1 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,440 MAN: The South Island of New Zealand, it's an epic place. 2 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:31,960 It's wet... 3 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:35,360 ..it's cold... 4 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:38,240 ..it's snowy. 5 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,880 If you don't respect the environment here, 6 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:43,520 it will slap you hard. 7 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,160 WOMAN: I just need to bring some food in. 8 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:48,600 MAN: Look at that stonker! 9 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:49,600 (LAUGHS) 10 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,720 MAN: Last night there was deer all around me. 11 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:54,040 That's freaking delicious. 12 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,960 WOMAN: I know how tough it's going to be. 13 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,560 Oh, my God, I miss them. 14 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:07,600 You've gotta feel safe, otherwise you'd just die out here. 15 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,360 It doesn't feel as bad as it looks. It feels worse. 16 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,080 MAN: This shit just got lit. 17 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:13,080 Jesus! 18 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,640 WOMAN: I'm scared enough to have my emergency tap-out in my hand. 19 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:21,360 MAN: The last person standing, they take home $250,000. 20 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:26,360 (PHONE RINGS) MAN: Somebody help me! 21 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,640 MAN: It's a male. 22 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:43,600 Such a sense of relief knowing I have food for a couple of days, 23 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:48,440 I'm going to take a chance and I'm gonna move to the sun. 24 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,080 Oh! I've arrived. 25 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,960 MAN: Everything's wet under foot, so you just fall over. 26 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:56,600 Not real good for a bow hunter. 27 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,600 It's not just surviving the hunting and the fishing. 28 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,160 Wow. I think I've got a couple of hundred bites on me now. 29 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,160 WOMAN: I've come to berry land. 30 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:10,680 (BURPS) 31 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,720 I've just had diarrhoea all night. 32 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,880 I'm wondering if that might take me out. 33 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:18,360 MAN: I've noticed that happened a few times 34 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,440 where I've sort of gotten a bit lightheaded. 35 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,800 I honestly dunno how I'm still functioning. 36 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,160 It's so easy to get lost in here. 37 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:27,800 I don't trust my judgement, 38 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,720 I don't trust my physicality, 39 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,080 and I sort of don't trust my own psychology either. 40 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:34,480 I feel trapped. 41 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,280 I feel trapped in this little spot. 42 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:10,560 I'm finished. 43 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,720 Yeah, I'm officially tapping out. 44 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,440 Yeah, I-I can't... 45 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:21,640 I can't keep going. 46 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,480 I've reached the limits of what I can do. 47 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:43,880 Hello! 48 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:53,360 Oh! 49 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,760 Sandflies...love the eyeballs. 50 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,320 I just...I feel like I don't trust myself, 51 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:10,360 um, out in this environment. 52 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,680 Um, been getting these dizzy spells 53 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:18,400 and I've, um, just feel really sort of muddled and, um... 54 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:22,800 ..stretched, I suppose. 55 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:27,880 Um, yeah, I think I've reached my physical, 56 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,160 but probably more my mental limit as well. 57 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,640 I dunno if I can go another day without food in the belly. 58 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,800 It's, um... 59 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,560 Yeah, I think psychologically it's too much to deal with 60 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:43,040 and, yeah, I'm...I'm ready to... 61 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,080 I'm ready to call it a day. 62 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:53,640 I feel like I've...I've tried everything within my...my skillset 63 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,560 to be able to make a go of it here. 64 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,680 But the land, 65 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,680 it just kicked my ass. 66 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,320 It's a bittersweet, but I definitely don't have any regrets. 67 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,200 It's been a massive learning curve 68 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,800 for how much I don't know about my physical and mental limitations. 69 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:16,880 It's been pretty frustrating. 70 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,000 But I guess often the best experiences that we can have 71 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,520 do humble us. 72 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,840 Probably more than anything I just... 73 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:34,960 ..I feel just an overwhelming sense of gratitude 74 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,480 for the experience that I've been able to have. 75 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,880 It really is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. 76 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,880 Gonna work this area, 77 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,720 see what we can get out of it as far as worms. 78 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,120 Oh, straight off the cuff. 79 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,600 It's a good one too. 80 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,040 Rocking robin... 81 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:30,760 ..where's your digging stick? 82 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,640 I come here and turn it over and you take all the worms. 83 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:37,760 You go and get yourself a digging stick. 84 00:06:38,840 --> 00:06:42,200 I've got the water, shelter, fire squared away. 85 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,720 But then after that comes in food on the priority list. 86 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,800 So, I'll, uh, I'll go and sort that out. 87 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:49,280 Get some lines in the water. 88 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:52,440 Gonna be a good day. 89 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:57,680 Don't get me wrong, I want something in my stomach. 90 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,440 And to be honest, it probably surprised me in some ways 91 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,360 that I haven't been overly hungry. 92 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,720 It's only when I think about it that you sort of start thinking of home 93 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,920 and you think of your wife's potato bake 94 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,800 or her cauliflower and cheese sauce and things like that. 95 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,560 Ooh, we might have something on here. 96 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,400 We have - caught up in sticks and stuff. 97 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:25,760 Come on, buddy. 98 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,560 Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on. 99 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:31,120 Oh, it's an eel. 100 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,120 Sorry, buddy. 101 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,560 Bear with me. I'll get you back in that water. 102 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,600 OK, away you go. 103 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:48,040 Off...off to live for another 50 years. 104 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,400 Uh, once again, the ebbs and the flows. 105 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,600 Excited to catch something, 106 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,720 um, sad that it was an eel. 107 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,520 You would think just 'cause you've got worms on the end of a hook 108 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,680 and some...some line out in the water and you've seen fish, 109 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,080 you think, "Oh, no, food'll be easy." 110 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,760 I beg to differ. 111 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:25,400 I had intentionally not wanted to eat for the first week. 112 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,160 I wanted my body to know that you're without food 113 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:32,120 and you are to start utilising, you know, 114 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,840 ketosis to start eating up the fat. 115 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,800 Well, hopefully the eels are disappearing for the day 116 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,520 and the trout are taking over. 117 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,160 I've been, um, fishing most of the day. 118 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:50,960 I've had numerous lines in - 119 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,480 one, two, three, four - for part of the day, 120 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:55,760 and three for most of the day. 121 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:58,800 I'd love to give you a stack more good news, 122 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:00,360 but, hey, I'm fresh out of it. 123 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:06,280 The fish are less plentiful than I expected. 124 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,120 Uh, more difficult to catch, 125 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,360 and as yet unsuccessful in securing anything from the water. 126 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,920 Uh, just going along, pulling the lines in. 127 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,760 Just the last of, um, the last of the daylight. 128 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,400 Oh, we might be on. 129 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,360 What are we? Head cam. On, recording. 130 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:39,880 Recording. 131 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,560 Hey, hey, hey, we've got something. 132 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:52,720 It's on the surface, it's not an eel. 133 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,080 Hold on, baby. 134 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,520 Come on, come on. Bring it in. 135 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,080 Ooh, we've got a trout! 136 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,320 Come on, all the way, all the way. Here we go. 137 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:08,920 Here we go. 138 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,240 Ooh, yeah! 139 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,120 Got a trout. 140 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,840 Oh, so grateful for you. 141 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,880 Oh, look at that. 142 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,360 Look at that! 143 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,560 You beautiful thing. 144 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:28,560 Thank you. 145 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:31,920 Thank you. 146 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,280 Let's make this humane. 147 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:36,240 Thank you so much. 148 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:39,600 Let's handle this quickly. 149 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:44,560 It's all over. 150 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:49,360 Look, I thank you so much for the sustenance you will bring me. 151 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,120 I hope you had a beautiful life. 152 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,000 Let's get that fire going, baby! 153 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:02,800 Ooh-whee! 154 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:09,000 This is a confirmation that I can sustain myself here. 155 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,240 If there's...if there's trout like this in this water, I'm good. 156 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,600 Here we go. This is gonna be a... this is gonna be a great challenge. 157 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,120 That's it, keep going. 158 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:28,120 One fillet will be a reasonably large meal. 159 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,120 I'll do half a fillet and see how go. 160 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:33,680 And there's your heart. 161 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,120 I don't wanna overdo my intake of food 162 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,400 if I haven't eaten for eight days. 163 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,000 Last thing I want to do is feel nauseous at the end of it. 164 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:55,800 I'm about to have my first bit. 165 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,160 Got a few bones in him. 166 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:01,480 I can work around them. 167 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:08,680 Mm! 168 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,640 So good. It's coming away from the skin. 169 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,080 I'm gonna be able to consume the skin, 170 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:17,960 which has got lots of good fats in it. 171 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:20,760 It's not an overly fatty fish, 172 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:23,760 but if there's any fats, it'll be in the skin. 173 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,240 Surprisingly quite filling. 174 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,960 And the rest, 175 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,480 this cold wind, that'll... that'll keep for a day or two. 176 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:39,920 That's not a problem. 177 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,240 Day eight done and dusted. 178 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,360 Ticking them off. 179 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,880 Awesome. Looking forward to a good night's sleep. 180 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,520 (YAWNS) 181 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,160 Having such vivid, vivid dreams. 182 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,560 Dreamt I was at home last night. 183 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,320 In my dream, I really, really thought I was at home 184 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,200 and I'm looking at my feet, my bare feet, and thinking, 185 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:39,480 "How...how did I get here? 186 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:44,440 "Obviously I've finished my Alone journey early." 187 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,880 When I woke up, I thought, my immediate thought was, 188 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:51,440 "I don't want to be here." 189 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,720 And I just feel so weak. 190 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:06,080 If I had gastro at home, 191 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,040 John would probably make me a soup. 192 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,840 Don't drink my tea, Tobes. 193 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,920 Eugh! (LAUGHS) (CHUCKLES) 194 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:19,720 I live in a forest at home with my husband and the dogs. 195 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,680 Two beautiful warm little dogs that snuggle up against my tummy 196 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,520 and behind my knees at night-time in bed. 197 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:27,640 I feel a bit daunted by the...the idea 198 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,280 of being out there by myself without you guys. 199 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,760 John has done some really incredible adventures 200 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,920 like walking across Australia unassisted, 201 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:38,080 living off bush foods. 202 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,680 So it motivates me to perhaps go further 203 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,440 than I've gone before in myself. 204 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:44,880 Listen to your dreams. 205 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,800 I know they come to you in the night and provide the answers. 206 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,720 So... But I don't need to tell you any of that. 207 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:53,760 I miss him. 208 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:01,240 So I went down the hill this morning to get more water. 209 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:04,880 It was such an effort. 210 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,080 I so wanted to throw up. 211 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:14,200 And I just kept telling myself, "No, you're not gonna throw up," 212 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,880 and stopping and breathing deeply and... 213 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,600 Because once I start throwing up... 214 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:24,440 ..it's game over. 215 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:30,800 I can't stay hydrated if I'm throwing up my water. 216 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:42,880 It was a huge effort of will this morning not to throw up. 217 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,240 (BURPS) 218 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,720 I thought about clean, crisp celery 219 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,720 and that helped. 220 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:54,320 It's not a very... 221 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,880 ..nauseating vegetable. 222 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,680 Right here, right now, 223 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:08,520 I don't feel like I'm... I'm gonna be here much longer. 224 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:11,520 But John said to me, 225 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:16,280 "Don't let those voices of hopelessness run the show. 226 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:20,040 "Stay with the voice that keeps on trying." 227 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:22,960 (BURPS) 228 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:27,840 Think of celery. 229 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,280 Crisp, clean celery. 230 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,040 (BURPS) 231 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,680 (RAIN PATTERS) 232 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:55,760 It is drizzling out here at the moment, 233 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,240 so...just gonna get off the beach, 234 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:00,960 just go in the forest here. 235 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,400 There's a little mamaku sprout. 236 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:04,800 I'm just gonna go grab him. 237 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,400 This is gonna be tea tonight. 238 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,000 Been on the boil. 239 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:30,560 It's pretty hot. 240 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,200 Mm, look at that - greens. 241 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,200 Let's try this mamaku fern. 242 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:41,680 Ooh, she's hot. 243 00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:51,360 Sat on the beach today, 244 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:53,000 bored out of me skull, 245 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,480 thinking about home too much. 246 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,200 Yes, thinking about home way too much. 247 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,880 That's the worst part about this place - 248 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,000 not having anything to do. 249 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,320 Wow, that's boring. 250 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,440 That is boring. 251 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,200 Especially coming from a bloke like me 252 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,320 who doesn't do anything, rarely, ever alone. 253 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,480 In the army you don't even go to lunch alone. 254 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,360 Pretty flavourless. 255 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:23,920 Edible, though, I guess. 256 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:31,120 So now I'm just sitting here facing the...the reality 257 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:34,120 of missing my friends and my family 258 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:35,320 and Annie. 259 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,880 And that's the most important thing - your family. 260 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,480 It's the most important thing to me, and has been for a long time. 261 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,360 I've got a bit of a confession. 262 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,000 Right before I got on this show, 263 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,560 right before I got on the show, 264 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,640 I found out I was gonna be a father for the first time. 265 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,080 Eight weeks. 266 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,680 Day one when I got out here, she was eight weeks. 267 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,280 Like, 9.5 weeks tomorrow 268 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:14,720 and a couple days after, 269 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,640 you can find out whether it's a boy or a girl. 270 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,040 They're all big moments... 271 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:23,680 ..that I'm not there for. 272 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:30,680 I'd be absolutely kidding myself 273 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:36,360 if that wasn't...wreaking havoc on my mind this whole time. 274 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,080 (SIGHS) 275 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,520 Like, I'm not struggling out here. It's not hard. 276 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,280 You can just fish and hunt 277 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,800 and shit off the shore for the rest of your bloody life, 278 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,120 if you wanted to. 279 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:54,720 But home's calling and it's a hard call to ignore. 280 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,600 The only thing keeping me here, really, 281 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:07,080 is the prospect of $250,000 to kickstart that child's life. 282 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:11,720 But every time I sit still 283 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:13,320 the voice comes back up. 284 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:16,760 How's she doing? 285 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:18,400 Not even 12 weeks yet. 286 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,800 You're not even out of the bloody danger period 287 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,640 and you're here, not there. 288 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:27,920 Dunno what's going on. 289 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,200 I don't know how she's doing. 290 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:31,200 So... 291 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:33,760 ..far out. 292 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,000 (SIGHS) 293 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,440 So, yep, I'm gonna sleep on it. 294 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:49,760 Might talk to you guys tomorrow. 295 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:32,640 I think this is how Queenslanders enjoy the South Island. 296 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:34,960 It's just with their eyeballs. 297 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:43,600 So, I'm just finishing off the, um, the fireplace. 298 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:49,480 That fire, I think, has kept me here. 299 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,160 Even though I've had no food, 300 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:55,520 it's like if you're warm and cosy in your home 301 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,000 then that's half the battle. 302 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,720 I wanted to double layer the rocks 303 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,880 because there's a fair bit of, um... 304 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,400 I don't know what you'd... 305 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,520 It's just this peat, almost. 306 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,200 And I imagine 307 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:13,880 that if that really dries out, 308 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,880 that it could just...pew! 309 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,760 You know? Just like that. Pew! 310 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,920 So, yeah, it's coming along nicely. 311 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:27,760 Goes up there to my chimney out the back. 312 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,440 And I know that's my wall, but it's only temporary. 313 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,320 One of the problems I'm faced with 314 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:38,400 is that I can't rely on any kind of binding structure 315 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,440 like a clay or soil. 316 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,000 I'm totally relying on rocks. 317 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,200 I've gotta fill in all the gaps with rocks. 318 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:56,320 So it might end up looking like a bit of a mountain, 319 00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:00,480 but so be it to sleep peacefully and not smoke myself out. 320 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:09,640 Everything you do requires some effort. 321 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,280 'Cause I don't have a lot coming in, 322 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,320 I'm trying to minimise my energy output. 323 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:25,120 Might see a little worm down here while I'm digging. 324 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,960 There's a cool breeze coming in the front door. 325 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,960 I think there's a nice little storm brewing, 326 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,080 definitely coming from the mountains. 327 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:47,960 And that breeze has just kicked in big-time. 328 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,560 You can see the waves on the lake - 329 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,600 normally very still. 330 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,320 So, I've turned my attention to my shelter. 331 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,920 Try and batten it down a bit. 332 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,480 Having a solid wall around you 333 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,520 is the best sense of security. 334 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,480 Every minute it's picking up big-time. 335 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,280 And I'm gonna keep building. 336 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:16,920 This is just a wind protection. 337 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,160 Haven't actually got my inside wall yet. 338 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,240 So I'll get my tarp ready 339 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,680 in case I need to string it and it starts pouring or something. 340 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,240 So, as you can see, I'm just sort of propping up wood at the moment 341 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,080 and then I'm hoping to sort of lash it all in. 342 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,200 (WOOD CLATTERS) 343 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,640 Scared the bejesus out of me! 344 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,960 Just trying to get some bit of protection going for the night. 345 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,080 Oh, that's a nice light one. 346 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:55,960 There you go, mate. 347 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,200 There you go. 348 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,320 This is my home here. 349 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,680 You gotta feel comfortable and safe. 350 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,600 Oh, that instantly feels better. 351 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,400 Blocked that oncoming wind. 352 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,120 Warm, dry, food. Warm, dry, food. 353 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:15,560 Warm, dry, food. 354 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:18,840 That's what keeps you alive. 355 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:27,200 On a personal note, I've started bleeding again. 356 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,800 I just had a normal cycle, now I'm having another one. 357 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,960 It's just God knows what. 358 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:38,560 My body gone into shock 359 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:42,000 releasing its last of its eggs for life or something. 360 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,080 Well, you just start to worry, you start to stress 361 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,000 that you're gonna lose these extra calories 362 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,640 and you're... it's not in the game plan. 363 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,280 I'm not having any more babies, so be gone! 364 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:01,760 Both kids were... 365 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:05,400 What they were like in my womb and growing inside of me 366 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,880 is exactly what they're like now. 367 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:16,520 One was slow and patient and rollie and... 368 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,440 ..and my second complete opposite - 369 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,840 full of life, kicking and screaming. 370 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,000 Of all the bleeds in my life... 371 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,280 ..I wouldn't give any of it up. 372 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:40,400 (SNIFFS) 373 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:51,520 Happy tears. 374 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:55,080 Happy to have such a beautiful family. 375 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,920 It looks like there was some snow up on...on the peaks up there. 376 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,000 Beautiful sight. 377 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:27,840 Oh. 378 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,200 I think what I would like to do today, 379 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,600 walk into the bush here 380 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,920 and set up a trail cam 381 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,160 because now we've had a...a little bit of rain 382 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:42,360 hopefully creatures will moving around a little bit more. 383 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,800 So I am gonna take the bow with me. 384 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,280 You never know what you're gonna encounter. 385 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,280 I've never been hunting in my life without breakfast 386 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,080 and food in my backpack. 387 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,640 With only hot water for breakfast... 388 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:14,480 ..I'm just trying to conserve as much energy as possible. 389 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:24,920 I came here with about 10 kilos more than my usual weight. 390 00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:29,640 It was really hard to put it on 'cause I work physically. 391 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,440 It's getting to crunch time now. 392 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,720 Like, if I'm losing weight... 393 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,600 I can tell I've lost some with my belt. 394 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,560 But how much? I got no idea. 395 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,760 Oh, the intersection here. 396 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:50,160 We've got a game trail coming that way, that way. 397 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,920 I think I'll use that tree there. 398 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,720 Fully aware that this challenge... 399 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,480 ..this challenge will come to an end. 400 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,960 And if I haven't done my best... 401 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,480 (SIGHS) ..it will bug me forever. 402 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,640 So, I am doing my best. 403 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:25,920 My aim is to make it to 100 days if I can. 404 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,680 Being able to hunt with my bow 405 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,800 increases my chances of doing that. 406 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:37,720 Interesting. 407 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,800 (WHISPERS) That got me excited but...it wasn't. 408 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,840 Sometimes the eyes play tricks on you. 409 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,880 It's called wishful thinking. 410 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:24,600 Let's go back. 411 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:31,520 It was a good walk. 412 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:37,080 But, yeah, it would've been better with a...with a harvest. 413 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:44,280 Plan was to place the, um, trail cam 414 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,120 and, uh, I got that done. 415 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,200 So that's...that's good. 416 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:57,440 I'm trying to conserve energy to last as long as I possibly can. 417 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:03,160 Hunting up in the hills uses up a lot of energy. 418 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,680 So that's why I need to eat first. 419 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:11,000 Get a, um, a feed of, um, fish into me. 420 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:17,800 If I can't catch fish... 421 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,600 ..I can't stay here. 422 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:43,840 Oh! 423 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,880 When I found out Annie was pregnant, 424 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,280 I didn't know what the hell to think or feel. 425 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,800 And so I just kept charging on forward, 426 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:05,400 like the right thing to do now is to just...just keep going. 427 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:06,880 Now I'm regretting leaving. 428 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,200 Well, it feels like I kind of ran away from that problem a little bit. 429 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:15,520 There it is. 430 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:18,920 10 days. 431 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,640 (SIGHS) 432 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,640 Not much compared to the original plan of a couple months. 433 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,080 (PHONE RINGS) 434 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,000 Hey, this is Chace. 435 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,720 I'm officially tapping out. 436 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,240 The severity and the reality of that situation 437 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,200 didn't set in till I was out here. 438 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,720 Mate, you're gonna be a father, you're gonna have a family soon. 439 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,120 I think I was pushing those thoughts to the back of my mind 440 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,520 on my way here. 441 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,600 I was hoping to use that as my fire. 442 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:08,080 But then as the veil of this land peeled those layers away, 443 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:11,680 that fire was doused and an entirely different fire was lit. 444 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,200 Here they come. 445 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:20,840 My ticket out of here. 446 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,200 G'day. How are you feeling, mate? 447 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,040 Bit of relief. 448 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:40,120 Yeah, bit of relief to see you coming in, 449 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,400 'cause I feel like I've made the right choice. 450 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,080 Why are you tapping out? 451 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,280 In the grand scheme of things, a couple months isn't much. 452 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,480 I'm glad I got to do this. 453 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,640 There's absolutely no regrets in that. 454 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:57,280 This has been amazing, 455 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,400 been a fantastic experience. 456 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:02,560 It's just... 457 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,720 there's, uh, there's priorities elsewhere. 458 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,440 Maybe if circumstances were a little bit different 459 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:09,800 and I wasn't... 460 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,800 ..my heart wasn't yearning so badly, 461 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,560 then maybe I absolutely could go longer. 462 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,800 But circumstances are certainly... 463 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,960 ..yeah, not being conducive to that, that's for sure. 464 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,640 And I suppose that's it. 465 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,400 Say goodbye to this beautiful place. 466 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,880 It's important to me now that I get home and take care of my family. 467 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,000 Yeah, it was all mental for me. 468 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,960 A lot of your grand plans of what you think of a survival situation 469 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:51,880 is eroded very quickly. 470 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,960 But, yeah, I think I've got what I came for. 471 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:04,400 And to my, uh, my child to be 472 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,800 I'll do everything I can to make sure you have a good life. 473 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,880 Alone Australia, powered by Kia. 474 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,520 It's the ultimate human endurance challenge. 475 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:27,720 The battle is on to survive Alone in the rugged New Zealand wilderness 476 00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:31,800 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000. 477 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,560 Well, I'm somewhat recovered today. 478 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:07,360 The nausea's gone, 479 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,800 so physically I'm feeling a lot better. 480 00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:16,240 So I think I'm gonna have enough energy to actually do something today 481 00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:19,120 rather than just lie in my sleeping bag all day sleeping, 482 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:20,480 like I did yesterday. 483 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,640 I wonder how many kilos I've lost. 484 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,200 I feel like I made a mistake on day one, 485 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,000 setting myself up so far from the water. 486 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:50,400 Just so hard to know where the best place to camp for the long-term is. 487 00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:53,080 What to do? 488 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,000 I feel like I need to be bringing food in 489 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,200 rather than exploring 490 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,880 to find the best place to camp. 491 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:06,080 Oh! So racked by indecision. 492 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,080 I'll put my hat on. Yep. Yep. 493 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,040 I'll be decisive about that. 494 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,840 Alright, hat on. Hat on. 495 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:28,480 Yep. Hat on. 496 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,120 There we go, a decisive action. 497 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,920 It's that feeling of being unsettled. 498 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,320 There's so many possibilities 499 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,480 on what's the right order to do things in. 500 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,080 Yeah, I feel my energy lagging already. 501 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:56,520 Yeah, that gastro has really taken it out of me. Ha! 502 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,800 Yeah, it's a lot more exposed than where I am. 503 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,280 But it's a lot closer to the water 504 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:17,720 and it's a lot closer to what I sink, 505 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:19,520 is the fishing rock. 506 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,160 And what am I gonna do every day? 507 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,760 Am I gonna fish every day? 508 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:30,240 Probably. 509 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,720 Oh, dilemmas, dilemmas, indecision. 510 00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,600 So exhausted today. 511 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:01,000 This game's all about the mind, really. 512 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:05,400 But I think I'm gonna have to play a waiting game 513 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,560 to deal with this gastro. 514 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,000 Time for a little rest, I think. 515 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:20,920 (GROANS) 516 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:27,000 I'm just trying to focus on the long game here, 517 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:31,240 but I can just feel a sense of sort of hopelessness and despair. 518 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:50,720 And duckies. 519 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:54,440 I wish could eat them. 520 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,720 But they're pretty and they keep me company. 521 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:02,160 The sun is out for the first time, like, properly. 522 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:08,800 It is so unusual and so nice to get clear blue sky and direct sun. 523 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:13,440 So I'm trying to lap it up because I know, most likely, 524 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:15,000 it'll change in an hour. 525 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:26,920 Now I'll go back. 526 00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:27,920 (GROANS) 527 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:30,640 Ooh! 528 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:33,680 Stood up too fast. 529 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:38,920 There's needs and wants 530 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,760 and currently there's been a lot of needs - 531 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:43,560 basically food, fire and water. 532 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:48,680 And hasn't been a lot of time or energy left for wants. 533 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:52,280 So, I have started thinking about a bit more permanent shelter. 534 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:55,040 There's the two poles... 535 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:59,120 ..for an A-frame. 536 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,480 But that little possum has made me wonders 537 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,840 and I feel like I have much more energy. 538 00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:07,080 Ah! 539 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,600 The competition as such, 540 00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,320 or the experience as such, 541 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,840 is nothing like I thought it would be, in a way. 542 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,160 Good and bad. Good and bad. 543 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:22,160 Uh-uh! Hey! Don't peck on my bow. 544 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:26,320 Oh, here I was worrying about rats. 545 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:32,520 I think it's gonna be a far greater test, 546 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:36,240 mentally, than I anticipated. 547 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:45,400 So, anyway, what we've got here is my new permanent shelter. 548 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:48,600 I can just fit in standing. 549 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:51,320 Basically seeing how things go. 550 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:55,680 I might progress on this - build a front, build a back, get a door. 551 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:57,080 We'll see. 552 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:01,320 The wetness is another a thing. 553 00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:04,200 Even on a perfect day like today, 554 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,000 it was still damp. 555 00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,360 So, I think mentally that's just something 556 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,640 that I have to come to terms with and go, 557 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,440 "I'm gonna be wet and damp for maybe three months." 558 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:22,920 I was hungry today, so I took another piece of meat. 559 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:24,760 That'll be a possum drumstick again. 560 00:43:27,720 --> 00:43:29,560 Can't believe how salty it tastes. 561 00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:32,720 Crazy. 562 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:39,320 Wind changed. 563 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:41,960 (RAIN PATTERS) 564 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:43,440 Here comes the rain. 565 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,080 (THUNDER RUMBLES) Oh. Oh, shit. 566 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:07,520 Ah, talk about lucky. 567 00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:13,320 Beautiful day today and now we've this thundering rain. 568 00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:19,320 And after this I really want to get some cover down low. 569 00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:22,680 Even if it's not windproof. 570 00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:27,120 Just...just that breeze coming through with driplets. 571 00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:30,280 Um, sleeping in the middle under the tarp for the moment. 572 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:32,600 I've rearranged things. 573 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,960 And everything else gets slightly damp... 574 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:37,200 ..again. 575 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:46,360 Alone Australia, powered by Kia. 576 00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,000 It's the ultimate human endurance challenge. 577 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:53,200 The battle is on to survive Alone in the rugged New Zealand wilderness 578 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:57,280 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000. 579 00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:27,600 I can't quite do my pants up yet, which is a good thing. 580 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:30,800 But they keep on falling down. 581 00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:35,320 I started this competition 582 00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:39,200 knowing I had, you know, this excess weight that I would use 583 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:40,440 in the first few weeks, 584 00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:43,320 'cause I thought I really wanna concentrate on shelter, 585 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:44,880 and food can come. 586 00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,640 But because my periods have come back, 587 00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:53,000 I feel that critical time period is right now, 588 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:58,080 where if you don't start bringing in some good quality food, 589 00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:00,760 that it'll really shorten my time out here. 590 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:06,760 I've been vego for a lot of years now. 591 00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:11,000 Watch where I'm walking, you never know what you might find. 592 00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:16,200 I had a big struggle in applying to come here. 593 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:20,320 I knew I couldn't survive unless I ate meat. 594 00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:24,800 Oh, look through here - just ferns. 595 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:28,240 I struggle with things that care for their young, 596 00:46:28,240 --> 00:46:32,400 but the hard reality is if I don't get proteins, I guess, 597 00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:35,320 my body's gonna start packing it in. 598 00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:48,800 That might be a mamaku heart. 599 00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:53,960 I wonder if the heart is still good 600 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:57,680 and, like, how long the heart's viable for. 601 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:06,640 Gonna use my axe to try and trim away these extra fronds. 602 00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:08,120 They're very hairy. 603 00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:11,560 There's a heart inside 604 00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:13,320 and that's the edible part. 605 00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:17,920 I don't wanna hack into it too much. 606 00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:22,720 It's not massive, but... 607 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:27,400 ..so grateful. 608 00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,160 Ooh, it's getting softer there. 609 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:33,480 I just don't wanna waste anything, 610 00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:36,440 so I'm thinking if I roast it with a bit more fibre 611 00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:38,280 on the outside still left, 612 00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:40,280 I can maybe crack him open. 613 00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:41,280 Ooh! 614 00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:43,240 My bum's on fire. 615 00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:47,080 Come on, mamaku, I love you. 616 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:01,960 I can smell it. 617 00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:05,840 It's time for a bit of mamaku. 618 00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:10,080 (LAUGHS) 619 00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:13,240 I swear I'm drooling. 620 00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:16,520 Just gonna try the top section. 621 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:24,800 Oh, ooh, eeh, ow. 622 00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:28,600 It's like uncooked sweet potato. 623 00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:42,440 With a hint of burnt carrot. 624 00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:49,840 Well, I've got a little bit of something in my belly, 625 00:48:49,840 --> 00:48:53,160 but I don't know if it equates to the energy output. 626 00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:55,120 It feels nice going in, though. 627 00:48:56,160 --> 00:49:01,120 Maybe it's more of a mental thing until I get that protein sorted. 628 00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:04,960 Gonna leave the others still a bit longer. 629 00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:10,760 And just tease myself out for the whole afternoon, evening, you know? 630 00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:14,920 Mm. I like that. 631 00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:34,240 I think in my head right now 632 00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:39,280 I'm sort of banking my long-term survival here on deer. 633 00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:41,480 Which is a bit of a dangerous thing to do 634 00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:45,040 because, like, I've hunted long enough to know that 635 00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:47,960 shooting a deer with a trad bow 636 00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:50,920 in a country which you don't know 637 00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:54,240 and don't know the movements of the deer, 638 00:49:54,240 --> 00:49:55,560 is slim. 639 00:49:56,840 --> 00:49:58,440 Like, you might get lucky... 640 00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:01,280 ..but you might not. 641 00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:05,840 Bit of a lookout today. 642 00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:10,720 So my plan is to move out of camp, 643 00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:12,280 walk to the trail cameras, 644 00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:14,040 check what the trail cameras are doing, 645 00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:16,560 observe, see what's moving. 646 00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:37,640 (WHISPERS) I'm just about 50 metres away 647 00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:39,120 from the first trail camera, so... 648 00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:42,880 ..I'm gonna take it real slow from here. 649 00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:44,240 Just quietly check them. 650 00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:34,360 (ANIMAL BARKS) 651 00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:40,680 (BARKS) 652 00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:46,960 (BARKS) 653 00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,480 (BARKS) 654 00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:15,280 (BARKS) 655 00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:21,280 (BARKS) 656 00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:55,520 Yeah, that wind - it's brutal! 657 00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:57,640 I am a little bit concerned. 658 00:52:57,640 --> 00:53:00,160 I did hear a couple of limbs falling. 659 00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:02,120 Here, fishy, fishy! 660 00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:03,800 I saw a trout in the water. 661 00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:05,640 Got him! 662 00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:08,000 Oh, we've got a fight on our hands. 663 00:53:09,080 --> 00:53:10,360 Oh. 664 00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:15,040 I'm not at full strength. I can feel my body getting weaker. 665 00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:19,280 I've been feeling this decision coming for a few days. 666 00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:22,160 Captions by Red Bee Media (c) SBS Australia 2024