:26,450 --> 00:11:28,570 That's my drinking water sorted for the day. 116 00:11:29,810 --> 00:11:30,810 Awesome. 117 00:11:39,070 --> 00:11:40,230 That's good boot water. 118 00:11:53,290 --> 00:11:57,690 I keep putting my axe down and then having a hard time seeing it again 119 00:11:57,690 --> 00:12:00,430 because it's so camouflaged because it's wood coloured. 120 00:12:01,550 --> 00:12:08,010 So I'm going to tie a rag onto it or some bright paracord 121 00:12:08,010 --> 00:12:10,310 to make it easier to see. 122 00:12:11,250 --> 00:12:14,130 I reckon there's a very good chance I could last out here forever. 123 00:12:15,270 --> 00:12:21,170 I'm very experienced in this area. I've done it many times and I know what to 124 00:12:21,170 --> 00:12:22,170 expect. 125 00:12:24,270 --> 00:12:28,450 I'm a former army helicopter pilot, air force airplane pilot and survival 126 00:12:28,450 --> 00:12:32,030 instructor. Being a pilot in the military teaches you to prepare. 127 00:12:33,450 --> 00:12:37,690 I have a lot of experience all around Australia in a whole bunch of different 128 00:12:37,690 --> 00:12:41,530 environments and now since leaving the air force I make adventure films about 129 00:12:41,530 --> 00:12:42,530 survival. 130 00:12:43,810 --> 00:12:50,590 I'm strong at building things with my hands and I'm good at bush tucker, 131 00:12:50,730 --> 00:12:51,910 I'm good at hunting. 132 00:12:57,390 --> 00:13:01,610 I certainly have a drive because I'm competitive like most people to win and 133 00:13:01,610 --> 00:13:05,150 obviously the money would be helpful for my family as well. Who's going to miss 134 00:13:05,150 --> 00:13:05,889 me the most? 135 00:13:05,890 --> 00:13:07,870 I think the dog's going to miss him. What do you think, Ollie? 136 00:13:08,150 --> 00:13:10,730 My family is used to me being away. 137 00:13:11,190 --> 00:13:15,610 They don't like it and I don't like being away from them but the 138 00:13:15,610 --> 00:13:19,270 disadvantages of me being away are outweighed by the advantages. 139 00:13:19,510 --> 00:13:23,030 When you throw yourself 100% at something, you don't really have any 140 00:13:23,030 --> 00:13:24,030 regrets afterwards. 141 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:32,020 I'm good at prioritising what I do because there's so many things that you 142 00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:36,280 have to do and the order in which you do them can mean the difference between 143 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:37,280 success and failure. 144 00:13:38,620 --> 00:13:41,920 My strategy is to prioritise food above all else. 145 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:49,160 I really haven't improved camp much and I don't think I will. 146 00:13:49,460 --> 00:13:53,840 Shelter building in Australia is not as important as it is in the Arctic of 147 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,640 North America because you don't need... 148 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:02,020 to survive an arctic winter this shelter would be fine for 100 days 149 00:14:02,020 --> 00:14:08,100 and even a fireplace like i don't need a fireplace at the moment i don't need to 150 00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:11,340 cook anything having a fire is a little bit like having a baby you gotta look 151 00:14:11,340 --> 00:14:15,580 after it if i don't need it there's no point wasting your energy to dig a fire 152 00:14:15,580 --> 00:14:21,140 pit and get a fire going so yeah i just see no rush for that 153 00:14:24,620 --> 00:14:29,040 The difference between winning this or not is whether you can bring in food. 154 00:14:29,860 --> 00:14:31,320 I reckon that's the whole game. 155 00:15:00,010 --> 00:15:03,670 So I got myself in a bit of a funk and it's only day two. 156 00:15:04,690 --> 00:15:07,830 It is really wet. It rained overnight. 157 00:15:08,410 --> 00:15:12,970 When I woke up, fire was out and I made a mistake. 158 00:15:13,690 --> 00:15:19,410 I should have put my fire under my shelter, but I was scared of burning and 159 00:15:19,410 --> 00:15:20,430 melting my tarp. 160 00:15:27,660 --> 00:15:29,800 I knew the first couple of days would be tough. 161 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:33,740 So I'll ride through it. 162 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,780 But it is super dark in here, which isn't helping. 163 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:44,220 And thick. 164 00:15:47,940 --> 00:15:50,660 And it's just not comfortable. 165 00:15:53,060 --> 00:15:56,720 It's like something's been gnawing on this bit of wood here. 166 00:16:00,290 --> 00:16:01,330 In the night. 167 00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:05,810 I don't remember that one looking like that. 168 00:16:06,710 --> 00:16:07,770 Yeah, it's just weird. 169 00:16:11,750 --> 00:16:13,610 I want to move my spot. 170 00:16:14,850 --> 00:16:17,070 Find somewhere that is a bit more open. 171 00:16:17,930 --> 00:16:19,450 Let's go for a bit of a walk, eh? 172 00:16:21,570 --> 00:16:22,910 My strategy... 173 00:16:23,380 --> 00:16:27,740 is to get a sense of the lay of the land before I set up a long-term shelter. 174 00:16:31,900 --> 00:16:36,540 And then get to work on how I'm going to catch my food. 175 00:16:43,820 --> 00:16:47,900 I'm just going to suss out this little spot that I found yesterday. 176 00:16:49,460 --> 00:16:50,640 Been through here. 177 00:16:56,620 --> 00:17:00,740 This is going to be a prick having to carry my stuff if I find something good. 178 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:04,040 It's a bit challenging. 179 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:10,319 But it's very dense. 180 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,120 I don't know what that was. 181 00:17:57,580 --> 00:17:58,580 Down there. 182 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:01,260 I just slid down there. 183 00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:05,320 I don't really want to be too far away from the water. 184 00:18:06,380 --> 00:18:08,400 But that's so steep. 185 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:10,900 That's bullshit. 186 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,460 So I'm not even going to worry about that. 187 00:18:15,940 --> 00:18:17,380 It's not worth breaking the neck. 188 00:18:24,420 --> 00:18:25,800 Let's put her back through here. 189 00:18:29,580 --> 00:18:31,020 I don't want to go back in there. 190 00:18:33,340 --> 00:18:34,340 It's so dark. 191 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:06,620 All right, we'll check to get this fire going a bit better. 192 00:19:07,020 --> 00:19:08,020 It's not great. 193 00:19:08,340 --> 00:19:10,420 Well, it's day two. 194 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:14,840 First night I stayed here and this shelter's actually held up pretty well. 195 00:19:14,980 --> 00:19:18,820 I'm surprised and very happy with that because I was getting a little worried. 196 00:19:22,420 --> 00:19:24,120 I need to get my wood for that fire. 197 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:25,460 That's the first thing I'll do. 198 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,980 It just feels unreal being going to this competition. I never really expected to 199 00:19:29,980 --> 00:19:32,220 get this far and I put the application in. 200 00:19:32,670 --> 00:19:33,970 It's just crazy, I think. 201 00:19:34,970 --> 00:19:36,270 I'm not really here to prove anything. 202 00:19:36,470 --> 00:19:39,770 I'm just here to challenge myself, really. I don't feel like I have 203 00:19:39,770 --> 00:19:40,770 anything to prove. 204 00:19:47,230 --> 00:19:48,370 I'm getting kind of hungry. 205 00:19:53,270 --> 00:19:57,510 I've been so excited about fishing here. This whole lead-up, all I can think 206 00:19:57,510 --> 00:20:00,690 about is I really want to catch a big fish, or even a big eel. 207 00:20:01,590 --> 00:20:06,350 One of those I just want to make the most of it and just get an experience 208 00:20:06,350 --> 00:20:13,150 It's gonna be nice and having to feed pigs and I'm going actually I'm 22 209 00:20:13,150 --> 00:20:19,950 and I'm a country boy Probably like to spend most of my 210 00:20:19,950 --> 00:20:25,670 time by myself outdoors I Just sort of always wanted to just be able to live 211 00:20:25,670 --> 00:20:31,520 off the land as long as I can remember I Have a lot of experience in trappings A 212 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:35,400 lot of bushcraft, I can build all sorts of things and problem solving and fixing 213 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:36,400 things. 214 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:42,840 I think personally that's one of my biggest skills, just to assess the 215 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,580 situation and work out what you need to get through it. 216 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,140 What did you say the other day, Jimmy lit his first fire when he was like two 217 00:20:50,140 --> 00:20:50,819 or something? 218 00:20:50,820 --> 00:20:53,860 It was before, like when he could walk. Yeah. 219 00:20:54,810 --> 00:20:57,330 Yeah, I reckon I've got mostly my parents to thank for my survival 220 00:20:57,330 --> 00:21:00,010 knowledge. Ever since I was really little, they've been teaching me a whole 221 00:21:00,010 --> 00:21:02,730 range of outdoor activities, hunting and fishing and camping. 222 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:07,870 I think possibly being one of the youngest people on here, it could be an 223 00:21:07,870 --> 00:21:11,850 advantage. I don't have kids or a partner or like a family of my own. 224 00:21:12,110 --> 00:21:17,470 I'm kind of wild and free, really. I can go as long as I want. I don't have 225 00:21:17,470 --> 00:21:19,650 people that really rely on me. 226 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,580 You're so looking forward to being alone, huh? 227 00:21:26,820 --> 00:21:28,140 Bye. Bye. 228 00:21:34,220 --> 00:21:35,860 I just don't feel good. 229 00:21:37,780 --> 00:21:40,540 I don't even know what temperature I am. I feel weird. 230 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,280 Get hot, cold, hot, cold. 231 00:21:56,490 --> 00:22:01,650 I'm fine with hard work and stuff, but when I don't have food, I struggle. 232 00:22:03,450 --> 00:22:04,790 I just want to go fishing. 233 00:22:09,710 --> 00:22:14,510 All right, now I've got to go all that way, all that way to the fishing spot 234 00:22:14,510 --> 00:22:21,470 and try to die, try to slip down 235 00:22:21,470 --> 00:22:22,710 the sides in all that mud. 236 00:22:28,110 --> 00:22:31,310 It's hard because my boots have mud all over them now. 237 00:22:32,730 --> 00:22:36,810 This is a very harsh environment. It's not going to be very easy to live in. 238 00:22:38,070 --> 00:22:39,450 It's cool, this place, though. 239 00:22:40,950 --> 00:22:46,890 Like, even though it's hard to trek through it, I don't really get to go 240 00:22:46,890 --> 00:22:49,210 into any rainforests. 241 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:53,130 Whoa, that slipped me there. 242 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:15,620 Just nice and slowly. 243 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,100 Oh, my pants are full of mud. 244 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:21,940 Just so dizzy. 245 00:23:22,980 --> 00:23:23,980 Oh, man. 246 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:26,140 I can feel I'm not thinking straight. 247 00:23:32,540 --> 00:23:34,080 Just put it right there. 248 00:23:35,140 --> 00:23:38,800 Just try to take it slowly. I'm getting so exhausted so easily. 249 00:23:54,030 --> 00:23:58,010 I was planning on doing a lot of meditation out here, although I've found 250 00:23:58,010 --> 00:24:04,490 every time I stop and just look that it's like an instant 251 00:24:04,490 --> 00:24:06,650 meditative state. 252 00:24:13,870 --> 00:24:17,150 Just enough to not hear my own thoughts. 253 00:24:19,650 --> 00:24:22,490 There's bubbles. There's definitely bubbles. 254 00:24:23,370 --> 00:24:27,330 Here, check this out. That's not rain. Man, what if it's a crayfish? 255 00:24:28,050 --> 00:24:29,450 Come on, little crayfish. 256 00:24:36,350 --> 00:24:38,890 All right, cool. Let's get a fishing rod. 257 00:24:43,110 --> 00:24:44,770 I wonder when I'm going to crack. 258 00:24:45,130 --> 00:24:51,850 When I'm going to start to crack due to the starvation. 259 00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:57,440 Probably won't be too long, a few days maybe, you know, if I don't have any 260 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:58,840 luck getting fish. 261 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:08,560 You know, just having that button there, I could just press it and go, nah, come 262 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,020 get me, I'm going to the pub, I'm going to get a steak. 263 00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:15,540 So we need to get some fish. 264 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,860 Basically, I'm going to do something real simple. 265 00:25:22,730 --> 00:25:25,770 So I'm just going to clean up the tip of this stick here. 266 00:25:26,530 --> 00:25:28,130 Just get that outer bark off. 267 00:25:29,230 --> 00:25:34,210 And I'm basically just going to chuck some line on that, tie it off, and then 268 00:25:34,210 --> 00:25:35,810 go down and dangle it over. 269 00:25:37,310 --> 00:25:38,850 I just want to get it right in the water. 270 00:25:44,970 --> 00:25:45,970 Righto. 271 00:25:50,510 --> 00:25:51,670 Righto, little buggy bug. 272 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,140 I found this poor little cricket. 273 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:57,440 I think that's a cricket. 274 00:26:00,540 --> 00:26:03,760 There's a few of them around here, so they're going to be on the diet. 275 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:07,080 Like fishing. 276 00:26:24,590 --> 00:26:25,529 Tassie's son. 277 00:26:25,530 --> 00:26:26,530 That's awesome. 278 00:26:29,670 --> 00:26:30,670 Yes. 279 00:26:31,210 --> 00:26:32,250 How good's this? 280 00:26:34,130 --> 00:26:36,210 Far out. That's beautiful. Thank you. 281 00:26:38,750 --> 00:26:39,930 Not many nibbles. 282 00:26:45,750 --> 00:26:50,090 What if I just can't catch fish or can't catch anything? 283 00:26:51,130 --> 00:26:53,130 I can stay here forever. 284 00:26:54,450 --> 00:26:56,450 Everything's good. I'm not lonely. 285 00:26:57,350 --> 00:27:01,530 I love everything about this place. Every single thing. 286 00:27:03,650 --> 00:27:05,770 Except not having food in me tummy. 287 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:30,800 I've got mud on my face. 288 00:27:31,940 --> 00:27:33,500 It doesn't bother me if I do. 289 00:27:45,060 --> 00:27:46,060 Day two. 290 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,700 It was raining all night last night. 291 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,280 It didn't stop raining at all. 292 00:27:54,340 --> 00:27:55,440 It's pretty shit. 293 00:27:58,030 --> 00:28:02,610 There was even a leak in my tarp when it was coming through. 294 00:28:04,670 --> 00:28:07,190 I set up my tarp wrong on the first night. 295 00:28:07,450 --> 00:28:09,550 That was my mistake. That was stupid. 296 00:28:10,510 --> 00:28:14,790 It rains 255 out of 365 days a year here. 297 00:28:16,250 --> 00:28:18,550 This is not a good start at all. 298 00:28:21,350 --> 00:28:22,850 My clothes are soaked. 299 00:28:24,030 --> 00:28:26,630 My waterproof jacket. 300 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,040 It's soaked. 301 00:28:29,540 --> 00:28:33,080 My sleeping bag cover is soaked. 302 00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:37,520 The bottom of my bag is full of water. 303 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:39,120 Everything's wet. 304 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,140 My gloves, my socks, my gaiters. 305 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,120 Absolutely soaked. 306 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:48,580 The pants. 307 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:56,700 I'm in a lot of trouble. 308 00:28:58,620 --> 00:28:59,920 Fucking stupid, man. 309 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:07,780 You get wet, you get cold, you get hypothermia, you're out of the game. 310 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:17,420 If I'm going to make this happen, I've got to really, really step it up. 311 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:24,840 I'm going to have to start again. 312 00:29:31,820 --> 00:29:32,719 Day two. 313 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:33,720 Let's do it. 314 00:29:59,310 --> 00:30:06,130 So I'm just getting some stuff ready so I can make a 315 00:30:06,130 --> 00:30:11,510 fire to boil up some water. 316 00:30:13,430 --> 00:30:14,530 I'm pretty thirsty. 317 00:30:15,870 --> 00:30:18,390 I mean, I've got some there, but it looks super funky. 318 00:30:19,330 --> 00:30:20,610 I'm sitting in overnight. 319 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:29,140 This is so wet. 320 00:30:29,540 --> 00:30:31,200 This stuff is so wet. 321 00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:43,540 Come on. 322 00:30:46,380 --> 00:30:47,380 Come on. 323 00:30:48,260 --> 00:30:49,260 Come on. 324 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:51,960 Fuck's sake. 325 00:30:53,580 --> 00:30:54,580 Stop. 326 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:57,240 This is shit. 327 00:30:58,420 --> 00:30:59,740 I need to walk away. 328 00:31:02,140 --> 00:31:04,920 Fire I can get, right? Never had an issue. 329 00:31:09,140 --> 00:31:15,140 I can't do it. 330 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,220 How do I survive this? If I can't get fire. 331 00:31:19,820 --> 00:31:22,660 If you don't have fire, you can't boil your water. 332 00:31:23,660 --> 00:31:26,740 And if I can't boil my water, I can't drink. 333 00:31:29,940 --> 00:31:30,940 Try again. 334 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:47,880 Oh, come on, far out. 335 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:04,600 Yes. 336 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:08,100 You 337 00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:29,900 son 338 00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:30,900 of a bitch. 339 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:52,720 Simple things, right? 340 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:57,820 Simple things that still my head in the most. 341 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,700 This is probably the stupidest thing that I think I've ever put my hand up to 342 00:33:04,700 --> 00:33:05,700 do. 343 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:17,400 Trine and I, we've been together 18, going on 19 years this year. 344 00:33:20,300 --> 00:33:27,140 We've built the life that we want There's not one part of it that I hate 345 00:33:27,140 --> 00:33:33,920 I don't need to do this to prove 346 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:38,000 to anyone that I'm a strong woman 347 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:52,600 It's back. 348 00:33:53,580 --> 00:33:54,920 I want to go home. 349 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,420 I want to go home. 350 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:00,520 I'm tapping out. 351 00:34:26,350 --> 00:34:31,469 I haven't had a decent drink of water today because I haven't been able to 352 00:34:31,469 --> 00:34:33,230 start a fire. 353 00:34:34,449 --> 00:34:40,429 I'm pretty confident with the fire and the ferro rod, but have a look at that. 354 00:34:41,370 --> 00:34:48,330 I have worn that down so much just trying to get Tinder to light. 355 00:34:49,170 --> 00:34:53,949 And so if I was to stay here any longer, I wouldn't have fire. 356 00:34:58,860 --> 00:35:01,060 I have a good life. I have a happy life. 357 00:35:01,820 --> 00:35:03,700 And I want to go back to that life. 358 00:35:05,460 --> 00:35:09,900 I don't need to be out here to think about that or soul search. I don't need 359 00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:11,000 to do that. I've got a good life. 360 00:35:13,240 --> 00:35:15,180 This is a super tough environment. 361 00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:19,460 I think it's a mental game, completely mental. 362 00:35:20,260 --> 00:35:24,160 My hat goes off to the rest of the people that are left here. If they're 363 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,200 having a go at this, they're tough, they've got grit. 364 00:35:26,670 --> 00:35:28,190 I've got grit just in other ways. 365 00:36:31,890 --> 00:36:36,430 Oh my goodness, it's disco. 366 00:36:37,570 --> 00:36:38,570 Stereo. 367 00:36:39,410 --> 00:36:41,950 Well, that made me dizzy. 368 00:36:43,690 --> 00:36:47,030 I think I've made the choice of where my shelter will be. 369 00:36:47,670 --> 00:36:50,570 So, I'm going to need some poles. 370 00:36:51,510 --> 00:36:52,510 Okay, my friend. 371 00:36:53,170 --> 00:36:55,390 How do you feel about being part of my shelter? 372 00:36:57,130 --> 00:36:58,130 What do you reckon? 373 00:37:04,710 --> 00:37:08,650 Getting set up for survival is always a massive calorie burn. 374 00:37:11,090 --> 00:37:14,850 Alright, I have my first tripod. 375 00:37:16,650 --> 00:37:19,170 I've been training for something like this my whole life. 376 00:37:19,810 --> 00:37:24,430 I've been working on the physical skills of shelter, water, fire and food, but 377 00:37:24,430 --> 00:37:28,770 also the internal skills of resilience, problem solving and creativity. 378 00:37:29,470 --> 00:37:30,950 Alright, cheers. 379 00:37:32,030 --> 00:37:34,210 I'm sorry, feet, you've done really well, but... 380 00:37:36,530 --> 00:37:38,530 Ouchie. Ow, ow, ow. 381 00:37:39,470 --> 00:37:41,030 Right. Enough. 382 00:37:43,330 --> 00:37:50,230 I'm feeling the push and the pressure of time to get myself 383 00:37:50,230 --> 00:37:51,230 set up. 384 00:37:51,270 --> 00:37:54,110 I'm feeling the pressure of the elements. 385 00:37:55,330 --> 00:37:56,590 Let's get you up. 386 00:37:58,090 --> 00:38:03,670 But putting that energy in, it means that I'll then have a home for the rest 387 00:38:03,670 --> 00:38:04,670 of my time here. 388 00:38:08,460 --> 00:38:13,620 That goes there and then I have another tripod here 389 00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:19,520 Yeah, that'll do 390 00:38:36,940 --> 00:38:41,640 It's extremely muddy here, particularly when you get down to the water's edge. 391 00:38:44,620 --> 00:38:51,280 What I'm trying to do is find a log like this one that's underwater and it will 392 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,760 hopefully, when I pull it out, have lots of things I can use for bait. 393 00:38:56,580 --> 00:38:58,100 This is kind of what I'm talking about. 394 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,720 This tiny little bug there. 395 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:04,580 Trout love these kinds of things. 396 00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:08,400 My biggest concern is the food. 397 00:39:08,740 --> 00:39:12,640 I have a fast metabolism, and if I don't get it, I'll be gone. 398 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,420 So I like to go fishing. 399 00:39:16,780 --> 00:39:17,920 There's a little mayfly. 400 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:23,180 But, I mean, this place is an absolute bastard of a place to fish. 401 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:28,840 It is so snaggy that if I set a certain line, I'm just going to lose my hook. 402 00:39:29,060 --> 00:39:31,180 So I'm going to start making a kayak. 403 00:39:36,670 --> 00:39:43,330 my set line fishing needs my ability to put out a gill net when i make one allow 404 00:39:43,330 --> 00:39:49,130 me to find water and do my recce so this kayak is actually pivotal to my survival 405 00:39:49,130 --> 00:39:49,510 out here 406 00:39:49,510 --> 00:40:00,290 so 407 00:40:00,290 --> 00:40:04,590 each one of these hoops is going to be like a bulkhead in my kayak 408 00:40:05,359 --> 00:40:08,420 This will be a small one close to the front. Then I'll have a bigger one near 409 00:40:08,420 --> 00:40:09,420 my feet and my hips. 410 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,080 I had to build our canoe for the last solo adventure. 411 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:17,960 So I can apply that here. 412 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,260 As you get older, you just keep getting better because you have more time to 413 00:40:22,260 --> 00:40:23,260 gather skills. 414 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:27,980 These are techniques which are really going to help you survive. 415 00:40:35,820 --> 00:40:36,820 I like crows. 416 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:38,680 They're funny buggers. 417 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,320 I remember reading about what it means. 418 00:40:47,260 --> 00:40:52,400 I think one ra is yes, two ra ra is no. 419 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,260 I'm feeling good about this kayak. 420 00:41:03,620 --> 00:41:05,000 Yeah, I can't wait to start fishing. 421 00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:12,160 What I'm after is to see if I can reach self-sustainment in the bush. 422 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:18,200 So if I can do that and I can comfortably live for as long as I want 423 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,300 to live for out here, I could definitely win. 424 00:41:41,550 --> 00:41:48,330 let's go for a walk so that we can find i need to say what i'm working with here 425 00:41:48,330 --> 00:41:53,770 suss out the land we'll see if there's anything worth trapping and set some 426 00:41:53,770 --> 00:41:59,930 traps up i'm a hunter i do guided hunts i track and stalk things for a living 427 00:41:59,930 --> 00:42:05,650 normally out in the bush every week tracking game by looking at the signs i 428 00:42:05,650 --> 00:42:06,970 know whatever's in this area 429 00:42:16,110 --> 00:42:17,750 I did a lot of tracks through here yesterday. 430 00:42:18,630 --> 00:42:23,650 And then what I'm doing today is I'm walking back over them to see if there's 431 00:42:23,650 --> 00:42:27,310 any animal tracks that have stepped over mine from yesterday to see what's come 432 00:42:27,310 --> 00:42:28,310 through. 433 00:42:28,790 --> 00:42:30,870 I've seen a couple of footprints in the mud. 434 00:42:37,710 --> 00:42:40,390 I don't want to get my scent everywhere in the area here. 435 00:42:43,070 --> 00:42:44,070 I'm a meat eater. 436 00:42:44,270 --> 00:42:45,270 That's all I do. 437 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:46,400 I eat meats. 438 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:59,120 I'm hoping if I go to the high ground, I want to set up a beautiful, 439 00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:05,040 you know, grass pasture with just animals everywhere. 440 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:32,400 Not even a game trial. 441 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:38,760 Just quiet and nothing. 442 00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:50,820 What are we going to do? 443 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:58,140 If I don't find what I'm looking for and I got nothing to work with, I'm in a lot 444 00:43:58,140 --> 00:43:58,939 of trouble. 445 00:43:58,940 --> 00:44:00,480 I don't want to be starving. 446 00:44:01,710 --> 00:44:02,890 I don't know what's gonna happen. 447 00:44:04,570 --> 00:44:06,310 But something better fucking change. 448 00:44:27,110 --> 00:44:28,890 I just wish I didn't feel sick. 449 00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:34,360 I'll do a wrap. 450 00:44:47,240 --> 00:44:51,640 I don't have any table or anything for this, so hopefully I don't tip anything 451 00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:52,640 over here. 452 00:44:55,240 --> 00:44:56,520 But, I don't know. 453 00:45:07,460 --> 00:45:08,520 Oh, man. 454 00:45:10,020 --> 00:45:13,160 I mean, I'm sure I'd survive out here with COVID. 455 00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:16,200 Isolating pretty well. 456 00:45:18,140 --> 00:45:25,080 It's just... I don't know, people get COVID and... ..they struggle, 457 00:45:25,220 --> 00:45:28,300 even when they have a lot of food and water and stuff. 458 00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:34,740 If that comes up positive... Oh, man. 459 00:45:38,380 --> 00:45:40,980 Alone Australia is brought to you by Kia. 460 00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:45,780 Experience the ultimate human endurance as 10 contestants battle to survive 461 00:45:45,780 --> 00:45:50,240 alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, with the winner taking home a prize worth 462 00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:51,640 $250,000. 463 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:20,120 Oh, man. 464 00:46:25,540 --> 00:46:27,400 Yeah, it's got a line there. 465 00:46:34,660 --> 00:46:35,220 Better 466 00:46:35,220 --> 00:46:47,040 let 467 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:48,040 them know. 468 00:46:53,870 --> 00:46:55,250 Oh if all the dimes get covered. 469 00:46:57,050 --> 00:46:59,890 Oh man, just getting started. 470 00:47:28,010 --> 00:47:29,010 Hey, Jimmy. 471 00:47:29,150 --> 00:47:30,150 How you feeling? 472 00:47:30,370 --> 00:47:34,850 I just sort of sharp veins on my left side, just sort of about the bottom 473 00:47:34,850 --> 00:47:35,850 lower rib. 474 00:47:37,230 --> 00:47:39,230 Listen to your heart, mate, if you... Yeah. 475 00:47:54,700 --> 00:47:57,500 And if you can just take an arm out, I'll do your blood pressure. 476 00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:01,560 Your heart's really racing along. 477 00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:05,580 It's sitting on about 120 to 130. 478 00:48:06,260 --> 00:48:07,158 Yeah, right. 479 00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:08,160 And now for... 480 00:48:08,350 --> 00:48:13,270 A fit young bloke like yourself, that should be down more like maybe 60 or 70. 481 00:48:13,550 --> 00:48:18,890 So your heart's going almost double what I'd expect it to be. Yeah. And I think 482 00:48:18,890 --> 00:48:22,190 the COVID's irritating your heart and that's causing it to raise. 483 00:48:22,410 --> 00:48:25,770 Yeah. Probably worried enough to say I need to medically take you out of the 484 00:48:25,770 --> 00:48:26,770 field. 485 00:48:26,930 --> 00:48:27,930 Oh, man. 486 00:48:44,270 --> 00:48:48,830 It'd be pretty tough out here doing this competition without being sick but I 487 00:48:48,830 --> 00:48:51,970 think being sick just puts a whole new level into it. 488 00:49:03,510 --> 00:49:10,170 I came out here to test myself but I'm not out here for coming first if it 489 00:49:10,170 --> 00:49:11,170 means I'm going to kill myself. 490 00:49:19,980 --> 00:49:23,640 I'm still young. I've got a lot of my life to live. I'm not going to risk 491 00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:24,940 doing permanent damage to myself. 492 00:49:55,050 --> 00:49:58,030 It is peach black outside. 493 00:49:59,050 --> 00:50:00,290 It's like peach black. 494 00:50:03,050 --> 00:50:04,830 I can't find my head torch, eh? 495 00:50:05,950 --> 00:50:09,250 And this is really bothering me because I need it. 496 00:50:10,210 --> 00:50:13,310 I don't want to spend the night with a fucking head torch. 497 00:50:18,130 --> 00:50:21,030 My wife fucking told me, keep your shit organized. 498 00:50:21,310 --> 00:50:22,530 Keep your shit organized. 499 00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:27,800 Come on. 500 00:50:34,340 --> 00:50:36,120 The last thing you want to do here. 501 00:50:38,460 --> 00:50:40,040 Spend the night without a head torch. 502 00:50:41,420 --> 00:50:42,420 Come on, man. 503 00:50:45,340 --> 00:50:48,660 Gotta get your shit together, mate. Gotta get your fucking shit together. 504 00:50:50,060 --> 00:50:53,260 Bad enough you got all your fucking warm clothes wet. 505 00:50:54,380 --> 00:50:55,480 And all your... 506 00:50:57,090 --> 00:50:58,410 Waterproof shit wet. 507 00:51:03,070 --> 00:51:04,070 Yes. 508 00:51:09,930 --> 00:51:11,950 That was close. 509 00:51:13,650 --> 00:51:17,370 Shit like that. Just like a simple thing like that. 510 00:51:20,810 --> 00:51:22,470 That could mean you'll take it home. 511 00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:44,960 Even sitting here at night in the black, all you can hear is the pitter-patter of 512 00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:49,600 the rain on the tarp. There is not a single animal noise out there. 513 00:51:51,100 --> 00:51:53,660 Not a single animal noise, not one. 514 00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:59,940 So for dinner tonight, we are having water. 515 00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:03,900 That's all we're having tonight, just a bottle of water. 516 00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:08,700 I have not seen a single thing alive. 517 00:52:10,420 --> 00:52:12,260 Yeah, surviving here is going to be very hard. 518 00:52:26,020 --> 00:52:29,440 I haven't eaten in three and a bit days. Come on, give me something. 519 00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:33,520 If we don't get meat, we're probably not going to do too well out here. This may 520 00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:36,460 take me to a level of starvation that I've never experienced before. 521 00:52:37,660 --> 00:52:39,750 Ooh, it's got a... You, I think. 522 00:52:40,670 --> 00:52:41,670 Yeah, maybe. 523 00:52:41,810 --> 00:52:44,090 I've already found a few little grubs. 524 00:52:45,430 --> 00:52:47,370 This is really getting on my nerves. 525 00:52:47,670 --> 00:52:50,070 I feel like I've let myself down a bit. 526 00:52:50,330 --> 00:52:54,750 It's very easy for the mind to go, oh, you can just go home and eat. 527 00:52:56,970 --> 00:52:57,970 Bye.