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00:25The
00:25goal is to get home by nightfall.
00:28I'm exhausted.
00:30Oh, what's that?
00:32Oh, it's a platypus.
00:34Wow.
00:35I'm very glad to be here.
00:37I want to be out here for 90 days.
00:40Oh, yes!
00:41Death and a patty melon.
00:42Make that trap now while the animal's there.
00:45The quicker I finish this, the quicker I could possibly be eating it.
00:48I'm starting to feel how harsh this place can be.
00:51It's like a camping from hell where you just can't leave.
00:56Man, my brain is scattered.
00:59I'm starting to lose a bit of hope on my abilities to catch food out here.
01:03Suddenly going downhill very, very fast.
01:06Fuck this.
01:07I'm over it.
01:08I'm fucking over it.
01:11We're halfway to the South Pole.
01:12We're going to be totally alone.
01:15It's Tasmania.
01:16It's cold.
01:17It's rain.
01:18It's snow.
01:19We're all going to leave changed forever.
01:26Yeah!
01:29Mother Nature's kick in my ass.
01:34This experience is just as much a mind game as it is a survival game.
01:43Check it out.
01:45Whoa!
01:47Turn it away.
01:52A $250,000 prize would change my life.
01:56Take the�.
01:57Stay!
01:58Shhhhhh!
02:02Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
02:15Ssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
02:17Oh, my God.
02:48Man, yesterday afternoon was just emotionally challenging.
02:57I don't know, I've never experienced a hunger like this before.
03:02The environment's perfect.
03:03It's just what the lack of food is doing to my mind.
03:08In a lot of ways, it scares me. I don't like it.
03:12What the hell is the answer here?
03:14Like, how do I continue this journey?
03:18And keep achieving my motives if I can't fuel my brain.
03:24I just need a sign that's going to be all right.
03:31Maybe I'm not as mentally resilient as I thought I'd grown to be.
03:43This is just, unfortunately, the end of my time here.
03:56Yeah.
03:57Yeah.
04:12You're fucking kidding me.
04:27That fishing line is moving. I kid you not.
04:43Oh, no way!
04:51Come on, come on, come on, come on.
04:54Come on, come on, come on. What the fuck?
05:11Oh! No shit.
05:32What the hell?
05:37I feel like I should be more excited, like...
05:39but I'm... I'm absolutely in shock.
05:44Unbelievable.
05:57Look at these eggs.
05:59Oh, no way.
06:01Look at that.
06:08That is absolutely nuts.
06:16Wow.
06:18I'm just gonna soup it up, the whole thing.
06:22Okay.
06:24I can go in there like that.
06:31Don't never not ever give up.
06:44Food's in the belly.
06:46Morale is high.
06:47Yeah.
06:49Positivity.
06:52There's nowhere else I want to be right now than here.
06:55And that's honestly the truth.
06:59Mmm.
07:01Mmm.
07:08Mmm.
07:11Mmm.
07:29Today, I need to air my everything.
07:34I just need air on my everything.
07:37So, I will now show you why.
07:41If you don't like medical stuff or 52-year-old woman's thighs,
07:45just go make a cup of tea.
07:50Okay.
07:51How's this for?
07:54Absolutely horrible.
07:56Don't you wish you were me?
08:00Yep.
08:01I think I've figured out what's really aggravating this hives reaction thing that I'm having.
08:08I think it's heat.
08:11I'm not used to wearing clothes.
08:13Like, I normally have like one layer of cotton on and that's it.
08:16Even in winter.
08:16I mean, I don't even wear undies.
08:18I haven't worn undies in 20 years.
08:2130 years.
08:22And now I constantly have like layers on my skin.
08:27It's not breathing.
08:31So, apologies if anything shows that shouldn't.
08:37But yeah, I need it for my health.
08:48So, today's task is enclose this shelter.
08:54I would like to have it done by tonight so that this shelter is as insulated as possible.
09:01So I can be warm without having all the layers of clothes on so that I can actually have a
09:07comfortable night's sleep tonight.
09:13My strategy is still not to even worry about food, just to work on this shelter.
09:19I'm losing energy because I'm uncomfortable in my living situation.
09:26And I need to fix that.
09:32I need a front door.
09:35So, I'm going to set up a bush loom so I can weave my grass door.
09:42Okay, I'm going to pound these two Y-sticks in.
09:49I should have beveled the top of these so that they don't fray, but I'm just too bloody knackered actually.
09:55And then there's going to be a cross bar across here that a whole bunch of strings are tied to.
10:03And then I've got seven individual sticks that get driven into the ground there.
10:09Ow.
10:10All right.
10:12Then there's another seven strings that go in between those sticks.
10:20Oh my god, I can make a musical instrument.
10:21I'm making a nest for my home.
10:32And tonight I'm going to sleep like a baby alone.
10:48So what happens is I'm going to put a row of sedge in through here.
10:55And then pull this up to trap it.
11:00And then insert another row and pull it down.
11:03And it'll end up being a weave.
11:07That's a bit of a schmozzle.
11:10However, it's working.
11:14I really wanted to finish it by tonight because I think it's going to be a cold night.
11:19But I'm halfway there and I'm just too buggered.
11:23So I'm going to have a little rest and then I'm going to keep flooding.
11:38Move it around.
11:48Woohoo!
11:51Slurps up.
11:55Ooh.
11:57Front side 50-50.
11:59Back side three out.
12:03Surf's up!
12:04Now, I've been missing surfing that much.
12:07Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho!
12:09Slurps up!
12:11Then I've created my own kind of surfing.
12:14Whoa!
12:15It's called slurfing.
12:16Shhh!
12:17Yeah!
12:18Got it!
12:21My shelter is right in front of water, but here's the thing.
12:25I think the snags and lower-lying waters isn't really suitable for catching fish.
12:34Today, I'm gonna go explore that far bay.
12:39Have a show of what this beautiful place has to offer as far as food source goes.
12:46Now, how in the world do I get across all this?
12:51Ugh, it's the only way around.
13:03I'll tell you what this last week's brought for me.
13:07It's brought on an appreciation for food.
13:11I've had next to nothing for seven days.
13:14I'm really, really hungry.
13:16Like...
13:17Like, yeah, like, proper hungry.
13:21Look down there.
13:22No snags.
13:24A chance for me to throw a line out.
13:27Hopefully get some nice food.
13:30Wouldn't that be lovely?
13:33WHISTLE BLOWS
13:36Wow.
13:45Sinkers and floats were not part of my ten items.
13:49So what I've got is this, um...
13:55tightening up doobie whacker off my rain jacket.
14:00I'm pretty sure it's got a spring in it, so it might be kinda weighted but kinda floats.
14:05We'll find out.
14:07Use that as a float.
14:11It's funny how just the littlest things like this remind you of just playing with your son.
14:16Just reminds me of a car spring.
14:18One of the springs off the Sky Electric cars that he has at home.
14:22Just doing little repairs with him.
14:27You miss it.
14:30Definitely do.
14:33Doing this survival stuff makes you appreciate a lot in life, eh?
14:37So I could just go home and be with the kiddies.
14:42It doesn't float.
14:48My heritage is in a nation of Wannerua, up in Moirundi, New South Wales.
14:53I have a large extended family with all my little nieces and nephews that I love dearly.
15:00We're like a little mob. We still hang out on weekends together.
15:05And I just love seeing my own children with my nieces and nephews playing around and learning off each other.
15:12It's something that's so important and really beautiful.
15:18Life is so beautiful and precious back home that it's making me question how long do I really want to
15:26go without all that.
15:33I've got my trusty bottle rod.
15:44Stickfish. Bloody hell.
15:52My stomach's saying,
15:55hurry up and feed me something decent.
16:01Let's have another go, eh?
16:07If I'm not coming back with a fish, it's going to affect me big time.
16:36That is beautiful. Honestly, let's just, let's go for a swim.
16:44Let's get out there on the surf.
16:47Go and rip it up.
16:48Woah.
16:49Woah.
16:58Is he going to get naked? Is he?
17:03No, because I'm washing these.
17:06Fuck, this is going to be cold.
17:16Oh, yes.
17:19This is not like a bath.
17:22That trout did give me a new sense of what is available and felt like a bit of an omen.
17:31That just reiterates that I'm here for a reason and I can do this.
17:37Thank you, Palawa!
17:40Ha-ha!
17:50God almighty, that's bloody cold!
17:52Oh!
17:55Wow, it feels nice though.
17:58The whole day is good if I don't get overwhelmed.
18:02The whole experience is awesome if I don't cross that line.
18:09Guess I'll scare any fish off for the next five days.
18:14Oh, I feel good. I feel nice.
18:16Oh, today has been such a change.
18:22I feel like we've done a full 180, getting that fish, having a feed.
18:33It's a good mental health day today.
18:37To recover and replenish the soul.
18:53It's been many years since I got out of the army.
18:58Yeah, I definitely gained some little side effects, we can say.
19:02Some mental health challenges.
19:06You know, I hit the bottle pretty hard after Iraq and, you know, lots of substance abuse.
19:14Whether it's guilt or shame or what not, but I want to sort of, you know, spend my life making
19:20up for those things.
19:24Voila!
19:54I wanted to show you something.
19:57These pants were, like, ridiculously too small for me when I came in at 94 kilos.
20:05A friend of mine sewed this kind of, like, panel in so I'd be able to actually wear them.
20:13But look how close I am to actually doing them up.
20:18Breathe in!
20:21No, because if I break the button I'm screwed.
20:24Anyway.
20:25So.
20:26There.
20:26Fucking stop saying so!
20:28Ugh!
20:30So.
20:31And that to me says I have lost at least seven kilos.
20:37Possibly more.
20:40That's a lot.
20:41Considering I'm coming in with 30 kilos to lose.
20:46When you're fasting for this long, bodies, they switch over.
20:51I've definitely switched over into ketosis.
20:55Which means I'm not burning carbohydrates for fuel anymore.
20:59I'm burning fat, obviously.
21:03I just went and got a whole lot more sausage.
21:07And I am going to finish this for tonight so that tonight I'm going to be warm.
21:13Proper warm.
21:15Snuggly, toasty, yummy warm.
21:34I got a door.
21:36I can just walk in and then I can close the door.
21:44Ha!
21:46Bit by bit.
21:48Bit by fucking bit.
21:52My house is warm.
21:55The first time.
21:59Coming into this, everyone is asking me why.
22:02Why are you doing this?
22:03Like, what's your why?
22:06Is it to be the first woman to win?
22:08Yeah, sure.
22:09Is it to this?
22:10Is it to that?
22:11Yeah, sure.
22:14I think the universe bends its attention and holds its breath.
22:22Whenever humans make a stand for something.
22:27Whatever it is.
22:29I think part of my why, my deeper, deeper why.
22:34Is that I'm making a stand.
22:38For remembering a way of being.
22:44That my culture has largely forgotten.
22:50I feel such kinship with that way of life.
22:55A way of living where you can be in harmony with nature.
23:03Because I know it's possible.
23:05I know, I know it's possible.
23:13So that's my why.
23:18That's why I'm here, really.
23:37That's why I'm here.
23:45I know.
23:52It's a mystery.
23:59to hear that big picture wise pretty happy with where I'm at I've made most of
24:04a kayak made a fishing rod made a net got a paddy melon trap on the ground I
24:10haven't lit a fire and I'll continue not to have a fire until I actually need
24:14one which could be tonight if I get this paddy melon it is the time and I have
24:21been waiting for all day I'm gonna go up and check the trap I haven't really
24:27anything for the week other than you know one lot of shoots so I'm hoping now
24:33that all that hard work over this last week we'll um we'll start producing
24:37something I almost don't want to look it's too nerve-wracking
25:00damn it log this up tree and the trap did not go off all right let's see what's on the
25:09trail
25:09good that's me it's not standing that he's inspecting in it with his nose yeah it doesn't
25:24make sense like he actually sniffs the trap walked through the middle of it next to the trip line and
25:31it didn't bite him so I don't know why they're being cautious but they are I have provided them
25:39an obterment fruit one around that side and one around that side so I just get a block something
25:48there and put another block just there the difference between winning this or not is whether
25:57you can bring in food and I've got some pretty elaborate ways of doing that but if I don't
26:02pull in food then it's really just a starvation competition and I don't want to do that like I
26:06want to see if I can live off the land properly without starving oh well that's that I'm gonna leave
26:21it there and my attention now is gonna go back to the fire setup so if I do get a
26:26paddy melon that
26:27groundwork was done so I can just cook them up because it rains so frequently I need to put a
26:39cover
26:39over this fire otherwise it's just gonna go out every 10 minutes and it takes a lot of effort to
26:43start a
26:43fire out here in the wet particularly with a ferro rod so I'm gonna gather something that goes over that
26:53and I think the best bet is to go find a stringy bark and use that so in order to
27:01look after the tree
27:04I'll only take about a third now I've read that Aboriginal people wouldn't take it off the tree
27:14unless they could separate it with their hands because if you can't separate it with your hands
27:20it means that it's too dry then the bark won't be flexible enough to bend this place is super wet
27:28and I can use my hands haha my survival skills have come from a range of different areas some of
27:37the
27:37most important ones were where when I was a kid that's a good sound I didn't play sports on the
27:43weekends because I didn't want to waste my weekends playing sport I just wanted to be out fishing and
27:46camping it's been a lifelong passion this very shortly it's gonna fall off ready
27:59oh yeah awesome oh man it weighs a ton it's full of water so as you get older you just
28:12keep getting
28:12better because you've had more time together skills you know I'm 45 now by the time I'm 65 I'll probably
28:17have almost double the amount of experience that I got now that's part of the joy of it is that
28:23you're
28:23always getting better at it definitely don't want to be treading over logs with this on my head
28:38oh I'm having to bend it to get through these trees hope it doesn't snap
28:49if I can get that paddy melon that is potentially a game winner for me yeah if that's a regular
28:58thing
28:58once a week I get a paddy melon I've probably won please piece I need food I'd love something hot
29:26just something warm in the belly would be amazing I want to go back over to big bay to go
29:33for another
29:33fish fuck it's a freaking tricky little hike though just fucked me up there
29:51I feel like I'm losing so much energy just trying to get there and back
29:59I'm wishing I had my little boat my wife my two kids right now
30:08I need to feel love and give love
30:21maybe it's time to just pack it up
30:30get away from there
30:34here we go
30:37there we go
30:38there we go
30:38oh yes
30:41guys
30:43ha ha ha
30:46oh
30:46ha ha ha
30:48ha ha
30:49ha ha
30:49yes
30:51giddy up
30:52come on
30:53beautiful
30:55oh yes
31:01I'm happy
31:02thank you
31:07I'm happy to get back and get him prepped up hopefully on a nice fire and fry him if my
31:14wood's dry enough we'll see
31:16long walk back
31:39it is so much colder today
31:45so today's plan is
31:48finishing that wall so that it's rain proof because it's still getting drips coming through it so just be nice
31:54to have it dry here
31:56so pull out that foliage
31:58stack it vertical
32:00make a bit of a frame out from here to so everything can stand up on and not fall this
32:05way either
32:06that should have that wall finished
32:10but it won't be the end
32:13it won't even be the beginning of the end
32:16it will be
32:17the end
32:18of the beginning
32:25if I can get started
32:29for those of you who think you'd have to be crazy to do this
32:33you're probably right
32:35but
32:36I like crazy
32:40Ed Drop
32:41I let you know that um
32:42I was not going to quit
32:44I was going to stick with it to the end
32:45and that was my solemn vow and promise
32:49dear God
32:50I take this land
32:52to be my home
32:54through sunshine
32:55and bad weather
32:58until
32:59medevac
33:01or I'm the last one standing
33:03this is my solemn vow
33:05and promise
33:10so I'm out here
33:12for the long haul
33:13I'm in it to win it
33:20it's a little damper than I'd like
33:21for working outside
33:22I can manage it
33:25I'll be strong
33:30it'd be nice to have a shower
33:32it'd be nice to
33:33go out on a date with my wife
33:35to hug my kids
33:39but it's very important to
33:40be able to be content
33:42whether you've got plenty or little
33:45we'll get through the storm when it comes next
33:47and be thankful for this time spent here
33:55oh careful with your shelter Michael
33:58my faith has taught me not to rely on the luxuries in life
34:04I'm here to test my limits
34:06to take them myself to the end of my limits
34:09and once I've got there
34:10to lean on God
34:11to carry me further
34:15just a couple more handfuls to go
34:17and we might be done
34:27great done
34:29that is pretty good there
34:32it's a massive improvement
34:55don't tell me this tinder
34:57it's still not dry enough
35:03that's gotta be
35:06I need fire to fucking cook
35:12freaking stuck this tinder up my fucking ass
35:15to try and get warm enough
35:16and dry enough
35:19it's just not
35:20it lights up and then
35:21turns black
35:26fuck what am I doing out of here
35:47like it's a fish species
35:49that you can eat raw
35:55I think about all the good things back home
35:57I could be doing
36:01but what happens
36:02three, four days, five days
36:04when I'm back home
36:06might hit me and go
36:08or
36:11do I push on
36:13try and beat these mental barriers
36:16and stay on
36:18for as long as I absolutely can
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36:34in the Tasmanian wilderness
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36:52just went to put my hat on
36:54one of the cheeky fat flies of this area
36:57was in it buzzing
36:59right inside my head
37:01or under it
37:02anything else in there?
37:04what's that?
37:05you, uh, fly maggot
37:11my hat got maggoted
37:13I think I'll just spend the next half hour
37:16tweezering them off
37:21how many maggots do I have in my head?
37:27kookaburri's laughing, come on
37:33oh, you can eat maggots
37:34that's right
37:35yeah
37:40oh, wait, guys
37:50just remember your personal hygiene, Michael
38:02priority one for today
38:04is a wash
38:07I was thinking about having a wash this morning
38:09as I lay in bed
38:12and, um, as much as I love the outdoors
38:16I love coming home for a shower afterwards
38:20being fresh
38:21so I'm going to enjoy having a wash today
38:27so this will be my bathtub, I think
38:29it's meant to be a backpack car
38:32and chuck some rocks in the fire
38:33so I can make myself some nice warm bath water
38:39these are my hot water fire rocks
38:45hot, smoky water
38:51I think this will work
38:52we are ready
38:53to start filling with water
38:59somebody told me
39:01if your hot rock boil
39:02you won't burn the plastic bag
39:05that you're boiling in
39:07today we'll find out
39:13yep, it's hot
39:33I reckon that's hot enough
39:38yep
39:43well, let's have a feel of the water
39:47temperature is
39:50cool bath
39:53and cool bath is better than no bath
39:54so let's take it
39:58you know how a bath goes
40:00you'll see naked people
40:02but you won't see me
40:08oh
40:13wow
40:18you don't know how much I needed that
40:21just to wash myself
40:23and to be clean
40:26it's like I can go on
40:28I can do this
40:29if I can give myself a wash once a week
40:33it's just so relieving
40:34and see if I can get the water
40:46you
40:47yeah
40:49I can go on
41:03let's have to
41:03show them
41:04okay
41:04quiteietly
41:04so
41:04regularly
41:04and
41:04my
41:06I've been running out of toilet paper and I just stumbled across this dogwood I think
41:13it's called but it's got this really nice soft underside to the leaves so I'm going
41:18to stock up.
41:22Today, plants.
41:23I think I saw some acacia or wattle yesterday and then I remembered that some wattles, the
41:29leaves, if you scruff them up, they have like a chemical in them that sort of acts as soap
41:36so I was like, oh, hang on, cool.
41:40And one of the key things that I'm looking for here is it's got this parallel venation
41:45so little veins on the leaves that all go in line.
41:52It's the self-care that feels so nice and it makes this place feel more homely.
42:01Yeah, baby.
42:04Check this out.
42:06I got bush soap.
42:11I'm really happy with that.
42:12Clean hands.
42:14I think any day is a good day that I make my life a little bit nicer here.
42:17It feels so good.
42:24When I was a little girl I wanted to join the Cub Scouts but, you know, in a small country
42:27town, girls were not allowed to be Cub Scouts.
42:30Even after my mum matched down there and said, Kate can join the Cub Scouts and they're like,
42:35nope.
42:36That could have been that barrier to me feeling comfortable outdoors.
42:41I don't want there to be barriers to other people.
42:45Cool.
42:45To be able to experience the joy of being in nature.
42:49To be able to experience the awe and the healing properties that nature has.
42:55I've got all these small cuts on my hands that aren't really healing that well.
43:00I guess I'm just concerned that if I leave these untreated they could, you know, get infected
43:06and that could see me out.
43:07So, I just want to have some sort of method for trying to look after them.
43:13I remember the Palawa people used tree fern croziers, the little unfurling leaf, as a treatment
43:20for minor cuts and stings.
43:23I'm finding heaps of tree ferns, but none of them that have the croziers that I'm after.
43:34Ooh, I might have found one.
43:42Got him.
43:45Croziers!
43:49Just got a river stone and I'm just going to crush it up.
43:53I love botany and I love plants.
43:57So, as an ecologist, it really excites me that there's always more to learn.
44:02So, now I'm going to put it on these little cuts.
44:07It's actually interesting.
44:09It looks almost like, I don't know, like betadine or something on my fingers.
44:15It's cool.
44:20I love nature.
44:23It warms my heart and makes me feel so emotional.
44:28It's such a blessing to be out here.
44:30It's so nice to embrace the conditions.
44:34It's being in it.
44:35It's witnessing it.
44:36It's appreciating those small things.
44:53So, the last couple of days I've been working on a little art piece of mine.
45:01I find it very soothing.
45:05It takes me to another place when I do it.
45:08Time just goes non-existent.
45:12I love telling a story through the land, the place and space that has meaning.
45:19And so, I've inscribed my place, my shack and me being near it.
45:28And then the rough outline of the lands and the little bays.
45:38Bird and fish, the little fish and big fish, the water flowing.
45:44The rolling lands, the flowing waters.
45:46My place and me, the hills, the flow of the water.
45:55The other side of this axe is the contrast of me being out here.
46:08Alone.
46:10Remind me that I'm alone and what I need.
46:14Connection, alone and connections.
46:25Just before I got into this, my mum said,
46:30You'll be fine, you're fine by yourself.
46:37How far from that was she?
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47:14With the test of this, your life is entirely an end.
47:15This is the first time you are waiting for your life over the years.
47:15That's not what weather makes you so easy.
47:19You're so lazy and happy.
47:20I'm glad you're sick by everyone next time.
47:20You're so much aware.
47:20You're so quite bravely.
47:20You're so much aware of as many as possible.
47:20I'm so happy to be done.
47:21It's not even a day.
47:21I'm so happy to be done to be done.
47:26You're so happy to be gone.
47:31In my family we all have a spirit bird, my wife's bird is a raven.
47:42I hadn't seen a raven the whole time I've been here, then one flies down next to me
47:48on the branch.
47:51Just as I was thinking about what she would think, I saw it as a sign just not to worry
47:57and she'll have my back.
48:04And that just made me feel her presence and feel that my decision was okay.
48:15So now I need it too.
48:21It's been great.
48:34Hi, it's Dwayne, I'm officially tapping out.
49:02That was something really special, to have a nice swim.
49:07And say farewell to the waters and thank you.
49:36I just need social interaction, I can't be alone.
49:40It's plain and simple.
49:48It showed me more of a way of how life was for my ancestors.
49:54You can see how moiety and kinship and connection and interrelationships and the environment
50:01are so important because that is truly what has sustained us for millennia.
50:21It's about oneness with nature, but sharing it collectively.
50:29Kindness, actions towards other people, not being alone out here.
50:35Maybe it's a little bit of me caring maybe too much about other people, but that's just me.
50:45I have to stop losing weight now.
50:47I'm turning my thoughts to food.
50:55It would be nice to have a date that he's finished on.
50:58It's hard not knowing.
51:01It's funny how the mind can change so quickly.
51:04Fuck.
51:06There it is, most traumatic fucking stress disorder.
51:10The kayak to me is a very, very important survival tool.
51:28If you or someone you know needs support, contact Lifeline 13 11 14.
51:35Text 0477 13 11 14.
51:39Lifeline lifeline.org.au Beyond Blue 1300 224 636 beyondblue.org.au
51:49Open Arms Veterans and Families Counselling 1800 011 046 openarms.gov.au