1 00:00:22,643 --> 00:00:25,123 WOMAN: Whoo-hoo! 2 00:00:25,123 --> 00:00:26,963 It's Kate. I'm officially tapping out. 3 00:00:28,443 --> 00:00:29,963 I just craved people. 4 00:00:31,083 --> 00:00:32,843 Oh, you beauty. 5 00:00:32,843 --> 00:00:37,123 So wild to think that just a few days ago I hadn't eaten anything. 6 00:00:37,123 --> 00:00:41,083 Got a system that can work and I can procure food, 7 00:00:41,083 --> 00:00:43,283 which is the game. 8 00:00:43,283 --> 00:00:45,123 MAN: Can't get fishing to work here. 9 00:00:45,123 --> 00:00:49,603 Now is the time to finally head east and see, is there a fishing spot? 10 00:00:49,603 --> 00:00:51,443 Oh, wow, this is really nice. 11 00:00:51,443 --> 00:00:55,403 Dear God, thank you, tomorrow we are moving. 12 00:00:55,403 --> 00:00:58,123 MAN: I haven't gone this long without eating anything. 13 00:00:58,123 --> 00:00:59,483 There's this constant stress. 14 00:00:59,483 --> 00:01:01,963 Gotta get food, gotta get food, gotta get food. 15 00:01:01,963 --> 00:01:03,123 Hey! 16 00:01:03,123 --> 00:01:04,363 How good! 17 00:01:04,363 --> 00:01:06,843 Fortunes have changed. (LAUGHS) 18 00:01:06,843 --> 00:01:09,843 Yes, I'm playing for $250,000 here, people. 19 00:01:12,963 --> 00:01:17,123 We're halfway to the South Pole, we're going to be totally alone. 20 00:01:17,123 --> 00:01:20,123 WOMAN: It's Tasmania, it's cold, it's rain, it's snow. 21 00:01:21,643 --> 00:01:24,523 We're all going to leave changed forever. 22 00:01:27,203 --> 00:01:28,563 Holy shit. 23 00:01:28,563 --> 00:01:29,803 Yeah! 24 00:01:29,803 --> 00:01:31,563 What is this place? 25 00:01:31,563 --> 00:01:33,643 It's like a camp trip from hell. 26 00:01:33,643 --> 00:01:35,523 Mother Nature's kicking my arse. 27 00:01:35,523 --> 00:01:36,763 (GRUNTS) 28 00:01:38,883 --> 00:01:40,723 This experience... 29 00:01:40,723 --> 00:01:41,723 Yes! 30 00:01:41,723 --> 00:01:44,003 ..is just as much a mind game... 31 00:01:44,003 --> 00:01:45,603 Oh, my heart. 32 00:01:45,603 --> 00:01:47,323 ..as it is a survival game. 33 00:01:50,603 --> 00:01:52,083 Is there another way? 34 00:01:52,083 --> 00:01:55,523 A $250,000 prize would change my life. 35 00:01:57,003 --> 00:02:00,803 It's a once in a lifetime opportunity, but it comes at a cost. 36 00:02:00,803 --> 00:02:01,763 (GRUNTS) 37 00:02:29,803 --> 00:02:34,083 MAN: First glow of the morning is visible over the visual line. 38 00:02:34,083 --> 00:02:36,203 Hopefully might be a clear day. 39 00:02:36,203 --> 00:02:38,003 It's clear to the horizon, 40 00:02:38,003 --> 00:02:40,723 but then grey cloud above. 41 00:02:46,283 --> 00:02:47,923 MIKE: Day 26. 42 00:02:47,923 --> 00:02:50,323 I mean, I've been here nearly a month. 43 00:02:50,323 --> 00:02:53,043 It's good. You know? 44 00:02:53,043 --> 00:02:54,883 We've started. 45 00:02:54,883 --> 00:02:56,723 And psychologically, 46 00:02:56,723 --> 00:03:00,123 for some people that might be where they've picked a line, you know? 47 00:03:03,163 --> 00:03:07,283 So I reckon...I reckon people will be going home in the next few days. 48 00:03:08,483 --> 00:03:13,483 Whilst this makes no difference to me, it helps for me to think 49 00:03:13,483 --> 00:03:15,203 I'm making progress. 50 00:03:15,203 --> 00:03:19,803 I feel like I'm closer, but I need to keep the food coming in 51 00:03:19,803 --> 00:03:22,763 so I can stay out here for a long time. 52 00:03:25,083 --> 00:03:29,123 That's why I'm looking at going swimming in bloody... 53 00:03:29,123 --> 00:03:32,803 ..who knows how deep it is, middle of winter, Tasmania, 54 00:03:32,803 --> 00:03:39,723 to try and free up a snag with, I think, something big on it. 55 00:03:41,803 --> 00:03:45,803 Put the lines out and then half an hour later, 56 00:03:45,803 --> 00:03:48,723 one of the ones over there was pulled taut 57 00:03:48,723 --> 00:03:50,483 and locked off on a snag. 58 00:03:50,483 --> 00:03:52,403 Wasn't taut before. 59 00:03:52,403 --> 00:03:57,403 Something with strength has pulled it and then got jammed. 60 00:03:58,443 --> 00:04:02,123 It must have...I think a big eel or a big fish on it. 61 00:04:05,643 --> 00:04:09,243 Been avoiding thinking about the water temperature. 62 00:04:10,963 --> 00:04:13,203 It's going to suck regardless. 63 00:04:16,843 --> 00:04:22,803 I need those eels, I need the hooks. It's hard to find bait. 64 00:04:22,803 --> 00:04:26,723 I can't think of a decent enough reason not to try and swim down 65 00:04:26,723 --> 00:04:28,603 four metres and unfree it. 66 00:04:29,963 --> 00:04:35,163 An eel is a day, maybe even two days longer of being out here, you know? 67 00:04:35,163 --> 00:04:37,723 This is going to be invigorating. 68 00:04:37,723 --> 00:04:41,923 It's going to be completely dark once I get past a metre. 69 00:04:41,923 --> 00:04:45,763 What could be a problem is if I go down and the line's loose above me 70 00:04:45,763 --> 00:04:49,723 and then I come up and it gets caught around my neck. 71 00:04:49,723 --> 00:04:52,243 Alright, so I need to be able to cut the line 72 00:04:52,243 --> 00:04:54,443 in case it tangles around me. 73 00:04:54,443 --> 00:04:56,923 So I've been memorising how to do this blindfolded. 74 00:04:59,683 --> 00:05:00,043 And that's my sharp blade there. Cut. 75 00:05:00,043 --> 00:05:02,803 And that's my sharp blade there. Cut. 76 00:05:02,803 --> 00:05:06,803 Because I'm going to be swimming down and I might have line above me. 77 00:05:06,803 --> 00:05:10,923 I'm going to mitigate that risk by tying the line taut above me 78 00:05:10,923 --> 00:05:14,763 so I can follow it down, count the metres down, 79 00:05:14,763 --> 00:05:17,763 and then free it hopefully, and then go up. 80 00:05:22,443 --> 00:05:23,963 Alright. 81 00:05:23,963 --> 00:05:26,203 Dry bag, safety equipment. 82 00:05:36,603 --> 00:05:39,003 (GRUNTS) 83 00:05:39,003 --> 00:05:42,963 (GRUNTS) Shit, that's bloody freezing. 84 00:05:42,963 --> 00:05:43,923 Whoo! 85 00:05:45,323 --> 00:05:49,683 Oh, shit! Ooh! Ooh! 86 00:05:49,683 --> 00:05:51,443 Yeah. 87 00:05:51,443 --> 00:06:00,323 (GRUNTS, HYPERVENTILATES) 88 00:06:00,323 --> 00:06:02,323 That's a bloody joke! 89 00:06:02,323 --> 00:06:06,403 I'll get used to it in a bit and I'll stop faffing about whingeing. 90 00:06:06,403 --> 00:06:11,483 Oh, man. (GRUNTS) 91 00:06:11,483 --> 00:06:16,043 Happy thoughts, happy thoughts. 92 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:18,643 (GRUNTS) 93 00:06:21,523 --> 00:06:23,843 Alright, stop pissing and moaning. 94 00:06:25,443 --> 00:06:27,763 I need this bloody eel, man. 95 00:06:27,763 --> 00:06:31,723 It could be a big trout, I can't afford to miss it. 96 00:06:34,523 --> 00:06:37,923 If I get it, it's going to taste even bloody better, I'll tell ya. 97 00:06:37,923 --> 00:06:38,883 (GRUNTS) 98 00:06:40,163 --> 00:06:42,603 So I want this line to be vertical. 99 00:06:44,163 --> 00:06:46,083 Cool, now I've got a guide, 100 00:06:46,083 --> 00:06:48,243 and I'm just going to slowly go down a metre. 101 00:07:03,523 --> 00:07:07,643 I'm too buoyant. Go down head first. 102 00:07:48,243 --> 00:07:54,403 GINA: Fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy. 103 00:07:54,403 --> 00:07:59,483 Fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy. 104 00:07:59,483 --> 00:08:01,763 Day 26, I believe. 105 00:08:03,323 --> 00:08:05,883 Singing a fish calling song. 106 00:08:07,483 --> 00:08:09,763 I had a little dance, had a little fishy dance, 107 00:08:09,763 --> 00:08:11,763 all kind of like fishy, fishy on a log. 108 00:08:11,763 --> 00:08:14,323 Fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy... 109 00:08:14,323 --> 00:08:16,043 I've had a pretty good run. 110 00:08:16,043 --> 00:08:21,803 I've had six fish in like four days. That's pretty epic. 111 00:08:23,923 --> 00:08:26,203 But my goal is not just to survive in the wild, 112 00:08:26,203 --> 00:08:27,163 but to thrive. 113 00:08:28,403 --> 00:08:31,803 I absolutely want to be the last woman standing. 114 00:08:31,803 --> 00:08:35,843 I want to win this, I really want to win this. 115 00:08:35,843 --> 00:08:40,083 I think the tide might be starting to rise. 116 00:08:40,083 --> 00:08:44,603 At high tide, it is impossible to fish without getting my lines 117 00:08:44,603 --> 00:08:46,963 caught and losing hooks. 118 00:08:46,963 --> 00:08:49,203 And every hook's precious. 119 00:08:49,203 --> 00:08:54,003 Which means I need to do a really concerted push 120 00:08:54,003 --> 00:08:59,563 to clear out the mudflats of as much debris as possible 121 00:08:59,563 --> 00:09:02,483 so that when the tide's high, I've got some fishable areas 122 00:09:02,483 --> 00:09:04,043 that aren't going to snag. 123 00:09:04,043 --> 00:09:08,523 Oh, I don't want to go in the mud. 124 00:09:08,523 --> 00:09:09,963 I don't want to go in the mud. 125 00:09:11,483 --> 00:09:14,243 I have to go in the mud, OK. 126 00:09:17,163 --> 00:09:19,763 I've been dreading this job for days. 127 00:09:22,523 --> 00:09:28,763 Get snags on snags on snags, and there's a bit of urgency with it 128 00:09:28,763 --> 00:09:31,723 because tide's coming back in now. 129 00:09:31,723 --> 00:09:34,643 And I think when the tide comes in, 130 00:09:34,643 --> 00:09:37,683 it comes in just quickly over a couple of days. 131 00:09:49,323 --> 00:09:54,243 And I'm kind of mapping the terrain, so when it's underwater, 132 00:09:54,243 --> 00:09:58,523 I kind of have an idea of where the snags are 133 00:09:58,523 --> 00:10:00,043 so I can put my lines where they're not. 134 00:10:00,043 --> 00:10:01,963 so I can put my lines where they're not. 135 00:10:05,763 --> 00:10:09,003 Such a balance between the doing and conserving calories. 136 00:10:09,003 --> 00:10:12,443 Oh, fuck me sideways. 137 00:10:12,443 --> 00:10:18,243 I need to spend the calories to get calories. It's a dance. 138 00:10:19,403 --> 00:10:24,003 Yeah, I'm going in. Oh, you prick, just fucking come out. 139 00:10:26,683 --> 00:10:28,203 Alright. 140 00:10:31,843 --> 00:10:34,963 Come on. Come on. 141 00:10:34,963 --> 00:10:37,723 Just for fuck's sake, come out, please. 142 00:10:41,403 --> 00:10:45,243 Here we go. Oh! Got it. 143 00:10:50,603 --> 00:10:55,203 I tell you what, I'm getting pretty bloody knackered. 144 00:11:02,563 --> 00:11:05,643 I mean, look at this. That's just... 145 00:11:11,963 --> 00:11:13,323 Mudder. 146 00:11:15,803 --> 00:11:20,603 I've got to say I'm a little disconcerted by how exhausted I am. 147 00:11:23,483 --> 00:11:28,923 It just means that I'm having to recalibrate what's possible, 148 00:11:28,923 --> 00:11:30,923 what I'm actually capable of. 149 00:11:33,083 --> 00:11:37,363 I'm hungry, my belly's definitely switched on 150 00:11:37,363 --> 00:11:39,923 because I've had food for four days. 151 00:11:43,003 --> 00:11:45,043 Yeah, it's got to that point of going, alright, 152 00:11:45,043 --> 00:11:46,683 I expect food now. 153 00:11:49,523 --> 00:11:51,003 Where is it? 154 00:12:44,523 --> 00:12:45,603 Nah. 155 00:12:48,243 --> 00:12:54,083 The line goes down in a deep bloody tangle of logs. 156 00:12:55,563 --> 00:12:58,163 I felt the line go through the fork and I reached down 157 00:12:58,163 --> 00:13:01,243 and I just...I couldn't reach any further. 158 00:13:01,243 --> 00:13:02,963 There's no way I was going to get under all that 159 00:13:02,963 --> 00:13:04,443 because it's black down there. 160 00:13:06,203 --> 00:13:07,843 Bugger, that sucks. 161 00:13:10,443 --> 00:13:12,803 I was kind of hoping... 162 00:13:12,803 --> 00:13:16,483 Oh, shit, that sucks. No way I'm going to get that line off. 163 00:13:18,043 --> 00:13:19,643 It's really snaggy out there. 164 00:13:19,643 --> 00:13:21,483 I don't think I'm going to fish there anymore. 165 00:13:21,483 --> 00:13:23,323 It's just crap everywhere. 166 00:13:23,323 --> 00:13:27,643 So I'm just going to snap it off, there's nothing else I can do. 167 00:13:27,643 --> 00:13:29,163 I'm feeling tired. 168 00:13:29,163 --> 00:13:32,163 That swim, it took the energy out of me, that whole process. 169 00:13:32,163 --> 00:13:34,803 I mean, there's a fair bit of effort involved. 170 00:13:34,803 --> 00:13:38,683 And really there was no result, unfortunately. 171 00:13:38,683 --> 00:13:41,243 But it was the right decision to try 172 00:13:41,243 --> 00:13:45,643 because I get taken out of here on weight grounds, 173 00:13:45,643 --> 00:13:48,723 I want to know that I did absolutely everything I could. 174 00:14:05,803 --> 00:14:07,163 Good morning. 175 00:14:08,563 --> 00:14:09,923 (FARTS) 176 00:14:09,923 --> 00:14:11,483 What was that noise? 177 00:14:14,283 --> 00:14:18,843 If the rain stops today on day 26, we are moving camp. 178 00:14:20,283 --> 00:14:25,963 We're going to the Bay of Plenty in the land of the wide grey cloud. 179 00:14:25,963 --> 00:14:27,363 We're going to love it there. 180 00:14:28,643 --> 00:14:34,083 The other day, we decided to explore the eastern boundary finally, 181 00:14:34,083 --> 00:14:35,843 and it's beautiful. 182 00:14:39,763 --> 00:14:45,523 So many wallaby prints all around us, little hooks of their toes. 183 00:14:45,523 --> 00:14:47,443 Lots of wildlife around. 184 00:14:47,443 --> 00:14:52,403 They must love the fresh water. Look at that. Oh, glorious. 185 00:14:52,403 --> 00:14:56,683 Because that just looks like a eel paradise up there. 186 00:14:56,683 --> 00:15:00,043 Setting up a new camp site - fair bit of risk, 187 00:15:00,043 --> 00:15:01,363 Setting up a new camp site - fair bit of risk, 188 00:15:01,363 --> 00:15:04,203 lots of energy involved. 189 00:15:04,203 --> 00:15:07,123 But you really need some meat. 190 00:15:09,323 --> 00:15:14,963 Okie-dokie, hooks off the bank line and roll it up. 191 00:15:14,963 --> 00:15:17,923 I've been surviving off greens like sawsedge and water even 192 00:15:17,923 --> 00:15:19,203 for the past 26 days, 193 00:15:19,203 --> 00:15:23,683 but I haven't caught a single fish or critter. 194 00:15:23,683 --> 00:15:27,563 Plant only is not quite balanced enough diet. 195 00:15:27,563 --> 00:15:29,163 Time to pack up the possum trap. 196 00:15:29,163 --> 00:15:35,523 For the sake of energy to move camp and be able to keep going and going. 197 00:15:35,523 --> 00:15:36,803 I think it's worth it. 198 00:15:36,803 --> 00:15:39,563 We just need those proteins to start coming in 199 00:15:39,563 --> 00:15:42,803 so that we can stay out here as...hopefully the longest. 200 00:15:44,243 --> 00:15:47,003 I think it's better than the chances of sitting here 201 00:15:47,003 --> 00:15:49,843 and then just going...time for the doctors to take me away. 202 00:15:55,363 --> 00:15:59,043 I didn't realise packing would burn up so much energy. 203 00:15:59,043 --> 00:16:00,643 Just keep stuffing. 204 00:16:01,763 --> 00:16:03,243 (GRUNTS) 205 00:16:03,243 --> 00:16:06,003 It's not waterproof but it's in. 206 00:16:06,003 --> 00:16:08,243 I might only be able to carry a third of it at a time, 207 00:16:08,243 --> 00:16:12,603 so if that's three shuttles, that's the whole trip six times. 208 00:16:14,003 --> 00:16:19,603 OK, trip one, here we go. 209 00:16:22,443 --> 00:16:24,163 Let's see how far we get. 210 00:16:25,283 --> 00:16:28,483 Oh, the knee's sore already, that's a bad start. 211 00:16:39,523 --> 00:16:41,483 It's exciting to be moving. 212 00:16:41,483 --> 00:16:44,163 I just have to take it slowly. We'll get there. 213 00:16:50,523 --> 00:16:55,883 It's a huge investment. Huge. I can only hope it pays off. 214 00:17:23,723 --> 00:17:28,843 OK, just another half kay of rock rubble. 215 00:17:31,523 --> 00:17:34,483 Oh, wow, that's going to be tricky to drag on past. 216 00:17:38,323 --> 00:17:41,363 We'll work it out, we always do. 217 00:17:46,203 --> 00:17:47,683 Take camera out. 218 00:17:55,043 --> 00:17:56,003 Ow. 219 00:18:00,803 --> 00:18:02,523 (GRUNTS) 220 00:18:05,003 --> 00:18:07,923 It's the pelican case, the big camera case, 221 00:18:07,923 --> 00:18:10,283 so bulky, so difficult to handle. 222 00:18:12,523 --> 00:18:14,643 Don't go into the creek, please. 223 00:18:14,643 --> 00:18:18,203 Can already feel it in the right knee. I'm burning heaps of energy. 224 00:18:18,203 --> 00:18:20,043 It's hard to know if I'm wasting time. 225 00:18:22,603 --> 00:18:25,403 Just relying on me being more resilient than the others. 226 00:18:30,283 --> 00:18:36,203 Well, we made it. Just need to repeat that trip two more times. 227 00:18:36,203 --> 00:18:37,523 Oh, wow. 228 00:18:40,163 --> 00:18:43,963 Time to start heading back, make my bed for the night. 229 00:18:55,203 --> 00:18:58,083 I'm totally exhausted after that big journey, 230 00:18:58,083 --> 00:19:01,203 and to only be a fraction of the way there. 231 00:19:01,203 --> 00:19:03,003 A sense of impending doom. 232 00:19:04,203 --> 00:19:06,163 Have I done the right thing? 233 00:19:07,283 --> 00:19:10,323 In the past, my faith has helped me get through hard times. 234 00:19:10,323 --> 00:19:14,643 I'm going to have to lean on God to carry me further. 235 00:19:14,643 --> 00:19:16,003 We are committed. 236 00:19:17,643 --> 00:19:19,723 I think that's it for the day. 237 00:19:21,243 --> 00:19:25,643 Tomorrow, I hope for sunshine and we'll push on. 238 00:19:46,323 --> 00:19:49,683 I'm pretty much just waiting for dark at this point 239 00:19:49,683 --> 00:19:51,123 to pull my lines. 240 00:19:51,123 --> 00:19:55,283 Normally I'd have them pulled by now, but I'm just leaving it 241 00:19:55,283 --> 00:19:58,243 as late as possible tonight just in case. 242 00:20:01,203 --> 00:20:04,683 Here's the rain, which means I'm going to be slopping around 243 00:20:04,683 --> 00:20:09,083 in the mud, pulling my lines in the rain. 244 00:20:09,083 --> 00:20:10,043 Bugger. 245 00:20:13,443 --> 00:20:17,643 Back in the mud. Back in the mud. 246 00:20:22,083 --> 00:20:23,963 Let's do one last check. 247 00:20:27,803 --> 00:20:29,843 Wait, hang on. 248 00:20:29,843 --> 00:20:34,803 There you are. I see you, there's a fish. 249 00:20:34,803 --> 00:20:40,003 No, come on, here we go, gotcha. 250 00:20:40,003 --> 00:20:46,363 Ha! Look, I got another fish! 251 00:20:46,363 --> 00:20:47,403 That's seven. 252 00:20:49,003 --> 00:20:51,203 Lake has given me seven fish. 253 00:20:52,963 --> 00:20:54,323 This fish! 254 00:20:54,323 --> 00:20:56,563 That is just so much abundance. 255 00:20:59,523 --> 00:21:00,683 Thank you, fish. 256 00:21:05,203 --> 00:21:09,443 I'm going to hang this beauty up and have him for breakfast. 257 00:21:10,843 --> 00:21:13,363 I mean, I kind of want him now, 258 00:21:13,363 --> 00:21:17,043 but I've got through today with a hungry belly. 259 00:21:19,803 --> 00:21:24,243 I can get through the night with a hungry belly and then wake up 260 00:21:24,243 --> 00:21:27,523 and then have this special treat in the morning. 261 00:21:27,523 --> 00:21:31,563 Like, oh, my goodness, I can cook him up and salt him 262 00:21:31,563 --> 00:21:35,483 and eat him in deliciousness. 263 00:21:35,483 --> 00:21:38,203 Whereas now I'd be stumbling around in the dark with a head torch 264 00:21:38,203 --> 00:21:40,243 and it's just not quite the same. 265 00:21:40,243 --> 00:21:44,763 But I'm so very, very thankful to have a fish, 266 00:21:44,763 --> 00:21:46,483 very, very, very thankful. 267 00:22:14,963 --> 00:22:18,883 I think this place is a rubbish fishing spot. 268 00:22:18,883 --> 00:22:21,843 It's a mud slippery dip, there's logs everywhere, 269 00:22:21,843 --> 00:22:22,923 you get snagged. 270 00:22:24,003 --> 00:22:29,403 So today I'm going to kayak to the west river 271 00:22:29,403 --> 00:22:32,723 and see if I can find something there. 272 00:22:32,723 --> 00:22:35,763 I mean, fish is it as far as meat goes here, 273 00:22:35,763 --> 00:22:39,243 so I've got to do everything. 274 00:22:39,243 --> 00:22:44,603 What I don't want to do is paddle there and then get hit by rain 275 00:22:44,603 --> 00:22:49,563 in a front, get wet, cold, and have nothing to show for it 276 00:22:49,563 --> 00:22:50,643 when I get back. 277 00:22:54,163 --> 00:22:58,243 Wind's picking up a bit, clouds coming from the north-west. 278 00:23:00,243 --> 00:23:02,363 It's just got a bit of an ominous feel. 279 00:23:03,523 --> 00:23:07,003 Gust of wind in a kayak is... in a really unstable kayak 280 00:23:07,003 --> 00:23:09,603 is enough to send you over. 281 00:23:09,603 --> 00:23:12,483 But there's no weather forecast here. 282 00:23:14,123 --> 00:23:18,403 I know if I get to lunchtime or mid-afternoon 283 00:23:18,403 --> 00:23:20,923 and it stayed acceptable, I'll be like, "Oh, I should have gone, 284 00:23:20,923 --> 00:23:22,043 "I should have gone." 285 00:23:25,803 --> 00:23:28,643 Hasn't got worse over the last hour. 286 00:23:29,923 --> 00:23:32,163 I think I'm just going to take the risk and go. 287 00:23:33,203 --> 00:23:35,043 Yeah, I'm just going to take the risk and do it. 288 00:23:35,043 --> 00:23:37,523 It's make or break. I have to try everything I can. 289 00:23:37,523 --> 00:23:42,163 If I don't, I will just starve out here. 290 00:23:42,163 --> 00:23:46,603 So I'm going to get stuck into it, get going as quick as I can. 291 00:23:51,003 --> 00:23:56,043 It is easy to just want to get out of here. 292 00:23:56,043 --> 00:24:02,843 This desolate, food-less environment I've been dropped in. 293 00:24:02,843 --> 00:24:05,123 But I don't want to be in that state of mind. 294 00:24:05,123 --> 00:24:09,323 I still want to be looking forward, OK, what's the next move? 295 00:24:09,323 --> 00:24:11,163 How can I get the bait? When are the fish coming on? 296 00:24:11,163 --> 00:24:13,123 How can I get the trap? What am I doing wrong? 297 00:24:13,123 --> 00:24:15,003 (SIGHS) 298 00:24:15,003 --> 00:24:17,603 I'm going to get ready to cast here. 299 00:24:17,603 --> 00:24:21,723 Because everyone else out here that's still here must be hurting, 300 00:24:21,723 --> 00:24:24,283 and that difference in frame of mind between, 301 00:24:24,283 --> 00:24:25,843 "Oh, hurry up and take me out," 302 00:24:25,843 --> 00:24:29,043 as opposed to, "Nah, I'm staying here. What can I do?" 303 00:24:29,043 --> 00:24:29,803 as opposed to, "Nah, I'm staying here. What can I do?" 304 00:24:29,803 --> 00:24:32,043 That honestly could be the difference. 305 00:24:32,043 --> 00:24:35,083 So I've got to stay in that frame of mind. 306 00:24:35,083 --> 00:24:40,323 Ooh, yeah, cold breeze in the face. Yeah. Love it. 307 00:24:40,323 --> 00:24:45,843 Yeah. Bare legs, wet feet - love it, love it, mmmm, yeah! 308 00:24:45,843 --> 00:24:47,163 Give me more. 309 00:24:52,603 --> 00:24:54,483 Maybe there. 310 00:25:09,043 --> 00:25:10,643 Alright, that went pretty well, really. 311 00:25:11,843 --> 00:25:15,843 Now I'm just going to get some dry clothes on my legs 312 00:25:15,843 --> 00:25:17,803 and do what I came here to do in the first place, 313 00:25:17,803 --> 00:25:20,363 which was to catch a fish. 314 00:25:34,843 --> 00:25:37,563 Man, it's strange. 315 00:25:37,563 --> 00:25:40,523 I dreamt it, I was sleeping at home, my king size bed 316 00:25:40,523 --> 00:25:42,203 with my wife next to me. 317 00:25:44,003 --> 00:25:49,123 It was Saturday, my wife got up before me. That's strange. 318 00:25:49,123 --> 00:25:52,283 And was talking to me as she walked down the hallway 319 00:25:52,283 --> 00:25:56,283 and I heard my daughter Charlotte from the next room say, 320 00:25:56,283 --> 00:25:57,643 "What was that, Mum?" 321 00:26:00,403 --> 00:26:03,683 And then I think I went to move to get up and realised 322 00:26:03,683 --> 00:26:04,843 I was still here. 323 00:26:06,403 --> 00:26:07,723 Ahh. 324 00:26:12,523 --> 00:26:14,843 My poor wife is just going four whole weeks, 325 00:26:14,843 --> 00:26:20,883 six without her husband, running the farm, running the house. 326 00:26:20,883 --> 00:26:23,603 She's giving up a lot for me to be here. 327 00:26:23,603 --> 00:26:27,403 But I said I'll be persistent and give it all that I've got. 328 00:26:27,403 --> 00:26:31,283 So we'll see it through to the end and we'll be successful, 329 00:26:31,283 --> 00:26:33,563 or we would've done our best. 330 00:26:36,923 --> 00:26:38,923 Time to move everything out. 331 00:26:38,923 --> 00:26:41,123 I think it's better to do a few light trips 332 00:26:41,123 --> 00:26:43,883 rather than a really heavy one. 333 00:26:43,883 --> 00:26:45,363 Yep, that's not too bad. 334 00:26:45,363 --> 00:26:47,123 Ridge line's gone. 335 00:26:47,123 --> 00:26:48,723 Cool, it's happening. 336 00:26:48,723 --> 00:26:50,643 There's no going back now, 337 00:26:50,643 --> 00:26:52,163 we just have to do it. 338 00:26:52,163 --> 00:26:56,443 Take it easy, Michael. Slow it down some. 339 00:26:56,443 --> 00:26:58,443 We've got all day, nearly. 340 00:27:02,323 --> 00:27:03,923 It's kinda corners. 341 00:27:05,363 --> 00:27:08,723 The magnitude of this move is starting to dawn on me. 342 00:27:10,523 --> 00:27:13,323 Oh, man, my old home. It's nothing. 343 00:27:22,643 --> 00:27:28,843 OK, here we go to the new land. 344 00:27:28,843 --> 00:27:31,963 The big investment to hopefully have fish. 345 00:27:49,043 --> 00:27:52,683 I'm so glad I did not eat this fish last night. 346 00:27:52,683 --> 00:27:57,283 Amazing to wake up knowing that I have a fish ready to eat. 347 00:27:57,283 --> 00:27:59,243 I was feeling my body in the night 348 00:27:59,243 --> 00:28:02,603 and feeling how much fat has come off it. 349 00:28:02,603 --> 00:28:05,523 I want the fat that I have to last me two more months. 350 00:28:05,523 --> 00:28:07,763 It won't, there's no way. 351 00:28:07,763 --> 00:28:09,323 It's shredding off me. 352 00:28:09,323 --> 00:28:12,363 Like, playing with my belly, 353 00:28:12,363 --> 00:28:13,683 going, "Come on, be more!" 354 00:28:13,683 --> 00:28:15,923 For the first time in my life, I'm going, 355 00:28:15,923 --> 00:28:17,723 "I need more fat on my belly!" 356 00:28:17,723 --> 00:28:20,883 instead of, "Oh, no, I've got a fat belly." 357 00:28:22,603 --> 00:28:27,763 I am never going to look at fat on a human the same way again. 358 00:28:27,763 --> 00:28:30,363 So it's good to have a fish. 359 00:28:30,363 --> 00:28:33,923 It's probably putting back a 10th of what I need. 360 00:28:33,923 --> 00:28:39,243 I'll probably need 10 of these fish, but it's something. 361 00:28:47,683 --> 00:28:50,003 So the fishing is great. 362 00:28:50,003 --> 00:28:52,843 Knowing that I can catch fish 363 00:28:52,843 --> 00:28:55,603 and knowing I'll get better at catching fish, 364 00:28:55,603 --> 00:28:57,043 this is good. 365 00:28:57,043 --> 00:29:00,643 But the fish, the calories in a fish aren't enough. 366 00:29:00,643 --> 00:29:02,843 I need, like... I need an animal. 367 00:29:04,763 --> 00:29:09,683 I need to be able to, like, hoof down a half kilo of protein. 368 00:29:13,403 --> 00:29:14,563 A day. 369 00:29:14,563 --> 00:29:16,283 (LAUGHS) 370 00:29:20,403 --> 00:29:24,003 Probably got about another month before I'm skinny. 371 00:29:24,003 --> 00:29:25,843 It's not enough days. 372 00:29:27,283 --> 00:29:29,043 So I think that's the only thing that would take me out, 373 00:29:29,043 --> 00:29:29,443 So I think that's the only thing that would take me out, 374 00:29:29,443 --> 00:29:31,083 is if I got too skinny. 375 00:29:40,683 --> 00:29:44,763 MIKE: I've made it to the west river with no rain. 376 00:29:45,923 --> 00:29:47,643 Ready to start exploring. 377 00:29:50,243 --> 00:29:51,323 For these last four weeks, 378 00:29:51,323 --> 00:29:55,323 it's actually gone reasonably quick 379 00:29:55,323 --> 00:29:57,283 because I've been so busy. 380 00:29:57,283 --> 00:30:01,283 I am just going to have a quick cast out here, because I can't resist it. 381 00:30:01,283 --> 00:30:05,163 When it slows down, though, once I've explored every food avenue 382 00:30:05,163 --> 00:30:08,443 and I'm just trying to conserve energy, that's when each day 383 00:30:08,443 --> 00:30:09,683 will take forever. 384 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:16,043 And that's when you start to think about leaving early. 385 00:30:17,883 --> 00:30:19,923 I got to be careful, though, that I don't do tasks 386 00:30:19,923 --> 00:30:22,443 just for my mental wellbeing. 387 00:30:31,683 --> 00:30:36,083 Anywhere else in Australia that has trout this remote, 388 00:30:36,083 --> 00:30:42,003 this unfished...would... you'd have...you'd see some. 389 00:30:43,043 --> 00:30:45,643 Particularly in a spot like this with a river coming in. 390 00:30:48,123 --> 00:30:50,443 I've got to tough it out mentally 391 00:30:50,443 --> 00:30:53,243 and still be really stingy with energy. 392 00:30:53,243 --> 00:30:57,243 Oh, man, why is there no bloody trout in here? It's ridiculous. 393 00:30:59,243 --> 00:31:00,883 Ridiculous. 394 00:31:06,603 --> 00:31:08,203 Oh, shit, it's raining. 395 00:31:15,883 --> 00:31:18,603 I wanna hurry home and not get smashed. 396 00:31:23,483 --> 00:31:25,363 Ahh! 397 00:31:25,363 --> 00:31:27,003 Fuck sake. 398 00:31:31,363 --> 00:31:32,323 Fuck! 399 00:31:35,563 --> 00:31:37,883 I really don't want to get wet. 400 00:31:37,883 --> 00:31:40,603 I really do not want to get saturated. 401 00:31:42,363 --> 00:31:45,323 I'm going to be shivering, wasting energy. 402 00:31:46,403 --> 00:31:47,523 My metabolism is so slow, 403 00:31:47,523 --> 00:31:49,763 it's going to take forever to warm up. 404 00:31:53,883 --> 00:31:55,043 Fuck sake. 405 00:31:56,163 --> 00:31:59,083 I just need to stay focused and just get home. 406 00:32:07,643 --> 00:32:10,323 VOICEOVER: Alone Australia is brought to you by Kia. 407 00:32:10,403 --> 00:32:13,363 Experience the ultimate human endurance 408 00:32:13,443 --> 00:32:18,043 as 10 contestants battle to survive alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, 409 00:32:18,123 --> 00:32:21,563 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000. 410 00:32:48,643 --> 00:32:52,323 Yeah, I've played Russian roulette with the weather on the kayak a lot 411 00:32:52,323 --> 00:32:55,323 and it's just now starting to catch up with me, 412 00:32:55,323 --> 00:32:56,963 I think. 413 00:32:56,963 --> 00:33:01,003 Alright, now the rain's really coming down. 414 00:33:01,003 --> 00:33:04,003 As you get more tired, you get more prone to mistakes. 415 00:33:04,003 --> 00:33:07,763 You end up just trying to force something. I made one then. 416 00:33:11,043 --> 00:33:12,883 I know I want to get out of this rain 417 00:33:12,883 --> 00:33:16,163 before my pants get absolutely saturated. 418 00:33:16,163 --> 00:33:18,843 If I have to walk home in freezing clothes, 419 00:33:18,843 --> 00:33:22,563 it'd set me back a day or two maybe in energy levels. 420 00:33:22,563 --> 00:33:25,243 You know, it's not such a big deal when you got a full energy load, 421 00:33:25,243 --> 00:33:28,363 but when you got low energy, everything is just harder. 422 00:33:28,363 --> 00:33:29,723 Fuck. 423 00:33:31,163 --> 00:33:33,963 What the fuck happened then? It's caught in the crack. 424 00:33:36,883 --> 00:33:44,483 I've got a crack...crack in the plastic. Far out. 425 00:33:44,483 --> 00:33:49,563 I'm just tired, frustrated, and grumpy, to be honest. 426 00:33:54,043 --> 00:33:57,803 I just got to make sure I don't make any stupid mistakes 427 00:33:57,803 --> 00:34:03,283 because one mistake here can just snowball into other mistakes. 428 00:34:03,283 --> 00:34:06,043 I don't want to make this the deciding factor 429 00:34:06,043 --> 00:34:08,643 in a chain of events that takes me out. 430 00:34:30,603 --> 00:34:33,323 (GRUNTS) 431 00:34:33,323 --> 00:34:34,763 Far out. 432 00:34:37,323 --> 00:34:40,123 I don't know how I'm supposed to get these fucking boots off! 433 00:34:40,123 --> 00:34:41,803 Jesus fucking Christ. 434 00:34:41,803 --> 00:34:44,763 (GRUNTS) 435 00:34:48,563 --> 00:34:51,603 (BOOTS SQUEAK) (GRUNTS) 436 00:34:56,043 --> 00:34:59,483 Like I said, I'm tired and I'm over it right now. 437 00:35:06,883 --> 00:35:10,123 Time for me to just take a big chill pill. 438 00:35:23,283 --> 00:35:26,563 When I was a teenager, I made the mistake of thinking that, 439 00:35:26,563 --> 00:35:28,203 yeah, I can do anything. 440 00:35:29,603 --> 00:35:32,523 Lots of things that I aimed for didn't happen. 441 00:35:32,523 --> 00:35:33,683 You know, life goals. 442 00:35:35,083 --> 00:35:37,243 I'd always wanted to fly fighter planes as a little kid 443 00:35:37,243 --> 00:35:39,243 when I watched Top Gun. 444 00:35:39,243 --> 00:35:43,123 So I joined the Army as a pilot, flew army helicopters 445 00:35:43,123 --> 00:35:46,363 for eight years, and from that, opened up an opportunity to go 446 00:35:46,363 --> 00:35:47,803 and fly a fast jet. 447 00:35:47,803 --> 00:35:49,443 First time I applied, didn't get in, 448 00:35:49,443 --> 00:35:50,723 second time, didn't get in, 449 00:35:50,723 --> 00:35:52,083 third time, I finally got in. 450 00:35:54,683 --> 00:35:58,843 So I flew fast jet throughout the fast jet training system. 451 00:36:03,363 --> 00:36:08,363 I had to just keep going at absolutely 100% of my brain power 452 00:36:08,363 --> 00:36:12,123 studying every waking hour for years. 453 00:36:13,203 --> 00:36:17,483 I put a hundred percent effort in and I just didn't pass the course. 454 00:36:19,563 --> 00:36:24,003 I wasn't able to keep up with the other guys on the course. 455 00:36:24,003 --> 00:36:27,123 Whilst it was disappointing from one angle, I felt, 456 00:36:27,123 --> 00:36:29,483 in some ways, it was almost like a relief. 457 00:36:29,483 --> 00:36:32,683 Because when you throw yourself a hundred percent at something, 458 00:36:32,683 --> 00:36:35,843 you don't really have any regrets afterwards. 459 00:36:59,883 --> 00:37:03,803 Day 28, four weeks. 460 00:37:03,803 --> 00:37:07,763 It feels like nothing, and it feels like forever. 461 00:37:09,843 --> 00:37:13,003 Like, I'm getting to the point where I can't really connect 462 00:37:13,003 --> 00:37:15,003 with my life outside of this. 463 00:37:16,363 --> 00:37:20,003 The solitude really isn't getting to me at all. 464 00:37:21,123 --> 00:37:22,043 I have so much company. I mean, the birds come and say hello. 465 00:37:22,043 --> 00:37:25,403 I have so much company. I mean, the birds come and say hello. 466 00:37:29,443 --> 00:37:32,603 The lake feels like an alive thing. 467 00:37:34,443 --> 00:37:36,923 For me, just because there aren't any humans 468 00:37:36,923 --> 00:37:41,203 doesn't mean I feel alone, it just means there aren't any humans. 469 00:37:44,323 --> 00:37:48,483 I catch myself wondering how everybody else is doing, 470 00:37:48,483 --> 00:37:50,523 how many of them are left. 471 00:37:52,283 --> 00:37:54,163 (SAWING TREE) 472 00:37:54,163 --> 00:37:55,843 While I was harvesting, 473 00:37:55,843 --> 00:38:00,643 I just went into this whole kind of exploration 474 00:38:00,643 --> 00:38:04,723 of why the solitude here isn't bothering me. 475 00:38:04,723 --> 00:38:09,163 I mean, I'm a mammal, I need other mammals, 476 00:38:09,163 --> 00:38:12,243 and started picking at the threads of the question of like, 477 00:38:12,243 --> 00:38:14,003 well, how come? 478 00:38:14,003 --> 00:38:15,883 Like, why? 479 00:38:15,883 --> 00:38:18,523 And I just got to this bit, like a nub. 480 00:38:20,403 --> 00:38:28,123 Which is that when Blaise died, I made a decision that... 481 00:38:28,123 --> 00:38:31,483 ..humans are going to die, they're going to leave. 482 00:38:33,603 --> 00:38:38,123 And if you love, you'd love knowing that they're going to leave. 483 00:38:39,403 --> 00:38:46,883 The way I adapted and defend myself now against that kind of pain 484 00:38:46,883 --> 00:38:48,763 is just to not need anyone. 485 00:38:50,403 --> 00:38:53,043 And since she's left, I've loved. 486 00:38:53,043 --> 00:38:55,203 I've loved, and I've loved deeply. 487 00:38:57,523 --> 00:39:03,163 But I haven't let myself need anyone, because if I need them 488 00:39:03,163 --> 00:39:09,083 and they leave me, then I don't know if I could bear the heartbreak again. 489 00:39:13,843 --> 00:39:17,043 Because it nearly killed me the first time losing her. 490 00:39:18,843 --> 00:39:26,843 It's like, to bear the unbearable and to...dance the undanceable. 491 00:39:28,923 --> 00:39:30,643 I made it, I made it through. 492 00:39:35,843 --> 00:39:39,403 There's a part that's like, I don't know if I could do that again. 493 00:39:44,163 --> 00:39:49,523 And I'm only really just seeing it now, in the solitude of this place. 494 00:39:57,843 --> 00:40:01,723 And it means there's just a level of vulnerability that I don't... 495 00:40:01,723 --> 00:40:07,123 ..that I don't show the people I love. 496 00:40:07,123 --> 00:40:09,963 And I don't want to hold back, you know? 497 00:40:09,963 --> 00:40:11,403 I don't want to hold... 498 00:40:11,403 --> 00:40:14,723 I don't want to hold back from any part of that expression. 499 00:40:17,323 --> 00:40:24,323 So in that...in that de-armouring and in that shedding... 500 00:40:27,923 --> 00:40:29,723 ..I do want someone here. 501 00:40:32,603 --> 00:40:40,203 I want a hug right now. I want a hug. 502 00:40:43,643 --> 00:40:46,443 I don't want to look them in the eyes and say, "I need you." 503 00:41:20,483 --> 00:41:25,243 OK, first year's in the far distance. 504 00:41:25,243 --> 00:41:27,043 So close. 505 00:41:29,003 --> 00:41:31,203 Getting a little slicker every time. 506 00:41:32,963 --> 00:41:34,363 What a journey. 507 00:41:36,523 --> 00:41:39,483 It felt impossible last night when I lay in bed and thought 508 00:41:39,483 --> 00:41:41,643 about everything that could go wrong. 509 00:41:41,643 --> 00:41:44,763 It was a huge effort but we made it through. 510 00:41:44,763 --> 00:41:48,803 No more searching for better places. It's a pick and stick. 511 00:41:48,803 --> 00:41:51,763 Right now, I feel kind of a little elated. 512 00:41:53,403 --> 00:41:56,123 OK, so we're here. 513 00:41:56,123 --> 00:41:58,123 And come and have a look why. 514 00:42:00,483 --> 00:42:03,323 Look at all this...all these goodness 515 00:42:03,323 --> 00:42:05,643 flowing straight out of the forest. 516 00:42:05,643 --> 00:42:07,403 And look how shallow it is. 517 00:42:07,403 --> 00:42:10,643 If there's going to be fish anywhere, it's here. 518 00:42:10,643 --> 00:42:13,283 And grass, have you seen grass before? 519 00:42:16,443 --> 00:42:17,603 There's hope now. 520 00:42:21,003 --> 00:42:22,043 We'd like to have a shelter in here somewhere. 521 00:42:22,043 --> 00:42:23,323 We'd like to have a shelter in here somewhere. 522 00:42:23,323 --> 00:42:26,123 It looks super sheltered. Let's have a look. 523 00:42:29,843 --> 00:42:33,123 Man, it doesn't look too bad at all. 524 00:42:33,123 --> 00:42:36,763 OK, so levelled ground somewhere around here, 525 00:42:36,763 --> 00:42:40,003 three and a half metres by three and a half, say. 526 00:42:40,003 --> 00:42:43,443 1, 2, 3. 527 00:42:43,443 --> 00:42:45,643 Do I cut down that tree? 528 00:42:53,843 --> 00:42:56,403 (TREE CRACKS) 529 00:42:56,403 --> 00:42:57,363 Oh! 530 00:43:01,683 --> 00:43:04,363 VOICEOVER: Alone Australia is brought to you by Kia. 531 00:43:04,443 --> 00:43:07,403 Experience the ultimate human endurance 532 00:43:07,483 --> 00:43:12,083 as 10 contestants battle to survive alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, 533 00:43:12,163 --> 00:43:15,603 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000. 534 00:43:45,883 --> 00:43:47,443 (TREE CRACKS) 535 00:43:47,443 --> 00:43:49,123 Oh! 536 00:43:49,123 --> 00:43:50,563 Ow. 537 00:43:51,883 --> 00:43:56,323 Ouch. I wasn't expecting that. 538 00:43:56,323 --> 00:43:58,723 The top half of the tree broke off. 539 00:43:58,723 --> 00:44:00,043 Let's do a quick look. 540 00:44:07,323 --> 00:44:10,963 Man, these mini deadfalls are a killer. Or a bruiser. 541 00:44:12,803 --> 00:44:15,163 Just time, so time critical today. 542 00:44:16,923 --> 00:44:18,963 And just started to get a bit cold, 543 00:44:18,963 --> 00:44:20,883 and haven't had shelter done yet. 544 00:44:23,243 --> 00:44:24,563 OK, over we go. 545 00:44:26,723 --> 00:44:30,203 The move, that was really hard work. 546 00:44:30,203 --> 00:44:34,443 Man, how many calories did I burn? 547 00:44:34,443 --> 00:44:36,883 I probably lost another kilo or so. 548 00:44:38,403 --> 00:44:40,363 Have I done the right thing? 549 00:44:42,243 --> 00:44:45,643 I'm exhausted, I'm hungry, I'm cold. 550 00:44:47,443 --> 00:44:49,483 Be nice to be fishing right now or tonight, 551 00:44:49,483 --> 00:44:53,483 but I think we just got to focus on getting through today. 552 00:45:13,123 --> 00:45:14,123 (WATER SLOSHES) 553 00:45:14,123 --> 00:45:16,243 Oh, what's that? 554 00:45:16,243 --> 00:45:18,843 I just heard a slosh down here. 555 00:45:21,123 --> 00:45:23,443 That's my line in here. 556 00:45:23,443 --> 00:45:27,683 Yes, I've got a very small trout on, very small brown trout. 557 00:45:33,603 --> 00:45:39,163 He's in the net, but the net... I can't pull this line out. 558 00:45:43,763 --> 00:45:46,003 Same bloody problem. 559 00:45:46,003 --> 00:45:47,203 Mmm! 560 00:45:47,203 --> 00:45:48,163 Ah, shit! 561 00:45:51,963 --> 00:45:56,283 Oh, come on, come on, come on. 562 00:45:56,283 --> 00:45:58,643 Ahh. Far out. 563 00:46:02,243 --> 00:46:03,323 (GRUNTS) 564 00:46:04,843 --> 00:46:07,723 Alright, head in the net, now the tail. 565 00:46:10,723 --> 00:46:12,163 Yes! 566 00:46:15,603 --> 00:46:19,723 Yes! Yes! 567 00:46:19,723 --> 00:46:20,883 I got a brown trout. 568 00:46:20,883 --> 00:46:22,003 Let's go up the bank, 569 00:46:22,003 --> 00:46:25,043 let's get him well away from the bloody water's edge. 570 00:46:25,043 --> 00:46:27,043 Oh, how bloody great is that? 571 00:46:28,763 --> 00:46:32,563 Lovely pan-sized brown trout! 572 00:46:32,563 --> 00:46:33,843 Yes! 573 00:46:36,723 --> 00:46:39,723 Man, that is so good. 574 00:46:40,883 --> 00:46:44,763 Hello, Southern Cross, you're looking down on me. 575 00:46:44,763 --> 00:46:47,923 Thanks, mate. You did a good job. 576 00:46:47,923 --> 00:46:52,083 Ah, man, it feels so bloody good, man. 577 00:46:52,083 --> 00:46:53,123 Like... 578 00:46:53,123 --> 00:46:58,683 When you're relying on food to survive, like, it just... 579 00:46:58,683 --> 00:47:01,603 It is amazing when you get it. 580 00:47:01,603 --> 00:47:05,563 Alright, there he is, look at him, beautiful. 581 00:47:05,563 --> 00:47:08,763 He's one of the most beautiful trout I've ever seen in my life. 582 00:47:08,763 --> 00:47:10,323 Even though he's certainly not the biggest, 583 00:47:10,323 --> 00:47:12,643 but he's the one that I need to eat the most. 584 00:47:17,483 --> 00:47:22,883 I can't wait to get home, give my wife a big, long cuddle. 585 00:47:25,803 --> 00:47:26,923 See the kids. 586 00:47:28,123 --> 00:47:31,603 Man, they're the coolest little dudes. 587 00:47:31,603 --> 00:47:34,363 It would just be really nice to show them this place, 588 00:47:34,363 --> 00:47:36,403 just show them around. 589 00:47:36,403 --> 00:47:39,643 This is my bed and this is the pademelon trap. 590 00:47:42,483 --> 00:47:45,523 You got to be very careful thinking about that kind of thing 591 00:47:45,523 --> 00:47:49,083 because that shifts your focus from what it should be. 592 00:47:49,083 --> 00:47:52,123 My focus should be, how am I going to survive this thing? 593 00:47:59,883 --> 00:48:04,363 Oh, man, life is good. 594 00:48:06,603 --> 00:48:07,803 Life's good, man. 595 00:48:07,803 --> 00:48:10,443 You got to enjoy it, you got to enjoy what you work for. 596 00:48:39,803 --> 00:48:41,443 Yes. 597 00:48:41,443 --> 00:48:43,843 We're at the new home. 598 00:48:43,843 --> 00:48:46,803 It's still raining. It's rained since I got here. 599 00:48:48,323 --> 00:48:49,883 The shelter's working pretty well. 600 00:48:49,883 --> 00:48:53,363 It does get a little breeze in this way, so we'll just chuck that tarp 601 00:48:53,363 --> 00:48:55,523 up against that and make a wall there. 602 00:48:57,123 --> 00:48:58,923 This one around here. 603 00:49:01,803 --> 00:49:03,643 Legs are a bit sore after yesterday. 604 00:49:06,923 --> 00:49:09,283 It's a good day to be laying in bed for the whole day. 605 00:49:10,683 --> 00:49:17,523 It's just taking it all easy now, conserving energy, finding food, 606 00:49:17,523 --> 00:49:19,683 and getting through to the end. 607 00:49:22,363 --> 00:49:25,683 This is the most extreme thing I've ever done. 608 00:49:25,683 --> 00:49:30,043 It's a once in a lifetime opportunity, but it comes at a cost. 609 00:49:31,323 --> 00:49:33,403 Cost to me, cost to my family. 610 00:49:39,683 --> 00:49:46,843 Day 29, it continues, day by day by day by day by day. 611 00:49:48,883 --> 00:49:53,043 So just sitting in here, it's pretty easy to snuggle up 612 00:49:53,043 --> 00:49:57,923 under the blanket, under the dry part of the sleeping bag 613 00:49:57,923 --> 00:50:01,403 and just have the time go by, 614 00:50:01,403 --> 00:50:04,323 as long as you don't think about what you're missing out on. 615 00:50:04,323 --> 00:50:11,483 (RAIN PATTERS ON TARP) 616 00:50:33,163 --> 00:50:35,523 Good morning, family. 617 00:50:35,523 --> 00:50:39,763 Look where we're up to - one, two, three, four weeks. 618 00:50:44,043 --> 00:50:46,243 (CRIES) 619 00:50:48,523 --> 00:50:50,683 Five weeks really, isn't it? 620 00:51:00,483 --> 00:51:02,403 I miss you guys so much. 621 00:51:06,243 --> 00:51:08,843 I'm doing well out here, really. 622 00:51:08,843 --> 00:51:11,963 Each day, I just potter on and get through. 623 00:51:11,963 --> 00:51:15,683 But when I think of you guys, oh, my heart. 624 00:51:18,843 --> 00:51:22,563 Oh, I haven't cried before now, but I'm crying now. 625 00:51:28,643 --> 00:51:31,443 This move might have been a big mistake. 626 00:51:33,323 --> 00:51:36,003 I've been starving since day one. 627 00:51:36,003 --> 00:51:37,803 I haven't caught any fish, 628 00:51:37,803 --> 00:51:40,363 so I've been doing it tough. 629 00:51:40,363 --> 00:51:42,163 I'm not going to be well soon, 630 00:51:42,163 --> 00:51:44,443 and I'm only getting worse. 631 00:51:45,643 --> 00:51:48,763 It's not much fun out here. It's getting harder. 632 00:51:48,763 --> 00:51:50,603 So much riding on this. 633 00:51:50,603 --> 00:51:52,323 Just doing everything I can. 634 00:51:52,323 --> 00:51:53,723 (GRUNTS) 635 00:51:53,723 --> 00:51:56,963 Nobody breathe. I need the meat. 636 00:51:58,523 --> 00:52:01,883 The amount of weight that I'm losing is a concern. 637 00:52:01,883 --> 00:52:04,843 All my waking thoughts are about how to get food. 638 00:52:04,843 --> 00:52:06,523 If I don't get an animal, I'm done here. 639 00:52:08,523 --> 00:52:11,043 Holy shit, holy shit. 640 00:52:12,083 --> 00:52:14,443 Captions by Red Bee Media (c) SBS Australia 2023