1 00:00:28,203 --> 00:00:30,083 Huge waves of emotion. 2 00:00:31,203 --> 00:00:33,243 I feel like if I stay, 3 00:00:33,323 --> 00:00:36,323 I might go down a hole where I don't want to go. 4 00:00:36,403 --> 00:00:38,763 Yep, I am officially tapping out. 5 00:00:38,843 --> 00:00:40,243 There's three of them. 6 00:00:40,323 --> 00:00:44,003 There's, like, Elsie, me and Juno, like, my little family. 7 00:00:44,083 --> 00:00:45,403 Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 8 00:00:45,483 --> 00:00:46,923 I feel like I'm living out here. 9 00:00:47,003 --> 00:00:48,163 Yeah, baby. 10 00:00:48,243 --> 00:00:51,643 I'm doing quite well, but I miss humans so much. 11 00:00:54,323 --> 00:00:57,203 It would be great having some meat to eat. 12 00:00:57,283 --> 00:00:58,683 You can't stay out here forever, 13 00:00:58,763 --> 00:01:02,203 unless you start catching critters and eating them. 14 00:01:03,083 --> 00:01:06,443 Dear God, please bless me with a possum. 15 00:01:07,643 --> 00:01:09,683 Ow, that really hurt. 16 00:01:09,763 --> 00:01:12,363 Just hit the wall all of a sudden, hey? 17 00:01:12,443 --> 00:01:14,883 I got a fish. I'm eating fish for breakfast. 18 00:01:14,963 --> 00:01:17,243 Oh, oh, God. 19 00:01:18,363 --> 00:01:19,563 What are you eating? 20 00:01:19,563 --> 00:01:21,323 Pretty much nothing. Just got it. 21 00:01:21,403 --> 00:01:24,283 Ah, I just came so close to getting a pademelon. 22 00:01:24,363 --> 00:01:26,123 Little bastard. (LAUGHS) 23 00:01:26,203 --> 00:01:28,803 There's a bloody eel on it. 24 00:01:28,883 --> 00:01:30,123 Shit! 25 00:01:30,763 --> 00:01:32,203 I lost it. 26 00:01:32,283 --> 00:01:33,963 There's no points for close. 27 00:01:34,043 --> 00:01:35,083 Fuck. 28 00:01:35,163 --> 00:01:36,323 It's all or nothing. 29 00:01:38,563 --> 00:01:40,283 We're halfway to the South Pole. 30 00:01:40,363 --> 00:01:42,843 We're going to be totally alone. 31 00:01:42,923 --> 00:01:44,163 WOMAN: It's Tasmania, it's cold. 32 00:01:44,243 --> 00:01:46,043 It's rain, it's snow. 33 00:01:47,363 --> 00:01:50,243 We're all going to leave changed forever. 34 00:01:53,003 --> 00:01:54,043 Holy shit. 35 00:01:54,123 --> 00:01:55,323 Yeah! 36 00:01:55,403 --> 00:01:57,243 What is this place? 37 00:01:57,323 --> 00:01:59,563 It's like a camp trip from hell. 38 00:01:59,643 --> 00:02:01,083 Mother Nature's kicking my arse. 39 00:02:04,923 --> 00:02:09,403 This experience...is just as much a mind game... 40 00:02:09,483 --> 00:02:11,043 Oh, my heart. 41 00:02:11,123 --> 00:02:12,763 ..as it is a survival game. 42 00:02:15,323 --> 00:02:17,323 Is there another way? 43 00:02:18,603 --> 00:02:21,323 A $250,000 prize would change my life. 44 00:02:22,723 --> 00:02:25,043 It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, 45 00:02:25,123 --> 00:02:26,403 but it comes at a cost. 46 00:02:26,483 --> 00:02:27,603 Oh! 47 00:03:06,803 --> 00:03:09,003 What an absolutely glorious day. 48 00:03:11,123 --> 00:03:12,523 There's one thing that I really 49 00:03:12,523 --> 00:03:14,523 have always wanted to do since I've been here, 50 00:03:14,603 --> 00:03:17,483 and that's jump in the water and go for a little swim. 51 00:03:17,563 --> 00:03:19,883 I'm sure it's going to be a pretty quick swim. 52 00:03:25,323 --> 00:03:26,523 Oh, jeez. 53 00:03:26,603 --> 00:03:29,243 (GIGGLES) What am I doing? 54 00:03:29,763 --> 00:03:30,763 Ooh. 55 00:03:30,763 --> 00:03:36,043 (EXCLAIMS, HUFFS) 56 00:03:36,043 --> 00:03:38,163 Ah! Woo-hoo! (EXCLAIMS) 57 00:03:44,523 --> 00:03:48,243 Ooh! That's fresh! That'll do! 58 00:03:49,483 --> 00:03:51,203 Whoo! (LAUGHS) 59 00:03:54,323 --> 00:03:55,603 Oh, my God. 60 00:03:55,683 --> 00:03:56,883 Whoo! 61 00:03:58,123 --> 00:03:59,563 Oh, my God. 62 00:04:02,883 --> 00:04:04,003 Hoo! 63 00:04:06,123 --> 00:04:08,203 I'm so glad I did that. 64 00:04:08,283 --> 00:04:10,323 It's time to get warm. 65 00:04:10,403 --> 00:04:14,443 No sticks or eels got me. (LAUGHS) 66 00:04:14,523 --> 00:04:16,963 Whoo, it was cold though, cold. 67 00:04:17,043 --> 00:04:20,203 But, jeez, I swear I've never felt more alive. 68 00:04:20,283 --> 00:04:22,883 (LAUGHS) 69 00:04:22,883 --> 00:04:24,643 Oh. 70 00:04:26,043 --> 00:04:28,403 I feel a real appreciation today, 71 00:04:28,483 --> 00:04:30,963 whereas other days it's been a bit of a struggle, you know? 72 00:04:31,043 --> 00:04:33,643 I've been in a bit of a battle to be in this space. 73 00:04:36,483 --> 00:04:39,243 I've pushed my comfort zones a lot, you know? 74 00:04:39,323 --> 00:04:41,283 Every day has been hard. 75 00:04:42,523 --> 00:04:44,163 Ah, it's beautiful. 76 00:04:46,163 --> 00:04:47,683 OK, let's do it. 77 00:04:50,923 --> 00:04:54,563 Being separated from my baby and my partner and... 78 00:04:54,643 --> 00:04:56,963 That's the hardest, and I knew it was going to be hard. 79 00:04:58,443 --> 00:05:00,043 I'm missing Elsie and Juno. 80 00:05:00,043 --> 00:05:00,443 I'm missing Elsie and Juno. 81 00:05:00,523 --> 00:05:02,923 That's a constant. That's every day. 82 00:05:03,003 --> 00:05:05,003 But when I think of the money, 83 00:05:05,083 --> 00:05:07,563 which I said, you know, was never part of it, 84 00:05:07,643 --> 00:05:10,443 but, you know, if someone dangles $250,000 in front of your face, 85 00:05:10,523 --> 00:05:12,443 you're sort of like, "Oh, yeah." 86 00:05:12,523 --> 00:05:15,003 I think of all the things that that money could buy and, 87 00:05:15,083 --> 00:05:16,563 money, like... 88 00:05:16,643 --> 00:05:18,723 I really want to have a big beautiful wedding 89 00:05:18,803 --> 00:05:23,123 at the Botanic Gardens and get married to Elsie, but... 90 00:05:23,123 --> 00:05:26,523 Hm. I do miss them. 91 00:05:53,843 --> 00:05:55,363 Day 21. 92 00:05:56,723 --> 00:05:59,523 I haven't gone this long without eating anything. 93 00:05:59,603 --> 00:06:00,803 If it continues, 94 00:06:00,883 --> 00:06:03,483 I'm guessing that I'll be getting removed on weight. 95 00:06:10,123 --> 00:06:14,123 With the medical team and stuff, the choice is out of your hands. 96 00:06:15,843 --> 00:06:17,483 There's this constant stress. 97 00:06:17,563 --> 00:06:20,363 Got to get food, got to get food, got to get food. 98 00:06:20,443 --> 00:06:22,323 More tasks to get the food. 99 00:06:23,163 --> 00:06:25,483 Yes, there was an eel for the taking yesterday, 100 00:06:25,563 --> 00:06:28,563 but other than that, nah, that's been it. 101 00:06:30,403 --> 00:06:31,683 Pretty frustrating. 102 00:06:34,883 --> 00:06:37,243 Hang on, I got to concentrate on this. 103 00:06:37,323 --> 00:06:40,763 Stability is not great. 104 00:06:53,523 --> 00:06:55,163 Shit. 105 00:07:08,963 --> 00:07:10,243 (REEL WHIRRS) 106 00:07:10,323 --> 00:07:12,083 Whoa, that's a fish. 107 00:07:12,163 --> 00:07:14,043 Holy shit, I got a fish on. 108 00:07:15,483 --> 00:07:18,283 Alright. I have a fish. 109 00:07:18,363 --> 00:07:21,643 I have to be really bloody careful here. 110 00:07:21,723 --> 00:07:24,403 So bloody careful. 111 00:07:27,243 --> 00:07:30,203 Shit. My spool just fell off. 112 00:07:31,683 --> 00:07:34,683 I can't even look down to put it back on. 113 00:07:39,043 --> 00:07:43,483 I'm going to play him out this side because it's better for my balance. 114 00:07:43,563 --> 00:07:45,683 And I'm not even looking. 115 00:07:47,763 --> 00:07:50,443 Have I still got it? Or is it off? 116 00:07:53,803 --> 00:07:55,403 My heart's pumping. 117 00:07:55,483 --> 00:07:57,723 I think I might have lost it. Bugger. 118 00:08:03,043 --> 00:08:06,403 Bugger. That was definitely a fish. 119 00:08:08,283 --> 00:08:10,403 Fuck's sake. 120 00:08:10,483 --> 00:08:12,963 This place is fucked. 121 00:08:25,363 --> 00:08:28,963 Wow, this moss is much harder to peel up 122 00:08:29,043 --> 00:08:31,643 than it was a couple of days ago. 123 00:08:33,883 --> 00:08:35,523 There's a big one. 124 00:08:35,603 --> 00:08:38,523 Yesterday's fish was amazing. 125 00:08:38,603 --> 00:08:43,763 I feel really relaxed here with some food in my belly. 126 00:08:43,843 --> 00:08:48,723 I'm putting them in my boot so they can't run away. 127 00:08:49,683 --> 00:08:53,883 And the prospect of more as long as I keep the worms rolling. 128 00:08:55,603 --> 00:08:57,523 I had an idea. 129 00:08:57,603 --> 00:08:59,723 I was thinking about how... 130 00:09:01,363 --> 00:09:03,443 ..everything loves the worms. 131 00:09:04,763 --> 00:09:09,483 The antechinus loves the worms, potoroos love the worms. 132 00:09:11,923 --> 00:09:15,403 The trout love the worms, even the eels love the worms. 133 00:09:16,523 --> 00:09:21,923 So what is it about worms that makes them so sought after? 134 00:09:23,803 --> 00:09:26,243 Well, they're basically just protein. 135 00:09:26,323 --> 00:09:31,203 They're just one big long string of protein just wriggling along. 136 00:09:32,963 --> 00:09:34,323 So I'm going to cook a worm 137 00:09:34,403 --> 00:09:36,163 and I'm going to see what it tastes like. 138 00:09:36,243 --> 00:09:38,003 I'm sorry, worm. 139 00:09:40,203 --> 00:09:43,923 I mean, if that works, if that's edible, 140 00:09:44,003 --> 00:09:48,723 I can get a handful of them in... 141 00:09:49,563 --> 00:09:51,003 ..like, half an hour. 142 00:09:52,123 --> 00:09:54,123 And it's probably just going to taste like dirt. 143 00:09:57,643 --> 00:09:59,323 I'm going to give it a whirl. 144 00:09:59,403 --> 00:10:00,043 Because... 145 00:10:00,043 --> 00:10:00,603 Because... 146 00:10:01,963 --> 00:10:05,563 ..I have got an abundant resource of worms. 147 00:10:06,963 --> 00:10:10,123 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 148 00:10:10,203 --> 00:10:11,803 There we go. He's dead. 149 00:10:13,443 --> 00:10:15,443 I mean, how done is done when you're a worm? 150 00:10:15,523 --> 00:10:17,843 I reckon that's pretty done. 151 00:10:17,923 --> 00:10:20,003 I'd rather have him overdone. 152 00:10:23,363 --> 00:10:24,683 Got my worm. 153 00:10:38,923 --> 00:10:40,243 Holy shit. 154 00:10:44,043 --> 00:10:45,483 It's a bit gritty. 155 00:10:47,403 --> 00:10:49,043 But that is really good. 156 00:10:53,483 --> 00:10:55,443 That is really good. 157 00:10:56,763 --> 00:11:00,563 Oh, I got protein. 158 00:11:00,643 --> 00:11:02,123 That's exciting. 159 00:11:02,203 --> 00:11:08,403 Man, I've got a whole field of worms just out there waiting to be eaten. 160 00:11:09,883 --> 00:11:12,243 Like bacon, they taste like bacon. 161 00:11:15,723 --> 00:11:18,803 Oh, they taste really good. 162 00:11:18,883 --> 00:11:22,243 £ Nobody loves me, everybody hates me 163 00:11:22,323 --> 00:11:24,283 £ Think I'll eat some worms. £ 164 00:11:24,363 --> 00:11:26,603 Hell yeah. (LAUGHS) 165 00:11:40,283 --> 00:11:44,883 £ Clean undies on the ground makes me really start to frown. £ 166 00:11:46,323 --> 00:11:48,083 Do you ever talk to yourself? 167 00:11:48,163 --> 00:11:49,123 I don't. 168 00:11:51,843 --> 00:11:54,523 That's what you tell yourself, Michael. 169 00:11:54,603 --> 00:11:56,003 Oh, who said that? 170 00:11:58,163 --> 00:12:00,443 Quick check of the possum trap. 171 00:12:01,203 --> 00:12:03,163 I'm feeling good about getting this far. 172 00:12:03,243 --> 00:12:04,683 When I hurt myself with the saw, 173 00:12:04,763 --> 00:12:07,203 I think it just put everything to the surface of 174 00:12:07,283 --> 00:12:08,963 I'm vulnerable out here. 175 00:12:09,043 --> 00:12:11,803 Just a small nick and that could take me out. 176 00:12:12,763 --> 00:12:14,843 Looks like it has been triggered. 177 00:12:14,923 --> 00:12:16,563 I'm not sure if anything's in there. 178 00:12:16,643 --> 00:12:18,923 Looks like it works like it was meant to. 179 00:12:19,003 --> 00:12:20,483 Maybe something bumped into it. 180 00:12:20,563 --> 00:12:21,683 Let's go check that trail camera. 181 00:12:26,683 --> 00:12:31,283 That little wallaby or pademelon is there every couple of nights. 182 00:12:32,443 --> 00:12:35,003 Wow, that was so close to eating something. 183 00:12:35,083 --> 00:12:37,243 So close to eating something. 184 00:12:40,403 --> 00:12:42,883 Well, hopefully it didn't scare the critter off too much. 185 00:12:42,963 --> 00:12:45,363 They bumped it. They may come back for seconds. 186 00:12:52,763 --> 00:12:54,523 I can't get fishing to work here. 187 00:12:54,603 --> 00:12:57,043 It looks like I'm just going to play the starvation game 188 00:12:57,123 --> 00:12:58,643 and eating plants. 189 00:12:58,723 --> 00:13:03,843 I really wanted to get some meat into me in my time out here, 190 00:13:03,923 --> 00:13:06,323 rather than just playing the mental game 191 00:13:06,403 --> 00:13:08,643 and seeing who can starve the best. 192 00:13:10,003 --> 00:13:12,643 OK, I'm pretty sure these are water ribbons, 193 00:13:12,723 --> 00:13:14,163 just really immature. 194 00:13:15,043 --> 00:13:19,763 So, yeah, they look like they're getting flatter as they grow. 195 00:13:21,203 --> 00:13:24,363 That's going to be our greens for today, plus... 196 00:13:24,443 --> 00:13:25,643 Our leafy greens, anyway. 197 00:13:27,403 --> 00:13:30,603 Hopefully being a leafy green kind of thing, 198 00:13:30,683 --> 00:13:33,963 we get some vitamin C coming out of it as well. 199 00:13:35,923 --> 00:13:39,163 OK, into the pot. 200 00:13:40,523 --> 00:13:42,563 20 minutes at a simmer. 201 00:13:42,643 --> 00:13:43,923 Whoa. 202 00:13:58,163 --> 00:13:59,523 We'll start with a sip. 203 00:14:06,643 --> 00:14:09,363 Go and get some of their leafier stuff. 204 00:14:11,723 --> 00:14:14,163 The water tastes better than the water ribbon, 205 00:14:14,243 --> 00:14:15,923 which is the greens. 206 00:14:20,643 --> 00:14:23,163 Yeah, I'd say spinachy as well. 207 00:14:23,163 --> 00:14:26,403 So, yeah, the water ribbon's given it a real spinachy taste. 208 00:14:33,323 --> 00:14:36,563 Hopefully, it has all the vitamin C and good stuff of vinach... 209 00:14:36,643 --> 00:14:38,723 Vinach? Spinach as well. 210 00:14:45,963 --> 00:14:47,363 I don't know why... 211 00:14:49,243 --> 00:14:54,763 ..but when my wife and I decided that this would be a good idea... 212 00:14:55,763 --> 00:14:58,123 ..how did we not think about missing each other? 213 00:15:00,643 --> 00:15:04,083 In 2007, after a broken marriage, 214 00:15:04,163 --> 00:15:06,363 having a two-year-old son living with me 215 00:15:06,443 --> 00:15:08,203 and becoming a Christian, 216 00:15:08,283 --> 00:15:10,923 Paula should happen to walk into my church. 217 00:15:11,003 --> 00:15:13,963 Go over and play with Russell. He needs to have some friends. 218 00:15:14,043 --> 00:15:16,523 (GOATS BLEAT) 219 00:15:16,603 --> 00:15:19,523 We actually started building our relationship 220 00:15:19,603 --> 00:15:22,563 from going to the same Bible study. 221 00:15:22,643 --> 00:15:24,683 Paula and I have Christianity 222 00:15:24,763 --> 00:15:27,523 as the cornerstone of our relationship. 223 00:15:29,403 --> 00:15:30,683 We're so close. 224 00:15:34,443 --> 00:15:36,363 Anyone who's thinking about doing this, 225 00:15:36,443 --> 00:15:39,123 you will miss your loved ones a lot. 226 00:15:41,843 --> 00:15:45,003 It will be the hardest part. Harder than not eating. 227 00:15:46,363 --> 00:15:48,163 Harder than eating little. 228 00:15:49,203 --> 00:15:51,563 If I don't catch any critters, 229 00:15:51,643 --> 00:15:56,483 then there'll be a few days that I can cope with very little food, 230 00:15:56,563 --> 00:15:58,043 just plant only. 231 00:15:59,243 --> 00:16:01,763 Who knows? Things could change. 232 00:16:01,843 --> 00:16:04,963 We could be having wallaby once a week, 233 00:16:05,043 --> 00:16:06,443 which lasts a whole week. 234 00:16:06,523 --> 00:16:09,523 But if things don't change... 235 00:16:10,323 --> 00:16:12,563 ..I won't be able to stay out here much longer. 236 00:16:32,683 --> 00:16:35,883 (KOOKABURRAS CALL) 237 00:16:38,883 --> 00:16:41,243 Good morning, kookaburras. 238 00:16:42,723 --> 00:16:45,843 OK, time to get up, hey? 239 00:16:48,283 --> 00:16:50,203 Time to get up. 240 00:16:51,283 --> 00:16:53,443 (YAWNS) 241 00:16:53,523 --> 00:16:58,003 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. 242 00:16:59,923 --> 00:17:01,923 (SIGHS) My God. 243 00:17:03,043 --> 00:17:04,003 So good. 244 00:17:04,683 --> 00:17:06,403 22 feels really special for me 245 00:17:06,483 --> 00:17:08,843 because it was my mum's favourite number 246 00:17:08,923 --> 00:17:12,283 and, you know, I've spent a lot of time out here thinking about her 247 00:17:12,363 --> 00:17:14,643 and how she's shaped my life. 248 00:17:16,083 --> 00:17:18,043 Just looking up at the clouds and... 249 00:17:19,323 --> 00:17:21,963 ..they always remind me of mum and how she told me to... 250 00:17:23,643 --> 00:17:26,603 ..watch them in the sky and just relax. 251 00:17:30,563 --> 00:17:35,403 It's been such a precious gift, this time. 252 00:17:36,323 --> 00:17:39,643 You know, people in life, they work, work, work, work, work, 253 00:17:39,723 --> 00:17:41,243 and then they retire. 254 00:17:41,323 --> 00:17:43,123 But, like, you know, people like my mum, 255 00:17:43,203 --> 00:17:46,643 she never got to retire, and, like, she died at 46, 256 00:17:46,723 --> 00:17:49,083 and that's just... It's too young. 257 00:17:49,163 --> 00:17:51,443 Like, she always wanted to go to South America 258 00:17:51,523 --> 00:17:52,883 and she never got there. 259 00:17:52,963 --> 00:17:55,283 And she would've been the best grandma. 260 00:17:55,363 --> 00:17:56,923 She was such a good mum. 261 00:17:57,003 --> 00:17:59,083 Yeah, I guess... And ultimately, you know, 262 00:17:59,163 --> 00:18:02,923 I just want to be the best mum that I can be for Juno. 263 00:18:03,003 --> 00:18:05,323 My daughter's just such a beautiful gift 264 00:18:05,403 --> 00:18:08,243 and I just feel so lucky to have her in my life. 265 00:18:11,243 --> 00:18:12,763 I love my family. 266 00:18:15,923 --> 00:18:18,403 It's a simple purpose, but it's so beautiful. 267 00:18:18,483 --> 00:18:21,083 I think they're happy tears. (LAUGHS) 268 00:18:21,803 --> 00:18:23,043 Yeah. 269 00:18:26,203 --> 00:18:28,123 I'm just thinking through... 270 00:18:29,603 --> 00:18:31,203 ..the process of... 271 00:18:32,523 --> 00:18:35,403 ..how long do I stay out here? 272 00:18:40,723 --> 00:18:41,923 What is it that I need? 273 00:18:44,963 --> 00:18:48,603 Just trying to understand for me, 274 00:18:48,683 --> 00:18:50,963 when is the right time to leave? 275 00:19:08,363 --> 00:19:10,683 I got another fish. 276 00:19:11,443 --> 00:19:12,683 I got another fish. 277 00:19:12,763 --> 00:19:16,123 Ah, I got another fish. 278 00:19:17,083 --> 00:19:22,883 I've now had three days of catching fish at least every day. 279 00:19:22,963 --> 00:19:24,243 At least one fish a day. 280 00:19:26,483 --> 00:19:29,203 So I've got a system that can work 281 00:19:29,283 --> 00:19:32,323 and I can procure food, which means I can stay here, 282 00:19:32,403 --> 00:19:34,283 which is the game. 283 00:19:35,643 --> 00:19:38,603 I can feel this absolute gear shift in my body 284 00:19:38,683 --> 00:19:40,883 now that I have nutrients coming in. 285 00:19:40,963 --> 00:19:44,283 I've been running on adrenaline for three weeks. 286 00:19:44,363 --> 00:19:45,643 Ah, fish broth. 287 00:19:48,203 --> 00:19:49,483 Oh. 288 00:19:51,043 --> 00:19:55,243 (LAUGHS) Oh, that's good. 289 00:19:55,683 --> 00:19:58,323 (BURPS) Oh, excuse me. 290 00:19:58,403 --> 00:20:00,043 (BURPS) Ah. 291 00:20:00,123 --> 00:20:03,043 Oh, and... (BURPS) 292 00:20:03,123 --> 00:20:07,403 (LAUGHS) "Mind your manners." 293 00:20:08,683 --> 00:20:11,123 Who gives a shit out here? 294 00:20:11,203 --> 00:20:12,563 The fish? 295 00:20:12,643 --> 00:20:14,883 Lady Larila? 296 00:20:15,643 --> 00:20:17,363 Oh, there she is. 297 00:20:17,443 --> 00:20:19,363 My God, she's so beautiful. 298 00:20:19,443 --> 00:20:21,563 Hello, love. 299 00:20:21,643 --> 00:20:23,283 Hi. 300 00:20:23,363 --> 00:20:25,523 She totally looked at me then. 301 00:20:28,083 --> 00:20:30,123 We seem to have an agreement, she and I. 302 00:20:30,203 --> 00:20:31,563 She fishes the other side. 303 00:20:31,643 --> 00:20:34,923 I fish this side. She doesn't come this side. 304 00:20:37,843 --> 00:20:40,203 Stays in the middle or she stays to the far side, 305 00:20:40,283 --> 00:20:42,083 which I think is quite polite. 306 00:20:45,163 --> 00:20:49,923 It'd be nice to be able to point out the platypus to somebody else. 307 00:20:50,003 --> 00:20:51,403 "Look, look, look, there she is." 308 00:20:51,483 --> 00:20:54,523 "She's doing that thing where she turns in circles before she dives." 309 00:20:54,603 --> 00:20:57,043 It'd be great to be able to point that out to someone. 310 00:21:00,603 --> 00:21:02,523 I just like to share things. 311 00:21:03,563 --> 00:21:07,563 You know? I like to share music and I like to share stories 312 00:21:07,643 --> 00:21:09,363 and I like to share food. 313 00:21:12,043 --> 00:21:13,443 Fish. 314 00:21:13,523 --> 00:21:16,563 Fish. So sweet to eat. 315 00:21:16,643 --> 00:21:19,003 I can't do the Gollum voice. 316 00:21:19,083 --> 00:21:21,203 Sorry to disappoint you there. 317 00:21:22,243 --> 00:21:24,363 Lee can. Lee can do the best... 318 00:21:24,443 --> 00:21:26,763 Actually, Lee does the best voices. 319 00:21:31,923 --> 00:21:35,603 Lee has this ability to make me laugh until I pee my pants. 320 00:21:35,683 --> 00:21:38,443 And then once he's got me laughing that hard, 321 00:21:38,523 --> 00:21:41,563 he just doesn't stop until I, "Stop, Stop." 322 00:21:43,483 --> 00:21:47,723 Lee is my ex-husband, my business partner, 323 00:21:47,803 --> 00:21:50,843 and he is Blaise's father. 324 00:21:50,923 --> 00:21:53,283 And probably since Blaise died, 325 00:21:53,363 --> 00:21:55,923 we have been through more as a couple 326 00:21:56,003 --> 00:21:59,243 than most people do in their whole lives. 327 00:21:59,323 --> 00:22:02,483 When our relationship changed 328 00:22:02,563 --> 00:22:04,483 because I couldn't have kids any more 329 00:22:04,563 --> 00:22:06,763 and he desperately wanted to be a dad again, 330 00:22:06,843 --> 00:22:08,803 and it was just a simple capital R reality. 331 00:22:08,883 --> 00:22:14,163 And we're best friends. Like, we still get on really well. 332 00:22:14,243 --> 00:22:17,323 I absolutely adore his wife, Hannah. 333 00:22:17,403 --> 00:22:20,643 I'm godmother to their eldest daughter, Taiga, 334 00:22:20,723 --> 00:22:22,883 and I love them as a family. 335 00:22:22,963 --> 00:22:26,883 Lee and I, we still co-facilitate programs. 336 00:22:26,963 --> 00:22:30,083 Just because we broke up didn't mean we lost a friendship. 337 00:22:30,163 --> 00:22:32,723 We support each other in many, many ways. 338 00:22:33,403 --> 00:22:35,683 Oh, he'd love it out here. 339 00:22:35,763 --> 00:22:38,243 Lee, you would be in your element. 340 00:22:38,323 --> 00:22:39,563 Oh, my goodness. 341 00:22:42,963 --> 00:22:46,763 You'd just be in your happy place, running around. 342 00:22:46,843 --> 00:22:48,283 He'd be out trapping all the animals, 343 00:22:48,363 --> 00:22:49,883 that's what he'd be doing. 344 00:22:51,123 --> 00:22:52,363 Have all the traps going, 345 00:22:52,443 --> 00:22:55,403 be out with his clubbing stick hunting in the night. 346 00:22:57,923 --> 00:23:01,323 Me, I am just going to start with fish and move up from there. 347 00:23:23,203 --> 00:23:25,443 Ah, it's always too hot. Ha, ha, ha, hoo. 348 00:23:26,763 --> 00:23:27,723 Wait. 349 00:23:29,603 --> 00:23:30,843 Wait. 350 00:23:32,723 --> 00:23:33,803 (LAUGHS) 351 00:23:34,883 --> 00:23:36,803 Elsie's family are like... 352 00:23:36,883 --> 00:23:38,203 I call them asbestos tongues 353 00:23:38,283 --> 00:23:40,723 because they can eat food when it's so hot 354 00:23:40,803 --> 00:23:42,683 and liquids when they're so hot, 355 00:23:42,763 --> 00:23:45,803 but I almost need to have everything kind of lukewarm. 356 00:23:45,883 --> 00:23:47,603 It kind of works well, though, with Juno, 357 00:23:47,683 --> 00:23:50,923 'cause I can hold Juno and look after her 358 00:23:51,003 --> 00:23:52,043 while Elsie and her family eat. 359 00:23:52,043 --> 00:23:52,803 while Elsie and her family eat. 360 00:23:55,083 --> 00:23:57,963 I ache for Juno. I ache for Elsie. 361 00:23:59,363 --> 00:24:01,403 Yeah, what else is here for me? 362 00:24:01,483 --> 00:24:03,443 Besides $250,000, 363 00:24:03,523 --> 00:24:07,363 and I don't need that money to live. 364 00:24:07,443 --> 00:24:09,763 I have everything I want at home. 365 00:24:12,923 --> 00:24:14,203 I think that's where I'm at. 366 00:24:15,203 --> 00:24:17,603 My purpose is back home being a mum. 367 00:24:19,203 --> 00:24:20,483 That's my purpose. 368 00:24:20,563 --> 00:24:21,803 OK, that's enough. 369 00:24:30,803 --> 00:24:33,763 (BEEPING) 370 00:24:36,363 --> 00:24:38,403 Hi, it's Kate. 371 00:24:38,483 --> 00:24:40,363 I'm officially tapping out. 372 00:24:41,643 --> 00:24:42,603 Yep. 373 00:24:44,443 --> 00:24:45,563 Yep. 374 00:24:46,843 --> 00:24:48,723 OK. Thanks. 375 00:25:05,843 --> 00:25:07,443 Oh, my God. 376 00:25:07,523 --> 00:25:08,483 Yes. 377 00:25:26,323 --> 00:25:30,043 Hello. How you going? 378 00:25:30,123 --> 00:25:32,043 WOMAN: Good, how are you going? 379 00:25:32,123 --> 00:25:35,723 I'm feeling very excited now, but very ready to leave. 380 00:25:35,803 --> 00:25:37,643 Yeah. 381 00:25:37,723 --> 00:25:39,483 Yeah, it just felt like something was missing. 382 00:25:39,563 --> 00:25:42,243 There was no people to share it with and... 383 00:25:42,323 --> 00:25:46,283 You know, we're pack animals and we are meant to live together 384 00:25:46,363 --> 00:25:49,043 and share our thoughts and feelings and ideas. 385 00:25:49,123 --> 00:25:51,923 And, yeah, it's hard to sit with that. 386 00:25:52,003 --> 00:25:53,163 It was very hard for me. 387 00:25:57,563 --> 00:25:59,763 I guess I made it a little bit harder for myself 388 00:25:59,843 --> 00:26:01,843 in not wanting to hunt animals, 389 00:26:01,923 --> 00:26:05,443 but that was something that I had to stay true to myself with. 390 00:26:05,523 --> 00:26:07,963 I didn't want to change the way I interact with nature 391 00:26:08,043 --> 00:26:09,723 and the way I see nature. 392 00:26:16,323 --> 00:26:18,763 And to be able to come out here for 22 days 393 00:26:18,843 --> 00:26:21,763 without any contact with my family is just... 394 00:26:22,403 --> 00:26:24,563 I honestly don't know how I did it. 395 00:26:24,643 --> 00:26:27,803 Like, it's something that I don't want to do again, 'cause it's hard 396 00:26:27,883 --> 00:26:30,603 and I don't want to be that person that's not at home. 397 00:26:30,683 --> 00:26:33,643 Like, I had a family 'cause I want to be there. 398 00:26:36,483 --> 00:26:38,763 I am absolutely going back a different person. 399 00:26:39,803 --> 00:26:44,043 My eyes are wide open now to how precious life is 400 00:26:44,123 --> 00:26:46,603 and how precious our people are. 401 00:26:46,683 --> 00:26:48,763 And I like to think my mum's sort of 402 00:26:48,843 --> 00:26:50,723 watching over me in her own way. 403 00:26:52,363 --> 00:26:54,203 She would've been so proud. 404 00:27:29,203 --> 00:27:30,643 Far out. 405 00:27:36,363 --> 00:27:38,563 Wish there was a bait shop around here. 406 00:27:41,203 --> 00:27:43,523 A pie shop, a pizza shop. 407 00:27:47,883 --> 00:27:52,363 Nothing...at all. 408 00:27:56,563 --> 00:27:58,643 Just use the other to steer your boat. 409 00:28:00,483 --> 00:28:05,683 I really just need to get that first eel up the top of the bank, 410 00:28:05,763 --> 00:28:07,363 dead and guts. 411 00:28:09,083 --> 00:28:10,483 It's just... It's hard to get going. 412 00:28:10,563 --> 00:28:13,283 It's a little bit like a fire that's hard to start, you know? 413 00:28:13,363 --> 00:28:15,323 Once you get it started it's alright, 414 00:28:15,403 --> 00:28:17,883 but to get that flame going is difficult. 415 00:28:20,843 --> 00:28:23,163 I need to think long and hard about this bait situation. 416 00:28:23,243 --> 00:28:25,323 I just need to get my first bloody fish, 417 00:28:25,403 --> 00:28:28,883 then I'm sorted for bait, and that will bring more fish. 418 00:28:29,923 --> 00:28:32,923 Chain reaction once you get it going, 419 00:28:33,003 --> 00:28:35,403 but I have not got it going yet. 420 00:28:36,683 --> 00:28:39,323 I kind of feel like that could be the difference 421 00:28:39,403 --> 00:28:41,843 of whether I win or lose is whether I can find worms. 422 00:28:41,923 --> 00:28:43,723 It's as simple as that. 423 00:28:47,243 --> 00:28:48,203 Ah, you beauty. 424 00:28:50,323 --> 00:28:51,323 I just found a worm. 425 00:28:51,403 --> 00:28:52,043 It's not huge, but seems once you've got a worm, 426 00:28:52,043 --> 00:28:54,003 It's not huge, but seems once you've got a worm, 427 00:28:54,083 --> 00:28:55,283 once you've got... 428 00:28:55,363 --> 00:28:56,803 Oh, yes, there's another one. 429 00:28:58,683 --> 00:29:01,483 Oh, yes, big fatty. 430 00:29:02,323 --> 00:29:03,923 Oh, I like the big fatties. 431 00:29:04,003 --> 00:29:05,523 That's a nice big one. 432 00:29:07,923 --> 00:29:09,643 Another one. Oh, you beauty. 433 00:29:10,443 --> 00:29:11,723 This is good. 434 00:29:11,803 --> 00:29:15,203 This is good news because without it... 435 00:29:16,403 --> 00:29:19,003 ..I can have all the bloody lines and pulleys 436 00:29:19,083 --> 00:29:22,243 and crap like that and they're useless. 437 00:29:23,163 --> 00:29:25,403 Good strike rate so far, I think that's... 438 00:29:25,483 --> 00:29:27,403 Oh, look at that big fatty. 439 00:29:27,483 --> 00:29:29,443 You beauty. 440 00:29:29,523 --> 00:29:31,483 Another little baby one. 441 00:29:32,683 --> 00:29:35,363 Oh, yeah, two. And good ones too. 442 00:29:35,443 --> 00:29:38,443 Look at those two. Woo, yeah. 443 00:29:38,523 --> 00:29:40,083 This is great. 444 00:29:40,163 --> 00:29:43,123 Well, I've definitely got enough worms for tonight. 445 00:29:44,523 --> 00:29:46,083 That's good. 446 00:29:46,163 --> 00:29:50,203 The worm has turned, outlook has changed, 447 00:29:50,283 --> 00:29:52,683 which is good, 'cause it needed to change. 448 00:30:04,723 --> 00:30:10,363 Well, I've scaled him and gutted him 449 00:30:10,443 --> 00:30:12,803 and it's a boy fish, 450 00:30:12,803 --> 00:30:16,443 since he's got spermy bits, and this... 451 00:30:16,523 --> 00:30:20,003 I'm going to save this fish for tomorrow morning for breakfast, 452 00:30:20,083 --> 00:30:21,683 but I'm going to eat the sperm now. 453 00:30:24,283 --> 00:30:25,483 Mmm. 454 00:30:27,043 --> 00:30:28,163 Mmm. 455 00:30:28,163 --> 00:30:31,163 'Cause that is life force. 456 00:30:31,243 --> 00:30:37,083 Pure, unadulterated, fresh life force. 457 00:30:39,843 --> 00:30:42,683 Thank you, boy fish. He's a good one. 458 00:30:50,883 --> 00:30:54,283 Don't know if I can even remember being sorted out for night-time. 459 00:30:55,883 --> 00:30:59,803 I just got to break this drought, drought of no fish. 460 00:31:15,403 --> 00:31:16,923 I kind of feel like 461 00:31:17,003 --> 00:31:19,523 I am trying absolutely everything out here... 462 00:31:21,563 --> 00:31:22,923 ..without payoff. 463 00:31:27,563 --> 00:31:29,323 But, I mean, that's... 464 00:31:30,163 --> 00:31:31,803 That's what you have to do, right? 465 00:31:33,963 --> 00:31:37,683 You have to try everything, absolutely everything. 466 00:31:39,163 --> 00:31:40,603 And if nothing pays off... 467 00:31:42,443 --> 00:31:45,443 ..then just stick it out and starve till you get removed 468 00:31:45,523 --> 00:31:47,283 and hope you're the last one. 469 00:31:50,683 --> 00:31:52,043 But I don't want to do that. 470 00:31:52,123 --> 00:31:53,923 I don't want to get starved out and removed. 471 00:31:54,003 --> 00:31:55,483 I want to win. (LAUGHS) 472 00:31:55,563 --> 00:31:58,843 So I've got to figure out this... 473 00:32:00,083 --> 00:32:01,363 ..food situation. 474 00:32:02,043 --> 00:32:03,283 (SPLASH!) 475 00:32:03,363 --> 00:32:04,563 What's that? 476 00:32:05,043 --> 00:32:06,203 (GASPS) 477 00:32:08,123 --> 00:32:09,643 Far out. 478 00:32:09,723 --> 00:32:11,563 It's caught around something. 479 00:32:12,723 --> 00:32:15,403 VOICEOVER: Alone Australia is brought to you by Kia. 480 00:32:15,483 --> 00:32:18,443 Experience the ultimate human endurance 481 00:32:18,523 --> 00:32:23,123 as 10 contestants battle to survive alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, 482 00:32:23,203 --> 00:32:26,643 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000. 483 00:32:41,563 --> 00:32:43,883 Yeah, I reckon there's something decent on that thing. 484 00:32:47,923 --> 00:32:50,963 I just felt a bit of pressure on one of my lines. 485 00:32:51,043 --> 00:32:52,483 I think there's an eel on it, 486 00:32:52,563 --> 00:32:54,763 but I think it's caught around something. 487 00:32:55,563 --> 00:32:57,323 Got my net ready. 488 00:32:57,403 --> 00:32:58,883 Far out. 489 00:32:58,963 --> 00:33:02,843 Jeez, I'm tempted to go for a bloody swim, you know? 490 00:33:02,923 --> 00:33:05,843 Because I need this bloody eel, right? 491 00:33:05,923 --> 00:33:09,203 I'm not buggering around any more. Like, I need this. 492 00:33:09,283 --> 00:33:11,963 I can't afford to lose another. 493 00:33:15,603 --> 00:33:16,723 So I've stripped down. 494 00:33:16,803 --> 00:33:18,163 I've actually put my wet underpants on 495 00:33:18,243 --> 00:33:19,443 that I dried today, 496 00:33:19,523 --> 00:33:21,483 because I know they're probably going to get wet. 497 00:33:21,563 --> 00:33:23,723 I'm going to wear my boots in 498 00:33:23,803 --> 00:33:26,763 just because I don't know how rocky it is. 499 00:33:26,843 --> 00:33:28,923 I don't want to get the hook in my foot, 500 00:33:29,003 --> 00:33:30,283 you know, all that kinda gear. 501 00:33:32,123 --> 00:33:35,523 Net is going to be right there. 502 00:33:35,603 --> 00:33:37,283 I'm just going to clear a landing space 503 00:33:37,363 --> 00:33:38,323 for this little thing. 504 00:33:38,403 --> 00:33:39,763 Alright. 505 00:33:41,163 --> 00:33:45,163 Let's do this quick and nasty. 506 00:33:46,643 --> 00:33:48,083 Something just gave way. 507 00:34:03,523 --> 00:34:05,403 Oh, hook's free. 508 00:34:05,483 --> 00:34:06,963 Hey, hey! 509 00:34:08,163 --> 00:34:10,363 OK, we've got him, we've got him, we've got him. 510 00:34:11,083 --> 00:34:14,043 OK, I'm going to slow down a little bit. 511 00:34:14,123 --> 00:34:16,083 The last time I was a little bit rushed. 512 00:34:16,163 --> 00:34:18,043 Get in the net. 513 00:34:19,123 --> 00:34:20,083 Come on. 514 00:34:20,163 --> 00:34:21,243 (GASPS) 515 00:34:22,003 --> 00:34:23,323 Stay there. 516 00:34:23,403 --> 00:34:26,003 I'm not out of the woods yet, he might fall through the net. 517 00:34:26,483 --> 00:34:29,043 Ah! See, his tail's going through the net. 518 00:34:29,123 --> 00:34:31,643 Oh, shit. Shit, shit. Get up. 519 00:34:31,723 --> 00:34:33,563 Oh, his head's going through the net. 520 00:34:33,643 --> 00:34:35,443 Come on, you little bugger. 521 00:34:40,083 --> 00:34:41,283 Alright. 522 00:34:41,363 --> 00:34:44,763 Fucking lines got... Oh, here we go. Good. 523 00:34:44,843 --> 00:34:47,163 Oh. Oh, shit. He's coming out. 524 00:34:47,243 --> 00:34:49,483 He's coming out of the net. Oh. 525 00:34:49,563 --> 00:34:53,843 Oh, you beauty. You bloody beauty. 526 00:34:56,683 --> 00:34:59,203 You bloody beauty. (LAUGHS) 527 00:35:03,923 --> 00:35:05,003 How good? 528 00:35:05,083 --> 00:35:06,803 How bloody good? 529 00:35:06,883 --> 00:35:09,843 Looks like a bloody snake. It's a decent size. 530 00:35:13,643 --> 00:35:17,163 Check it out. Man, I so needed this eel. 531 00:35:17,243 --> 00:35:19,923 That was bigger than the other one too. 532 00:35:20,003 --> 00:35:21,883 That's great. So much... 533 00:35:21,963 --> 00:35:23,843 Oh, man, I can't wait to eat that thing. 534 00:35:23,923 --> 00:35:25,523 Yes. 535 00:35:28,323 --> 00:35:30,483 So glad to be cooking a bloody fish. 536 00:35:31,883 --> 00:35:34,643 Yeah, so what I'm going to do... Jesus, it's a fair bit of meat. 537 00:35:34,723 --> 00:35:36,403 That is a solid chunk of meat. 538 00:35:36,483 --> 00:35:39,483 So, yeah, it's three times fattier than trout. 539 00:35:42,323 --> 00:35:44,563 Six times fattier than kangaroo. 540 00:35:45,883 --> 00:35:48,043 That's what I need. I need the fat. 541 00:35:51,563 --> 00:35:52,563 How good? 542 00:35:52,643 --> 00:35:56,843 This food is going to be ultra appreciated. 543 00:35:57,883 --> 00:35:59,363 Alright. OK. 544 00:35:59,443 --> 00:36:01,843 I'm just going to keep my expectations low, 545 00:36:01,923 --> 00:36:03,003 because I've boiled it. 546 00:36:03,083 --> 00:36:04,763 I don't think you're supposed to boil eel, 547 00:36:04,843 --> 00:36:07,763 but let's have a crack. 548 00:36:13,243 --> 00:36:15,003 Man, that's fatty. 549 00:36:15,083 --> 00:36:17,923 I can't recall eating anything fattier in my life. 550 00:36:18,683 --> 00:36:20,603 Other than, like... It's just like... 551 00:36:20,683 --> 00:36:23,683 It's like pork belly, but without the meat. 552 00:36:23,763 --> 00:36:25,403 Just eating the fat. 553 00:36:25,483 --> 00:36:27,803 I reckon it's going to keep the doc off my back 554 00:36:27,883 --> 00:36:29,963 and I've just got to remind myself of that fact 555 00:36:30,043 --> 00:36:31,563 and not be disgusted by the taste, 556 00:36:31,643 --> 00:36:33,763 because I'm going to have to probably live off these things. 557 00:36:33,843 --> 00:36:36,963 Wow, what an amazing fish. 558 00:36:39,083 --> 00:36:42,323 I've never eaten anything like that my life. 559 00:36:46,683 --> 00:36:48,403 Woo. Wow. 560 00:36:56,963 --> 00:37:00,003 I reckon I might smoke the rest tomorrow morning. 561 00:37:01,363 --> 00:37:03,843 That will give me something to look forward to in the morning. 562 00:37:03,923 --> 00:37:07,683 Yeah, I definitely want to smoke that 563 00:37:07,763 --> 00:37:12,003 because I think I'd vomit if I ate too much like that, 564 00:37:12,083 --> 00:37:14,083 and I can't afford to vomit. 565 00:37:14,163 --> 00:37:16,483 Alright, I'm going to go wash my hands. 566 00:37:16,563 --> 00:37:19,203 This would have to be the best day so far. 567 00:37:20,163 --> 00:37:23,203 Day 23. I've kicked a goal. 568 00:37:42,643 --> 00:37:44,643 Does this seem familiar? 569 00:37:46,803 --> 00:37:49,043 Were they here yesterday? 570 00:37:49,123 --> 00:37:51,523 Did I have the same thing for lunch yesterday? 571 00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:54,643 Well, yes, yes. 572 00:37:56,203 --> 00:37:57,803 We've come to a turning point, 573 00:37:57,883 --> 00:38:01,443 unless I find something out here soon. 574 00:38:03,963 --> 00:38:05,163 But, yeah... 575 00:38:08,683 --> 00:38:12,163 Tough going for animal protein out here, that's for sure. 576 00:38:14,683 --> 00:38:17,683 Gets a bit depressing and down. 577 00:38:17,763 --> 00:38:21,043 It brings in a bit of trepidation of what next. 578 00:38:21,883 --> 00:38:25,043 So now is the time to finally head east, 579 00:38:25,123 --> 00:38:28,283 along that coast behind us. Um... 580 00:38:29,483 --> 00:38:32,923 ..and see is there a fishing spot, is there a river? 581 00:38:33,683 --> 00:38:36,083 Is there a spot that's good for eel? 582 00:38:36,163 --> 00:38:40,043 It's really going to increase my chances of staying out here longer. 583 00:38:44,443 --> 00:38:48,363 Well, the time has come finally. 584 00:38:50,243 --> 00:38:52,123 We've got the fishing gear packed 585 00:38:52,203 --> 00:38:55,523 and we're either going to find an awesome fishing spot 586 00:38:55,603 --> 00:38:57,723 or we are going to know that... 587 00:38:57,803 --> 00:39:01,563 ..this is all we've got, so that's the plan. 588 00:39:06,323 --> 00:39:10,243 This is very contrasting. 589 00:39:14,603 --> 00:39:15,723 Let's keep going. 590 00:39:19,403 --> 00:39:22,203 I'm going to have to try very hard not to burn too much energy 591 00:39:22,283 --> 00:39:24,083 and just pace myself. 592 00:39:27,283 --> 00:39:29,963 Winning is the ultimate goal. 593 00:39:34,563 --> 00:39:38,323 The $250,000 prize would mean a lot to us. 594 00:39:41,483 --> 00:39:44,203 We have a little school in the Congo 595 00:39:44,283 --> 00:39:46,563 that is my wife's pet project. 596 00:39:47,403 --> 00:39:49,803 he has a missionary background. 597 00:39:49,883 --> 00:39:51,643 She actually grew up in the mission field 598 00:39:51,723 --> 00:39:53,283 over in New Guinea 599 00:39:53,363 --> 00:39:55,563 and we'd love to keep supporting that school over there. 600 00:39:55,643 --> 00:40:00,163 So the $250,000 prize, that'll keep all the staff paid 601 00:40:00,243 --> 00:40:02,683 for another year and a half out that way. 602 00:40:04,803 --> 00:40:06,323 Oh, wow. 603 00:40:06,403 --> 00:40:07,683 Love it. 604 00:40:11,003 --> 00:40:12,483 That's exciting. 605 00:40:12,563 --> 00:40:14,323 So many wallaby prints. 606 00:40:16,683 --> 00:40:19,203 All around there's little hooks of their toes. 607 00:40:21,483 --> 00:40:23,403 Wallaby toes. 608 00:40:23,483 --> 00:40:25,083 Probably some more just there. 609 00:40:27,203 --> 00:40:29,443 Oh, wow. This is really nice. 610 00:40:29,523 --> 00:40:31,363 Dear God, thank you. 611 00:40:31,443 --> 00:40:33,443 Beautiful, beautiful cove. 612 00:40:33,523 --> 00:40:36,323 It is the nicest creek I've seen so far. 613 00:40:39,523 --> 00:40:44,803 It's beautiful and a great fishing ground. 614 00:40:44,883 --> 00:40:47,243 Lots of little bugs flying around there. 615 00:40:47,323 --> 00:40:49,603 Lots of little wrens eating the bugs. 616 00:40:50,923 --> 00:40:54,003 Ideally, it'd be great to be living here now. 617 00:40:54,083 --> 00:40:56,203 The perfect fishing spot. 618 00:40:57,443 --> 00:41:00,763 For the sake of two days of energy, maybe four, 619 00:41:00,843 --> 00:41:03,363 to move camp and be able to keep going and going. 620 00:41:03,443 --> 00:41:06,603 Even if I never catch a fish there are so many wallaby prints. 621 00:41:08,003 --> 00:41:10,003 I'm leaning towards the move. 622 00:41:24,963 --> 00:41:26,843 I just heard a splash. 623 00:41:29,123 --> 00:41:32,843 Probably just a platypus. 624 00:41:33,963 --> 00:41:36,243 How's that one? That one's loose. 625 00:41:37,763 --> 00:41:38,963 That one's loose. 626 00:41:41,483 --> 00:41:44,083 That one might not be loose. 627 00:41:44,163 --> 00:41:45,243 Yep. 628 00:41:46,323 --> 00:41:47,643 I think we've got a fish. 629 00:41:48,683 --> 00:41:49,803 Got him. 630 00:41:53,603 --> 00:41:55,963 Oh, you're a beauty. 631 00:41:56,683 --> 00:41:58,803 Look at this one. 632 00:41:58,883 --> 00:42:01,443 Holy guacamole. 633 00:42:02,483 --> 00:42:07,043 And I'm so sorry and I am so grateful for your sacrifice. 634 00:42:15,723 --> 00:42:20,803 Look at that fish. Look at that fish. 635 00:42:20,883 --> 00:42:22,363 So wild to think that 636 00:42:22,443 --> 00:42:24,843 just a few days ago I hadn't eaten anything. 637 00:42:25,683 --> 00:42:27,043 Just excuse me for a minute because I've got to do this. 638 00:42:27,043 --> 00:42:28,203 Just excuse me for a minute because I've got to do this. 639 00:42:28,283 --> 00:42:29,603 Yes! 640 00:42:40,203 --> 00:42:43,763 I really feel like this land is just looking after me. 641 00:42:46,603 --> 00:42:47,883 Oh. 642 00:42:50,443 --> 00:42:54,603 Oh, my goodness. I mean, that fish is, like, food. 643 00:42:54,683 --> 00:42:56,083 That's proper food. 644 00:42:56,163 --> 00:42:57,123 Oh, wow. 645 00:43:00,083 --> 00:43:01,723 It's a game changer. 646 00:43:01,803 --> 00:43:03,243 It feels like I've been here forever 647 00:43:03,323 --> 00:43:05,283 and it feels like I'm going to be here forever. 648 00:43:10,483 --> 00:43:14,083 VOICEOVER: Alone Australia is brought to you by Kia. 649 00:43:14,163 --> 00:43:16,203 Experience the ultimate human endurance 650 00:43:16,283 --> 00:43:18,403 as 10 contestants battle to survive 651 00:43:18,483 --> 00:43:20,883 alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, 652 00:43:20,963 --> 00:43:24,123 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000. 653 00:43:44,803 --> 00:43:46,883 Alright, let's give it a crack. 654 00:43:52,563 --> 00:43:54,083 It's stuck on the bottom. 655 00:43:56,123 --> 00:43:58,003 Oh, and I just got it free. 656 00:43:58,723 --> 00:43:59,843 Beauty. Up. 657 00:44:01,163 --> 00:44:02,563 Up. 658 00:44:02,643 --> 00:44:04,123 It's got an eel on it. 659 00:44:04,203 --> 00:44:05,963 Shit, that's awesome. 660 00:44:17,083 --> 00:44:18,603 You beauty. 661 00:44:19,363 --> 00:44:20,683 You bloody beauty. 662 00:44:22,203 --> 00:44:23,363 Oh, yeah. 663 00:44:30,363 --> 00:44:32,283 Oh, yeah, like a pro. 664 00:44:32,363 --> 00:44:34,603 Cool. Well, I'm going to go hang this up. 665 00:44:34,683 --> 00:44:38,163 Now I've actually got the problem I've got too much meat to eat 666 00:44:38,243 --> 00:44:42,203 and, to be honest, I'm a little bit sick at the thought of eating it, 667 00:44:42,283 --> 00:44:44,923 'cause it was just so fatty last night. 668 00:44:45,003 --> 00:44:46,923 And I'm kind of nauseous still from the idea, 669 00:44:47,003 --> 00:44:49,803 but I'm going to make myself a smoker. 670 00:44:51,203 --> 00:44:57,123 Very high priority to make these eels palatable. 671 00:44:58,523 --> 00:45:00,523 I have to eat these things. 672 00:45:01,403 --> 00:45:05,763 Otherwise it jeopardises me in the competition, you know? 673 00:45:10,843 --> 00:45:12,363 (EXHALES) 674 00:45:13,643 --> 00:45:14,963 (WHISTLES) 675 00:45:18,403 --> 00:45:19,683 Alright. 676 00:45:21,083 --> 00:45:22,083 Alright. 677 00:45:22,963 --> 00:45:26,283 Alright, that's going to provide it some strength. 678 00:45:26,363 --> 00:45:28,963 Alright, I'll leave those tags on it. 679 00:45:30,683 --> 00:45:31,683 Great. 680 00:45:31,763 --> 00:45:35,723 I'm going to have this with a funnel underneath it. 681 00:45:35,803 --> 00:45:39,483 I can drop the eels down from the top, cover it, 682 00:45:39,563 --> 00:45:40,963 and smoke them in there. 683 00:45:41,043 --> 00:45:42,043 It's freaking great. 684 00:45:46,803 --> 00:45:48,003 Here we go. 685 00:45:49,323 --> 00:45:50,603 Fern leaves around. 686 00:45:56,323 --> 00:45:57,603 Alright. 687 00:45:58,323 --> 00:45:59,603 Ah... 688 00:46:00,563 --> 00:46:01,643 (SCOFFS) 689 00:46:03,523 --> 00:46:08,923 It's actually hard to describe how good it feels to see that set up. 690 00:46:19,803 --> 00:46:23,403 It'd be great to play back your GPS each day 691 00:46:23,483 --> 00:46:25,043 and know where you're wandering around. 692 00:46:28,003 --> 00:46:29,203 The weather's starting to change. 693 00:46:29,203 --> 00:46:31,083 I don't want to be out here much longer. 694 00:46:32,883 --> 00:46:34,843 Home sweet home. 695 00:46:36,123 --> 00:46:39,483 Such a beautiful, beautiful cove this morning. 696 00:46:39,563 --> 00:46:42,643 What am I staying here for with nothing? 697 00:46:42,723 --> 00:46:45,163 If I moved to the other camp, I would have had hope. 698 00:46:45,243 --> 00:46:46,843 Here I have no hope. 699 00:46:47,683 --> 00:46:49,523 But I can't underestimate it, 700 00:46:49,603 --> 00:46:52,563 to start all my systems from scratch. 701 00:46:52,643 --> 00:46:58,203 Shelter, water collection, trapping, fishing. 702 00:46:58,283 --> 00:47:00,403 If one of them goes badly... 703 00:47:01,323 --> 00:47:03,003 ..it's pretty much the end. 704 00:47:03,083 --> 00:47:05,203 But it's either sit here and starve it out 705 00:47:05,283 --> 00:47:07,603 or have a crack at pushing through 706 00:47:07,683 --> 00:47:10,323 past where the others are going to be. 707 00:47:19,203 --> 00:47:22,283 But, you know, it's a one-way trip. 708 00:47:22,363 --> 00:47:25,723 We do it once. Do it tough. Done. 709 00:47:25,803 --> 00:47:29,083 So, really looking forward to it. 710 00:47:33,243 --> 00:47:37,123 They have this thing in survival called the triangle of hope. 711 00:47:37,203 --> 00:47:38,923 Hope, hope. 712 00:47:39,003 --> 00:47:40,403 Hope, work... 713 00:47:40,483 --> 00:47:43,243 Hope, plan, work, hope. 714 00:47:44,083 --> 00:47:46,883 So we're at the plan. 715 00:47:46,963 --> 00:47:49,603 We're going to do the work tomorrow. 716 00:47:49,683 --> 00:47:51,043 We are moving. 717 00:47:51,123 --> 00:47:52,483 I can win this. 718 00:47:52,563 --> 00:47:54,843 I just need something to keep me going that little bit further. 719 00:48:00,683 --> 00:48:03,843 Now that I've got enough food coming in... 720 00:48:05,283 --> 00:48:08,323 ..this is a very comfortable environment for me. 721 00:48:08,403 --> 00:48:10,923 I can't wait to get home and see my family, 722 00:48:11,003 --> 00:48:16,043 but it'll come and it'll be awesome the longer I stay out here. 723 00:48:16,123 --> 00:48:19,163 Yeah, so I haven't looked at the family photo yet. 724 00:48:19,243 --> 00:48:22,403 I'm kind of saving it for... if I need it. 725 00:48:23,363 --> 00:48:25,043 I mean, my family's in my head anyway, 726 00:48:25,043 --> 00:48:26,443 I mean, my family's in my head anyway, 727 00:48:26,523 --> 00:48:29,483 so I don't really need to look at a photo. 728 00:48:29,563 --> 00:48:32,643 I'm saving it for a rainy day. (LAUGHS) 729 00:48:32,723 --> 00:48:34,723 Not this rainy day. 730 00:48:45,243 --> 00:48:48,683 £ I found paradise out here in the wild 731 00:48:51,883 --> 00:48:56,803 £ Got the warm, warm sun in my eyes and I feel like a child 732 00:48:59,323 --> 00:49:04,123 £ Time keeps melting on my tongue like snow 733 00:49:06,763 --> 00:49:11,483 £ No-one here to show me where to go... £ 734 00:49:13,163 --> 00:49:16,203 I mean, technically I'm alone in terms of humans 735 00:49:16,283 --> 00:49:18,803 and I definitely feel a lack of a village. 736 00:49:20,163 --> 00:49:24,923 It would be nice to have a village, the hum of humans. 737 00:49:27,123 --> 00:49:32,923 £ ..but every creature out here I've called my kin 738 00:49:34,283 --> 00:49:40,123 £ That's more than enough until I see you again. £ 739 00:49:52,163 --> 00:49:54,883 I kind of feel like that should be done by now. 740 00:49:58,763 --> 00:50:01,163 Oh, it looks like it's... 741 00:50:02,163 --> 00:50:03,963 Looks cooked from the outside. 742 00:50:04,603 --> 00:50:05,563 Well... 743 00:50:06,803 --> 00:50:09,123 May as well start down here, I guess. 744 00:50:15,043 --> 00:50:16,083 Yes. 745 00:50:17,963 --> 00:50:21,403 That is magical. That is magical. 746 00:50:23,883 --> 00:50:25,083 Oh, yeah. 747 00:50:25,723 --> 00:50:28,243 (LAUGHS) That's unreal. 748 00:50:28,323 --> 00:50:30,083 It's cooked perfectly. 749 00:50:32,963 --> 00:50:35,483 You got to see this in colour. It's just amazing. 750 00:50:40,683 --> 00:50:42,483 Look at that. 751 00:50:42,563 --> 00:50:45,883 Yum. It's just, like, greasy and fatty. 752 00:50:45,963 --> 00:50:48,043 It's cooked perfectly, the whole thing. 753 00:50:48,363 --> 00:50:50,123 That's awesome. 754 00:50:51,003 --> 00:50:52,203 So good. 755 00:50:53,003 --> 00:50:54,403 I'm learning now. 756 00:50:54,483 --> 00:50:57,363 Has to be fresh worms and I've learned how to get the fresh worms, 757 00:50:57,443 --> 00:50:59,723 so fortunes have changed. (LAUGHS) 758 00:50:59,803 --> 00:51:00,883 It just means so much. 759 00:51:00,963 --> 00:51:05,203 I mean, it's not just the fact that I've eaten really nothing. 760 00:51:05,283 --> 00:51:06,443 It's that... 761 00:51:07,683 --> 00:51:11,563 ..I'm playing for $250,000 here, people. (LAUGHS) 762 00:51:12,843 --> 00:51:14,043 Have I done the right thing? 763 00:51:14,123 --> 00:51:16,003 A sense of impending doom. 764 00:51:16,083 --> 00:51:17,283 It's a huge investment. 765 00:51:17,363 --> 00:51:18,923 Oh, my heart. 766 00:51:20,043 --> 00:51:22,283 I definitely want to win this competition, 767 00:51:22,363 --> 00:51:25,243 but I don't know how much longer I can last. 768 00:51:27,963 --> 00:51:30,203 The calories in a fish aren't enough. 769 00:51:30,283 --> 00:51:31,843 I need an animal. 770 00:51:31,923 --> 00:51:33,323 I'm hungry. 771 00:51:35,323 --> 00:51:36,603 Yes! 772 00:51:36,683 --> 00:51:38,363 It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... 773 00:51:38,443 --> 00:51:40,163 Yes! 774 00:51:40,243 --> 00:51:41,883 ..but it comes at a cost. 775 00:51:42,883 --> 00:51:43,923 Oh! 776 00:51:45,683 --> 00:51:47,643 Captions by Red Bee Media (c) SBS Australia 2023