1 00:00:27,923 --> 00:00:31,203 We're halfway to the South Pole. Totally alone. 2 00:00:32,443 --> 00:00:35,963 It's Tasmania, it's cold, it's rain, it's snow. 3 00:00:37,963 --> 00:00:39,203 We're all going to leave... 4 00:00:39,203 --> 00:00:40,523 See ya, guys. ..changed forever. 5 00:00:40,523 --> 00:00:41,803 What have I done? 6 00:00:43,643 --> 00:00:46,763 Holy fuck. What is this place? 7 00:00:46,763 --> 00:00:48,643 What have I gotten myself into? 8 00:00:48,643 --> 00:00:49,683 Yeah! 9 00:00:51,803 --> 00:00:53,763 (SQUEALING) Did you hear that? 10 00:00:53,763 --> 00:00:56,683 It's suddenly going downhill very, very fast. 11 00:00:56,683 --> 00:00:58,643 Whoa-ho-ho-ho! 12 00:01:01,443 --> 00:01:04,323 Like, a 60 k wind. 13 00:01:05,443 --> 00:01:07,443 Yeah! 14 00:01:08,643 --> 00:01:10,523 It's a fight between nature and yourself, 15 00:01:10,523 --> 00:01:14,803 and that is a very hard thing to come out on top with. 16 00:01:14,803 --> 00:01:16,523 (GRUNTS) 17 00:01:16,523 --> 00:01:17,883 One press of a button. 18 00:01:17,883 --> 00:01:19,363 (PHONE RINGING TONE) 19 00:01:19,363 --> 00:01:20,523 WOMAN: Hi. 20 00:01:20,523 --> 00:01:22,403 Hey, I'm officially tapping out. 21 00:01:25,443 --> 00:01:29,123 I had a 1 in 10 shot at... that's a lot of money. 22 00:01:29,123 --> 00:01:31,803 How do I survive this if I can't get fire? 23 00:01:31,803 --> 00:01:33,323 Far out! 24 00:01:33,323 --> 00:01:35,083 I want to go home. 25 00:01:36,523 --> 00:01:39,803 I'm not out here for coming first if it means I'm gonna kill myself. 26 00:01:39,803 --> 00:01:41,163 Give me something. 27 00:01:41,163 --> 00:01:43,763 I'm trying not to lose my fucking shit. Fuck! (GRUNTS) 28 00:01:43,763 --> 00:01:46,323 I'm officially tapping out. Come and grab me. 29 00:01:46,323 --> 00:01:47,923 There's nothing else for me here. 30 00:01:47,923 --> 00:01:49,963 Fuck. What am I doing out here? 31 00:01:49,963 --> 00:01:51,683 I just need the social interaction. 32 00:01:51,683 --> 00:01:54,243 I can't be alone. 33 00:01:54,243 --> 00:01:57,403 I'm just getting mad PTSD triggers. 34 00:01:57,403 --> 00:01:58,763 I don't know why. 35 00:01:58,763 --> 00:02:00,723 (CRIES) 36 00:02:00,723 --> 00:02:03,043 As much as I love being alone, 37 00:02:03,043 --> 00:02:05,603 I just can't keep my thoughts at bay. 38 00:02:05,603 --> 00:02:07,403 OK, that's enough. 39 00:02:07,403 --> 00:02:10,883 What else is here for me? My purpose is back home, being a mum. 40 00:02:10,883 --> 00:02:13,043 It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... 41 00:02:13,043 --> 00:02:14,763 (SHUDDERS) 42 00:02:14,763 --> 00:02:16,683 ..but it comes at a cost. 43 00:02:17,723 --> 00:02:19,523 I've got a beautiful family 44 00:02:19,523 --> 00:02:22,283 and I've just been away from them for too long. 45 00:02:22,283 --> 00:02:24,883 My heart's pulling me away from here and I can't stop it. 46 00:02:26,963 --> 00:02:29,723 I'm playing for $250,000 here, people. 47 00:02:29,723 --> 00:02:31,523 Oh, shit! 48 00:02:31,523 --> 00:02:34,923 I want to be an example for women, to show that anyone can survive. 49 00:02:36,883 --> 00:02:38,563 Nobody breathe. 50 00:02:39,643 --> 00:02:41,363 Oh, you fucker! 51 00:02:44,243 --> 00:02:46,163 (CRIES) 52 00:02:47,963 --> 00:02:51,563 I absolutely want to be the last woman standing. 53 00:02:51,563 --> 00:02:55,003 There's no frickin' way that I'm giving up on this thing. 54 00:03:40,723 --> 00:03:42,563 MIKE: It's day 51. 55 00:03:45,483 --> 00:03:47,283 Sparklers, ready? 56 00:03:49,323 --> 00:03:50,923 Yeah! 57 00:03:53,923 --> 00:03:55,603 It's a special day. 58 00:03:57,043 --> 00:03:58,683 It's my son's birthday. 59 00:04:00,963 --> 00:04:02,603 G'day, Tom. 60 00:04:03,763 --> 00:04:05,323 I'm sorry I couldn't be there in person, 61 00:04:05,323 --> 00:04:07,563 but I've made you a mud cake 62 00:04:07,563 --> 00:04:09,843 with candles that say... 63 00:04:09,843 --> 00:04:12,763 Well, it's just... that's a 1 and that's a 4 - 14. 64 00:04:12,763 --> 00:04:14,123 And there's 14 candles. 65 00:04:14,123 --> 00:04:16,123 They're probably a bit long, you can't really read it. 66 00:04:16,123 --> 00:04:18,243 But, anyway, happy birthday, mate. 67 00:04:24,403 --> 00:04:25,763 (SIGHS) Yeah. 68 00:04:28,203 --> 00:04:32,363 I'd love to be at home, celebrating with him, 69 00:04:32,363 --> 00:04:38,523 but, uh, you know, it's much nicer to go back to that, 70 00:04:38,523 --> 00:04:41,123 having felt like you've accomplished something. 71 00:04:43,643 --> 00:04:48,123 I'm proud to have got to the 50s in these conditions. 72 00:04:48,123 --> 00:04:52,283 They've been incredibly difficult, food-wise. 73 00:04:54,603 --> 00:04:57,443 But I ain't ready to go, that's for sure. 74 00:05:01,283 --> 00:05:04,123 I can't believe that I'm getting to do this. 75 00:05:04,123 --> 00:05:06,563 It's gonna be so good and so bad, 76 00:05:06,563 --> 00:05:08,163 probably at the same time. 77 00:05:08,163 --> 00:05:09,923 When I came out here, 78 00:05:09,923 --> 00:05:13,883 my strategy was to prioritise food above all else. 79 00:05:13,883 --> 00:05:16,723 I've chucked on 19 kilos in two months. 80 00:05:16,723 --> 00:05:18,643 I've got a 30-day buffer 81 00:05:18,643 --> 00:05:21,963 to get all the systems in place, to start gathering food. 82 00:05:21,963 --> 00:05:25,163 And I've got some pretty elaborate ways of doing that. 83 00:05:25,163 --> 00:05:26,683 I made a kayak. 84 00:05:26,683 --> 00:05:27,883 Come to Papa. 85 00:05:27,883 --> 00:05:29,723 I made a fishing rod. 86 00:05:29,723 --> 00:05:31,283 Yes, beauty. 87 00:05:32,363 --> 00:05:34,163 I've got a pademelon trap on the ground. 88 00:05:36,563 --> 00:05:37,883 Great. 89 00:05:37,883 --> 00:05:39,163 Really, none of it made a difference. 90 00:05:41,803 --> 00:05:43,603 Oh, dude! 91 00:05:43,603 --> 00:05:46,243 I do not understand how he melted through the trip wire. 92 00:05:46,243 --> 00:05:48,603 The trip wire's still there, I can see it. 93 00:05:48,603 --> 00:05:51,203 Day 20, no food. 94 00:05:51,203 --> 00:05:52,643 (GASPS) Shit! 95 00:05:52,643 --> 00:05:54,043 There's a bloody eel on it. 96 00:05:54,043 --> 00:05:55,363 How well's he hooked? 97 00:05:56,523 --> 00:05:57,723 Knife's out. 98 00:05:57,723 --> 00:05:59,203 Shit! 99 00:06:00,603 --> 00:06:03,723 I lost it. Fuck. 100 00:06:03,723 --> 00:06:05,563 Yeah, there's no points for close. 101 00:06:05,563 --> 00:06:07,643 It's just...it's all or nothing. 102 00:06:09,803 --> 00:06:11,243 Fuck. 103 00:06:11,243 --> 00:06:13,203 Crack in the plastic. 104 00:06:13,203 --> 00:06:16,763 I kind of feel like I am trying absolutely everything out here... 105 00:06:16,763 --> 00:06:18,363 Shit! Ooh! 106 00:06:18,363 --> 00:06:20,523 ..without pay-off. 107 00:06:20,523 --> 00:06:22,803 I'm tired and I'm over it right now. 108 00:06:24,403 --> 00:06:28,723 It's been a lot harder trying to survive here than I expected. 109 00:06:28,723 --> 00:06:30,403 I think, in general, I've probably been 110 00:06:30,403 --> 00:06:31,843 a little bit on the wrong side 111 00:06:31,843 --> 00:06:33,323 of the luck for this. 112 00:06:34,963 --> 00:06:36,483 Oh, my goodness. 113 00:06:40,083 --> 00:06:44,243 I've probably had about a week's worth of calories in seven weeks. 114 00:06:44,243 --> 00:06:45,803 Whoa! That's a fish! 115 00:06:45,803 --> 00:06:48,083 Holy shit, I got a fish on. 116 00:06:49,283 --> 00:06:50,403 Shit. 117 00:06:50,403 --> 00:06:52,803 I think I might have lost it. (WHISPERS) Bugger. 118 00:06:52,803 --> 00:06:57,163 But I never questioned whether I would give up. 119 00:06:57,163 --> 00:06:59,323 Oh, yeah, you beauty. 120 00:06:59,323 --> 00:07:02,043 Fuck, me there's an eel on here. Yes. 121 00:07:02,043 --> 00:07:04,083 It's just sitting there. Yes! 122 00:07:06,923 --> 00:07:08,123 Yes! 123 00:07:08,123 --> 00:07:12,163 I got three eels and a trout in one night! 124 00:07:40,083 --> 00:07:42,883 Fortunes have changed in the last few days. 125 00:07:42,883 --> 00:07:44,923 Magic fishy week. 126 00:07:44,923 --> 00:07:47,163 This is the food that I have now. 127 00:07:50,123 --> 00:07:52,603 That's basically 10 days of food. 128 00:08:00,283 --> 00:08:01,763 So, I've got a decision to make. 129 00:08:01,763 --> 00:08:03,163 Watch the fingers. 130 00:08:03,163 --> 00:08:05,723 And it's how long do I stretch out those eels? 131 00:08:05,723 --> 00:08:07,603 I need to eat half an eel a day 132 00:08:07,603 --> 00:08:09,963 to meet my calories, I think. 133 00:08:12,123 --> 00:08:17,523 But I've got a slight fear that if I eat all this food very quickly, 134 00:08:17,523 --> 00:08:20,163 my metabolism might speed up 135 00:08:20,163 --> 00:08:22,763 and then my weight may drop faster. 136 00:08:22,763 --> 00:08:25,123 Alright, four fillets. 137 00:08:25,123 --> 00:08:26,763 That'll probably be lunch. 138 00:08:26,763 --> 00:08:29,803 So, I think I should, 139 00:08:29,803 --> 00:08:32,883 for longevity's sake, err on less food. 140 00:08:34,483 --> 00:08:36,963 The slower I can eat it, the better. 141 00:08:45,803 --> 00:08:49,923 Things going around in my brain about how long this could last now. 142 00:08:52,163 --> 00:08:55,163 What's that other person or people doing? 143 00:08:55,163 --> 00:08:57,123 How are they going? 144 00:08:57,123 --> 00:08:59,923 Are they laughing themselves with fat eels? 145 00:09:02,763 --> 00:09:05,083 Are they just hanging on by their fingernails? 146 00:09:06,203 --> 00:09:08,003 Watching their waistline decrease, 147 00:09:08,003 --> 00:09:10,763 going, "Shit, I'm about to get taken out"? 148 00:09:13,563 --> 00:09:15,523 I've got no idea. 149 00:09:16,843 --> 00:09:18,403 And the only reason it matters 150 00:09:18,403 --> 00:09:20,203 is because it depends on how long 151 00:09:20,203 --> 00:09:21,683 I'll stay out here. 152 00:09:39,843 --> 00:09:43,403 (SINGS) £ I follow, follow, follow 153 00:09:43,403 --> 00:09:46,883 £ The rocks and the dirt and the sticky mud 154 00:09:46,883 --> 00:09:50,443 £ The grit and the grime, the roots and the blood 155 00:09:50,443 --> 00:09:53,363 £ The underside of the shiny things 156 00:09:53,363 --> 00:09:55,483 £ Where the earthworms do 157 00:09:55,483 --> 00:09:57,323 £ Their wormy things 158 00:09:57,323 --> 00:10:00,043 £ I follow, follow, follow... £ 159 00:10:00,043 --> 00:10:00,603 £ I follow, follow, follow... £ 160 00:10:02,363 --> 00:10:05,043 Having been here for this long, 161 00:10:05,043 --> 00:10:10,523 it's like the land, it just keeps revealing itself. 162 00:10:10,523 --> 00:10:12,243 Oh, wow! 163 00:10:12,243 --> 00:10:14,803 And the longer I'm here, the more I see it. 164 00:10:14,803 --> 00:10:17,123 And the more I see it, the more I want to be here... 165 00:10:17,123 --> 00:10:18,683 This is wild! 166 00:10:18,683 --> 00:10:21,163 ..and just work through the hardships. 167 00:10:25,083 --> 00:10:27,163 OK. Get far enough back. 168 00:10:27,163 --> 00:10:28,563 Alright. 169 00:10:28,563 --> 00:10:30,323 So, these are the pants. 170 00:10:30,323 --> 00:10:36,043 When I first came, this belt, 171 00:10:36,043 --> 00:10:40,643 I had to put extra holes in this end 172 00:10:40,643 --> 00:10:42,723 so that it would even do up. 173 00:10:44,083 --> 00:10:47,563 That's the first... that's when I've came here. 174 00:10:47,563 --> 00:10:49,603 And now... 175 00:10:49,603 --> 00:10:52,563 Now it's not quite like that anymore. 176 00:10:57,923 --> 00:11:02,003 My identity has always been wrapped up around a really strong body. 177 00:11:02,003 --> 00:11:04,363 I mean, I am built like a brick shit-house. 178 00:11:04,363 --> 00:11:06,203 Like, I'm like a Sherman tank. 179 00:11:06,203 --> 00:11:12,043 And then, over the last week, my body has been shrinking. 180 00:11:20,323 --> 00:11:22,123 (SIGHS) 181 00:11:24,323 --> 00:11:26,043 Guess what's for breakfast? 182 00:11:28,683 --> 00:11:30,723 Lobster mornay? No. 183 00:11:30,723 --> 00:11:32,243 Oh, come here. 184 00:11:34,283 --> 00:11:35,723 I got broth. 185 00:11:35,723 --> 00:11:41,563 It's just, like, broken-down wallaby, fish, eel. 186 00:11:41,563 --> 00:11:43,363 Carcasses, basically. 187 00:11:43,363 --> 00:11:45,603 It's just a bunch of carcasses. 188 00:11:50,603 --> 00:11:54,243 I've got about a week's worth of wallaby jerky left, 189 00:11:54,243 --> 00:11:58,203 but I still need a whole bunch of other stuff in my diet 190 00:11:58,203 --> 00:11:59,963 that I'm not getting. 191 00:12:04,443 --> 00:12:06,163 I just spilt most of it. 192 00:12:06,163 --> 00:12:10,083 I need to keep my nutrient balance in order. 193 00:12:10,083 --> 00:12:11,683 So, I need greens. 194 00:12:18,723 --> 00:12:20,123 Heading east. 195 00:12:21,443 --> 00:12:25,083 I can feel my body just, like, screaming out for greens. 196 00:12:37,323 --> 00:12:39,443 I need to range a bit further 197 00:12:39,443 --> 00:12:43,403 and find those anti-oxidants and micronutrients. 198 00:12:43,403 --> 00:12:46,843 I know this is a big calorie burn that I'm doing today. 199 00:12:49,283 --> 00:12:52,723 I have to be really, really intelligent 200 00:12:52,723 --> 00:12:55,283 about the way I burn calories 201 00:12:55,283 --> 00:12:57,163 and conserve calories, 202 00:12:57,163 --> 00:12:58,963 because it's simple maths. 203 00:13:00,123 --> 00:13:02,083 Whatever's not going in, 204 00:13:02,083 --> 00:13:03,683 my body's going to burn. 205 00:13:09,323 --> 00:13:11,523 (PANTS) 206 00:13:27,043 --> 00:13:28,523 What the fuck? 207 00:13:30,723 --> 00:13:32,043 What is that? 208 00:13:34,363 --> 00:13:35,723 Oh, there's a snake. 209 00:13:36,803 --> 00:13:38,243 (WHISPERS) Oh, my God. 210 00:13:44,523 --> 00:13:46,443 Fuck, can I get him? 211 00:13:46,443 --> 00:13:48,003 He's a feed. 212 00:13:51,803 --> 00:13:53,923 Oh, I...I don't have my hatchet. 213 00:13:56,243 --> 00:13:57,803 (SIGHS) 214 00:13:57,803 --> 00:14:00,123 Oh, I could just grab it and swing it. Fuck! 215 00:14:01,603 --> 00:14:02,803 Oh... 216 00:14:04,483 --> 00:14:07,083 I could probably get a stick that would hold it, too. 217 00:14:09,123 --> 00:14:11,363 Nah, he's very alert. 218 00:14:12,443 --> 00:14:15,003 Very, very, very alert. 219 00:14:15,003 --> 00:14:17,043 Yeah, I'll let it go. 220 00:14:17,043 --> 00:14:18,803 Uhh... 221 00:14:18,803 --> 00:14:20,883 OK. I've got to concentrate. 222 00:14:22,923 --> 00:14:24,763 I don't know what that snake is. 223 00:14:24,763 --> 00:14:26,923 I mean, it's black. It's all black. 224 00:14:26,923 --> 00:14:32,403 That looked like a nastier, more...venomous creature. 225 00:14:33,963 --> 00:14:35,883 Yeah. 226 00:14:40,283 --> 00:14:41,963 And the sun's dropping. 227 00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:45,043 Dammit. 228 00:14:45,043 --> 00:14:47,563 Seems so crazy to turn back now. 229 00:14:52,763 --> 00:14:55,643 Clouds are racing across the sky. 230 00:14:57,003 --> 00:14:58,563 North-east. 231 00:15:01,483 --> 00:15:03,483 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 232 00:15:07,283 --> 00:15:09,163 Yep, rains a-comin'. 233 00:15:19,203 --> 00:15:21,923 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 234 00:15:26,523 --> 00:15:28,003 MIKE: It's hailing now. 235 00:15:30,523 --> 00:15:33,323 Pretty decent storm, too. 236 00:15:37,723 --> 00:15:39,523 Getting pretty windy. 237 00:15:39,523 --> 00:15:42,843 That's a big gust tearing through. 238 00:15:45,083 --> 00:15:46,883 Yes! 239 00:15:54,963 --> 00:15:57,963 If that deadfall goes, I am sprinting that way. 240 00:15:59,083 --> 00:16:00,443 Yep. 241 00:16:02,603 --> 00:16:04,003 Shit! 242 00:16:08,043 --> 00:16:10,523 Man, this place bangs you over the head so hard with the weather, 243 00:16:10,523 --> 00:16:13,123 you just...you just have to expect the worst. 244 00:16:17,763 --> 00:16:19,763 (TREES CREAK) 245 00:16:22,003 --> 00:16:24,443 My bed's kind of collapsed sideways. 246 00:16:27,723 --> 00:16:30,323 Fuck's sake. 247 00:16:30,323 --> 00:16:33,003 Fuckin' hell! What a pain in the fuckin' arse! 248 00:16:52,403 --> 00:16:54,923 (CHITTERING) 249 00:16:59,843 --> 00:17:01,723 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 250 00:17:23,603 --> 00:17:27,563 GINA: The relentless grey rain has finally arrived. 251 00:17:30,363 --> 00:17:33,283 These are the hardest days for me. 252 00:17:33,283 --> 00:17:34,963 I'm stuck inside. 253 00:17:36,123 --> 00:17:39,563 And I'm at a stage, now, of body fat 254 00:17:39,563 --> 00:17:42,763 where I just don't want to be out in the rain... 255 00:17:44,363 --> 00:17:47,763 ..because wet equals cold and cold equals calories. 256 00:17:47,763 --> 00:17:50,843 So, I can't produce food at the moment. 257 00:17:52,283 --> 00:17:53,883 I feel trapped. 258 00:17:58,283 --> 00:18:01,683 I'm scoping out where the best place for a shelter is gonna be. 259 00:18:03,043 --> 00:18:07,523 My survival strategy was to just blast the shelter right away. 260 00:18:07,523 --> 00:18:09,243 That goes there. 261 00:18:09,243 --> 00:18:11,243 I want to have a home. 262 00:18:11,243 --> 00:18:14,803 I want to have somewhere that feels like it's mine. 263 00:18:14,803 --> 00:18:16,323 I got a door! 264 00:18:17,523 --> 00:18:19,283 Ha! 265 00:18:19,283 --> 00:18:23,043 I came in expecting the deepest hardship. 266 00:18:24,083 --> 00:18:25,923 (COUGHS AND VOMITS) 267 00:18:25,923 --> 00:18:29,163 My belly does not like that saw sedge soup. 268 00:18:29,163 --> 00:18:31,763 I don't have all the crack skills. 269 00:18:31,763 --> 00:18:35,483 I definitely reckon I burnt more calories 270 00:18:35,483 --> 00:18:39,843 than I'm gonna get out of that little tree-fern heart! 271 00:18:39,843 --> 00:18:41,363 But the thing that I do have 272 00:18:41,363 --> 00:18:46,083 is I am completely comfortable in wild nature. 273 00:18:46,083 --> 00:18:47,643 Good morning! 274 00:18:47,643 --> 00:18:49,483 (IMITATES TRUMPET) 275 00:18:49,483 --> 00:18:52,243 I don't feel like, you know, nature's trying to beat me 276 00:18:52,243 --> 00:18:53,803 or I've got to beat it. 277 00:18:55,083 --> 00:18:56,963 Look at this one! 278 00:18:56,963 --> 00:18:58,803 (LAUGHS) 279 00:18:58,803 --> 00:19:00,403 'Cause I feel at home. 280 00:19:02,483 --> 00:19:04,883 It makes me so happy, 281 00:19:04,883 --> 00:19:08,283 having a platypus just come to visit every day. 282 00:19:08,283 --> 00:19:10,723 I definitely underestimated 283 00:19:10,723 --> 00:19:13,123 the impact loneliness would have on me. 284 00:19:13,123 --> 00:19:18,283 It'd be nice to be able to point out the platypus to somebody else. 285 00:19:20,363 --> 00:19:24,363 When my daughter, Blaise, died, I made a decision. 286 00:19:24,363 --> 00:19:26,963 The way I adapted 287 00:19:26,963 --> 00:19:28,923 and defend myself now 288 00:19:28,923 --> 00:19:30,843 against that kind of pain 289 00:19:30,843 --> 00:19:32,603 is just to not need anyone. 290 00:19:34,163 --> 00:19:37,083 But in the solitude of this place... 291 00:19:38,883 --> 00:19:40,883 ..I do want someone here. 292 00:19:43,683 --> 00:19:45,243 I want a hug. 293 00:19:46,483 --> 00:19:48,923 And I'm only really just seeing it now. 294 00:19:51,083 --> 00:19:52,483 (CRIES) 295 00:19:57,723 --> 00:20:00,043 Oh, my bubba. 296 00:20:00,043 --> 00:20:00,643 Oh, my bubba. 297 00:20:00,643 --> 00:20:03,083 It would be nice to have a village. 298 00:20:03,083 --> 00:20:05,443 The hum of humans. 299 00:20:05,443 --> 00:20:08,203 I really miss 'em. I miss them. 300 00:20:19,723 --> 00:20:22,643 Looking at how long I can stay here, 301 00:20:22,643 --> 00:20:27,283 I have to do something about this shelter so that it isn't cold. 302 00:20:27,283 --> 00:20:30,883 I can't be just burning calories in the night, trying to stay warm. 303 00:20:32,003 --> 00:20:35,443 I need to make a taller, roomier, 304 00:20:35,443 --> 00:20:37,603 beehive rock stove... 305 00:20:38,803 --> 00:20:41,203 ..so I can get bigger bits of wood in 306 00:20:41,203 --> 00:20:42,923 that just smoulder all day. 307 00:20:45,563 --> 00:20:49,923 Life in the modern world is so comfortable. 308 00:20:49,923 --> 00:20:52,763 It's so comfortable all the time. 309 00:20:55,643 --> 00:20:59,963 And out here, discomfort is real, and it's every day. 310 00:20:59,963 --> 00:21:02,923 And one of the reasons that I'm out here 311 00:21:02,923 --> 00:21:07,043 is I'm making a stand for a way of being human 312 00:21:07,043 --> 00:21:09,563 that I don't see in the modern world - 313 00:21:09,563 --> 00:21:13,683 like how to live in relationship with the natural world 314 00:21:13,683 --> 00:21:15,683 and get all my needs met. 315 00:21:15,683 --> 00:21:17,603 (ROCKS CLATTER) 316 00:21:20,843 --> 00:21:22,723 I know that I can do this. 317 00:21:22,723 --> 00:21:26,763 I know that this place has everything I need. 318 00:21:26,763 --> 00:21:28,243 'Cause that. 319 00:21:29,483 --> 00:21:31,323 (SIGHS) 320 00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:33,123 Alright, I'm having one more go. 321 00:21:34,643 --> 00:21:37,203 I will not be defeated by a pile of rocks. 322 00:21:45,763 --> 00:21:48,563 Oh, for fuck's sake. Really?! 323 00:21:49,683 --> 00:21:51,643 I keep meeting the "No". 324 00:21:51,643 --> 00:21:53,763 Aaagh! 325 00:21:53,763 --> 00:21:56,083 And this land is telling me I can't. 326 00:21:56,083 --> 00:21:58,243 My body is telling me I can't. 327 00:22:32,683 --> 00:22:35,083 MIKE: OK, Houston, we might have a problem. 328 00:22:36,683 --> 00:22:39,243 I just copped the faintest whiff 329 00:22:39,243 --> 00:22:41,523 of something like, "What's that?" 330 00:22:44,283 --> 00:22:47,123 This one is just starting to turn. 331 00:22:48,963 --> 00:22:51,483 It's not as firm down there. 332 00:22:54,363 --> 00:22:55,723 Yep. 333 00:22:55,723 --> 00:22:59,683 Far out. It's gone a...a browny colour. 334 00:22:59,683 --> 00:23:03,563 That's where it's...where it starts to smell, just a little bit. 335 00:23:03,563 --> 00:23:05,883 And down the back here... 336 00:23:05,883 --> 00:23:07,603 ..it's just softer. 337 00:23:11,163 --> 00:23:12,243 Shit. 338 00:23:17,403 --> 00:23:19,683 Ever since I got these eels, 339 00:23:19,683 --> 00:23:22,803 my main worry has been eating so much 340 00:23:22,803 --> 00:23:25,683 that my metabolism speeds back up again. 341 00:23:25,683 --> 00:23:27,803 So, I've tried rationing them 342 00:23:27,803 --> 00:23:29,723 to get them to last longer, 343 00:23:29,723 --> 00:23:32,163 with the risk of the food going off. 344 00:23:34,043 --> 00:23:37,963 It's so humid here, it's hard for things to dry out. 345 00:23:49,203 --> 00:23:51,723 I deliberately didn't try and preserve these ones 346 00:23:51,723 --> 00:23:54,923 'cause I tried making a fish smoker about a month ago. 347 00:23:54,923 --> 00:23:56,523 (SIGHS) 348 00:23:56,523 --> 00:24:00,643 It worked, but it took so much effort keeping the fire going, 349 00:24:00,643 --> 00:24:02,323 and I could see the fat dripping off it. 350 00:24:03,683 --> 00:24:06,283 So, yeah, it was a calculated risk. 351 00:24:09,163 --> 00:24:11,563 But I can't afford to throw this away. 352 00:24:13,843 --> 00:24:15,723 Every little bit counts. 353 00:24:15,723 --> 00:24:17,443 Every little... 354 00:24:17,443 --> 00:24:19,763 You know, it's just whether my stomach can handle it or not. 355 00:24:24,083 --> 00:24:26,883 Fuck it. I'm eating this shit. I don't care. 356 00:24:29,763 --> 00:24:31,203 That's OK. 357 00:24:39,643 --> 00:24:42,003 I feel like I'm over the hump now, for this thing, surely. 358 00:24:43,963 --> 00:24:47,043 It would be a shame to get removed away 359 00:24:47,043 --> 00:24:48,603 and then finding out afterwards 360 00:24:48,603 --> 00:24:50,283 that it was only a three-day difference, you know? 361 00:24:50,283 --> 00:24:52,523 Like, that's why everything is so critical. 362 00:24:52,523 --> 00:24:56,323 That's why every eel is so critical. 363 00:24:56,323 --> 00:24:58,683 That one had a very slight taste. 364 00:24:58,683 --> 00:25:00,723 A very slight taste of being off. 365 00:25:03,723 --> 00:25:05,483 I might be paying for this in the morning. 366 00:25:17,323 --> 00:25:19,043 (EXHALES) 367 00:25:51,403 --> 00:25:53,163 GINA: Today was the first day 368 00:25:53,163 --> 00:25:56,203 that I woke up and I was kind of just over it. 369 00:25:58,843 --> 00:26:03,883 With the rain hemming me in again today... 370 00:26:06,923 --> 00:26:12,963 ..I can really feel my tender spots starting to...make themselves known. 371 00:26:16,283 --> 00:26:18,603 It's raining and... 372 00:26:20,403 --> 00:26:22,683 ..I can't get in a car and go for a drive. 373 00:26:22,683 --> 00:26:24,443 I can't go to see a movie. 374 00:26:25,563 --> 00:26:29,763 I can't call up a lover... or a friend. 375 00:26:29,763 --> 00:26:33,683 I can't do all the things that I might do to distract myself 376 00:26:33,683 --> 00:26:37,763 from the feeling of being hemmed in and trapped. 377 00:26:45,083 --> 00:26:47,923 It's like this place has got a hand 378 00:26:47,923 --> 00:26:49,563 and there's just a big paw 379 00:26:49,563 --> 00:26:52,803 and it's just put it down on me and gone, "Doosh! 380 00:26:52,803 --> 00:26:55,203 "You will stay in this feeling." 381 00:27:06,323 --> 00:27:07,043 It's loneliness. 382 00:27:07,043 --> 00:27:07,883 It's loneliness. 383 00:27:07,883 --> 00:27:09,243 Ooh. 384 00:27:12,403 --> 00:27:14,883 (WIND HOWLS) 385 00:27:16,163 --> 00:27:19,843 GINA: There's so many layers of motivation to be here for me. 386 00:27:19,843 --> 00:27:22,243 Some of it's personal, 387 00:27:22,243 --> 00:27:24,123 some of it's interpersonal. 388 00:27:27,403 --> 00:27:29,603 But the thing I've been thinking about 389 00:27:29,603 --> 00:27:33,443 is how much good I can do in my world 390 00:27:33,443 --> 00:27:35,003 if I win the money. 391 00:27:36,523 --> 00:27:41,763 With Lee, we could buy the property where we run our camps 392 00:27:41,763 --> 00:27:45,203 and set up school without walls, 393 00:27:45,203 --> 00:27:48,243 set up rewilding programs and camps, 394 00:27:48,243 --> 00:27:51,403 and help people be at home in the wild. 395 00:27:54,083 --> 00:27:57,443 I know that this place has everything I need 396 00:27:57,443 --> 00:27:59,923 and I just have to dig deeper to find it. 397 00:28:01,283 --> 00:28:05,723 But if I can't be with what's inside me, 398 00:28:05,723 --> 00:28:12,603 if I can't be with those feelings of vulnerability or loneliness, 399 00:28:12,603 --> 00:28:14,443 then all the survival skills... 400 00:28:15,803 --> 00:28:17,483 ..won't help me. 401 00:28:19,163 --> 00:28:20,683 My soft human skin... 402 00:28:21,843 --> 00:28:24,483 ..needs other humans to survive. 403 00:28:39,323 --> 00:28:42,163 MIKE: Alright, let's give this eel a sniff. 404 00:28:46,723 --> 00:28:48,723 I think I've got away with it. 405 00:28:51,203 --> 00:28:54,163 I did not vomit last night. 406 00:28:54,163 --> 00:28:56,563 But I've sniffed the meat. 407 00:28:56,563 --> 00:28:59,123 There's things starting to happen. 408 00:29:00,243 --> 00:29:01,763 It's a very fast process. 409 00:29:01,763 --> 00:29:05,563 Yeah, this one just on the end, this is what I cut off yesterday. 410 00:29:05,563 --> 00:29:07,443 It's slightly different. 411 00:29:08,643 --> 00:29:10,883 I've got to cut that brown bit off. 412 00:29:12,323 --> 00:29:13,483 It goes off quick. 413 00:29:17,163 --> 00:29:18,963 Yeah, I just don't want to have it spreading. 414 00:29:21,283 --> 00:29:23,163 (SIGHS) 415 00:29:24,283 --> 00:29:26,283 I think I'm just gonna chuck them in the water. 416 00:29:26,283 --> 00:29:27,923 They're not bait suitable. 417 00:29:29,723 --> 00:29:33,083 Eels don't like eating other eels for bait. 418 00:29:50,723 --> 00:29:52,723 I was stretching, 419 00:29:52,723 --> 00:29:55,923 and, uh, now that I'm not stretching, 420 00:29:55,923 --> 00:29:59,323 it's not gonna last... that long, I would say. 421 00:30:00,683 --> 00:30:02,963 I've got two and a half days, maybe, of food. 422 00:30:05,443 --> 00:30:08,443 (WIND HOWLS) 423 00:30:21,723 --> 00:30:24,083 The water level's real low and it's raining. 424 00:30:24,083 --> 00:30:25,483 Bait's pretty crap. 425 00:30:26,603 --> 00:30:28,603 Chance of catching a fish is very low. 426 00:30:30,443 --> 00:30:32,843 I'm just gonna minimise my energy. 427 00:30:40,963 --> 00:30:42,883 This morning, I'm giving myself... 428 00:30:44,043 --> 00:30:46,163 ..two small pieces like that, 429 00:30:46,163 --> 00:30:48,043 and they're gonna stay in there for dinner. 430 00:31:17,003 --> 00:31:18,683 There it is. 431 00:31:21,243 --> 00:31:23,083 My last piece of saved food. 432 00:31:59,883 --> 00:32:02,843 (RAIN FALLS) 433 00:32:10,003 --> 00:32:11,723 I've eaten all my food, 434 00:32:11,723 --> 00:32:14,883 and, uh, the starvation hardship 435 00:32:14,883 --> 00:32:16,563 starts again tomorrow. 436 00:32:40,683 --> 00:32:41,843 Fuck. 437 00:32:41,843 --> 00:32:43,883 The water level's probably up a metre, 438 00:32:43,883 --> 00:32:46,883 so it's gone from ridiculously low to just low. 439 00:32:46,883 --> 00:32:49,563 Maybe that'll switch the fish on. Hopefully. 440 00:32:51,003 --> 00:32:52,603 I'm gonna try and get some worms down here. 441 00:32:55,563 --> 00:32:57,283 This thing ain't done yet. 442 00:32:58,403 --> 00:32:59,723 It ain't done. 443 00:33:10,843 --> 00:33:12,603 There's so much riding on it. 444 00:33:16,483 --> 00:33:18,883 I've gone out on a limb, 445 00:33:18,883 --> 00:33:22,643 switched careers from a high-paying...flying job 446 00:33:22,643 --> 00:33:25,963 to a zero-paying adventure filmmaking job. 447 00:33:29,683 --> 00:33:32,643 But I am effectively living my dream. 448 00:33:37,803 --> 00:33:41,483 But it's a big deal not bringing in money for our family 449 00:33:41,483 --> 00:33:43,203 for two and a half years. 450 00:33:45,083 --> 00:33:46,363 Nope. 451 00:33:47,963 --> 00:33:52,763 I have to do everything I can to win this. 452 00:34:01,643 --> 00:34:03,523 Every day brings me closer. 453 00:34:05,723 --> 00:34:08,243 That's why there's no frickin' way 454 00:34:08,243 --> 00:34:10,163 I am giving up on this thing. 455 00:34:21,723 --> 00:34:25,083 VOICEOVER: Alone Australia is brought to you by Kia. 456 00:34:25,083 --> 00:34:27,523 Experience the ultimate human endurance 457 00:34:27,523 --> 00:34:31,523 as 10 contestants battle to survive alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, 458 00:34:31,523 --> 00:34:35,243 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000. 459 00:34:59,123 --> 00:35:02,443 (SINGS) £ Happy birthday to me 460 00:35:02,443 --> 00:35:05,003 £ Happy birthday to me 461 00:35:06,243 --> 00:35:08,443 £ Happy birthday to me-e 462 00:35:09,883 --> 00:35:12,483 £ Happy birthday to me. £ 463 00:35:13,843 --> 00:35:15,723 I'm 46. 464 00:35:17,403 --> 00:35:18,843 Today. 465 00:35:25,523 --> 00:35:27,123 A good day for it. 466 00:35:29,123 --> 00:35:31,163 I'm proud to be 46. 467 00:35:34,963 --> 00:35:36,883 I'm proud of what I've done. 468 00:35:39,923 --> 00:35:41,683 I'm glad to be alive. 469 00:35:42,763 --> 00:35:44,403 I've done some risky shit. 470 00:35:44,403 --> 00:35:47,283 Um, I'm glad to still be here. 471 00:35:53,643 --> 00:35:55,083 Good, yeah. 472 00:36:04,963 --> 00:36:06,283 Ahh! 473 00:36:08,043 --> 00:36:13,603 I nearly lost my mum to cancer, um, two and a half years ago. 474 00:36:17,083 --> 00:36:18,203 And, uh... 475 00:36:20,443 --> 00:36:22,283 Yeah. 476 00:36:22,283 --> 00:36:26,523 Yeah, she pulled through it like an absolute trooper. 477 00:36:28,403 --> 00:36:30,043 Yeah, and that's a real gift. 478 00:36:32,043 --> 00:36:33,963 Particularly when you got the mum I've got. 479 00:36:36,523 --> 00:36:42,243 Most parents, uh, shield their kids from risk a lot. 480 00:36:42,243 --> 00:36:44,843 But I was very lucky that... 481 00:36:46,043 --> 00:36:52,563 ..uh, my mum allowed me to find my own boundaries. 482 00:36:52,563 --> 00:36:55,123 I didn't need anyone to tell me, "Be careful. 483 00:36:56,323 --> 00:36:58,283 "Don't do that - you might hurt yourself." 484 00:36:58,283 --> 00:37:01,163 'Cause I knew, 'cause I did it and I hurt myself. 485 00:37:03,043 --> 00:37:07,563 And, um, it allowed me to develop... 486 00:37:09,003 --> 00:37:14,243 ..an understanding of risk from as early as I can remember. 487 00:37:16,483 --> 00:37:19,843 And it's what's kept me alive through all my adventures. 488 00:37:21,603 --> 00:37:25,403 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 489 00:37:25,403 --> 00:37:29,043 I expect a med check some time today, 490 00:37:29,043 --> 00:37:33,683 so I'm gonna preen myself, like a little bird on a branch... 491 00:37:34,883 --> 00:37:37,843 ..so I look nice, and clean my nails, 492 00:37:37,843 --> 00:37:41,003 cut my nails, trim my beard. 493 00:37:47,563 --> 00:37:50,843 Yeah. Life in the bush. Easier with a mirror. 494 00:38:16,403 --> 00:38:18,803 GINA: I know I've dropped weight in the last week. 495 00:38:22,083 --> 00:38:23,803 It's still raining. 496 00:38:28,283 --> 00:38:31,603 It's definitely, definitely getting down to 497 00:38:31,603 --> 00:38:34,723 my last little drops of fuel in the tank. 498 00:38:41,083 --> 00:38:43,723 I feel slow, I feel skinny. 499 00:38:45,243 --> 00:38:47,963 I'm noticing that my legs are feeling really skinny. 500 00:38:47,963 --> 00:38:54,803 I'm noticing that I just don't have spare energy for extraneous things. 501 00:39:00,843 --> 00:39:03,443 There's a physical reality 502 00:39:03,443 --> 00:39:05,963 to how much my body can actually do 503 00:39:05,963 --> 00:39:09,403 and, at some point, the red line will get crossed. 504 00:39:55,043 --> 00:39:57,643 Hey, Mike. How you going? Hello. 505 00:39:57,643 --> 00:40:00,043 How are you this morning? Yeah, good, thanks. Yeah, come in. 506 00:40:12,003 --> 00:40:13,843 Alright, good job. 507 00:40:15,683 --> 00:40:17,883 Just slide that up so I've got access to it, there. 508 00:40:17,883 --> 00:40:19,163 Good job, mate. 509 00:40:24,683 --> 00:40:26,283 Press that down. 510 00:40:28,923 --> 00:40:31,163 (PUMPS BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR) 511 00:40:36,803 --> 00:40:39,483 I'll get you to stand up now, carefully, there, Mike. 512 00:40:39,483 --> 00:40:40,843 Sure. 513 00:40:50,163 --> 00:40:53,123 Can I get you to spin around? 514 00:40:58,043 --> 00:40:59,603 Big breaths, in and out. 515 00:40:59,603 --> 00:41:03,603 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 516 00:41:10,083 --> 00:41:11,563 Can you just turn and face me, there. 517 00:41:12,763 --> 00:41:15,283 How are you going, from a weight point of view? 518 00:41:15,283 --> 00:41:16,363 Like... 519 00:41:19,403 --> 00:41:23,043 Your...certainly, you know, your muscles are much more evident now 520 00:41:23,043 --> 00:41:24,243 than they have been, aren't they? 521 00:41:24,243 --> 00:41:25,803 That's what they're normally like. 522 00:41:25,803 --> 00:41:27,163 Normally I have abs. Yeah. 523 00:41:27,163 --> 00:41:28,803 So, I can see my abs, 524 00:41:28,803 --> 00:41:30,803 so that's what I aim for. 525 00:41:30,803 --> 00:41:32,403 If I have more fat than that, 526 00:41:32,403 --> 00:41:35,363 then I would try and do some more sit-ups and go for a run more. 527 00:41:36,763 --> 00:41:37,923 Yeah. 528 00:41:47,843 --> 00:41:49,883 That's the blood pressure from today. 529 00:41:49,883 --> 00:41:52,163 His blood pressure is really low again. 530 00:41:52,163 --> 00:41:55,763 (CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 531 00:41:58,963 --> 00:42:01,683 I see the deliberations over there. 532 00:42:09,123 --> 00:42:12,123 Hey, so, the last few times I've come and seen you, 533 00:42:12,123 --> 00:42:14,683 your blood pressure's been trending downwards, 534 00:42:14,683 --> 00:42:17,163 and trending down from what you start as a normal value 535 00:42:17,163 --> 00:42:20,763 to something that's been getting more and more dangerous, 536 00:42:20,763 --> 00:42:22,683 and it's the same again today. 537 00:42:23,883 --> 00:42:26,883 The values that I've measured are unsafe. 538 00:42:26,883 --> 00:42:29,563 It's an indicator of just how significant 539 00:42:29,563 --> 00:42:32,123 the effect of the malnutrition is having on your body. 540 00:42:32,123 --> 00:42:34,683 So, your ability to compensate 541 00:42:34,683 --> 00:42:36,643 and to maintain normal blood pressure 542 00:42:36,643 --> 00:42:40,003 isn't there when you go from sitting to standing anymore. 543 00:42:40,003 --> 00:42:42,643 Your value, when you're lying down, is at a value 544 00:42:42,643 --> 00:42:45,363 that if you were in hospital, if you were in the community, 545 00:42:45,363 --> 00:42:46,843 people would be worried about. 546 00:42:47,883 --> 00:42:49,883 It's a function of all these things, 547 00:42:49,883 --> 00:42:53,283 of how, probably, little protein you've had to eat 548 00:42:53,283 --> 00:42:54,603 over the last little while. 549 00:42:54,603 --> 00:42:55,883 Well, yeah. 550 00:42:55,883 --> 00:42:57,803 Your deficiency in electrolytes and minerals 551 00:42:57,803 --> 00:42:59,763 that would have occurred over this time. 552 00:42:59,763 --> 00:43:02,123 It's not safe for you to remain here. 553 00:43:03,963 --> 00:43:05,803 The safest thing to do 554 00:43:05,803 --> 00:43:08,723 is to...is to extract you. 555 00:43:13,563 --> 00:43:15,483 That seems... Honestly... 556 00:43:15,483 --> 00:43:16,883 It seems... 557 00:43:16,883 --> 00:43:19,163 You can't... Can you tell me the values? 558 00:43:19,163 --> 00:43:21,003 Is it the upper value or the lower value? 559 00:43:21,003 --> 00:43:22,563 The upper value. 560 00:43:25,123 --> 00:43:26,723 (SIGHS) 561 00:43:32,643 --> 00:43:34,563 So, um... 562 00:43:34,563 --> 00:43:36,403 ..is that it - I'm out? 563 00:43:36,403 --> 00:43:38,003 I'm afraid so, Mike. 564 00:43:39,883 --> 00:43:41,163 (SIGHS) 565 00:43:41,163 --> 00:43:43,243 There's probably nothing I can say, is there? 566 00:43:43,243 --> 00:43:44,603 Yeah. 567 00:43:50,323 --> 00:43:52,123 Sorry. 568 00:43:56,083 --> 00:43:58,363 (MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY) 569 00:44:10,203 --> 00:44:12,963 I feel really disappointed. 570 00:44:12,963 --> 00:44:15,883 Winning was very important to me, for many reasons. 571 00:44:15,883 --> 00:44:18,563 You know, I wanted to bring the money home for our family, 572 00:44:18,563 --> 00:44:21,563 and professionally, you know, this is my day job, 573 00:44:21,563 --> 00:44:23,243 this kind of thing. 574 00:44:23,243 --> 00:44:25,843 So, in some ways, I feel a little embarrassed that I didn't win it. 575 00:44:29,603 --> 00:44:32,003 But I could not have tried any harder. 576 00:44:34,643 --> 00:44:36,043 Dammit. I still haven't got a pademelon. 577 00:44:36,043 --> 00:44:36,763 Dammit. I still haven't got a pademelon. 578 00:44:37,923 --> 00:44:39,363 I was so close. 579 00:44:41,763 --> 00:44:45,883 Luck can go against you, and it did on this occasion. 580 00:44:47,123 --> 00:44:49,843 The most important thing I'd want my kids to take away from it 581 00:44:49,843 --> 00:44:51,483 is that I haven't given up. 582 00:44:52,723 --> 00:44:54,923 I'm not the best at everything I do, 583 00:44:54,923 --> 00:44:57,483 but I've always gone 100% 584 00:44:57,483 --> 00:45:00,683 at the things that mean a lot to me that I've tried. 585 00:45:00,683 --> 00:45:02,043 This is one of them. 586 00:45:07,163 --> 00:45:08,363 Ah... 587 00:45:09,563 --> 00:45:11,203 Cooee! 588 00:45:13,723 --> 00:45:15,923 That's my last cooee for this joint. 589 00:45:17,443 --> 00:45:18,403 It's been good. 590 00:45:21,803 --> 00:45:23,403 I'm looking forward to getting home 591 00:45:23,403 --> 00:45:25,083 and just pressing the button 592 00:45:25,083 --> 00:45:28,523 and going back to my normal life, you know? 593 00:45:38,243 --> 00:45:39,923 'Cause really, people always say 594 00:45:39,923 --> 00:45:44,243 there's nothing more important than family, and it's true. 595 00:45:44,243 --> 00:45:47,523 And I appreciate it even more after doing this. 596 00:45:52,683 --> 00:45:53,843 I didn't win, 597 00:45:53,843 --> 00:45:57,603 but I'm really, really grateful for this experience, you know? 598 00:45:59,563 --> 00:46:02,963 When you put yourself outside your comfort zone on an adventure, 599 00:46:02,963 --> 00:46:07,363 you experience all of the things that life can throw at you. 600 00:46:09,003 --> 00:46:11,083 Life is better with adventure. 601 00:46:17,003 --> 00:46:19,763 VOICEOVER: Alone Australia is brought to you by Kia. 602 00:46:19,763 --> 00:46:22,283 Experience the ultimate human endurance 603 00:46:22,283 --> 00:46:26,323 as ten contestants battle to survive alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, 604 00:46:26,323 --> 00:46:30,323 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000. 605 00:46:45,963 --> 00:46:49,163 (INDIGENOUS SINGING) 606 00:47:18,883 --> 00:47:21,123 GINA: It's really strange not knowing when this will end. 607 00:47:24,643 --> 00:47:26,803 When the rain just goes on for days and days 608 00:47:26,803 --> 00:47:31,403 and I'm stuck in my shelter, that thought definitely pops up. 609 00:47:32,563 --> 00:47:37,923 But when I really commit, it's to the absolute end. 610 00:47:44,363 --> 00:47:47,163 Morning, Gina. How are you? Good, thanks. How are you? 611 00:47:47,163 --> 00:47:48,723 We're just here for the med checks. 612 00:47:48,723 --> 00:47:50,483 I'll follow you. 613 00:47:54,443 --> 00:47:57,043 Good job. Good job. There we go. 614 00:47:58,283 --> 00:47:59,683 OK. 615 00:48:04,003 --> 00:48:05,643 Great. Thank you. 616 00:48:13,763 --> 00:48:15,203 Thank you. 617 00:48:21,443 --> 00:48:24,843 Alright, so Gina, 67 days. 67 days. 618 00:48:26,843 --> 00:48:30,403 Now that it's sunny, I'm good. 619 00:48:30,403 --> 00:48:36,203 The last, probably week to 10 days, has been hard. 620 00:48:38,123 --> 00:48:39,643 I love being here. 621 00:48:39,643 --> 00:48:47,163 But I have such a sense of gratitude for my family, 622 00:48:47,163 --> 00:48:48,843 and I just want to love them up. 623 00:48:48,843 --> 00:48:51,443 I want to hear someone else's stories. 624 00:48:51,443 --> 00:48:53,123 I want to hear someone else's life. 625 00:48:53,123 --> 00:48:57,083 I want to... I want to roll around in the love of my family 626 00:48:57,083 --> 00:48:59,403 and my friends. 627 00:48:59,403 --> 00:49:00,443 I find myself saying, 628 00:49:00,443 --> 00:49:03,803 "When I get out of here, I'm going to dot, dot, dot." 629 00:49:03,803 --> 00:49:05,723 So when I get out of here, 630 00:49:05,723 --> 00:49:08,523 I'm going to take my friends out to dinner. 631 00:49:08,523 --> 00:49:09,803 When I get out of here, 632 00:49:09,803 --> 00:49:13,643 I'm gonna give my mum the biggest hug she's ever had in her life, you know? 633 00:49:13,643 --> 00:49:16,963 When I get out of here, I'm gonna take my niece Amy out camping. 634 00:49:16,963 --> 00:49:18,563 They're the kinds of things. 635 00:49:18,563 --> 00:49:20,843 it's more that this place is giving me a... 636 00:49:20,843 --> 00:49:23,243 No fucking way. 637 00:49:24,443 --> 00:49:26,803 What the fuck? Yeah. 638 00:49:26,803 --> 00:49:30,043 Holy f... Oh, my f... God. You did it. 639 00:49:32,323 --> 00:49:35,283 Oh, you're fucking, you're here? 640 00:49:35,283 --> 00:49:37,203 Can I give you a hug? Yes. 641 00:49:37,203 --> 00:49:38,523 Yay. No. 642 00:49:38,523 --> 00:49:41,683 Well, fucking done. Well, fucking done. 643 00:49:41,683 --> 00:49:43,603 You did it. You did it. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. 644 00:49:43,603 --> 00:49:46,523 You're such a fucking legend. Oh, my God. 645 00:49:46,523 --> 00:49:49,683 I fucking knew it. And I still can't believe it. 646 00:49:54,763 --> 00:49:56,203 Well done. 647 00:49:56,203 --> 00:49:58,283 Well done. 648 00:49:58,283 --> 00:50:00,563 You did so fucking well. (SOBS) 649 00:50:00,563 --> 00:50:02,643 Oh, my God, oh, my God. You did so fucking well. 650 00:50:02,643 --> 00:50:04,523 I can't believe... 651 00:50:08,123 --> 00:50:10,763 I can't wait. I can't wait to hear your stories. 652 00:50:10,763 --> 00:50:12,883 Oh... 653 00:50:14,323 --> 00:50:16,323 You've won, Gina. You've won. 654 00:50:20,483 --> 00:50:22,763 Oh, my God. Yeah. 655 00:50:22,763 --> 00:50:25,003 What is it now, like, day 67? 67. 656 00:50:25,003 --> 00:50:26,483 Yeah. 657 00:50:31,363 --> 00:50:32,803 Oh, my God. 658 00:50:32,803 --> 00:50:33,803 Yay. 659 00:50:33,803 --> 00:50:35,803 You did it. You did it. 660 00:50:35,803 --> 00:50:38,963 What the actual fuck? 661 00:50:48,283 --> 00:50:49,243 I won. 662 00:50:51,083 --> 00:50:53,483 I don't believe it actually, I... 663 00:50:53,483 --> 00:50:55,083 (CHUCKLES) 664 00:50:58,643 --> 00:51:00,363 Whoo! 665 00:51:05,403 --> 00:51:07,443 Look at this amazing thing. 666 00:51:07,443 --> 00:51:09,563 Yeah, that's it. 667 00:51:12,403 --> 00:51:15,963 Oh, wait, hang on. There we go. There we go. 668 00:51:19,603 --> 00:51:21,563 Wow. 669 00:51:21,563 --> 00:51:23,283 So, this is the nest. It's beautiful. 670 00:51:23,283 --> 00:51:24,283 This is my nest. 671 00:51:25,683 --> 00:51:26,963 Amazing. 672 00:51:35,323 --> 00:51:40,123 I haven't been focused on beating other people, 673 00:51:40,123 --> 00:51:41,883 winning the competition. 674 00:51:41,883 --> 00:51:47,363 I've been focused on just solving my needs every day. 675 00:51:50,763 --> 00:51:53,843 I've never said I'm an expert survivalist and I never will. 676 00:51:53,843 --> 00:51:56,643 Like, I'm not. I know I'm not. 677 00:51:56,643 --> 00:51:59,203 But what I found was that 678 00:51:59,203 --> 00:52:05,323 I could let my instincts and the land teach me what I needed to know. 679 00:52:07,003 --> 00:52:08,443 I really wanted to show 680 00:52:08,443 --> 00:52:11,403 that there is a way of being at home in the wild. 681 00:52:11,403 --> 00:52:15,523 There's a way of connecting with an ancestral way of being 682 00:52:15,523 --> 00:52:18,123 that isn't about dominating nature. 683 00:52:18,123 --> 00:52:23,083 It isn't about having all the bells and whistles and the tricks. 684 00:52:23,083 --> 00:52:26,163 I want to thank the Paloa for the tens of thousands of years 685 00:52:26,163 --> 00:52:30,243 they've lived in right relationship and harmony with this country, 686 00:52:30,243 --> 00:52:32,843 leaving footprints for me to follow. 687 00:52:36,083 --> 00:52:37,523 Thanks for coming. 688 00:52:37,523 --> 00:52:40,283 It had to be you. Yeah. Yeah. 689 00:52:40,283 --> 00:52:42,123 Oh, this is gonna hurt. Mmm. 690 00:52:42,123 --> 00:52:44,883 Oh, I just got the first inkling of it. 691 00:52:44,883 --> 00:52:46,603 Mm-hm. 692 00:52:46,603 --> 00:52:47,883 This is gonna hurt. 693 00:52:51,723 --> 00:52:54,923 Coming in for this, I said that the Gina who walked in 694 00:52:54,923 --> 00:52:56,963 would not be the same as the Gina who walked out. 695 00:53:14,203 --> 00:53:18,363 I'm leaving this place more windswept, 696 00:53:18,363 --> 00:53:24,443 more grateful, and more in love than I've ever been in my life. 697 00:53:43,323 --> 00:53:45,203 Captions by Red Bee Media (c) SBS Australia 2023