1 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:29,480 MAN: The South Island of New Zealand, it's an epic place. 2 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:32,480 It's wet... 3 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,200 ..it's cold, 4 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:37,920 it's snowy. 5 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,920 If you don't respect the environment here, it will slap you hard. 6 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:46,880 WOMAN: I just need to bring some food in. 7 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,440 MAN: Look at that Stoker. 8 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,360 (LAUGHS) 9 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,560 Last night, there was deer all around me. 10 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:53,880 That's freaking delicious. 11 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,520 WOMAN: I know how tough it's going to be. 12 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:58,680 (CRIES) 13 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,400 Oh, my God, I miss them. 14 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,440 You've got to feel safe, 15 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,440 otherwise you'd just die out here. 16 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,200 It doesn't feel as bad as it looks. Feels worse. 17 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:11,960 This shit just got real. 18 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:13,560 Jesus! 19 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,600 I'm scared enough to have an emergency tap-out in my hand. 20 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,440 The last person standing, they take home $250,000. 21 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,120 (PHONE RINGS) 22 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,240 Somebody help me! 23 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,160 Man, it just goes bang, hits me right here in the chest. 24 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:40,840 Yep, really, really sore. 25 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,240 You can't help but think that it could be something drastic. 26 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,520 Food's going to be a priority in the first couple of days 27 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,160 because I don't think I can go any longer. 28 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:53,000 My motivation has gone up. I can hear something in front of me. 29 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,880 Being away from my family, that's not normal for mob. 30 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,040 (BUZZER) I'm officially tapping out. 31 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,720 What have you got for me? Oh! We've got a fish on here. 32 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,600 Yoo! 33 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,080 Beautiful colours, right? 34 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,720 I'm going to survive and stay out here for as long as it takes. 35 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:44,640 Well... 36 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,600 ..last night was pretty intense. 37 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,560 There was deer all around me. 38 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,240 At one stage, 39 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,880 there was a stag... 40 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,400 ..just about there. 41 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,160 I could see him in the shadows of the night. 42 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,880 What it looks like they're doing is coming down here 43 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,200 and night-raiding this front bank here. 44 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,800 So, I'm going to try head up the hill 45 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,600 and catch them on their way down this afternoon. 46 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:19,800 It's hard yakka, but let's go give it a shot. 47 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:21,000 They were right here. 48 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,880 We'll just see if things come in our favour or not, eh? 49 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:38,440 I like fishing and all, but I'm a hunter. 50 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,720 I love hunting deer. 51 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,280 I do it all the bloody time. 52 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,880 Well, I literally have been outdoors since before I can remember 53 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,640 and I just feel like a part of it. 54 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,280 I didn't watch Bob The Builder, or something. 55 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,000 I wanted to watch Troy Dann, and then Bear Grills came along, 56 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,280 and Steve Irwin was my man, you know? 57 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,440 And then, growing up in a place like the Whitsundays, it was freedom. 58 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,680 There's forests and mountains and rivers and... 59 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,440 ..and just all the good stuff. 60 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,720 We were just bush kids. 61 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,240 Shit. 62 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:21,680 I'm not sure if you can see this, 63 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:25,840 but I'm reaching the top of all the smallest bloody hills 64 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:27,520 at the moment. 65 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,800 I don't know how many metres above sea level I am, or whatever, 66 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,560 but I'm fucking high up. 67 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,000 Yeah. 68 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,880 Just showing you a bunch of trees, aren't I? 69 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,280 That's funny. 70 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:39,840 (CHUCKLES) 71 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:41,880 You can see, this way, 72 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:43,600 there's some trees. 73 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,240 You see out there? There's some more trees. 74 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,080 And then, over there, you wouldn't believe it - 75 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,560 more trees. 76 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,960 Oh, at least I think I'm funny, 77 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:56,760 don't know about anyone else. 78 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:00,760 I'm buggered. Let's keep going, though. 79 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,520 It's been hard going up this mountain today. 80 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,840 I've probably burnt way too many calories doing it, 81 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:12,440 but so what? 82 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,040 This is the go, coming up here, hunting. 83 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:20,520 I plan on staying here till I bloody get something. 84 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,600 I know I'm an excellent hunter. 85 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,840 I've proven myself, time and time and again. 86 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:28,440 But this is the ultimate test. 87 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:29,840 This is the Olympics, really, 88 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:32,520 you know, so just another way to test myself. 89 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:56,920 (SIGHS) 90 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,920 Back over my shoulder, there's this cliff face. 91 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,320 Too steep now. 92 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:07,320 (SIGHS) 93 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,240 And everything's wet under foot, 94 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,880 so you're just five steps up... 95 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,160 ..10 paces backwards when you fall over. 96 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:21,080 I'm just taking Ls here, left, right and centre. 97 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,040 (SIGHS) 98 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,000 Not real good for a bow hunter. 99 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 (CHUCKLES) 100 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,080 Yeah, if I was to set up there with a bow, 101 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:34,560 I'd just be shooting shit in the wind and just guessing, really? 102 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,120 I gave it a red-hot crack. 103 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,200 It's called hunting for a reason 104 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,760 'cause you don't always get what you're after. 105 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,720 It is funny how something like that just gets to you. 106 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,360 Every time I'm having a bit of a rough time... 107 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,240 ..my thoughts just go straight back to home. 108 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,920 I miss Mum, I miss Dad, I miss my grandparents, 109 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:12,360 I miss my horses, I miss my dogs, 110 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,720 and I miss Annie, like, fucking more than ever. 111 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:19,720 That's alright. 112 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,680 Got to stay here for a little while longer. 113 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,240 It's not so long in the grand scheme of things, is it? 114 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,480 What's the rest of your life for a couple months? 115 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,720 Just keep rolling them in. Here for the long run. 116 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,440 Now that's 17 metres. 117 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,200 Just to the right of the camera. 118 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:13,880 Yes. 119 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:15,120 Got it. 120 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,120 Happy with that. 121 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,160 MAN: Are you ready? Stand-by. (BEEP, GUNSHOTS) 122 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:25,720 My name is Jack. 123 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,200 I'm a waterproofer and tiler from Hillside, in Victoria. 124 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,800 One of the things that I like about my job is problem solving. 125 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,160 Day after day, I don't do the same thing. 126 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:40,800 Thanks, everyone, for coming. (LAUGHTER) 127 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,640 Enjoy. Enjoy. That's it. 128 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,880 I was born in Santiago, in Chile, and for me, 129 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,560 family is very important. 130 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:50,160 Johnno was asking me briefly if I thought you were going to win. 131 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:51,160 Oh, yeah? 132 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,840 I said that you definitely have the will for it. 133 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,520 Yes. And the stubbornness. 134 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,480 (LAUGHS) 135 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,640 You've got to have stubbornness. Yeah. 136 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,920 I want to do this as an ultimate challenge. 137 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,400 I've been hunting and fishing over 40 years. 138 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,160 The way I would describe hunting to a non-hunter, 139 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,320 it would be being out in the elements, 140 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,200 playing chess with nature. 141 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,440 It takes more than just being a good hunter to survive in the bush. 142 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,560 It takes thinking out of the box. 143 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:19,160 Take care. OK. 144 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,400 Innovation is my secret weapon. 145 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,520 I've got no intention of sitting there, doing nothing 146 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:26,360 and waiting for things to come to me. 147 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:27,680 See you, Jack. 148 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:29,440 I go and hunt. 149 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,360 Well, I did picture myself in a postcard, and this is it. 150 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,120 An amazing spot. 151 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,720 It's the only thing that would make it better, is some game. 152 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:51,840 You know, a little pig or a young deer on the fire with a bit of salt? 153 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,400 But before that, I've got to do an activity 154 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:58,960 that's the least amount of energy to get food, which is fishing. 155 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,280 That's what I'm trying to work out - 156 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,160 how to get the fish out of this lake. 157 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:16,120 The water's probably at a more constant temperature. 158 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:23,680 I got to get the lures further out. 159 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,520 Let's start carving out a little lure. 160 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,880 What would be nice, if it would sink. 161 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,400 I might tie up a little stone 162 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,600 to the front of it, so it's got a little bit of weight. 163 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,680 If it doesn't have much weight, 164 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:43,920 it will just float on the top like a stick. 165 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,880 So, this is the lure I made. 166 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,680 I'm going to shoot it off with the bow. 167 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:00,680 Ah, all these grand plans. 168 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:02,200 You've got to have a plan, right? 169 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,720 We'll see if it does anything. 170 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,120 That's ready. 171 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,440 Hook on. 172 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,080 Keep pointing it upwards. 173 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,160 OK. 174 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,440 Alright. 175 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:21,440 Let's give it a go. 176 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,840 I think it worked. 177 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,400 I think it worked. 178 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,080 Here's the arrow. 179 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,720 And retrieve the lure, 180 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,440 with the hook intact and everything. 181 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:49,560 So... 182 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:51,000 Ah. 183 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,240 I got the bow working. 184 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:55,680 The lure was OK. 185 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:57,400 The rock was too heavy. 186 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:58,840 I've got to adjust that. 187 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:04,440 It's all about experimenting and having fun, 188 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:06,280 and hopefully not starving. 189 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,000 I don't want to starve. I want to catch a fish. 190 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:13,920 The $250,000 prize, to me, is the icing on the cake. 191 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:20,120 But I want to win the prize as confirmation of my abilities 192 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,000 to be able to survive in the wildness. 193 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:27,240 It's not going to be just a few days or a couple of weeks. 194 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:28,960 I'd love to do 100 days. 195 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,920 SUZAN: £ Namu, namu, go away 196 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:56,280 £ Let me have a restful day 197 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,480 £ Please find somewhere else to play 198 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,520 £ Namu, namu, go away. £ 199 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:06,240 (WHISTLES TUNE) 200 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,760 Oh, I reckon I just got bitten by one, 201 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,400 on my ankle. 202 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:20,320 My song didn't work. 203 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:26,400 Oh, well, maybe they'll just take a while to learn my language, 204 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:27,880 and maybe they won't listen anyway. 205 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:29,120 (CHUCKLES) 206 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,080 Ah. (CHUCKLES) 207 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:41,200 I'm going to go for a little explore. 208 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,400 There's this urgency in me to get some decent food in me 209 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,360 before my body really starts to slow down, 210 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,600 and I don't have the energy to do those things. 211 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,320 And yet, I know I can't rush the process. 212 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:58,200 I still haven't explored my land very far yet. 213 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:02,720 I'm Suzan. 214 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:06,360 I'm 54 years old, and I'm from Western Victoria. 215 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,720 I'm a nature guide and grower of organic food. 216 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,400 This colour is pretty amazing. 217 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,040 In my home life, 218 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,320 I'm not connected to the main's electricity or water. 219 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,960 We live off the grid. MAN: Bit of sun this morning. 220 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:20,400 Yeah, it's a nice change. 221 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,360 We might have enough power to do a load of washing. 222 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:23,360 Yeah. 223 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,600 I live with my best friend, John, who also happens to be my husband, 224 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:26,840 and my two dogs, 225 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,400 our two dogs, Charlie and Toby. 226 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,800 He's a bit of a wild man, which is wonderful 'cause it just suits 227 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:34,000 my personality perfectly. 228 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,840 You'll have mornings like this out there. 229 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,160 Yeah. Yeah. 230 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,160 Without the dogs, or me, or breakfast. 231 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,960 (BOTH LAUGH) 232 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,520 I think the way I have lived for the last 30 years 233 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:48,400 does give me an advantage, going into an experience, like, alone. 234 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,720 I have a really broad skillset. 235 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:52,040 I'm a generalist. 236 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,560 I've, you know, covered hunting and gathering, 237 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,760 and the problem-solving and the practicality of living 238 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:02,520 a nature-based life translates to the alone experience. 239 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,720 See you in three months, eh? 240 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:06,920 Maybe four. Maybe four. 241 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:08,600 Yeah. 242 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:13,520 I want to win it with all of myself, with all of my being. 243 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,880 With climate change, the biggest threat 244 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:18,720 to the land where John and I live 245 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:20,160 is drought and fire. 246 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:24,200 And so if I was to win the $250,000, 247 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:29,840 I would invest in a sustainable water-catchment system to ensure 248 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,040 the wellbeing of ourselves and the other animals around us. 249 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:46,920 Four, five, six. 250 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,120 Welcome to berry land. 251 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:51,720 Miro. 252 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,120 Fantastic. 253 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:56,840 Lots and lots of miro berries... 254 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,200 (CHUCKLES) 255 00:15:58,200 --> 00:15:59,880 ..which is very exciting. 256 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:01,080 I love the flavour of them. 257 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,800 They're sweet. Make me feel like I've really eaten something. 258 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:06,720 So, I'll be here for a while, I think, 259 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,320 and then I'll head back down to camp. 260 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,760 £ Do-do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do 261 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:16,760 £ Do-do. £ 262 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:22,120 I've had a relationship with plants for the last 40 years. 263 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,200 I started studying herbal medicine when I was 14, 264 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,200 and it's just been a passion for me ever since. 265 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,160 What can I eat? What can I use for medicine? 266 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:37,760 It's critical to know the plant resources available 267 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,160 because they're...they're the basis of your diet. 268 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,080 The meats are, you know, an added bonus. 269 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:48,640 But if you can stay at that base sustainable level with plants, 270 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:50,280 you are in a pretty healthy position 271 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:54,360 to then access the animal resources that are there. 272 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,440 That one's a funny looking one. 273 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,160 I think to be a human alone in the landscape, 274 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:08,280 providing for your own food needs and shelter, is the ultimate test. 275 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:12,200 And I would definitely have pride in being able 276 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,240 to demonstrate that survival. 277 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:16,680 That's breakfast for tomorrow. 278 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,600 I've had enough for today. 279 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,160 They're very strong in their flavour, and I just get 280 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,880 this faint sort of 'oof' feeling from them if I eat too many. 281 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,400 So, yeah, I'll have some of them tomorrow. 282 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,040 Find a spot to dig some worms. 283 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:48,440 Attempt to find some worms. 284 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,960 If I find some bait, I'm going to get some fishing lines in. 285 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,080 I intentionally not wanted to eat for the first week. 286 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,240 I wanted my body to know that you are without food, 287 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,880 and you are to start eating up the fat, you know, ketosis. 288 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,840 But, uh, me talking about the idea 289 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:15,160 of catching a fish and the idea of getting something to eat 290 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:17,480 makes you think a bit more about food. 291 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,160 You start feeling a bit more hungry. 292 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:27,320 Oh, you're shitting me - 293 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:28,760 how tiny is that? 294 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:31,520 It's a worm. 295 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,400 It's about 1cm long. 296 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,520 Jeez, it'd have to be a hungry fish, wouldn't it? 297 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,040 Well, where there's little worms 298 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:43,920 there has to be big worms. 299 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:46,800 Ooh, ooh. We're back. 300 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,280 These are intermediate size. 301 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,240 Oh, no, look at my boot. 302 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:05,080 My boot's coming apart. 303 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,960 Felt a little earlier, like it just felt slightly different 304 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:12,200 to walk on. 305 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,040 I didn't give it much attention. 306 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,600 I just had these boots professionally re-soled 307 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,640 about six months ago. 308 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,520 I've got to really make sure I come up 309 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:21,680 with a solution for that. 310 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:24,840 That takes priority. 311 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,440 My budget didn't really allow for elaborate gear. 312 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:36,680 I've got a pair of gum boots as a backup, 313 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,800 but they're a reasonably firm fit. 314 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:44,400 I'm going to be doing a stack of walking over the next week or so. 315 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,720 And of course, the ripple effect of this, 316 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:52,520 sand gets inside and it gets in, under where my feet are. 317 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,080 It's going to cause friction. 318 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,520 Both can lead to blisters. 319 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,000 Blisters can get infected, 320 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,480 and dealing with infections out here would be an issue. 321 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,120 Oh, man, there's disintegrating. 322 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,000 These things are sent to test us. 323 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:37,720 Sandfly soup. 324 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,080 There's eight or 10 of them in there this morning, 325 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:47,080 so not complaining. 326 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,400 Literally the only protein I've had. 327 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,080 So, they're going down the hatch. 328 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,120 They've been boiled, so it can't be that bad. 329 00:20:58,360 --> 00:21:00,560 I am doing this because... 330 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,360 I don't know, maybe I'm a bit crazy. 331 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:04,280 I just think I can do it. 332 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:05,680 My name is Jason. 333 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:11,160 I'm 37 years old, and I am a proud Yanyuwa, Wani, Garawa man. 334 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,400 My country's up in the Gulf country in the Northern Territory. 335 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,880 So, Borroloola is right here. 336 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,920 I'm a jungai of that area. 337 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:25,680 'Jungai' is the term given to young men in the Yanyuwa region. 338 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,720 It means 'a protector of the land'. 339 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:29,120 Yeah! 340 00:21:29,120 --> 00:21:31,520 I would say I've got a very unique hunting skillset. 341 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,840 We're having yabby for dinner. What a catch! 342 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:36,520 What I learned in the Territory 343 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:40,840 was the traditional style of hunting, using hand spears and harpoons 344 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,960 and how to track different animals in certain settings. 345 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,360 I would say that it strengthens my survival skills, 346 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:50,440 for someone like me, that has hunted a variety of different ways. 347 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,680 I wonder how you'll go with that aspect of it, 348 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,800 of just being by yourself, 24/7. 349 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,160 It's one of those things - you think you'll be fine, 350 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,280 but I'm sure when you're out there, in the thick of it, 351 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:01,520 it'll be different. 352 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:02,760 Yeah. 353 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,680 I'm under no illusion that it'll be easy, 354 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,440 but I would do whatever I could to win. 355 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,400 Love you. Love you. 356 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:11,840 Bye, dogs. (BARKING) 357 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:13,200 Good luck. 358 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,800 I've been here five days. 359 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,320 Feeling OK, but not...not great. 360 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,240 I need to source some sort of protein. 361 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:29,040 I'm going on this little explore this morning, 362 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,440 just because, a few days ago, saw a deer. 363 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:36,560 Oh, look at that. He's right there. Like, just behind that bush there. 364 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,880 (BARKS) 365 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:44,360 That's the one. 366 00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:47,800 So, I set about making a permanent structure 367 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,600 because without a decent shelter and a decent base, 368 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,240 any food that you get, 369 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:54,960 particularly if you get a surplus of food, 370 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,320 you've got to be able to then preserve it and keep it. 371 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,240 Just following this trail. 372 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,360 There's a lot of traffic on this one. 373 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:07,480 This is good. 374 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:10,600 Oh. 375 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:15,520 Beer bottle. 376 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,440 I think it's beer. 377 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,280 Put that in the bag, might come in handy for something. 378 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,160 Just sort of scraping together 379 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,480 to try to get some kind of a shelter built. 380 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:31,160 It was a real effort. 381 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,760 So, fingers crossed. 382 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:35,600 I've always been a big eater. 383 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,960 So, for me to go almost a week without any food, 384 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:40,680 I honestly don't know how I'm still functioning. 385 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,080 Ooh, head spin. 386 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:57,760 Well, I've just climbed an elevation of about 10m, 387 00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,520 and I'm absolutely... 388 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:02,400 ..fucked. 389 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:04,920 Catch my breath. 390 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,040 Don't pass out. 391 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:12,760 I've noticed it happen a few times 392 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,320 where I've sort of gotten a bit light-headed. 393 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:21,760 And I'm...I'm sweating, which isn't good. 394 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,560 So, I'm going to go back down and see if I can find another way. 395 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,160 Yep. 396 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,000 A bit of a bust, but anyway. 397 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,360 I know that there's animals up, you know, in the snow line, 398 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:39,840 but that's a...that's a hell of a climb 399 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,000 with no calories in the body. 400 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,200 Got to start thinking outside the box a little bit. 401 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,360 See wet conditions is just making the glue come apart. 402 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:06,960 I'll find a solution. 403 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,880 Not your day-to-day jobs on your list back home, 404 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,640 but funny how your priorities change 405 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,320 one environment to another. 406 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,720 But we're going to have to do a bit of makeshift today. 407 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,200 Paracord these up. 408 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,800 These simple decisions can make a big difference. 409 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,800 I go through these, so then I can still do my laces through there. 410 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,480 That's just going to fray out and create a nightmare. 411 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,840 Do I need to light a fire just for this purpose? 412 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,360 Almost a yes. 413 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,080 Testing me. 414 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,800 Can't get it much more tapered than that. 415 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,120 The main thing I need to do is hold the sole 416 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:18,720 to stop moisture getting into the bottom of my boot. 417 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,200 So, when your feet get wet, they get cold and they become numb. 418 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,880 And once they're numb, you can't feel 419 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:25,400 the potential damage that's happening. 420 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,560 Hopefully, by putting the paracord through the grooves... 421 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,880 ..I won't end up cutting it through when I'm walking on the rocks. 422 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,880 OK, we'll see how that goes. 423 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,240 Should keep me out of trouble. 424 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,680 The sun sets on day six. 425 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:03,160 I often think about the motivation... 426 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,800 ..to do this particular challenge and where it came from. 427 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,440 I suppose a lot would say I've had a pretty... 428 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,080 ..pretty troubled childhood. 429 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:15,840 When I was about six, 430 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,640 Dad took off and Mum... 431 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,400 ..Mum found it very difficult. 432 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,320 Alcohol was her comfort... 433 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,720 ..to such an extent that it was... 434 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,440 ..she was unable to quite manage us kids... 435 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:32,760 ..try as she may. 436 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,720 So, then the welfare stepped in, and so we all got fostered out 437 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,120 to different homes. 438 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:44,480 Some good times. 439 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,520 There were certainly some times that...were difficult. 440 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,920 Yeah, plants and botany and nature has been my saviour. 441 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,040 It was my go-to, to be able to nurture something 442 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,000 and care for something 443 00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:11,800 Love my plants, love my bush. 444 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:22,040 Going through a childhood that I found very difficult, 445 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:26,920 it...it has created and formed who I am today, 446 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,160 and I like the person I am. 447 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,680 So, the challenge ahead of me now 448 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:35,280 will be bringing all of these elements of resilience 449 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:36,960 and perseverance and patience. 450 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,640 It'll bring it to the forefront, 451 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:42,640 and I look forward to seeing how it...how it unfolds. 452 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,360 (RAIN PATTERS) 453 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:22,240 As you can hear it's raining... raining pretty hard for the moment. 454 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,120 So, to do something with the time... 455 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:31,240 ..I'm just going to shave some curl off a dry piece of timber. 456 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,600 Dryish as usual. 457 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,640 It's not 'dry' as we know it. 458 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,560 It's seems like the weather here is really, really transient. 459 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,840 Like, it just comes and goes. 460 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:51,920 There was blue sky this morning. 461 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:56,040 And now, it's just fog 462 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,040 and rain and shit. 463 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,840 Uh, I'm going to bite the bullet and go out, 464 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:12,280 and see if I can cast my way up towards the river 465 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,000 and go for a fish. 466 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,360 It looks like it stopped raining. 467 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,240 It's just drizzling from the trees. 468 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:25,840 So, when I first got here, I sort of had a plan not to get wet. 469 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,960 Um, I have rain gear so I'm dry. 470 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,360 But the combination of moving 471 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,240 and a totally still, high humidity, 472 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:34,560 you are going to sweat some. 473 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,000 It's just a bit of a... I guess a risk. 474 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,040 Now, it's started raining again. 475 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,480 'Cause you rely on your clothing, 476 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,720 and you rely on being able to be warm, 477 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:55,000 any risk of getting any clothing damp is a question 478 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,360 you have to take quite seriously. 479 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,160 Oh! 480 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,880 But starting to get a bit of a problem now. 481 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,640 Like, it's just going to continue all day. 482 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:09,080 I'm going to have another day where I most likely don't get 483 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,240 to finish my stuff and fish. 484 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,120 It might rain for a week, you know? 485 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,720 And if that's the case, what do I do then? 486 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,280 Try not to worry about things I can't change. 487 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:27,480 For me, the failure would be if I just get fed up and give up. 488 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,320 Not a big fan of giving up. 489 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,200 Got to get the calories in, sooner or later. 490 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:39,320 ANNOUNCER: Alone Australia, 491 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,000 powered by Kia. 492 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,760 It's the ultimate human endurance challenge. 493 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,240 The battle is on to survive alone, 494 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:47,720 in the rugged New Zealand wilderness, 495 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:51,560 with the winner taking home a prize worth £250,000. 496 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,120 JACK: Ooh. 497 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:16,840 Not have a good night last night. 498 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,000 There was a new problem. 499 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:26,240 Oh. 500 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:34,120 My calves... 501 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:36,800 ..are just... 502 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:38,080 Ow. 503 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:42,000 ..aching, itching, all night long. 504 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,680 On my other leg, as well. 505 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:47,160 I think I've got a couple of hundred bites on me now. 506 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:48,360 Oh. 507 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,280 Got them on my hands, as well. 508 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,440 Other hand. 509 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:58,840 Nasty. 510 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:05,080 Of course, it's because I'm wearing shorts, 511 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,960 but I just wear shorts all the time. 512 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:11,720 I get hot, and that's one way of regulating my heat. 513 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:18,240 This time, I can't wear shorts if I'm getting attacked like this. 514 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,920 Every wilderness area has its own challenges. 515 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:36,560 I didn't come here to spend a week and then see you later. 516 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,840 My goal is to out-survive. 517 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:43,640 That's what I'm trying to do. 518 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,000 Not giving up. Not giving up yet. 519 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,320 SUZAN: Oh, sorry, moss, I'll go behind you. Sorry. 520 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,600 OK, so do my shoelace up. 521 00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:27,200 So, I'm heading to the fishing spot today 522 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,600 'cause I need to bring some food in. 523 00:34:31,240 --> 00:34:34,040 I'm getting plenty of berries, 524 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:38,240 but I just didn't really want to eat the miro berries this morning. 525 00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:41,440 I just felt this sort of, "Ugh," reaction to them. 526 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,160 I know I can't be fussy about food here, but it felt more 527 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,760 like a...body doesn't want them. 528 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:59,360 I am going to have to get some protein 529 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,880 to make it home for three months. 530 00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:07,640 Wow. That's an incredible rock. 531 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,800 Oh, wow, that's John. 532 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,000 It's a mountain like Johnny 533 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,800 and his passion for the vertical. 534 00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:26,000 Yeah, and it's as beautiful as him, too. 535 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,720 That one's going to go on my earth altar. 536 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:41,160 John and I have the same passion for nature as each other. 537 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,600 The beauty of nature fills us in the same way, 538 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,840 and that is probably our most unifying common ground. 539 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:51,440 I spent a lot of time adventuring with John. 540 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,680 Out there, like, he is an incredible support. 541 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,760 It's nutting out problems together. 542 00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:00,080 It's saying, "Yeah, you've made the right choice there." 543 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:06,000 His support is confirmation that, yep, you're on the right track. 544 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,960 Without him, I'm really going to have to lean into my own sense 545 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,960 of self knowing about what's right. 546 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:14,600 So, this is Fish Rock. 547 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:31,040 Lots of bird poo. 548 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:32,440 I wonder if the birds like it 549 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,200 because this is a good fishing spot for them. 550 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,920 Quite shallow here. 551 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:39,480 Deep there. 552 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,440 Good habitat there for...for trout. 553 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:47,880 I just can't go up there right now. 554 00:36:57,720 --> 00:36:59,800 Just feel physically a bit off. 555 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,960 OK, this is our turnaround point. 556 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:15,720 The last phone call I had with John, he just said, "Go slow, go slow." 557 00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:17,840 So, that's what I'm doing. 558 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:22,080 OK, water, and then back to the shelter. 559 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,640 Tummy's got some stuff going on. 560 00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:30,880 Oh. 561 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,240 JASON: Day seven. 562 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,920 I had an explore, and that was...I'm glad I did, 563 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,560 but I was busted, like, physically and sort of mentally 564 00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:58,960 after that exploration. 565 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:03,440 And so, probably need a day just chilling out at camp. 566 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,880 I've got the water, like, literally right in front of me. 567 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,360 I think I'm going to try that today. 568 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:10,760 It came to me last night 569 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:12,960 what I can use my beer bottle for. 570 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:14,640 As long as it's not going to sink, 571 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,360 it could be a float for my fishing line. 572 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,000 Let's go and see. 573 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,240 That'll float in the water, 574 00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:23,840 and then my line will sit,... 575 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:28,640 ..under it a little way so it's not bottom-bashing, and so I'm not going 576 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,120 to catch a dirty big eel. 577 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,840 Hopefully, a nice big trout. 578 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,160 Dirty, dirty, dirty, big trout. 579 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:42,280 That's the plan. 580 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:46,680 One metre. 581 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,440 Let's just have a look here. 582 00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:51,840 Pull it tight. 583 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,160 Don't lose the worm. 584 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,600 Let's see how that goes. 585 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,000 Moment of truth. 586 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:27,920 Beautiful. 587 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,880 Just wants to keep coming back to shore. 588 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:35,320 It's coming too close. 589 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,560 It's a funny day. 590 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,080 I sort of made a plan for myself 591 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,640 to just have a bit of an easier day. 592 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,040 But I feel like I'm not doing enough. 593 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,240 I feel like I need to be busy doing something. 594 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,480 Just this tug of war with me at the moment of, like, 595 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:03,960 "Go and do something, but then, no, conserve your energy." 596 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:06,920 But then, I just...I feel trapped. 597 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,120 I feel trapped in this little spot and... 598 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:12,680 ..it's driving me nuts. 599 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:16,520 Too much time inside your own head. 600 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:23,960 I don't know. 601 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:27,240 Don't know, man. 602 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:35,360 Time to go and find some firewood. 603 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,840 Just...just keep going, just another day. 604 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,200 Just get through tonight. 605 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:48,880 Just got to be persistent and keep trying it. 606 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,160 Hopefully something works. 607 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,560 (RUMBLING) 608 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,120 (CLEARS THROAT) 609 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:33,640 (YAPPING) 610 00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:46,640 (YAPPING) 611 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:48,040 ANDREAS: I thought I heard something. 612 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,560 You get pretty in tune to which... 613 00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:57,680 ..which sounds you hear around here. 614 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:03,160 As soon as there's, like, a different one, you go, "Hmm." 615 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:08,400 (CHUCKLES) Funny, your brain goes, "I wonder if I can eat that." 616 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,560 (YAPPING) 617 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,120 (TWIG SNAPS) 618 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,280 Let's see if I can get it. 619 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,880 (TWIGS SNAP UNDERFOOT) 620 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:11,400 (WHISPERS) I can't hear it. 621 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:23,040 I thought I heard something. 622 00:43:58,320 --> 00:43:59,360 (PANTS) 623 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,280 (CRACKING) (GRUNTS) 624 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,280 (CRACKING) 625 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:11,280 (GRUNTS) 626 00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:14,640 Oh, shit. 627 00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:16,440 Now what? 628 00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:23,440 ANNOUNCER: Alone Australia, powered by Kia. 629 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:26,440 It's the ultimate human endurance challenge. 630 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,000 The battle is on to survive alone, 631 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:30,400 in the rugged New Zealand wilderness, 632 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:34,480 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000. 633 00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:02,840 (ANDREAS GRUNTS) 634 00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:10,480 Oh, shit. 635 00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:14,560 I got it with my shovel. 636 00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:21,280 Oh. 637 00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:25,880 Hi food. 638 00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:43,480 It is a male. 639 00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:49,280 Might as well just keep the fire going and skin him out. 640 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,720 And once I've skinned him out, 641 00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:55,920 I'll figure out what to do, put some meat on and stuff. 642 00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:03,520 That's my first possum. 643 00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:09,800 I never thought I would take my first possum with a shovel. 644 00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,280 Just tie him up. 645 00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,480 Such a sense of relief 646 00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:23,440 knowing I have food for a couple of days. 647 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:31,560 Possum tail stew. 648 00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:33,560 Truly grateful. 649 00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:38,080 I'm going to make sure to eat every single bit of this possum 650 00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:39,560 that can be consumed. 651 00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,400 Let's see if I can get this done. 652 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:48,120 The hunting is controversial. 653 00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:50,480 Not a big fan of the whole 654 00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:55,840 uber-masculine TV-celebrity-hunter thing. 655 00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:57,960 I don't think it's a good look. 656 00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:01,200 It's not who I am. That's not what I do. 657 00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:03,480 That's not why I hunt. 658 00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:07,440 The reason I started hunting was for ethical reasons. 659 00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:10,360 If buy my meat in the store, 660 00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:12,200 you just paid someone else to do it. 661 00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:14,240 You don't see it. 662 00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:17,920 It still happens, and most likely in worse forms... 663 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:19,120 That's the liver. 664 00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:22,080 ..because they'll be in a... you know, a slaughterhouse, 665 00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:25,480 or if you buy cheap stuff, it's going to be a battery. 666 00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:29,120 I think there's something, for me anyway, 667 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:35,120 honourable to be able to provide for yourself sustainably 668 00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:36,560 from traditional means. 669 00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:42,560 That is my first protein cooking, right there. 670 00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:46,880 Should be...celebrated rather than... 671 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:50,880 ..picked on. 672 00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,080 Mmm. 673 00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:02,360 The crispy skin on the outside is divine. 674 00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:08,760 So freaking good. 675 00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,720 That was an appetiser. 676 00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:17,960 I should have dinner for a week. 677 00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:27,240 I feel like this will make me stay in the game a little bit longer... 678 00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:29,360 (SIGHS) 679 00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:33,320 ..get a little bit better motivation and focus... 680 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:39,920 ..rather than just feeling myself getting weaker and weaker each day. 681 00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:48,280 (BURPS) 682 00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:49,800 It's delicious. 683 00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:53,520 Let's do this tomorrow and go to bed. 684 00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:55,080 Good night, team. 685 00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:30,200 JASON: It's about seven in the morning. 686 00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:35,560 I'm in this sort of internal wrestle with myself... 687 00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:43,160 ..saying, like, you know, "Stick it out, stick it out." 688 00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:47,440 But then, also, um... 689 00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:55,400 ..I just...I don't...I don't see how I can get food. 690 00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:04,560 Everything's sore, everything's aching. 691 00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:07,760 It's past the point of being hungry. 692 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:08,920 It's more... 693 00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:11,600 ..just feeling weak. 694 00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:13,680 Just really weak and run-down. 695 00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:18,120 I don't trust my judgement. 696 00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:20,000 I don't trust my physicality. 697 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,840 And I sort of don't trust my own psychology either. 698 00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,000 I really think I'm struggling 699 00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:29,520 in terms of just having a grip on things. 700 00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:34,640 That's not like me, and I don't like that feeling. 701 00:50:56,240 --> 00:51:00,680 SUZAN: I've slept all day, apart from going to get some water. 702 00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:11,560 (COUGHS) 703 00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:13,240 (BURPS) 704 00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:22,040 I've just had diarrhoea all night... and... (SIGHS) have no energy. 705 00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:26,760 I probably shouldn't have eaten those miro berries 706 00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:28,840 directly off the forest floor. 707 00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:32,760 And then, just all those berries in general. 708 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:38,760 I think my heart rate's going quite fast, I think. 709 00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:51,600 I'm certainly feeling... feeling my age today. 710 00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:55,520 You know, at 54, almost 55, maybe... 711 00:51:55,520 --> 00:52:00,280 ..maybe it just can't cope with the...all the different angles 712 00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:01,960 that I put it through. 713 00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:07,280 I'm wondering if that might take me out. 714 00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:12,080 I am not young enough for this game, really. 715 00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:44,320 Ah! 716 00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:46,000 I've started bleeding again. 717 00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,720 You just start to worry, you start to stress. 718 00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:52,880 (WHISPERS) I got barked at. 719 00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:54,400 It's hopefully a red deer. 720 00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:57,200 I've got a bit of a confession. 721 00:52:57,200 --> 00:52:58,200 Far out. 722 00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:02,520 Come on, buddy. Come on, come on, come on, 723 00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:04,640 You think, "Yeah, I'll have a go," thinking it would be easy. 724 00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:07,760 I beg to differ. 725 00:53:11,080 --> 00:53:14,080 Captions by Red Bee Media (c) SBS Australia 2024