1 00:00:25,210 --> 00:00:28,730 Already this place feels like it's where I'm going to be. 2 00:00:28,970 --> 00:00:29,970 That goes there. 3 00:00:30,370 --> 00:00:32,890 I need to gather food to feed my body. 4 00:00:33,090 --> 00:00:36,430 The kayak is the only way to solve it. It's got a feel, I think. 5 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:38,070 Yeah, maybe. 6 00:00:40,210 --> 00:00:41,710 It's pressing down. 7 00:00:42,270 --> 00:00:43,270 Oh, dear. 8 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:46,670 I have not seen a single thing alive. 9 00:00:47,250 --> 00:00:48,610 This is really getting on my nerves. 10 00:00:49,030 --> 00:00:50,009 No way! 11 00:00:50,010 --> 00:00:51,010 No! 12 00:00:51,650 --> 00:00:52,850 I've got a bloody fish! 13 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:54,500 It's my first try out too. 14 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,060 I'm officially tapping out. Come and grab me. 15 00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:08,520 We're halfway to the South Pole. We're going to be totally alone. 16 00:01:09,660 --> 00:01:12,680 It's Tasmania. It's cold. It's rain. It's snow. 17 00:01:14,260 --> 00:01:16,820 We're all going to leave changed forever. 18 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,320 Holy fuck. Yeah! 19 00:01:22,190 --> 00:01:23,410 What is this place? 20 00:01:23,870 --> 00:01:25,970 It's like a camp here from hell. 21 00:01:26,170 --> 00:01:27,790 I don't know, just kicking my ass. 22 00:01:28,110 --> 00:01:29,110 Oh, stinking. 23 00:01:31,170 --> 00:01:37,310 This experience... Oh, you fucker! ...is just as much a mind game... Oh, my 24 00:01:37,310 --> 00:01:39,690 heart. ...as it is a survival game. 25 00:01:39,890 --> 00:01:40,890 Check it out. 26 00:01:43,850 --> 00:01:45,010 To another way. 27 00:01:45,690 --> 00:01:49,270 $250,000 prize would change my life. Yum. 28 00:01:49,590 --> 00:01:51,050 I'm over it. Fucking over it. 29 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:40,400 It's the middle of the night. 30 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,540 Bodies remember anniversaries. 31 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:52,860 Exactly 12 years ago, right about now, 32 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:59,740 I woke up with a weird pain in my very, very pregnant belly. 33 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:04,920 Blaze's birthday. 34 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,360 Happy birthday, Blaze. 35 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:12,300 This fire is your candle, little chicken. 36 00:03:16,460 --> 00:03:20,940 Looks like I'm having a vigil tonight for you. 37 00:03:22,500 --> 00:03:23,840 My little spark. 38 00:03:26,940 --> 00:03:28,380 My only cub. 39 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:36,840 When I was 38, 40 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,160 I discovered I was pregnant. 41 00:03:39,820 --> 00:03:42,840 And then four days later, I found out I had breast cancer. 42 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,780 I was told that I had to terminate the pregnancy or I'd die. 43 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,680 And I said, no, I will not. 44 00:03:52,420 --> 00:03:56,460 This wild wolf mama inside me just said, no. 45 00:03:57,020 --> 00:04:02,860 And I just had this clarity inside of knowing what I needed to do. 46 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,520 Chemo babies are usually time. 47 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,900 When Blaze arrived, she was four and a half kilos. 48 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,080 She was enormous. 49 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:19,120 Getting her here healthily and being in remission taught me that I could trust 50 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:20,380 that part of myself. 51 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:27,740 And then three years later, Blaze got cancer. 52 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:36,140 For any parent, the most terrifying... 53 00:04:36,730 --> 00:04:40,070 thing to think ever is that your child can die. 54 00:04:40,750 --> 00:04:44,110 It's the biggest fear of a parent. It's like as long as they're breathing, 55 00:04:44,190 --> 00:04:45,190 you're afraid. 56 00:04:47,470 --> 00:04:52,010 Spent nine days in the ICU and then she died. 57 00:05:28,940 --> 00:05:30,480 It's like her absence is a presence. 58 00:05:32,060 --> 00:05:34,100 And it's an ache I carry close. 59 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:39,520 Because it reminds me that she existed. 60 00:05:45,820 --> 00:05:50,720 Happy birthday, babe. 61 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,860 I've been to the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the pit. 62 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:24,120 And I've mapped every millimetre on the way down and on the way back. 63 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:31,340 Having gone through that and come out the other side, not broken, 64 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:35,320 for me means I can handle anything. 65 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,080 I am under no illusion that it's going to be easy. 66 00:06:41,300 --> 00:06:46,630 In every possible way, This experience is going to push me to my edges. 67 00:06:47,070 --> 00:06:51,130 But for me, this isn't a struggle. It's a challenge. 68 00:06:52,110 --> 00:06:53,290 And one I'm up for. 69 00:06:56,530 --> 00:06:59,090 I feel like I popped the grief bubble last night. 70 00:06:59,730 --> 00:07:03,450 And now I just feel gratitude that today's her birthday. 71 00:07:07,090 --> 00:07:11,170 And I can just think about her running around with... 72 00:07:11,610 --> 00:07:17,210 her fairy wings and her tutu, barefoot in the dirt, eating witchetty grubs. 73 00:07:18,130 --> 00:07:19,630 It just makes me smile. 74 00:07:22,770 --> 00:07:27,970 I'm super grateful that I've had the experience of birthing and being a mum. 75 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:53,920 Oh, my black cockatoos are back. 76 00:07:56,940 --> 00:07:58,360 Hello, cockatoo. 77 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,560 They're just probably the same as me. They're just enjoying the blue sky. 78 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:13,940 I reckon he copied me then. 79 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,320 Oh, yeah. See you later. 80 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:19,160 Woo. 81 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:24,600 Back to the silence. 82 00:08:25,300 --> 00:08:26,300 Back to work. 83 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,059 This one's got a nice natural bend. 84 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:36,919 It's day four. 85 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:40,360 I am going to keep going on my kayak. 86 00:08:41,179 --> 00:08:46,600 The kayak is going to solve my set line fishing needs, my ability to put out a 87 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,840 gill net when I make one, allow me to find water and do my wrecking. 88 00:08:50,340 --> 00:08:51,440 That looks a lot raw. 89 00:08:52,700 --> 00:08:58,640 Satisfying. I really haven't eaten anything since I got here, 90 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:05,380 which I'm okay with because the way I'm playing it is I'll probably be hungry 91 00:09:05,380 --> 00:09:09,140 for maybe 20, 30 days with nothing much coming in. 92 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:15,440 But around that mark, I'll start having some serious food gathering systems in 93 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,800 place. Probably be a little whiter, you know. 94 00:09:19,020 --> 00:09:20,860 I'm just grabbing one more straight sapling. 95 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:27,500 So the quicker I get this bloody thing together, the quicker I can eat. 96 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:44,400 Something's been climbing up there. 97 00:09:45,700 --> 00:09:48,520 There's just scrape marks. 98 00:09:49,060 --> 00:09:50,380 There's a good one coming up. 99 00:09:52,460 --> 00:09:53,460 About there. 100 00:09:54,100 --> 00:09:57,180 So I assume that's like a possum or something trying to climb up this tree. 101 00:09:58,300 --> 00:10:00,980 That's a good sign. I know that there's at least some bloody animals around 102 00:10:00,980 --> 00:10:05,680 here. I'm going to set these trail cams and see if I can see what wildlife is 103 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:06,680 around. 104 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,300 All right. 105 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:16,920 If I was walking through here, which way would I go? 106 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,800 and to be honest i'd go this way so this is probably the way that the animals 107 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:23,480 would go as well 108 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:31,860 there's 109 00:10:31,860 --> 00:10:37,760 a bit of a fork here actually once again i think most traffic is going to be 110 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,340 coming down here and doing that so i'm probably better off having it here 111 00:10:41,340 --> 00:10:43,080 looking that way 112 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:52,880 Alright, that should do it. 113 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,460 Alright, just going to mark where that is. 114 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,700 I'm looking forward to seeing if there's anything on them in the morning. 115 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,980 I hope everyone else's shelter is better than mine. 116 00:11:30,100 --> 00:11:37,080 I've woken up like this and I need to get out of this wormhole. 117 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:41,820 Yeah, I need to get under some decent shelter, especially with this wind 118 00:11:41,820 --> 00:11:42,820 picking up. 119 00:11:43,500 --> 00:11:48,720 So today is chop more wood day for my permanent shelter. 120 00:11:49,300 --> 00:11:50,300 Let's go. 121 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,240 I want it to be spacey. I want to be able to fit my bed. 122 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:03,560 I want it to be so comfortable that I can withstand any storm, any amount of 123 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:05,560 rain, any wind. 124 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:10,080 I want to be out here for a long time, so I need to do it. 125 00:12:12,180 --> 00:12:13,180 OK. 126 00:12:13,820 --> 00:12:15,800 I need more trees. 127 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:23,460 As an Aboriginal man... This experience will give me the chance to connect to 128 00:12:23,460 --> 00:12:28,040 country on a deeper level, and that's really important to me for self-growth. 129 00:12:33,020 --> 00:12:35,420 OK, let's go finish this wall. 130 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:42,060 Using way too much energy carrying these large logs around. 131 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:43,860 Oh, yeah, it got me. 132 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:45,900 Ha-ha, there's my first slip. 133 00:12:49,070 --> 00:12:51,110 I've just got to take it slow and get this done. 134 00:12:59,370 --> 00:13:01,590 Ooh, that was fucking close. 135 00:13:02,690 --> 00:13:03,790 Jesus Christ. 136 00:13:05,650 --> 00:13:11,590 This experience is just as much a mind game as it is a survival game. 137 00:13:12,490 --> 00:13:13,550 Please work. 138 00:13:15,010 --> 00:13:17,230 I haven't eaten and I've... 139 00:13:17,450 --> 00:13:21,150 Probably dehydrated and my mind's starting to break down. 140 00:13:21,790 --> 00:13:27,570 I need to just switch back on because one slip up here, I'm going home. 141 00:13:33,170 --> 00:13:34,570 No way. 142 00:13:35,590 --> 00:13:36,930 No fucking way. 143 00:13:50,140 --> 00:13:54,020 Didn't get done as much as I really wanted to get done today. 144 00:13:54,580 --> 00:13:56,520 I've still got half a wall to go. 145 00:13:58,460 --> 00:14:02,140 The amount of cutting I've done is just far out, non-stop. 146 00:14:03,580 --> 00:14:08,080 One more night in that bloody thing and then I'll move into here. 147 00:14:27,630 --> 00:14:31,990 It looks foggy but I think it's okay now. 148 00:14:32,630 --> 00:14:33,630 Day four. 149 00:14:33,910 --> 00:14:36,750 I was just doing my morning water collection. 150 00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:43,190 It looks like there's plenty there but there's also a little turd of some kind 151 00:14:43,190 --> 00:14:45,270 of arboreal critter. 152 00:14:45,930 --> 00:14:47,610 We'll just pretend we didn't see that. 153 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Fresh water. 154 00:15:00,100 --> 00:15:01,600 Standing for the camera, please. 155 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:05,600 My name's Michael Wallace. I'm 44. 156 00:15:05,900 --> 00:15:09,100 I'm a country vet and a bush regenerator from the Oaks, New South Wales. 157 00:15:12,460 --> 00:15:14,020 I'm a Bible-believing Christian. 158 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:19,080 My faith in God is very important to me. It's pretty much the anchor. 159 00:15:19,780 --> 00:15:23,320 It just makes my life easy and simple to have Jesus to follow. 160 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,420 Don't miss us. We're not going anywhere. We'll still be here when you get back. I 161 00:15:27,420 --> 00:15:29,620 would definitely describe myself as a family man. 162 00:15:29,980 --> 00:15:33,680 My kids are important to me. My church family is important to me. 163 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,020 How do you think I'm going to go, Samuel? 164 00:15:36,380 --> 00:15:39,280 You're nice and stubborn. I reckon you'll last a good amount of time. You 165 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:40,280 might even make the whole way. 166 00:15:41,820 --> 00:15:44,900 My everyday life is a bit like a balloon. 167 00:15:45,860 --> 00:15:47,720 G'day. I've got my own bushland. 168 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:49,320 I can trap. 169 00:15:49,380 --> 00:15:50,380 I can fish. 170 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:51,600 I can hunt. 171 00:15:51,660 --> 00:15:52,660 I can make fire. 172 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,940 My strongest skill set is problem solving and just having a non-quick 173 00:15:57,940 --> 00:15:58,940 personality. 174 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,300 I know it's going to be hard, but I'm not fearful. 175 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,680 I'm doing this to represent the Christians out there and to show how I 176 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:08,840 can be resilient in that struggle. 177 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,200 In the past, my faith has helped me get through hard times. 178 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:19,360 Being a Christian out there is going to be my secret weapon. 179 00:16:21,620 --> 00:16:27,050 Today, We're going to go exploring up the hill to expand my diet because I'm 180 00:16:27,050 --> 00:16:28,550 not catching fish yet. 181 00:16:29,210 --> 00:16:30,590 So I'm actually feeling hungry. 182 00:16:33,010 --> 00:16:34,009 Here we go. 183 00:16:34,010 --> 00:16:35,010 There's the trail. 184 00:16:35,690 --> 00:16:36,930 Up and away. 185 00:16:42,130 --> 00:16:46,750 As we get further up the hill, it looks a bit less dense, which is nice. 186 00:16:49,090 --> 00:16:51,070 And I think I'm up to my lunchtime lemandra. 187 00:16:55,690 --> 00:16:56,690 There you are. 188 00:16:57,550 --> 00:16:58,550 From the roots. 189 00:17:02,730 --> 00:17:03,730 Mmm. 190 00:17:03,970 --> 00:17:07,690 Kind of watery and juicy, but with a touch of sweetness. 191 00:17:08,210 --> 00:17:11,930 You know what? If you forgot about its shape, it could be corn on the cob. 192 00:17:13,589 --> 00:17:14,589 Let's push on. 193 00:17:16,150 --> 00:17:17,490 I think I'm heading south. 194 00:17:22,490 --> 00:17:23,670 Better do a quick check. 195 00:17:24,829 --> 00:17:26,030 Yes, it is south. 196 00:17:26,430 --> 00:17:27,430 Excellent. 197 00:17:31,690 --> 00:17:33,230 There's proper bush bashing now. 198 00:17:47,970 --> 00:17:50,130 Hmm, starting to close in a bit. 199 00:17:53,350 --> 00:17:57,750 Making the walk a bit more of a zigzag than a straight line, which is when it's 200 00:17:57,750 --> 00:17:58,750 easy to get lost. 201 00:18:06,190 --> 00:18:13,030 It takes this 202 00:18:13,030 --> 00:18:14,630 long to go one metre, it's not a good sign. 203 00:18:16,510 --> 00:18:19,210 Just trying to not break the do not sweat rule. 204 00:18:19,870 --> 00:18:21,370 Do not sweat in cold climates. 205 00:18:36,940 --> 00:18:39,480 Oh, crawling through the jungle. 206 00:18:40,020 --> 00:18:41,220 Is there another way? 207 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:43,680 No. 208 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:45,380 Really enclosed here. 209 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:48,660 I'm ready to be back at camp now. 210 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,440 Burning up too much energy. 211 00:18:57,980 --> 00:18:58,980 Direction check. 212 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:02,800 Heading not north. 213 00:19:04,060 --> 00:19:05,740 Heading slightly west, northwest. 214 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:07,760 Better straighten up. 215 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,440 The goal is to get home by nightfall. 216 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:20,480 I'm exhausted. 217 00:19:26,140 --> 00:19:27,320 Can't quite stand yet. 218 00:19:30,740 --> 00:19:31,740 Oh no. 219 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:35,960 I left my compass back there. 220 00:20:19,850 --> 00:20:24,350 after only a week i kind of get this place a little bit now seems that it 221 00:20:24,350 --> 00:20:28,750 just rains every 10 minutes and then it's then it stops raining and then it 222 00:20:28,750 --> 00:20:35,030 rains again all right yep it comes around 223 00:20:35,030 --> 00:20:40,330 that's okay you just got to manage that and have tasks ready to go inside 224 00:20:40,330 --> 00:20:47,150 i'm working on my idea for a fishing reel and i think that is the 225 00:20:47,150 --> 00:20:48,150 key 226 00:20:48,430 --> 00:20:54,870 While you've got the strength, you need to keep going to get all of your systems 227 00:20:54,870 --> 00:21:01,190 in place to start gathering food and not really take a rest because just resting 228 00:21:01,190 --> 00:21:02,190 burns energy. 229 00:21:02,770 --> 00:21:04,730 All right, let's take a scene for a test run. 230 00:21:06,830 --> 00:21:07,830 Here we go. 231 00:21:11,150 --> 00:21:12,150 Yes. 232 00:21:12,870 --> 00:21:13,870 Beauty. 233 00:21:14,750 --> 00:21:15,750 Come on, fishies. 234 00:21:16,290 --> 00:21:17,350 Being disciplined. 235 00:21:18,030 --> 00:21:22,050 I really think that is the way I'm going to stay out here the longest. 236 00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:54,380 Kneecap. Oh, come on. 237 00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:59,160 Yeah. 238 00:22:06,660 --> 00:22:08,380 There it is. Thank you, Lord. 239 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:10,140 Black compass. 240 00:22:10,540 --> 00:22:13,620 Let's get some thorough on that before I look at next. 241 00:22:15,620 --> 00:22:16,620 Okay. 242 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:20,680 Direction check. 243 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:22,560 The plan is to keep heading south. 244 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:26,960 We'll be pretty close to the way I came up hopefully. 245 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,080 To get home as quick as we can before we run out of light. 246 00:22:41,020 --> 00:22:42,320 There's got to be a faster way. 247 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,460 I think I see some light at the end of the tunnel. 248 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:06,940 Oh, thankfully. I think I'm heading downhill. 249 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,360 I think I'm heading down the hill to enter the water. 250 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:20,640 Faith makes a big difference in getting through things, knowing it's not all 251 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:25,160 about the comfort that we have in this life, but there is something afterwards 252 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:26,160 that's greater. 253 00:23:29,759 --> 00:23:30,759 Oh, hallelujah. 254 00:23:33,220 --> 00:23:35,080 Hard times come and hard times go. 255 00:23:36,260 --> 00:23:38,360 I can be uncomfortable and that's okay. 256 00:23:43,260 --> 00:23:45,520 I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get back here tonight. 257 00:23:46,580 --> 00:23:47,980 So I'm really glad that I am. 258 00:23:48,900 --> 00:23:49,900 And I was exhausted. 259 00:23:51,340 --> 00:23:52,840 I did find LaMandra. 260 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,700 But yeah, it wasn't worth going that far for it. 261 00:23:56,350 --> 00:23:57,350 See you guys. 262 00:24:11,010 --> 00:24:13,190 We're gonna do some break in the weather. I'm gonna go check out those 263 00:24:13,190 --> 00:24:14,450 trail cams. 264 00:24:18,510 --> 00:24:19,510 Let's have a look. 265 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:29,880 Oh yes. 266 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:32,400 Hello. 267 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:35,380 Hello little fella. 268 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:37,660 I see your bottom. 269 00:24:38,380 --> 00:24:39,780 Right under that bush. 270 00:24:40,540 --> 00:24:41,880 That's his happy place. 271 00:24:43,220 --> 00:24:44,220 That's cool. 272 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:55,760 I've got a definite paddy melon bouncing around back there. 273 00:24:57,390 --> 00:25:03,750 Maybe the smarter move is to stop what I'm doing and make that trap now while 274 00:25:03,750 --> 00:25:04,750 the animal's there. 275 00:25:07,350 --> 00:25:08,670 Okay, got a plan. 276 00:25:15,890 --> 00:25:19,930 I'm gonna just switch to making that trap full time today. 277 00:25:22,170 --> 00:25:25,590 This is definitely my priority because there's dinner out there. 278 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:29,980 And the quicker I finish this, which could be today, the quicker I could 279 00:25:29,980 --> 00:25:30,980 possibly be eating it. 280 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:33,800 Check that out. 281 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,200 It's starting to look like a net. 282 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:55,240 Excuse me. 283 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:57,700 Please don't put that on telly. 284 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,500 I'm pretty happy that I did not catch another eel today. 285 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:08,740 I just had eel all over everything. Even my water container still stinks like 286 00:26:08,740 --> 00:26:13,220 eel. Good calories, but yeah, a bit of a trade-off. 287 00:26:14,140 --> 00:26:18,180 You know, I'll try and catch a few fish or eels here and there, but I was super 288 00:26:18,180 --> 00:26:19,780 excited to get some bush foods happening. 289 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,160 A few more food sources in the pot. 290 00:26:25,770 --> 00:26:29,530 As a wildlife biologist, I've spent a career learning about Australia's flora 291 00:26:29,530 --> 00:26:34,330 and fauna, understanding what plant species are there that I can use. 292 00:26:34,910 --> 00:26:38,270 I think that'll be a real asset to me out on the land. 293 00:26:40,650 --> 00:26:43,130 Let's get some berries in your belly. 294 00:26:49,270 --> 00:26:51,790 So this little shrub is... 295 00:26:52,270 --> 00:26:56,710 what's called coffee berry, and it has these little red berries on them that 296 00:26:56,710 --> 00:26:59,470 are edible. They're actually a really good source of vitamin C. 297 00:27:00,730 --> 00:27:04,630 I'm just going to crush it and put it there. 298 00:27:07,030 --> 00:27:10,610 And that's a really sensitive part of my body. 299 00:27:12,170 --> 00:27:16,390 And so I'll know if there's any reaction that I shouldn't eat them. 300 00:27:18,750 --> 00:27:21,410 But what I might do is collect any berries that I can find. 301 00:27:22,410 --> 00:27:25,130 take them back to camp, maybe have some for dinner. 302 00:27:29,010 --> 00:27:34,150 There's this imagined experience of what I'll be like out here, you know, versus 303 00:27:34,150 --> 00:27:36,250 what I'm actually like out here. 304 00:27:37,170 --> 00:27:43,170 I feel connected to the land, but I don't feel any inspiration whatsoever to 305 00:27:43,170 --> 00:27:48,770 hunt and kill, and I think I just need to sit with that and realise that's OK. 306 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:52,440 Make sure there was no reaction. 307 00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:54,480 It looks great. 308 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:56,400 Looks fine. 309 00:27:57,460 --> 00:27:58,460 Here they are. 310 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:04,700 Hmm. 311 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,980 Lots of little seeds in it, kind of like a raspberry. 312 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:12,960 Hmm. Kind of sweet too. 313 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:15,320 They're pretty darn good. 314 00:28:17,460 --> 00:28:19,380 Pretty happy with that. That was bloody delicious. 315 00:28:25,580 --> 00:28:26,580 Okay. 316 00:28:27,420 --> 00:28:28,420 Saturated backpack. 317 00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:30,280 This is the moment. 318 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,380 Move my stuff in and put the tarp on. 319 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:40,320 Today, with this beautiful weather, I've got the chance to stick to the plan of 320 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:46,900 trying to get a roof over this and move into a bigger space, more room, and be 321 00:28:46,900 --> 00:28:48,800 just a little bit more comfortable. 322 00:28:51,020 --> 00:28:53,020 Like my dad always said... 323 00:28:54,659 --> 00:28:56,300 You've got to have good eaves on a house. 324 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,060 The shack is complete. 325 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,860 I don't know if it's waterproof yet, but we'll find out. 326 00:29:05,980 --> 00:29:08,340 So, we'll go through the front door. 327 00:29:10,620 --> 00:29:11,620 Hello. 328 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:13,680 Nope, no one's home. Good. 329 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,300 I reckon I'll put the king bed here. 330 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,740 Probably the fridge in the corner. 331 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,280 The microwave on top of the fridge. 332 00:29:23,210 --> 00:29:24,970 Yeah, I reckon that will do me for now anyway. 333 00:29:29,630 --> 00:29:33,370 You don't know how good I feel to have this done. 334 00:29:34,510 --> 00:29:37,470 It's been such a journey the last five days. 335 00:29:38,470 --> 00:29:44,190 It's given me great energy all of a sudden now that it's done. 336 00:29:46,070 --> 00:29:50,010 And I really look forward to the time ahead here where I can start to go 337 00:29:50,010 --> 00:29:51,010 fishing finally. 338 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,440 Just start enjoying this beautiful area. 339 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,140 Oh, here's the rain. 340 00:30:16,260 --> 00:30:21,440 I really wanted to collect firewood, but it's way too wet. Like, I don't even 341 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:22,440 know where to start. 342 00:30:24,170 --> 00:30:30,910 Did make that door too big whenever that northerly wind comes through 343 00:30:30,910 --> 00:30:36,310 Freezing 344 00:30:36,310 --> 00:30:41,790 My great-grandmother 345 00:30:41,790 --> 00:30:46,930 she's a big part of the reason why I'm out here 346 00:30:46,930 --> 00:30:52,410 Doing this it was part of the stolen generations 347 00:30:53,710 --> 00:30:58,270 If she can go through what she went through, I can go through this. 348 00:31:00,810 --> 00:31:04,790 She was stolen at the age of five from her mother. 349 00:31:05,350 --> 00:31:11,450 She was just taken for her looks, whatever, the assimilation policy, and 350 00:31:11,450 --> 00:31:12,710 bang, off they go. 351 00:31:13,630 --> 00:31:15,210 We don't know what happened to her father. 352 00:31:16,410 --> 00:31:22,490 Her brother was dropped down a water well and drowned, obviously. 353 00:31:23,820 --> 00:31:28,740 And her mother was stolen and sent to a mental institution in Wiradjuri country 354 00:31:28,740 --> 00:31:29,740 in Orange. 355 00:31:32,140 --> 00:31:35,700 For 45 years, they thought each other were dead. 356 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:42,320 And yet they were four hours away. 357 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:48,680 You know, but yet she never complained about the world whatsoever. 358 00:31:50,060 --> 00:31:51,500 She was so strong. 359 00:31:55,790 --> 00:31:57,510 I'll tell you what, you want to talk about resilience? 360 00:32:00,910 --> 00:32:06,430 You put 100 of my ancestors lined up in a row. 361 00:32:07,370 --> 00:32:10,690 Within the first 50 years of colonisation or whatever you want to 362 00:32:10,690 --> 00:32:17,470 call it in this country, it came down to three being left alive from either being 363 00:32:17,470 --> 00:32:19,330 murdered or died from disease. 364 00:32:20,450 --> 00:32:22,750 So I'm a living... 365 00:32:23,300 --> 00:32:25,500 member of one of those three members. 366 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,140 And that I'm proud of. 367 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:34,000 And that is what will help keep me out of here. 368 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:50,020 Experience the ultimate human endurance as 10 contestants battle to survive 369 00:32:50,020 --> 00:32:54,460 alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, with the winner taking home a prize worth 370 00:32:54,460 --> 00:32:55,900 $250,000. 371 00:33:30,450 --> 00:33:32,090 That's the happy sunshine song. 372 00:33:33,070 --> 00:33:35,090 Today I am making my bed. 373 00:33:35,310 --> 00:33:40,130 And when I say making my bed, I don't mean like putting my fine Egyptian 374 00:33:40,130 --> 00:33:43,530 cotton sheets on it, fluffing up the doona. 375 00:33:44,310 --> 00:33:48,570 No, when I say making my bed, I mean making my bed. 376 00:33:53,900 --> 00:33:58,600 My strategy is still not to even worry about food, just to work on this 377 00:33:58,600 --> 00:33:59,600 shelter. 378 00:34:00,020 --> 00:34:04,700 So I have a home because I want to be out here for 90 days. 379 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:14,800 My body is 52 and there are things that my body can no longer do. 380 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:23,900 And it just requires a complete adaptation of the way I go about things. 381 00:34:24,260 --> 00:34:25,480 I just have to be slow. 382 00:34:29,580 --> 00:34:30,659 It's taking my weight. 383 00:34:31,540 --> 00:34:32,659 That feels good. 384 00:34:34,980 --> 00:34:35,980 That's one. 385 00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:39,040 Now I've got to do the other one. 386 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,520 I have to just keep dropping into earth time. 387 00:34:48,650 --> 00:34:50,130 This takes as long as it takes. 388 00:34:51,630 --> 00:34:58,550 Just keep going, even when it's snowing. Just keep 389 00:34:58,550 --> 00:35:00,990 going till you get there. 390 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:31,680 I have a bed and it's just the beginning of being actually at home 391 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,600 rather than sleeping rough. 392 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,720 So I'm very, very happy right now. 393 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:54,540 My house is looking a bit like a house. 394 00:35:57,540 --> 00:35:58,540 Look at that. 395 00:36:05,300 --> 00:36:09,040 It's a very dishevelled house, but it's kind of a house at the moment. 396 00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:17,660 What is that? 397 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:28,100 There it is. 398 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:37,560 That's a platypus. 399 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,280 That's so exciting. 400 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:57,960 It all feels very doable right now. 401 00:36:59,620 --> 00:37:01,520 And I'm very glad to be here. 402 00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:23,440 Lots of knots, tying knots, never ends, just knotty knots. 403 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:26,900 Oh no, we've had a hiccup here. 404 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:29,120 It's boring. 405 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,000 I don't want to do you anymore. 406 00:37:31,980 --> 00:37:32,980 Just be finished. 407 00:37:38,140 --> 00:37:39,140 Let's go hunting. 408 00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:40,900 Let's go for a little hunt. 409 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:42,120 What do you reckon? 410 00:37:46,380 --> 00:37:48,860 Can't fault this place at all. It's beautiful. 411 00:37:49,860 --> 00:37:52,500 The only one thing I'm missing is food. That's it. 412 00:37:53,580 --> 00:37:55,080 Let's go possum hunting. 413 00:37:55,840 --> 00:38:01,420 I just haven't seen much. Can't even see a set of eyes. 414 00:38:05,420 --> 00:38:07,120 I'm gonna need to get some meat. 415 00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:13,660 Come out and sacrifice thyself young possum. 416 00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:17,400 That doesn't work either. 417 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,560 I'll be happy with a snake. Just give me a snake. Give me something! 418 00:38:28,380 --> 00:38:29,380 Righto, let's crack on. 419 00:38:29,980 --> 00:38:31,180 I'm talking too much crap. 420 00:38:36,340 --> 00:38:39,260 I reckon, without a doubt, there's a possum in this tree. 421 00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:46,060 Wait, this is so creepy. 422 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:53,700 It goes so far. 423 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,020 I can't even see. 424 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:03,940 What if it's a snake? 425 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,100 Bloody hell, I'm on edge. 426 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:16,880 That's crazy. 427 00:39:18,220 --> 00:39:20,460 I reckon there's definitely a possum in there, but... 428 00:39:21,740 --> 00:39:23,300 There's no way he's going to be down here. 429 00:39:25,900 --> 00:39:27,960 You live another day, my friend. 430 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:40,720 Everyone's gone home. Like, I'm literally alone. 431 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:46,780 Like, it's like Noah's brought his ark down here and gone, hey, everyone jump 432 00:39:46,780 --> 00:39:50,400 on, let's piss off for a bit while Chris hangs out here for a... 433 00:39:50,990 --> 00:39:52,690 Well, as long as it takes him to go nuts. 434 00:39:53,750 --> 00:39:54,830 Probably won't be too long. 435 00:39:56,250 --> 00:39:57,430 And then they'll all come back. 436 00:39:59,230 --> 00:40:00,230 Nice one, Noah. 437 00:40:00,410 --> 00:40:01,910 You and your stupid bloody ark. 438 00:40:02,210 --> 00:40:03,210 Alright, let's go fishing. 439 00:40:04,570 --> 00:40:09,290 I feel like I've got Buckley's chance of catching a, um, rodent possum. 440 00:40:09,650 --> 00:40:11,750 So, I'm just going to concentrate on the water. 441 00:40:12,950 --> 00:40:13,950 Oh, sunshine. 442 00:40:15,870 --> 00:40:18,830 Oh, thank you, baby Jesus. 443 00:40:23,310 --> 00:40:28,730 I've got hooks and plenty of line, so might as well get him in the drink, get 444 00:40:28,730 --> 00:40:29,689 him working hard. 445 00:40:29,690 --> 00:40:31,090 It's one thing I can control. 446 00:40:36,470 --> 00:40:37,510 Fishing's what I know. 447 00:40:38,330 --> 00:40:41,250 There we are. 448 00:40:43,010 --> 00:40:46,030 One, two, three, four, five. 449 00:40:50,230 --> 00:40:52,850 Eat. Eat thy bait, thy trout! 450 00:41:22,510 --> 00:41:23,630 No rods are moving. 451 00:41:28,330 --> 00:41:29,330 It's not ideal. 452 00:41:39,310 --> 00:41:44,030 What if anyone else is in like a really different spot where they're just 453 00:41:44,030 --> 00:41:46,530 smashing possums and fish? 454 00:41:47,930 --> 00:41:49,370 Maybe I've been stitched up. 455 00:42:04,990 --> 00:42:09,370 Last night, I finished the big net for this trap today. 456 00:42:09,690 --> 00:42:14,530 If I get this trap set up, I could possibly need paddy melon for dinner. 457 00:42:16,070 --> 00:42:18,210 But I'll have to just do two trips. 458 00:42:23,610 --> 00:42:24,610 Yes, got it. 459 00:42:25,470 --> 00:42:30,230 Paddy melons are active within an hour or two of sunset. 460 00:42:30,450 --> 00:42:31,730 It's going to be about that wide. 461 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:34,760 I think there's a very good chance they're going to follow the trail that 462 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:38,500 I'm setting my trap on. All right, here goes my trigger mechanism. 463 00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:40,760 Nine degrees to the tree. 464 00:42:44,820 --> 00:42:50,000 So I'm trying another little trip line toward the top of one of my nunchucks. 465 00:42:50,740 --> 00:42:52,880 So the nunchucks go together. 466 00:42:54,660 --> 00:42:56,600 This piece goes under the fork. 467 00:43:02,279 --> 00:43:03,340 Plenty of weight on there. 468 00:43:06,460 --> 00:43:08,740 Gonna pull it out and it releases. 469 00:43:18,820 --> 00:43:21,500 And just see how much pressure it takes to go through. 470 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:25,060 Great, good, all right. 471 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:30,420 So now it's time to set the net up in situ. 472 00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:34,960 Bang that stake in over here. 473 00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:48,440 I think I'm done. 474 00:43:49,180 --> 00:43:50,180 That's finally set. 475 00:43:51,460 --> 00:43:56,720 Obviously the trip wire gets pulled, net goes up all four corners of the net, log 476 00:43:56,720 --> 00:44:00,600 goes down and can't hit the ground and hit anything else just in case there was 477 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:01,600 something else underneath. 478 00:44:01,820 --> 00:44:04,880 I'm pretty happy with it. But I probably need to get out of here because it's 479 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,240 getting dark and I don't want them to be waking up and hearing me. 480 00:44:09,100 --> 00:44:10,680 It seems like a solid trap. 481 00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,620 And I can't wait to go down there and just listen out really carefully and 482 00:44:15,620 --> 00:44:16,620 it's a really quiet night. 483 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,720 So I'm going to be listening out like nothing else. 484 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:30,280 Right, probably about four hours after dark. 485 00:44:32,460 --> 00:44:35,220 It's probably the time that the paddy mills would have been through. 486 00:44:39,780 --> 00:44:42,520 I don't know whether to be hopeful or not. 487 00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,340 Like, it looks pretty good, but I didn't test it, you know. 488 00:44:50,620 --> 00:44:52,760 It's just... I don't know. 489 00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:54,580 I don't want to give my hopes up. 490 00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:09,220 Alone Australia is brought to you by Kia. 491 00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:14,040 Experience the ultimate human endurance as 10 contestants battle to survive 492 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:18,460 alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, with the winner taking home a prize worth 493 00:45:18,460 --> 00:45:19,900 $250,000. 494 00:45:43,500 --> 00:45:45,860 I haven't heard any noises in the bush till now. 495 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,220 But it's faintly quiet, I still would say. 496 00:45:54,580 --> 00:45:58,120 Maybe it's because one of them got trapped. 497 00:46:06,620 --> 00:46:07,960 No, it's still set. 498 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:12,540 Still set exactly as is. 499 00:46:16,270 --> 00:46:17,870 I might just check the trail cam. 500 00:46:22,930 --> 00:46:24,090 Are you kidding me? 501 00:46:26,450 --> 00:46:30,310 He's standing on the edge of the net. 502 00:46:31,250 --> 00:46:33,570 He's gone around the tripwire. 503 00:46:34,990 --> 00:46:39,570 And he's definitely prodding around everywhere because I've disturbed it. 504 00:46:42,310 --> 00:46:45,430 Wow, that was so close. So close. 505 00:46:51,470 --> 00:46:56,230 It's been a long day but I'm happy I have the chance to walk. 506 00:46:58,290 --> 00:47:02,570 It's just time to start bringing in the bacon and I got quite close. 507 00:47:04,870 --> 00:47:07,190 I have to wait and see what happens. 508 00:47:09,150 --> 00:47:15,150 When I find a weakness I tend to study it a lot to the point where I can almost 509 00:47:15,150 --> 00:47:16,210 consider it a strength. 510 00:47:17,850 --> 00:47:19,210 I'm going to apply myself. 511 00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:21,620 100% to this challenge. 512 00:47:51,470 --> 00:47:54,730 Basically it's going, basically I just can't ignore that. 513 00:48:19,210 --> 00:48:21,310 starting to feel how harsh this place can be. 514 00:48:23,930 --> 00:48:28,890 It's like a camp from hell where you just can't leave. 515 00:48:57,770 --> 00:48:59,350 You'll catch a fish. 516 00:49:00,050 --> 00:49:01,590 Today. That's what's happening. 517 00:49:02,950 --> 00:49:07,190 Man, my brain is just scattered. It needs some nutrients. 518 00:49:09,490 --> 00:49:11,790 It's like fishing in an empty dam. 519 00:49:14,670 --> 00:49:19,710 Starting to lose a bit of hope on my abilities to catch food out here. 520 00:49:21,550 --> 00:49:22,790 I don't know, guys. 521 00:49:25,030 --> 00:49:26,170 Don't know what to do. 522 00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:30,820 It's going to be a long day if I can't shake this feeling. 523 00:49:32,500 --> 00:49:37,180 My body and mind just won't operate on this diet. 524 00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,860 This fucking food situation is fucking shit. 525 00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:48,140 I need to fucking eat. That's the problem. 526 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:54,640 That's it. If I can't fucking eat, I... Stop thinking. 527 00:49:54,900 --> 00:49:55,900 Stop thinking. 528 00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:03,560 I'm losing my shit, eh? I really am. 529 00:50:04,900 --> 00:50:06,380 I've almost had a gutful. 530 00:50:07,660 --> 00:50:13,560 This GoPro can go fuck itself. 531 00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:52,020 You know what? It's all I fucking need on here. You can fucking burn the rest 532 00:50:52,020 --> 00:50:53,020 for all I give a fuck. 533 00:50:54,580 --> 00:50:55,580 Fuck off. 534 00:50:57,140 --> 00:50:58,660 Oh, this is terrible. 535 00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:00,440 I fucking hate feeling like this. 536 00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:15,520 Fuck this. I'm fucking... I'm over it. I'm fucking over it. 537 00:51:27,980 --> 00:51:32,580 This food situation is halting me from achieving what I want to achieve. 538 00:51:33,060 --> 00:51:39,780 And it's now became a challenge of starvation, not a challenge of being out 539 00:51:39,780 --> 00:51:40,780 here alone. 540 00:51:42,340 --> 00:51:44,620 Suddenly going downhill very, very fast. 541 00:51:48,340 --> 00:51:51,340 If I can get that patty melon, I probably won. 542 00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:52,600 Yeah. 543 00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:57,000 It's the self-care that feels so nice and it makes this place feel more 544 00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,200 homely. Yeah, baby. I got bush soap. 545 00:52:00,060 --> 00:52:01,480 I came into this. 546 00:52:01,740 --> 00:52:03,960 Yeah. Thinking I was going to win. 547 00:52:04,300 --> 00:52:08,280 Fuck, what am I doing out here? It's not about that. If I can't fuel my brain, 548 00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:10,020 how do I continue this journey? 549 00:52:10,540 --> 00:52:12,860 I've definitely switched over into ketosis. 550 00:52:13,620 --> 00:52:14,740 One press of a button. 551 00:52:16,540 --> 00:52:17,760 You're fucking kidding me. 552 00:52:37,740 --> 00:52:40,800 If you or someone you know needs support... 553 00:53:05,530 --> 00:53:11,730 1800 011 046 openarms.gov.au 554 00:53:11,730 --> 00:53:16,490 Yarn safe 13 92 76