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00:27I
00:28I've been dropped off alone on the west coast of Tasmania.
00:31It's going to be so good and so bad, probably at the same time.
00:35There goes humanity.
00:37If you don't start getting food in quick, you're not going to last long out here.
00:40Oh, this moss feels amazing.
00:43My goal is to be the first grandmother-mother to win this.
00:47That was a tree falling.
00:50Oh, here comes the rain.
00:54Let's see how the shelter holds up.
00:56This is stupid. This is ridiculous.
01:00I've got no chance of recovering that fire, which means I can't stay warm.
01:07We're halfway to the South Pole. We're going to be totally alone.
01:12It's Tasmania. It's cold. It's rain. It's snow.
01:16We're all going to leave changed forever.
01:22Holy fuck. What is this place?
01:24What have I gotten myself into?
01:27Yeah!
01:30We have to document this whole experience while trying to survive at the same time.
01:36Check it out.
01:38I'm fighting 60k wins.
01:41Mother Nature's kick in my ass.
01:47This experience is just as much a mind game as it is a survival game.
01:53Ha-ha! We've got dinner!
01:58Oh, you fucker!
02:00Yum!
02:04Suddenly going downhill very, very fast.
02:07Oh, my heart.
02:11A $250,000 prize would change my life.
02:15I like you, Tasmania!
02:16Oh, my God.
02:17Hey, Tasmania!
02:20Oh, my God!
02:22We've got some money.
02:23Oh, my God!
02:26Oh, my God!
02:31Oh, my God.
02:35What's this going on?
02:35Oh, my God!
02:37Oh, my God!
02:41Oh, my God!
02:41Oh, my God!
02:43Oh, my God!
02:58Got up this morning, had a dingo's breakfast, and for those of you that don't know what
03:06a dingo's breakfast is, that's a drink of water and a look around.
03:15Man, everything's just so wet, eh?
03:27Oh, it was cold last night.
03:30It was freezing.
03:35You hear those kookaburras?
03:41They're laughing at me because I'm just thinking about tapping.
04:06When I first thought of coming out here, it was more to just have something that I'm
04:15that my daughter could look back on.
04:22Just because I don't want to sit there under that shelter, you know, night after night,
04:25just being miserable, when I could be at home with her, giving her a cuddle, you know?
04:32I had a one in ten shot, that's a lot of money, but that's not why I come here.
04:39I just come here because I wanted you to be proud, eh, bub?
04:42I don't know.
04:44That's a little.
04:47Shit.
04:52We are absurd.
05:15This is Rob, I'm officially tapping out.
05:35The Palawa, when they were out here, they would move seasonally to where conditions were
05:42more hospitable.
05:46Everything was constantly wet.
05:48You wouldn't have lived with any joy here.
06:12I hope I did them proud.
06:14I would have liked to have stayed longer and it's not lost on me that chances like this
06:21don't come along very often.
06:26It's something I would have liked to have done better at for them.
06:37The funny thing is, that survivalist mindset, what it does, it automatically positions country
06:43as the enemy.
06:44Something to fight against and something to resist.
06:49The last person standing is ultimately the person who can resist what country is telling
06:55them the longest.
06:56So we have a word, nunya, that means stubborn, so who the most stubborn person, who wants
07:01to sit out there cold, wet and miserable the longest, congratulations, you win.
07:06It's just counter-intuitive, it's the complete opposite to what would have been done back
07:11in the day.
07:14I think this experience just reinforced the value of family.
07:19They always say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, you know, and I definitely felt
07:23them with me while I was out there, but also felt them calling me home.
07:34I think this is a good thing.
07:50Already this place feels like, like it's where I'm going to be.
08:04Today I nut out my permanent shelter, get the frame up.
08:11The west coast of Tasmania is cold, it's rugged, it's wet, it's rainy.
08:17Shelter's the number one thing, number one priority in survival.
08:24I want to have a home, you know, I want to have somewhere that feels like it's mine.
08:31I need to get to work.
08:41I'm so fat.
08:44I'm so fat.
08:45I can't stand up.
08:46I have to, I have to rock.
08:49I have to rock.
08:50I mind you, these boots don't help.
08:52Okay.
08:53One, two, three.
08:53Oh!
08:54There we go.
08:56Oh my God, that's embarrassing.
08:59In preparation for this, I've been putting on weight.
09:04That fat is going to be my survival strategy.
09:09In a survival situation, fat becomes the most important nutritional component.
09:15Without fat, you can have as much protein and greens as you need and you will still starve.
09:22So this is my primary focus for the next probably two weeks.
09:26To spend the bulk of my calories just getting the shelter done.
09:31I have enough food on my body that I don't have to worry about starving anytime soon.
09:42I'm scoping out where the best place for a shelter is going to be.
09:47It's going to be somewhere on this little promontory.
09:53Surviving in Australia is harder than you'd think.
09:57Not only are there all sorts of dangerous critters that, you know, if they bite you can cause considerable harm.
10:03The gum trees are basically throwing limbs down at you.
10:07So even the trees are trying to kill you.
10:08There's a big old myrtle back there.
10:12You can see that could conceivably chuck a branch down.
10:18That's going to fall straight down.
10:21There, ka-chunk.
10:25We have incredibly extreme weather.
10:28We will have wind that can be up to 120, 130 kilometres an hour and then trees will fall in
10:35the forest.
10:36Imagine that falling on you at two in the morning.
10:41It can be really challenging to find somewhere safe to be.
10:46Phew.
10:48It may not look like much now.
10:51Give me a few days.
10:53That is going to be a home.
11:21That is going to be a home.
11:22It's full of water.
11:26That's my drinking water sorted for the day.
11:29Awesome.
11:36Mmm.
11:39That's good pit water.
11:53I keep putting my axe down and then having a hard time seeing it again.
11:57Because it's so camouflaged because it's wood coloured.
12:01So I'm going to tie a rag onto it or some bright paracord to make it easier to see.
12:11I reckon there's a very good chance I could last out here forever.
12:15I'm very experienced in this area.
12:17I've done it many times and I know what to expect.
12:24I'm a former army helicopter pilot, Air Force aeroplane pilot and survival instructor.
12:29Being a pilot in the military teaches you to prepare.
12:33I have a lot of experience all around Australia in a whole bunch of different environments.
12:38And now since leaving the Air Force I've made adventure films about survival.
12:42Yes!
12:43I got a fish!
12:45I'm strong at building things with my hands.
12:48And I'm good at bush tucker.
12:51I'm good at hunting.
12:57I certainly have a drive because I'm competitive like most people to win.
13:01And obviously the money would be helpful for my family as well.
13:04Who's going to miss me the most?
13:05I think the dog's going to miss him.
13:07What do you think, Ollie?
13:08My family is used to me being away.
13:11They don't like it.
13:12And I don't like being away from them.
13:15But the disadvantages of me being away are outweighed by the advantages.
13:19When you throw yourself 100% at something, you don't really have any regrets afterwards.
13:27I'm good at prioritising what I do because there's so many things that you have to do.
13:32And the order in which you do them can mean the difference between success and failure.
13:38My strategy is to prioritise food above all else.
13:43I really haven't improved camp much and I don't think I will.
13:49Shelter building in Australia is not as important as it is in the Arctic of North America.
13:54Because you don't need to survive an Arctic winter.
14:00This shelter would be fine for 100 days.
14:04And even a fireplace, like, I don't need a fireplace at the moment.
14:07I don't need to cook anything.
14:08Having a fire is a little bit like having a baby.
14:11You've got to look after it.
14:12If I don't need it, there's no point wasting your energy to dig a fire pit and get a fire
14:16going.
14:18So...
14:19Yeah, I just see no rush for that.
14:24The difference between winning this or not is whether you can bring in food.
14:29I reckon that's the whole game.
14:59So, I've got myself in a bit of a funk and it's only day two.
15:04It is really wet.
15:06It rained overnight.
15:08When I woke up, fire was out.
15:11And I made a mistake.
15:13I should have put my fire under my shelter.
15:17But I was scared of burning and melting my tarp.
15:27I knew the first couple of days would be tough.
15:32So I'll ride through it.
15:38But it is super dark in here, which isn't helping.
15:42Um, and thick.
15:47And it's just not comfortable.
15:53It's like, um, something's been gnawing on this bit of wood here.
15:59Um, in the night.
16:03And I don't remember that one looking like that.
16:06Yeah, it's just weird.
16:11I want to move my spot.
16:14Find somewhere that's a bit more open.
16:18Let's go for a bit of a walk, eh?
16:21My strategy is to get a sense of the lay of the land before I set up a long-term
16:27shelter.
16:32And then get to work on, on how I'm going to catch my food.
16:43I'm just going to suss out this little spot that I found yesterday.
16:49Been through here.
16:55Oh, this is going to be a prick having to carry my stuff if I find something good.
17:03It's a bit challenging.
17:09But it's very dense.
17:27I don't know what that was.
17:55Oh, on the bum.
17:57Down there.
17:59I slid down there.
18:02I don't really want to be too far away from the water.
18:06But that's so steep.
18:09That's bullshit.
18:13So, I'm not even going to worry about that.
18:15It's not worth breaking the neck.
18:24Let's put a boat through here.
18:29I don't want to go back in there.
18:33It's so dark.
18:58It's so dark.
19:01It's so dark.
19:04All right, we'll check to get this fire going a bit better.
19:07It's not great.
19:08Well, it's day two.
19:11First night I stayed here, and this shelter's actually held up pretty well.
19:15I'm surprised and very happy with that, because I was getting a little worried.
19:22I need to get my wood for that fire.
19:24That's the first thing we'll do.
19:26It just feels unreal being into this competition.
19:29I never really expected to get this far.
19:31I don't want to put the application in.
19:32It's just crazy, I think.
19:34I'm not really here to prove anything.
19:36I'm just here to challenge myself, really.
19:39I don't feel like I have anything to prove.
19:47I'm kind of hungry.
19:53I've been so excited about fishing here.
19:56This whole lead-up, all I can think about is I really want to catch a big fish,
19:59or even a big eel.
20:01One of those.
20:02I just want to make the most of it and just get an experience.
20:07How are you guys?
20:08Delicious.
20:09It's going to be nice having to feed pigs when I'm gone, actually.
20:12I'm 22, and I'm a country boy.
20:18I probably like to spend most of my time by myself outdoors.
20:23I just sort of always wanted to just be able to live off the land as long as I can
20:27remember.
20:28I have a lot of experience in trapping, a lot of bushcraft.
20:32I can build all sorts of things and problem solving and fixing things.
20:38I think, personally, that's one of my biggest skills, just to assess the situation and work out what you need
20:44to get through it.
20:46What did you say the other day?
20:48Jimmy led his first fire when he was, like, two or something?
20:50It was before, like, when he could walk.
20:53Yeah.
20:54I reckon I've got mostly my parents to thank for my survival knowledge.
20:57Ever since I was really little, they've been teaching me a whole range of outdoor activities, hunting and fishing and
21:02camping.
21:04I think possibly being one of the youngest people on here, it could be an advantage.
21:08I don't have kids or a partner or, like, a family of my own.
21:12I'm kind of wild and free, really.
21:14I can go as long as I want.
21:16I don't have people that really rely on me.
21:23You're so looking forward to being alone, aren't you?
21:27Bye.
21:27Bye.
21:34I just don't feel good.
21:37I don't even know what temperature I am.
21:39I feel weird.
21:41Hot, cold, hot, cold.
21:56I'm fine with hard work and stuff, but when I don't have food, I struggle.
22:03I just want to go fishing.
22:09All right.
22:10Now I've got to go all that way, all that way to the fishing spot.
22:18And try to die.
22:20Try to slip down the sides and all that mud.
22:26Whoa.
22:28It's hard because my boots have mud all over them now.
22:32This is a very harsh environment.
22:34It's not going to be very easy to live in.
22:38It's cool, this place, though.
22:40Look.
22:42Even though it's hard to trek through it.
22:45I don't really get to go into any rainforests.
22:51Whoa.
22:52It slipped me there.
22:56Whoa!
23:00Oh, man.
23:08Whoa!
23:13Just nice and slowly.
23:16Oh, my pants are full of mud.
23:20I'm just so dizzy.
23:22Oh, man.
23:24I can feel I'm not thinking straight.
23:32I'll just put it right there.
23:35I'm just trying to take it slowly.
23:37I'm getting so exhausted so easily.
23:53I was planning on doing a lot of meditation out here.
23:57Although I've found every time I stop and just look
24:03that it's like an instant meditative state.
24:14Just enough to not hear my own thoughts and...
24:20There's bubbles.
24:21There's definitely bubbles.
24:23Here, check this out.
24:24That's not rain.
24:26Man, what if it's a crayfish?
24:28Come on, little crayfish.
24:36All right, cool.
24:37Let's get a fishnod.
24:43I wonder when I'm going to crack.
24:45When I'm going to...
24:47start to...
24:49start to crack.
24:50Due to the starvation.
24:53Probably won't be too long.
24:54A few days, maybe.
24:56You know, if I don't have any luck getting fish...
25:02You know, just having that button there.
25:05I could just press it and go,
25:06nah.
25:08Come and get me.
25:09I'm going to the pub.
25:10I'm going to get a steak.
25:13So we need to...
25:14We need to get some fish.
25:18Basically, I'm going to do something real simple.
25:22So I'm just going to clean up the tip of this stick here.
25:26Just get that outer bark off.
25:29And I'm basically just going to chuck some line on that.
25:32Tie it off.
25:33And then go down and dangle it over.
25:37I just want to get a rod in the water.
25:44Righto.
25:50Little buggy bug.
25:53Found this poor little...
25:55Ah, cricket.
25:56I think that's a cricket.
26:00There's a few of them around here, so...
26:02they're going to be on the diet.
26:06Like I'm fishing!
26:13Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:23Wow, Tassie-san.
26:25That's awesome.
26:29Yes!
26:31How good's this?
26:34Far out.
26:35That's beautiful.
26:38Not many nibbles.
26:45What if I just can't catch fish or...
26:48can't catch anything?
26:51I can stay here forever.
26:54Everything's good.
26:55I'm not lonely.
26:57I love everything about this place.
27:00Every single thing.
27:03Except not having food in me tummy.
27:28I'm not lonely.
27:31I'm not lonely.
27:33I don't know, I'm lonely.
27:41I don't know.
27:44I don't know.
27:52I love her.
27:53I love her.
28:00when I was coming through I set up my tarp wrong on the first night that was my
28:08mistake that was stupid it rains 255 out of 365 days a year here this is not a
28:17good start at all my clothes are soaked my waterproof jacket is soaked my
28:30sleeping bag cover is soaked the bottom of my bag it's full of water everything's
28:38wet my gloves my socks my gaiters absolutely soaked the pants
28:55I'm in a lot of trouble fucking stupid man
29:03you get wet you get cold your hypothermia you're out of the game
29:13if I'm gonna make this happen I'm gonna really really step it up
29:23I'm gonna have to start again
29:31day two let's do it
29:59so I'm just making getting some stuff ready so I can
30:05make a fire to boil up some water I'm pretty thirsty I mean I've got some
30:17there but it looks super funky I'm sitting in overnight
30:27this is so wet this stuff is so wet
30:41come on
30:45come on
30:47come on
30:49oh fuck sake stop this is shit I need to walk away fire I can get right never had an
31:04issue
31:13I can't do it how do I survive this if I can't get fire if you don't have fire you
31:21can't boil your water and if I can't boil my water I can't drink
31:29try again
31:42oh
31:44come on far out
32:03yes
32:04yes
32:04yes
32:28you son of a bitch
32:30you son of a bitch
32:51simple things right simple things that's doing my head in the most
33:00this is probably the stupidest thing that I think I've ever put my hand up to do
33:12Dolle
33:13Trene and I we've been together 18 going on 19 years this year
33:20we've built the life that we want
33:24There's not one part of it that I hate.
33:32I don't need to do this to prove to anyone that I'm a strong woman.
33:51It's back.
33:53I want to go home.
33:56I want to go home.
33:59I'm tapping out.
34:00I want to go home.
34:02I want to go home.
34:26I haven't had a decent drink of water today.
34:29I haven't been able to start a fire.
34:34I'm pretty confident with the fire and the ferro rod, but have a look at that.
34:41I have worn that down so much just trying to get something, trying to get Tinder to light.
34:49And so if I was to stay here any longer, I wouldn't have fire.
34:58I have a good life.
35:00I have a happy life.
35:02And I want to go back to that life.
35:05I don't need to be out here to think about that or soul search.
35:09I don't need to do that.
35:10I've got a good life.
35:13This is a super tough environment.
35:16I think it's a mental game, completely mental.
35:20My hat goes off to the rest of the people that are left here.
35:23If they're having a go at this, they're tough.
35:25They've got grit.
35:26I've got grit just in other ways.
36:06To be continued...
36:32Oh, my goodness, it's disco, stereo.
36:40Well, that made me dizzy.
36:43I think I've made the choice of where my shelter will be.
36:48So I'm going to need some poles.
36:51Okay, my friend.
36:53How do you feel about being part of my shelter?
36:57What do you reckon?
37:04Getting set up for survival is always a massive calorie burn.
37:11Alright, I have my first tripod.
37:16I've been training for something like this my whole life.
37:19I've been working on the physical skills of shelter, water, fire and food,
37:24but also the internal skills of resilience, problem solving and creativity.
37:30Alright, cheers.
37:32I'm sorry, Feet, you've done really well, but...
37:36Ouchie.
37:38Ow, ow, ow.
37:39Alright, enough.
37:43I'm feeling the push and the pressure of time to get myself set up.
37:51I'm feeling the pressure of the elements.
37:54Here, let's get you up.
37:58But putting that energy in means that I'll then have a home for the rest of my time here.
38:08So that goes there, and then I have another tripod here.
38:17Yeah, that'll do.
38:33Let's see.
38:36It's extremely muddy here, particularly when you get down to the water's edge.
38:44What I'm trying to do is find a log like this one that's underwater,
38:50and it will hopefully, when I pull it out, have lots of things I can use for bait.
38:56This is kind of what I'm talking about.
38:59This tiny little bug there.
39:03Trout love these kinds of things.
39:06My biggest concern is the food.
39:08I have fast metabolism, and if I don't get it, I'll be gone.
39:15So, I'd like to go fishing.
39:16There's a little mayfly.
39:18But, I mean, this place is an absolute bastard of a place to fish.
39:24It is so snaggy that if I set a set in line, I'm just going to lose my hook.
39:29So, I'm going to start making a kayak.
39:34The kayak is going to solve my set line fishing needs,
39:40my ability to put out a gill net when I make one,
39:43allow me to find water and do my recce.
39:45So, this kayak is actually pivotal to my survival out here.
40:00So, each one of these hoops is going to be like a bulkhead in my kayak.
40:05This will be a small one close to the front,
40:07then I'll have a bigger one near my feet and my hips.
40:12I had to build out canoe for the last solo adventure.
40:16So, I can apply that here.
40:19As you get older, you just keep getting better
40:21because you've had more time together skills.
40:25These are techniques which are really going to help you survive.
40:35I like crows. They're funny buggers.
40:43I remember reading about what it means.
40:47I think one rah is yes, two rah is no.
41:01I'm feeling good about this kayak.
41:03I can't wait to start fishing.
41:07What I'm after is to see if I can reach self-sustainment in the bush.
41:13So, if I can do that and I can comfortably live
41:17for as long as I want to live for out here,
41:19I could definitely win.
41:41Let's go for a walk so that we can find...
41:46I need to see what I'm working with here.
41:48Suss out the land. We'll see if there's anything worth trapping.
41:53Set some traps up.
41:56I'm a hunter. I do guided hunts.
41:58I track and stalk things for a living.
42:00Normally out in the bush every week.
42:02Track and game.
42:03By looking at the signs, I know whatever's in this area.
42:15I did a lot of tracks through here yesterday.
42:18And then what I'm doing today is I'm walking back over them.
42:22To see if there's any animal tracks that have stepped over mine from yesterday.
42:26To see what's come through.
42:28I've seen a couple of footprints in the mud.
42:37I don't want to get my scent everywhere in the area here.
42:43I'm a meat eater. That's all I do. I eat meat.
42:46I've seen a couple of footprints.
42:52I'm hoping if I go to the...
42:55higher ground.
42:56I want to see like a beautiful, you know,
43:01grass pasture with just animals everywhere.
43:30I'm not having a game trial.
43:37Just quiet and nothing.
43:47What are we going to do if I don't find what I'm looking for and I've got nothing to work
43:55with?
43:57I'm in a lot of trouble.
43:59I don't want to be starving.
44:01I don't know what's going to happen, but something better fucking change.
44:27I just wish I didn't feel sick.
44:33I'll do a rep.
44:47I don't have any table or anything for this so hopefully I don't tip anything over here.
44:54But I don't know.
45:07Oh man, I mean I'm sure I'd survive out here with COVID.
45:15Isolating pretty well.
45:18It's just, I don't know, people get COVID and they struggle even when they have a lot
45:27of food and water and stuff.
45:29If that comes up positive, oh man.
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45:46Tasmanian wilderness with the winner taking home a prize with $250,000.
46:18Oh man.
46:25Yeah, it's got a line there.
46:28I'm going to let them know.
46:53I have all the time to get COVID.
46:57Oh man.
46:59It's getting started.
47:27Hey Jimmy, how are you feeling?
47:30I just sort of sharp veins on my left side, just sort of about the bottom lower rib.
47:37Listen to your heart, mate, if you're here.
47:40There you go.
47:54And if you can just take an arm out, I'll do your blood pressure. I'll do this.
47:59Your heart's really racing along. It's sitting on about 120 to 130.
48:06Yeah, right.
48:07And now for a fit young bloke like yourself, that should be down more like maybe 60 or 70.
48:13So your heart's going almost double what I'd expect it to be.
48:17Yeah.
48:17And I think the COVID's irritating your heart and that's causing it to race.
48:22You're probably worried enough to say I need to medically take you out of the field.
48:26Oh man.
48:44It would be pretty tough out here doing this competition without being sick, but I think
48:49being sick just puts a whole new level into it.
49:03I came out here to test myself, but I'm not out here for coming first if it means I'm going
49:10to kill myself.
49:20I'm still young. I've got a lot of my life to live. I'm not going to risk doing permanent
49:24damage to myself.
49:25Hold on.
49:26Hold on.
49:54It is pitch black outside, it's like pitch black.
50:03I can't find my head torch eh, and this is really bothering me because I need it.
50:10I don't want to spend the night eating without the fucking head torch.
50:18My wife fucking told me, keep your shit organized, keep your shit organized.
50:26Come on man.
50:34The last thing you want to do here is spend the night without a head torch.
50:41Come on man.
50:45You gotta get your shit together mate, you gotta get your fucking shit together.
50:50Bad enough you got all your fucking warm clothes wet, and all your waterproof shit wet.
51:02Oh, yes.
51:11That was close.
51:13Shit like that.
51:15Just like a simple thing like that.
51:21That could mean you'll tick at home.
51:40Even sitting here at night, in the black, all you can hear is the pitter patter of the rain on
51:46the tarp.
51:46There is not a single animal noise out there.
51:51Not a single animal noise, not one.
51:55So, for dinner tonight we are having water.
52:01That's what we're having tonight, just a bottle of water.
52:05I have not seen a single thing alive.
52:10Surviving here is going to be very hard.
52:26I haven't eaten in three and a bit days.
52:27Come on, give me something.
52:29If we don't get meat, we're probably not going to do too well out here.
52:33This may take me to a level of starvation that I've never experienced before.
52:37Oh, it's got a feel I think.
52:40Yeah baby.
52:41I've already found a few little rubs.
52:45This is really getting on my nerves.
52:47I feel like I've let myself down a bit.
52:50It's very easy for the mind to go, oh you can just go home and eat.
52:54Bye.
52:58Bye.