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The goal is to get home by nightfall.

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I'm exhausted.

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Oh! What is that?

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Oh, it's a platypus.

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Wow.

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I'm very glad to be here.

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I want to be out here for 90 days.

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MIKE: Oh, yes.

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Definite pademelon.

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Make that trap now while the animal is there.

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Quicker I finish this, quicker I could possibly be eating it.

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Starting to feel how harsh this place can be.

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It's like a camp trip from hell where you just can't leave.

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Man, my brain is scattered.

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Starting to lose a bit of hope on my abilities to catch food out here.

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Suddenly going downhill very, very fast.

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Fuck this. I'm over it. I'm fucking over it.

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MAN: We're halfway to the South Pole. We're going to be totally alone.

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WOMAN: It's Tasmania.

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It's cold, it's rain, it's snow.

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WOMAN: We're all going to leave changed forever.

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Yeah!

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MAN: Mother Nature's kicking my arse.

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Ahh!

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MAN: This experience...

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(GROAN) You fucker!

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..is just as much a mind game...

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Oh, my heart...

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..as it is a survival game.

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Check it out.

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Whoa!

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Is there another way?

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MAN: Ooh-hoo.

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WOMAN: $250,000 prize would change my life.

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(EXHALES)

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Man, yesterday afternoon was just emotionally challenging.

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I've never experienced a hunger like this before.

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The environment is perfect.

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It's just the...what the lack of food is doing to my mind.

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And a lot of ways that scares me. I don't like it.

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What the hell is the answer here?

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Like, how do I continue this journey...

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..and keep achieving my motives

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if I can't fuel my brain?

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Just need a sign... it's going to be alright.

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Maybe I'm not as mentally resilient as...

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..I thought I'd grown to be.

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This is just unfortunately the end of my time here.

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Yeah.

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You're fucking kidding me.

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Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

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That fishing line is moving.

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I kid you not.

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Oh, no way!

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Come on, come on. Come on, come on, come on.

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Come on. Come on.

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What the fuck?

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Oh!

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No shit.

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What the hell?

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I feel like I should be more excited, like...

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But I'm...I'm absolutely in shock.

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Unbelievable.

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Look at these eggs.

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Oh, no way.

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Look at that.

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That is absolutely nuts.

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Wow.

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I'm just going to soup it up, the whole thing.

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OK.

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They can go in like that.

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Don't never, not ever, give up.

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Oh!

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Food's in the belly.

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Morale is higher.

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Positivity.

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There's nowhere else I want to be right now than here,

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and that's honestly the truth.

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Hmm.

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GINA: Today,

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I need to air...

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..my everything.

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I just need air on my everything.

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(LAUGHS)

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So I will now show you why.

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Don't like medical stuff or 52-year-old woman's thighs, just...

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..go and make a cup of tea.

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OK.

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How's this for...

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..absolutely horrible?

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Don't you wish you were me?

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Yeah.

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I think I figured out what's really aggravating

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this hives reaction thing that I'm having.

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I think it's heat.

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I'm not used to wearing clothes.

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Like, I normally have, like, one layer of cotton on,

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and that's it, even in winter.

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I mean, I don't even wear undies.

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I haven't worn undies in 20 years. 30 years.

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And now I constantly have, like, layers on my skin,

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and it's not breathing.

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So apologies if anything shows that shouldn't.

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But, yeah, I need it for my health.

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Oh!

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So today's task is enclose this shelter.

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I would like to have it done by tonight

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so that this shelter is as insulated as possible,

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so I can be warm without having all the layers of clothes on,

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so that I can actually have a comfortable night's sleep tonight.

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My strategy is still not to even worry about food,

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just to work on this shelter.

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I'm losing energy,

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because I'm uncomfortable in my living situation.

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And I need to fix that.

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I need a front door.

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So I'm going to set up a bush loom so I can weave my grass door.

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OK. I'm going to pound these two...

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..Y sticks in.

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I should have bevelled the top of these so that they don't fray,

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but I'm just too bloody knackered, actually.

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And then there's going to be a cross bar across here

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that a whole bunch of strings are tied to.

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that a whole bunch of strings are tied to.

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And then I've got seven individual sticks

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that get driven into the ground there.

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Ow.

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Alright.

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Then there's another seven strings that go in between those sticks.

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(HUMS)

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Oh, my God. I can make a musical instrument.

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£ I'm making

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£ A nest for my home

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£ And tonight

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£ I'm gonna sleep like a baby alone

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£ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Doo-doo-doo... £

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Tchh!

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Alone.

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So what happens is

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I'm going to put a row of sedge in through here,

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and then pull this up to trap it,

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and then insert another row and pull it down,

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and it'll end up being a weave.

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It's just a bit of a shemozzle.

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However, it's working.

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I really wanted to finish it by tonight

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because I think it's going to be a cold night.

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But I'm halfway there and I'm just too buggered.

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So I'm going to have a little rest and then I'm going to keep plodding.

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DUANE: Whoo-hoo!

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Slurf's up.

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Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.

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Frontside 50/50, backside three air.

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Surf's up!

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Now, I've been missing surfing that much...

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Whoa-ho-ho-ho!

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Slurf's up.

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..that I've created my own kind of surfing.

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Whoa.

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It's called slurfing.

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Shh! Yeah! Got it.

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My shelter is right in front of water.

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But here's the thing.

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The snags in the lower-lying waters

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isn't really suitable for catching fish.

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(WATER LAPS)

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Today, I'm going to go explore that far bay.

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Have a show of what this beautiful place has to offer

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as far as food source goes.

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Now, how in the world do I get across all this?

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Yeah. Any way around...

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Yeah.

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I tell you what this last week's brought for me.

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It's brought on an appreciation for food.

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I've had next to nothing for seven days, and I'm really, really hungry.

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Like... Like, yeah, like, proper hungry.

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Look down there. No snags.

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A chance for me to throw a line out, hopefully get some nice food.

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Wouldn't that be lovely?

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(WHISTLES)

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Wow.

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Sinkers and floats were not part of my ten items.

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So what I've got is this, um...

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..ah...

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..tightening-up doobie whacker off my rain jacket.

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Pretty sure it's... it's got a spring in it,

187
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so it might be kind of weighted, but kind of floats.

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We'll find out.

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Use that as a float.

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It's funny how just the littlest things like this

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remind you of just playing with your son.

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This reminds me of a car spring.

193
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One of the springs of the Scalextric cars that he has at home.

194
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Just doing little repairs with him.

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(EXHALES)

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You miss it. Definitely do.

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Doing this survival stuff makes you appreciate a lot in life, eh? Just...

198
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I could just go home and be with the kiddies.

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It doesn't float.

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My heritage is in a nation of Wanaruah,

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up in Murrurundi in New South Wales.

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I have a large extended family

203
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with all my little nieces and nephews that I love dearly.

204
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We're like a little mob.

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We still hang out on weekends together.

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But I just love seeing my own children with my nieces and nephews

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playing around and learning off each other.

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It's something that's so important and really beautiful.

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Life is so beautiful and precious back home

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that it's making me question,

211
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how long do I really want to go without all that?

212
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Got my trusty bottle rod.

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Stick fish. Bloody hell.

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(STOMACH RUMBLES)

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My stomach's saying...

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.."Hurry up and feed me something decent."

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Let's have another go, hey?

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If I'm not coming back with a fish, that's going to affect me big-time.

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CHRIS: That is beautiful.

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Honestly, let's just go for a swim.

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Let's get out there in the surf.

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Go and rip it up.

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Whoa.

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(GROANS) (BIRDS CAW)

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Is he going to get naked?

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Is he?

227
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No, 'cause I'm watching these.

228
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Fuck, it's going to be cold.

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£ Ooh, yes

230
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£ This is not like a bath. £

231
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That trout did give me a new sense of what is available,

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and it felt like a bit of an omen...

233
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..that just reiterates that I'm here for a reason and I can do this.

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Thank you, polar! Ha-ha!

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God Almighty. It's bloody cold! Oh!

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Wow. It feels nice, though.

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The whole day is good, if I don't get overwhelmed.

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The whole experience is awesome,

239
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if I don't cross that line.

240
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I guess I've scared any fish off for the next five days.

241
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Oh, I feel good. I feel nice.

242
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Oh, today has been such a change.

243
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I feel like we've done a full 180.

244
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Getting that fish. Having a feed.

245
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It's a good mental health day today.

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Recover and replenish the soul.

247
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It's been many years since I got out of the army.

248
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Yeah, I definitely gained some little side effects, we can say,

249
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some mental health challenges.

250
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You know, I hit the bottle pretty hard after Iraq,

251
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and, you know, lots of substance abuse.

252
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Whether it's guilt or shame or whatnot.

253
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But I want to sort of,

254
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you know, spend my life making up for those things.

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Voila!

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GINA: I want to show you something.

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These pants were, like, ridiculously too small for me

258
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when I came in at 94 kilos.

259
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A friend of mine sewed this kind of like panel in,

260
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so I'd be able to actually wear them.

261
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But look how close I am to actually doing them up.

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(PUFFS) Breathe in!

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No, because if I break the button, I'm screwed.

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Anyway, so...

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00:20:26,923 --> 00:20:28,763
Fucking stop saying so!

266
00:20:28,763 --> 00:20:30,363
Ugh.

267
00:20:30,363 --> 00:20:32,683
So... Again.

268
00:20:32,683 --> 00:20:36,003
And that to me says I have lost at least seven kilos.

269
00:20:37,243 --> 00:20:38,203
Possibly more.

270
00:20:41,083 --> 00:20:44,643
That's a lot, considering I'm coming in with 30 kilos to lose.

271
00:20:47,283 --> 00:20:51,843
When you're fasting for this long, bodies...they switch over.

272
00:20:51,843 --> 00:20:54,923
I've definitely switched over into ketosis...

273
00:20:56,323 --> 00:20:59,563
..which means I'm not burning carbohydrates for fuel anymore.

274
00:20:59,563 --> 00:21:01,443
I'm burning fat, obviously.

275
00:21:04,123 --> 00:21:08,123
I just went and got a whole lot more sausedge.

276
00:21:08,123 --> 00:21:11,243
And I am going to finish this for tonight

277
00:21:11,243 --> 00:21:12,923
so that tonight I'm going to be warm.

278
00:21:13,923 --> 00:21:15,403
Proper warm.

279
00:21:15,403 --> 00:21:18,003
Snuggly toasty. Yummy warm.

280
00:21:35,163 --> 00:21:36,123
I got a door.

281
00:21:37,283 --> 00:21:38,603
I can just walk in...

282
00:21:40,203 --> 00:21:42,963
..and then I can close the door.

283
00:21:45,123 --> 00:21:46,723
Ha!

284
00:21:46,723 --> 00:21:47,683
Bit by bit.

285
00:21:48,723 --> 00:21:50,043
Bit by fucking bit.

286
00:21:53,203 --> 00:21:57,363
My house is warm the first time.

287
00:21:59,963 --> 00:22:03,083
Coming into this, everyone was asking me, "Why?

288
00:22:03,083 --> 00:22:05,603
"Why are you ding this? Like, what's your...what's your why?"

289
00:22:07,203 --> 00:22:09,683
Was it to be the first woman to win? Yeah, sure.

290
00:22:09,683 --> 00:22:12,203
Or is it to this? Is it to that? Yeah, sure.

291
00:22:15,283 --> 00:22:20,883
I think the universe bends its attention and holds its breath...

292
00:22:22,843 --> 00:22:27,923
..whenever humans make a stand for something, whatever it is.

293
00:22:30,563 --> 00:22:33,643
I think part of my why, my deeper, deeper why...

294
00:22:35,563 --> 00:22:37,363
..is it that I'm making a stand...

295
00:22:39,523 --> 00:22:41,643
..to remembering a way of being...

296
00:22:44,803 --> 00:22:47,483
..that my culture has largely forgotten.

297
00:22:50,883 --> 00:22:54,243
I feel such kinship with that way of life.

298
00:22:56,563 --> 00:23:01,803
A way of living where you can be in harmony with nature.

299
00:23:03,723 --> 00:23:05,763
Because I know it's possible.

300
00:23:05,763 --> 00:23:07,963
I know...I know it's possible.

301
00:23:14,563 --> 00:23:16,003
So that's my why.

302
00:23:19,123 --> 00:23:21,323
That's why I'm here, really.

303
00:23:46,683 --> 00:23:49,323
Cooooee!

304
00:23:53,323 --> 00:23:54,883
Nobody out here to hear that.

305
00:23:59,923 --> 00:24:02,403
Big picture-wise, pretty happy with where I'm at.

306
00:24:02,403 --> 00:24:05,763
I've made most of the kayak,

307
00:24:05,763 --> 00:24:07,803
made a fishing rod, made a net,

308
00:24:07,803 --> 00:24:10,443
got a pademelon trap on the ground.

309
00:24:10,443 --> 00:24:11,523
I haven't lit a fire

310
00:24:11,523 --> 00:24:15,083
and I'll continue not to have a fire until I actually need one.

311
00:24:15,083 --> 00:24:18,403
Which could be tonight, if I get this pademelon.

312
00:24:19,803 --> 00:24:22,683
It is the time I've been waiting for all day.

313
00:24:22,683 --> 00:24:24,923
I'm going to go up and check the trap.

314
00:24:26,363 --> 00:24:28,523
Well, I haven't really eaten anything for the week

315
00:24:28,523 --> 00:24:30,323
other than, you know, one lot of shoots.

316
00:24:32,123 --> 00:24:36,403
So I'm hoping now that all that hard work over this last week

317
00:24:36,403 --> 00:24:38,643
will start producing something.

318
00:24:41,843 --> 00:24:44,043
I almost don't want to look.

319
00:24:44,043 --> 00:24:45,403
It's too nerve racking.

320
00:24:47,043 --> 00:24:50,763
OK. Get me closer.

321
00:25:00,443 --> 00:25:01,763
Damn it.

322
00:25:02,883 --> 00:25:07,123
Logged the tree... and the trap did not go off.

323
00:25:08,403 --> 00:25:10,163
Alright. Let's see what's on the trail cam.

324
00:25:12,123 --> 00:25:13,523
Right.

325
00:25:13,523 --> 00:25:15,083
That's me...

326
00:25:18,243 --> 00:25:19,563
It's not standing on the net.

327
00:25:19,563 --> 00:25:22,083
He's inspecting the net with his nose.

328
00:25:24,083 --> 00:25:25,363
It doesn't make sense.

329
00:25:25,363 --> 00:25:29,123
Like, he actually sniffs the trap, walks through the middle of it,

330
00:25:29,123 --> 00:25:31,203
next to the trip line,

331
00:25:31,203 --> 00:25:32,483
and it didn't bite him.

332
00:25:32,483 --> 00:25:35,443
So I don't know why they're being cautious, but they are.

333
00:25:38,123 --> 00:25:41,363
I have provided them an alternate route.

334
00:25:42,403 --> 00:25:46,483
One around that side, and one around that side.

335
00:25:46,483 --> 00:25:49,523
So I just got to block something there

336
00:25:49,523 --> 00:25:51,803
and put another block just there.

337
00:25:54,723 --> 00:25:57,363
The difference between winning this or not

338
00:25:57,363 --> 00:25:59,523
is whether you can bring in food.

339
00:25:59,523 --> 00:26:02,123
And I've got some pretty elaborate ways of doing that.

340
00:26:02,123 --> 00:26:03,763
But if they don't pull in food,

341
00:26:03,763 --> 00:26:05,883
then it's really just a starvation competition.

342
00:26:05,883 --> 00:26:06,883
And I don't want to do that.

343
00:26:06,883 --> 00:26:08,723
Like, I want to see if I can live off the land properly

344
00:26:08,723 --> 00:26:09,803
without starving.

345
00:26:13,003 --> 00:26:16,283
Oh, well. That's that.

346
00:26:20,883 --> 00:26:22,043
I'm going to leave it there.

347
00:26:22,043 --> 00:26:25,803
And my attention now is going to go back to the fire set-up.

348
00:26:25,803 --> 00:26:29,363
So if I do get a pademelon, that groundwork is done,

349
00:26:29,363 --> 00:26:30,803
so I can just cook him up.

350
00:26:32,883 --> 00:26:36,163
(BIRDSONG)

351
00:26:36,163 --> 00:26:38,443
Because it rains so frequently,

352
00:26:38,443 --> 00:26:40,323
I need to put a cover over this fire.

353
00:26:40,323 --> 00:26:42,483
Otherwise, it's just going to go out every 10 minutes.

354
00:26:42,483 --> 00:26:45,443
And it takes a lot of effort to start a fire out here in the wet,

355
00:26:45,443 --> 00:26:47,403
particularly with a ferro rod.

356
00:26:47,403 --> 00:26:52,643
So I'm going to gather something that goes over that.

357
00:26:53,883 --> 00:26:58,603
And I think the best bet is to go find a stringy bark and use that.

358
00:27:01,163 --> 00:27:03,003
So in order to look after the tree...

359
00:27:04,883 --> 00:27:06,963
..only take about a third.

360
00:27:10,283 --> 00:27:14,403
Now, I've read that Aboriginal people wouldn't take it off the tree

361
00:27:14,403 --> 00:27:17,843
unless they could separate it with their hands.

362
00:27:17,843 --> 00:27:20,483
Because if you can't separate it with your hands,

363
00:27:20,483 --> 00:27:22,523
it means that it's too dry.

364
00:27:22,523 --> 00:27:25,883
Then the bark won't be flexible enough to bend.

365
00:27:25,883 --> 00:27:27,243
This place is super wet...

366
00:27:28,403 --> 00:27:30,363
Ah! ..and I can use my hands.

367
00:27:30,363 --> 00:27:31,403
Ha-ha!

368
00:27:33,883 --> 00:27:36,603
My survival skills have come from a range of different areas.

369
00:27:37,603 --> 00:27:40,123
Some of the most important ones were when I was a kid.

370
00:27:40,123 --> 00:27:41,723
Ah, that's a good sound.

371
00:27:41,723 --> 00:27:43,443
I didn't play sports on the weekends

372
00:27:43,443 --> 00:27:46,203
because I didn't want to waste my weekends playing sport.

373
00:27:46,203 --> 00:27:48,563
I just wanted to be out fishing and camping.

374
00:27:48,563 --> 00:27:49,723
It's been a lifelong passion.

375
00:27:51,643 --> 00:27:55,243
This very shortly is going to fall off.

376
00:27:55,243 --> 00:27:56,603
Ready?

377
00:28:00,523 --> 00:28:01,483
Yeah.

378
00:28:02,803 --> 00:28:04,283
Awesome.

379
00:28:06,203 --> 00:28:09,283
(GROAN) Man. It weighs a ton.

380
00:28:09,283 --> 00:28:11,123
It's full of water.

381
00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:13,083
So as you get older, you just keep getting better,

382
00:28:13,083 --> 00:28:14,883
because you've had more time to gather the skills.

383
00:28:14,883 --> 00:28:16,443
You know, I'm 45 now.

384
00:28:16,443 --> 00:28:18,563
By the time I'm 65, I'll probably have

385
00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:20,643
almost double the amount of experience that I got now.

386
00:28:20,643 --> 00:28:21,883
(GROANS)

387
00:28:21,883 --> 00:28:23,083
That's part of the joy of it,

388
00:28:23,083 --> 00:28:24,603
is that you're always getting better at it.

389
00:28:29,123 --> 00:28:30,523
(GROANS)

390
00:28:33,323 --> 00:28:35,883
Definitely don't want to be treading over logs with this on my head.

391
00:28:38,723 --> 00:28:41,123
Ooh, having to bend it to get through these trees.

392
00:28:41,123 --> 00:28:42,843
Hope it doesn't snap.

393
00:28:42,843 --> 00:28:44,363
Uh!

394
00:28:44,363 --> 00:28:46,683
Oh, shit. (GROANS)

395
00:28:49,003 --> 00:28:50,283
(EXHALES)

396
00:28:50,283 --> 00:28:52,763
If I can get that pademelon,

397
00:28:52,763 --> 00:28:56,603
that is potentially a game winner for me.

398
00:28:56,603 --> 00:28:57,723
Yeah.

399
00:28:57,723 --> 00:29:02,363
If that's a regular thing, once a week I get a pademelon,

400
00:29:02,363 --> 00:29:03,523
I've probably won.

401
00:29:03,523 --> 00:29:06,963
(PANTS)

402
00:29:06,963 --> 00:29:10,083
Piece of piss. (LAUGHS)

403
00:29:22,643 --> 00:29:24,323
DUANE: I need food.

404
00:29:24,323 --> 00:29:27,043
I'd love something hot.

405
00:29:27,043 --> 00:29:29,683
Just something warm in the belly would be amazing.

406
00:29:31,403 --> 00:29:33,963
I want to go back over to big bay to go for another fish.

407
00:29:35,443 --> 00:29:39,483
Fuck. It's a freaking tricky little hike, though.

408
00:29:39,483 --> 00:29:41,163
He's fucked me up there.

409
00:29:42,843 --> 00:29:43,923
(LAUGHS)

410
00:29:52,163 --> 00:29:54,163
I feel like I'm losing so much energy

411
00:29:54,163 --> 00:29:56,243
just trying to get there and back.

412
00:30:00,363 --> 00:30:05,963
Wishing I had my little boat, my wife, my two kids right now.

413
00:30:09,763 --> 00:30:13,043
I need to feel love and give love.

414
00:30:22,083 --> 00:30:23,883
Maybe it's time to just pack it up.

415
00:30:30,123 --> 00:30:31,123
Oh.

416
00:30:31,123 --> 00:30:33,003
Get away from there.

417
00:30:35,283 --> 00:30:36,243
Here we go.

418
00:30:37,563 --> 00:30:39,323
There we go. There we go.

419
00:30:41,283 --> 00:30:42,243
Yes.

420
00:30:43,323 --> 00:30:44,763
Guys.

421
00:30:44,763 --> 00:30:46,363
(LAUGHS)

422
00:30:46,363 --> 00:30:48,123
Oh! (LAUGHS)

423
00:30:50,723 --> 00:30:52,123
Yes.

424
00:30:52,123 --> 00:30:53,843
Get out. Come on.

425
00:30:54,923 --> 00:30:55,883
Beautiful.

426
00:30:57,123 --> 00:30:58,643
Oh, yes.

427
00:30:58,643 --> 00:31:01,523
(LAUGHS)

428
00:31:01,523 --> 00:31:04,523
Oh, I'm happy. Mwah.

429
00:31:04,523 --> 00:31:06,003
Thank you.

430
00:31:07,643 --> 00:31:08,763
Get back and...

431
00:31:09,923 --> 00:31:12,363
..get him prepped up hopefully on a nice fire, and...

432
00:31:13,483 --> 00:31:15,123
..fry him, if my wood's dry enough.

433
00:31:15,123 --> 00:31:16,883
We'll see.

434
00:31:16,883 --> 00:31:18,683
Long walk back.

435
00:31:39,843 --> 00:31:41,643
It's so much colder today.

436
00:31:45,083 --> 00:31:49,243
So today's plan is finishing that wall

437
00:31:49,243 --> 00:31:51,523
so that it's rainproof,

438
00:31:51,523 --> 00:31:53,443
because it's still getting drips coming through it.

439
00:31:53,443 --> 00:31:55,083
So just be nice to have it dry here.

440
00:31:56,243 --> 00:32:00,163
So pull out that foliage, stack it vertical,

441
00:32:00,163 --> 00:32:02,883
make a bit of a frame out from here to...

442
00:32:02,883 --> 00:32:06,923
..so everything can stand up on it and not fall this way either.

443
00:32:06,923 --> 00:32:08,523
That should have that wall finished.

444
00:32:11,123 --> 00:32:12,123
But it wouldn't be the end.

445
00:32:13,923 --> 00:32:15,883
It won't even be the beginning of the end.

446
00:32:17,403 --> 00:32:20,523
It will be the end of the beginning!

447
00:32:26,163 --> 00:32:27,603
If I can get it started.

448
00:32:29,963 --> 00:32:32,563
For those of you who think you'd have to be crazy to do this...

449
00:32:33,843 --> 00:32:36,043
..you're probably right.

450
00:32:36,043 --> 00:32:37,403
But I like crazy.

451
00:32:40,763 --> 00:32:44,443
At drop, I let you know that I was not going to quit.

452
00:32:44,443 --> 00:32:46,283
I was going to stick with it till the end.

453
00:32:46,283 --> 00:32:48,123
And that was my solemn vow and promise.

454
00:32:49,483 --> 00:32:53,843
Dear God, I take this land to be my home.

455
00:32:53,843 --> 00:32:56,923
Through sunshine and bad weather.

456
00:32:58,323 --> 00:33:00,603
Until medevac...

457
00:33:02,003 --> 00:33:04,443
..or I'm the last one standing.

458
00:33:04,443 --> 00:33:06,843
This is my solemn vow and promise.

459
00:33:11,123 --> 00:33:14,123
So, I'm out here for the long haul.

460
00:33:14,123 --> 00:33:15,523
I'm in it to win it.

461
00:33:20,563 --> 00:33:23,883
A little damper than I'd like for working outside.

462
00:33:23,883 --> 00:33:25,843
But I can manage it.

463
00:33:25,843 --> 00:33:27,123
I'll be strong.

464
00:33:30,243 --> 00:33:32,723
It'd be nice to have a shower.

465
00:33:32,723 --> 00:33:35,963
Be nice to go out on a date with my wife,

466
00:33:35,963 --> 00:33:37,763
to hug my kids.

467
00:33:39,523 --> 00:33:42,603
But it's very important to be able to be content,

468
00:33:42,603 --> 00:33:44,643
whether you've got plenty or little.

469
00:33:46,083 --> 00:33:48,523
We'll get through the storm when it comes next

470
00:33:48,523 --> 00:33:51,563
and be thankful for this time spent here.

471
00:33:55,883 --> 00:33:58,723
Ooh. Careful with your shelter, Michael.

472
00:33:58,723 --> 00:34:02,003
My faith has taught me not to rely on the luxuries in life.

473
00:34:04,883 --> 00:34:06,683
I'm here to test my limits,

474
00:34:06,683 --> 00:34:09,763
to take them...myself to the end of my limits.

475
00:34:09,763 --> 00:34:12,883
And once I've got there, to lean on God to carry me further.

476
00:34:15,723 --> 00:34:18,843
Just a couple more handfuls to go, and we might be done.

477
00:34:28,563 --> 00:34:29,883
Great. Done.

478
00:34:31,203 --> 00:34:32,883
That is pretty good there.

479
00:34:32,883 --> 00:34:34,963
It's a massive improvement.

480
00:34:55,923 --> 00:34:59,483
Don't tell me this tinder is still not dry enough.

481
00:35:03,603 --> 00:35:04,843
It's got to be.

482
00:35:07,483 --> 00:35:10,123
I need fire to fucking cook.

483
00:35:13,043 --> 00:35:15,003
Friggin' stuck this tinder up my fucking arse

484
00:35:15,003 --> 00:35:17,843
to try and get warm enough and dry enough.

485
00:35:19,763 --> 00:35:22,843
It's just not. It lights up and... biiiiuw...turns black.

486
00:35:26,483 --> 00:35:28,283
Fuck. What am I doing out here?

487
00:35:48,363 --> 00:35:51,803
Like, it's a fish species that you can eat raw.

488
00:35:56,043 --> 00:35:59,363
I think about all the good things back home I could be doing.

489
00:36:01,563 --> 00:36:05,203
But what happens three or four days, five days, when I'm back home?

490
00:36:06,683 --> 00:36:09,843
Might hit me and go, oh...

491
00:36:09,843 --> 00:36:12,523
Or...do I push on...

492
00:36:13,803 --> 00:36:17,123
..try and beat these mental barriers

493
00:36:17,123 --> 00:36:18,283
and stay on...

494
00:36:19,603 --> 00:36:22,003
..for as long as I absolutely can?

495
00:36:26,323 --> 00:36:29,043
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496
00:36:29,043 --> 00:36:31,723
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497
00:36:31,723 --> 00:36:35,883
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498
00:36:35,883 --> 00:36:39,483
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499
00:36:53,403 --> 00:36:55,163
MICHAEL: I just went to put my hat on.

500
00:36:55,163 --> 00:37:00,283
One of the cheeky black flies of this area was in it, buzzing,

501
00:37:00,283 --> 00:37:03,003
like inside my head or under.

502
00:37:03,003 --> 00:37:03,963
Anything else in there?

503
00:37:05,443 --> 00:37:07,043
What's that?

504
00:37:07,043 --> 00:37:08,003
Yuck.

505
00:37:09,483 --> 00:37:11,523
Fly maggot.

506
00:37:11,523 --> 00:37:13,843
My hat got maggoted.

507
00:37:15,203 --> 00:37:17,683
I'm going to spend the next half hour tweezering them off.

508
00:37:21,883 --> 00:37:23,843
And how many maggots do I have in my hair?

509
00:37:23,843 --> 00:37:27,283
(KOOKABURRA LAUGHS)

510
00:37:27,283 --> 00:37:30,163
Kookaburra is laughing? Come on.

511
00:37:34,043 --> 00:37:36,563
Oh, you could eat maggots. That's right.

512
00:37:36,563 --> 00:37:37,883
(FLY BUZZES)

513
00:37:40,323 --> 00:37:41,683
Go away, flies.

514
00:37:48,643 --> 00:37:50,283
(SIGHS)

515
00:37:50,283 --> 00:37:52,723
Remember your personal hygiene, Michael.

516
00:38:02,003 --> 00:38:06,083
Priority one for today is a wash.

517
00:38:07,283 --> 00:38:10,363
I was thinking about having a wash this morning as I lay in bed.

518
00:38:12,363 --> 00:38:14,803
And...as much as I love the outdoors...

519
00:38:16,523 --> 00:38:18,923
..I love coming home for a shower afterwards.

520
00:38:20,203 --> 00:38:22,043
Being fresh.

521
00:38:22,043 --> 00:38:24,763
So I'm going to enjoy having a wash today.

522
00:38:28,083 --> 00:38:30,003
This will be my bathtub, I think.

523
00:38:30,003 --> 00:38:32,763
It's meant to be a backpack cover.

524
00:38:32,763 --> 00:38:34,123
Chuck some rocks in the fire,

525
00:38:34,123 --> 00:38:36,963
so we can make myself some nice warm bath water.

526
00:38:39,523 --> 00:38:41,843
These are my hot water fire rocks.

527
00:38:44,763 --> 00:38:46,763
Hot, smoky water.

528
00:38:51,403 --> 00:38:53,043
I think this will work.

529
00:38:53,043 --> 00:38:55,683
We are ready to start filling with water.

530
00:39:00,203 --> 00:39:02,963
Somebody told me, if you hot rock boil,

531
00:39:02,963 --> 00:39:06,283
you won't burn the plastic bag that you're boiling in.

532
00:39:08,323 --> 00:39:09,843
Today, we'll find out.

533
00:39:13,843 --> 00:39:15,483
Yeah. It's hot.

534
00:39:34,363 --> 00:39:35,643
I reckon that's hot enough.

535
00:39:38,643 --> 00:39:40,723
Yeah.

536
00:39:40,723 --> 00:39:41,843
Huh.

537
00:39:43,363 --> 00:39:45,163
Well, let's have a feel of that water.

538
00:39:47,643 --> 00:39:51,403
Temperature is...cool bath.

539
00:39:53,043 --> 00:39:56,203
And cool bath better than no bath, so let's take it.

540
00:39:59,043 --> 00:40:00,323
You know how a bath goes.

541
00:40:01,443 --> 00:40:03,803
You see naked people, but you won't see me.

542
00:40:05,003 --> 00:40:07,003
(WATER SPLASHES)

543
00:40:08,123 --> 00:40:09,923
Oh!

544
00:40:11,563 --> 00:40:13,163
Ha.

545
00:40:14,363 --> 00:40:15,683
Wow.

546
00:40:19,323 --> 00:40:21,483
You didn't know how much I needed that.

547
00:40:21,483 --> 00:40:25,443
Just to wash myself and to be clean.

548
00:40:27,363 --> 00:40:28,963
It's like I can go on,

549
00:40:28,963 --> 00:40:31,963
I can do this if I can give myself a wash once a week.

550
00:40:33,483 --> 00:40:35,083
It's just so relieving.

551
00:41:06,563 --> 00:41:10,643
I've been running out of toilet paper. (CHUCKLES)

552
00:41:10,643 --> 00:41:14,083
And I just stumbled across this dogwood, I think it's called,

553
00:41:14,083 --> 00:41:17,643
but it's got this really nice soft underside to the leaf.

554
00:41:17,643 --> 00:41:19,603
So I'm going to stock up.

555
00:41:22,723 --> 00:41:24,123
Today, plans.

556
00:41:24,123 --> 00:41:27,163
I think I saw some acacia or wattle yesterday,

557
00:41:27,163 --> 00:41:30,243
and then I remembered that some wattles, the leaves,

558
00:41:30,243 --> 00:41:31,483
if you scruff them up,

559
00:41:31,483 --> 00:41:36,363
they have like a chemical in them that sort of acts as soap.

560
00:41:36,363 --> 00:41:39,363
So I was like, "Ooh, hang on." (CHUCKLES)

561
00:41:39,363 --> 00:41:40,043
Cool.

562
00:41:40,043 --> 00:41:41,203
Cool.

563
00:41:41,203 --> 00:41:44,083
And one of the key things that I'm looking for here

564
00:41:44,083 --> 00:41:45,963
is it's got this parallel venation.

565
00:41:45,963 --> 00:41:49,723
So little veins on the leaves that all go in line.

566
00:41:53,283 --> 00:41:54,723
It's the self care that feels so nice,

567
00:41:54,723 --> 00:41:56,923
and it makes this place feel more homely.

568
00:41:57,563 --> 00:41:58,843
(LAUGHS)

569
00:42:01,523 --> 00:42:02,923
Yeah, baby.

570
00:42:02,923 --> 00:42:06,563
(CHUCKLES) Check this out.

571
00:42:06,563 --> 00:42:10,043
I got bush soap. Ha-ha-ha-ha!

572
00:42:11,763 --> 00:42:13,083
I'm really happy with that.

573
00:42:13,083 --> 00:42:14,243
Clean hands!

574
00:42:14,243 --> 00:42:16,363
I think any day is a good day that I make my life

575
00:42:16,363 --> 00:42:18,003
a little bit nicer here.

576
00:42:18,003 --> 00:42:19,403
Oh. Feels so good.

577
00:42:24,403 --> 00:42:26,563
When I was a little girl, I wanted to join the Cub Scouts.

578
00:42:26,563 --> 00:42:28,203
But, you know, in the small country town,

579
00:42:28,203 --> 00:42:31,123
girls were not allowed to be Cub Scouts.

580
00:42:31,123 --> 00:42:33,843
Even after my mum marched down there and said,

581
00:42:33,843 --> 00:42:35,243
"Kate can join the Cub Scouts,"

582
00:42:35,243 --> 00:42:37,363
and they're like, "Nope."

583
00:42:37,363 --> 00:42:42,563
That could have been that barrier to me feeling comfortable outdoors.

584
00:42:42,563 --> 00:42:45,083
I don't want there to be barriers to other people.

585
00:42:45,083 --> 00:42:46,523
Cool.

586
00:42:46,523 --> 00:42:49,043
To be able to experience the joy of being in nature,

587
00:42:49,043 --> 00:42:50,963
to be able to experience the awe

588
00:42:50,963 --> 00:42:54,043
and the healing properties that nature has.

589
00:42:56,003 --> 00:42:58,363
I've got all these small cuts on my hands

590
00:42:58,363 --> 00:43:00,723
that aren't really healing that well.

591
00:43:00,723 --> 00:43:04,883
I guess I'm just concerned that if I leave these untreated,

592
00:43:04,883 --> 00:43:08,083
they could get infected, and that could see me out.

593
00:43:08,083 --> 00:43:10,843
So I just want to have some sort of method

594
00:43:10,843 --> 00:43:12,603
for trying to look after them.

595
00:43:14,003 --> 00:43:17,563
I remember the Palawan people used to tree fern croziers,

596
00:43:17,563 --> 00:43:19,923
the little unfurling leaf,

597
00:43:19,923 --> 00:43:23,123
as a treatment for minor cuts and stings.

598
00:43:24,243 --> 00:43:25,883
I'm finding heaps of tree ferns,

599
00:43:25,883 --> 00:43:30,763
but none of them that have the croziers that I'm after.

600
00:43:35,203 --> 00:43:36,923
Oh, might have found one.

601
00:43:42,883 --> 00:43:43,843
Got him.

602
00:43:45,323 --> 00:43:46,483
Crozier.

603
00:43:49,403 --> 00:43:52,763
Just got a river stone and I'm just going to crush it up.

604
00:43:52,763 --> 00:43:55,843
I love botany and I love plants.

605
00:43:57,403 --> 00:43:59,603
So as an ecologist, it really excites me

606
00:43:59,603 --> 00:44:01,803
that there's always more to learn.

607
00:44:03,083 --> 00:44:06,603
So now I'm going to put it on these little cups.

608
00:44:07,883 --> 00:44:08,923
It's actually interesting.

609
00:44:08,923 --> 00:44:10,763
It looks almost like...

610
00:44:12,363 --> 00:44:15,043
..I don't know, like Betadine or something on my fingers.

611
00:44:15,043 --> 00:44:16,603
Ha-ha. That's cool.

612
00:44:21,443 --> 00:44:22,723
I love nature.

613
00:44:23,723 --> 00:44:27,203
It warms my heart and makes me feel so emotional.

614
00:44:28,883 --> 00:44:30,563
It's such a blessing to be out here.

615
00:44:30,563 --> 00:44:33,323
It's so nice to embrace the conditions.

616
00:44:34,563 --> 00:44:36,603
It's being in it. It's witnessing it.

617
00:44:36,603 --> 00:44:39,563
It's... It's appreciating those small things.

618
00:44:54,283 --> 00:44:56,203
DUANE: So the last couple of days,

619
00:44:56,203 --> 00:45:00,443
I've been working on a little art piece of mine.

620
00:45:02,283 --> 00:45:04,203
I find it very soothing.

621
00:45:05,883 --> 00:45:07,963
It takes me to another place when I do it.

622
00:45:09,163 --> 00:45:11,403
Time just goes non-existent.

623
00:45:13,523 --> 00:45:17,843
I love telling a story through the land, the place in space,

624
00:45:17,843 --> 00:45:20,003
that has meaning.

625
00:45:20,003 --> 00:45:21,923
And so...

626
00:45:21,923 --> 00:45:26,123
..I've inscribed my place,

627
00:45:26,123 --> 00:45:27,643
my shack,

628
00:45:27,643 --> 00:45:29,243
and me being near it.

629
00:45:29,243 --> 00:45:34,323
And then the rough outline of the lands and the little bays.

630
00:45:38,763 --> 00:45:41,123
Bird. The fish.

631
00:45:41,123 --> 00:45:42,643
The little fish and big fish.

632
00:45:42,643 --> 00:45:44,683
The water flowing.

633
00:45:44,683 --> 00:45:46,003
The rolling lands.

634
00:45:46,003 --> 00:45:47,883
The flowing waters.

635
00:45:47,883 --> 00:45:48,963
My place and me.

636
00:45:50,803 --> 00:45:54,523
The hills. Flow of the water.

637
00:45:56,723 --> 00:45:58,963
The other side of this axe

638
00:45:58,963 --> 00:46:01,923
is the contrast of...

639
00:46:03,763 --> 00:46:05,163
..me being out here.

640
00:46:08,763 --> 00:46:10,203
Alone.

641
00:46:10,203 --> 00:46:14,723
Remind me that I'm alone and what I need.

642
00:46:14,723 --> 00:46:15,683
Connection.

643
00:46:16,763 --> 00:46:18,843
Alone. Connections.

644
00:46:26,363 --> 00:46:28,083
Just before I got into this...

645
00:46:30,243 --> 00:46:32,163
..my mum said, "You'll be fine.

646
00:46:32,163 --> 00:46:34,363
"You... You're fine by yourself."

647
00:46:38,363 --> 00:46:40,043
How far from that was she?

648
00:46:40,043 --> 00:46:41,603
How far from that was she?

649
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650
00:46:49,043 --> 00:46:51,483
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651
00:46:51,483 --> 00:46:55,643
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652
00:46:55,643 --> 00:46:59,243
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653
00:47:32,163 --> 00:47:35,243
DUANE: In my family, we all have a spirit bird.

654
00:47:36,843 --> 00:47:38,523
My wife's bird is the raven.

655
00:47:42,523 --> 00:47:44,843
I hadn't seen a raven the whole time I've been here.

656
00:47:46,323 --> 00:47:49,523
Then one flies down next to me on the branch.

657
00:47:49,523 --> 00:47:51,403
(RAVEN CAWS)

658
00:47:51,403 --> 00:47:54,403
Just as I was thinking about what you'd think.

659
00:47:56,003 --> 00:47:59,363
Saw it as a sign just not to worry and she'll have my back.

660
00:48:04,963 --> 00:48:09,123
(TEARFULLY) And that just made me feel her presence

661
00:48:09,123 --> 00:48:13,163
and feel that my decision was OK.

662
00:48:15,163 --> 00:48:18,363
So... (SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)

663
00:48:18,363 --> 00:48:19,603
Thank you.

664
00:48:21,563 --> 00:48:22,683
It's been great.

665
00:48:31,083 --> 00:48:35,083
(PHONE RINGS)

666
00:48:35,083 --> 00:48:38,323
Hi. It's Duane. I'm officially tapping out.

667
00:49:03,243 --> 00:49:06,123
That was something really special,

668
00:49:06,123 --> 00:49:11,763
to have a nice swim and say farewell to the waters and thank you.

669
00:49:37,683 --> 00:49:39,563
I just need social interaction.

670
00:49:39,563 --> 00:49:41,043
I can't be alone.

671
00:49:42,203 --> 00:49:43,723
It's plain and simple.

672
00:49:48,923 --> 00:49:53,683
It showed me more of a way of how life was for my ancestors.

673
00:49:54,883 --> 00:49:59,683
You can see how moiety and kinship and connection,

674
00:49:59,683 --> 00:50:02,043
inter-relationships and the environment,

675
00:50:02,043 --> 00:50:03,763
are so important

676
00:50:03,763 --> 00:50:07,883
because that is truly what has sustained us for millennia.

677
00:50:22,323 --> 00:50:27,803
It's about oneness with nature, but sharing it collectively.

678
00:50:29,403 --> 00:50:33,923
Kindness action towards other people, not being alone out here.

679
00:50:36,083 --> 00:50:40,123
Maybe it's a little bit of me caring maybe too much about other people,

680
00:50:40,123 --> 00:50:41,923
but that's just me.

681
00:50:45,843 --> 00:50:47,723
GINA: I have to stop losing weight now.

682
00:50:47,723 --> 00:50:49,643
I'm turning my thoughts to food.

683
00:50:52,923 --> 00:50:54,363
(COUGHS)

684
00:50:55,803 --> 00:50:58,203
MIKE: It'd be nice to have a date that this finished on.

685
00:50:58,203 --> 00:50:59,563
It's hard not knowing.

686
00:51:00,163 --> 00:51:01,603
(SIGHS)

687
00:51:01,603 --> 00:51:03,923
CHRIS: Funny how the mind can change so quickly.

688
00:51:05,123 --> 00:51:06,523
Fuck!

689
00:51:06,523 --> 00:51:10,003
There it is. Post-traumatic fucking stress disorder.

690
00:51:10,003 --> 00:51:13,763
The kayak to me is a very, very important survival tool.

691
00:51:13,763 --> 00:51:15,843
Whoop... Sinking.

692
00:51:17,083 --> 00:51:19,043
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