1 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:29,640 MAN: The south island of New Zealand, it's an epic place. 2 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,360 It's wet. 3 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,440 It's cold. 4 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,600 It's snowy. 5 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,600 If you don't respect the environment here, 6 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,440 it will slap you hard. 7 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,080 WOMAN: I just need to bring some food in. 8 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:48,720 MAN 2: Ohh! 9 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,600 (GRUNTS) It's a male. 10 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:52,320 MAN 3: Look at that stonker! 11 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:53,320 (GIGGLES) 12 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,240 MAN 4: Last night was pretty intense. 13 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:56,920 There was deer all around me. 14 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:58,280 That's freaking delicious. 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,160 I know how tough it's gonna be. (LAUGHS) 16 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,720 Terrible wail of doom. 17 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:11,680 WOMAN: You've gotta feel safe, otherwise you'd just die out here. 18 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,320 Oh, my God, I miss them. 19 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,440 It doesn't feel as bad as it looks. Feels worse. 20 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:19,960 Oh! 21 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:21,720 This shit just got real. 22 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:26,240 Jesus. I'm scared enough to have an emergency tap-out in my hand. 23 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:31,200 MAN 5: The last person standing, they take home $250,000. 24 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:33,960 (GASPING) (PHONE RINGS) 25 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:35,800 I just got these pains in my chest. 26 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,320 (GROANS) Somebody, help me! 27 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,440 WOMAN: We need to talk about a chopper. 28 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,520 (GROANS) 29 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,880 (CALLS) 30 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,600 It's like a lost world. 31 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,040 There's a real beauty here, 32 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,960 but there's also a real element of danger. 33 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,160 We need to be prepared for deadfall, 34 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,320 for earthquakes, for flash-flooding. 35 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,120 Wow. This is crazy. 36 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:06,760 Aotearoa wells up inside of me a sense of strength and power 37 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,680 that I've never experienced on any other land before. 38 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,080 This is gorgeous. 39 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:13,800 Can't believe it. 40 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,960 These mountains are home to wild boar, goat, deer 41 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,680 and if I can just get one of those, hunt them, 42 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,040 I might survive. 43 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:26,840 When you look out 44 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,840 and you see those mountains overlooking the lake, 45 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,600 it has an ancient feel to it. 46 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,680 Great, thank you. 47 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,360 (EXHALES) 48 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,200 But it's also scary. 49 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,080 This is one of the most daunting things I've ever done. 50 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,000 But we are now allowed to hunt with bow and arrow. 51 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,480 It's something I'm comfortable with 52 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,640 and I have done for a long time. 53 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,640 Probably the steepest country I've been in. 54 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,080 We all think we can do it. 55 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,280 But the only thing we can really do is compete against ourselves. 56 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:02,640 Things just got real. 57 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,640 And it's petrifying. 58 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,280 The whole game is a mental game. 59 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,440 Everything is about the psychology. 60 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,680 I know there's fear in me. 61 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:17,840 Can I sustain myself, as a human alone in a wild place? 62 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:19,520 So, it begins. 63 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,640 MAN: Gonna be cold, real cold. 64 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,360 No-one will hear you scream out there. 65 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:30,400 We have to survive completely unaided. 66 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,400 (SINGS) £ So long, farewell... £ And amen. 67 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,400 The fauna and the flora are completely different 68 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:35,840 to back home in Australia. 69 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:37,680 It's a tiny little speck. 70 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,080 Look at it go, look at it go. 71 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,840 It's gonna get real cold tonight, and those look like rain clouds. 72 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:45,720 Time...to get... 73 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,120 ..to work. 74 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:54,120 I have absolutely no way of knowing how other competitors are faring. 75 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,080 I only know how I'll be doing. 76 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,000 Catch you later, guys. Thanks for everything. 77 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,880 10 of us go into this challenge, 78 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,880 and only one of us will be the winner. 79 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:13,480 Hunting is not a sport. To me, hunting is an instinct. 80 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,560 Thank you. 81 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,840 There are big moments in life. 82 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:19,520 And for me, this is one of them. 83 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,040 It's just us, our cameras, 84 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,960 documenting our survival completely alone. 85 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,920 I am so... 86 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:32,040 ..pumped. 87 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,000 $250,000 prize for the last person standing. 88 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,200 And it would mean the world to be the last person. 89 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,120 MAN: The lake sits at 200m above sea level. 90 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:45,960 Also runs just as deep. 91 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,880 Everything about this place is intimidating. 92 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,120 We are totally alone in a whole new world. 93 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,000 Time to arrive. 94 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,520 You have to be willing to give up everything 95 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,200 to come here and win Alone. 96 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,360 Nobody else here but me. 97 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,360 And there they go. 98 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,560 There they go. 99 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,840 And that's it, I'm alone. 100 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:38,360 And the midgie flies are already here to greet me. 101 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,240 Namu namu. (LAUGHS) 102 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,800 G'day, fellas. I'm your new housemate. 103 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,520 It's unreal how big this place is. 104 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,000 Even if I wanted to get out of here, I don't... 105 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,880 You're going to have a hard time making it back to society from here. 106 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:05,840 So, let's go have a look, eh? 107 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:10,240 First things first - don't walk anywhere... 108 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:13,880 ..without your bow, huh? 109 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,920 I'm just absolutely stoked that I can have a bow 110 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:21,120 on this season. 111 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,480 I'm a combat engineer in the Australian Defence Force. 112 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,760 Joining the army was the best thing for my indigenous heritage, really, 113 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,200 because, I did the indigenous pre-recruitment programme 114 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,760 and fostered a lot of love there. 115 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,920 As far as my ancestors go, I am a Quandamooka man. 116 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,120 I can think of worse ways to spend the day. 117 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,680 I have literally been hunting my whole life. 118 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,120 I go hunting at least once a month. Yeah. 119 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:48,440 And it's just what I do for fun. 120 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,280 It's what I do in any time I get off 121 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,840 and I go out and I do exactly like what I'm gonna be doing here. 122 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,440 If you miss, you don't eat, you know? 123 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:00,160 I never miss. (LAUGHS) 124 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:05,160 Yeah, I've hunted with rifles, bow and arrows, spears, boomerangs, 125 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,360 and even just a knife, at times. 126 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,240 Not out there being a killer. 127 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,360 I'm out there being a hunter, you know? 128 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,160 They're totally different things. 129 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,520 He was born for this. He's prepared. 130 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,240 Love you, baby. 131 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,480 Mum is my biggest fan, and so is the grandparents. 132 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,640 Love you, Grandma. Love you too, darling. 133 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:24,880 Pray for me. Yes, I will, honey. 134 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,480 You want to do it for them too - 135 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,200 Prove to Grandpa I'm as tough as he thinks I am. 136 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,720 $250,000 would be game-changing. 137 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,600 Buy me a big, old farm. 138 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,840 Then have my family and my own my horses 139 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,480 and just start living that life, you know? 140 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,440 The number-one thing you need when you're hunting with a bow 141 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:44,840 is patience, 142 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,680 'cause you don't always get onto something. 143 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:49,320 Sometimes it takes a bit of time 144 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:51,560 to get used to animals in different areas too. 145 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:53,200 They're not all the same. 146 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,760 Let's keep looking, shall we? 147 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,800 Like, red deer here are not the same as red deer in Europe. 148 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:00,720 They're the same animal, 149 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,640 but, you know, they're gonna act different. 150 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,600 OK. I'm talking quietly now because it's a rub tree. 151 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,840 Some stag's come through here, 152 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:25,480 given that tree a bashing. 153 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,880 They're right here. They're right here. 154 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:59,920 I can hear the water, feel the air. 155 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,720 Oh! 156 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,760 I am just so happy to be here. 157 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,600 I don't even feel like doing a shelter or a fire. 158 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,560 I honestly just feel like sitting here. 159 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:15,520 I'm not - I'm not going to do that. I promise. 160 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,520 Um, I've got stuff to do. 161 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:20,280 I'm just gonna collect some tinder, 162 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,760 'cause I think that's all I'm going to have time for tonight. 163 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,400 Shelter, tinder. 164 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,520 Even if I don't light it tonight, um... 165 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:31,480 ..I'll be ready for tomorrow. 166 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:39,480 These make great fire starters, Leptospermum. 167 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:41,840 Another the tea tree. 168 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,840 I just want to take a little bit off each tree. 169 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:46,920 I don't want to take too much. 170 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,120 It'd be nice if I could walk along here 171 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,560 and not see what I've done, really. 172 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:56,560 God, I feel a bit like an animal at the moment. 173 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:58,320 I'm shaking on the inside, 174 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:04,800 and it's like there's 50-50 scared versus pure exhilaration. 175 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,680 Just try and stay calm. 176 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:09,760 Let's go have a little look around. 177 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,400 Get my shelter. 178 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,280 The winds can be ferocious here, I know. 179 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,600 And I want to make sure that I don't hate myself later 180 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,520 when the wind's howling. 181 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,040 So, shelter is number-one. 182 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:28,120 I definitely have been labelled as being determined, 183 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:32,600 and I think that's come from just my childhood of adventure 184 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,440 and hanging out with the boys 185 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,240 and choosing careers that have really made me step up, 186 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:38,800 physically and mentally. 187 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:45,000 So, I think I have found somewhere I really like. 188 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,840 And a view to die for. 189 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,080 Close to my water. 190 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,560 Definitely want to look at what's up. 191 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,640 Yeah, I reckon we might be... might survive. 192 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:06,960 (EXHALES) 193 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,240 It's a little bit of elevation. 194 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,760 Yeah, I'm loving it. 195 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,880 It's never been more in the forefront of my mind 196 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,680 that I'm just going to be so cold. 197 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:49,200 Absolutely Awesome. 198 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,960 Oh, rocks a bit slippery. 199 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,560 Look at this. Look at this backdrop. 200 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:06,800 This is the most incredible thing I could ever possibly do. 201 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,040 This is home for the next three months. 202 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,320 And that rainbow, that rainbow is just still sitting there. 203 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,120 It's like it's hanging around just for me. 204 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,520 In fact, it's getting stronger. 205 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,080 Magic. 206 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,200 My strategy, day-one - build a shelter, get a fire going. 207 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:38,680 Survival has been a passion of mine for over 20 years. 208 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:41,760 It's been given to me from my parents, from my dad. 209 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,600 So, it's been a part of my life since I can remember. 210 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:48,360 In my line of work, I provide mental and physical resilience training. 211 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,520 What have you just become? Accountable. 212 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,600 Why? 'Cause YOU said you were gonna do it. 213 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,760 Resilience training allows you to 214 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,040 push the physical and emotional barrier, 215 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,360 which came off the back of my career, I think, In rugby. 216 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,360 I had the good fortune of playing for the Australian Under-21s. 217 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,200 I played for Queensland, now known as the Reds. 218 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,160 And I played for New South Wales, now known as the Waratahs. 219 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:10,640 Show you how to do it. 220 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,960 And, being 60 years of age comes with just that - 221 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,560 60 years of experience. 222 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:20,520 And I personally see it as an advantage 223 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,000 when I go out onto the land. 224 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:24,120 See you, sweetheart. 225 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,520 I think it would also be great 226 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,200 to be a lovely inspiration to my children. 227 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,320 I Love you. See you, mate. Love you. 228 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,760 As a single dad for quite a while, I just know they would be so proud. 229 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,040 Bend at the knees, please. (GRUNTS) 230 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,880 Deadlift. Oh, geez, there's some weight in that. 231 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,400 (GRUNTS) Let's go. 232 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:51,120 What I want to show my children is there are no boundaries. 233 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,120 There are no age limits. 234 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,360 And even as you enter into the... 235 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,200 ..let's just say the last third of your life, 236 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,120 there's so much more opportunity for you to be able to strive for. 237 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,480 And that is my anchor point. 238 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,360 Keep it simple, sexy. 239 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,440 The ability to handle pain and discomfort, 240 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:18,120 I would say is my superpower. 241 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:25,800 I'm willing to push myself to my ultimate limits 242 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,280 to win. 243 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:36,880 (LAUGHS) Go away! 244 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,920 Go away...away! 245 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:45,600 You know, I've set the pass mark at 60 days, 246 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,760 one day for every year of my life. 247 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:52,080 But, to me, the benchmark is 100 days 248 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,600 and I am prepared for 100 days. 249 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,520 It's not too bad. Oh! This place is alive with 'em! 250 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,720 (SIGHS) 251 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,400 That'll do for tonight. 252 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,960 So, just knocking up a quick maul, 253 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,120 we'll use that wide area there for clubbing, 254 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,040 and add this part is the handle, I think. 255 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:32,720 Other way around. 256 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:43,120 And, as rough and ready as it is, 257 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,000 it will suffice. 258 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,800 Let's get that tarp up. Let's got that shelter above me. 259 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,840 Water, shelter, fire, food. 260 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,640 Swap the orders around. 261 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,960 This is all about shelter at the moment. I'm well hydrated. 262 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:01,720 Stack of water this morning. 263 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,960 Been pissing like a race horse. 264 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,200 I do believe I have what it takes to win this, 265 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,120 due to my skills, my background, my knowledge, and my wisdom. 266 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:36,440 I'm sure this location will throw everything at me. 267 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,240 I don't know what looms over the top of these hills. 268 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,080 All I know is whatever's out there is unpredictable, 269 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,400 as far as weather. 270 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,120 And that can make life very difficult 271 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:54,800 if you're not prepared for it. 272 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:08,800 Namu namu. 273 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,520 They're drawing a bit of blood already. 274 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,040 They're bigger than what we have in Australia. 275 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,640 (BLOWS) 276 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,400 They're persistent. 277 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,360 They don't want to go. 278 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:25,120 But I don't want 'em there. 279 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,080 Now, here we go. 280 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,680 This is pretty cool. 281 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:08,440 I'm not the only living animal walking this beach. 282 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,400 I've got deer tracks, and they're fresh. 283 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:15,720 I've got throw-forward. 284 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:20,440 They lift their foot to move forward. 285 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,160 They throw forward a bit of sand. And that's fresh. 286 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,080 That's a good-sized deer. 287 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:36,440 Like in one of those games where you see the symbol comes up, 288 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,480 whether it be food or medical... 289 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,840 like a game of Fortnite - not that I play Fortnite. 290 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:49,880 But this just has added a whole new dimension... 291 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:52,360 ..to where I am now. 292 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:53,960 It's turning on another sense. 293 00:19:53,960 --> 00:20:00,080 It's turning on my eyes and ears, to know that...I'm not alone. 294 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,080 There are deer that have wandered along this beach... 295 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:06,440 (CRUNCH!) 296 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:08,880 ..recently. 297 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,240 I get the feeling I'm being watched. 298 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,480 I can hear something. 299 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,840 (RUSTLING) 300 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:56,880 Oh, every now and then... 301 00:20:58,280 --> 00:20:59,920 ..I hear something... 302 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:03,680 ..that I know is not a... 303 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:08,320 It's like, you know, that single, stepping crunch, 304 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,080 a little break of a stick or something. 305 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:12,920 I've heard two today. 306 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:18,560 But I am in no position to be hunting anything, 307 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,480 even if it is anything. 308 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,920 In my family, bow hunting was pretty much everything. 309 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,720 Yes, lovely shot. 310 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,440 I think, growing up, I always looked up to my dad. 311 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,040 He just put a bow and arrow in my hand 312 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,000 and said, "Let's go get food." 313 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,520 So, I'm pretty experienced with a bow. 314 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,000 We did enter a lot of competitions, 315 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,120 and, yes, I was an Australian champion. 316 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:43,920 I just want to show you where I live. 317 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:45,680 It's like a little gypsy wagon, 318 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,520 but on the back of a truck. 319 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:51,360 Not only do I live in it, but I also work out of it. 320 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,840 Home is outside, for me. 321 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,480 So, every day, I'm out there in elements, 322 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,880 cooking by the fire, growing food, foraging food. 323 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:05,760 In the last five years, I've been cooking plant-based only. 324 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,880 I haven't eaten meat for about eight years. 325 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,440 I think the things that could send me home on Alone 326 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:16,040 are definitely starvation and lack of food. 327 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,240 I've thought a lot about how I'd feel if I, um... 328 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,240 ..had to kill animals again. 329 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,680 And I think the higher level of care 330 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,560 that an animal gives to its offspring, 331 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,760 the harder it is to kill it. 332 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,200 So, I'll start with fish and I'll work my way up. 333 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:38,160 Animal trail. It's pretty big. 334 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,600 Um, so I'm guessing deer. 335 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,080 And it's... 336 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:48,320 They're able to step over quite high logs. 337 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,400 And then their next step... 338 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,880 And you can even see, like, disturbed soil. 339 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:03,120 I've been vego for a lot of years now, 340 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:07,080 and it's not because I don't love the taste of meat. 341 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:11,880 Be the deer. 342 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:17,000 If I kill my own, if I hunt my own, 343 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,800 I know that their suffering is so minimal. 344 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,960 But I'm probably not really ready for that yet. 345 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,640 So, I'm goddamn hoping I catch a lot of fish. 346 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,040 But that doesn't mean I'm already preparing myself 347 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:36,880 and looking around and doing all the things that you need to do 348 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,560 if you're hunting. 349 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:04,000 A lot of energy goes into hunting. 350 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,800 And, you know, if you're gonna be a hunter, 351 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:08,800 you need some gatherers at home. 352 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:10,720 And if you don't have gatherers at home, 353 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,880 you need to be the gatherer, 354 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:14,800 'cause that's where your money's at. 355 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,760 I found a few of these supplejacks around. 356 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,760 But, as you can see, 357 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,080 they're all getting munched on pretty regularly. 358 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,040 So, deer or something, 359 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,960 coming through here...hungry. 360 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,000 Looks like they like these supplejacks, but I found one here... 361 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,320 Look at that. 362 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,960 The first bit of native food I've found. 363 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,840 Nice and, uh, 364 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,040 supple, as I suppose the name suggests. 365 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,240 Come down here, to where it breaks. 366 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,000 About there. 367 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,240 Nice one. 368 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,680 Keep this face mask on because, as you can see, 369 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,640 as soon as I stop, 370 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,960 the midgies come on in. 371 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,440 Already found myself dinner in the form of that supplejack. 372 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:12,800 I would like to cook it. 373 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,320 So, if I can get a fire going for that, that'd be nice. 374 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,280 I just snapped this stick here, 375 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,520 found it was a bit dry in the middle there, see? 376 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,720 Dry timber. 377 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:25,080 So, all I'm gonna do now is... 378 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,480 ..make myself some nice flaky bits. 379 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:42,040 And that's gonna be my tinder for starting this fire tonight. 380 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,120 I've only got 10 items, you know? 381 00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:48,280 and I couldn't bring some items and sacrifice of other items. 382 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,840 So, you need to sort of figure out ways to get around these things. 383 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,200 I didn't bring an axe, I just brought a knife. 384 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:55,800 And I made my knife nice and big 385 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,560 so that I could use it for snapping up my kindling 386 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,240 and stuff like that. 387 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,040 And you just gotta, you know, 388 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,600 you figure out what you can and can't do 389 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:06,760 with what you can bring. 390 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:07,840 And then figure out which ways 391 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,560 you're gonna substitute things you couldn't bring 392 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:10,920 once you get there. 393 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,160 Having some dramas here. 394 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,080 Fucking bastards. 395 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,600 (INHALES) Mmm. 396 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:59,160 Everything is just soaked through and sodden. 397 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,120 Well, I'm so not used to this. 398 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:07,480 This is really dense, really wet. 399 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,800 Come from dry dirt, red dirt. 400 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,200 So, this is the complete opposite. 401 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,200 Wow, this is crazy-thick. 402 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,360 It's not gonna be easy as it would normally be, 403 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:22,440 just going and bush and setting up camp. 404 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:28,440 So, what I'm bringing from my own culture is respect for the land. 405 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:29,880 Hey, little fella. 406 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,000 Little bird's just following me around. 407 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,320 OK. 408 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,800 Just need to get some sticks to peg my tarp down. 409 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,040 Don't think I'm gonna give up easy. 410 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,480 My biggest strength will be that I'm nanya, 411 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,840 and that means 'stubborn', 'cause I am very stubborn. 412 00:27:55,840 --> 00:28:00,040 Um, and I'll go and go until I figure it out. 413 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:04,360 Or till I get the result that I want. (LAUGHS) 414 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,760 And, hopefully, the end result 415 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,880 is being tapped on the shoulder by Rob. 416 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:18,680 So, Rob is my partner and he was in season one of Alone Australia. 417 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,680 Don't get sooky and tap out after one night. 418 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,880 I won't be doing that. (LAUGHS) 419 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,280 I'm an Aboriginal Heritage Programs officer 420 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,040 for National Parks and Wildlife Service. 421 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,920 I'm 42. 422 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,600 I'm from Mildura, and I'm a Barkandji wiimpatya nhuungku. 423 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:40,200 Growing up on-country, you learn to be self-reliant. 424 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,360 MAN: See all the yabbies? 425 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,120 That starts from the time you're born, right through. 426 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,480 I've learned so much from my dad. 427 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,920 We didn't grow up with a lot of money. 428 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:57,040 Dad provided by, you know, going out bush, getting wild meat. 429 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,400 You learn by observing. 430 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,240 Go hunting, I use a rifle to get meat. 431 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,200 I can fish and I can track, I can read tracks. 432 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:09,400 Um, learning to read country, read animals 433 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,680 and how they move and why they move the way they do, 434 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,040 you, you know, that helps you to hunt them. 435 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,640 Oi, Mummy's leaving. 436 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:22,600 The ultimate goal is to, hopefully, win the money, 437 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,440 to buy myself a little bit of land. 438 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,520 Good luck, eh! Thank you. 439 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,240 Don't tap out after one night. (LAUGHS) 440 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,200 Sand flies are really bad. 441 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:42,080 I want it so much because, I guess, as an Aboriginal person, you know, 442 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,000 we've had so much taken, 443 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,760 and this is just my way of getting a little piece back, 444 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:53,520 because that money will buy me my very own little piece of land. 445 00:29:55,320 --> 00:30:00,080 And not have to go and ask a white landholder, you know? 446 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,640 Well, my shelter's done. 447 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:11,560 I should be OK, for tonight at least. 448 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,200 Everything's wet. Everything's soaked. 449 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,080 Going into this experience, 450 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,360 my biggest strength is my adaptability. 451 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,640 Being a combat engineer itself, you know, 452 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,400 you have to think outside the box 453 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,160 to get things done with limited amount of tools, 454 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,160 without the right equipment, 455 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,800 and that nearly happens all the time. 456 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:55,320 So, if at first... you don't succeed, 457 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,760 what do you do? 458 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:02,160 You drop your show bag and you throw your lollies everywhere? 459 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,680 No, you just try a different way. 460 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:09,040 So, I went up the hill there and I found this stuff 461 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,280 in a big, old, dead tree. 462 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,280 I think we're pretty much cooking with gas now. 463 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,120 That was a mission, huh? Far out. 464 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,320 Day one, though, got the fire going. 465 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,640 Although it's not, you know, imperative to my survival right now, 466 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:42,240 It is, um, it's really good for upstairs, you know? 467 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,040 It means a lot to be able to accomplish this 468 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,400 in such shitty conditions. 469 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:54,320 Honestly, everything's wet, everything's moist. 470 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,720 But this just means a bit more life at home, here. 471 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,040 I'm gonna cook that supplejack now. 472 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,520 You can eat it raw, 473 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,560 but I heard it's better if you cook it, so... 474 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:19,280 ..that's what we've done here. 475 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,480 Try the top. Apparently the top's the... 476 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,840 ..the most supple of the jack. 477 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:35,720 Jeez. 478 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:36,960 Nuh. 479 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,360 It's just straight-up asparagus. That's... 480 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,960 That's what it tastes like. Tastes like asparagus. 481 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:45,000 Looks like asparagus. It tastes like it too. 482 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,000 Having done resilience training for so long 483 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,160 will certainly equip me for being out there alone. 484 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:09,400 I want to be able to test how far I can actually go. 485 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,240 I'm knackered. 486 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,400 It's been a big day... 487 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,160 ..and I'm knackered. 488 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,080 (CREATURE SHRIEKS) 489 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,520 Can you hear that? 490 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:54,640 I hope you can. 491 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,600 That's a sound I've never heard before. 492 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:04,120 And, boy, have I spent some time in the bush, but... 493 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,440 ..I've never heard that before. There you go. 494 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,600 (CHUCKLES) 495 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,360 ANNOUNCER: Alone Australia, powered by Kia. 496 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,920 Who will win the ultimate human endurance challenge, 497 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,280 as 10 new participants battle to survive alone, 498 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,240 in the rugged New Zealand wilderness, 499 00:34:28,240 --> 00:34:31,760 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000? 500 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,680 I actually had a really good night. 501 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,520 The bed was worrying me. 502 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,680 And although it reminded me a bit, you know, when you go for, um... 503 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:16,480 Well, some people get really drunk when you're younger, 504 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:20,640 and go to a festival and you're staggering, you've got a tent 505 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:24,440 and you realise you've set up on a lean. 506 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,920 And there's lumps and you ache and you're freezing 507 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,440 and you're just too drunk to do anything about it. 508 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:34,000 So, I was sort of expecting that kind of feeling. 509 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,960 But it wasn't, it was really cool. 510 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,320 A new day. 511 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:45,840 So, yeah, I was so keen to walk this land and see what's here. 512 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:58,800 Oh, my God, there's so much happening in this forest. 513 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:05,160 I love foraging and I have studied herbal medicine. 514 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,760 And I found this thing. 515 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,560 It's so slimy. 516 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,200 Oh, yeah. 517 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,440 It kind of says 'don't touch me'. 518 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,440 That's why I poked my finger in it. 519 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:26,480 Massive. 520 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,760 Oh, my gosh. 521 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:42,760 Alright, we might keep going. 522 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,640 Just look at that. 523 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,440 Seriously, if I didn't have to eat, 524 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,680 I could just look at that all day. 525 00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:03,000 At what point do I switch from, "This is so beautiful," 526 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,480 to, "I'm so hungry"? 527 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:15,280 Still got that mindset that I'm OK, that I'm fed. 528 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,760 My body feels fed. 529 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:19,640 So... 530 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,200 So I haven't switched yet. 531 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:52,400 The motivation for me, at 58 years old, 532 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,920 to realise that life is just getting started, 533 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:57,720 I'm, physically and mentally, 534 00:37:57,720 --> 00:38:00,480 at some of the primest time I've been in my life. 535 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:07,000 I heard the average person dies six years after they retire. 536 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,160 That scares the shit outta me. 537 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:12,600 The fact that you spend your life working 538 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,160 and that's the result at the end of it. 539 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,680 Don't retire - keep doing the stuff you love in life 540 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,720 and just do it to the best of your ability. 541 00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:25,480 Live your life to the fullest. 542 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,080 That's what I'm about. 543 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,000 I am the captain of my ship. 544 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:51,200 I am the father to my sons 545 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,800 and a husband to my wife. 546 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:57,160 I am the brother to my siblings 547 00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:00,680 and I am my own king. 548 00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:07,360 I'm a former SAS soldier. 549 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:12,200 I've taken those skills into the bushcraft and survival arena 550 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:14,800 and I work a lot with fathers and sons and families 551 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,480 to teach them a skillset that I have come to love and enjoy. 552 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:19,880 I've done it pretty tough before 553 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:23,520 and I'm prepared to push through those barriers again. 554 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:27,200 It is about doing it for my family. 555 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,800 My wife and I have been together 30 years, 556 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:34,400 and a key drive is that this will create for the future, 557 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:36,360 giving her and the boys 558 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,400 things that maybe they haven't had for the last 30 years. 559 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,200 It feels real, doesn't it? Yeah. 560 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,200 (BOTH GIGGLE) 561 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:53,240 It's been a little bit more of a challenge than I thought, 562 00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:54,840 getting this fire going. 563 00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:05,080 I don't see tapping as being something that I'm likely to do. 564 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,600 What I do is teach people the fundamentals of survival, 565 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,400 teaching them the priorities, 566 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,080 how to create fire with very little, 567 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:17,160 how to find water, how to filter it, how to make a shelter, 568 00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,320 so they know what sequence to put them in 569 00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,120 to give themselves the best chance of getting back to loved ones 570 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:23,560 for the heartbeat. 571 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:34,520 The old beard had a little bit of a pyro trim. 572 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,040 Bit of a singe. 573 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:37,920 It's good thing it doesn't actually flare up, 574 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:39,880 it just sort of singes the end of it. 575 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,320 But, um, 576 00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,120 certainly no hairdressers out here. 577 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,080 So, yeah, it's not a bad thing. 578 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:49,200 Yeah, it's got that rustic look to it. 579 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:57,360 I'm also going to utilise the hollow of this tree trunk... 580 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:05,760 ..which will lend itself to being able to get some dry kindling. 581 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,840 If it was a bit bigger, I'd sleep in there. 582 00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:16,640 Fire is such a key component to survival. 583 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:20,720 Whilst it's not always considered the first priority... 584 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:25,760 ..well, generally not in Australia, it's not, 585 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,720 but once you move into cold environments... 586 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,920 ..definitely takes on a whole new meaning. 587 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,080 If I can heat up this rock... 588 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:43,880 ..that's gonna get sat inside my little wood cave. 589 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:46,760 That warmth will... 590 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:51,520 ..go a long way to drying out this material even more. 591 00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:09,080 Gotta get a fire going. 592 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:14,840 Let's clear this area first. 593 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:19,440 Hello! My friend's back. 594 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,600 Hello. What are you doing back? 595 00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:23,560 Hey? 596 00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,000 How cool. 597 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:33,160 That little cheeky bugger's trying to take my life jacket. 598 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:34,440 Hey! 599 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,640 I know I'm not meant to disturb you, but you can't have it. 600 00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:42,120 (LAUGHS) I might have to be on patrol tonight. 601 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:45,480 I've had some very dear mates of mine, great rugby players, 602 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,400 people who have associated with rugby, rugby union, 603 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,120 who have unfortunately taken their own lives. 604 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,000 And I... 605 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,000 That saddens me. 606 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:59,320 And I see with men, let's say with my vintage, 607 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,040 is that we can lack direction. 608 00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:05,200 When the children grow up and leave home, 609 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,320 and we've worked so hard all our lives 610 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,560 to get to a certain place where we want to be, 611 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,640 and when it all may disappear, 612 00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:13,680 there's often a journey lost. 613 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,000 Where do I go now? 614 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:21,400 And the outdoors has helped me heal in a very real way. 615 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:25,280 I feel connected. I feel free. 616 00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:29,000 Oh, yes. Oh, yes. 617 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:34,280 I just saw my first worm. 618 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:38,040 There it is. Ah, stop it. There are! 619 00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,040 We do have worms! 620 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:41,360 Yee-ha! 621 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,160 That's a good sign. That's made me happy. 622 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,440 The vessel I live in is 60 years old. 623 00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:56,120 And bottom line is 624 00:43:56,120 --> 00:44:00,080 I could fall over and I could pass away 625 00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,720 and nature would still continue on. 626 00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:05,400 Getting sweat up, doing this. 627 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:12,240 (GRUNTS) Getting stiff, getting cold. 628 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,680 It's a bit...a bit damp. 629 00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:34,040 Oh, I should still get it though. Let's get this. 630 00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:41,320 Agh! 631 00:44:44,720 --> 00:44:45,960 Nuh. 632 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:49,120 Ugh, I'm knackered. 633 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:51,320 Shit happens. 634 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,520 (COUGHS) 635 00:44:58,640 --> 00:44:59,960 Alright... 636 00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:04,240 Get some dry tinder tomorrow. 637 00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:08,840 (COUGHS) 638 00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:13,800 (GROANS AND RETCHES) 639 00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:16,040 Really, really tight in my chest. 640 00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:17,520 (GROANS) 641 00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:21,480 Agh! 642 00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:24,000 ANNOUNCER: Alone Australia, powered by Kia. 643 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,640 Who will win the ultimate human endurance challenge, 644 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,920 as 10 new participants battle to survive alone, 645 00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:31,960 in the rugged New Zealand wilderness, 646 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:35,480 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000? 647 00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:04,800 How perfect is this? 648 00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,120 What a privilege to be here. 649 00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:28,600 I'm under no false illusions that 650 00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:31,880 things will get tougher, way tougher. 651 00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:35,320 That's what I'm here for. 652 00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,800 Flat rocks on still water. 653 00:46:41,240 --> 00:46:43,240 You know what that means? 654 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:48,520 One privilege that I feel every father or father figure... 655 00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:53,040 ..is to spend time... 656 00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:56,200 ..teaching a young bloke... 657 00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:57,960 ..how to skip stones. 658 00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:05,760 I think it's extremely important 659 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,680 to have a good relationship with my sons. 660 00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:11,000 I know, even at this stage - 661 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:15,320 they're, you know, they're men now of 24 and 26 years old - 662 00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:17,480 and they still look at me 663 00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:20,400 and look at the way I treat their mother. 664 00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:24,480 I find that's important that they see love and respect. 665 00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:27,480 And she's been my rock and soulmate 666 00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:29,160 all of my life. 667 00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:44,440 It's my wife's 60th birthday. 668 00:47:45,720 --> 00:47:47,680 Happy birthday, my darling. 669 00:47:49,720 --> 00:47:53,400 And probably about 4,500km away. 670 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:58,080 I guess I wish I was with you. 671 00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:02,240 But I'm with you in my heart. 672 00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:19,520 I think we all miss our families when we're apart. 673 00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:25,560 I think when they say absence makes the heart grow fonder... 674 00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:28,600 ..that's what they're talking about. 675 00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:36,160 Makes you realise how much you take people for granted or... 676 00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:40,880 ..just don't fully appreciate them until they're not around you. 677 00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:46,120 Make the most of those times that they are there. 678 00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:54,520 Would've been quite a celebration, our 60th... 679 00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:56,800 ..celebrations for my wife. 680 00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:04,160 Good night to my darling, and good night to my boys. 681 00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:20,480 (GROANS, RETCHES AND COUGHS) 682 00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:24,720 (GASPS) 683 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:37,840 (COUGHS AND GASPS FOR AIR) 684 00:49:47,240 --> 00:49:50,360 (GASPS) (PHONES RINGS) 685 00:49:58,160 --> 00:50:00,160 WOMAN: Hello? 686 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:02,480 Are you there? Hello? 687 00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:05,920 I just got these pains in my... 688 00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:08,400 I've got these pains in my chest. 689 00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:11,080 I'm so scared. (GROANS) 690 00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:15,040 (STRAINED) Can't do it. Can't do it! (GROANS) 691 00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:31,640 (PHONE RINGS) 692 00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:12,680 MAN: It's gonna get colder and wetter as the weeks go on. 693 00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:16,640 Don't realise how hard it is until you're just here by yourself. 694 00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:19,080 I wouldn't go back. (LAUGHS) 695 00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:22,080 I'm here to win. I'm targeting 100 days. 696 00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:24,720 And, if I get to 100, I can just keep going. 697 00:51:24,720 --> 00:51:26,040 MAN 2: Beautiful. 698 00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:29,440 Three days without tucker, that's a long time. 699 00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:30,880 We need to bring some food in. 700 00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:32,240 Look at that. 701 00:51:32,240 --> 00:51:33,840 Two stonker trout. 702 00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:35,280 It's just lovely. 703 00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:37,000 (ANIMAL CALLS LOUDLY) The hell is that? 704 00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:38,880 (WHISPERS) I thought I saw something. 705 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:40,120 Definitely something big. 706 00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:41,720 Oh, look at that. He's right there. 707 00:51:41,720 --> 00:51:43,520 There's actually something to eat here. 708 00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:45,200 Come on. Come on. 709 00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:48,280 Captions by Red Bee Media (c) SBS Australia 2024