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00:24We're halfway to the South Pole, we're going to be totally alone.
00:28It's Tasmania, it's cold, it's rain, it's snow.
00:33We're all going to leave changed forever.
00:38Holy fuck, what is this place?
00:42What have I gotten myself into?
00:46We have to document this whole experience while trying to survive at the same time.
00:53Check it out.
00:55Like a 60k win.
00:59Mother Nature's kick in my ass.
01:02Did you hear that?
01:06This experience is just as much a mind game as it is a survival game.
01:12We've got dinner!
01:14What the fuck?
01:15There's a snake.
01:18You fucker!
01:20Yum!
01:22It's suddenly going downhill very, very fast.
01:27In my heart.
01:30A $250,000 prize would change my life.
01:35Stinkin'.
01:35I'm not out here for coming first if it means going to kill myself.
01:39I like you, Tasmania!
01:41I like you, Tasmania!
01:43I like you, Tasmania!
02:27We're about to be dropped into the wilderness far from everyone we know and love to survive
02:33against all the odds we're strangers in a strange land what wild do you know that feeling when like
02:46fear and excitement is so next to each other you don't know which is which this is gonna be the
02:54hardest thing any of us have ever done come on we are completely and utterly alone out here what have
03:06I done the only food we can eat is stuff that we catch you ready no I don't think anyone
03:16could be
03:16ready we have to live off the land I am speechless scary beautiful I want to acknowledge the
03:28traditional owners of the land the Palawa people
03:40there's no crew there's no producers there's zero contact with the outside world I can't believe
03:47that I'm gonna do this it's gonna be so good it's so bad probably at the same time now that
03:53I'm out
03:53here and I see how difficult the train is to walk through I was preparing for the worst case Mike
04:00Tyson says everyone has a plan till they get punched in the face the west coast of Tasmania is well
04:08known
04:08for its harsh weather conditions then it is one of the toughest places in Australia to survive holy shit oh
04:30it's a fight between nature and yourself and that is a very hard thing to come out on top with
04:37let's kick it kick it kick it cold it's hard country it's gonna be a very hard country but this
04:43is gonna
04:43be home for the next couple of months with my skill set I do have what it takes to win
04:48this the adventure
04:49begins we're only allowed to bring ten items with us on this journey and I tried to choose my ten
04:57items
04:58based on things that I would normally take Bush anyway here we are things like my axe my saw my
05:05knife
05:05sleeping bag going going oh whoa here we go I'm prepared to stay out there for 90 days all my
05:18stuff on my
05:19back see you guys but what if that's not enough I'm not gonna tap out at 90 days because it's
05:2591
05:28dear Lord Jesus thank you for your beautiful country down here that you've created
05:40we can tap out anytime but as soon as you press that button you tapped out that's the end of
05:44the
05:45game there's a $250,000 prize for the last person standing there'll be mine soon
05:58this is a mine game as much as a survival game
06:01landed
06:05mental toughness will be the winner
06:08see you in two years
06:16hello
06:24nothing but silence that's what we want
06:48what do you reckon it's so good hey
06:57so I'm from Tassie you guys probably know this already
07:01I'm gonna get out of the swamp here whoa whoa whoa Jesus
07:14it's pretty bloody serious that shit
07:19and um yeah come along with me on this little journey
07:24challenge spirits are high it's gonna get dark and nasty and emotional at times but
07:35you and me we'll work through it all right
07:40yeah beauty I definitely think I've got more skills than the average person I do a lot of outdoor
07:47stuff you know diving and spearfishing I catch a lot of my food let's take a bit of fish on
07:57it's not a bad diet is it scallops and crayfish and sea urchins abalone
08:02bloody beautiful
08:04come on
08:07good boy yeah being completely alone I don't think it's gonna be a problem
08:13come on fun
08:15yeah good boy there you go
08:17yeah it is just myself and Billy my dog I don't have a partner or children and that
08:22and oh you know I used to be in the army for for many years
08:25I'm a veteran of the Iraq war I joined the military quite young and you know that gave me
08:31the skills to sort of like just keep going and going and going the ultimate goal is to
08:36win you know I don't want to miss out on any time out there you know I want that full
08:40experience
08:41you have to say goodbye mate come on yeah come on you know I don't want to leave any what
08:45-ifs to be
08:46there from day one to day end boy I'm gonna go now all right I reckon probably get some rain
08:57but might have a quick walk for right 10 minutes into the abyss every minute I'm here without a shelter
09:06it's a very big gamble
09:13man it's thick it's really thick bush
09:25how's that take like what seven or eight steps
09:30and this is what it looks like some really big dangerous trees
09:38it's a bit of flat ground here though I reckon I'll uh clear a bit of foliage in there
09:45and chuck a tent up
09:55I've come up with a little bit of a strategy I think while I've got a bit of weight on
09:59me
09:59and a bit of energy I'll just crack onto the shelter straight away
10:02and then once that's done and dusted we'll start chasing some food
10:10okay it's gonna go all the way up here it's gonna be my little house
10:16just noticed something check this out
10:21what the hell is that
10:35wasps
10:38oh well looks like that we're here first
10:49oh just had one I literally just had a
10:52whoop
10:58I'll lift that up a bit so I can collect some water
11:02who knows I might even stay here it's not a bad spot
11:08except for the waspies
11:27I've just only just come into the bush where I've been dropped off by the boat
11:34I can hear something moving around up here
11:42might be a little wallaby or something
11:52nothing can prepare you for Lutruwita
11:54but I just keep in mind and keep telling myself that you know Palawa and Pakana people have survived here
12:01for millennia
12:07oh my mouth so dry
12:17so before I do anything here
12:20because I'm new to this place and I've never been here before
12:26it's important that I um
12:29that I speak to this place
12:31in my grandmother's language in Toreo Māori
12:34and this is true in both Aboriginal culture and Māori culture
12:37you know protocol 101
12:40for any any First Nations person really around the world
12:47the wind just dropped right then when I said that
12:50this sun coming through he is beautiful
12:59It's not miserable
13:06This has been a while for the Uانs
13:15just be an hour
13:16so
13:17let me talk, let me know
13:21Nō Aotearoa ahau, ko Rob Tuko Inua.
13:27E mi ana ahau ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tanata whenua, kia koutou.
13:35Kia ora tātou katoa.
13:51Kia ora tātou katoa.
14:25Kia ora tātou katoa.
14:49Kia ora tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana.
15:16Kia ora tūpana, ki ngā tūpana.
15:23Kia ora tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana.
15:31Kia ora tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana.
16:08Kia ora tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana.
16:12Kia ora tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana, ki ngā tūpana.
16:26I'm doing this because we have this idea of who we are.
16:30I know what I'm capable of.
16:32I've got tenacity. I'm stubborn.
16:36But then we're put in a situation where we're not with anybody
16:40and we can't talk to anybody.
16:42We have to deal with ourselves.
16:56I've never been truly alone ever in my life.
16:59I think I'm okay, but I won't know how prepared I am
17:04until I'm actually on the land.
17:07What do you want, darling?
17:08My life is crazy busy.
17:11I've got people around me all the time.
17:14We do love camping and it's going on a big camp, isn't she?
17:18Katrina and I have been together for nearly 19 years
17:21and we've got four boys and two granddaughters.
17:24Do you want to put that one on the plate for me?
17:27And all these animals.
17:30It's chaos.
17:31Oh, yeah, tummy scratch.
17:33Go.
17:36I'm a proud Wiradjuri woman.
17:39Always put your knives back in your pouch so you know where they are.
17:43A big part of who I am and our family is to be outdoors
17:46and connecting with country and connecting with nature.
17:50And they got caught.
17:51My goal is to be the first woman in Australia,
17:55First Nations, grandmother, mother, to win this.
17:59That's a lot of shit we've got to carry.
18:02Fuck.
18:13Okay.
18:14Oh, just puffed.
18:20Anyhow.
18:22All right.
18:23I'm going to make a digging stick.
18:25I need to dig out this ground a little bit
18:28so I can at least get a fire started.
18:32That's a good one.
18:35It's nice and heavy too.
18:45I feel eyeballs on me.
18:55Mentally, I don't know how I'm going to be when I am isolated
19:00and I worry about where my head might go.
19:06So many different noises here.
19:22Something really smells.
19:26It could be a Tassie Devil den.
19:35We'll see.
19:36It could be in here actually.
19:40But I can't see any carcasses of anything.
19:43So somewhere...
19:44Oh, you can...
19:46You're for later.
19:49I can smell something really pongy.
19:57I'm going to fucking shoot myself if something comes out.
20:03Wake up in a Tasmanian devil in my face wanting to eat it.
20:08I'm just paranoid.
20:14It's just those branches rubbing together
20:17that are making me nervous.
20:23Ooh.
20:31Ooh.
20:35Did you hear that?
20:37That was a tree falling.
20:41Ooh.
20:46Fuck.
20:48I'm just not happy with what's above me.
20:54I'm just not happy with what's above me.
20:55This is fucking stupid.
20:57This is ridiculous.
20:59Doing this.
21:00Absolutely ridiculous.
21:19It's going to rain offshore.
21:21Ooh.
21:23Ooh.
21:23Slippery.
21:26Ooh.
21:29You got that.
21:36I'm so thirsty.
21:39I'll try and start out fire.
21:43Something stinks.
21:45And you know what?
21:48It'll be a fucking devil den.
21:50And I'll find out about it in the middle of the night.
21:54And then I'll shit myself.
21:59Alright, so I'm going to make my fire here.
22:03Shit.
22:03Where the fuck?
22:05Where the fuck?
22:05Oh.
22:07Fuck.
22:10That.
22:12Cannot.
22:14Ever.
22:16Get lost.
22:17Ever.
22:19So.
22:23This.
22:24Is going in the bra.
22:27Stupid ferro rod.
22:29Fuck.
22:30That would have been dumb.
22:35We've been allowed to bring ten items.
22:38With us.
22:39To help us survive.
22:42And I chose my items.
22:44Based on my skill sets.
22:45And my comfort.
22:46And what I am able to use.
22:49My strategy.
22:51Is fire first.
22:52Shelter second.
22:54Food.
22:55Take it easy.
22:56And live in the moment.
23:04No.
23:07No.
23:09No.
23:10Fucking hell.
23:13Okay.
23:14I've got to really get serious about this.
23:32Come on.
23:34Oh.
23:47Come on.
23:50Come on.
23:52Come on.
23:57Come on.
23:58Come on.
24:04Kevin.
24:05Who was going on?
24:06Yes, yes, yes, yes
24:14Yes
24:42There is a lot of mud here
24:47I'm going to go for a fish so if I can get a salmon or something for dinner tonight
24:54Also need to start a fire
24:57A little ball of some water as well
24:59Still got a bit to do
25:03But yeah, surviving here is going to be very hard
25:08So if you don't start getting food in quick
25:13You're not going to last long out here
25:16My job is a hunting guide
25:19And I'm based in Western Sydney
25:20We did it brother
25:24When it comes to hunting, I'm very highly skilled
25:27My strengths are hunting, fishing, tracking, stalking, archery, rifle shooting
25:33My mental strength, my way of adapting to what my surroundings are
25:38I'd describe myself as definitely an alpha male
25:41I love my wife and love my kids
25:44We are a very hunting family
25:47So my wife loves hunting
25:49We shoot together, ride bikes together
25:51It's a perfect match
25:56I think I've got the skills to go the whole way
25:58Just due to my line of work
26:01Being outdoors every single day
26:03About half the tools that I go hunting with
26:05I'm not allowed to use on this
26:07My firearms, my bows
26:08If I could bring my bow and arrow here
26:10It wouldn't be a survival show
26:12I'd be able to live out there quite comfortably
26:16Now it becomes a personal challenge
26:17I can't blame my bow or my gun
26:20It's really just
26:21If you fuck up
26:23I can only blame one person
26:24And that's me
26:27Lots of scat and shit around here
26:29So I'm going to have to set up traps around here
26:31It's literally like a forest of death
26:38It looks pretty scary
26:39To be honest
26:40Like when you look at it
26:41It looks like that place from
26:45A dark place from the Lion King
26:53Alright, I'm going to get set up
27:10Here we are
27:11There
27:14Sweet
27:15Now, see?
27:16You can see the fire
27:17I mean that fire
27:19There
27:19That's what I wanted
27:20And then
27:21Ta-da
27:23I don't know why I was doing that
27:24I'm not
27:25We're here
27:26Okay, cool
27:26We're all sorted now
27:28Boom
27:33Day one
27:38Man
27:38Just set the whole camera up
27:40And got the
27:41Craps with it
27:43And I don't even have anything to say
27:45So
27:49Yeah
27:56Nice little stream
27:57Oh man, a little waterfall
28:03I'm going to try this water
28:05I'm going to try this water
28:05You should always
28:09You should always boil water
28:10They reckon
28:13And you should listen to them
28:16Don't always do what I do alright
28:18But
28:20I'm going to try it
28:26It's good to just have a little sip first
28:37Can't really taste bacteria can you?
28:42Rule one boil your water
28:44Rule one boil
28:48You can tell me how to live my life
28:50I feel sick
28:51From the water
28:52Nah
29:16Oh
29:16Tree hugging
29:21Just waking up to this every morning
29:24Cost you a mint
29:25To get this anywhere else
29:29So this is my shelter for night one
29:31I'm pretty happy with it
29:33It's got two ridge lines
29:35And a front door that overlooks the water
29:39So I've started to collect these ferns
29:43Start laying these down for my bedding
29:46We'll just make layers and layers of these
29:49Roll out our sleeping bag on
29:51I do enjoy spending time out on country
29:54I like being out in the bush
29:56And sharing knowledge for our children
29:58Is so important, you know
30:01We're not rich people
30:02We can't give them
30:03And fill their bank accounts up with money
30:05But we can fill their minds and their hearts up
30:07With the right knowledge
30:07That'll do them well through their life
30:14Let's go
30:15You alright?
30:16Daddy get this one?
30:18I'm a simple person
30:19Lead a pretty simple life
30:22Myself, my partner Leanne
30:24My son Coby
30:26And my daughter Karali
30:28Automatic
30:29When you go bush
30:30You go as a family
30:31And every family member has a job to do
30:33But you're actually going to do this on your own
30:36So you have to think about everything
30:39Well, you know
30:40I'm not a survivalist
30:42I'm not a doomsday prepper
30:44As a family we spend a lot of time out bush
30:47Another crab
30:48Look!
30:50It's a big one, really
30:51You can eat that one
30:52You can eat him
30:54I mean here locally we go and get kangaroo meat all the time
30:57We get kangaroo and we get emu
30:59And it's really important to us to have our children out on country
31:03Two eggs
31:05Learning just how to be out in bush and how to survive out there
31:08Are you going to carry them for me?
31:11Here we go
31:11Thank you
31:12I'm going to take one photo with me
31:16I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing
31:17Like whether looking at that photo is going to make me more upset than I need to be
31:22I'm here
31:23I want to come
31:25No, daddy got to go by himself, okay?
31:28I love you
31:28For me I'm doing this to really grow as a human being
31:32But to be honest I don't know how I'm going to handle just being alone and away from my family
31:37Especially that little girl
31:39That's going to be the hardest part I think for me, is missing my family
31:44The trees are crazy eh? Like, they're so old and ancient, they're all covered in moss
32:01Plenty of wallaby scout around here
32:06Yeah, which is good
32:10Hopefully there will be some food hopping around here later
32:28Okay, shelter o'clock
32:30Alright, what are we fishing about?
32:33Time to get to work
32:34I've definitely got a sense of working against the clock
32:38And feeling that the walk that I had and playing around by the shore
32:43Was a kind of drop shock
32:47Feeling a little bit, I don't know
32:51Stunned by being out here
32:53Because I don't have a sleeping bag
32:55I really need to have a warm shelter and a fire tonight
33:05Losing daylight, I need to get a wriggle on
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33:14As ten contestants battle to survive alone in the Tasmanian wilderness
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33:49I'm under the pump
33:52I'm under the pump
33:52Probably the thing that I like the least in survival is rain
33:58And this place rains 255 days a year
34:06I'm under the pump
34:06I have you a twin break
34:07Hiya!
34:09My family think I'm bonkers
34:11But they're not at all surprised that I'm doing something like this
34:16I've spent my whole life deepening into ancestral skills
34:20and learning how to be at home in the wild.
34:24It's not the prettiest shelter in the history of shelters,
34:29but it's going to keep me dry,
34:31and that's all I really want.
34:37I live in an off-grid shack.
34:39It's so off-grid it doesn't even have power or running water.
34:43I run camps and experiences
34:46that help people connect with nature.
34:50Look at our little fish ears. You're going to love this.
34:53Actually, it's not just fish. This is really good for eels.
34:57How to make shelter, how to make fire,
35:00how to weave baskets, how to make tools, how to track animals.
35:03That is so, so beautiful, Jade.
35:06Like, if I was sitting down, I can tuck my feet in.
35:09See, that keeps me warm.
35:12I will be taking in a possum skin coat.
35:15I have been making this possum coat with Jodie Edwards.
35:19My friend, and a lineage holder for possum skin cloaks.
35:25Sharing will help that continuation of knowledge and culture to go on.
35:33I've been training for something like this my whole life.
35:36I want to win this. I really want to win this.
35:40$250,000 prize would change my life.
35:43The only way I'm coming out of this is if they pull me out.
35:56So there's this pretty cool trick.
36:00If you're in a situation like I'm in right now where I'm running out of light,
36:05so I'm going to use my T-shirt, part of the sleeve,
36:12and the cotton will take a spark.
36:19And then the spark's going into the bit of T-shirt.
36:28Catch it on fire.
36:30And then from there, I can catch my tinder.
36:45I can start my fire.
36:49Cool, huh?
36:50Fire is probably one of my strongest skills.
36:54And the number one law of survival for me is conservation of energy.
36:59Everything else comes from that.
37:00And it's a simple equation.
37:02I need to stay warm.
37:04I need to stay dry.
37:05And simple shivering is going to burn calories
37:08that I would then need to go out and find.
37:11I don't like doing the T-shirt thing.
37:15Partly it's a matter of pride and ego.
37:17However, when you're in a true survival situation,
37:21conservation of energy is pretty important.
37:25And also, having everything done before dark
37:30is also pretty important.
37:44Oh, big bubbles.
37:46Yeah.
37:48Oh, big bubbles, no troubles.
37:51That's what I wanted.
37:54I'll just let that roll on the boil like that for a few minutes.
38:01I'm from a hot climate in red dirt country in the Mali
38:05where it's quite a lot warmer than it is here in Lutra Witte.
38:08So it's that cold climate that worries me the most.
38:19Night number one.
38:21I'm just about to have a sip of this drink.
38:28Of this well-earned drink.
38:30Oh, look at the same coming off it.
38:39Oh, my God.
38:42Oh, that's boiling hot.
38:44Burned my lips a little bit.
38:45I don't even care.
38:48Oh.
38:50Oh, that's so good.
39:01We have a story about Bulimar,
39:03which is the place that we go after we die.
39:05And so that Milky Way there, that's Bulimar,
39:08that's the big river in the sky.
39:10And all them stars,
39:11they're the campfires of our ancestors along there.
39:14So, you know, if you feel alone,
39:16whether you're in the big city
39:17or if you're out in the middle of the bush
39:18in the middle of nowhere,
39:19you can always look up at them stars
39:21and see those campfires, you know.
39:23And, you know, the story of Bulimar
39:25is one that I'll pass to my kids
39:26and, you know, to my daughter
39:27and just want to tell her that, you know,
39:30long after I'm gone,
39:32if she ever needs me,
39:33all she has to do is go outside,
39:35look up at the stars,
39:36and that brightest star that's shining that night,
39:38that'll be my fire.
40:02I've got a feeling this rain is going to set in.
40:13She's riding cats and dogs down here.
40:17It's relentless.
40:18You are relentless.
40:21Go home, Ryan, you're drunk.
40:32Fuck.
40:39Do I have enough firewood inside?
40:50Yep.
40:57Is there anything I need to do?
41:02Well, we'll see
41:04how the shelter holds up.
41:20I had something
41:22moving past.
42:05I don't know.
42:06Man, this is crazy.
42:10Absolutely crazy.
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42:44in the Tasmanian wilderness
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43:05I tell you R U.S.
43:17I'll see you next time.
43:18I'll see you next time.
43:26All the wood outside is soaked, but, yeah, I've got bucklies, I've got no chance of
43:36recovering that fire, which is a bummer, which means I can't stay warm.
43:48It was cold, it was cold last night, that's for sure, it was, like, freezing cold, like
43:54I've never felt cold like that before, and, um, I also have another problem, I woke up this
44:03morning and saw this, uh, yeah, a bit of a fault in the roof of my shelter.
44:14But, well, one good thing is that I've got drinking water.
44:18No fire to purify water, but I've got this.
44:33The Palawa, when they were out here, they learned to love this place and love Mother Earth and
44:38all that she provides for them.
44:40And Mother Earth, country, would be telling them, this time of year, mid-winter, is not
44:45the time to be here.
44:46I have warmer places for you to be, I have more food and resources in abundance in other places,
44:51and move accordingly and come back here when conditions are more welcoming and more hospitable.
45:00This is my family here.
45:04And, uh, Leanne, my partner here, she's everything to me, she's, uh, she's a really strong black
45:16woman and, um, you know, I owe her everything for giving me this beautiful son and, um, and
45:29this beautiful little girl.
45:30And, um, this here, this is my little, my little Kurali bird, my little Apostle bird.
45:39Ah.
45:41Huh.
45:43I brought this photo with me, eh, and I'm going to look at it, and that's, um, ah, it makes
45:54you choke up a bit.
45:57No.
46:01Va-ha.
46:17Ah!
46:19Ah!
46:20Ah!
46:22Ah!
46:26So, I attempt to get a fire going.
46:39I'm actually feeling...
47:03I'm feeling a bit shit today, probably because I had
47:11a rough sleep.
47:14It's wet.
47:23And I miss my family a lot.
47:44Fuck, this is so wet.
48:06Sitting out here with no fire, not able to stay warm in the middle of a Tasmanian winter
48:12is not an easy thing to do.
48:26I'm just thinking about to happen.
48:32It's not lost on me that chances like this don't come along very often.
48:38Sometimes you can overthink, like when you're by yourself a lot, but time to look within
48:45and maybe I'll last a bit longer.
48:58I've come from a place where, you know, I love my life.
49:05And you know what, hands down I'd much prefer being there than here.
49:13But you know, this is my journey and this is about me and how far I can go.
49:21And this is my journey.
50:02in every possible way this experience is going to push me to my edges don't you wish you were me
50:09i can feel it already there's just this wind coming the snow wind it's pressing down it's
50:16like a camping from hell where you just can't leave that fucking hurt take away human's food
50:24a lot happens to the mind i'm losing my fucking shit hey what's the point in life when there's
50:30no one to share it with