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Kennedy thank you. Bye! Captions

Africa has been an emotional rollercoaster...

PETER: This is a moment we remember forever.

(SINGING)

..where challenging conditions left some teams like fish out of water.

Thinking of crawling.

And the biggest upset of the competition...

WOMAN: Proud of how far we've come, but our time is up.

..has given the underdogs a taste of victory.

Pete and Bridget, you are the first team to check in.

Brooke and Adam, you are the second team.

Well done.

Tonight, can the dark horses maintain their lead...

(YODELS)

..as the top five head deep into Namibia?

It's really giving me Lion King vibes out here.

Teams will discover ancient cultures...

How do you do this? Do you want to show me?

..in a landscape that will test them.

Said it's a little to the right.

Now, a little to the left.

And with the end in sight...

Running blind right now. It's not looking too good.

..every second matters.

Still in it. I can smell Bo.

It ain't over till the fat boy sings.

It's another beautiful day in Africa,

and our five remaining teams are departing

in the order they arrived at the previous pit stop.

Route marker. Drive to Omandumba.

In the heart of the mighty Erongo Mountains.

120 million years in the making, this place is simply stunning

and you never have it all quite to yourself.

You've got animals out there

and of course, the incredible San people.

One of the most ancient cultures on the planet,

they are the original desert living specialists.

With thousands of years of bush knowledge at their fingertips,

they continue to thrive.

This part of Africa is absolutely magic.

Welcome to the ninth leg of The Amazing Race Australia.

From coastal Swakopmund,

teams are driving 200km inland to Omandumba.

At the gates of the nature sanctuary,

they'll find their first clue.

There's also a speed bump for the team who came last

in the previous non-elimination leg.

I'm feeling good, but we have to pretend

that we're not leading,

that we're still trying to make up ground.

There's five teams remaining, and unbelievably,

one of those teams is the Green Team.

I think we're still reeling a little bit

from the Matildas not being here.

Yeah, that was a heartbreaking loss.

The room for error is getting smaller and smaller with less teams.

A bit like driving out west out Cobar.

True. It's got a bit of that feel too.

Yeah, but a distinct lack of kangaroos.

I've travelled a lot, man, but this trip, like...

This whole race has been such a buzz.

It's really giving me Lion King vibes out here.

Pride Rock, baby.

Oh, Zazu!

Zazu! Look at that!

(LAUGHS) Did you see him?

Mmm. (LAUGHS)

You just better be Pumba-ing away up the mountain today, alright?

(LAUGHS)

Yes! Yes.

Search for your next clue once through the Amandava gate.

Warning, speed bump ahead. OK.

Let's go. Cool.

Alright, let's go, Dopey. Righto.

Even though we're in last place,

we can't rush ourselves to do things.

It's not going to help us. Nup.

And realising those little mistakes that you make,

how much time they cost,

rather than getting it right the first time.

Yeah.

Here we go. There it is.

Speed bump.

Thorpie and Christian, not us.

Not us.

They are here.

Alright. Let's come here.

Route info.

Time for your bush initiation with the local game of Bokdrol Spoeg.

The sport of dung spitting. Ooh!

NARRATOR: The game of Bokdrol Spoeg, or dung spitting,

is a unique tradition.

It was invented by locals making fun with what was lying around.

Teams must collect dung pellets

the same size as the samples provided,

before placing these little nuggets in their mouths

and then spitting them into the target circle.

Once both team members have landed a piece of dung in the circle,

the judge will give them their next clue.

Oh, that sounds ominous.

Wow. Let's go.

Oh, let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Hey! Speed bump!

Look at the models! (LAUGHS)

Time for your bush initiation with a local game of Bokdrol Spoeg.

Ooh! Ooh!

Are they the pellets?

There's the circles, so we've got to collect...

It looks like poo.

What kind of poo do you reckon it is, Bridg?

See many animals around, um... Goats?

Oh, they're rabbit poo.

OK, let's go search.

What a challenge. We turn up...

Oh, they're big suckers.

First we have to go and rummage through the wilderness...

That looks like a freshie.

..for pieces of poo,

to stick in our mouth,

to spit them back out again.

Oh, hang on. They're pretty hard, but.

Yeah? Yeah, they're hard.

OK. Let's do it.

Oh, yeah, they are. These are perfect.

Oh, you got to find these? There's heaps over here.

Bro, they're not dung, that's...

Bro, they're proper ki'os, no way!

They're... (COUGHS)

Here.

There you go.

Oh, I swear, I said I'm not eating ki'o.

We need little ones. We'll get good dried ones.

Yeah.

There's a speed bump.

We've got one just here in front of us, Coco!

Let's go. Righto.

Oh, they're right behind us! Oh, no!

There it is, speed bump.

THORPE: I can't really move all that fast at the moment.

I've had shin splints.

It's kind of gone into my knee.

I am in pain,

but it's trying to do my best to block that part out.

Let's go.

You look good in that photo, Christian.

Thank you, boys. Very serious.

Alright, speed bump, mate.

Hey. What have we got?

Time for your bush initiation with a local game of Bokdrol Spoeg.

Ooh! Let's go.

Speed bump. OK.

For coming last in the previous non-elimination leg,

you have more poo work on your hands.

You must fill the provided container with dung to continue racing.

OK.

I need the heavy shit.

(RETCHES) That's too big! That's too big!

Tai, over here.

Got some over here.

Think good quality. These are good quality pellets.

Good quality pellets, these.

PETER: Is that a poo?

It kind of looks like a poo, but...

OK. Want to try?

We go over to the stadium,

and we need to spit our dung into that circle.

And it needs to remain in the circle.

It can't bounce out.

Hoo!

Tastes like tobacco, almost.

Dung spitting...

Oh, bounced out.

..it's so much harder than it looks.

I'm a little germaphobe, but I think...

I mean, that looks like... Just looks like a bit of...

You're more confident than I am. Tied grass.

They're in my pocket, you goose. OK.

My process for this

to get over the fact that I was going to put poo in my mouth

was to not really think about it.

Oh... Go that big one.

That bigger circle. Alright, go.

Poodie tongue. (LAUGHS)

Oh, wow.

BROOKE: I got this, hang on.

We have a competition at home -

who can spit their phlegm past the four-metre cement?

We don't want to spit on the cement. We don't want to spit on the cement.

And we're, again, pretty good at that.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Oh, yes! You got it!

You got one, OK.

This challenge, I was like, OK, I can do a golly,

I know it's not the most ladylike thing,

but we are from the country. We're spitting over the slab.

We were spitting over the slab.

(BLEEP) The wind is taking it.

Argh!

That's in!

(SIGHS)

There it...isn't.

Alright. Where do we go?

Alright, there we are, Dopey. Righto, rabbit poo.

Little rabbit poo circular things. Circular.

Alright, let's find some. Some old, some new.

Do you know where we're heading to? Any idea?

Judge? No, here, Christian.

We're going to have to be a lot smarter today

because we can't make up ground with speed.

Alright, we've got to fill this with dung.

There's some here.

But we first must complete our speed bump.

Won't take us too long, mate. Then we can catch up.

BROOKE: Yes!

Oh, too far!

There it is. Oh!

BRIDGET: I figured out pretty quickly

that the best poo to spit was the smaller, firmer poo.

The bigger, lighter poo didn't go as far

and took a lot more breath to try and get to that circle,

which wasn't super close.

You've always been a fan of the firmer stool, haven't you?

Yeah, I like a firm stool.

Hey, I got it in! Well done, Bridgie.

Yes!

Come on, come on. What one did you...

Oh, you got it too, hun! I got it!

Come and have a look.

Oh my God, that's all that spitting on the farm.

There and there.

Yes!

Thank you so much, mate. Welcome.

See you. Let's go.

OK. Good work.

Oh, detour. OK, detour.

Weapons or water?

NARRATOR: A detour is a choice between two challenges,

each with its own pros and cons.

In this detour,

our teams will encounter the extraordinary San people.

They rely on two things to sustain them in the desert -

weapons and water.

Teams who choose weapons will meet a local hunter

and follow his instructions.

To walk quietly and barefoot to the hunting ground,

where they will learn how to use a bow and arrow.

Both team members must master this ancient survival skill

and successfully hit the animal on the target.

Once each person scores a bullseye, they'll receive their next clue.

This here might quite possibly be

the world's oldest water bottle and holder.

And guess what it is? Ostrich egg.

I'll go first.

It still keeps the water cold. (SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE)

Teams who choose water will craft a water carrier from an ostrich egg.

Taught by the local women,

they will use traditional tools to replicate the sample carrier.

They must include the holder and stopper,

making sure not to crack the egg.

It's delicate work, but if they succeed,

they'll receive their next clue.

Thank you for having us.

And can I borrow that?

(SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE)

Oh, that's your one, is it? Sorry, darling.

Let's go hunting. OK, let's go.

PETER: Yes!

BRIDGET: Check. Check.

Yes! Thank you very much. Thank you.

Weapons or water?

I'm not a very good hunter. Are you?

Yeah, nah, let's do water. Water.

Just getting the wind.

I actually thought I'd be better at the dung spitting challenge.

The wind was going on. It was just all...

I had to line it up. It was... It was full on.

(COUGHS, RETCHES, SPITS)

I just fully tongued the poo.

All I hear is excuses.

He was shithouse at it.

There it is! Yes!

Come on, baby.

I don't know if that's... Is that poo?

Yeah, these are poo. It's just dried up.

Oh, it's got it.

Yes!

(LAUGHS)

Oh, I can't get it.

Go!

Yeah!

Woo! Spit it!

Yeah!

Thank you, brother. Thank you, brother.

Thank you, thank you.

We're dung with this.

Detour. Weapons. Weapons.

Oh, there's a good chunk over there too, mate.

Yay!

You don't need to run up. Oh, what's that?

So I'm getting very, very frustrated.

Oh, (BLEEP)

Cause I can't spit poo.

Like, don't... Look, I'm going...

So don't keep trying... Like, obviously that doesn't work.

So just keep trying to make different sounds

and you'll find it eventually.

(LAUGHS)

Come on.

Can't be spitting shit that gets us out.

I can't even go halfway.

And other people have left.

They've gone to the next challenge, so we're in a little bit of trouble.

Do you want some more?

No, no, got plenty.

(LAUGHS, GROANS)

BROOKE: Hello.

We're going to do weapons.

Yay!

I'm Adam. This is Brooke.

Tru. Cru?

Tru. Tru. Adam.

Lovely to meet you. Lovely to meet you, kids.

Hello, kids.

(SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE)

Here's hoping. Let's go. OK, let's go. Teach us.

(SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE) OK, yeah.

OK, yeah.

I feel like we've been getting through the language barrier with...

Really with signals. Smiles.

Smiling and... A smiley face says a lot.

And a thumbs up, yeah. And a thumbs up.

(SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE)

OK.

So no shoes? Take them off.

No shoes. OK.

That's alright. We can do this.

I'm excited about the idea of learning how to hunt

from a tribesperson.

OK.

I'm having a blast.

Barefoot in the African bush, following the tribespeople,

and we're being told "Shh, look around."

(QUIETLY) Oh, there's the monkeys up there.

Hey, monkeys.

Oh my goodness. This is so cool.

Look at that view.

Oh, look, there's the deer.

OK, you've got to get it, honey.

I've done a bit of hunting when I was growing up out at Cobar,

but that was 30 odd years ago.

I haven't done any since then.

I have no need to shoot anything.

And it was never with a bow.

Oh, that's the line. OK, OK.

He's saying down, down, down.

Yeah, yeah.

Yes, you got it!

Oh, yeah! I got the deer!

Yes! Wow, honey.

You know what I'm finding with Ads?

He's just... Can do everything.

I've nicknamed my husband Jason Bourne.

Seriously!

Oh, yes, yes! Now it's my turn now.

Can you teach me?

Going, oh my God, this is up to me now.

I'll jag it really quickly, or this could take forever.

OK.

You got this, hun.

Oh.

That was funny.

We are outside of supermarket shelves.

We don't do a lot of hunting at home.

We think we'll just play it safe and go to water.

I'm Pete.

Bridget.

Lovely to meet you.

(INDISTINCT)

We actually have to build the water carrier, which is the ostrich egg,

in a leather case.

And sticks holding the leather into the base.

And, obviously, they carry it with the big, long handles.

And there's some detailings that we have to use some egg to create,

like a button.

OK. Let's have a look at our belongings first.

They're obviously the needles.

Arts and crafts would probably be more my forte...usually.

This doesn't scream Bridgie, but I'll give it a whirl.

You usually got more modern equipment around you.

My job is to get these little buttons made,

which are quite finicky as well, which is not my my thing.

That's right.

This is going to take some time, I think.

There's part of me that feels like

I'm in a National Geographic documentary,

and part of me feels like I'm in an episode of Breaking Bad.

What's the Breaking Bad?

Well, just chopping up this powder and stuff.

I'm attempting to get, like, a little disc.

They're laughing at me again. Everyone's laughing at me.

In Namibia, these women were sitting there speaking their own tongue.

(SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)

Despite the fact there's an obvious language barrier,

they were able to help out and understand

most of what we were trying to ask of them.

Yes.

Sort of timing. Yeah. Yeah.

You must have super strength because I was doing this

and nothing was happening.

Can you get me some bigger ones then, please?

OSCAR: Some big ones that are a bit heavier.

They might travel a bit further. Oh!

Is that close? Close.

Time penalty. I thought about that.

No, we're not taking a time penalty.

CHRISTIAN: Oh, it's a huge clump up here, mate.

We're still stuck in that speed bump.

Maybe these ones here.

We have to collect animal poo and fill it to the brim of this bowl

before we can actually participate in this challenge.

THORPE: And we were there for a very long time.

Happy?

Thank you. Thank you, brother.

Thank you. Thank you, mate.

Thank you. Cool. Alright. Over we go.

Alright.

I think the only good thing in us collecting poo

was being able to hear and observe what the other teams were doing.

Don't use any lips.

So when we've completed the task, we're able to get there

and know what we're doing.

There we go. Yay! Good job!

Yay! Yes!

Yes?

Well done, Thorpie.

BOTH: Yeah! Thank you. Thank you, mate.

Let's go water. Yep. Water.

(BLEEP)

I don't think anyone can, like, push it that hard.

It's more just like the way it comes out.

Like, it needs to just, like, shoot out.

Something wrong with my breathing or my tongue

cause you can curl your tongue.

Everyone can curl their tongue, but guess what?

Time penalty is an option if we need it.

But we've got to take it soon if we're going to take it.

Yeah. We can make up time elsewhere.

I know it's an easy thing, but I don't reckon I can do it.

Do you want to take the time penalty?

Yeah. Sorry. That's alright. OK.

We'll take the time penalty.

If you take the time penalty, it will be 40 minutes on the mat.

Going to take the time penalty. Oh, well.

Thank you. Thank you, mate. That's alright.

Good rip, boy. Good rip.

Go on a detour. Good ol' detour. Righto.

Weapons or water?

Do weapons? Yeah.

Let's do weapons.

You're doing good. You're just warming up.

I think I'm out.

(SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)

Well, to be honest with you, we chose weapons

because we're a couple of weapons ourselves.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, you gotta be quiet.

It's gonna be hard for me to be quiet.

Shh!

Oh, shit!

Yeah. My feet hurt. (BLEEP)

That dark area over there.

That Mount Druitt? Oh! (BLEEP)

Oh, shit! (BLEEP)

We're feeling confident.

We were actually thinking we were actual warriors,

and we were going to use these weapons and just smash it out.

OK. OK. OK.

Oh, shit!

Too high, Loges, too high. Too high, too high.

A bit lower, a bit lower, a bit lower.

BOTH: Oh!

You have a go. Have a go at it.

You've bent all the arrows. No, I didn't.

I thought, you know what?

I'm going to kill this.

(CHUCKLES)

Well, I nearly made myself the target just then.

Yeah. It's not like... No, like this. Yeah. Like that.

Ah! I get it. OK.

The detours is all about choices.

Yeah. That's it. Alright.

And you've got to pick what you think is right for your team.

Whoa! Yeah, it's a good one. That's it.

And it might be something that's in your favour.

It might be something that's not in your favour.

Oh!

And now I think we're coming towards the end of the race,

the challenges are definitely getting more difficult.

Oh...

It's harder than I thought.

(BLEEP)

There goes another broken one.

BRIDGET: I think we need to work faster, though.

PETER: Yeah, I think... Well, I've got those two done now.

It's finicky, which is not my favourite thing.

This challenge is taking longer than we thought.

We have to build the water carrier, which is the ostrich egg,

in a leather case.

It says Frank Green on the side.

Hi. Hey, guys.

We decided to do the water challenge

because we thought it was less physical.

Nice to meet you.

The number one weakness for Thorpie

is probably just as a result of different injuries that he's had

that may limit him physically.

So this gives us an opportunity to make up some ground.

Are they already pre-cut? Yeah.

Sweet.

That's Thorpie from the Olympics. Gold medals?

You don't reach the dizzying heights that Thorpie has

without having this inner strength

that just pushes you through pain barrier after pain barrier...

Swimmer. Swim.

Not like that, mate.

(CHUCKLES)

His technique was a little bit better, sure.

..so beware the wounded champ.

Hi. Is this the right way?

How do you do this? Do you want to show me?

We're trying to work through this particular challenge

as efficiently as we can,

whilst completely soaking up

what was a beautiful moment with the Khoisan people.

Pretty incredible, huh?

(SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)

You know, this is part of being on the Amazing Race -

experiencing things that you never thought you would do.

Namibia has now become a place that I want to be able to return to.

I didn't care about the race in that moment.

It felt really special to be accepted

by these people in that moment,

and to have that moment with the Khoisan people

is one that I'll treasure forever.

Just get your get your footwork right, get your footwork right,

and then just really pop it.

Oh!

You know what? Right now I am just...

I think I'm just getting the technique right.

Yeah.

Hi. Oscar.

Kotoka. Kotoka.

We chose a hunting detour because the water one sounded quite fiddly.

Yeah.

And that is one thing we've learnt - is that the fiddling things

is not good for us.

Take your shoes off. Shoes off.

Oh, this is gonna hurt.

Barefoot.

I've seen tribesmen on TV,

but I've never actually met and gone hunting with a tribesman.

All of a sudden, you go, "Wow, this is interesting."

Oh, we're looking for something with horns and a tail.

And a tail. Alright.

Hang on a second. OK, that's all we're hunting.

Ah, I get you. OK. Ooh!

Ow! (CHUCKLES)

My feet are soft.

Oh!

We've got to walk on these paths, which is like standing on Lego.

If I'm going to the local cafe or to the surf club,

I wear thongs or shoes.

Yeah, I've got a couple of old war injuries, I suppose, from footy.

So I just don't walk around in bare feet.

Can you feel it? No. No.

I've got hard feet.

That's the problem - I haven't worn around bare...

..walked around bare feet for about 20 years.

Because of your soft, privileged feet, we can't get anywhere.

Shh! You're gonna scare the animals.

I am doing one kilometre an hour, I reckon, Oscar.

Yeah. You were hitting negatives at some point.

And we've got a big time penalty at the end, which we need to serve,

so we know that we need to get in front of other teams

by at least 30 minutes.

I started to add a bit of pressure and did panic.

We can hear them.

BRIDGET: Can you just see how these are tied up, though?

It shouldn't be that hard to just have a look.

PETER: The two ends go through the same slit

and cross over each other.

I've been married for 21 years.

We know what each other is good at,

so there's no point two people trying to have their hands

in an ostrich egg harness.

I've always said that.

Judge?

Our water carrier.

(CHUCKLES) Thank you so much.

Yeah!

Thanks, Petey boy. (CHORTLES)

Oh, well done!

Route marker. "Head to the animal research station

"to work with the conservationists on their duties."

NARRATOR: When the African sun goes down, the wildlife comes out.

In this challenge, teams will help researchers monitor animal movements

on the reserve.

Teams will catch a lift to the Animal Research Centre,

where they'll watch trail cameras from the previous evening.

Using a reference,

they must identify 10 animals that visited the reserve at night.

And with over 17 species of deer alone,

attention to detail is vital.

If teams can correctly identify all 10 animals in the footage,

they'll receive their next clue.

Exciting! Let's go! Awesome!

Oh! Oh!

Ooh, closer!

Approaching the wild Bam.

Tonight we feast.

He looks like a walking iguana. (CHUCKLES)

OK.

Ooh!

No. Wrong way.

The pressure is so intense in this race,

especially when you have to do it on your own to get the next clue.

Intensify that when you're in a race and you're going,

"Oh, will I be able to do it?

"Will I be able to pull back a bow and arrow?"

Like, these are things that we're not doing every day.

And it really is that thing of digging deep and going,

"I just can't give up."

Oh, well, I've got to keep going till I get it.

Yes! Oh!

You're joking.

Yes! You helped me!

Oh!

Thank you, kiddies. We're doing a dance.

We're doing a dance. We're doing a dance.

I got it, I got it!

Yay!

You're funny. I like you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Yes! Thank you.

OK. "Head to the animal research station

"to work with the conservationists on their duties."

Let's go. OK.

(SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)

Hey! Good?

Thank you.

THORPE: I find it fascinating that something that is so fragile

is carrying something that is literally the difference

between life and death.

Yeah. OK. Check, please. Check.

OK. Yeah!

Thank you. Here we are.

Here we are. Thank you.

Bye. Thank you.

Bye.

Three, two, one, go!

"Head to the animal research station to work with the conversationist

"on their duties."

OK, we've got to go. Let's go!

OK. Let's go this way.

Yeah!

Oh. (BLEEP)

Uh, he said it's a little to the right.

Now a little to the left.

Oh!

Good start. Good start.

Oh, it's a bit low.

Like that?

Up. Up.

Up a bit here.

I used to have Nerf guns, and I would always shoot my sisters,

so I'm not a bad shot, actually.

Come on, mate.

Yes!

Good. Good. Good.

Yes!

Oh! Got him! Got him!

Bang!

Yeah!

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

You're a great teacher. Thank you.

Two big hunters.

Whoo! Good rip.

Here we go.

"Head to the animal research station to work with conservationists."

Wow! Let's go.

Bam Bam and Logan were there before us, and they are still there

and we are off.

Alright, come on, Loges. We need this now. We need to get it.

OK. This one's a kiss of death.

Oh!

We kept snapping arrows. We kept breaking arrows.

We kept missing arrows.

This is a rough challenge.

Oh, this is hard, man.

This is very hard.

It's nerve racking now.

(BLEEP)

Hello!

Welcome to Omandumba.

Thank you. This is the ancient part of Namibia.

PETER: We arrived at a challenge, and we're neck and neck

with Brooke and Adam.

Let's go. Hop in. Let's go.

So we feel like we're equal first, basically,

which is actually surprising.

It just shows that we can potentially win this.

BRIDGET: Brookie. You're right there!

Hello.

So now we're heading to an animal research station

where we're going to look at animals filmed that morning in the area

and identify those animals using a handbook they've given us.

Hello. G'day. G'day.

Welcome to our animal research station.

Thanks for having us.

Got the footage this morning.

Please write down the animals.

You can rewatch the video as many times,

but you can't pause the video.

OK, but we can let it flow through. You can.

OK.

OK, let's do this.

Let's do this thang.

It is a bit like being back at school, isn't it?

It feels pretty much back at school and I was never good at school.

No. Me neither.

I just couldn't sit still. I struggled.

I used to deliberately get kicked out of class

so I could go and play guitar in the hallway.

But right now we're in front, so we can't slack off here.

We've just got to keep going.

Oh, that's a... That's this guy. Honey badger.

Honey badger. Oh, shit!

This challenge, we think, is going to be pretty easy.

Some animals are obviously very easy to recognise -

elephants, lions, zebras.

But then when you start getting to the nitty gritty

of springboks, impalas...

Is that a deer or is it an impala?

And there's all different kinds of breeds.

We're looking at the markings on faces and stripes and spots.

Noah couldn't recognise this many animals.

What's this little bugger?

It's really dark vision.

Hurry up. Come on. Come on, us.

Oh! Oh!

We thought we were hunters.

I think we just got to stick to the gathering

because hunting is not our strong point today.

Keep my eye on the prize.

Yes! It's got to be it.

Got it. It has to be.

Hey, hey, hey! Hey!

If we joined the tribe, I wouldn't be this big.

I'd be missing a lot of calories.

Now my turn.

Now I've got to get this.

Oh!

This is hard, man.

Let's go.

Take your time. Just get it in.

Got it.

Yeah! Whoo-hoo!

Yes!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Route info.

"Head to the animal research station

"to work with the conserve...serve...

"..servanationalist."

Conservationist.

I've got shit in my mouth. That's why.

It sort of had a body like this, though.

Oh, these are hard!

Is it? Something's wrong with the spots.

So maybe it's this one.

That looks like a cat.

Yeah. It's a genet. Large spotted genet.

Thank you.

Welcome to our animal research station.

Good to meet you, mate. How are you?

Research station - follow that way.

Thank you, mate. Thank you, mate.

Is there a clue or what does it say here?

Alright.

Alright.

Hopefully the fact we're both pretty good boys at school...

Yeah. ..is gonna come into play here.

So, the elephant... We're good on the elephant.

There's only one type here.

I did most of...well, a lot of my school, I had to do it from home.

Um, zebra.

Because of my swimming career,

there was a period where I was home schooled.

I missed 102 of 200 days at school.

I was flying around the world training,

trying to fit this all in, you know.

It was doing exams on planes and things like that.

That is a small spotted genet.

We kind of made up some time if we get this right.

There's an opportunity.

We're moving through this pretty quickly too.

Don't be so confident.

The tricky thing about this challenge

is they're not telling you

what you got right and what you got wrong.

Just that you are wrong. How about this?

Getting closer, but still incorrect.

Getting closer.

Um, check, please.

So every time you change something,

you're not sure if you're changing the right one.

So everyone's just changing one thing and checking.

Check. Check, please. Check, please.

It's still incorrect. OK.

So that's unfortunately incorrect. That's OK.

Check.

Still incorrect. Sorry.

Is it on the hurdle?

It's still the same.

There's a lot of checking going on, a lot of failing.

I'm thinking about taking my kids out of school after this.

Check.

Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, teacher. Come on, teacher.

Yes!

Thank you. Oh, my God!

Have we got A's? You're my favourite teacher.

You are. Thank you, mate. See ya. Thank you, sir.

Wasn't a springbok. It was an impala.

We went through every impala looking thing, and I've decided...

Yes.

..that impalas, springboks, steinboks, all of those,

they're just deers that are wearing different hats.

Got the answers here. Sucked in!

Good job!

"Route info.

"Travel to Spitzkoppe National Park and scale the boulders

"of The Dome to find your next clue."

NARRATOR: Teams will drive to Spitzkoppe National Park,

get an entry ticket...

Thank you.

..then find the geological wonder The Dome.

They must scale this enormous granite boulder

and at the top they'll find their next clue.

Let's go.

Yep. This our car?

OK.

Good job, hon.

Oh, that was tough!

Impalas - they nearly had us stitched up, didn't they?

Conservationist. Yes. We're conservating.

Conserving...conspiracy.

Thank you, my brother. Nice to meet you, sir.

You can't pause the video, but you can watch it again and again.

You can watch it again and again.

Again and again and again.

There's a few hyaenas running around in Mount Druitt.

Our mate over here wasn't the best student.

His report card used always say,

"Easily distracted...

"..and distracting others."

Bridge was the cheerleader.

One that would never look at you.

Is that a wild dog? No, jackal.

Jackal?

Check. Yeah.

(GROANS) Don't joke with me.

Oh, thank you! Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Well done. You're a hard teacher, but fair.

And that was an enthralling lesson. Thank you.

Pete would have been a teacher's pet.

"Scale the boulders of The Dome to find your next clue."

We're going to do some climbing. Let's go.

Let's do it.

Is that...

Incorrect, sir?

Wrong.

You spelled "hyaena" wrong.

Ha ha!

Just distracting people.

Like old times.

BILLY: And we're at G, waterhole.

Give me G.

Yeah. See how the eyes go black and down?

Yeah, genet. But the ears...

Must be leopard. Leopard, mate. It's a leopard.

Check. Please. Check .

You know what I got at school? I got the cane.

Check.

Still wrong. It's still wrong.

We... Do we know which bit?

I'd rather have six of the best canes on my bum,

on my hand, wherever you wanted to...

(SIGHS)

..than going through this challenge,

It was, again, so frustrating.

On top of all this, we've got a time penalty at the end

which we need to serve.

The pressure's on.

Come on. Come on.

Do something.

I just don't know what we're doing wrong.

BILLY: This challenge is a bit harder than what we thought.

We've fallen a bit behind.

We're at the back of the pack,

trying to get ahead of Thorpie and Christian

and Bam and Logan.

Still in it, we're still in it, so we just need to smash it over.

Exactly.

That's the honey badger.

Check, please, mate.

How did we go, Timmy? Timmy!

All there, mate. Let's have a look.

It's correct.

Hey! Oh, thank you.

Thank you, mate. Good work.

Thank you.

Good rip, boy. Good rip.

"Travel to Spitzkoppe National Park

"and scale the boulders of The Dome to find your next clue."

Righto. Let's go. Let's go.

This has been the best adventure.

It really has been.

Also, I want to...

I want to get as far as we can in this race.

Yeah. I can smell it. It's so close.

Aha, honey.

Found it. We found it.

We need to purchase our tickets. OK.

Hello? Hello?

WOMAN: Oh, hi, how are you? Hi.

Good, thank you. Are we at the right place?

Yes. Woo hoo!

Yes! Welcome to Spitzkoppe.

I will explain the map for you. I have a map.

We need to go to the dome. You'll find your way in there.

Thank you. There you go.

OK. Down this little road.

OK, thank you.

Wow, look at this! Whoa!

Oh, what a day!

This is insane.

Let's go, hon. Let's go, honey.

We're in front. There's no cars around.

Oh my God, look at this.

(LAUGHS) Beautiful.

We're going, "Holy hell",

looking ahead of what we had to do, which was walking that mountain.

It was quite overwhelming,

but it was also quite breathtakingly beautiful.

Come on. Feel the burn!

You know what?

Whenever I do finally end up getting on the treadmill,

I never have it this far inclined.

No. Why would you?

Oh my gosh, hang on.

Oh, yeah. Heart rate's up.

OK.

It's just there. I can see it.

Quick breather? Yep.

OK.

We've had moments throughout this whole entire time

we've been here on The Amazing Race,

pinching ourselves, going...

We're in Africa. ..we're in Africa.

We've made sure a few times that we've just stopped

and taken it in.

Oh my gosh, this is so cool!

Let's do it together. Yeah.

Yes, yes, yes.

There we go.

We're on a mountain. We're on a mountain.

It's very high. Very high.

We're unfit. Yeah.

But we got here.

Yeah. We got...

Route info. Route info.

"Make your way to the natural wonder known as 'The Bridge'

"and search for Beau at your next Pit Stop.

There are eight wonders of the world,

and the Spitzkoppe Bridge in Namibia should be the ninth.

Formed more than 100 million years ago,

this granite rock spans almost 30m.

Sculpted by the harsh weather conditions

that make this landscape unique,

this gravity-defying curiosity is the magnificent pit stop

for the ninth leg of The Amazing Race Australia.

Hurry, the last team to check in may be eliminated.

Oh, let's go down the hill!

The Helliars have just pulled up. Yeah.

It should be coming up on your left.

(YODELS)

Brooke and Adam are our biggest competition now.

They just seem to get every challenge first or second go

and then they're off and racing.

Wibbly wobbly. Yeah.

PETER: We're thinking surely this may be the last challenge

before we head to the Pit Stop.

Please let it be the last challenge.

Let's just make one last push up this mountain.

This is going to be a hard climb.

Got a steeper one, this one, I think.

We'll be right.

We're still a bit ahead of these other teams.

We are, two teams we're in front of.

Yep. Every minute counts.

We want to win.

If we're in something, we're in it to win it.

Now we're racing the clock.

We've got to... Still got to serve that time penalty.

Oh, that might hurt us, Os.

Yep, so we just need to get everything done quickly.

Yeah. And sit and wait.

And then we sit and wait.

It looks a bit like Uluru. Yeah.

Leopard.

Spotted hyaena. Yeah.

It's the black-faced impala.

So we've got two hyaenas.

We're very much of the mindset of

it's less about winning and more about not coming last.

100% honey badger. Honey badger.

Happy.

Oh, wow! Nice surprise.

Thank you. Correct.

Appreciate it. Cool.

"Scale the builders of The Dome to find your next clue."

And then, what's that? Hyaena.

If this is not it, then my schooling days is done.

Oh. That's correct.

Congrats.

Man, thank you, brother. Thank you.

"Scale the boulders of The Dome."

Come on.

PETER: The clue's there.

Looks like there's four left.

We're second, at this point.

"Hurry! The last team to check in may be eliminated!"

Let's go.

We are still hot on Brooke and Adam's tails.

We are in this.

BROOKE: OK.

Let's do this.

Little zig zag.

ADAM: You're doing good. Yeah.

We've got to find Beau.

Don't fall. Don't ruin your race now.

I think for a while, we were, like, just hoping to survive.

And now we're... We're in it to win it.

I think that's what The Amazing Race is about.

Actually discovering that you can do more than you thought you could.

We've got the bridge. It's on this road.

I can smell Beau. Oh, yeah.

He's smelling tasty.

Only one team ahead of us.

BRIDGET: Quickly! Go go go go!

Hey, Benjamin. So you live here? Yeah.

Namibia. Namibia.

Namibia. I love Africa so much.

Have you been to Australia? No.

If you come, let me know. Sure, OK.

Yeah, look after you.

Oh my God, I see it! I see the flags!

Good job, good job! Yes!

That way, it does look like it's a little bit round.

We may see a bridge.

PETER: Brooke and Adam are ahead of us.

We're pretty optimistic that we can catch them.

We may well bloody win this thing.

There's a little bridge over there. I can see, like, a...

Oh, yeah. That looks like it'd be a bridge.

BROOKE: Come on.

Teams are coming.

Our race. Oh, God. Here it is.

Alright.

They've hidden him today. Hidden him. He's hiding.

Oh, Beau? Oh, Beau, where did you go?

We're surprising ourselves constantly.

We're good. We want to win this for Rural Aid.

Oh, there's another flag. PETER: Another flag.

Can you hear them? Yeah.

Can you see them?

Can you see anyone?

BROOKE: Honey, it's through here. ADAM: You right?

Yeah, hang on.

What colour is it? Quick!

Oh my God. Oh, what a spot.

Wow! Whoa!

Oh my gosh!

Hello!

Welcome to Spitzkoppe.

Thank you for having us. Thank you for having us.

It's great to be here.

Brooke and Adam,

you are the first team to check in.

Yeah!

Good job. Good job.

At the front. I don't know what's happened.

Every time we head to the outback, you guys find your groove, though.

We do. (LAUGHS) We are more comfortable in the bush.

We are, actually. Especially on dirt roads.

It's kind of our thing.

Hotel upgrade.

I forgot about that! Yes!

It's great to see you smiling.

Every time I see you, your smile gets bigger.

Keep smiling and I'll see you again very, very soon.

Thanks, Beau!

We're coming first.

It's proof that this race isn't just...

About one thing.

I've always said from the beginning of this race,

just don't come last.

But now we want to come first.

Thank you. Good on you, mate. Bye.

You might...

BRIDGET: It's just another little challenge.

Just to get through.

I see Beau.

Oh, what a great bridge.

Welcome in Spitzkoppe.

Thank you. Thank you.

Pete and Bridget,

you are the second team to check in.

Well done. Great job.

No celebration, just a little nod of approval.

No, it's business is business end, mate.

It's business end, very well done.

Sorry, sorry. There you go!

It was a long, exhausting day. It really was.

But to finish second, we're stoked.

We're now in the top four.

Game face on. Let's get this done.

Good job. Well done. Thanks, brother.

Really good, really good.

Keep moving. Keep moving through there.

Beautiful.

OSCAR: Uh, turn here to go to reception.

Hello. Hi. How are you?

Fine, how are you? Oh, lovely.

Welcome to Spitzkoppe.

So, reception. This is where you are.

Yes. Where the rest of your group is.

Righto. Thank you.

Thank you. Good on you, darl.

Bye.

I've still got to serve that time penalty,

so every minute is crucial.

Those are the marker here.

There's the marker? Yeah.

Put your shoes on. Yeah.

Leave it. Right.

In a race like this, anything can happen at any point.

Oh, shit.

You right? Yep.

At the end of the day, it's the team getting to the pit stop together.

I've got to push through this. I've got to push through this,

little, little steps and just get to the end.

Put you here for a second.

Oh, three.

Ooh!

How good.

Got a bit of an energy boost knowing that we're ahead of two other teams.

"Make your way to the natural wonder known as The Bridge

"and search for Beau at your next Pit Stop.

"Hurry! The last team to check in may be eliminated!"

Oh, let's go!

No one's here from fourth or fifth? Yeah, we're third, Dopey.

Third, but...

We just need to get in. We know there's a time penalty.

The biggest thing that's differed

from my previous idea of what The Amazing Race was all about

is that no matter where you are, you are always in with a chance.

Pretty much running blind right now.

Do not know where we are going.

It's not looking too good.

I think we're in last position.

Nerve-wracking now.

We want to bring that $100,000 back and put it into the community.

It ain't over till the fat boys sing.

We only have five teams left before the finale.

These teams, they might get upset. We've been away a long time.

Do you get emotional? Do you cry much?

Not much? No.

Alright, let's go see Beau. Righto, let's go see Bowie boy.

Oh, we've got a team now.

I'll just carry it at the front.

Bowie! Here we are.

Oh, Billy and Oscar, you are the third team to arrive.

However, because you did not complete the spitting challenge,

you will serve a 40-minute penalty.

Your time starts now, boys. Please be seated.

Beautiful. Thanks, mate. Thank you.

You could be out of this great game,

The Amazing Race, because I can't spit poo.

Imagine going back home.

"How did you go?"

"Oh, I was alright, except I can't spit poo", like...

That's what got us. Yeah, exactly. That's what got us.

Poo would be our downfall on the race.

And we're just hoping that

Thorpie and Christian and Bam and Logan have gotten lost.

LOGAN: Definitely falling behind here.

So it's not looking too good at the moment.

You know, when times get hard, obviously, we think of our family,

but we're here to represent

and we're in this to win for our charities.

We're here to take that $100,000 back to SRAC

and put it back into the community.

We've just got to get out there and have a good red-hot crack.

CHRISTIAN: There's always so much that can change

in the final minutes and hours of each race.

And we watched a lot of good quality teams get eliminated.

We need to really focus on what we're doing.

We know that we can't afford to make any mistakes.

THORPE: I want to be in the final,

not only for myself, but for Christian,

and to be able to deliver a big fat cheque to Reachout.

And for more people to know exactly what Reachout does.

We're going right up here. Left, mate.

No, I feel like we're going the wrong way for that.

Hello, Hi. Hello.

Welcome to Spitzkoppe.

Thank you.

Yes. So, currently, this is where you guys are.

Yes. Yes, don't get lost.

Thank you. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Now we're on track.

Now we're heading off to...

..to conquer this dome.

Yeah, I know what you're thinking.

Yes, he did used to be a professional athlete.

Yeah. (LAUGHS)

Great radio host, too. Yeah.

Big fan of the show.

Thank you, Beau.

Alright, let's go.

We're willing to do anything to make it into the grand final.

Let's go, Loges.

We've left our family behind.

Logan's never spent this time away from his kids.

All day, Loges.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Let's go.

Keep pushing, keep pushing, keep pushing.

And we're here to show our kids and our community that, you know,

if you have a crack, you can get it done.

There is more to life than just staying in one place

and being happy with what you've got.

We've got this last bit to stay in the game.

We are not going to lose. We are not.

This is not an option.

'Make your way to the natural wonder known as The Bridge

"and search for Beau at your next Pit Stop."

"Hurry! the last team to check in may be eliminated!"

Loges, there was one more clue in the box,

that means another team hasn't come.

These racers have got no respect.

You know what I mean? You got to learn it at home.

Look at this. I only got one of these.

They can't even get me a bloody spare mat.

OSCAR: We've got a time penalty. It's a long wait.

I'm not a patient person, am I, Oscar?

No, you are not. Nup. It's not you at all.

I know. But I've tried to be a patient person in this race.

The moon looks like a pupil, like, in the eye.

BAM BAM: We're, uh, we're rushing to the pit stop.

Last or not, shit, I love you.

This is what we do this for. I love you too, bro.

Let's go, Loges.

Pit stop here.

There's two more teams left.

This could be emotional here.

All day, Loges. Let's push.

Nearly there. Nearly there.

BILLY: Come on. No one coming, come on, come on.

Come on, time! Go quicker, go quicker.

And then we see some movement.

Let's go, Loges.

And we think, "Oh, no!"

Welcome to Spitzkoppe.

Thank you, brother.

Bam Bam and Logan,

you are the fourth team to arrive.

But you are the third team to check in.

(SIGHS) We good? You're good.

Yeah!

So we're safe? You are safe, brother.

You don't believe me? They don't trust me.

Bro, I don't know. You are, you are safe.

No, you are safe, but I've got another...

(LAUGHS) See?

No, I've got... I've got nothing for you, mate.

No surprises today. You are... You deserve a rest.

See you again soon, hey? Good to see you boys.

My white shirt again! Bro!

You always get a lot of stuff. on my favourite shirt.

Sorry, uss.

OSCAR: A lot can happen on this race.

We're just hoping that Thorpie and Christian

don't also make their way up onto the mat,

because then we're done.

Did you read that sign just then?

No. I couldn't read it.

I hope it wasn't a left turn.

I'm really hoping we're not the last team here.

Billy and Oscar have a time penalty.

That could be something that could save us from being eliminated.

We're not ready to go home yet.

OSCAR: The pressure's on.

It's agonising. Slow. Slow.

Like watching paint dry. Yeah.

We're just hoping that Thorpie and Christian

don't also make their way up onto the mat.

BEAU: Billy and Oscar, please step back on the mat.

Come on, Oscar.

Here we are. Here we go.

Billy and Oscar, after serving your penalty,

you are the fourth team to check in.

Yes. Well done. Still alive.

Safe, safe. Yes, still alive.

You don't want to go home, mate. You're not ready to go home.

Not ready yet. We ain't done.

You ain't done. Ain't done yet.

Bring it here. Well done.

Well done, mate.

It feels amazing not to be eliminated.

We were... Thought we were done. Yep.

It was so close.

It was a nervous wait, but we're still in,

and we're top four.

Top four!

Brother! Yo, how are you?

Good, how are you? Reception is closed, man.

It's OK. Let's see.

"Route info, The Dome is closed.

"Make your way directly to the pit stop. Find Beau."

Let's go, mate.

When I look back on the time that we've shared together

throughout this race,

I can see that Ian's been able to show vulnerability in a way

that we probably wouldn't be able to experience as much back home.

He's been able to challenge himself physically, mentally, emotionally.

We've been able to share in all of that together,

and to do that at the age that we are now,

you don't get opportunities like that too often,

so I'm really grateful.

THORPE: I'll get... I'll get that. Eh?

I was gonna say, I'll get that. That's OK.

We've raced all throughout Namibia, and I'm not ready to leave yet.

I want to stay in this race.

I want us to continue to experience things together,

and it hits me that this might be the end.

Welcome in Spitzkoppe.

Thank you. Thank you.

How are you?

Thorpie and Christian, you are the last team to check in.

Unfortunately, boys, your time on The Race is over.

Sure.

The race has been incredible.

Um, we're... We're disappointed with the result.

Um, but, you know, we had a great day today.

We've had a lot of great days on this race.

And part of the reality of not being able to move, you know,

kind of could see something like this happening as well.

Um, so it's disappointing,

but there's some great teams that are left out there, great people.

You guys have been best mates forever.

Must be sad it's over.

Yeah, it's disappointing.

There's so much more to go with the race.

I think there's four teams left now.

New destinations, new experiences for them to experience.

I'm proud. I'm proud of Thorpie, particularly today.

He really pushed through today and we had a new approach,

a new attitude and got a lot more out of ourselves

despite finishing in last position.

It was a positive day for us, so I'm glad to finish on that note.

You've been injured for a little bit, mate.

You could have left legs ago, but you didn't.

We're here for Reachout Australia.

This is for people who are going through mental health challenges.

The first place that young people go to is the internet.

That's where Reachout Australia is.

And, you know, we reach millions of young people with issues

from what may be everyday struggles or challenges

to the more serious things like suicide.

You know, I wish there was something like Reachout when I was younger,

but I was also here for Christian.

Um, I was also here to challenge myself.

You've achieved a lot in your life, mate.

You've done it all at the top level.

It's been wonderful having you.

Thank you mate. Thanks, Beau.

Thanks for everything.

This has been an absolute joy,

to be able to experience what we have.

I'm really grateful and loved it.

Thank you mate. See you, buddy.

Thank you.

BEAU: Next time on The Amazing Race Celebrity Edition.

BAM BAM: Oh, yeah baby! Thailand!

The final four...

Let's go, we gotta hustle.

..will be tested in Asia.

The village is completely on water?

Oh, my God, you really can't breathe.

And with the end in sight...

Let me get closer. Oh, I got goosebumps!

..one foot wrong...

The boat has broken down.

Oh my God, of all the days!

..could cost the team a spot in the finale.

(GROANS)

Oh, my God!