1 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:26,880 Well, sink him. 2 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,260 It's bloody ridiculous how hard the fishing is. 3 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,260 Honestly, I don't know how much longer I can last. 4 00:00:34,940 --> 00:00:37,660 My belly does not like that sausage soup. 5 00:00:41,340 --> 00:00:47,560 It'd be nice to have a date that he's finished on, to know that your family 6 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,600 are going to be back with you. It's hard not knowing. 7 00:00:51,620 --> 00:00:55,400 I want to be true to myself, even if that does mean that I... Can't stay out 8 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:56,520 here as long as I'd planned. 9 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:00,400 Just getting mad. 10 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:01,820 PTSD triggers. 11 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:03,080 I don't know why. 12 00:01:03,660 --> 00:01:04,660 Shit. 13 00:01:08,140 --> 00:01:12,880 I just don't have enough distractions to keep my thoughts at bay. 14 00:01:13,580 --> 00:01:17,320 Give myself a rule. If you're going to tap, you tap in the morning. 15 00:01:17,820 --> 00:01:19,840 I'm just going to see what the morning holds. 16 00:01:22,020 --> 00:01:23,680 We're halfway to the South Pole. 17 00:01:24,110 --> 00:01:25,250 We're going to be totally alone. 18 00:01:26,310 --> 00:01:29,410 It's Tasmania, it's cold, it's rain, it's snow. 19 00:01:30,910 --> 00:01:33,570 We're all going to leave changed forever. 20 00:01:35,870 --> 00:01:37,010 Holy fuck. 21 00:01:37,250 --> 00:01:38,189 Yeah! 22 00:01:38,190 --> 00:01:39,410 What is this place? 23 00:01:39,970 --> 00:01:43,850 It's like a camp trip from hell. Mother nature's kicking my ass. 24 00:01:45,090 --> 00:01:51,890 This experience... Oh, you fucker! ..is just as much a... 25 00:01:52,110 --> 00:01:55,690 Mind game. As it is a survival game. 26 00:01:58,910 --> 00:02:00,890 Is there another way? 27 00:02:01,770 --> 00:02:04,830 $250,000 prize would change my life. 28 00:02:05,630 --> 00:02:07,090 I'm fucking over it. 29 00:02:09,449 --> 00:02:10,590 Holy shit. 30 00:02:11,550 --> 00:02:12,790 Holy shit. 31 00:02:58,060 --> 00:03:02,480 Is that not one of the most beautiful things you've ever seen? 32 00:03:06,140 --> 00:03:07,420 And it's silent. 33 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:11,040 And so still. 34 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,060 Good morning! 35 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:20,300 Woo! 36 00:03:23,380 --> 00:03:25,980 Look, the sun's coming up. You can see it hitting the trees. 37 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,920 Oh, it's just exquisite. 38 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:38,840 Day 12 today. 39 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:41,280 We've hit a dozen. 40 00:03:41,700 --> 00:03:43,000 Dozen eggs, thanks, love. 41 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,500 It's been an amazing journey so far. 42 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,300 Some really intense emotions. 43 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:59,240 I came here in the middle of the bush hoping that I can get that emotional... 44 00:04:00,050 --> 00:04:01,930 with the land, with the bush. 45 00:04:03,890 --> 00:04:05,050 And I definitely have. 46 00:04:05,570 --> 00:04:11,510 It's okay to step away from reality and, you know, let that inner child go 47 00:04:11,510 --> 00:04:12,510 running around. 48 00:04:14,310 --> 00:04:18,290 Pretend you're in an Alice in Wonderland movie or Lord of the Rings movie. 49 00:04:18,690 --> 00:04:21,250 Just totally immerse yourself in it. 50 00:04:22,590 --> 00:04:24,810 And I've been lucky enough to be able to do that. 51 00:04:27,090 --> 00:04:28,090 Just me. 52 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,600 and this beautiful planet we live on. 53 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:34,900 It's amazing. 54 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:36,760 Absolutely amazing. 55 00:04:38,460 --> 00:04:42,260 I mean, there's been some tears and some heavy thinking. 56 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:48,760 I feel like if I stay, I might go down a hole where I don't want to go. 57 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,980 I want to end it on my own terms. 58 00:05:20,910 --> 00:05:22,290 Hey, it's Chris. 59 00:05:23,810 --> 00:05:24,810 Yep. 60 00:05:25,150 --> 00:05:27,370 Yep, I am officially tapping out. 61 00:05:29,130 --> 00:05:32,050 Ready to take the next step. 62 00:05:34,310 --> 00:05:35,310 All right. 63 00:05:44,850 --> 00:05:45,850 That's us. 64 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,020 I feel like I'm not going to regret leaving today. 65 00:06:04,020 --> 00:06:05,020 Now's the time. 66 00:06:16,420 --> 00:06:18,340 That could be my taxi, I reckon. 67 00:06:30,030 --> 00:06:31,030 There we go. 68 00:06:32,010 --> 00:06:33,290 Come ashore, my friends. 69 00:06:37,230 --> 00:06:38,470 What's going through your head right now? 70 00:06:40,070 --> 00:06:42,950 Pretty happy about it, you know. 71 00:06:43,290 --> 00:06:44,730 I wanted to leave on a high. 72 00:06:46,010 --> 00:06:47,950 You know, resilience is a big thing. 73 00:06:49,430 --> 00:06:54,310 And I've worked so hard on my mental game over the last 10-odd years since, 74 00:06:54,430 --> 00:06:57,530 like, since leaving Iraq and the Defence Force. 75 00:07:00,150 --> 00:07:01,150 Yeah, I don't know. 76 00:07:01,970 --> 00:07:06,150 I guess realising that there's still a lot of work to go, you know. 77 00:07:12,190 --> 00:07:13,790 It was great. I was loving it. 78 00:07:15,070 --> 00:07:20,410 But then, you know, having those massive highs and those massive lows, and the 79 00:07:20,410 --> 00:07:24,850 massive highs are awesome, but being out there with the lows, I just couldn't 80 00:07:24,850 --> 00:07:26,310 find a way to manage that. 81 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,600 I definitely need people in my life. 82 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:54,960 Hopefully I've inspired at least one person. 83 00:07:58,890 --> 00:08:04,210 And at the very least, showing people with mental health challenges, it does 84 00:08:04,210 --> 00:08:08,790 get better, 100%. Most of the work is on you, but it does get better. 85 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:16,370 Didn't get that 250K, didn't get to the end, but I've won. I've won so much. 86 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:48,920 I'm taking a lunch break. 87 00:08:51,220 --> 00:08:52,380 Lunch break. 88 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:57,440 Sun's there. 89 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:01,040 I reckon midday is probably about when I get to that tree. 90 00:09:01,540 --> 00:09:05,680 So when I line up the sun, I use hand angles. So the sun basically moves that 91 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:06,900 far, 15 degrees an hour. 92 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:11,640 So it's about 40 minutes from that finger to that finger. 93 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,540 In 40 minutes' time, it'll be 12 o'clock. 94 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:21,480 Or you can just look at your watch. 95 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:23,600 But I don't have a watch. 96 00:09:33,020 --> 00:09:35,160 I mean, I feel disappointed that I haven't got any food yet. 97 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,460 But I sure as hell have been trying. 98 00:09:38,060 --> 00:09:40,560 I've been working my butt off a whole range of different ways. 99 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:43,860 All right, I'll take this thing for a test run. 100 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:46,220 You made a fishing rod? 101 00:09:46,700 --> 00:09:47,700 Yes. 102 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:49,320 Come on, fishies. 103 00:09:52,010 --> 00:09:53,010 Set a trap. 104 00:09:53,150 --> 00:09:55,830 And just see how much pressure it takes to get through. 105 00:09:57,590 --> 00:09:58,590 Great. 106 00:09:59,150 --> 00:10:00,810 I've made the kayak. 107 00:10:02,030 --> 00:10:03,050 Come on, fish. 108 00:10:03,410 --> 00:10:04,550 It's not that hard. 109 00:10:04,750 --> 00:10:05,750 Come to papa. 110 00:10:07,430 --> 00:10:09,130 Nothing is working, Eddie. 111 00:10:13,150 --> 00:10:15,130 I'm just about to go up and check my trap. 112 00:10:22,060 --> 00:10:23,060 I'm really hungry. 113 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,460 I'm just losing weight by the week. 114 00:10:26,780 --> 00:10:28,760 It is rapidly going down. 115 00:10:29,820 --> 00:10:32,520 And I've got to be honest, I'm feeling fatigued. 116 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:36,400 Man. 117 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:40,320 I just want to get a patty melon. 118 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,160 I need some food. 119 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:50,640 Okay, I'm approaching the central live trapping area. 120 00:10:56,220 --> 00:10:57,500 Nothing's touched the trap. 121 00:11:01,740 --> 00:11:05,440 And I'm about to go through the motions that I've gone through for, I think, 122 00:11:05,460 --> 00:11:11,760 eight days now, where I look on here and there's no movement. 123 00:11:23,940 --> 00:11:25,040 Oh, you bugger. 124 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:26,500 Is that a wallaby? 125 00:11:29,860 --> 00:11:31,200 So he's sitting on the log. 126 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:32,440 What are you doing? 127 00:11:34,140 --> 00:11:36,060 He just stepped over the log. 128 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:43,420 He's sniffing the edge of... Now 129 00:11:43,420 --> 00:11:45,320 he's in the tripwire. 130 00:11:46,740 --> 00:11:48,360 He just took a step. 131 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:50,980 Oh, dude! 132 00:11:58,420 --> 00:12:02,100 Bastard. He jumped. So, I've got to watch that again. 133 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,100 So, he jumps down. 134 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:09,760 There he is. 135 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:13,440 Damn it. 136 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:19,140 I do not understand how he melted through the tripwire. The tripwire's 137 00:12:19,140 --> 00:12:21,640 still there. I can see it. And I don't get that. 138 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:27,600 So close. 139 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:33,120 There's no points for close. It's just, it's all or nothing. 140 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:35,620 I've got to get some food. 141 00:13:16,020 --> 00:13:21,240 Okay, so I've just spent the rainy Arvo cleaning up my shelter. 142 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,160 Thought it'd be a good time to show you around. 143 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,060 So this is my nest. It's where I sleep. 144 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:32,060 I'm very, very pleased with this. Three logs across the bottom and then a log 145 00:13:32,060 --> 00:13:34,680 going lengthways and then heaps of little logs. 146 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:40,460 Then I whacked a heap of moss to make it nice and soft and reeds for insulation 147 00:13:40,460 --> 00:13:41,460 and warmth. 148 00:13:41,660 --> 00:13:44,680 At the end of my bed, I have my shoe rack. 149 00:13:45,350 --> 00:13:51,830 Over here we have my fire preparation zone so that I can 150 00:13:51,830 --> 00:13:54,330 start my fires nice and easily. 151 00:13:55,270 --> 00:13:58,370 All the different sizes, all the different kindling. 152 00:13:58,750 --> 00:14:02,930 This is where I hang my ferro rod so I never lose it. 153 00:14:03,550 --> 00:14:08,770 And this is a cute little bit of paracord that I had and I've been tying 154 00:14:08,770 --> 00:14:13,290 little knots in it for every day. So we've got one, two, three. 155 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:18,940 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. 156 00:14:19,260 --> 00:14:20,260 Holy shit! 157 00:14:20,620 --> 00:14:21,620 Whoop! 158 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:23,360 I 159 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:32,140 guess 160 00:14:32,140 --> 00:14:36,560 I've been thinking about what areas of survival I'd like to improve and the 161 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:38,500 main one is getting more food. 162 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:44,980 Got a few plants here and there and then... where I caught an eel but yeah 163 00:14:44,980 --> 00:14:48,660 I'd definitely like to bolster that and so maybe I'll have a scratch around and 164 00:14:48,660 --> 00:14:49,920 try and find a few worms. 165 00:14:54,020 --> 00:14:59,840 I think getting worms is the actual key to being successful at my fishing. 166 00:15:00,820 --> 00:15:04,000 Digging for worms, digging for worms. 167 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:06,680 Because I think that's the best bait that's around. 168 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,620 I feel like worms are, like, gold. 169 00:15:15,460 --> 00:15:20,700 I've been searching for worms, I think, and bugs, like, every day and not having 170 00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:21,700 any luck. 171 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:24,580 Worm, a worm, a worm! 172 00:15:26,260 --> 00:15:27,260 Motherfucking worm! 173 00:15:28,540 --> 00:15:29,540 Little fatty. 174 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:31,800 Hey, worm. 175 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:33,320 Yeah, boy. 176 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:36,660 Two worms, two worms. 177 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:38,080 Look at that fat boy. 178 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:40,500 There's the other half. 179 00:15:41,980 --> 00:15:43,000 This is worm central. 180 00:15:44,340 --> 00:15:46,040 Another one. Three worms. 181 00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:48,700 I got the worms. 182 00:15:48,940 --> 00:15:49,940 Yes. 183 00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:53,100 In you go. I'm sorry. 184 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,720 It's really important for me to get protein so that I can stay out here 185 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,420 longer. Gonna get some eels. 186 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:01,300 Gonna get some eels. 187 00:16:01,980 --> 00:16:05,180 You know, it's a huge part of the survival game and the long-term survival 188 00:16:05,180 --> 00:16:07,680 is getting food so that you can sustain yourself. 189 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,120 Eel fishing's a go-go tomorrow. 190 00:16:12,620 --> 00:16:13,160 So 191 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:31,960 I'd 192 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:36,800 spend my time dreaming about party pies, like lots and lots and lots of party 193 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:37,800 pies. 194 00:16:38,859 --> 00:16:42,380 pizzas with like massive topping and cheesy crust. 195 00:16:43,860 --> 00:16:46,900 I just came so close to getting a patty melon this morning. 196 00:16:47,380 --> 00:16:51,160 So I gotta figure out how the patty melon got through the tripwire without 197 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:52,160 setting it off. 198 00:16:54,920 --> 00:17:00,900 So we're gonna go and test it and this is my patty melon substitute. 199 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:11,280 to get meat. 200 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:22,000 And really it's I'll make patty melons which are my best chance of 201 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,000 bulk meat. 202 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:31,840 All right the trip line goes between there 203 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:37,860 and that white thing bashed into the ground there. 204 00:17:38,410 --> 00:17:43,370 It goes along there. So I'm just going to chuck in my little pretend paddy 205 00:17:43,370 --> 00:17:46,350 melon, stand back and see what happens. 206 00:17:48,030 --> 00:17:49,030 All right. 207 00:17:50,290 --> 00:17:51,290 Here goes. 208 00:17:55,190 --> 00:17:57,030 Yeah, it worked a treat. 209 00:17:58,290 --> 00:18:03,070 Kind of driving me crazy as to how he got through it. 210 00:18:05,810 --> 00:18:08,830 Oh, I tell you what, if I got a patty melon, it might be so good. 211 00:18:10,570 --> 00:18:11,730 Now I've got to untangle it all. 212 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,300 Good morning and welcome to day 14. 213 00:18:44,020 --> 00:18:45,020 Love it. 214 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,040 14 notches in the belt. 215 00:18:49,660 --> 00:18:53,160 If that's my belt, what's holding up my pants? 216 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:57,420 Am I wearing any pants? 217 00:19:08,070 --> 00:19:10,630 Okay, it's our second Sunday out here in the wild. 218 00:19:12,030 --> 00:19:18,970 And as part of surviving, thriving in these kind of tough 219 00:19:18,970 --> 00:19:21,630 environments, it's important to have routine. 220 00:19:23,130 --> 00:19:27,050 As a Christian, church is part of Sunday routine as well. 221 00:19:27,990 --> 00:19:29,790 This week, we've got Amazing Grace. 222 00:19:31,030 --> 00:19:35,530 And I don't have a beautiful voice to most people. 223 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,540 But as God's child, my voice is beautiful to him. 224 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:47,400 Amazing grace, how sweet the sound 225 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:52,840 that saved a wretch like me. 226 00:19:53,760 --> 00:20:00,280 I once was lost, but now am 227 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:05,140 found. Was blind, but now... 228 00:20:05,710 --> 00:20:06,710 I see. 229 00:20:14,950 --> 00:20:18,310 So being a Christian, my faith will help me with this experience. 230 00:20:18,890 --> 00:20:22,330 I had a little bit of success finding some plants to eat. 231 00:20:22,990 --> 00:20:27,190 But you can't stay out here forever unless you start catching critters and 232 00:20:27,190 --> 00:20:28,190 eating them. 233 00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:33,710 I hope to finish the possum trap today. It would be awesome if I do. 234 00:20:34,410 --> 00:20:36,230 It's already started to take shape. 235 00:20:37,750 --> 00:20:38,750 So that's the plan. 236 00:20:39,170 --> 00:20:41,590 Starts to get meat back on the menu. 237 00:20:44,370 --> 00:20:47,290 So lashing it together is next, and then door and trigger. 238 00:20:48,350 --> 00:20:49,350 Getting exciting. 239 00:20:50,830 --> 00:20:56,350 I worked as a vet for many years, and I've trapped feral cats. 240 00:20:58,110 --> 00:21:00,190 If I can trap cats, I can trap possums. 241 00:21:01,890 --> 00:21:03,590 So I'm going to build... 242 00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:05,450 A cat trap with a flap door. 243 00:21:14,130 --> 00:21:15,190 Yep, it's raining now. 244 00:21:17,850 --> 00:21:21,410 The hardest thing is the starvation and the isolation. 245 00:21:22,910 --> 00:21:28,270 It's so difficult to survive out here. I need everything to go perfectly if I'm 246 00:21:28,270 --> 00:21:29,390 going to be the last one standing. 247 00:21:31,530 --> 00:21:33,750 The thing is, I have a never-give-up personality. 248 00:21:36,030 --> 00:21:40,790 My strengths are perseverance, intelligence and problem-solving. 249 00:21:41,350 --> 00:21:43,490 Okay. It all comes up easy. 250 00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:45,750 It's all sitting shut. 251 00:21:47,290 --> 00:21:48,790 As tight as it goes, yeah. 252 00:21:53,330 --> 00:21:57,170 It'll be possum sometime next week for sure, I reckon. 253 00:21:57,390 --> 00:21:58,510 I'm pretty confident. 254 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,780 It's day 15, feeling pretty good today. 255 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,620 I've just come down, doing my eel fishing, you know, got to be in it to 256 00:22:40,620 --> 00:22:47,060 win it. So I've got my two lines in and I'm pretty hungry, 257 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:49,980 but I'm feeling pretty positive. 15 is a big number. 258 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,060 Oh, my line, hang on. 259 00:22:55,860 --> 00:22:58,740 You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, 260 00:22:58,740 --> 00:22:59,620 you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, 261 00:22:59,620 --> 00:22:59,939 you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, 262 00:22:59,940 --> 00:23:00,660 you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, 263 00:23:00,660 --> 00:23:01,660 you, you, you, 264 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,020 you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, 265 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:06,600 Okay. 266 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:10,660 Don't fucking lose it, Katie. 267 00:23:11,020 --> 00:23:14,080 All right, um... Yes! 268 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:17,900 Yeah, baby! 269 00:23:18,660 --> 00:23:19,660 An eel! 270 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:22,840 Oh, my God. 271 00:23:23,980 --> 00:23:25,260 Holy moly. 272 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:28,520 Wow, it's bigger than the one I caught before. 273 00:23:30,980 --> 00:23:32,300 Oh, now I've got to eat it. 274 00:23:33,940 --> 00:23:36,520 The last time. I caught a gill and ate it. 275 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:38,480 So gross. 276 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:41,800 Okay, let's put it out of its misery. 277 00:23:42,980 --> 00:23:47,060 As an ecologist, someone who's worked hard to protect the environment, I feel 278 00:23:47,060 --> 00:23:49,440 so much empathy for everything, you know? 279 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,100 Don't go anywhere, mate. 280 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:56,020 Come back, come back, come back. 281 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:58,360 I'm so sorry, but... 282 00:23:58,959 --> 00:24:00,200 I've got to eat you now, mate. 283 00:24:05,580 --> 00:24:06,479 It's dead. 284 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,000 That's horrible. I'm so sorry. 285 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,180 I'm so sorry, mate. 286 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,400 Holy shit. 287 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:17,880 Another eel. 288 00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:20,300 All right. 289 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,080 I'm just going to start by cutting the head off. 290 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,700 So I'm going to cut it, clean it, skin it. 291 00:24:26,940 --> 00:24:28,100 I'll keep that for later. 292 00:24:28,570 --> 00:24:29,570 It can be bait or something. 293 00:24:35,110 --> 00:24:36,110 Woo. 294 00:24:39,090 --> 00:24:40,090 Gross. 295 00:24:40,630 --> 00:24:41,750 It's looking pretty good. 296 00:24:44,210 --> 00:24:49,930 Okay, I'm gonna use this ash, put on its body, try and make it less slippery. 297 00:24:51,570 --> 00:24:53,110 Okay, let's have a go at this. 298 00:25:05,139 --> 00:25:06,139 Yes. Yeah, 299 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:11,560 baby. 300 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:13,640 Woo, eel skin. 301 00:25:15,220 --> 00:25:16,220 Okay. 302 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:18,160 Shit, yeah. 303 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,480 Okay, eel time. 304 00:25:26,820 --> 00:25:28,940 I'm going to give these guys a fry up. 305 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:31,880 I hope it just makes them taste a little bit nicer. 306 00:25:36,220 --> 00:25:37,220 Yeah, baby. 307 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,480 It's all really good fats and protein for me. 308 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:45,400 Just like salmon night. 309 00:25:47,340 --> 00:25:50,000 Elsie's parents always have salmon night. I think on a Monday too. 310 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:52,080 All right. 311 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:53,440 That'll do. 312 00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:55,220 All right, let's eat some eel. 313 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,120 Let's eat some eel. 314 00:25:58,700 --> 00:26:00,920 You're going to love it, Katie. You're going to love it. 315 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:05,140 I'm going to start with a big chunk. 316 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:20,680 Quite pleasant 317 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:21,680 really. 318 00:26:23,860 --> 00:26:27,740 I want to give this a red hot shot. 319 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,040 I'm learning so much about myself. 320 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:33,720 I'm actually enjoying it. 321 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:35,200 Thank goodness. 322 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,920 Ultimately, the main heart of what I'm trying to do is be a better mum for 323 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:40,920 Juno. 324 00:26:42,660 --> 00:26:43,660 You giggled. 325 00:26:46,260 --> 00:26:49,840 That tastes just like crayfish. 326 00:26:51,380 --> 00:26:52,380 That's pretty good. 327 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,900 I've been thinking lots about my mum when I'm out here. 328 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,400 I try to draw strength from her. 329 00:26:59,470 --> 00:27:03,570 My mum died when I was 19, which was obviously very tragic. 330 00:27:04,250 --> 00:27:07,670 My mum was such a gutsy go-getter, feminist. 331 00:27:08,290 --> 00:27:09,850 She would have been the best grandma. 332 00:27:11,270 --> 00:27:13,550 I think she'd be proud of all I've achieved. 333 00:27:14,750 --> 00:27:15,750 Hmm. 334 00:27:18,090 --> 00:27:19,770 Certainly tastes better than day three. 335 00:27:22,210 --> 00:27:23,210 Hmm. 336 00:27:25,290 --> 00:27:26,290 Yum. 337 00:27:26,870 --> 00:27:28,030 It's just those... 338 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:32,720 tail ends that are super oily that turn my stomach a little bit. 339 00:27:39,940 --> 00:27:40,940 That's an oily bit. 340 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:44,520 Don't bum it up. 341 00:27:49,780 --> 00:27:50,780 That's hard. 342 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,020 I don't know what to do about those bits. 343 00:27:59,489 --> 00:28:00,610 I think I need a rest. 344 00:28:24,950 --> 00:28:26,430 Yes, and this is the med check. 345 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,860 Can I grab an arm and do your blood pressure please? 346 00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:41,900 Are you getting light-headed at all when you move around? 347 00:28:42,140 --> 00:28:43,140 No. 348 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:45,240 See 349 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:56,200 what 350 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:57,200 you're weighing? 351 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,000 I'll go face backwards. 352 00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:04,660 What are you eating? 353 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:06,640 Pretty much nothing since you got here. 354 00:29:15,580 --> 00:29:16,780 You can drop a note. 355 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:44,780 So ends another day. 356 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:48,400 Like many others. 357 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,460 Still haven't got any food. 358 00:30:05,420 --> 00:30:09,720 I was gonna head up and look at the trout but I haven't heard any clunker. 359 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:15,080 of the weight falling down the trap and I did hear just a thump thump of a paddy 360 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:19,000 melon before so I don't want to go and spook one if they're about to go through 361 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,260 the trap so I'll just go in the morning. 362 00:30:35,220 --> 00:30:38,280 Yeah it's such a difficult place to get food. 363 00:30:44,730 --> 00:30:45,730 Hurt me, Tom. 364 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,300 Alone Australia is brought to you by Kia. 365 00:31:14,780 --> 00:31:19,100 Experience the ultimate human endurance as 10 contestants battle to survive 366 00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:23,540 alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, with the winner taking home a prize worth 367 00:31:23,540 --> 00:31:24,960 $250,000. 368 00:31:57,420 --> 00:31:59,100 I'm just about to check the trap. 369 00:32:00,140 --> 00:32:03,460 I'm not holding much hope that something's in it. 370 00:32:06,780 --> 00:32:07,780 All right. 371 00:32:09,780 --> 00:32:11,800 No action, it looks like. 372 00:32:15,540 --> 00:32:16,880 Oh, there is action. 373 00:32:17,940 --> 00:32:19,160 It's been set off. 374 00:32:21,660 --> 00:32:22,680 What happened? 375 00:32:26,350 --> 00:32:27,350 How did I? 376 00:32:32,230 --> 00:32:35,510 I don't know. I'm very, very interested to look at what the camera shows. 377 00:32:43,210 --> 00:32:43,650 What 378 00:32:43,650 --> 00:32:50,750 the 379 00:32:50,750 --> 00:32:51,750 hell is that? 380 00:33:02,350 --> 00:33:03,910 Chewing at the rope. 381 00:33:06,350 --> 00:33:08,010 Goes under the trip wire. 382 00:33:10,170 --> 00:33:11,550 They're all so smart. 383 00:33:15,670 --> 00:33:18,370 Has a chew at the trigger mechanism. 384 00:33:23,950 --> 00:33:24,950 Bloody hell. 385 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,820 So that thing would have left its scent all over the place. 386 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,260 So maybe the paddymelons are going to be giving this place a white birth for a 387 00:33:37,260 --> 00:33:38,139 little bit. 388 00:33:38,140 --> 00:33:41,320 It just unfortunately means that now I'm going to have to wait a few more days 389 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:46,140 until the paddymelons summon up the courage to go through here again. 390 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,860 So, yeah, it's pretty frustrating. 391 00:34:11,050 --> 00:34:14,409 Just look at that beauty. 392 00:34:21,290 --> 00:34:22,469 There she is. 393 00:34:27,469 --> 00:34:33,989 Makes me so happy having your platypus just come to visit every day. 394 00:34:44,780 --> 00:34:47,560 Can you hear me singing to you? 395 00:34:49,219 --> 00:34:51,699 Can you hear me singing? 396 00:34:52,659 --> 00:34:55,960 Can you hear me singing to you? 397 00:34:59,540 --> 00:35:02,180 I don't think she liked me singing to her 398 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:15,900 The day has come. 399 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,280 I am heading out to actually look for food. 400 00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:24,500 I want to stay for 90 days. 401 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:25,880 I need food. 402 00:35:26,380 --> 00:35:30,280 The sausage was not a resounding success. 403 00:35:31,100 --> 00:35:36,640 I vomited quite spectacularly. I'm going to go find something I can eat. I want 404 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:42,320 to go up this creek and see if I can find a big old fern. 405 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,880 Well a young old fern. 406 00:35:49,940 --> 00:35:55,020 I can get the middle out of it and have some carbohydrates tonight, which would 407 00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:57,120 be very welcome. 408 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,960 Oh, there's a little tree fern up there, amazing. 409 00:36:12,970 --> 00:36:15,530 I keep forgetting that I haven't really eaten anything. 410 00:36:16,130 --> 00:36:18,430 I think, oh yes, I'll just charge up that hill. 411 00:36:19,510 --> 00:36:21,350 Oh no, I won't. 412 00:36:22,150 --> 00:36:23,590 I'm not charging anywhere. 413 00:36:26,610 --> 00:36:29,210 I wasn't sure how my body would go out here. 414 00:36:30,990 --> 00:36:31,990 I'm 52. 415 00:36:32,890 --> 00:36:35,510 I mean, that's not young. 416 00:36:37,810 --> 00:36:40,710 I've been slow all day. 417 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:42,560 My muscles are heavy. 418 00:36:43,820 --> 00:36:45,900 I have very little energy. 419 00:36:51,580 --> 00:36:53,140 I'm sorry, Tree. 420 00:37:14,780 --> 00:37:16,260 There's the centre heart piece. 421 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:21,200 That's the edible bit. 422 00:37:23,180 --> 00:37:24,500 But it's so tanniny. 423 00:37:25,060 --> 00:37:26,460 There's no way I can eat that. 424 00:37:26,740 --> 00:37:27,740 Yes, it is. 425 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:40,760 What I'm going to do is boil them. 426 00:37:41,660 --> 00:37:45,770 And then once the tannins are leached out, I think this could be some good 427 00:37:45,770 --> 00:37:46,770 starch. 428 00:37:47,310 --> 00:37:54,230 Look how much tannin has already just come out of that. 429 00:37:56,430 --> 00:37:57,950 Actually, that's almost edible. 430 00:37:59,010 --> 00:38:01,410 I found food. 431 00:38:01,650 --> 00:38:02,650 Yay. 432 00:38:03,150 --> 00:38:04,690 But it's not much. 433 00:38:07,250 --> 00:38:09,070 I certainly worked hard for it. 434 00:38:09,290 --> 00:38:11,890 I definitely reckon I burnt... 435 00:38:12,250 --> 00:38:16,390 more calories than I'm going to get out of that little tree fern heart. 436 00:38:20,310 --> 00:38:23,390 But I'm going to need some protein and fat soon. I'm going to need to catch a 437 00:38:23,390 --> 00:38:26,550 fish or a wallaby or an eel. 438 00:38:29,650 --> 00:38:33,110 I do have a fairly well-developed predator inside. 439 00:38:34,130 --> 00:38:35,770 I need food, I'll hunt. 440 00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:57,830 Okay, the possum trap is finished. 441 00:38:59,050 --> 00:39:00,450 Locking log sits on top. 442 00:39:01,690 --> 00:39:05,030 So we just need a possum to wander past and decide it wants to go in there. 443 00:39:13,870 --> 00:39:18,230 We really need some meat so that we can stay out here hopefully the longest. 444 00:39:19,310 --> 00:39:20,510 The door slipped back there. 445 00:39:21,390 --> 00:39:22,550 It's gonna be a gap. 446 00:39:22,810 --> 00:39:27,130 here that they might be able to get out of so I might just get even two bits of 447 00:39:27,130 --> 00:39:28,570 timber laid out on top. 448 00:39:29,070 --> 00:39:33,210 It's so close to finished you just need to make it so the door doesn't pull 449 00:39:33,210 --> 00:39:37,230 forward or pull into the trap when the figure weights on it. 450 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:53,780 The saw just tapped me in the knee there. 451 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:56,720 Just check it's not bleeding. 452 00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:58,520 Feels like it could be. 453 00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:08,540 Three little sore teeth marks. 454 00:40:09,620 --> 00:40:12,660 There's almost nothing, but it could still get infected and send me home. 455 00:40:15,460 --> 00:40:16,840 So you know what was on that blade? 456 00:40:21,670 --> 00:40:26,810 Over my career as a vet, I've seen lots of small puncture wounds become filthy 457 00:40:26,810 --> 00:40:27,810 abscesses. 458 00:40:38,770 --> 00:40:45,350 So they're the three teeth blades, and I think it really just 459 00:40:45,350 --> 00:40:49,570 touched them, just that their teeth are so pointy that... 460 00:40:50,780 --> 00:40:53,180 two or three millimeter cut he knows how deep they went. 461 00:41:05,660 --> 00:41:08,620 I think putting chlorhexidine on it's going to help very much because then 462 00:41:08,620 --> 00:41:09,620 you're going to get the surface. 463 00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:17,040 Try and scrub it as deep as we can. 464 00:41:20,460 --> 00:41:21,560 I think that's about as good as we can do. 465 00:41:26,580 --> 00:41:30,320 If it gets infected, could be the end, that'd be a bummer. 466 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:56,380 Feeling very frustrated. 467 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,580 Just over nicking that knee with the saw. 468 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:12,720 Just hit the wall all of a sudden, 469 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:13,760 hey? 470 00:42:18,740 --> 00:42:20,440 But there won't be any quitting. 471 00:42:24,650 --> 00:42:26,750 I promised myself I wouldn't quit. 472 00:42:33,830 --> 00:42:37,330 My faith in God will encourage me to keep going. 473 00:42:42,970 --> 00:42:46,910 Dear God, please bless me with a possum in the next week or two. 474 00:42:47,650 --> 00:42:49,810 Some big meat catch. 475 00:42:50,530 --> 00:42:52,550 It will be a huge boost to my morale. 476 00:42:54,570 --> 00:42:55,570 Amen. 477 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:42,960 I had a good night. 478 00:43:45,620 --> 00:43:49,360 Dreaming of fish all night. Dreaming of fish and fishing. 479 00:43:49,980 --> 00:43:52,000 Fish, fish, fish, fish, fish. 480 00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:00,020 I have very little energy. 481 00:44:00,620 --> 00:44:03,240 So I need to catch food. I need to catch fish. 482 00:44:10,700 --> 00:44:12,860 I'm just watching my lines. There's nothing pinging. 483 00:44:18,300 --> 00:44:19,300 Oh, I see. 484 00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:20,640 I see. 485 00:44:22,740 --> 00:44:23,740 There she is. 486 00:44:24,980 --> 00:44:26,980 That's a sign. That's my bird. 487 00:44:30,980 --> 00:44:32,240 That's a good omen. 488 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,780 It's kind of cool feeling my hunter come on. 489 00:44:38,170 --> 00:44:43,710 It's a really different way of being. My senses sharpen and everything comes into 490 00:44:43,710 --> 00:44:45,030 very clear focus. 491 00:44:48,910 --> 00:44:49,910 I got a fish. 492 00:44:50,850 --> 00:44:52,570 Holy shit, I got a fish. 493 00:44:53,750 --> 00:44:54,750 Here we go. 494 00:44:55,410 --> 00:44:56,970 Ha, gotcha. 495 00:44:57,830 --> 00:44:58,830 Oh, my God. 496 00:45:00,190 --> 00:45:01,190 I got a fish. 497 00:45:04,210 --> 00:45:05,370 Oh, you little beauty. 498 00:45:06,030 --> 00:45:07,030 I got a fish. 499 00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:12,780 Oh, I got a fish. I'm eating fish for breakfast. Oh, my goodness. 500 00:45:13,900 --> 00:45:19,700 Oh, my God, my first real food in 20 days. 501 00:45:27,140 --> 00:45:33,860 I'm going to cook it all up in the pan so that I do not lose 502 00:45:33,860 --> 00:45:34,860 one. 503 00:45:35,210 --> 00:45:37,810 bit of juice or fat or anything. 504 00:45:39,170 --> 00:45:41,570 Fried fish skin fat. 505 00:45:41,970 --> 00:45:44,450 Oh my god, I'm so excited. 506 00:45:45,230 --> 00:45:46,690 Doesn't need to cook for long. 507 00:45:50,370 --> 00:45:51,430 Salt please. 508 00:45:52,130 --> 00:45:53,410 Don't mind if I do. 509 00:45:54,530 --> 00:45:56,610 Salted trout, holy shitballs. 510 00:46:04,350 --> 00:46:05,350 Alright, 511 00:46:08,950 --> 00:46:10,510 I reckon that's just about done. 512 00:46:13,350 --> 00:46:13,950 That 513 00:46:13,950 --> 00:46:26,930 is 514 00:46:26,930 --> 00:46:31,410 the most tender, exquisite flavour. 515 00:46:34,730 --> 00:46:35,730 Oh, my goodness. 516 00:46:36,850 --> 00:46:38,130 Food in my belly. 517 00:46:39,870 --> 00:46:42,290 That's such an amazing feeling. 518 00:46:43,310 --> 00:46:47,910 Even if it's days until I catch another fish, just to know that I can catch a 519 00:46:47,910 --> 00:46:49,630 fish here, game changer. 520 00:46:49,910 --> 00:46:56,530 It's just that deeper level of being at home here, being able to feed myself so 521 00:46:56,530 --> 00:46:58,590 that I can just basically stay as long as I want. 522 00:47:00,350 --> 00:47:01,350 Oh. 523 00:47:01,650 --> 00:47:02,650 Oh, my God. 524 00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:33,520 Right. 525 00:47:35,940 --> 00:47:37,740 Day 20, no food. 526 00:47:44,940 --> 00:47:49,700 Each time I've tried something here, I've spent a fair bit of effort and 527 00:47:49,700 --> 00:47:50,700 nothing works. 528 00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:53,660 And I've got some set lines out in the water. 529 00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:55,960 Right. 530 00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:01,300 That'll do it. But no so many fish. 531 00:48:03,210 --> 00:48:04,590 Stop playing hard to get. 532 00:48:05,750 --> 00:48:08,490 For me to win this, I have to get stuff. 533 00:48:09,590 --> 00:48:11,050 It rained most of the night. 534 00:48:11,390 --> 00:48:15,070 It's really muddy, harder to get to the riverbank, harder to land a fish too. 535 00:48:18,290 --> 00:48:20,870 This line looks a bit tighter than it was before. 536 00:48:23,270 --> 00:48:24,950 This line was slack before. 537 00:48:30,010 --> 00:48:31,010 Now it's tight. 538 00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:35,080 There comes the little bugger. 539 00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:41,560 Shit! 540 00:48:42,300 --> 00:48:43,840 Shit! There's a bloody eel on it. 541 00:48:44,820 --> 00:48:46,100 Come this way little bugger. 542 00:48:47,580 --> 00:48:49,440 Shit! Okay, I need a net. 543 00:48:50,100 --> 00:48:51,140 I need a landing area. 544 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:53,120 How well's he hooked? 545 00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:57,300 I've never actually caught a freshwater eel. I don't know how slimy they are. I 546 00:48:57,300 --> 00:48:58,820 know that they're supposed to be very slimy. 547 00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:10,180 He's well hooked. I want to drag him up on that area over there, but the line's 548 00:49:10,180 --> 00:49:11,180 not long enough. 549 00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:16,040 All right, kick. 550 00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:22,260 Shit, now it's caught around this bloody thing. 551 00:49:25,300 --> 00:49:27,380 All right, I might cut the line. 552 00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:29,320 Fuck. 553 00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:31,040 Tunchy business. 554 00:49:36,450 --> 00:49:41,950 This feels wrong, but it's going to prevent me from dragging it out in a 555 00:49:41,950 --> 00:49:42,950 poor spot. 556 00:49:43,530 --> 00:49:45,310 All right, I'm going to keep this in my teeth. 557 00:49:50,430 --> 00:49:53,790 Oh, no, he's caught around a bloody log. He's got to be fucking shitting me. 558 00:49:56,410 --> 00:49:58,370 Get off, you bastard. 559 00:50:02,250 --> 00:50:04,270 Okay, log can... Oh, okay, he's off the log. 560 00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:11,480 I lost it. 561 00:50:13,020 --> 00:50:14,020 Shit. 562 00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:16,920 Fuck. 563 00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:20,200 Shit. 564 00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:53,640 Beauty. Got to get food, got to get food, got to get food. 565 00:50:53,860 --> 00:50:54,860 I want to win. 566 00:50:56,400 --> 00:51:01,160 I am quite competitive. If someone dangles $250,000 in front of your face, 567 00:51:01,220 --> 00:51:02,480 you're sort of like, oh, yeah. Let's keep going. 568 00:51:02,740 --> 00:51:03,740 I can win this. 569 00:51:03,860 --> 00:51:04,860 Oh, wow. 570 00:51:05,340 --> 00:51:06,960 So many wallaby prints. 571 00:51:07,240 --> 00:51:12,680 I've got a system that can work and I can procure food, which is the game. 572 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:30,760 If you or someone you know needs support, contact Lifeline 13 11 14. 573 00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:35,400 Text 0477 13 11 14. 574 00:51:35,780 --> 00:51:37,720 Lifeline.org.au. 575 00:51:38,100 --> 00:51:39,120 Beyond Blue. 576 00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:42,120 1300 224 636. 577 00:51:42,700 --> 00:51:44,660 Beyondblue.org.au. 578 00:51:45,120 --> 00:51:46,120 Open Arms. 579 00:51:46,220 --> 00:51:47,900 Veterans and Families Counselling. 580 00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:51,480 1800 011 046. 581 00:51:51,980 --> 00:51:54,080 Openarms.gov.au.